Flerry McCarthy was born in Ireland at an uncertain date. His gravestone claims 1821, while a commemorative plaque suggests that it was 1820 or 1819, and a family record lists 1820. Censuses list 1830 (1860), 1829/30 (1870), 1822 (1880), 1829 (1900), 1822 (1905), 1822 (1910), and his death record lists 1819. This death record indicates his parents' names were John McCarthy and Mary De Long, though this is the only source. The 1905 Census claims that he came to the US in 1845; this would coincide with the start of the Great Famine. The 1900 census claims 1849 and the 1910 census claims 1859. Florence married Mary around 1859; an external genealogy suggests the last name was O'Halloran. The 1860 Census shows him in St. Louis, Missouri (9th Ward), where he was a laborer. Around 1861, perhaps spurred on by the Civil War, he moved to Dubuque County, Iowa. The value of his estate was only $80 in 1870, though he was literate by then.
Flerry worked for the Illinois Central Railroad for thirty-five years before retiring, first as a laborer and last as a section foreman. In 1879, he co-founded St. Patrick's Parish in Epworth, Iowa, with two other families and Fr. J. Commerford. He is listed as living near Peosta in 1870, where the family shared a residence with Nora Anglum. In 1870, they were in Taylor Township (which includes Farley and Epworth) in 1880, in Epworth in 1900 and 1905, and in Taylor Township in 1910. He and his wife celebrated their golden anniversary in Epworth on July 29, 1909. He died in Epworth on August 27, 1910, and was buried in Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Farley. An external genealogy lists his birth date as Feb. 12, 1819 in County Cork and his wife's maiden name as O'Halloran. A family record lists his wife's maiden name as Dardis.
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