Bio: Delaney, Thomas F. (1856 - 19??)

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Surnames: Delaney, Goodman, Lee, Bluhm

----Source: History of Marathon County Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, by Louis Marchetti, 1913.

Delaney, Thomas F. (26 November 1856 - 19??)

Thomas F. Delaney, for a number of years an active business man of Wausau, now lives in comfortable retirement, occupying his modern building at No. 616 Third Street, Wausau. Mr. Delaney is a native of Wisconsin, born November 26, 1856 and is a son of Martin Delaney.

Thomas F. Delaney attended the public schools at Milwaukee and afterward learned the trade of plumber, and came first to Wausau in 1881 to install the plumbing in the Hotel Bellis for a Milwaukee firm of contractors. After his work here was finished he returned to Milwaukee, but soon afterward his employer, W. E. Goodman, established a plumbing branch at Wausau and put the same in charge of Thomas F. Delaney and John F. Lee as his most responsible men. They subsequently bought the Wausau business and continued it under the firm name of Delaney & Lee until 1891 when Mr. Delaney went into business alone, at No. 704 Third Street. In 1897 he erected the fine business block at No. 616 Third Street, moved his business here and utilizes the other part of the building as a residence. On April 1, 1902, he sold his plumbing and heating business and since then has lived somewhat retired, keeping in touch with business only in the matter of collecting his rents and keeping his properties in order.

Mr. Delaney was married at Wausau to Miss Henrietta Bluhm who was born in Germany. They are members of St. James Catholic church of which he was a trustee at the time of its organization and served as such for four years. In politics he is a democrat and from 1908 until 1912 served in the city council, representing the Fourth Ward. He is identified with the Knights of Columbus and with the Catholic Order of Foresters.