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SAMUEL P. ROHAN, of Ware, Mass., a member of the grocery and provision firm of Rohan & Brosnahan, formerly Rohan Brothers, was born in Enfield, Mass., August 29, 1858, son of Patrick and Johanna (McCarthy) Rohan.

Patrick Rohan, who was born in Limerick County, Ireland, in 1824, came to America when sixteen years of age, making the voyage hither in a sailing-vessel. On his arrival he went to Enfield, Mass., and engaged in farming. Some time after he moved to Belchertown. He was married in Enfield in 1844, when twenty years of age, to Miss Johanna McCarthy, who was two years his junior, and, like himself, a native of Ireland. He died in Enfield, leaving his widow with three sons and a daughter; namely, Samuel, David, William, and Nellie. The three sons were formerly members of the firm of Rohan Brothers. Their sister Nellie, who is book-keeper in the store, is a practical young woman possessed of much common-sense and business ability.

Samuel P. Rohan received a good education in the grammar and high schools of Enfield. At the age of twenty-five years he engaged in selling goods for C. Hitchcock & Co., in Ware, a connection which lasted over eight years. On February 1, 1892, the firm of Rohan Brothers started in trade at the present stand of Rohan & Brosnahan. Business increased rapidly, and they soon had a patronage that ranked only second in magnitude to the largest obtained in the town. Samuel P. Rohan was married December 31, 1889, to Miss Julia Shugrue, of Hardwick, Mass., a daughter of John and Mary (Splarn) Shugrue, the former of whom is a successful agriculturist. Her mother died in 1888, leaving three sons and four daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Rohan have no children.

In his political relations Mr. Rohan is a stanch Democrat; while he and Mrs. Rohan are consistent members of All Saints’ Catholic Church. They reside at 64 North Street, the attractive and comfortable home erected by Mr. Rohan in 1891.