November 11. 1872. David Ignatius Walsh was the second youngest of 10 children of James and Brigit (Donnelly) Walsh. His father. an Irish immigrant. strong of body arid character. was a comb maker In one of the local factories who worked long hours daily in the hot oppressive atmosphere of the comb factory where tLe horns of cattle were fashioned and molded into the materials for combs and other articles and ornaments of the day. There were many mouths to feed in the Walsh family and James Walshs wages were trivial indeed as compared with our standards of today or even with some of the standards of his time. Through a succession of hardships and misfortunes culminating with the foreclosure of the modest family home to satisfy a judgment obtained by a neighbor who had been bitten by the family dog. the Walshes lost their home. the father was stricken by sickness and died. and the family moved to live in nearby Clinton where the Senators sisters. somewhat older than he. secured employment in the local textile factories.
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