From the Cascade, Iowa, Pioneer, 8 March 1906

"Mrs. Margaret Linehan, of Dubuque, died Monday afternoon at her home in
that city. She was a native of County Limerick, Ireland, where she was
born Dec. 6, 1835, and a resident of Dubuque since 1848. Her husband,
James Linehan, a well known carpenter contractor in former times, died 25
years ago. She was the mother of ten children, of whom the surviving, sons
are James, local freight agent for the Illinois Central, William R. and
Thomas J., the grocers, and Joseph A., of Memphis, Tenn. The surviving
daughters are Mrs. John McNulty of Denver and Elizabeth and Nellie M. of
Dubuque. Mrs. Linehan also leaves a sister in the order of the Sisters of
Charity. Her final sickness, extending over the period of two years, was
borne with the splendid courage, patience, and cheerfulness of one
conscious of duty well done in her relations as wife, mother, and neighbor
and sustained by an unfaltering faith in the goodness and mercy of the
Supreme Judge."