DRISCOLL, John D.^[1]

1831 - 1900  (69 years)

• Name	DRISCOLL, John D.
  Birth	1831	Ireland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 167174351
  _COLOR	11
  Death	23 Dec 1900	Boston, MA
  Burial	Roslindale, MA
  	Address: Mount Calvary Cemetery
  Person ID	I38974	Puffers
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2017

  
  

  Family	SHAW, Catherine,   b. 1833, County Tipperary, Ireland d. 15 Jan 1893, Boston, MA (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	8 May 1853	Boston, MA   [2]
  Children	1. DRISCOLL, Annie A.,   b. Oct 1856, Boston, MA d. 1944, MA (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F13532	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  served as a private in the 9th Massachusetts Infantry during the civil war and ws an ardent Irish Nationalist and a leader of the Fenian Brotherhood in Boston, which later earned him the nickname "Dynamite Driscoll" with his collaboration with Jeramiah O'Donovan Rossa (5747054) for Irish Independence. Driscoll died of cancer of the tongue.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 121. [S466] _Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.