Daniel Michael McGarry
McGarry was born on January 20, 1842, in Loughgiel, County Antrim, Ireland, and came to the United States in 1865 settling at first in Cleveland, Ohio, where, with a cousin, he "engaged in the fuel business.[3] On July 6, a requiem mass was celebrated at what the Los Angeles Times called "the largest funeral that has taken place at St. Vibiana's Cathedral since the obsequies of the late Stephen M.[4]In Ireland, after completing his education, McGarry was a teacher, and his first vocation after moving to Cleveland was that of a fuel dealer, in business with a cousin.[1] When he settled in Chicago with his bride, he established a retail and wholesale coal business, which he sold when he decided to move to California.Once in Los Angeles, McGarry bought a vineyard at 8th and Alameda streets, where he established his home for the next twenty years.