HEALY, Robert Wallace

City: Chattanooga

HEALY, Robert Wallace, Manufacturer; born Chicago, Ill., Oct. 22, 1836; Irish descent; son of Robert and Anne (Wallace) HEALY; father’s occupation, farmer and contractor; paternal grandparents, Robert and Mary (Brennan) HEALY, maternal grandparents, Patrick and Anne (Dormer) WALLACE; educated in Cook Co., Ill., and University of Notre Dame, Ind., graduated from latter A. B., 1859, M. A., 1865, L. D. D., 1908; in early life was clerk in Pork Packing establishment of Thomas NASH; married twice, first Sarah J. NOLAN, Oct. 1, 1862, second, A. Jeannette COOKE, Oct. 25, 1899; member of Golf and Country Club, Commercial Club, of Chattanooga; Past Grand Knight, Knights of Columbus, Loyal Legion, Society Army of Tenn., Mountain City Golf Club; Republican; Chairman of Republican State Executive Committee of Alabama, 1872-4; delegate to Nat. Republican Convention, 1876; candidate for Presidential Elector, 1876; was member of first Board of Directors of Carnegie Library; enlisted in 58^th Ill. Infantry Sept. 25, 1861; Capt. Dec. 25, 1861; Maj. Oct. 20, 1864; Lieut.-Col. April 10, 1865, Col. Oct. 3, 1865; brevetted Lt. Col. March 26, 1865 for faithful and meritorious services during campaign against Mobile; Brig. Gen. Vols. March 13, 1865; honorably mustered out April 1, 1866; served at Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Iuka, Meridian; on Banks’ Red River expedition; at Ft. De Russey, Pleasant Hill, Yellow Bayou, etc.; commanding regiment also in various engagements in A. J. Smith’s campaign against Gen. Forrest, and Oxford, Miss.; transferred to Mo., serving under Rosecrans against Price; commanded a regiment in battle of Nashville, Tenn., and pursuit of Hood, Dec. 1864; appointed Inspector-General 2d division 16^th Army Corps, March 1865; took part in campaign against Mobile, and battle of Blakely, April 9, 1865; returned to command of regiment July, 1865, and garrisoned at Montgomery, Ala., after war; purchasing agent Erlanger Syndicate, operating Queen & Crescent System to Jan. 1892, when he became Pres. of Ross-Meehan Foundry Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.; former U. S. Marshal South and Middle Districts of Ala., 1867-76; former director in Tecumseh Iron Co., of Ala., from 1873 to 1908; member of Roman Catholic Church.