John J. Hanlon

[2] Father Hanlon was born on February 10, 1854, and raised in south Albany, the son of a stonemason and contractor from Duburren, Killeavy Parish, Co. Armagh.

The marble and monumental works were located at the corner of Swan and State Street, Albany, and later were removed to 154 Madison Avenue, employing fifteen artisans and workers.

His sister, Elizabeth J. Hanlon, married New York jurist and Democratic operative John Franklin Kinney.

Bishop McNeirny ordained John J. Hanlon into the priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on July 24, 1878.

Following the chanting of the office of the dead by priests from throughout the diocese, Bishop Burke celebrated a pontifical high mass.