Father, later Bishop, John Joseph Hogan was born in Bruff, County Limerick, Ireland in 1829. He came to the U. S. in 1847, attended seminary in St. Louis, and became a Priest on April 10, 1852. By 1857, he established missions to Irish railroad workers and Catholic settlers in outstate Missouri in Chillicothe, Macon City, Brookfield, Mexico, and Cameron.
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One of the main reasons for an explosion of settlement in Missouri prior to statehood was available land. However, obtaining title was complicated. First,