Johanna (Sharkey) O'Leary, both of whom were born in Ireland and the former of whom was a mechanic in the employ of the Brennan Boiler Company until the time of his death in April, 1886. In the public schools of Detroit, Thomas F. O'Leary obtained his early education, and after working in various capacities, he entered the lithographing business. For a period of twenty-seven years he continued in this field, developing his business into one of the leaders in its field in Detroit. He retired from this work in 1917 to join his son, Max, in the automobile business. They acquired the Ford agency at Woodward and Lothrop avenues, and the concern operated under the name of the son, as it does today. During the ten years which he spent in this field, Mr. O'Leary demonstrated anew his genius for organization and sales promotion work that brought him to the front in the lithographing business above mentioned, and he continued his association with the new enterprise until the time of his death, which occurred February 1, 1927. On October 22, 1882, he married Mary Owen, the daughter of Charles and Eliza (Miller) Owen, the former of whom was born in Ohio, June 8, 1825, the son of Tubal Owen, a native of New York State, and died February 8, 1905, while Eliza (Miller) Owen, who was born on Dickinson Island, Michigan, January 30, 1830, died May 30, 1869. Silas Miller, an ancestor of Mrs. O'Leary, served in the War of 1812, and his brother, John, was cited for bravery in that war, which is a matter of official record. The Owen family was very prominent in the development of St. Clair County, and Mrs. O'Leary is justly proud of her lineage, for her father, Charles Owen, was one of the first three settlers in Algonac, St. Clair County. To Mr. and Mrs. O'Leary three children were born, as follows: Thomas F., Jr., who married Irene Coughlan and is now a resident of Chicago; Max, who is proprietor of the Ford agency at Woodward and Lothrop avenues; and Helen, who is a teacher in Cass High School in Detroit. Max O'Leary was in the aviation branch of the military service during the World War, receiving his mechanical training in aviation work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and was later stationed at Waco, Texas, with the rank of lieutenant. He married Minta Oneletta and they have five children: Max, Jr., James O., Patricia, Thomas III, and Maureen. Mr. Thomas F. O'Leary, Sr., was a life-long Democrat, but never sought public office, having been quiet and unassuming and a great home lover.

Frederick Marion Odena was one of the best known drug salesmen in the country, for as the pioneer salesman for Parke, Davis & Company he represented the concern in nearly every large city of the United States during the formative period of the enterprise which has become the largest manufacturer of pharmaceuticals in the world. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina, October 3, 1841, and his father died when he was an infant. His mother, Mrs. Louise (Marion) Odena, who was born in France, in 1811, removed with her son and daughter to Atlanta, Georgia, shortly after the death of her husband and there died in 1853. Fred M. Odena was reared by his aunt, Josephine Marion, at Atlanta, and