Lander County
Dennis Scully
Biography
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Nevada Genealogy Trails Lander County Dennis Scully Biography |
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DENNIS SCULLY, who has served, by repeated re-elections, as surveyor of Lander county, Nevada, for the past ten years, is one of the most prominent men in his profession in the state. He is a master of his art and during the last twenty or twenty-five years has gained a fine reputation in different parts of the west, his work having called him into various states and territories from the Mississippi valley to the coast.
Mr. Scully was born in county Cork, Ireland, in April 24, 1848. He was educated in his native land, and learned the rudiments of his profession there. He came to the United States in 1879, and from New York went to Indiana, thence to Nebraska, to Wyoming, and then to Austin, Nevada. He is an expert in mining, surveying and engineering, and after coming to Nevada was engaged in mining in Austin and at Tuscarora, making some money by his operations. He was elected county surveyor of Lander county in 1894, and has been chosen at each succeeding election.
Mr. Scully surveyed for the Union Pacific Railroad in Wyoming and Utah, and has done much professional work in the mines of the west. He was employed by the United States government in surveying in Lander and Nye counties, and through the northern part of the state he ran the standard lines preparatory to making the subdivisions. He has the reputation of being one of the best if not the best mathematician in the state, and he is devoted to both the theoretical and the practical side of his profession.
Mr. Scully is a member of the Roman Catholic church, and is a Democrat in political principles, but now adheres to the silver party. He is a man of thought, well posted on general affairs, and has made a reputation for his efficient work in his profession and also for the intelligent part he has taken as a citizen of his adopted county and state.
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