Thomas J O'Neill

'''Thomas J O'Neill''' (November 11, 1849 – April 6, 1919) was an Irish-born American merchant and philanthropist. He was one of eight children of John and Anne Lynch O'Neill of County Cavan in north central Ireland. He died on April 6, 1919, of a sudden heart ailment in Baltimore, Maryland, at age 69. O’Neill arrived in Baltimore from Ireland at age 16 in 1866 “with only pennies in his pocket.” Immediately, he hired himself out as an apprentice in a downtown linen shop. Provided by Wikipedia