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The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., July 26, 1928, page 8

OBITUARY

Tom Haggerty, as he was familiarly known, one of the last of the early Irish pioneers of the Klickitat country, aged eighty years, died Saturday evening, July the 21st, his hearty constitution gradually wearing away through the inroads of old age. He was born at Liverpool, England, but having experienced the difficulties of making a living in those straightened times, he decided to seek that hospitable ashore from which so many of his countrymen had sent back glowing reports. Thus at the early age of twenty years we find him on his way to California via New York and the long water voyage around the "Horn."
He remained for some years in California, during which time he suffered the loss of his left hand in a hunting accident. Undaunted, he managed to labor as efficiently as his more fortunate fellows, not forgetting to send to the folks back home from time to time a generous portion of his earnings to help them in their difficulties.
The opportunities of acquiring Government land there had long since become exhausted, and so he joined the rush for the north, eventually taking up a homestead in the Warwick section of the Klickitat valley in 1877, where he resided continuously until his death. He herded sheep in the mountains for others, at the same time acquiring cattle of his own, in which latter business he exclusively engaged during the whole of his long residence, using the homestead and acquired acres for pasture and winter quarters. Haggerty Butte in the Simcoe Mountains is a lasting memorial to the long series of seasons he spent in that section with his grazing flocks and herds.
His brother Pat joined him and remained in the Klickitat until his death in 1916. Before this time his two sisters, Lizzie and Annie, came to re-establish the home life which he had regretfully put aside when he departed for the Land of Promise, and cheered his lonely life. They were a great consolation in the sad years of helplessness which preceded his death and are his only surviving relatives.
He was a man of energy, perseverance, economy and good judgment, as shown by his leaving an estate free of all debt. He will be remembered as a good neighbor and friend, generous, hospitable, possessing a rugged simple honesty which could easily be taken advantage of, patient in the great afflictions which crushed the ambitious hopes he still longed to carry out. He left this world at peace with God and his fellow men.
He was buried on Tuesday, July the 24th, from Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Goldendale, Rev. T.A. Edwards officiating, with interment in the Catholic cemetery west of the city. It is a graceful attribute that many old friends ceased the harvesting which had already begun, to attend his funeral.

The Klickitat County Agriculturist, Goldendale, WA., July 27, 1928, page 1

TWO WELL KNOWN PIONEERS PASS AWAY

TOM HAGGERTY

Tom Haggerty, as he was familiarly known, one of the last of the early Irish pioneers of the Klickitat country, aged 80 years, died Saturday evening, July 21, 1928, his hardy constitution gradually wearing away through the inroads of old age.
He was born in Liverpool, England, but having experienced the difficulties of making a living in those straightened times, he decided to seek that hospitable ashore from which so many of his countrymen had sent back glowing reports.
Thus at the early age of 20 years we find him on his way to California by way of New York, and the long water voyage around the "Horn." He remained for some years in California, during which time he suffered the loss of his left hand in a hunting accident.
Nothing daunted, he managed to labor as efficiently as his more fortunate fellows, not forgetting to send to the folks back home from time to time a generous portion of his earnings to help them in their difficulties.
The opportunities of acquiring government land had long since become exhausted, and so he joined the rush for the north, eventually taking up a homestead in the Warwick section of Klickitat in 1877. Here he resided continuously until his death.
He herded sheep in the mountains for others, at the same time acquiring cattle of his own, in which latter business he exclusively engaged during the whole of his long residence, using the homestead and acquired acres, for pasture and winter quarters.
Haggerty Butte, in the Simcoe mountains, is a lasting memorial to the long series of seasons he spent in that section with his grazing flocks and herds. His brother Pat, joined him, and remained in Klickitat until his death in 1916.
Before this time, his two sisters, Lizzie and Annie, came to re-establish the home life which he had regretfully put aside when he departed for the Land of Promise. The sisters cheered his lonely life, and were a great consolation in the sad years of helplessness which preceded his death. They are his only surviving relatives.
Tom Haggerty was a man of energy, perseverance, economy and good judgment, as shown by his leaving an estate free of all debt. He will be remembered as a good neighbor and friend, generous, hospitable, possessing a rugged honesty which could easily be taken advantage of.
Patient in the great afflictions which crushed the ambitious hopes he still longed to carry out, he left this world at peace with God and his fellow men.
He was buried on Tuesday, July 24, from Holy Trinity Catholic Church, at Goldendale, Rev. T.A. Edwards officiating, with interment in the Catholic cemetery west of the city.
It is a graceful attribute that many old friends ceased the harvesting which had already begun, to attend his funeral.