Francis "Frank" McNulty (born 1842 or 1846 - died 1885) was an

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and a member of the

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in 1875. One of five Canadian born brothers (the others being James McNulty, Thomas McNulty,

Joseph McNulty Joseph McNulty (1840 or 1841 - 1909) was an American pioneer and Old West Sheriff, "lawman", who served in the Kansas Legislature in 1873. He was the first member of the Kansas Legislature seated from Rooks County, Kansas. Early life and settlem ...

, and John McNulty), who were the first to settle Rooks County, Kansas in January 1871, Francis, a lawyer, was in November, 1874 elected to a term in the

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.History in Rooks County, sections "Early Settlers" and "Organization and County Officers"
/ref> He was present as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives for Rook's County for the House's fifteenth annual session, which opened on January 12, 1875. The McNulty brothers erected Stockton Township's, today, Stockton, Kansas, and Rook County's first house, a

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establishment,
Cutler, W.G. ''History of the State of Kansas'', "Biographical Sketches." in February, 1871 and the first child born in Rooks County was Myrtle Maud McNulty, born to Thomas McNulty and his wife Mary Dillon on Christmas evening 1871.

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American pioneers Members of the Kansas House of Representatives Canadian emigrants to the United States 1840s births 1885 deaths 19th-century American legislators People from Stockton, Kansas 19th-century Kansas politicians {{Kansas-politician-stub