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The ornate clock has belonged to Chicago's famous O'Leary family for over a century. Now Mrs. O'Leary's descendants hope to find someone who will cherish it as much as they do.

Chicago Tribune

Mrs. O'Leary descendants hoping family antique grandfather clock can find new home

The clock is believed to have once resided in the old South Side mansion built by James "Big Jim" O'Leary, famous gambling boss of the early 20th-century Union Stock Yards area and the son of Catherine O'Leary, the most maligned milkwoman in city history.

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