Lt. Col. Daniel Sullivan

1856 - 1947  (91 years)

• Name	Daniel Sullivan  [1]
  Prefix	Lt. Col.
  Birth	1856
  Gender	Male
  Military	Spanish-American War  [1]
  Death	4 May 1947  [1]
  Person ID	I14	Sullivan Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Florence Sullivan,   b. 1826, Ireland d. 1886 (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Margaret McNulty,   b. Abt. 1832, Ireland
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  COL. DANIEL P. SULLIVAN Col. Daniel P. Sullivan, former Assistant Attorney General of New York, and brother of Peter Sullivan of Port Chester, died Sunday in Halloran Veterans Administration Hospital, Staten Island, after a long illness. He was 75. Col. Sullivan, a retired lawyer and veteran of two wars, was born in Saratoga Springs and received his A.B. and M.A. degrees from St. Francis Xavier College, New York. After graduation from New York Law School, he was admitted to the bar in 1900. At one time after the first World War he operated a New York Tribune fresh-air camp. He joined the old 69th Regiment of the New York National Guard in 1897, and served with it for six years, rising from private to captain. During the first war he enlisted in the Army and in 1918 when his regimental commander was killed in action, he took over as senior officer in temporary command. After the war he served as a lieutenant colonel in the reserve. He was a chief organizer and first commander of the Bronx County American Legion and in 1925 he was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Bronx County Register. Col. Sullivan was an organizer of the Fair Play Rent Association and had been president of the American Memorial Parkway Federation. His widow is Mrs. Mary Agnes Corcoran Sullivan. Besides his brother, Peter, survivors include two nephews, Ed Sullivan, New York columnist, and former Daily Item sports writer; Charles A. Sullivan of Port Chester; three nieces, Miss Helen Sullivan, Mrs. Hugh Murphy and Mrs. George Hagele of Port Chester. source: Obituary of Daniel P. Sullivan. Port Chester, NY: The Daily Item, 6 May 1947, p. 11.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Obituary of Charles A. Sullivan, The Post-Star, Glen Falls, New York, 10 May 1947, p. 1.