Patrick Gorman : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Patrick Gorman / jajacks62
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| 説明 | Company A, 6th Kansas CavalryThe Fort Scott Tribune and Monitor, Friday, February 23, 1923PATRICK “PAT” GORMAN DEAD______Pioneer Resident Died At MercyHospital Today______HE CAME HERE IN 1858______Taken Prisoner By General Price On His Memorable Raid—Had AccumulatedMuch Property______ Patrick Gorman, a resident of this county for 65 years and a citizen very widely and favorable known, passed away at 1:15 this morning at the Mercy Hospital, following a short illness of pneumonia. Mr. Gorman had not been feeling well for some time and last Sunday was brought from his home, eight miles northwest of the city to Mercy Hospital where he lingered along until an early hour this morning when he passed peacefully away. Had he lived to May 12 he would have been 86 years of age. The news of Mr. Gorman’s death will be a source of keen regret among a host of friends and acquaintances over the city and entire country. He came to this county before the Civil War and had done his share in helping to make it grow from a sparsely settled section to one of the most prosperous communities in the state. He was a successful farmer, an able politician and a kind neighbor. His death marks the passing of one of the real pioneers of the county. Patrick Gorman, son of Thomas and Catherine Gleason Gorman, was born in the Parish of Oahir, Conlisch County, Limerick, Ireland, May 12, 1837. At the age of 16 he emigrated to America, bringing a sister five years younger with him and landing here in 1853. He went direct to Springfield, Illinois where he secured his first job at a salary of 50 cents a day. It was a Springfield that he took the oath of allegiance to the United States. He always took great pride in the fact that Abraham Lincoln was present in the court house when he foreswore his mother country and embraced the constitution of America. After leaving Springfield he came to Booneville, Missouri, for a time. He then started for California but on reaching Westport Landing, he ran out of funds. He then walked to Leavenworth but not finding anything to suit him at that place, he turned his footsteps toward Fort Scott, arriving here about 1858. He took up a claim on Moore’s Branch south of Fort Scott. He often spoke of the hardships endured on this claim and finally relinquished same to the government. About that time he enlisted in the union forces joining the Sixth Kansas Cavalry, Company A, at Fort Scott. While in the service of the government he was married to Miss Margaret Devereaux in this city. One week after his marriage, he was taken prisoner by General Price on his memorable raid thru Kansas being finally paroled as a prisoner of war at Fort Smith, Arkansas. At the end of the war, Mr. and Mrs. Gorman settled on a farm 2 miles south of Fulton and he continued to reside there until his death. Mrs. Gorman died May 30, 1920. Mr. Gorman, at the time of his death, owned 1, 520 acres of land in the northern part of the county besides some property in Fulton. He always prided himself in having accumulated his holdings thru the untiring industry of himself and wife. The deceased is survived by four sons and two daughters; John, Patrick, Edward, Michael and Mary Shaffer, all of Fulton, and Margaret McKee of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Twenty-eight grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive him. A son Thomas preceded him in death. Mr. Gorman was a devout member of the Catholic church, a member of the Knights of Columbus Lodge and the G. A. R. He was one of the very few survivors of the Sixth Kansas Cavalry. The funeral was held from St. Patrick’s church at Fulton, Monday morning, conducted by Father Tom Maher. Interment was made in St. Michaels cemetery. William Cutler wrote the following about this gentleman:PATRICK GORMAN, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Fulton, native of County Limerick, Ireland; born in the Parish of Cahirconlish, in 1837, lived the life of a farm boy, and came to America in 1856. He at once went to farming in Illinois, where he stayed till 1859, then moving to Kansas, where he and H. McLaughlin entered a claim of 320 acres--160 each, on Moore's Branch. In 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Sixth Kansas Infantry, and served till 1865. He had sold his 160 acres to Mr. McLaughlin, and in 1864, while he was a prisoner with Price, a friend purchased the farm where he now lives for him. When he was taken prisoner, he had but just been married some three weeks to Miss Devereaux. When he returned he worked in the Quartermaster's Department till 1865, then taking his farm in hand, which he has carried on with entire success, not having missed raising a good crop every season. His stock and grain farm covering 480 acres in this township and 480 in Osage Township, corn being his principal grain crop. Their family of children consists of five boys and two girls--Thomas, now attending the Mission School; John, Patrick, Michael, Edward, Mary E. and Margaret |
| 撮影日 | 2012-03-07 12:22:53 |
| 撮影者 | jajacks62 , Chanute |
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| 撮影地 | Fulton, Kansas, United States 地図 |
| カメラ | DSC-S2100 , SONY |
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