James Thomas Toplady Hourigan, 72, widely known farmer and stockman, prominent churchman and long an outstanding figure in Kentucky Masonic circles, died suddenly at his home just off the Danville Highway about two miles from this city Monday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock. Death was due to a hemorrhage. Although he had not been in good health for several years, he was as well as usual Monday morning and shortly before noon. He had made no complaint of illness and after lunch at his residence , chatted with his wife, and with his sister, Miss Dixie Hourigan, who made her home with the couple. Later he left the house to investigate a reported break in a fence on the farm and while contemplating the necessary repairs, was stricken. Miss Hourigan, who was with him at the time, called to Mrs. Hourigan and she, in turn, summoned Dr. T. I. Campbell. Bleeding profusely, he was in a semi-conscious condition when the physician arrived and died within a few minutes. His passing occurred less than a quarter of an hour after he had suffered the hemorrhage.
GRADUATED FROM GEORGETOWN Mr. Hourigan was a son of the late Apollos and Nancy Margaret (Clarkson) Hourigan (1842-1896 , and was born on a farm on the Danville Highway November 16, 1868. He attended the Marion County schools and after completing his course of study, enrolled at Georgetown College where he was graduated with the Class of 1887, at the age of 18. Returning here, he engaged in farming with his father and later purchased a half interest in the property which has been the family homestead since 1895. His sister, Miss Hourigan has owned the other half interest since the death of the elder Mr. Hourigan.
On December 27, 1917, he was united in marriage to Miss Ethel Burdette, the ceremony having been performed at the parsonage of the Baptist Church in this city by the Rev. T. J. Porter. No children were born to the union and his survivors, other than his wife and sister, are another sister, Mrs. James D. Baxter of Harrodsburg, and two brothers, Paul E. Hourigan and A. C. Hourigan, both of this county. A brother, Dr. R. R. Hourigan, died in St. Augustine, Fla., in 1937, and another brother, David Hourigan, succumbed in 1916.
PROMINENT CHURCHMAN - When a youth he joined the Baptist Church and until his death was extremely active in the promotion of its work and welfare. He was a member of the Board of Trustees, the Board of Deacons and chairman of the Finance Committee and had served for several terms as moderator of the Central Association of Baptist Churches. Few, if any, Kentuckians, were better known in the Masonic fraternity than he. Having a broad knowledge of Masonry and a retentive memory for ritual, no Masonic assembly in this section of the State during the past thirty-five years were complete without his presence. He became a Master Mason in Lebanon Lodge No. 87 on July 2, 1903, and since then had held a host of offices not only in the local lodge, Edmonds Chapter No. 83, and Marion commandery No. 24, but also in the corresponding State organizations. At the time of his death he was a Grand Sword Bearer of the Grand Commandery of Kentucky and therefore, in line for the position of Grand Commander.
FORMER GRAND HIGH PRIEST - He had been Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Kentucky, Eminent Commander of Marion Commandery, and High Priest of Edmonds Chapter, to mention but a few of the many community and State honors which had been bestowed upon him in Masonry.
Funeral services were conducted by Dr. T. J. Porter in the presence of a large congregation at the Baptist Church, and the Grand Commandery of Kentucky had charge of the rites at the grave in Ryder Cemetery.
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GRADUATED FROM GEORGETOWN Mr. Hourigan was a son of the late Apollos and Nancy Margaret (Clarkson) Hourigan (1842-1896 , and was born on a farm on the Danville Highway November 16, 1868. He attended the Marion County schools and after completing his course of study, enrolled at Georgetown College where he was graduated with the Class of 1887, at the age of 18. Returning here, he engaged in farming with his father and later purchased a half interest in the property which has been the family homestead since 1895. His sister, Miss Hourigan has owned the other half interest since the death of the elder Mr. Hourigan.
On December 27, 1917, he was united in marriage to Miss Ethel Burdette, the ceremony having been performed at the parsonage of the Baptist Church in this city by the Rev. T. J. Porter. No children were born to the union and his survivors, other than his wife and sister, are another sister, Mrs. James D. Baxter of Harrodsburg, and two brothers, Paul E. Hourigan and A. C. Hourigan, both of this county. A brother, Dr. R. R. Hourigan, died in St. Augustine, Fla., in 1937, and another brother, David Hourigan, succumbed in 1916.
PROMINENT CHURCHMAN - When a youth he joined the Baptist Church and until his death was extremely active in the promotion of its work and welfare. He was a member of the Board of Trustees, the Board of Deacons and chairman of the Finance Committee and had served for several terms as moderator of the Central Association of Baptist Churches. Few, if any, Kentuckians, were better known in the Masonic fraternity than he. Having a broad knowledge of Masonry and a retentive memory for ritual, no Masonic assembly in this section of the State during the past thirty-five years were complete without his presence. He became a Master Mason in Lebanon Lodge No. 87 on July 2, 1903, and since then had held a host of offices not only in the local lodge, Edmonds Chapter No. 83, and Marion commandery No. 24, but also in the corresponding State organizations. At the time of his death he was a Grand Sword Bearer of the Grand Commandery of Kentucky and therefore, in line for the position of Grand Commander.
FORMER GRAND HIGH PRIEST - He had been Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Kentucky, Eminent Commander of Marion Commandery, and High Priest of Edmonds Chapter, to mention but a few of the many community and State honors which had been bestowed upon him in Masonry.
Funeral services were conducted by Dr. T. J. Porter in the presence of a large congregation at the Baptist Church, and the Grand Commandery of Kentucky had charge of the rites at the grave in Ryder Cemetery.
Lebanon Eneterprise 9/5/1942
James Thomas Toplady Hourigan, 72, widely known farmer and stockman, prominent churchman and long an outstanding figure in Kentucky Masonic circles, died suddenly at his home just off the Danville Highway about two miles from this city Monday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock. Death was due to a hemorrhage. Although he had not been in good health for several years, he was as well as usual Monday morning and shortly before noon. He had made no complaint of illness and after lunch at his residence , chatted with his wife, and with his sister, Miss Dixie Hourigan, who made her home with the couple. Later he left the house to investigate a reported break in a fence on the farm and while contemplating the necessary repairs, was stricken. Miss Hourigan, who was with him at the time, called to Mrs. Hourigan and she, in turn, summoned Dr. T. I. Campbell. Bleeding profusely, he was in a semi-conscious condition when the physician arrived and died within a few minutes. His passing occurred less than a quarter of an hour after he had suffered the hemorrhage.
GRADUATED FROM GEORGETOWN Mr. Hourigan was a son of the late Apollos and Nancy Margaret (Clarkson) Hourigan (1842-1896 , and was born on a farm on the Danville Highway November 16, 1868. He attended the Marion County schools and after completing his course of study, enrolled at Georgetown College where he was graduated with the Class of 1887, at the age of 18. Returning here, he engaged in farming with his father and later purchased a half interest in the property which has been the family homestead since 1895. His sister, Miss Hourigan has owned the other half interest since the death of the elder Mr. Hourigan.
On December 27, 1917, he was united in marriage to Miss Ethel Burdette, the ceremony having been performed at the parsonage of the Baptist Church in this city by the Rev. T. J. Porter. No children were born to the union and his survivors, other than his wife and sister, are another sister, Mrs. James D. Baxter of Harrodsburg, and two brothers, Paul E. Hourigan and A. C. Hourigan, both of this county. A brother, Dr. R. R. Hourigan, died in St. Augustine, Fla., in 1937, and another brother, David Hourigan, succumbed in 1916.
PROMINENT CHURCHMAN - When a youth he joined the Baptist Church and until his death was extremely active in the promotion of its work and welfare. He was a member of the Board of Trustees, the Board of Deacons and chairman of the Finance Committee and had served for several terms as moderator of the Central Association of Baptist Churches. Few, if any, Kentuckians, were better known in the Masonic fraternity than he. Having a broad knowledge of Masonry and a retentive memory for ritual, no Masonic assembly in this section of the State during the past thirty-five years were complete without his presence. He became a Master Mason in Lebanon Lodge No. 87 on July 2, 1903, and since then had held a host of offices not only in the local lodge, Edmonds Chapter No. 83, and Marion commandery No. 24, but also in the corresponding State organizations. At the time of his death he was a Grand Sword Bearer of the Grand Commandery of Kentucky and therefore, in line for the position of Grand Commander.
FORMER GRAND HIGH PRIEST - He had been Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Kentucky, Eminent Commander of Marion Commandery, and High Priest of Edmonds Chapter, to mention but a few of the many community and State honors which had been bestowed upon him in Masonry.
Funeral services were conducted by Dr. T. J. Porter in the presence of a large congregation at the Baptist Church, and the Grand Commandery of Kentucky had charge of the rites at the grave in Ryder Cemetery.
Lebanon Eneterprise 9/5/1942
GRADUATED FROM GEORGETOWN Mr. Hourigan was a son of the late Apollos and Nancy Margaret (Clarkson) Hourigan (1842-1896 , and was born on a farm on the Danville Highway November 16, 1868. He attended the Marion County schools and after completing his course of study, enrolled at Georgetown College where he was graduated with the Class of 1887, at the age of 18. Returning here, he engaged in farming with his father and later purchased a half interest in the property which has been the family homestead since 1895. His sister, Miss Hourigan has owned the other half interest since the death of the elder Mr. Hourigan.
On December 27, 1917, he was united in marriage to Miss Ethel Burdette, the ceremony having been performed at the parsonage of the Baptist Church in this city by the Rev. T. J. Porter. No children were born to the union and his survivors, other than his wife and sister, are another sister, Mrs. James D. Baxter of Harrodsburg, and two brothers, Paul E. Hourigan and A. C. Hourigan, both of this county. A brother, Dr. R. R. Hourigan, died in St. Augustine, Fla., in 1937, and another brother, David Hourigan, succumbed in 1916.
PROMINENT CHURCHMAN - When a youth he joined the Baptist Church and until his death was extremely active in the promotion of its work and welfare. He was a member of the Board of Trustees, the Board of Deacons and chairman of the Finance Committee and had served for several terms as moderator of the Central Association of Baptist Churches. Few, if any, Kentuckians, were better known in the Masonic fraternity than he. Having a broad knowledge of Masonry and a retentive memory for ritual, no Masonic assembly in this section of the State during the past thirty-five years were complete without his presence. He became a Master Mason in Lebanon Lodge No. 87 on July 2, 1903, and since then had held a host of offices not only in the local lodge, Edmonds Chapter No. 83, and Marion commandery No. 24, but also in the corresponding State organizations. At the time of his death he was a Grand Sword Bearer of the Grand Commandery of Kentucky and therefore, in line for the position of Grand Commander.
FORMER GRAND HIGH PRIEST - He had been Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Kentucky, Eminent Commander of Marion Commandery, and High Priest of Edmonds Chapter, to mention but a few of the many community and State honors which had been bestowed upon him in Masonry.
Funeral services were conducted by Dr. T. J. Porter in the presence of a large congregation at the Baptist Church, and the Grand Commandery of Kentucky had charge of the rites at the grave in Ryder Cemetery.
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