James Gourley was born in Londonderry, county Derry, Ireland, the son of George Gourley and Rosanna McNeil. He married Margaret Young Travis on May 19, 1836 in Indiana Co., PA. He died in W. Mahoning Twp., Indiana Co., PA.
James and Margaret Gourley were the parents of six children:
1. Louisa Barret (Gourley) Ewing
2. Mary Rosanah (Gourley) Crawford
3. Margaret Ann (Gourley) Goss
4. Joseph Travis Gourley
5. John McNeal Gourley
6. William Sims Gourley
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Stewart's History of Indiana Co. (1913), pp. 769-770 (William H. Crawford sketch):
James Gourley, ... was born Aug. 23, 1810, near Londonderry, Ireland, and came to Nova Scotia with his parents in 1816. He accompanied them to Pennsylvania, learned blacksmithing and followed that trade, and also engaged in farming, owning a farm in West Mahoning Twp., where he died March 21, 1867. He entered the Union army during the Civil war, and his health giving out was assigned to hospital duty, serving to the end of the struggle. In politics he was originally a Whig, later a Republican. He first joined the Presbyterian Church, later becoming a member of the M. E. Church. His wife, Margaret (Travis), was born Dec. 7, 1818 and died Jan. 1, 1889, at Paxton, Ill. Her parents, William and Mary (Gahagan) Travis, were of Irish and German extraction, respectively, and stanch Presbyterians in religious belief. Mr. Travis owned a gristmill and a farm in West Mahoning township, at what is now the site of Goodville.
James and Margaret (Travis) Gourley had a family of six children: Louisa, born Feb. 16, 1837, died Sept. 23, 1867; Mary R., Mrs. Crawford, was born Jan. 27, 1841; Margaret Ann, born May 5, 1843, died Aug. 25, 1882; Joseph T., born July 7, 1845, now resides in Colorado; John McNiel, born Aug. 3, 1847, is living in Illinois; William S., born Nov. 5, 1850, died Sept. 18, 1853.
James and Margaret Gourley were the parents of six children:
1. Louisa Barret (Gourley) Ewing
2. Mary Rosanah (Gourley) Crawford
3. Margaret Ann (Gourley) Goss
4. Joseph Travis Gourley
5. John McNeal Gourley
6. William Sims Gourley
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Stewart's History of Indiana Co. (1913), pp. 769-770 (William H. Crawford sketch):
James Gourley, ... was born Aug. 23, 1810, near Londonderry, Ireland, and came to Nova Scotia with his parents in 1816. He accompanied them to Pennsylvania, learned blacksmithing and followed that trade, and also engaged in farming, owning a farm in West Mahoning Twp., where he died March 21, 1867. He entered the Union army during the Civil war, and his health giving out was assigned to hospital duty, serving to the end of the struggle. In politics he was originally a Whig, later a Republican. He first joined the Presbyterian Church, later becoming a member of the M. E. Church. His wife, Margaret (Travis), was born Dec. 7, 1818 and died Jan. 1, 1889, at Paxton, Ill. Her parents, William and Mary (Gahagan) Travis, were of Irish and German extraction, respectively, and stanch Presbyterians in religious belief. Mr. Travis owned a gristmill and a farm in West Mahoning township, at what is now the site of Goodville.
James and Margaret (Travis) Gourley had a family of six children: Louisa, born Feb. 16, 1837, died Sept. 23, 1867; Mary R., Mrs. Crawford, was born Jan. 27, 1841; Margaret Ann, born May 5, 1843, died Aug. 25, 1882; Joseph T., born July 7, 1845, now resides in Colorado; John McNiel, born Aug. 3, 1847, is living in Illinois; William S., born Nov. 5, 1850, died Sept. 18, 1853.
James Gourley was born in Londonderry, county Derry, Ireland, the son of George Gourley and Rosanna McNeil. He married Margaret Young Travis on May 19, 1836 in Indiana Co., PA. He died in W. Mahoning Twp., Indiana Co., PA.
James and Margaret Gourley were the parents of six children:
1. Louisa Barret (Gourley) Ewing
2. Mary Rosanah (Gourley) Crawford
3. Margaret Ann (Gourley) Goss
4. Joseph Travis Gourley
5. John McNeal Gourley
6. William Sims Gourley
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Stewart's History of Indiana Co. (1913), pp. 769-770 (William H. Crawford sketch):
James Gourley, ... was born Aug. 23, 1810, near Londonderry, Ireland, and came to Nova Scotia with his parents in 1816. He accompanied them to Pennsylvania, learned blacksmithing and followed that trade, and also engaged in farming, owning a farm in West Mahoning Twp., where he died March 21, 1867. He entered the Union army during the Civil war, and his health giving out was assigned to hospital duty, serving to the end of the struggle. In politics he was originally a Whig, later a Republican. He first joined the Presbyterian Church, later becoming a member of the M. E. Church. His wife, Margaret (Travis), was born Dec. 7, 1818 and died Jan. 1, 1889, at Paxton, Ill. Her parents, William and Mary (Gahagan) Travis, were of Irish and German extraction, respectively, and stanch Presbyterians in religious belief. Mr. Travis owned a gristmill and a farm in West Mahoning township, at what is now the site of Goodville.
James and Margaret (Travis) Gourley had a family of six children: Louisa, born Feb. 16, 1837, died Sept. 23, 1867; Mary R., Mrs. Crawford, was born Jan. 27, 1841; Margaret Ann, born May 5, 1843, died Aug. 25, 1882; Joseph T., born July 7, 1845, now resides in Colorado; John McNiel, born Aug. 3, 1847, is living in Illinois; William S., born Nov. 5, 1850, died Sept. 18, 1853.
James and Margaret Gourley were the parents of six children:
1. Louisa Barret (Gourley) Ewing
2. Mary Rosanah (Gourley) Crawford
3. Margaret Ann (Gourley) Goss
4. Joseph Travis Gourley
5. John McNeal Gourley
6. William Sims Gourley
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Stewart's History of Indiana Co. (1913), pp. 769-770 (William H. Crawford sketch):
James Gourley, ... was born Aug. 23, 1810, near Londonderry, Ireland, and came to Nova Scotia with his parents in 1816. He accompanied them to Pennsylvania, learned blacksmithing and followed that trade, and also engaged in farming, owning a farm in West Mahoning Twp., where he died March 21, 1867. He entered the Union army during the Civil war, and his health giving out was assigned to hospital duty, serving to the end of the struggle. In politics he was originally a Whig, later a Republican. He first joined the Presbyterian Church, later becoming a member of the M. E. Church. His wife, Margaret (Travis), was born Dec. 7, 1818 and died Jan. 1, 1889, at Paxton, Ill. Her parents, William and Mary (Gahagan) Travis, were of Irish and German extraction, respectively, and stanch Presbyterians in religious belief. Mr. Travis owned a gristmill and a farm in West Mahoning township, at what is now the site of Goodville.
James and Margaret (Travis) Gourley had a family of six children: Louisa, born Feb. 16, 1837, died Sept. 23, 1867; Mary R., Mrs. Crawford, was born Jan. 27, 1841; Margaret Ann, born May 5, 1843, died Aug. 25, 1882; Joseph T., born July 7, 1845, now resides in Colorado; John McNiel, born Aug. 3, 1847, is living in Illinois; William S., born Nov. 5, 1850, died Sept. 18, 1853.
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