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Capt Obadiah Gore Sr.

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Capt Obadiah Gore Sr.

Birth
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
10 Jan 1779 (aged 64)
Wyoming, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Plains, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Capt. Obadiah Gore, Sr. was the son of Samuel and Hannah (Draper) Gore. He was the husband of Hannah (Parke) Gore. They were married November 4, 1742. Hannah died August 14, 1804. Obadiah was a blacksmith. He served as a Capt. in the Connecticut militia in 1776. He also served as a member of the Safety Committee at Forty Fort, Pennsylvania. He died of smallpox.

Bradsby, H. C.
A History Of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, c1893, Chapter XII, Page 308
Obadiah Gore family during the Wyoming Massacre
Capt. Obadiah Gore, Sr. was the son of Samuel and Hannah (Draper) Gore. He was the husband of Hannah (Parke) Gore. They were married November 4, 1742. Hannah died August 14, 1804. Obadiah was a blacksmith. He served as a Capt. in the Connecticut militia in 1776. He also served as a member of the Safety Committee at Forty Fort, Pennsylvania. He died of smallpox.

Bradsby, H. C.
A History Of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, c1893, Chapter XII, Page 308
Obadiah Gore family during the Wyoming Massacre


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