Bios of Gorman, Mathias  Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1920.
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Gorman, Mathias (page 553), pioneer, whose career in Wabasha County
covered the period of half a century, from 1855 to 1905, was born in
Ireland, and came to this country in the early forties. For a number of
years the family resided in the East, but in 1855 they joined the stream
of emigration to the great Northwest. Their destination was St. Paul,
Minnesota, and after reaching the Mississippi river they took a boat up
stream, but Lake Pepin being obstructed by ice, the boat was unable to
proceed further, and the party disembarked on April 20 on Wabasha County
soil, and made up their minds to remain here. Others who landed with them
were the Lee, McDonough and Leydon families, all of whom settled in this
county. Mathias Gorman had been previously married to Nora King, and was
accompanied by his wife and two children. He took land in Greenfield
Township, and after he had got his family installed in a small house, and
done a little preliminary work on his place, he went to Galena, Ills., for
cows and other stock, which he brought by boat to Wabasha, and thence
overland to his farm. With this stock and their somewhat scanty household
effects, they began the work of developing the land and establishing a
comfortable home, a task in which Mr. Gorman finally succeeded. His wife
Nora was not long spared to him dying in 1860, and he subsequently
remarried. By his first marriage he had five children: Mary and Sarah, who
were born in the East; John J., residing in Lake City; Richard and
Mathias, Jr. Sarah and Richard are now deceased. Mary is the widow of Earl
Howley. Mathias Gorman, Sr., continued active farm work until 1886, when
he retired. He had accumulated over 400 acres, and was a prosperous and
respected citizen, whose death on February 4, 1905, was deeply deplored.
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