CRAWFORD COUNTY OHIO - BIO: GEORGE C. GORMLY (1881)

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CRAWFORD COUNTY
HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, p.742
CHICAGO
BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS
186 DEARBORN STREET
1881

BUCYRUS TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO

GEORGE C. GORMLY, Cashier of First National Bank, Bucyrus, the subject
of this sketch is the second son of John A. Gormly. The maiden name of
his mother was Louisa B. Bowman. He was born on the 18th of October 1
841, in Bucyrus in his 19th year he completed the high school course
of this place, and in the fall of 1860, he entered the freshman class
of Jefferson College at Cannonsburg, Penn. He graduated from this
institution in June, 1864 receiving first honors as the essayist of
his society. On his return to Bucyrus he entered the First National
Bank as teller, a position which he held until 1876. When he was
promoted to the position of assistant cashier. In 1878, he was elected
cashier a position for which his fifteen years of faithful service had
eminently fitted him. He has conducted a general insurance business
since 1869, and is Treasurer of the Crawford County Agricultural
Society and Secretary of the Joint Stock Company. He is one of the
Trustees of the Oakwood Cemetery, and also served his party as a member of
the Central Committee. He united with the Presbyterian Church in 1863, and
has been Secretary and Treasurer of the Sabbath school for ten years. On
Jan. 4, 1866, he united his fortunes with Sarah A. Ward, only child of Hon.
C. K. Ward. Of this marriage two children were born- Gracie W. and John
Clark Gormly.