Biography: Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: Thomas Gough

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Submitted by Kathy Grace, <gendiva@charter.net> August 2004

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Thomas Gough, groceryman, was born in Ireland in 1833, where he lived on a
farm till 1852, when with parents he moved to Quebec, where he remained for
three and one-half years; he came to Fond du Lac in the year 1856 and began
clerking in a hardware store for R. Deacon, with whom he remained for one
year; he then clerked in different stores in the city of Fond du Lac till
1863, when he entered the store of E.H. Jones & Bros., for whom he clerked
eight and one-half years; leaving them in 1871 he started a grocery store
of his own, which business he has since continued.  He married Miss Katie
Kelly, of Elba Township, Dodge Co., Wis., in 1870, who died in June, 1872,
leaving three children, whose names are as follows: Mary, John T. and
Katie; Mary and John T. are now living, but Katie, the youngest, lived only
about two weeks after the death of her mother.  Mr. Gough married Miss
Sarah Ford, of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., in 1876, by whom he has
one child- Annie.  Mr. Gough and all his family are members of the Catholic
Church.

Transcribed from The History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Chicago :
Western Historical Company, 1880 pg. 808