[p. 752] who owns 112 acres of fine land in Hickory Township, which is situated three miles east of New Castle, on the north side of the road between the State and Harlansburg road, is a representative farmer of this section. He was born January 18, 1828, and is a son of Robert and Sarah (Hammond) Gormley, and a grandson of Thomas Gormley, whose whole life was passed in Ireland.
Robert Gormley attended the early schools and for some years studied in preparation for the ministry. Later, however, he turned his attention to farming and in this vocation found enjoyment and profit and was thus led to make it his life work. He is numbered with the successful agriculturists of Hickory Township, and is held in esteem as one of her best citizens.
Mr. Gormley married Margaret Mouck, a daughter of Daniel Mouck, of Hendersonville, and they have six children, namely: Thomas Boston, who married Cora Louden, has three children, Thomas B., Robert and Catherine; James R.; Mary Melvina, who married John White; R. Clyde, who married Jennie Sloan, has two children, Russell and Rex; Frederick T., who married Myrtle Farmer, has one son, Kenneth; and Sarah Lula. The family home is a comfortable residence set in a beautiful lawn and is flanked by substantial farm buildings.
Mr. Gormley and family belong to the United Presbyterian Church in which he is an elder.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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