John J Gore (1816 - 1895)

Born 5 Feb 1816 in Virginia United States

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Died 5 Oct 1895 at age 79 in Logan County, West Virginia, USA

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Biography

John was a Surveyor

JOHN GORE was born 1816 in Monroe County, Virginia, the seventh child and second son of Joseph Gore and Martha Pine. His father was of English, German, and Portuguese heritage while his mother was imbued with English, Irish, and Scottish. In an already bustling household, his eldest sister, Caty, undoubtedly assisted in raising him and their siblings Celia, Delilah, Nancy, Rena, and Jimmy. Before long, John had another four siblings to play with: Elijah, Levi, Becky, and Martha. The Gore family all came to the Clear Fork of Guyandotte in Logan County, near the present site of Oceana, in the late 1820s.

In or near the near the year 1837 he married Margaret Jane Dingess, a daughter of John and Chloe (Farley) Dingess. Margaret was affectionately called "Peggy" by all who knew her. John and Peggy's first daughter was born in the same year, and they named her Chloe to honor Peggy's mother.

On December 5, 1838, John and Peggy, along with James and Sally (Dingess) Butcher, sold their two shares being 40 acres of an undivided tract on Guyandotte River opposite and above the mouth of Crawley Creek, still occupied by John Dingess, to Peggy and Sally's brother, Julius.^[1]

1868 May 27 Marriage of F S Gore and Susan Vance in Wayne County VA. Floyd was 27 and a widow. Occupation: Farming. Born in Wyoming County VA. Residence: Logan County. Father: John Gore. Susan was 24 and single. Born in Logan County VA. Residence: Logan County. Parents: A & C Vance. ^[2]

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1. ↑ Logan County, West Virginia Deed Book B1, pp. 145.
2. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTNJ-MZN : 11 February 2018), F S Gure and Susan Vance, 1868; citing Wayne, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 583,490.

John Gore Birth 5 Feb 1816 Virginia, USA Death 5 Oct 1895 (aged 79) Logan County, West Virginia, USA Burial John Gore Family Cemetery, Halcyon, Logan County, West Virginia, USA  Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #203501788 Has a photo of gravestone.

Census:

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DC-J6Q : 12 April 2016), John Gore, Logan county, part of, Logan, Virginia, United States; citing family 178, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41D-8GY : 12 December 2017), John Gore, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4G-SBC : 19 March 2020), John Goare, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RY-4DH : 15 July 2017), John Gore, Logan, Logan, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 74, sheet 286D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1406; FHL microfilm 1,255,406.

In Children's Records:

Floyd Shannon Gore:

• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMW8-WSN : 11 February 2018), John Gore in entry for Floyd S. Gore and Emily C. Noble, 10 Feb 1863; citing Monroe, West Virginia, p 42, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 589,917.

Martha Pine Gore:

• "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMXL-PYV : 9 March 2018), John Gore in entry for Martha Pine Lawson, 10 Sep 1929; citing Lyburn, Logan Co., West Virginia, County Records, v 2 p 143, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 571,279.

Leander Gore:

• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRNW-Y5T : 11 February 2018), John Gore in entry for Leander Gore and Araminta White, 17 Mar 1880; citing Logan, West Virginia, p 39 ln 17, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 571,278.
• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRN4-3DS : 11 February 2018), J Gore in entry for Leander Gore and Elizabeth Chambers, 08 Jun 1882; citing Logan, West Virginia, P 43 ln 42, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 571,278.

Mary Ann Gore:

• "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM41-1Y5 : 10 March 2018), John Gore in entry for Mrs. Mary Ann Lawson, 13 Nov 1921; citing Logan, West Virginia, County Records, 7512, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,952,973.

Harvey Gore:

• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRNW-41N : 11 February 2018), Jno Gore Parent Im 29 in entry for Harvey Gore and Polly Hall, 31 Jul 1875; citing Logan, West Virginia, p 31 ln 44, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 571,278.

OBITUARY (Logan County Banner, Oct. 9, 1895) Death of John Gore Died, at the residence of his son, Leander Gore, on Hart's Creek, at 7 o'clock last Saturday evening, John Gore, in his eightieth year.

No man in Logan County was better known or more beloved than Mr. Gore. He was distinctly a man of the people and a friend to every one.

He was, for a long time, Surveyor of the county, and only laid down the compass and chain when he become too infirm to climb our hills.

Mr. Gore was married in early life to Miss Margaret Dingess, who has preceded him to the grave. He leaves to survive him three sons, Floyd S., Harvey and Leander, and five daughters, Mrs. Jackson Mullins, Mrs. Squire Toney, Mrs. Guy Lawson, Mrs. Anthony Lawson and Mrs. Bryan McDonald.

We are glad to learn that while his suffering were great, he dying with catarrh of the stomach, that he bore his sufferings with christian fortitude, and met calmly the blow of the death angel.

He was one of the links that bound us to the past, one of the old men who delighted in telling what this country was nearly a century ago. He has, however, joined the great majority, and is once more in company with the friends of his youth. And we should not mourn him, but rather rejoice that his is free from the ills and pains which are the heritage of old age. Mourn not for him, you shall soon meet him again. https://brandonraykirk.wordpress.com/tag/john-gore/

• Henning, Elma & Merle Rummel, The Toney Family History, 1979, pg 113