From the book, LINCOLN'S BIRTH COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR, by Ed Benningfield:
DR. JOHN W. GORE was born near Bardstown on March 21, 1821. He was an early member of the Rolling Fork Christian Church, which is located near the little town of Lyons. John was elected Captain of the Nelson County State Guard and served from September 5, 1862 to November 6, 1862. The unit was made up primarily of men from New Haven, Lyons, and near Athertonviile. A good portion of the men were from LaRue County. John, as the Captain, was paid seventy dollars per month. When this Union State unit was disbanded in November of 1862, many of the men joined other Union regiments.
Mrs. Elliott in her book gave a sketch on Dr. Gore that she condensed from a newspaper clipping in the LaRue County Herald. She states that Dr. Gore died in Hodgenville in September 1905. He was married first to Elizabeth Brown and after her death to Ellen Brown, who survived him. He came to Hodgenville when a young man and lived there the remainder of his life both as a doctor and a lawyer. He served as county attorney, also as county clerk, but resigned this office and Dr. W. H. Hamilton was appointed to fill out the term.
While living in Nelson County during the Civil War he was a candidate for county attorney there and was elected by a 1700 majority vote, but on learning that many of the votes were cast by soldiers stationed in the vicinity, he promptly tore up the certificate of election and threw it on the floor, saying it was not won by fair means and he would not accept it. Thus, this demonstrating the sincere honesty of the young man.
He was chief surgeon in an Army Hospital in the Civil War. After moving to Hodgenville he helped to establish the Christian Church being one of its charter members and an elder and strong supporter the rest of his life. As a doctor and a lawyer he was probably better known among the people than any other citizen of the county and had the capacity of memory to know the names of all whom he would meet.
Mrs. Elliott says in the "Resolutions of Respect" following his death it was stated that, "Our town has lost a citizen whose course of action has ever been governed by an enlightened conscience, and the highest and noblest sense of duty". He was buried in the Red Hill cemetery in Hodgenville.
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LARUE COUNTY RECORDS
The LaRue County Herald - May 17, 1888
Biographical outlines written by a reporter whose name is not known
Dr. J. W. Gore
Despite his title of "Doctor," the gentleman to whom we now refer is anything but a physician. He used to be one. He is a native of Nelson County, and there and in LaRue County he practiced medicine from 1842 until 1880, and during eighteen months of the war he officiated as an Assistant Surgeon in the Federal Hospitals.
It was at about this time that he was admitted to the bar, and today he is the oldest (or next to the oldest) practitioner in LaRue County. For four years he was County Attorney, but we believe the Doctor can not justly be accused of holding any other office within the gift of the people. Decided in his political convictions, still he is not a politician; earnest in his advocacy of right, he is anything but a fanatic; he is a good pleader, because he is earnest in the cause he espouses; in oratory at times he reaches climacterics by logical deductions that bespeak the scholar as well as the gentleman.
The Doctor is at times disposed to be satirical, but more often argumentative. He evidently has a profound reverence for the law, and he is a careful, conscientious student of it. His practice embraces the courts of this and adjacent counties, and his gray hair and whiskers and erect figure are very familiar to our people.
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The LaRue County Herald, Hodgenville, Kentucky, September 14, 1905:
DEATH OF DR. JOHN W. GORE
On last Saturday evening at about eight o'clock there passed from active life into eternity one of the most widely known and most popular citizens of our county --- Dr. John W. Gore. His death occurred at his home in this place, the immediate cause being Bright's disease. He had been in failing health for some time, the ravages of the disease making inroads upon what had been one of the strongest of physical constitutions, and it could not be hoped for several weeks past that he would recover. The funeral services were conducted at the residence by Rev. Shouse, of the Christian church, and the remains were laid to rest in Red Hill cemetery.
He was one of the oldest Masons in the county and the burial was conducted by the Masonic lodge, with full Masonic honors.
Dr. Gore was born within one and a half miles of Bardstown, Nelson county, on the 16th day of March, 1821. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Brown who died and he was married to her sister, Miss Ellen Brown, who survives him. Of both unions there are four children living- -Mrs. W. E. Rodman, of this place; James Gore, who lives in Louisville; Joe B. Gore, whose home is in St. Joe, Mo., and L. M. Gore, the Circuit Court Clerk.
Dr. Gore moved to this county and then returned to Nelson; in 1840 he moved back here and made his home permanently at Hodgenville. He served the county at one time as county attorney and once as county clerk, resigning the latter office and Dr. W. H. Hamirton was appointed to fill the vacancy. In whatever capacity he acted as a servant of the people he discharged his duties faithfully and well, giving entire satisfaction in all instances. As an illustration of the man Dr. Gore was once a candidate for County Attorney in Nelson county and the soldiers took part in his election and he was elected by 1700 majority. Dr. Gore at once recognized that the election was not fair and tore up the certificate of election and threw it upon the floor, not accepting the office.
During the war he held the position of Chief Surgeon in the army hospital at Louisville.
Dr. Gore joined the Baptist Church February 18, 1837, under the preaching of Rev. William Brown, at South Fork. He then joined the Christian church in June, 1857, and when the church at Hodgenville was organized he became one of the charter members. He was elected Elder and held the position until his death.
Dr. Gore was one of the patriarchs of the town. He came here when it was but a small village and he had done his full share in making it what it is, always exhibiting a keen interest in any and all enterprises that would improve the town in any meritorious way. There was probably no man in the county that was so well known to the people generally as was he. In the capacities of doctor and lawyer he was thrown into intimate communication with the majority of the people and it is true that he never met a LaRue county citizen whom he did not know or whose name he could not instantly call, and all who knew him intimately entertained for him the highest respect as a doctor, lawyer or public-spirited citizen.
As a member of the Christian church he had held the position of Elder ever since the church at this place was established, and, at the times when the church in its younger days needed assistance, or at any other time for that matter, there was no one who responded more eagerly to the demands than did he, and the interest that he constantly manifested in its welfare in other ways was of great value to it at all times.
His death has been a great loss to the church and it will be more fully realized when the time is ripe for that realization.
Notwithstanding that Dr. Gore had lived out the allotted life of man and more, that his head was whitened with the toils and cares of the many years, which seemed to rest so lightly upon him mentally and physically, and that family and friends could hope that he would be with them but a short while, the parting of the ways brought all the sorrow that comes even when one in the prime of life yields to the inevitable.
The children, all of them now at middle-age, realize that the one to whom they were accustomed to go for advice such as only a father could give, has been taken from them and they are entitled to the sympathy due to those who have truly met with misfortune, but to the aged widow the tenderest sympathy that finds lodgement in the human heart is due. For a long life time she had been his constant companion sharing with him the disappointments and cares that fall to the lot of every human and relishing with him the pleasures and happiness that life brought to them in joyous moments. Hand in hand they walked life's pathway together, had trod life's pathway together, dispelling clouds that gathered in the others sky and plucking the rarest gems of happiness to adorn and cheer their home.
Contributor: Russell Perkins (47213352)
DR. JOHN W. GORE was born near Bardstown on March 21, 1821. He was an early member of the Rolling Fork Christian Church, which is located near the little town of Lyons. John was elected Captain of the Nelson County State Guard and served from September 5, 1862 to November 6, 1862. The unit was made up primarily of men from New Haven, Lyons, and near Athertonviile. A good portion of the men were from LaRue County. John, as the Captain, was paid seventy dollars per month. When this Union State unit was disbanded in November of 1862, many of the men joined other Union regiments.
Mrs. Elliott in her book gave a sketch on Dr. Gore that she condensed from a newspaper clipping in the LaRue County Herald. She states that Dr. Gore died in Hodgenville in September 1905. He was married first to Elizabeth Brown and after her death to Ellen Brown, who survived him. He came to Hodgenville when a young man and lived there the remainder of his life both as a doctor and a lawyer. He served as county attorney, also as county clerk, but resigned this office and Dr. W. H. Hamilton was appointed to fill out the term.
While living in Nelson County during the Civil War he was a candidate for county attorney there and was elected by a 1700 majority vote, but on learning that many of the votes were cast by soldiers stationed in the vicinity, he promptly tore up the certificate of election and threw it on the floor, saying it was not won by fair means and he would not accept it. Thus, this demonstrating the sincere honesty of the young man.
He was chief surgeon in an Army Hospital in the Civil War. After moving to Hodgenville he helped to establish the Christian Church being one of its charter members and an elder and strong supporter the rest of his life. As a doctor and a lawyer he was probably better known among the people than any other citizen of the county and had the capacity of memory to know the names of all whom he would meet.
Mrs. Elliott says in the "Resolutions of Respect" following his death it was stated that, "Our town has lost a citizen whose course of action has ever been governed by an enlightened conscience, and the highest and noblest sense of duty". He was buried in the Red Hill cemetery in Hodgenville.
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LARUE COUNTY RECORDS
The LaRue County Herald - May 17, 1888
Biographical outlines written by a reporter whose name is not known
Dr. J. W. Gore
Despite his title of "Doctor," the gentleman to whom we now refer is anything but a physician. He used to be one. He is a native of Nelson County, and there and in LaRue County he practiced medicine from 1842 until 1880, and during eighteen months of the war he officiated as an Assistant Surgeon in the Federal Hospitals.
It was at about this time that he was admitted to the bar, and today he is the oldest (or next to the oldest) practitioner in LaRue County. For four years he was County Attorney, but we believe the Doctor can not justly be accused of holding any other office within the gift of the people. Decided in his political convictions, still he is not a politician; earnest in his advocacy of right, he is anything but a fanatic; he is a good pleader, because he is earnest in the cause he espouses; in oratory at times he reaches climacterics by logical deductions that bespeak the scholar as well as the gentleman.
The Doctor is at times disposed to be satirical, but more often argumentative. He evidently has a profound reverence for the law, and he is a careful, conscientious student of it. His practice embraces the courts of this and adjacent counties, and his gray hair and whiskers and erect figure are very familiar to our people.
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The LaRue County Herald, Hodgenville, Kentucky, September 14, 1905:
DEATH OF DR. JOHN W. GORE
On last Saturday evening at about eight o'clock there passed from active life into eternity one of the most widely known and most popular citizens of our county --- Dr. John W. Gore. His death occurred at his home in this place, the immediate cause being Bright's disease. He had been in failing health for some time, the ravages of the disease making inroads upon what had been one of the strongest of physical constitutions, and it could not be hoped for several weeks past that he would recover. The funeral services were conducted at the residence by Rev. Shouse, of the Christian church, and the remains were laid to rest in Red Hill cemetery.
He was one of the oldest Masons in the county and the burial was conducted by the Masonic lodge, with full Masonic honors.
Dr. Gore was born within one and a half miles of Bardstown, Nelson county, on the 16th day of March, 1821. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Brown who died and he was married to her sister, Miss Ellen Brown, who survives him. Of both unions there are four children living- -Mrs. W. E. Rodman, of this place; James Gore, who lives in Louisville; Joe B. Gore, whose home is in St. Joe, Mo., and L. M. Gore, the Circuit Court Clerk.
Dr. Gore moved to this county and then returned to Nelson; in 1840 he moved back here and made his home permanently at Hodgenville. He served the county at one time as county attorney and once as county clerk, resigning the latter office and Dr. W. H. Hamirton was appointed to fill the vacancy. In whatever capacity he acted as a servant of the people he discharged his duties faithfully and well, giving entire satisfaction in all instances. As an illustration of the man Dr. Gore was once a candidate for County Attorney in Nelson county and the soldiers took part in his election and he was elected by 1700 majority. Dr. Gore at once recognized that the election was not fair and tore up the certificate of election and threw it upon the floor, not accepting the office.
During the war he held the position of Chief Surgeon in the army hospital at Louisville.
Dr. Gore joined the Baptist Church February 18, 1837, under the preaching of Rev. William Brown, at South Fork. He then joined the Christian church in June, 1857, and when the church at Hodgenville was organized he became one of the charter members. He was elected Elder and held the position until his death.
Dr. Gore was one of the patriarchs of the town. He came here when it was but a small village and he had done his full share in making it what it is, always exhibiting a keen interest in any and all enterprises that would improve the town in any meritorious way. There was probably no man in the county that was so well known to the people generally as was he. In the capacities of doctor and lawyer he was thrown into intimate communication with the majority of the people and it is true that he never met a LaRue county citizen whom he did not know or whose name he could not instantly call, and all who knew him intimately entertained for him the highest respect as a doctor, lawyer or public-spirited citizen.
As a member of the Christian church he had held the position of Elder ever since the church at this place was established, and, at the times when the church in its younger days needed assistance, or at any other time for that matter, there was no one who responded more eagerly to the demands than did he, and the interest that he constantly manifested in its welfare in other ways was of great value to it at all times.
His death has been a great loss to the church and it will be more fully realized when the time is ripe for that realization.
Notwithstanding that Dr. Gore had lived out the allotted life of man and more, that his head was whitened with the toils and cares of the many years, which seemed to rest so lightly upon him mentally and physically, and that family and friends could hope that he would be with them but a short while, the parting of the ways brought all the sorrow that comes even when one in the prime of life yields to the inevitable.
The children, all of them now at middle-age, realize that the one to whom they were accustomed to go for advice such as only a father could give, has been taken from them and they are entitled to the sympathy due to those who have truly met with misfortune, but to the aged widow the tenderest sympathy that finds lodgement in the human heart is due. For a long life time she had been his constant companion sharing with him the disappointments and cares that fall to the lot of every human and relishing with him the pleasures and happiness that life brought to them in joyous moments. Hand in hand they walked life's pathway together, had trod life's pathway together, dispelling clouds that gathered in the others sky and plucking the rarest gems of happiness to adorn and cheer their home.
Contributor: Russell Perkins (47213352)
From the book, LINCOLN'S BIRTH COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR, by Ed Benningfield:
DR. JOHN W. GORE was born near Bardstown on March 21, 1821. He was an early member of the Rolling Fork Christian Church, which is located near the little town of Lyons. John was elected Captain of the Nelson County State Guard and served from September 5, 1862 to November 6, 1862. The unit was made up primarily of men from New Haven, Lyons, and near Athertonviile. A good portion of the men were from LaRue County. John, as the Captain, was paid seventy dollars per month. When this Union State unit was disbanded in November of 1862, many of the men joined other Union regiments.
Mrs. Elliott in her book gave a sketch on Dr. Gore that she condensed from a newspaper clipping in the LaRue County Herald. She states that Dr. Gore died in Hodgenville in September 1905. He was married first to Elizabeth Brown and after her death to Ellen Brown, who survived him. He came to Hodgenville when a young man and lived there the remainder of his life both as a doctor and a lawyer. He served as county attorney, also as county clerk, but resigned this office and Dr. W. H. Hamilton was appointed to fill out the term.
While living in Nelson County during the Civil War he was a candidate for county attorney there and was elected by a 1700 majority vote, but on learning that many of the votes were cast by soldiers stationed in the vicinity, he promptly tore up the certificate of election and threw it on the floor, saying it was not won by fair means and he would not accept it. Thus, this demonstrating the sincere honesty of the young man.
He was chief surgeon in an Army Hospital in the Civil War. After moving to Hodgenville he helped to establish the Christian Church being one of its charter members and an elder and strong supporter the rest of his life. As a doctor and a lawyer he was probably better known among the people than any other citizen of the county and had the capacity of memory to know the names of all whom he would meet.
Mrs. Elliott says in the "Resolutions of Respect" following his death it was stated that, "Our town has lost a citizen whose course of action has ever been governed by an enlightened conscience, and the highest and noblest sense of duty". He was buried in the Red Hill cemetery in Hodgenville.
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LARUE COUNTY RECORDS
The LaRue County Herald - May 17, 1888
Biographical outlines written by a reporter whose name is not known
Dr. J. W. Gore
Despite his title of "Doctor," the gentleman to whom we now refer is anything but a physician. He used to be one. He is a native of Nelson County, and there and in LaRue County he practiced medicine from 1842 until 1880, and during eighteen months of the war he officiated as an Assistant Surgeon in the Federal Hospitals.
It was at about this time that he was admitted to the bar, and today he is the oldest (or next to the oldest) practitioner in LaRue County. For four years he was County Attorney, but we believe the Doctor can not justly be accused of holding any other office within the gift of the people. Decided in his political convictions, still he is not a politician; earnest in his advocacy of right, he is anything but a fanatic; he is a good pleader, because he is earnest in the cause he espouses; in oratory at times he reaches climacterics by logical deductions that bespeak the scholar as well as the gentleman.
The Doctor is at times disposed to be satirical, but more often argumentative. He evidently has a profound reverence for the law, and he is a careful, conscientious student of it. His practice embraces the courts of this and adjacent counties, and his gray hair and whiskers and erect figure are very familiar to our people.
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The LaRue County Herald, Hodgenville, Kentucky, September 14, 1905:
DEATH OF DR. JOHN W. GORE
On last Saturday evening at about eight o'clock there passed from active life into eternity one of the most widely known and most popular citizens of our county --- Dr. John W. Gore. His death occurred at his home in this place, the immediate cause being Bright's disease. He had been in failing health for some time, the ravages of the disease making inroads upon what had been one of the strongest of physical constitutions, and it could not be hoped for several weeks past that he would recover. The funeral services were conducted at the residence by Rev. Shouse, of the Christian church, and the remains were laid to rest in Red Hill cemetery.
He was one of the oldest Masons in the county and the burial was conducted by the Masonic lodge, with full Masonic honors.
Dr. Gore was born within one and a half miles of Bardstown, Nelson county, on the 16th day of March, 1821. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Brown who died and he was married to her sister, Miss Ellen Brown, who survives him. Of both unions there are four children living- -Mrs. W. E. Rodman, of this place; James Gore, who lives in Louisville; Joe B. Gore, whose home is in St. Joe, Mo., and L. M. Gore, the Circuit Court Clerk.
Dr. Gore moved to this county and then returned to Nelson; in 1840 he moved back here and made his home permanently at Hodgenville. He served the county at one time as county attorney and once as county clerk, resigning the latter office and Dr. W. H. Hamirton was appointed to fill the vacancy. In whatever capacity he acted as a servant of the people he discharged his duties faithfully and well, giving entire satisfaction in all instances. As an illustration of the man Dr. Gore was once a candidate for County Attorney in Nelson county and the soldiers took part in his election and he was elected by 1700 majority. Dr. Gore at once recognized that the election was not fair and tore up the certificate of election and threw it upon the floor, not accepting the office.
During the war he held the position of Chief Surgeon in the army hospital at Louisville.
Dr. Gore joined the Baptist Church February 18, 1837, under the preaching of Rev. William Brown, at South Fork. He then joined the Christian church in June, 1857, and when the church at Hodgenville was organized he became one of the charter members. He was elected Elder and held the position until his death.
Dr. Gore was one of the patriarchs of the town. He came here when it was but a small village and he had done his full share in making it what it is, always exhibiting a keen interest in any and all enterprises that would improve the town in any meritorious way. There was probably no man in the county that was so well known to the people generally as was he. In the capacities of doctor and lawyer he was thrown into intimate communication with the majority of the people and it is true that he never met a LaRue county citizen whom he did not know or whose name he could not instantly call, and all who knew him intimately entertained for him the highest respect as a doctor, lawyer or public-spirited citizen.
As a member of the Christian church he had held the position of Elder ever since the church at this place was established, and, at the times when the church in its younger days needed assistance, or at any other time for that matter, there was no one who responded more eagerly to the demands than did he, and the interest that he constantly manifested in its welfare in other ways was of great value to it at all times.
His death has been a great loss to the church and it will be more fully realized when the time is ripe for that realization.
Notwithstanding that Dr. Gore had lived out the allotted life of man and more, that his head was whitened with the toils and cares of the many years, which seemed to rest so lightly upon him mentally and physically, and that family and friends could hope that he would be with them but a short while, the parting of the ways brought all the sorrow that comes even when one in the prime of life yields to the inevitable.
The children, all of them now at middle-age, realize that the one to whom they were accustomed to go for advice such as only a father could give, has been taken from them and they are entitled to the sympathy due to those who have truly met with misfortune, but to the aged widow the tenderest sympathy that finds lodgement in the human heart is due. For a long life time she had been his constant companion sharing with him the disappointments and cares that fall to the lot of every human and relishing with him the pleasures and happiness that life brought to them in joyous moments. Hand in hand they walked life's pathway together, had trod life's pathway together, dispelling clouds that gathered in the others sky and plucking the rarest gems of happiness to adorn and cheer their home.
Contributor: Russell Perkins (47213352)
DR. JOHN W. GORE was born near Bardstown on March 21, 1821. He was an early member of the Rolling Fork Christian Church, which is located near the little town of Lyons. John was elected Captain of the Nelson County State Guard and served from September 5, 1862 to November 6, 1862. The unit was made up primarily of men from New Haven, Lyons, and near Athertonviile. A good portion of the men were from LaRue County. John, as the Captain, was paid seventy dollars per month. When this Union State unit was disbanded in November of 1862, many of the men joined other Union regiments.
Mrs. Elliott in her book gave a sketch on Dr. Gore that she condensed from a newspaper clipping in the LaRue County Herald. She states that Dr. Gore died in Hodgenville in September 1905. He was married first to Elizabeth Brown and after her death to Ellen Brown, who survived him. He came to Hodgenville when a young man and lived there the remainder of his life both as a doctor and a lawyer. He served as county attorney, also as county clerk, but resigned this office and Dr. W. H. Hamilton was appointed to fill out the term.
While living in Nelson County during the Civil War he was a candidate for county attorney there and was elected by a 1700 majority vote, but on learning that many of the votes were cast by soldiers stationed in the vicinity, he promptly tore up the certificate of election and threw it on the floor, saying it was not won by fair means and he would not accept it. Thus, this demonstrating the sincere honesty of the young man.
He was chief surgeon in an Army Hospital in the Civil War. After moving to Hodgenville he helped to establish the Christian Church being one of its charter members and an elder and strong supporter the rest of his life. As a doctor and a lawyer he was probably better known among the people than any other citizen of the county and had the capacity of memory to know the names of all whom he would meet.
Mrs. Elliott says in the "Resolutions of Respect" following his death it was stated that, "Our town has lost a citizen whose course of action has ever been governed by an enlightened conscience, and the highest and noblest sense of duty". He was buried in the Red Hill cemetery in Hodgenville.
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LARUE COUNTY RECORDS
The LaRue County Herald - May 17, 1888
Biographical outlines written by a reporter whose name is not known
Dr. J. W. Gore
Despite his title of "Doctor," the gentleman to whom we now refer is anything but a physician. He used to be one. He is a native of Nelson County, and there and in LaRue County he practiced medicine from 1842 until 1880, and during eighteen months of the war he officiated as an Assistant Surgeon in the Federal Hospitals.
It was at about this time that he was admitted to the bar, and today he is the oldest (or next to the oldest) practitioner in LaRue County. For four years he was County Attorney, but we believe the Doctor can not justly be accused of holding any other office within the gift of the people. Decided in his political convictions, still he is not a politician; earnest in his advocacy of right, he is anything but a fanatic; he is a good pleader, because he is earnest in the cause he espouses; in oratory at times he reaches climacterics by logical deductions that bespeak the scholar as well as the gentleman.
The Doctor is at times disposed to be satirical, but more often argumentative. He evidently has a profound reverence for the law, and he is a careful, conscientious student of it. His practice embraces the courts of this and adjacent counties, and his gray hair and whiskers and erect figure are very familiar to our people.
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The LaRue County Herald, Hodgenville, Kentucky, September 14, 1905:
DEATH OF DR. JOHN W. GORE
On last Saturday evening at about eight o'clock there passed from active life into eternity one of the most widely known and most popular citizens of our county --- Dr. John W. Gore. His death occurred at his home in this place, the immediate cause being Bright's disease. He had been in failing health for some time, the ravages of the disease making inroads upon what had been one of the strongest of physical constitutions, and it could not be hoped for several weeks past that he would recover. The funeral services were conducted at the residence by Rev. Shouse, of the Christian church, and the remains were laid to rest in Red Hill cemetery.
He was one of the oldest Masons in the county and the burial was conducted by the Masonic lodge, with full Masonic honors.
Dr. Gore was born within one and a half miles of Bardstown, Nelson county, on the 16th day of March, 1821. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Brown who died and he was married to her sister, Miss Ellen Brown, who survives him. Of both unions there are four children living- -Mrs. W. E. Rodman, of this place; James Gore, who lives in Louisville; Joe B. Gore, whose home is in St. Joe, Mo., and L. M. Gore, the Circuit Court Clerk.
Dr. Gore moved to this county and then returned to Nelson; in 1840 he moved back here and made his home permanently at Hodgenville. He served the county at one time as county attorney and once as county clerk, resigning the latter office and Dr. W. H. Hamirton was appointed to fill the vacancy. In whatever capacity he acted as a servant of the people he discharged his duties faithfully and well, giving entire satisfaction in all instances. As an illustration of the man Dr. Gore was once a candidate for County Attorney in Nelson county and the soldiers took part in his election and he was elected by 1700 majority. Dr. Gore at once recognized that the election was not fair and tore up the certificate of election and threw it upon the floor, not accepting the office.
During the war he held the position of Chief Surgeon in the army hospital at Louisville.
Dr. Gore joined the Baptist Church February 18, 1837, under the preaching of Rev. William Brown, at South Fork. He then joined the Christian church in June, 1857, and when the church at Hodgenville was organized he became one of the charter members. He was elected Elder and held the position until his death.
Dr. Gore was one of the patriarchs of the town. He came here when it was but a small village and he had done his full share in making it what it is, always exhibiting a keen interest in any and all enterprises that would improve the town in any meritorious way. There was probably no man in the county that was so well known to the people generally as was he. In the capacities of doctor and lawyer he was thrown into intimate communication with the majority of the people and it is true that he never met a LaRue county citizen whom he did not know or whose name he could not instantly call, and all who knew him intimately entertained for him the highest respect as a doctor, lawyer or public-spirited citizen.
As a member of the Christian church he had held the position of Elder ever since the church at this place was established, and, at the times when the church in its younger days needed assistance, or at any other time for that matter, there was no one who responded more eagerly to the demands than did he, and the interest that he constantly manifested in its welfare in other ways was of great value to it at all times.
His death has been a great loss to the church and it will be more fully realized when the time is ripe for that realization.
Notwithstanding that Dr. Gore had lived out the allotted life of man and more, that his head was whitened with the toils and cares of the many years, which seemed to rest so lightly upon him mentally and physically, and that family and friends could hope that he would be with them but a short while, the parting of the ways brought all the sorrow that comes even when one in the prime of life yields to the inevitable.
The children, all of them now at middle-age, realize that the one to whom they were accustomed to go for advice such as only a father could give, has been taken from them and they are entitled to the sympathy due to those who have truly met with misfortune, but to the aged widow the tenderest sympathy that finds lodgement in the human heart is due. For a long life time she had been his constant companion sharing with him the disappointments and cares that fall to the lot of every human and relishing with him the pleasures and happiness that life brought to them in joyous moments. Hand in hand they walked life's pathway together, had trod life's pathway together, dispelling clouds that gathered in the others sky and plucking the rarest gems of happiness to adorn and cheer their home.
Contributor: Russell Perkins (47213352)
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