Julia Ghormley (Mrs. Chauncey A.) Cram (1856-1935,)
California "Cal" Ghormley (1856-1934,)
Alice Ghormley (1863-1940,) and
James A. Ghormley (1875-1919,)
all buried on Lawn-09 at Greenwood Memorial Terrace in Spokane, were among the children of Tennessee natives James Lafayette Ghormley (1833-1911) and Elizabeth Kitzmiller Ghormley (1829-?.) At the time of their 1870 and 1880 U. S. Census enumerations the family lived on a farm in Monroe County, Tennessee.
His 1900 and 1910 U. S. Census enumerations show James living in Mullan, Shoshone County, Idaho and working as a lead miner. When he registered for the draft in 1918 James still lived in Shoshone County and was a miner with Copper King Mining Company. His nearest relative was brother Cal Ghormley of Parkerdale, Washington.
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Plot and inscription came from
survey by Maggie Rail, 2001-2012
mrail.net/data/cemete/wash/
spokane/greenwood/index.htm
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Additional information was taken from US Census enumerations for 1880 (Monroe County, Tennessee,) 1900 and 1910 (Mullan, Shoshone, Idaho;) U.S., WWI Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918; and U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
Name
∼ELKS TO BURY J.A. GHORMLEY
Body of Coeur d'Alenes Mining Pioneer Brought to Spokane
The body of J.A. Ghormley, age 43, a pioneer miner and prospector of the Coeur d'Alenes, who died of influenza at Wallace Thursday, was received here yesterday by Smith & Co. The funeral probably will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the Spokane Elks conducting services at the grave in Greenwood Cemetery at the request of the Wallace Elks Lodge, of which he was a member.
Mr. Ghormley is survived by his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Ghormley, and two sisters, in Tellico Plains, Tennessee; three sisters in the Northwest, Mrs. Baranis Fink, W3012 First Avenue; Mrs. Julia Cram, Indian Prairie; and Miss Alice Ghormley, a well-known educator, and a brother, Cal Ghormley, both of Oakesdale. Another brother, D.L. Ghormley, lives in Edmonton, Alberta.
—From The Spokesman-Review; Sunday, November 3, 1918. Edited for factuality (original version of obituary gives the wrong burial location and incorrectly refers to Tellico Plains as "Calico Plains").∼The funeral of J.A. Ghormley, who died in Wallace, Idaho, will be held today at 1 o'clock. The body is at Smith & Co.'s. There will be no service there, but the Elks will take charge at Greenwood.
—From The Spokesman-Review; Monday, November 4, 1918
California "Cal" Ghormley (1856-1934,)
Alice Ghormley (1863-1940,) and
James A. Ghormley (1875-1919,)
all buried on Lawn-09 at Greenwood Memorial Terrace in Spokane, were among the children of Tennessee natives James Lafayette Ghormley (1833-1911) and Elizabeth Kitzmiller Ghormley (1829-?.) At the time of their 1870 and 1880 U. S. Census enumerations the family lived on a farm in Monroe County, Tennessee.
His 1900 and 1910 U. S. Census enumerations show James living in Mullan, Shoshone County, Idaho and working as a lead miner. When he registered for the draft in 1918 James still lived in Shoshone County and was a miner with Copper King Mining Company. His nearest relative was brother Cal Ghormley of Parkerdale, Washington.
--------------------------------
Plot and inscription came from
survey by Maggie Rail, 2001-2012
mrail.net/data/cemete/wash/
spokane/greenwood/index.htm
--------------------------------
Additional information was taken from US Census enumerations for 1880 (Monroe County, Tennessee,) 1900 and 1910 (Mullan, Shoshone, Idaho;) U.S., WWI Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918; and U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
Name
∼ELKS TO BURY J.A. GHORMLEY
Body of Coeur d'Alenes Mining Pioneer Brought to Spokane
The body of J.A. Ghormley, age 43, a pioneer miner and prospector of the Coeur d'Alenes, who died of influenza at Wallace Thursday, was received here yesterday by Smith & Co. The funeral probably will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the Spokane Elks conducting services at the grave in Greenwood Cemetery at the request of the Wallace Elks Lodge, of which he was a member.
Mr. Ghormley is survived by his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Ghormley, and two sisters, in Tellico Plains, Tennessee; three sisters in the Northwest, Mrs. Baranis Fink, W3012 First Avenue; Mrs. Julia Cram, Indian Prairie; and Miss Alice Ghormley, a well-known educator, and a brother, Cal Ghormley, both of Oakesdale. Another brother, D.L. Ghormley, lives in Edmonton, Alberta.
—From The Spokesman-Review; Sunday, November 3, 1918. Edited for factuality (original version of obituary gives the wrong burial location and incorrectly refers to Tellico Plains as "Calico Plains").∼The funeral of J.A. Ghormley, who died in Wallace, Idaho, will be held today at 1 o'clock. The body is at Smith & Co.'s. There will be no service there, but the Elks will take charge at Greenwood.
—From The Spokesman-Review; Monday, November 4, 1918
Julia Ghormley (Mrs. Chauncey A.) Cram (1856-1935,)
California "Cal" Ghormley (1856-1934,)
Alice Ghormley (1863-1940,) and
James A. Ghormley (1875-1919,)
all buried on Lawn-09 at Greenwood Memorial Terrace in Spokane, were among the children of Tennessee natives James Lafayette Ghormley (1833-1911) and Elizabeth Kitzmiller Ghormley (1829-?.) At the time of their 1870 and 1880 U. S. Census enumerations the family lived on a farm in Monroe County, Tennessee.
His 1900 and 1910 U. S. Census enumerations show James living in Mullan, Shoshone County, Idaho and working as a lead miner. When he registered for the draft in 1918 James still lived in Shoshone County and was a miner with Copper King Mining Company. His nearest relative was brother Cal Ghormley of Parkerdale, Washington.
--------------------------------
Plot and inscription came from
survey by Maggie Rail, 2001-2012
mrail.net/data/cemete/wash/
spokane/greenwood/index.htm
--------------------------------
Additional information was taken from US Census enumerations for 1880 (Monroe County, Tennessee,) 1900 and 1910 (Mullan, Shoshone, Idaho;) U.S., WWI Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918; and U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
Name
∼ELKS TO BURY J.A. GHORMLEY
Body of Coeur d'Alenes Mining Pioneer Brought to Spokane
The body of J.A. Ghormley, age 43, a pioneer miner and prospector of the Coeur d'Alenes, who died of influenza at Wallace Thursday, was received here yesterday by Smith & Co. The funeral probably will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the Spokane Elks conducting services at the grave in Greenwood Cemetery at the request of the Wallace Elks Lodge, of which he was a member.
Mr. Ghormley is survived by his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Ghormley, and two sisters, in Tellico Plains, Tennessee; three sisters in the Northwest, Mrs. Baranis Fink, W3012 First Avenue; Mrs. Julia Cram, Indian Prairie; and Miss Alice Ghormley, a well-known educator, and a brother, Cal Ghormley, both of Oakesdale. Another brother, D.L. Ghormley, lives in Edmonton, Alberta.
—From The Spokesman-Review; Sunday, November 3, 1918. Edited for factuality (original version of obituary gives the wrong burial location and incorrectly refers to Tellico Plains as "Calico Plains").∼The funeral of J.A. Ghormley, who died in Wallace, Idaho, will be held today at 1 o'clock. The body is at Smith & Co.'s. There will be no service there, but the Elks will take charge at Greenwood.
—From The Spokesman-Review; Monday, November 4, 1918
California "Cal" Ghormley (1856-1934,)
Alice Ghormley (1863-1940,) and
James A. Ghormley (1875-1919,)
all buried on Lawn-09 at Greenwood Memorial Terrace in Spokane, were among the children of Tennessee natives James Lafayette Ghormley (1833-1911) and Elizabeth Kitzmiller Ghormley (1829-?.) At the time of their 1870 and 1880 U. S. Census enumerations the family lived on a farm in Monroe County, Tennessee.
His 1900 and 1910 U. S. Census enumerations show James living in Mullan, Shoshone County, Idaho and working as a lead miner. When he registered for the draft in 1918 James still lived in Shoshone County and was a miner with Copper King Mining Company. His nearest relative was brother Cal Ghormley of Parkerdale, Washington.
--------------------------------
Plot and inscription came from
survey by Maggie Rail, 2001-2012
mrail.net/data/cemete/wash/
spokane/greenwood/index.htm
--------------------------------
Additional information was taken from US Census enumerations for 1880 (Monroe County, Tennessee,) 1900 and 1910 (Mullan, Shoshone, Idaho;) U.S., WWI Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918; and U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
Name
∼ELKS TO BURY J.A. GHORMLEY
Body of Coeur d'Alenes Mining Pioneer Brought to Spokane
The body of J.A. Ghormley, age 43, a pioneer miner and prospector of the Coeur d'Alenes, who died of influenza at Wallace Thursday, was received here yesterday by Smith & Co. The funeral probably will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the Spokane Elks conducting services at the grave in Greenwood Cemetery at the request of the Wallace Elks Lodge, of which he was a member.
Mr. Ghormley is survived by his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Ghormley, and two sisters, in Tellico Plains, Tennessee; three sisters in the Northwest, Mrs. Baranis Fink, W3012 First Avenue; Mrs. Julia Cram, Indian Prairie; and Miss Alice Ghormley, a well-known educator, and a brother, Cal Ghormley, both of Oakesdale. Another brother, D.L. Ghormley, lives in Edmonton, Alberta.
—From The Spokesman-Review; Sunday, November 3, 1918. Edited for factuality (original version of obituary gives the wrong burial location and incorrectly refers to Tellico Plains as "Calico Plains").∼The funeral of J.A. Ghormley, who died in Wallace, Idaho, will be held today at 1 o'clock. The body is at Smith & Co.'s. There will be no service there, but the Elks will take charge at Greenwood.
—From The Spokesman-Review; Monday, November 4, 1918
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James A. Ghormley
1875 ------ 1919
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