Gore, James Morehead

Birth Name Gore, James Morehead
Gender male
Age at Death 47 years, 7 months, 2 days

Narrative

FROM NOTES ON FAMILY HISTORY -- TRADITION AND FACT, AS REMEBERED BY ADELEM. MAYNARD. -- 1934

During the Civil War Gen. Lewis Armistead led PickettÕs Division atGettysburg -- leading his men up a hill to take the Union batteries; hecarried his hat on the point of his sword in order that his men mightdistinguish him and follow him. He was badly wounded and carried byUnion soldiers into the tent of Gen. Hancock (a close friend) where hedied. Years before the Civil War, his young wife had died, leaving aninfant son. My motherÕs father Maj. W. I. Newton was stationed at FortWashita, Indian Terriotroy (now Oklahoma), with him was the wife andinfant daughter (my mother) Elizabeth Stanley; young Capt. Armisteadbrought his infant son to his sister -- the brother, Armistead Newton,was talented and Brilliant, but dissipated and worthless; he disappearedmany years (about 50) ago; we have never heard what became of him, buthe must be dead. The sister, Cornelia Love Newton, eloped with a wildyoung man, [Gore]
a Lieut. in the U. S. army, a gambler and a drunkard; she died, leavingtwo sons, Newton and James Gore; Newton is in a Sanitarium in southerCalifornia, the probably victim of his own and his fatherÕs sins; Jamesis in San Francisco (1289) 2nd Avenue) he gas two sons and a daughter.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth August 23, 1849 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA    
Death March 25, 1897 San Francisco, California, USA    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Gore, John Henry1819August 1, 1852
Mother Morehead, Lucy ArmisteadMay 24, 1824August 5, 1900
         Gore, James Morehead August 23, 1849 March 25, 1897
    Sister     Gore, Belle Cass May 31, 1851 March 14, 1852

Families

Family of Gore, James Morehead and Newton, Cornelia Love

Married Wife Newton, Cornelia Love ( * July 21, 1849 + February 8, 1883 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage December 25, 1871 Thiludel, Virginia, USA    
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Gore, James Morehead JrNovember 10, 1875April 8, 1957
Gore, NewtonSeptember 1, 1874June 6, 1937

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