OBITUARY: Mary E. Gilmour Gore, Phoenix, Jackson County, Oregon ********************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by Elizabeth Corethers 2 May 2003 *************************************************************************** Medford (Oregon) Mail, Friday, 27 Oct 1893, p. 3 IN MEMORIAM. The following sketch may be interesting to the pioneers of Southern Oregon: In the recent death of Mrs. Mary E. Gore, the wife of Mr. E. E. Gore, of Phoenix, it is but just to record that the neighborhood has lost a noble friend, the church a wise and faithful worker, and the home a dearly beloved and trustworthy wife and mother. Mrs. Gore came of that sturdy, Scotch-Irish Presbyterian stock, from the North of Ireland, many of whom emigrated to this country in an early day. She was a direct descendant of the family of Gilmours and Gibsons, who hewed out their homes in the forests of Pennsylvania, and who have been so honorably identified with the religious, educational and noble enterprises of this country in those states where they have lived. Her father, Robert Gilmour, located in Mercer county, Pa., in 1798, and when he had prepared a good home, he was married in May 1804 to Miss Nancy Smith, of Indiana county, Pa., who was also a descendant of Scotch-Irish parentage. Mrs. Gore was the youngest of a family of ten children, three sons and seven daughters, and was born Feb. 6, 1827. Her father died when she was but sixteen months old. In this Pennsylvania home she was reared and educated in the midst of a pious community, and under the fostering care of the school and church. To the rural scenes and joyous experiences of her childhood home she delighted to refer. From early youth she was a lover of books, and became a woman of more than ordinary ability and literary tastes. The one book, however, she prized above all others was the Bible. She was familiarly conversant with its doctrines and precepts, and loved to impart a knowledge of its precious truths to others. When nearly 18 years of age she was married to Lewis A. Rose, a man of whom she speaks of as being "eminently pious," and with whom she moved to Charleston, Iowa, where he died Sept. 20, 1846, leaving her with an infant son, who is now the present L. A. Rose, of Phoenix. On Sept. 20, 1849, she was married to Mr. E. E. Gore, and with him crossed the plains coming to this coast. They left Charleston, Iowa, April 27, 1852, and arrived in the Rogue river valley Sept. 27th of the same year. For a time their residence was in Jacksonville, Or., where Dec. 3, 1852, Walter S. Gore was born; he being the first white male child born in Jackson county. Mrs. Gore was the mother of ten children, five sons and five daughters, nine of whom are still living to mourn her death. She was a woman of strong and positive christian character, and with a firm reliance upon Christ, she passed away Oct. 7, 1893. Her funeral was largely attended, and took place Oct. 18th from the little church of Phoenix, of which she was a worthy member, and where she loved to worship and teach in the Sabbath school. The services were of an appropriate character, and were conducted by the Rev. M. A. Williams, the aged pioneer Presbyterian minister of Southern Oregon, assisted by the present pastor of the church. The interment took place near the church. In heart-felt sympathy with the bereaved family and in the language of assured hope, we unite in saying, "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them."