In the book's own words, not ours, with obvious scanning errors fixed. Families often supplied these stories to the publisher, so check key dates.
Born 1882
From History of Jones County, Iowa, past and present (1910)
GEORGE C. GORMAN.
[This passage is too damaged in the scanned book to reproduce. See the original book.]
As printed in History of Jones County, Iowa, past and present (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
The printed record stops around 1910. We trace your line from there down to you, with every source cited.