James Crooker Gormley
| Born: | June 12, 1883, Madison, Alabama |
| Died: | April 15, 1948, Madison, Alabama |
| Son of: | William Moody Gormley (b1839) |
Notes:
• Son of William Moody Gormley (1839 - 1915) and Mary Ellen Sullivan (1843 - 1898). - Ancestry.com
• Namesake of his aunt Margaret (Gormley) Crooker's husband, Major Crooker, a union soldiers in Huntsville during the Civil war. "Uncle Jake" gave his Masonic dress sword (symbolizing the Knight Templar) to James Crooker Gormley. - Gormley & Sturdivant
• Husband of Ora B Caldwell (1889 - 1973). Married Feb. 12, 1911 in Scottsboro, Jackson County, Alabama. - Marriage
• Father of Dr. Charles Luther Gormley (1911-1989); Mary Virginia Howell; James C. Gormley Jr.; Alda "Tiny" Sturdivant (1915-2013). - Obituary for his daughter "Tiny"
• "James Crooker Gormley married Ora Bell Caldwell. They had four children: Charles Luther, Mary Virginia, Alda Florence 'Tiny' and James Jr. who died as an infant. They lived on Church Street in Madison, where James Crooker Gormley was most noted for his 30 years as the Railroad Station Master. Senator John Sparkman often stopped by to discuss Madison issues with Gormley, especially when Gormley was serving on the water board of Madison city council, during which time the first water system was installed. Oftentimes, when things were slow, Gormley sat near the stove, reading. Gormley's dog, Kayo, spent many days with him at the railroad station, where Kayo's favorite spot was lying in the chair behind the desk on which the teletype communications were transmitted and received. The communications (in Morse Code) was practically constant between stations. Kayo, however, learned the key code for the Madison Station and would move from the chair even before Mr. Gormley reacted to the call." - Gormley & Sturdivant
• Madison City
Clerk, 1931-1940
Councilman, 1934-36, 1936-40, 1944-48 (died 1948) - Record
• Madison Station Depot Agent 1916-1948 - Rankin
• James C. Gormley, a city clerk and railroad depot agent, built the concrete structure beside the Roundhouse on Front Street (Madison City). - Vintage Vignette
• Daugter's obit said: "Tiny came to Madison at the age of 2 when her father was assigned as Madison's railroad station manager." She was born in 1915. - Obituary for his daughter "Tiny"
Related Links:
• Ancestry.com - Page owned by traci_gormley and can be viewed only with an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/64562016/person/42124351178.)
• Gormley & Sturdivant - Article titled "Gromley" family research of Charles Luther Gormley (1979) and submitted by Jessie Ruth Sturdivant for The Heritage of Madison County, Alabama, by The Madison County Heritage Book Committee, John P. Rankin, Chairman, page 212 & 213.
• Marriage - Marriage information as viewed through an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FS1ALMarriages&h=209440&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6482.)
• Obituary for his daughter "Tiny" - Offers family information. (Originally found at http://www.laughlinservice.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=1158612.)
• Rankin - Memories of Madison: A Connected Community, 1857-2007, by John Patrick Rankin, 2007, page 125.
• Rankin Family File - John P. Rankin has collected information for files on significant families of Madison County. He has 10 items in the Gormley Family File.
• Record - A Dream Come True: The Story of Madison County and Incidentially of Alabama and the United States, Volume II, by James Record, 1978, page 465.
• Vintage Vignette - Article titled "Sturdivants of Madison" by John P. Rankin, A Vintage Vignette, July 20, 2011.
The Following Pages Link to this Page:
• Rankin
• Record
• Vintage Vignette
• William Moody Gormley (b1839)