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Adam McCormick
(1855 - 1892)
Adam was the son of James W. and Mary McCormick, both of Ireland. He was born on the family farm a few miles outside of Dushore, Pennsylvania in 1855. Like most of his siblings, Adam went to Colorado to seek his fortune in the late 1870's. He is found living in Leadville in 1880 with his sisters Annie and Margaret and brother Stephen, working as a prospector and miner. Not long thereafter he appears to have returned to Pennsylvania for good, the only one of the siblings to do so. Nothing is known of his life in Pennsylvania. Related Items:
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The Sullivan Review (Sullivan County, Pennsylvania)
Adam McCormick, aged 38 years, died very suddenly on Thursday last at the residence of Wm. McCarty in Albany Township. At the dinner table he complained of not feeling well and went to the barn. Following him out in a few minutes he was found on the floor, dying, and in a short time he had breathed his last. The funeral was set for Saturday afternoon, but in the morning the altered and life like appearance of the remains gave rise to the hope that life was not extinct. A doctor was hastily summoned, who applied the usual tests and pronounced life extinct. The funeral was then held at St. Basil�s in this place in the afternoon. Deceased had been in very poor health for several years. He was married 1 and all of his nearer relatives are living in the west.2 He had been suffering with consumption for some years. He was a member of St. Patrick�s T.A.B. Society,3 which attended the funeral in regalia.
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