BIOGRAPHY

JAMES GOURLEY - OF ELBA, NY

Gourley, James, was born in the North of Ireland, May 25, 1829, and came to Canada in 1834. In 1837 he went to Rochester and in 1850 settled in Elba, N. Y., where he has carried on blacksmithing and carriage making for forty-eight years. In 1850 Mr. Gourley married Sarah Dean. Throughout his life Mr. Gourley has followed the course that never fails to win respect and confidence.

Source: Our County and its people, A descriptive work on Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890