Labette County Biographies
From the "Portrait and Biographical Record of Southeastern Kansas"
Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, 1894
PETER McGOUGH was born in Perry County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Hanora
(Grace) McGough, the former of whom
was born in Maryland in 1803, and the
latter in Ireland in 1802. They were married in
Ohio, of which state they were early settlers, and
whence they removed to Illinois, settling in La
Salle County in 1852, and remaining there until
their death. She passed away in 1890, and he followed her to his final rest two years afterward.
Their five children are all living.
The subject of this sketch was reared upon a
farm, and remained with his parents until he was
twenty-two. In 1854 he married Miss Sarah J.
Boman, who was born in Allen County, Ohio, October 10, 1835. Her parents, Wesley and Nancy
(Johnson) Boman, natives of Ohio, removed to
Illinois in 1840, and settled in Putnam County.
His death occurred in 1842. The wife and mother
is still (1893) living, and is now eighty-eight
years old. They were the parents of four children, of whom Mrs. McGough is the only survivor.
After his marriage Mr. McGough resided in La
Salle County, Ill., until 1869, when he came to
Kansas and settled upon his present farm. He is
one of the oldest surviving settlers of this locality, and his original farm, which consisted of one
hundred and sixty acres, has been increased by
subsequent purchase until it now comprises live
hundred and twenty acres. Here Mr. McGough engages in general farming and stock-raising, making a specialty of Poland-China hogs, full-blooded
Durham cattle and Percheron stallions. His residence, erected in 1886, cost $2,100.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. McGough there have been
born nine children, as follows: Henry; Nora, wife
of M. T. McCarthy, of Labette County, and the
mother of six children; John, who married Katie
Kane and lives in Labette County; Maggie, whose
union with George Digney has resulted in the
birth of four children; Hugh, a resident of Parsons, who married Katie Kennedy and has three
children; Philip; Loretta, who married James
Johnston, of Indian Territory, and has two children, twins; Katie and Beatrice.
The religious home of the family is in the Catholic Church at Parsons. In politics Mr. McGough
affiliates with the People's party. For two years
he served as Trustee of the township and, with
the exception of three years, has been a Director
of School District No. 37 since the date of its organization. While a resident of Illinois, he was
a member of the School Board for nine years.
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