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This is Chapter Eight of eight, and our last chapter in the Gore Line. This family line has been the longest and deepest family research we have yet undertaken, but the effort has been worth it. Ancestors that we once only knew by name, they are now — well — many of them are familiar.

We grew up where our parents built their home in a small, rural farming township in northeast Ohio, in the Western Reserve, where we have much history. We were surrounded by farm fields, some small light-industry businesses, and lots and lots of trees. Ironically, our early ancestors had entered the area, and spent a long time clearing away the dense forest to make farmland, which aligned with their New England viewpoints. Good thing they missed a few trees…

Our Grandfather Harley Gore Made Maple Syrup

Depending upon whom you ask, (because there are lots of opinions on this), it generally takes about 12 gallons of sugar-maple tree sap to make one quart of maple syrup. Think about that the next time you generously slather it on your Grand Slam stack of flapjacks — no wonder it’s so expensive.

Grandfather Harley had a sugaring shack back in what they then called the West Woods section of their farm, where there was lots of forest, occasionally cleaved by the tributary called Silver Creek. The sugaring shack was a ruin by the time we took any interest in it, but by then Harley had already left this world. (1)

As The Victorian Age Gave Way to The Edwardian Age

Harley Gore is the youngest son of Dorr B. Gore and Ann Susan (Booth) Gore. He was born June 7, 1881 in Russell township, Geauga County, Ohio – died November 24, 1941 in Newbury township, Geauga, Ohio.

He married Lulu Mae DeVoe on December 3, 1905 in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. She was born on April 8, 1882 in Russell township, Geauga County, Ohio – died April 4, 1975, in Chardon township, Geauga County, Ohio (four days before her 93rd birthday).

Her parents were Clinton Chauncey DeVoe, born April 10, 1858 in New York – died November 19, 1930 Russell, Geauga, Ohio. He married Clara Antionette McClintock on November 18, 1877 in Ohio. She was born July 14, 1860 in Solon township, Cuyahoga, Ohio – died September 6, 1932 Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

Our Grandmother Lulu, was the first person in her lineage to graduate from high school — from Chagrin Falls High School in the class of 1899. She worked as a domestic servant at a residence in Chagrin Falls to support herself while attending school. After graduation she was a teacher in one-room schoolhouses in the area, until she married Harley Gore in 1905.

Harley William Gore and Lulu Mae (DeVoe) Gore around the time of their wedding in 1905. (Family photographs).

They had three children, all born in Russell township, Geauga County, Ohio:

• Leland Harley Gore, born September 30, 1906 – died July 29, 2008
• Elwyn Clinton Gore, born May 12, 1909 – died February 13, 1935
• Marguerite Lulu (Gore) Peterman Bond, born June 28, 1920 – died March 4, 1999, (We are descended from Marguerite). (2)

Our Uncles, Our Aunt, and — Their Families

Note: All births, deaths, and marriages are in Geauga County, Ohio unless otherwise noted.

Uncle Leland and Aunt Forrestine
Our Uncle Leland was the oldest son in the family. He was born on September 30, 1906 Russell township, Geauga, Ohio – died October 1, 1993 Mount Dora, Lake County, Florida. He married Marjorie Forrestine McFarland, April 12, 1926 in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga, Ohio. She was born February 28, 1904 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio – died March 30, 1991, in Mount Dora, Lake, Florida.

They had two children:

• William Eugene Gore, born January 14, 1927 Bainbridge, Geauga, Ohio — died July 13, 2013, Eustis, Lake, Florida.
  
  William ‘Bill’ Gore was married to Marilyn Jean Potter (March 27, 1934 – January 11, 2018). Bill and Marilyn have two sons:
  
• Larry Eugene Gore, born 1952
• William Harley Gore, born 1953
  
  Jerrie Lee (Gore) Hill, born July 15, 1929 Bainbridge township, Ohio — died July 10, 2023 Euclid, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Like her grandmother Lulu Gore, Jerri died just five days before her 94th birthday.
  
  Jerrie Lee Gore married Denver Gates Hill, Jr., on September 12, 1949 in Geauga County, Ohio, where was born on August 24, 1928 – died April 21, 2013 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

They had three children:

• Victoria ‘Vicki’ Lynn Hill, born 1950
• Denise Ann (Hill) Mitchell, born February 3, 1952 – died August 9, 1995
• Dirk Regan Hill, born 1955
  
  Uncle Elwyn Clinton Gore
  Our Uncle Elwyn died as a young man in a tragic and violent logging accident when he was 25. His death was a shock to the family and he was mourned for many years. He was born on May 12, 1909 in Russell township, Geauga, Ohio – died February 13, 1935 in Auburn township, Geauga, Ohio.

Our Mother Marguerite, and Her Two Marriages

Marguerite Lulu (Gore) Peterman Bond, the only daughter, was born June 28, 1920 in Russell township, Geauga, Ohio – died March 4, 1999 in Burton township, Geauga, Ohio.

Marguerite was married twice: first, to Clarence Arthur Peterman Jr., September 19, 1936 in Ripley, Chautauqua, New York – their marriage ended by May of 1942, when they divorced. (Please see The Peterman Line, A Narrative). Note: In our mother’s first marriage, her first child, a son named James Elwyn Peterman, died soon after he was born.

She married second, our father, Dean Phillip Bond, June 26, 1946 in Newbury township, Geauga, Ohio. He was born August 15, 1919 in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio – died September 24, 1996 in Chardon township, Geauga, Ohio. (Please see The Bond Line, A Narrative — Seven). Note: Dean Bond adopted both Jo Ann and John Alfred Peterman as his children. Their surnames changed from Peterman to Bond after the adoption was completed.

Together they had six children:

• Jo Ann (Bond) White, born May 9, 1939, in Bedford, Cuyahoga, Ohio — died August 6, 2010 in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
  Married Wayne Ronald White, October 5, 1958 — divorced November 16, 1977
• John Alfred Bond, born 1940
  First Marriage: Marjorie Ann (Narusch) Bond, October 28, 1961 — divorced November 29, 1977.
  Second Marriage: Susanne (Ficht) Bond, June 17, 1987
• Susan Deanna Bond, born 1947
• Daniel Earl Bond, born 1950
  Married Betty Jane Roberts, November 21, 1975
• Richard Dean Bond, born December 20, 1952, in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio – died May 15, 2022, in Ravenna, Portage, Ohio
• Thomas Harley Bond, born 1958
  Married Leandro Jose Oliveira Coutinho, June 26, 2008 (4)

Conductor 193 on The Interurban Line

You may have noticed that our Grandfather Harley looked rather dapper in his conductor uniform for what people called The Interurban, otherwise known as the Cleveland and Eastern Electric Railway. (The parent company had the curious name of The Eastern Ohio Traction Company).

“In the late 1800’s the rolling hills of Geauga County were dotted with small farming communities linked by simple dirt roads. Most local travel was done either on foot or by hitching Old Bessie [a horse] to a wagon or sleigh, which posed many difficulties in periods of inclement weather. For longer journeys, the only other transportation available was via two steam railroads... From late autumn until spring… the normally dusty roads [were] impassible muddy ruts that were often frozen and snow covered for most of the winter. Travel in Geauga County, known for its abundant snowfalls, was difficult if not impossible most of the colder months.” [ceihsmu article]

From writer Dan Rager, “Yes, there was a time when Geauga County was nothing but dirt roads, often impassable, and farms — farms with no easy way to get their produce to the city. The electric railroad known as the Cleveland and Eastern Electric Railway became a lifeline between the farms of Geauga county and the bustling city of Cleveland, according to the historical society. The interurbans, as they were popularly known, crisscrossed northern Ohio and provided economical and efficient access between Cleveland and the countryside…”

Observation: It is sometimes difficult for those of us who have grown up in a modern world — with paved roads, heated homes, hot tap water, and myriad groceries at our fingertips the year ’round — to appreciate how different the world was one hundred years ago. Where our ancestors lived was still really quite rural and remote from where most people lived.

Here is an easy example of the difference between the eras: Now, when most of us want to run to the store to grab a gallon of milk, we just grab our car keys, pull the car out of the garage, and run over to the local grocery — and while we are there we — pick up some Haagen-Dazs ice cream too (because > reasons).

Then, our grandparents had it much harder when it came to obtaining their food. For starters, there was no such thing as two-percent milk, nor Haagen-Dazs. (sad face) The ability to just jump in the car and zoom down to the store was science fiction straight out of an H.G. Wells novel. What is a quick jaunt today, would involve bringing out the horse(s), hooking up the wagon, or buggy, scheduling the time it would take in your busy day, etc., …and don’t forget the shovel, in case the horses decide to, well you know…

Various Cleveland and Eastern Electric Railway graphics, photos, and epherma. (See footnotes).

Back to writer Dan Rager, “…the interurban served a valuable purpose… It brought milk and produce from Geauga county farms to the city of Cleveland, and mail and other goods from Cleveland to the countryside, he said, adding city dwellers took the train to enjoy the country and those living out in the country took the train to see shows and shop in the city. Groups would even charter the trains for outings and picnics.”

The interurban lines existed from the 1890s until circa 1925, when they fell into disrepair due to technological changes with the development of bus lines, and the advent of the personal automobile. By that period, our Grandfather Harley had forsaken his railway career and now worked as a farmer. (5)

Their Life On The Farm

In 1910, the census records indicate that Harley and Lulu were renting farm property somewhere in Newbury township, and we know that later in that same decade, they were living just next door in Russell township. This is because they had moved to another farm, where they had rented property at the Russell/Newbury township border. (This is where our mother Marguerite was born).

Photos from the early 1920s. Left image: Lulu and Harley Gore.
Right image: Brother and sister — Leland and Marguerite Gore.

In 1920, when Marguerite was one month old, they moved again, to a large farm property they had purchased in Newbury township. This is where Lulu, Harley, and Marguerite lived for the rest of their lives, and for Leland, in actuality, for most of his life too. So let’s just call it what it is (sotto voce) — same street syndrome. In their history together, the Gore families eventually all lived near each other on the same street that only had one stop sign between all of them.

When our Grandmother Lulu was in her 80s, we asked here about what it was like in “the olden times” when she was involved in running the farm. She said that they were up and dressed before dawn and that the animals — meaning the cows, horses, chickens, pig, cats, and dog — all were fed and watered before anything else was done. That would make at least 1-2 hours of time. Then, while the men continued to work, she came back to the house and started a fire in the wood stove, to cook breakfast for the family and the hired farm hands. Everything had to be made fresh, because there was no refrigeration.

After that, Harley and the other men would head back out to the fields and barns to continue their chores. That would involve many things, such as plowing, planting, cleaning stalls, fence mending, animal veterinary skills, chopping wood, and so on. Lulu would clean up after breakfast, empty the chamber pots, and put the house in order, gather eggs, fetch water, tend to sewing, work in the vegetable garden, prepare a mid-day meal, do laundry, then hang it out to dry, slaughter a chicken, prepare dinner, etc. Just a dizzying array of tasks!

Observation: People were busy (!) and tapping out this history on a keyboard makes us feel like sedentary ground sloths by comparison. We don’t know how they found time for other things, but obviously they did. Before television, there were picnics, card parties, garden clubs, and grange meetings. We heard that Harley was quite a history buff. Also, at a community level, he was involved in making sure that the cows were properly treated for TB, which can be found in unpasteurized milk.

The simple facts were these…

• Radio was just starting to come into people’s lives, so after dinner, the family would listen to the radio, or read.
• Saturday was the day when everyone had a bath from a tub which was set up in the kitchen.
• When Marguerite was born, she eventually attended a one-room school house for the first few years, until the regular school was built in 1928. She told us that her father used to walk her to school about three miles each way.
• If something wasn’t available, you would just need to make do with what was at hand.

Sometimes we find a bit of family history which comes along and captures some of the simple pleasures they found in life. Shown above is page two from a local historical newsletter. (Page one is in The Gore Line, A Narrative — Seven). (6)

An Heirloom Story

What does an heirloom represent?

The chair pictured above descends from the Gore Line and has been in our family for about 200 years, probably even longer. We don’t know specifically when it entered our family’s history, but it seems like it must have been during the Gore family’s time when living in either Vermont State, or New York State.

Our mother used to sit in this chair and rock her children, and her grandchildren. Like the many Grandmothers before her, she was quietly there, loving her children as best she could.

“Heirlooms represent family history, wealth, and treasured memories. They’re more than objects, serving as symbols for stories that deserve to be recounted and preserved indefinitely. Their value is not necessarily monetary, but deeply emotional. A family heirloom connects you to the struggles and successes of your loved ones, and because of that, they’re irreplaceable.” [The Magic Of An Heirloom]

This was a truth for our generation, our parents generation, their parents before them, and so forth…

When our mother Marguerite died in 1999, her own memories erased and long-dimmed by illness, we had emptied out her home a few years earlier. Our Pop had passed in 1996, and since Mom required complete care, living at home was not an option anymore. When we removed things from the walls, the patterns of their living emerged — years of smoking had tattooed the walls with outlined patterns of the former objects once held there. When the house was empty, we didn’t miss the building. We missed their things: their objects, mementos, heirlooms — all of these things represented them.

“An heirloom is often the final, fragile link to the memory
of a parent or loved one, making it invaluable.
Handed down for generations, the stories behind them
become the stuff of family lore, ensuring that the legacy of the one who passed it on is immortalized.”

from The Magic Of An Heirloom

When writing these genealogy chapters, we have uncovered many interesting stories about our ancestors. Hopefully, the histories we are documenting, will pass through time and represent our own way of sharing an heirloom of memories with future family descendants. (7)

Following are the footnotes for the Primary Source Materials,
Notes, and Observations

Our Grandfather Harley Gore Made Maple Syrup

(1) — one record

Maple Tapper Blog
How to Make Maple Syrup
https://blog.mapletapper.com/tag/how-much-syrup-does-a-gallon-of-sap-make/
Note: For the text.

As The Victorian Age Gave Way to The Edwardian Age

(2) — three records

Harley Gore
Listed in the Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003
in Newbury, Geauga County, Ohio
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GT7G-915K?cc=1932106
Book page 134, Digital page: 100/469, Left page, entry 2, #2845.
Note: For the data.

Harley W Gore
Death – Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X89M-9C2
Digital page: 1422/3314
Note: For the data.

H.W. Gore
Marriage – Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDK5-YMD
Book page: 77, Digital page: 67/226. Right page, top entry.
Note: For the data.

Our Uncles, Our Aunt, and — Their Families

(3) — fifteen records

Leland Harley Gore
Birth – Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6WQ-BQ8
Digital page: 66/77, Left page, last entry, #7948.
Note: For the data.

Leland Harley Gore
Vital – Florida Death Index, 1877-1998
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVH2-HV8
Note: For the data, Certificate #110440

Leland Gore
Marriage – Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2Q76-52W
Digital page: 107/603, Right page, entry 4.
and
Forrestine Mcfarland
Marriage – Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2Q76-52C
Digital page: 107/603, Right page, entry 4.
Note: For the data.

Forestina Marjery McFarlond
Birth – Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNW7-3XM
Digital page: 1540/6742
Note: For the data.

Marjorie Gore
Death – United States Social Security Death Index
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1WP-857
and
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K3Q-L548
Note: For the data.

Jerrie Gore
Marriage – Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQT-9GX5
Book page: 403, Digital page: 459/532, Top entry on page.
and
Jerrie Gore
Marriage – Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G16K-771?view=index&personArk=/ark:/61903/1:1:K8BT-K57&action=view
Digital page: 1177/3162
Note: For the data, Ohio state file no. 01172.

Denver Hill
in the Ohio, U.S., Birth Index, 1908-1998
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2081053:3146
Note: For the data, certificate number: 1928079305

Denver G. Hill
in the U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/207850014:7545?_phsrc=llM1075&_phstart=successSource&gsfn=Denver+Gates&gsln=Hill&pid=LTHW-HJR&ml_rpos=2
Note: For the data.

Denise (Hill) Mitchell
Vital – Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK2Q-381
and
Denise Anne Hill Mitchell
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97750304/denise-anne-hill
Note: For the data.

Elwin C Gore
Census – United States Census, 1910
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRC6-8FV?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AX478-PL7&action=view&cc=1810731
Digital page: 284/1152, Entry 65.
Note: For the data. This is not his birth record, but a census that lists him as being 11 months old.

Elwyn Clinton Gore
Death – Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X671-CZT
Digital page: 1156/3298
Note: For the data.

Our Mother Marguerite, and Her Two Marriages

(4) — nine records

Marguerite L Bond
in the Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/134310:5763?tid=&pid=&queryId=4404f0d13f01ed1fb0a5e97d79a54ea2&_phsrc=Pul2&_phstart=successSource
Note: For the data.

Marguerite Gore
in the New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967  
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61632/records/4705770?tid=&pid=&queryid=f5855cd416ad05e5d2312ba1f6b65641&_phsrc=PNe56&_phstart=successSource
Book page: Digital page: 1788/2587, Left column, entry 2 under Peterman.
Note: For the data.

James Elwyn Peterman
Death – Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZNY-D86
Digital page: 1337/3301
Note: For the data.

Jo Ann (Bond) White
in the Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/8822354:5763
Note: For the data.

Richard Dean Bond
in the U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/308822264:2190?tid=&pid=&queryId=579906553f7b188b1e8e83b9ab04753a&_phsrc=GgW5&_phstart=successSource
Note: For the data.

Conductor 193 on The Interurban Line

(5) — seven records

The Cleveland and Eastern Interurban Historical Society and Museum
The Building of the Cleveland and Eastern Railway
http://www.trainweb.org/ceihsm/construction.html
Note: For the text.

Artisans’ Corner Gallery
All Aboard the Interurban Railway
https://www.artisanscornergallery.com/all-aboard-the-interurban-railway/
Note: For the text.

For the image gallery: The selected images come from a variety of sources, including the following:

• Cleveland & Eastern Interurban Railway, Maple Leaf Route, C&E, Geauga County
  The Maple Leaf Route, Geauga County
  https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/cleveland-eastern-interurban-railway-1916216194
• The Cleveland and Eastern Interurban Historical Society and Museum
  https://www.facebook.com/Cleveland.and.Eastern
  Photo library:
  https://www.facebook.com/Cleveland.and.Eastern/photos/pb.100057171830667.-2207520000/145443610343813/?type=3
• The Cleveland and Eastern Interurban Historical Society and Museum
  The Building of the Cleveland and Eastern Railway
  http://www.trainweb.org/ceihsm/construction.html
  Photo: cepa_108.jpg
• Interurban Railway
  https://cfhs.me/?c=infrastructure&t=interurban-railway

Their Life On The Farm

(6) — two records

Harley W Gore
Census – United States Census, 1910
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLXS-J7S
Book page: 7, Digital page: 284/1,152, Entries 31 through 34.
Note: For the data.

From our family documents (ephemera):
Russell Township Historical Society Newsletter
March 1999, Volume 10, Issue 8, pages 1 and 2
Note: Page 1 is also found in the footnotes for The Gore Line, A Narrative — Seven.

An Heirloom Story

(7) — one record

RL Reclaimed Leather
The Magic of a Family Heirloom
https://www.reclaimed-leather.com/blog/vintage-shop/the-magic-of-a-family-heirloom/
Note: For the text.