LEBANON ENTERPRISE 4/3/1923
PERSONAL - Mr. Fred Hourigan has gone to Mayo Brothers in Minnesota were he will undergo treatment for his eyes.
LEBANON ENTERPRISE 4/13/1923
Mrs. J. P. Hourigan, Jr. and brother Mr. J. C. Glasscock were in Louisville Sunday to see Mr. J. P. Hourgian, Jr. who is a patient at the Naval Base Hospital.
MARION FALCON 3/18/1930
FORMER RESIDENT DIES - Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Albert Richardson, of Fort Worth, Texas, formerly Miss Winnie Hourigan, of this city. Daughter of William Hourigan, she left here as a young girl and had made her home in the West for a good number of years. She was a good Christian woman and is remembered by many in this section. One brother, Charlie Hourigan of Roley, Texas survives.
Lebanon Enterprise, 1/13/1956, Friday
S.R. HOURIGAN, LONG ILL, DIES AT HOME IN LEXINGTON
Spencer Ray Hourigan, retired farmer, formerly of this county, died Saturday at 5:30am at his home in Lexington following a long illness. Born and reared in Marion County, a son of Paul and Elizabeth Warner Hourigan, he made his home on the Shortline Pike for many years and engaged in farming.
In 1936 he suffered severe burns in an accident while employed at the local distillery. With his family,
he moved to Danville in the spring of 1937 and they made their home there for several years before going to Lexington. He never fully recovered from the accident and continued in ill health through the years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Stella Hocker Hourigan; 1 son, Joseph Ray Hourigan, Lexington; 3 daughters, Mrs. Joe E. Lane, Lexington; Mrs. Bush Nichols, Danville, and Mrs. J. Tom O'Daniel, St. Mary; 1 sister, Mrs. Winnie Mills, Lebanon, 11 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
The remains were brought to Bosley Funeral Home and funeral services were conducted at St. Augustine's Church at 9am Monday by Msgr. Joseph D. Gettelfinger. Burial was in the church cemetery. 5 grandsons served as pallbearers. They were R. H., Ignatius, Tommy Ray, William Edward, Bernard and Robert O'Daniel, (all grandsons).
KY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 2/25/1960
515 Forum Avenue
Louisville, Kentucky
February 25, 1960
Kentucky Historical Society Frankfort, Kentucky
Gentlemen: I have been told that you might be of some help to me in confirming there facts concerning an ancestor of mine. In the early 1700's, Patrick Hourigan came to the United States from Dublin, Ireland. He served in the Revolutionary War and was given a grant of land by the government. In April, 1787, he was married to Winny Arnold. Two of his sons were educated for the priesthood at St. Mary's College in Marion County, Kentucky. I would like to know if this information is correct. I would also like to know how many children were born to Patrick and Winny Hourigan and the year of his death. If you cannot provide me with this information, can you tell me of anyone who might be of assistance? Thank you. Sincerely yours, Margaret Hourigan Hale
WASH CO KY COURTHOUSE RECORD 4/1/1962
Cave City, Kentucky-April 1, 1962
I, James Rufus Whitehouse, after being duly sworn, state the following facts to be true: My father's name was Joseph Whitehouse, my mother's name was Martha E. Whitehouse, (nee Martha E. Hourigan). My grandfathers name was Henry Clay Whitehouse, who married my grandmother whose maiden name was Melissa Conder. My grandfather, H.C. Whitehouse, died October 8, 1892, and my grandmother did not want to leave her home, so she asked my father to let me live there a while. I was a lad about 14 or 15 years old and I stayed with her about one year. She told me that her father-in-law, Benjamin Whitehouse, married Polly Sparrow and that her her mother-in-law, Polly Whitehouse, (nee Polly Sparrow) was a half-sister to Nancy Hanks. She told me on different occasions that she had heard her father-in-law, Benjamin Whitehouse, say he had visited Thomas Lincoln and his wife in Washington County, when Abraham Lincoln was a boy.
Signed James Rufus Whitehouse
Subscribed and sworn before me by James Rufus Whitehouse this 1st day of April, 1962.
/s/ Anna L. Lee Notary Public, State at Large Kentucky My Commission Expires November 19, 1965
