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CHRISTOPHER D. GORMAN, postmaster, Olivet, Pierce county, is a son of John 
Gorman, who was born in Luzerne county, Pa., December 6, 1824, and married
Esther, daughter of C. and E. L. Mead.  Seven children were born to them:
Christopher D.; Levi; Melissa (Mrs. Hull), deceased; Hiram; Eugene; Hezekiah,
deceased; Josephine (Mrs. Gardner), lives at Ellsworth, Wis.  Christopher D.
was born in Syracuse, N. Y., June 30, 1846, and lived there until six years
old, then came to Sheboygan, Wis., with his parents, and lived there until
1861, when he enlisted in the Eighth regiment, Wisconsin volunteer infantry
called the Eagle regiment.  He served with them until June 6, 1864, when he
was shot through the left shoulder.  He then went to the hospital and was
discharged from there May 26, 1865, when he came to Pierce county; then west
to Madison, and attended Worthington & Warner's commercial college for six
months, after which he went to farming.  In 1886 he married Mary A., daughter
of David and Eliza Rogers, and then took up a homestead and commenced a 
pioneer life.  Six children have been born to them: Lillian L. L. L., Walter
M. L., Robert H., Mary A., Halber E. and Pearlie E.  Two years later he 
moved back to Sheboygan county, and six months later to New Auburn, Minn.
After a year and a half there he came to Pierce county, Wis., and went into
the grocery trade.  He was appointed postmaster, and held that office until
1873.  He next went to Waupaca and ran a general store for two years, then
sold out and worked at the carpenter's trade until 1877, when he came back
and worked at his trade until 1889.  In that year he was appointed postmaster,
then put in a small grocery stock.  He was elected justice of the peace in 
1872, and has held that office since except two years.  He is a member of 
the G. A. R., is a prominent Odd Fellow, and in politics is a republican.

--Taken from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley
Wisconsin Including A General Historical Sketch of the Chippewa Valley;
Ancestral Records fo Leading Families; Biographies of Representative Citizens,
Past and Present; and Portraits of Prominent Men.  Edited by George Forrester.
Published in Chicago, Illinois by A. Warner. Publisher. 1891-2. Pages 713-714