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Spouse: Sarah Speir
Children
- Alexander Scott McGrorty b: May 21, 1820 in Raphoe,Donegal,Ireland
- Sarah Ann McGrorty
Sarah Ann McGrorty married July 5, 1855, John Little in Convoy Parish, Donegal, Endland.
Father: William McGrorty
Mother: Sarah Speir
Title: (Capt.)
Date of Birth: May 21, 1820
Place of Birth: Raphoe, Donegal, Ireland
Date of Death: May 21, 1913
Place of Death: Danville, Boyle, Kentucky
First Marriage: Oct. 24, 1842, Rose Barbee Yeiser, Boyle,KentuckySpouse: Rose Barbee Yeiser
Father: Frederick Yeiser, born 15 OCT 1782, Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, died: 17 APR 1845
Mother: Lucinda Barbee Bradford, born : 12 JUL 1783, Danville, Boyle, Kentucky
Birth: 19 OCT 1821
Place of Birth: Danville, Boyle, Kentucky
Date of Death: 1895
Place of Death: Danville, Boyle, KentuckyChildren
- Sarah Bradford McGroty b: 1843
- Rose Evermont McGrorty b: 4 SEP 1844, in of, Danville, Boyle, Kentucky
- Mary Jane McGrorty b: 3 JAN 1846 in of,Danville,Boyle,Kentucky
- Frederick Wm. McGrorty b: 1847
- Alexander Scott McGrorty b: 1852 in of,Danville,Boyle,Kentucky
- Lucille (Lucy) B. McGrorty b: 1854
- James Joseph McGrorty b: 1857
- Alice Barbee McGrorty b: 1 DEC 1860
- Clara Lee McGrorty b: 3 AUG 1864 in of,Danville,Boyle,Kentucky
Father: Alexander Scott McGrorty
Mother: Rose Barbee Yeiser
Date of Birth: 1843
Date of Death:: 1845
Father: Alexander Scott McGrorty
Mother: Rose Barbee Yeiser
Date of Birth: 4 SEP 1844
Place of Birth: Danville, Boyle, Kentucky
Date of Death: June 12, 1925
Place of Death: Boston, MA
First Marriage: July 18, 1872, Alvin Lysander Ormsby, Danville, KYSpouse: Alvin Lysander Ormsby
Father: Lysander Ormsby
Mother: Olive Clerinda Burnham
Date of Birth: June 5, 1847
Place of Birth: Summerville, MI
Date of Death: May 18, 1900
Place of Death: Emmettsburg, IAChildren:
- Alvin Scott Ormsby, born July 21, 1873, Emmetsburg, Iowa
- Daisy Evermont Ormsby, born Feb 9, 1875
- Frederick Cassius Ormsby, born Aug 19, 1878
- Alice Lucille Ormsby, born May 18, 1883, Emmetsburg,IA
Father: Alexander Scott McGrorty
Mother: Rose Barbee Yeiser
Date of Birth: 3 JAN 1846
Place of Birth: Danville, Boyle, Kentucky
Date of Death: 23 DEC 1887
Father: Alexander Scott McGrorty
Mother: Rose Barbee Yeiser
Date of Birth: 1847
Date of Death: 1850
Father: Alexander Scott McGrorty
Mother: Rose Barbee Yeiser
Date of Birth: 1852
Place of Birth: Danville, Boyle, Kentucky
Date of Death: 1878
Father: Alexander Scott McGrorty
Mother: Rose Barbee Yeiser
Date of Birth: 1854
Date of Death: 1878
Father: Alexander Scott McGrorty
Mother: Rose Barbee Yeiser
Date of Birth: 1857
Date of Death: 1858
Father: Alexander Scott McGrorty
Mother: Rose Barbee Yeiser
Date of Birth: 1 DEC 1860
Death: 27 OCT 1914
Place of Death: Iowa
First Marriage: Nov, 11, 1886, William (Dick) Peddie
PALO ALTO COUNTY IOWA -- 1895 CENSUS -- EMMETSBURG CITY, WARD 2 SURNAME GIVEN NAME AG X M BIRTH OCCUPATION Peddie Dick W 26 M M Scotland *Keeper Peddie Alice B 34 F M Kans *ng House Peddie Rose M 7 F S Palo Alto Co Peddie Daisy J 2 F S Palo Alto Co Wilson Jessie A 24 F S Scotland *Keeper
Father: Alexander Scott McGrorty
Mother: Rose Barbee Yeiser
Date of Birth: 3 AUG 1864
Place of Birth: Danville,Boyle,Kentucky
First Marriage: May 20, 1889, William Ellsworth Bryce (b: 1844 in Danville,Boyle,Kentucky)
Death notice in newspaper: "News has been received here of the death of Mrs. Eva McGrorty Ormsby, widow of A. L. Ormsby, which occurred Friday in Boston, Mass. She was a daughter of the late Capt. A. S. McGrorty, of Danville, and a sister of Mrs. W. E. Bryce, formerly of Shelbyville but now residing in Wooster, Ohio. Mrs. Bryce was with her sister during her last illness. Mrs. Ormsby was seventy-six years of age and leaves one son and two daughters. The body was taken to Emmettsburg, Iowa, her former home, for burial."
....of her son, Mr. Scott Ormsby in Boston, Mass., last Friday, took place Tuesday in Emmettsburg, Iowa, where Mrs. Ormsby's husband was buried many years ago. Mrs. Ormsby was seventy-six years of age. She was a native of Danville and had many friends here among the older citizens. She was a daughter of the late Capt. A. S. McGrorty, who located in Danville almost a hundred years ago. At his death about ten years ago Capt. McGrorty was ninety-six years of age. For many, many years he was engaged in the drug business here. During the great fire of 1860 Capt. McGrorty's store was burned. McGrorty street was named in his honor, but changed to the Old Wilderness Road as it marks the trail of the pioneers who settled Perryville and later Harrodsburg. The McGrorty addition to Danville was formerly owned by Capt. McGrorty who was greatly beloved by a host of friends. Danville where she was reared and most affectionately remembered as Miss Rose Evermonde McGrorty. Capt. McGrorty was a native of Northern Ireland but came to the United States in his youth and settled in Danville when avery young man. He lived here about eighty years and was responsible for many forward steps in the town of Danville. Mrs. Ormsby is survived by three children, Scott Ormsby, of Boston; Mrs. Daisy O. Richards of Seattle, and Mrs. Alice Ormsby Adrian, of Florence, Italy. Mrs. William E. Bryce, of Wooster, Ohio is a sister.
Capt. McGrotry
Pine Grove was the home of Alexander Scott McGrorty - corner of
Main and McGrorty Ave., now (1962) Wilderness Road, Danville,
Kentucky. The house was made into apartments which are back of
a corner gas station at Main and Wilderness Rd. A. S. McGrorty
built this home for his bride Rose Yeiser. In this house was born
Clara Lee McGrorty (Bryce) and Abbie Lee Bryce (Mishler), daughter
of Clara Lee. Abbie was born July 17, 1892.
at His Home on East Main Street Generations. yielded to the infirmities indicent to increasing years and passed peacefully away at his home in this city this morning at 12:25 o'clock. 21st day of last May, reached the ninth-sixth milestone on the journey of life. Coming to this country in 1837, the following year 1838 he came to Danville to make his home and entered business here with the firm of Montgomery & Fry, who conducted a drug store on the south-west corner of Main and Second streets (the old Hendren corner, as it has since been known), and in 1840 he bought out this firm and remained in the drug business in Danville continuously for fifty-seven years, with the exception of a brief interruption caused by the great fire of 1860 and the breaking out of the Civil War the year following, only retiring from active business in 1897.
Mis Rose Bradford Yeiser, daughter of Frederick Yeiser, a native of Kentucky and a veteran of the War of 1812, which union was blessed with nine children, two of whom survive him -- Mrs. A. L. Ormsby, of Florence, Italy, and Mrs. Wm. E. Bryce, of Ashland, Ohio. He is also survived by one brother, Mr. J. P. McGrorty, of Deming, New Mexico. city and also one of the brightest Odd Fellows that ever become a member of the Order. He was the oldest member of Trinity Episcopal Church, and until recently, when debarred by the infirmities of age, he was always in attendance at church services and was for many years the Senior Warden of the Vestry. He was a man noted for his many noble traits of character, and his passing -- full of years and full of honors -- will be sincerely regretted by this whole community.
(Thursday) afternoon, at 3 o'clock, by the Rector, Rev. H. D. Martin, and the interment will be made in Bellevue cemetery. Jackson, B. J. Durham, Hubert McGoodwin and G. W. Doneghy.
Kentucky Years Days
readers of The Daily Advocate, especially some of those who are
now accustomed to gliding over the splendid turnpikes of Boyle
county in modern touring cars and runabouts, to learn something
of the actual contrast between the roads of Central Kentucky as
they were seventy-five years ago and as they are to-day, and also
to learn something of the earlier history of Danville, her business
as conducted then and the modes by which the people travelled
at that time, a reporter called upon Capt. A. S. McGrorty, at
his residence, corner of East Main and the avenue bearing his
honored name, last Wednesday afternoon, and found this amiable
and venerable gentleman in the best of health and spirits and
with his remarkable mind and faculties apparently unimpaired by
the flight of years, and graciously willing to impart all the
information at this command that was desired upon the subject.
before he had seen the realization of one of his most oft-expressed
desires---that he might be spared to see the inauguration of another
Democratic President. Together with the photographs of his children
and his grandchildren, he proudly pointed to a large picture of
William Jennings Bryan, sent to him by the Great Commoner himself
two years ago, with his autograph inscribed by his own hand underneath,
and which the Captain treasures very highly indeed.
spared, will, on the 21st day of May, 1913, have reached the ninety-fifth
milestone on the journey of life. Coming to this country in 1837,
the following year (1838) he came to Danville to make his home,
his route to this place being over the then only completed turnpike
in the State--the one leading from Louisville to Frankfort, Harrodsburg,
Danville and Crab Orchard--the mode of conveyance being the stage
coach. In this same year he entered business here with the firm
of Montgomery & Fry, who conducted a drug store on the south-west
corner of Main and Second streets (the old Hendren corner, as
it has since been known), and in 1840 he bought out this firm
and remained in the drug business in Danville continuously for
fifty-seven years, with the exception of a brief interruption
caused by the great fire of 1869 and the breaking out of the Civil
War the year following, only retiring from active business in
1897.
to Miss Rose Bradford Yeiser, daughter of Frederick Yeiser, a native of Kentucky and a veteran of the War of 1812, which union was blessed in the birth of nine children, three of whom are still living--Mrs. A. L. Ormsby, of Florence, Italy; Mrs. Wm. E. Bryce, of Ashland, Ohio, and Mrs. Wm. Dick-Peddie, of Emmettsburg, Iowa,
were all dirt roads and the vehicles then in use were mostly
two-wheeled gigs, wagons and carts. The merchants here had blocks
and hitching rails in front of their establishments for the accommodation
of lady customers who came to town on horseback, and that he supposed
that if such an undreamed-of thing as an aeroplane, an electric
car, an automobile or a motorcycle had hove in sight the people
no doubt would have been frightened to death.
and south-eastern Kentucky, and long lines of wagons could sometimes
be seen from these districts standing upon the Main street of
town, loaded with tar, apple and peach brandies, tow linen, rag
carpets, etc., brought to barter for drugs, dry goods, groceries,
implements and other commodities.
Philadelphia for the purchase of goods, the route being on horseback to Pittsburgh, from thence to Brownsville, Pa., by boat, thence by stage over the mountains to Cumberland, Md., which was the terminus of a railroad from Baltimore.
there was of course no telegraphic mode of communication--no, not even a telephone! The mails were carried by a few stage lines and on the backs of horses.
by the late Gen. Speed S. Fry, in 1842, and when, in 1846, its captain organized another company and took it to Mexico, Captain McGrorty was chosen as the commandant of the former, thus acquiring his military title. The date of the organization of the first company mentioned was the same as that in which Boyle county was constituted, and the military company participated in a grand celebration of that event. his long life a member of the Episcopal church, and for the past fifty years the Senior Warden of Trinity Church, this city.
visit this coming summer by his daughter and his grand children in Italy, and it is sincerely hoped for him by all his warmly-attached friends in the community that is may be realized and that they find him still enjoying his remarkable good health.
After a Lingering Illness. to his reward on Wednesday night, after a protracted illness due to the infirmities of age. While he had reached the ninety-sixth milestone in life, yet his health was remarkably good until the past year, when he began to fail. He was a man of broad mind and charitable instincts, and always ready to do everything in his power for the betterment of Danville, both morally and in a business way. Coming to this country in 1837, the following year he came to Danville to make his home, and entered business here with the firm of Montgomery & Fry, who conducted a drug store on the southwest corner of Main and Second streets (the old Hendren corner, as it has since been known), and in 1840 he bought out this firm and remained in the drug business in Danville continuously for fifty-seven years, with the exception of a brief interruption caused by the great fire of 1860 and the breaking out of the Civil was the year following, only retiring from active business in 1897. to Miss Rose Bradford Yeiser, daughter of Frederick Yeiser, a native of Kentucky and a veteran of the War of 1812, which union was blessed with nine children, two of whom survive him--Mrs. A. L. Ormsby, of Florence, Italy, and Mrs. William E. Bryce, of Ashland, Ohio. He is also survived by one brother, Mr. J. P. McGroty, of Deming, New Mexico. devoted and tireless worker therein. He was respected by all who knew him and his upright life is an example worthy of following. When a young man he was deeply interested in military affairs, formed a company in Danville, and this organization attended the burial of Daniel Boone. His life was filled with good and noble deeds, and those who knew him best will never forget his many acts of kindness. Danville, and likewise a devoted member of the Odd Fellows lodge. These bodies attended the funeral, which was conducted at Trinity Episcopal church, yesterday afternoon, by Rev. H. D. Marin, the rector, the burial following at Bellevue cemetery.
o'clock after a short illness. She was in the eighty-first year of her age and had been a member of the Episcopal church nearly all her life. Her husband, Capt. A. S. McGrorty, was engaged in the drug business here for more than forty years, and is well known throughout Central Kentucky. The funeral will take place this afternoon at three o'clock at Trinity Episcopal church, and will be conducted by Rev. Frank E. Cooley, rector of St. Philip's Episcopal church at Harrodsburg Mrs. McGrorty was a daughter of Mr. Frederick Yeiser, a pioneer settler of Danville, and was born and spent all her life on the place where she died. She is survived by her husband and three daughters, as follows: Mrs. A. L. Ormsby and Mrs. William Dick-Peddie, of Emmettsburg, Iowa, and Mrs. William E. Bryce, of Shelbyville. Mrs. McGrorty was a good Christian woman and fully prepared for death. The sympathy of the community is extended her aged companion in his bereavement.
Alexander Scott McGrorty married Rose Barbee Yeiser Oct. 24,
1842. She was the daughter of Frederick Yeiser and Lucinda Bradford.
He was born May 21, 1820 in Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland, died
1915 in Danville, Kentucky.
SOURCE: (1) Howard Yeiser. "Store & Druggist, Danville."
(2) Fackler, Calvin Morgan, "Early Days in Danville,"
The Standard Printing Co., Louisville, KY, 1941, Second Printing
Dec. 1966, p. 259. Extraction: Came to America in 1837 at age
seventeen from Ireland. Ran an apothecary for years and participated
in many ways to help Danville, Boyle, Kentucky thrive. "Captain"
McGrorty became a fixture in our town where he was to live until
nearly a centenarian. The 'Captain' is real, as he once organized
a local military company. His own business dates as far back as
1941, his ad appearing in the Clarion of October 6th, that year.
He was a dedicated Episcopalian, serving as vestryman at Trinity
for seventy-fou years.
Rose Barbee Yeiser
Ref: Early Days in Danville by Calvin Morgan Fackler 1941, lists Rose's marriage and full name of her husband. Marriage was done by Rev. John Alexander Adams, presbyter of the Episcopal Church, Diocese of Ky.
SOURCE: (1) Howard Yeiser, Tucson, AZ. Built Home "The
Pines" in Danville.
(2) Fackler, Calvin Morgan, "Early Days in Danville,"
The Standard Printing Co., Louisville, KY, 1941, Second Printing
Dec. 1966., p. 260. Captain McGrorty "married Miss Rose,
daughter of Frederick Yeiser, and in 1843 he built "The Pines,"
the roomy old dwelling which stood at Main and the Wilderness
Road. It still stands, but now so enveloped by the 'McGrorty Apartments'
as to be undistinguishable. The Pines faced Main while the remodeled
building fronts east."
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