Jan. 27, 1887 Condolence Letter from John B. Killourhy in Savannah, GA

February 21, 2018

John B. Killourhy of Savannah, Georgia wrote this condolence letter to John F. Armstrong on 27 January 1887. Killourhy addressed Armstrong as “My dear friend and Bro.” and closed the letter with “Fraternally and sincerely yours, John B. Killourhy”. Killourhy and Armstrong were the delegates from Georgia at the 1884 Irish National League of America convention in Boston.

For more information on John B. Killourhy, see the References and attached notes below.

Marie Van Sant Hudson contributed research for this post.

References

Find a Grave, online database and images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 February 2018), memorial page for John B. Killourhy (1842-1904), Find a Grave Memorial no. 130464293, citing Catholic Cemetery, Savannah, Chatam Co., GA.—-Notes: Catholic Cemetery is also known as Cathedral Cemetery. It is located at 1720 Wheaton St., Savannah, GA.

Irish National League of America, Second Annual Convention of the Irish National League of America – Held At Boston, Mass. August 13th & 14th, 1884 (Lincoln, Neb.: Journal Co., State Printers, 1884), pp. 7, 9, 11; digital images, Google Books (https://books.google.com accessed 9 March 2018).—-Notes: John B. Killourhy of Savannah and John F. Armstrong of Augusta were the delegates from Georgia at the 1884 Irish National League of America convention in Boston (p. 11). Killourhy served on the Committee on Credentials (p. 7) and the Committee on Finance and Auditing (p. 9).