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Nolan - Thomas E.


Source: ? Date 1917

   
At 10;30 Monday night Thomas E. NOLAN passed away at the   home
  of Mr. and Mrs. Gregg KELLY on W. Market St., where he had been   making his
  home this winter.  he had been ill for the past year, his trouble   beginning
  with a slight paralytic stroke which he suffered at that time and   from which
  he rallied very slowly.  Mr. Nolan was the son of James and Ann   Nolan and
  was born in Crawfordsville where he had lived all his life.  He   was 60 years
  of age.  He began business as manager of the Old Sherman House   which stood
  where the K. of P. building now stands.  He was engaged in this   business for
  many years and had a wide acquaintance over this part of the   state.  He
  served one term in the city council in the 90s.  In recent years   he was
  engaged in building roads and city improvements, having as a   partner for
  some time Burl JOHNSTON.  Mr. Nolan was married early in life to   Miss
  Elizabeth BANE of Lafayette, who preceded him to the grave 20   years ago.
  There were no children and the deceased is survived by 13   cousins, relatives
  of his uncles, Michael, Jack and Thomas Kelly.  Tom Nolan was   active in the
  work of the Elks' Lodge in which he took a great deal of interest   and was
  one of its most active members.  Tom Nolan was of a genial happy   disposition
  and made many friends, all of whom will regret to learn of his   untimely
  death, although they have watched him passing slowly away fro   some time.
  The funeral will be held at 9 o'clock Thursday morning at st.   Bernard's
  church in charge of Father Conroy.  Burial will be at calvary   Cemetery. The
  body however will be taken to the Elks' home after the services   and will lie
  in state there until in the afternoon.
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Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke & Fountain counties, Indiana.
 Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1893, p 715
   
THOMAS E. NOLAN, proprietor of the Sherman House at   Crawfordsville, possesses the requisite qualities of a Boniface   to an eminent degree, and enjoys the high regard of the traveling   public. First-class accommodations are furnished by the hotel,   and the table service is of a character not surpassed, if   equalled, by any house with the same rates in the State. The   hotel contains twenty-eight rooms, well furnished and neatly   kept, for the accommodation of its guests. Notwithstanding the   high character of the accommodations, the rates are only $1 per   day, and meal tickets are sold for $3.50. The weary traveler who   once seeks rest within this pleasant hostelry invariably returns   to it upon a second visit to Crawfordsville.
  A native of Crawfordsville, Ind., our subject was born July 25,   1856, and is a son of James and
  Ann (Kelly) Nolan, both of whom were born in Ireland, the former   emigrating to the United States when a young man. The maternal   grandfather of our subject, Michael Kelly, emigrated to Canada   when his daughter Ann was a young girl, and later came to   Crawfordsville where he engaged in the grocery business. He also   worked on a canal at La Fayette. His death occurred in   Crawfordsville in 1874. James Nolan came to this city as a   contractor on the New Albany Railroad, with headquarters at   Crawfordsville, and built several miles of that road.   Subsequently he was engaged as contractor on the Vandalia Line,   and also on the main line. In Terre Haute, this State, he was   united in marriage with Ann Kelly, who still makes her home in   Crawfordsville. He died in 1876, at the age of sixty-four years.   In the family of James and Ann Nolan there were five children,   two of whom died in childhood; John died at the age of   twenty-one, and Sallie when sixteen. The only survivor is Thomas   E., the subject of this notice. From boyhood he has been in the   hotel business and is familiar with every line of the work. At   the age of fourteen he assisted his mother in conducting the   National House, and continued in that connection for two years.   He was with the "Robbins" for one year and the "Sherman" nineteen   years. His mother resided with him until his marriage and still   retains the ownership of the property,
  In his social connections, Mr. Nolan is identified with the   Knights of Pythias, Uniformed Rank. While he is not an active   partisan, and has never desired official positions, he has always   been interested in local political affairs, and is a stanch   adherent of Democratic principles. In his religious belief, he is   a member of the St. Bernard Catholic Church. His marriage   occurred April 11, 1883, and united him with Miss Lizzie Bane, of   La Fayette, Ind., an amiable lady whose active co-operation has   been invaluable to her husband, and whose social position is one   of prominence.
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