Gorman, Jacob A. (DDS)

Submitted by Mike Miller

Gorman, Jacob A., D. D. S., New Orleans, was born at Raleigh, N. C., July 19, 1875, soii of John C. and Emily J. (Bushall) Gorman, the former of whom was born at Greensboro, Ala., and the latter at Beaufort, N. C. The father was a printer and publisher and conducted a newspaper at Raleigh. He served in the Confederate army as captain of Company B, 2d North Carolina regiment, participating in the battle of the Wilderness, the battle of Gettysburg, and several other notable engagements. He received several wounds in the course of his long service, and was twice captured and imprisoned. Capt. Gorman survived the horrors of the Civil war, however, and died at his home, Dec. 27, 1892. He conducted his newspaper until the time of his death. Eight children were born to Capt. and Mrs. Gorman, as follows: Thomas M., Durham, N. C.; Minnie, widow of W. A. Slater, Durham, N. C.; John N., Richmond, Va.; Seaton Gale, Bethlehem, Pa.; Patrick H., San Juan, Porto Rico; Jacob A., subject of this sketch; Annie L., wife of C. H. Pratt, Boston, Mass.; Garfield, in San Juan, Porto Rico. The mother of these children is living at this time. Jacob A. Gorman graduated from high school at Washington, D. C., following which he entered the dental school of Columbia University (now George Washington university) and graduated from that institution with the degree of D. D. S. in the class of 1895. Soon after securing his professional degree the doctor went to Asheville, N. C., and there he engaged in dental practice for a period of 10 years. Following this extended technical experience, he removed to New Orleans and opened a suite of offices in that city, where his practice has since been limited to the correction of irregularities of the teeth. In 1903 Dr. Gorman took a special course at the Angle School of Orthodontia, New London, Conn. He is a member of the Louisiana State Medical society, First and Second District Dental society, of which he is president; life member of the North Carolina Dental society; member American Medical and National Dental associations; Alumni society of the Angle School of Orthodontia, New London, Conn.; Louisiana lodge No. 02, Free and Accepted Masons; Louisiana Chapter No. 25; Syrene Commandery No. 5, Asheville, N. C.; Oasis Temple, North Carolina. Oct. 10, 1900, Dr. Gorman was married to Miss Edith Peake, daughter of William C. and Emma (Sherwood) Peake, both natives of Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Gorman's father is a contractor and builder at Washington, D. C., where the daughter was born. To Dr. and Mrs. Gorman 2 children have been horn, namely, Edith and Bertha.

Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 183-184. Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.