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Noland - Thomas E.


Source:  Crawfordsville Daily Journal 6 March 1917  p1
 
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.

 
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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