children religion nationality parents spouse article_title name
arthur gorman , two daughters . pue gorman , william henry gorman , calvin presbyterians american john gorman , mcdonald elizabeth a. browne -lrb- gorman -rrb- peter gorman -lrb- businessman -rrb-
 peter gorman
peter gorman -lrb- businessman -rrb-

peter gorman was one of the first contractors of the baltimore and ohio railroad .
his son arthur pue gorman would go on to become a senator and pioneer in american baseball .
his other son william henry gorman would become a prominent businessman .
gorman 's parent 's john gorman and mcdonald , came from northern ireland in 1794 to harrisburg , pennsylvania , and later baltimore , maryland working in the cattle business .
gorman married elizabeth browne , daughter of john riggs browne who owned the farmstead called `` good fellowship '' dating back to the original land grant by cecilius calvert , 2nd baron baltimore .
in the 1840s gorman built a two story granite house where his first son arthur was born .
after completing his railroad contract , he purchased the 500 acre estate `` fairview '' in north laurel from dr. charles griffith worthington .
the property was part of `` warfiled 's range '' , containing a log cabin built around 1696 that survived until an arson fire in 2001 when relocated to accommodate the `` warfield 's range '' development .
he built a house and library at the site shortly before his death .
the house burned down in 1890 and a new queen anne structure was built in its place .
a school house -lrb- no. 4 -rrb- was also situated on the site in 1860 .
fairview stayed in the family until the 1970s where a healy painted portrait of young peter gorman hung .
he had five children , naming his first son arthur pue after his doctor and tutor dr. arthur pue .
the 1850 census recorded gorman as owning at least one slave .
gorman was the contractor for the portion of the b&o railroad between ellicott mills and woodstock , maryland .
in 1834 during labor disputes between irish and german railroad workers john gorman was beat nearly to death along with john watson .
gorman was spared .
the next evening on 20 november 1834 , watson , and william mercer were killed by workers on the line between savage and laurel in 1850 , william t. hamilton and general edward hammond were called upon to give 11‑year old arthur pue a page position in washington d.c. gorman and his younger son william henry gorman -lrb- 1843 -- 1915 -rrb- were the proprietors of several quarries in laurel that supplied granite for the u.s. treasury building and the united states capitol , and bridges for the b&o railroad .
gorman was captured on a business trip south in 1860 and sent to libby prison .
he died shortly after his release .
