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THOMAS McGOVERN
[Welland Tribune, 22 February 1889]
Thos. McGovern, well-known to many of our citizens, died at Sturgis, Dakota, on the 18th of January. The Belt Herald, of Lead City, makes the following references to deceased. “The deceased was about 40 years of age, and was one of the pioneers of the Hills, having arrived in Deadwood on the fourth of July, 1877. He came from Port Colborne, Ontario. Since December, 1877, he has resided principally at Portland, but has occasionally worked upon the Belt. He, in conjunction with his brother Hugh McGovern, is the owner of some of the most valuable property in the Bald Mountain district, owning several claims adjoining the Portland Company’s property, for which the brothers were a short time ago offered a very large sum, which they refused. The cause of his demise is supposed to have had its origin in a very bad cold from which he was suffering when he left for the valley. His brother, Hugh, was in attendance at the dissolution. Besides this brother he leaves two sisters, Mrs. John Costello of this city and Mrs. Geo. Barnett of Buffalo, and a nephew, John Costello, to mourn his loss.”
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