Louis A. Barmore was born in Putnam Valley at the Barmore homestead on November 18, 1877. the son of Geo, F. and Mary K. (Armstrong) Barmore.
He attended school in his native hamlet. later he was a student at the Lake Mohegan school at Mohegan and completed his education at the Albany Business College, He was employed for a lime at the store of Townsend Young, now the Young & Sparrow Co.
Then he went West and was there for some time. He returned in February 1903, to marry Miss Henrietta, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Win. E. Lane, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Win. Fisher Lewis on the 19th of that month. They returned to the West but later went to Florida. About ten years ago Mr. and Mrs. Barmore returned to Peekskill and he became an employee of his uncle, Henry L. Armstrong in the office of the coal yard. There he has remained until his death.
Mr. Barmore was an active fireman, never missed a fire and was always in the thick of it. He joined Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Company No. 1 on April 11, 1899, and became a department member on Nov. 2, 1899. He resigned Feb. 4, 1902, when he went West. On his return, he again Joined the Company Oct. 16, 1908, and became a department member on March 29, 1910. He held several minor offices in the Company and served on a number of committees. Was also a member of the fire patrol and had been first and second assistant foreman in the old days. In January of this year, he was elected Second Lieutenant of the Company and was serving in that office at the time of his death.
The deceased is survived by his mother, wife and one son, also three sisters, Mrs. Sanford Ferry and Mrs, Theodore Austin, of Putnam Valley, and Mrs.Gilbert H. Anderson, of Peekskill, and one brother, G. Frank Barmore, of Peekskill.
The funeral services will be held at his late residence at 225 Walnut Street, tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 2.15 o'clock, the Rev. Wm. Fisher Lewis officiating. The interment will be at Hillside.
Highland Democrat August 3, 1918
Employed by Henry L Armstrong, coal dealer, as a bookkeeper. He and six others lost their lives fighting a warehouse fire at the Fleischmann Plant. An article on the ‘Net states that 7 firemen lost their lives fighting a disastrous fire at the Fleischmann Plant at Charles Point; and a Firemen Memorial Wing was built 1919, added to the Peekskill Hospital, now the Hudson Valley Hospital Center; 2d Lieutenant in Fire Department; "he had a jolly disposition which won him many friends;"
Information provided by Jim Ferris
On the Peekskill Waterfront Green stands a bell as a memorial to the seven firefighters who lost their lives. The plaque reads as follows:
Peekskill Fire Department Alarm Bell
On August 1, 1918 this bell tolled the alarm for the Fleischmann Manufacturing Company Fire, at which seven Peekskill Volunteer Firefighters lost their lives.
Dedicated to the memory of those gallant men who gave their lives in the Fleischmann Fire August 1, 1918.
Department Surgeon Dr. Charles R.F. Green, Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. #1
Captain Clarence J. Lockwood, Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. #1
1st Lt. James H. Selleck, Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. #1
2nd Lt. Louis A. Barmore, Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. #1
Firefighter George A. Cassacles, Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. #1
Firefighter John F. Torpy, Centennial Hose Co. #4
Firefighter Walter Cole, Centennial Hose Co. #4
"Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
John 15:13
He attended school in his native hamlet. later he was a student at the Lake Mohegan school at Mohegan and completed his education at the Albany Business College, He was employed for a lime at the store of Townsend Young, now the Young & Sparrow Co.
Then he went West and was there for some time. He returned in February 1903, to marry Miss Henrietta, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Win. E. Lane, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Win. Fisher Lewis on the 19th of that month. They returned to the West but later went to Florida. About ten years ago Mr. and Mrs. Barmore returned to Peekskill and he became an employee of his uncle, Henry L. Armstrong in the office of the coal yard. There he has remained until his death.
Mr. Barmore was an active fireman, never missed a fire and was always in the thick of it. He joined Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Company No. 1 on April 11, 1899, and became a department member on Nov. 2, 1899. He resigned Feb. 4, 1902, when he went West. On his return, he again Joined the Company Oct. 16, 1908, and became a department member on March 29, 1910. He held several minor offices in the Company and served on a number of committees. Was also a member of the fire patrol and had been first and second assistant foreman in the old days. In January of this year, he was elected Second Lieutenant of the Company and was serving in that office at the time of his death.
The deceased is survived by his mother, wife and one son, also three sisters, Mrs. Sanford Ferry and Mrs, Theodore Austin, of Putnam Valley, and Mrs.Gilbert H. Anderson, of Peekskill, and one brother, G. Frank Barmore, of Peekskill.
The funeral services will be held at his late residence at 225 Walnut Street, tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 2.15 o'clock, the Rev. Wm. Fisher Lewis officiating. The interment will be at Hillside.
Highland Democrat August 3, 1918
Employed by Henry L Armstrong, coal dealer, as a bookkeeper. He and six others lost their lives fighting a warehouse fire at the Fleischmann Plant. An article on the ‘Net states that 7 firemen lost their lives fighting a disastrous fire at the Fleischmann Plant at Charles Point; and a Firemen Memorial Wing was built 1919, added to the Peekskill Hospital, now the Hudson Valley Hospital Center; 2d Lieutenant in Fire Department; "he had a jolly disposition which won him many friends;"
Information provided by Jim Ferris
On the Peekskill Waterfront Green stands a bell as a memorial to the seven firefighters who lost their lives. The plaque reads as follows:
Peekskill Fire Department Alarm Bell
On August 1, 1918 this bell tolled the alarm for the Fleischmann Manufacturing Company Fire, at which seven Peekskill Volunteer Firefighters lost their lives.
Dedicated to the memory of those gallant men who gave their lives in the Fleischmann Fire August 1, 1918.
Department Surgeon Dr. Charles R.F. Green, Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. #1
Captain Clarence J. Lockwood, Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. #1
1st Lt. James H. Selleck, Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. #1
2nd Lt. Louis A. Barmore, Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. #1
Firefighter George A. Cassacles, Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. #1
Firefighter John F. Torpy, Centennial Hose Co. #4
Firefighter Walter Cole, Centennial Hose Co. #4
"Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
John 15:13
Louis A. Barmore was born in Putnam Valley at the Barmore homestead on November 18, 1877. the son of Geo, F. and Mary K. (Armstrong) Barmore.
He attended school in his native hamlet. later he was a student at the Lake Mohegan school at Mohegan and completed his education at the Albany Business College, He was employed for a lime at the store of Townsend Young, now the Young & Sparrow Co.
Then he went West and was there for some time. He returned in February 1903, to marry Miss Henrietta, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Win. E. Lane, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Win. Fisher Lewis on the 19th of that month. They returned to the West but later went to Florida. About ten years ago Mr. and Mrs. Barmore returned to Peekskill and he became an employee of his uncle, Henry L. Armstrong in the office of the coal yard. There he has remained until his death.
Mr. Barmore was an active fireman, never missed a fire and was always in the thick of it. He joined Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Company No. 1 on April 11, 1899, and became a department member on Nov. 2, 1899. He resigned Feb. 4, 1902, when he went West. On his return, he again Joined the Company Oct. 16, 1908, and became a department member on March 29, 1910. He held several minor offices in the Company and served on a number of committees. Was also a member of the fire patrol and had been first and second assistant foreman in the old days. In January of this year, he was elected Second Lieutenant of the Company and was serving in that office at the time of his death.
The deceased is survived by his mother, wife and one son, also three sisters, Mrs. Sanford Ferry and Mrs, Theodore Austin, of Putnam Valley, and Mrs.Gilbert H. Anderson, of Peekskill, and one brother, G. Frank Barmore, of Peekskill.
The funeral services will be held at his late residence at 225 Walnut Street, tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 2.15 o'clock, the Rev. Wm. Fisher Lewis officiating. The interment will be at Hillside.
Highland Democrat August 3, 1918
Employed by Henry L Armstrong, coal dealer, as a bookkeeper. He and six others lost their lives fighting a warehouse fire at the Fleischmann Plant. An article on the ‘Net states that 7 firemen lost their lives fighting a disastrous fire at the Fleischmann Plant at Charles Point; and a Firemen Memorial Wing was built 1919, added to the Peekskill Hospital, now the Hudson Valley Hospital Center; 2d Lieutenant in Fire Department; "he had a jolly disposition which won him many friends;"
Information provided by Jim Ferris
On the Peekskill Waterfront Green stands a bell as a memorial to the seven firefighters who lost their lives. The plaque reads as follows:
Peekskill Fire Department Alarm Bell
On August 1, 1918 this bell tolled the alarm for the Fleischmann Manufacturing Company Fire, at which seven Peekskill Volunteer Firefighters lost their lives.
Dedicated to the memory of those gallant men who gave their lives in the Fleischmann Fire August 1, 1918.
Department Surgeon Dr. Charles R.F. Green, Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. #1
Captain Clarence J. Lockwood, Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. #1
1st Lt. James H. Selleck, Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. #1
2nd Lt. Louis A. Barmore, Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. #1
Firefighter George A. Cassacles, Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. #1
Firefighter John F. Torpy, Centennial Hose Co. #4
Firefighter Walter Cole, Centennial Hose Co. #4
"Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
John 15:13
He attended school in his native hamlet. later he was a student at the Lake Mohegan school at Mohegan and completed his education at the Albany Business College, He was employed for a lime at the store of Townsend Young, now the Young & Sparrow Co.
Then he went West and was there for some time. He returned in February 1903, to marry Miss Henrietta, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Win. E. Lane, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Win. Fisher Lewis on the 19th of that month. They returned to the West but later went to Florida. About ten years ago Mr. and Mrs. Barmore returned to Peekskill and he became an employee of his uncle, Henry L. Armstrong in the office of the coal yard. There he has remained until his death.
Mr. Barmore was an active fireman, never missed a fire and was always in the thick of it. He joined Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Company No. 1 on April 11, 1899, and became a department member on Nov. 2, 1899. He resigned Feb. 4, 1902, when he went West. On his return, he again Joined the Company Oct. 16, 1908, and became a department member on March 29, 1910. He held several minor offices in the Company and served on a number of committees. Was also a member of the fire patrol and had been first and second assistant foreman in the old days. In January of this year, he was elected Second Lieutenant of the Company and was serving in that office at the time of his death.
The deceased is survived by his mother, wife and one son, also three sisters, Mrs. Sanford Ferry and Mrs, Theodore Austin, of Putnam Valley, and Mrs.Gilbert H. Anderson, of Peekskill, and one brother, G. Frank Barmore, of Peekskill.
The funeral services will be held at his late residence at 225 Walnut Street, tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 2.15 o'clock, the Rev. Wm. Fisher Lewis officiating. The interment will be at Hillside.
Highland Democrat August 3, 1918
Employed by Henry L Armstrong, coal dealer, as a bookkeeper. He and six others lost their lives fighting a warehouse fire at the Fleischmann Plant. An article on the ‘Net states that 7 firemen lost their lives fighting a disastrous fire at the Fleischmann Plant at Charles Point; and a Firemen Memorial Wing was built 1919, added to the Peekskill Hospital, now the Hudson Valley Hospital Center; 2d Lieutenant in Fire Department; "he had a jolly disposition which won him many friends;"
Information provided by Jim Ferris
On the Peekskill Waterfront Green stands a bell as a memorial to the seven firefighters who lost their lives. The plaque reads as follows:
Peekskill Fire Department Alarm Bell
On August 1, 1918 this bell tolled the alarm for the Fleischmann Manufacturing Company Fire, at which seven Peekskill Volunteer Firefighters lost their lives.
Dedicated to the memory of those gallant men who gave their lives in the Fleischmann Fire August 1, 1918.
Department Surgeon Dr. Charles R.F. Green, Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. #1
Captain Clarence J. Lockwood, Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. #1
1st Lt. James H. Selleck, Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. #1
2nd Lt. Louis A. Barmore, Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. #1
Firefighter George A. Cassacles, Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. #1
Firefighter John F. Torpy, Centennial Hose Co. #4
Firefighter Walter Cole, Centennial Hose Co. #4
"Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
John 15:13
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