Charles Thomas Gilmore

Notes:

Birth:
Sister Maria's 1937 obituary states that her brother Charles died in California "a few years ago."

Family/Spouse: Myrtle Genevieve Sowers. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 26 Jun 1860, Milford township, Story County, Iowa, USA; 1. Gillmor, George, 45, male, farmer, real estate $1000, personal $600, Ireland 2. _____, Margery, 37, female, Ireland 3. _____, Wm. J., 9, male, New York, attended school this year 4. _____, Mariah J., 3, female, Iowa 5. Campbell, Robert, 56, male, farm labour, Ireland
• Census: 23 Aug 1870, Milford township, Story County, Iowa, USA; 1. Gilmore, Geo, 52, male, white, farmer, real estate $2800, personal $3600, Ireland, mother and father of foreign birth 2. _____, Mordery [Margery], 43, female, white, keeping house, Ireland 3. _____, Wm. J., 19, male, white, at home, New York, mother and father of foreign birth 4. Larson, Erasmus, 18, male, white, labor, mother and father of foreign birth, Denmark 5. Burr, C., 45, male, white, labor, Ireland, mother and father of foreign birth 7. Sykes, A., 12, male, white, labor, Illinois
• Census: 14 Jun 1880, Milford township, Story County, Iowa, USA; 1. Gilmore, George, white, male, 62, married, farmer, can read and write, Ireland, Ireland, Ireland 2. _____, Marger [Margery], white female, 55, wife, married, keeping house, can read and write, Ireland, Ireland, Ireland 1. Gilmore, William, white male, 29, son, married, farmer, can read and write, New York, Ireland, Ireland 2. _____, Urattee, white, female, 8, daughter, attending school, can read and write, Iowa, New York, Iowa, 3. _____, Marie, white, female, daughter, Iowa, New York, Iowa 4. _____, Charlie, white, male, 2 months, born in April, son, Iowa, New York, Iowa 5. Hanson, August, white, male, 18m farm laborer, can read and write, Germany, Germany, Germany
• State Census: 1885, Story County, Iowa, USA; 1. Gillmore, George, township 84, range 23, section 29, NW, age 70, male, married, farmer, born in Ireland, father and mother of foreign birth, entitled to vote 2. _____, Margery, 58, female, married, Ireland, mother and father of foreign birth 1. Gillmore, Wm J., township 84, range 23, section 29, NE, 36, male, married, farmer, New York, mother and father of foreign birth, subject to military, entitled to vote 2. _____, Jerusha, 28, female, married, born in Marshall County, Iowa, father native, mother foreign 3. _____, Uretta J., 12, female, born Story County, Iowa, parents native 4. _____, Marietta J., 9, female, born Story County, Iowa, parents native 5. _____, Maines, 6, male, born Story County, Iowa, parents native 6. _____, Charles, 5, male, born Story County, Iowa, parents native 7. _____, George, 4, male, born Story County, Iowa, parents native 8. _____, Wm, 1, male, born Story County, Iowa, parents native
• State Census: 1895, Story County, Iowa, USA; 1. Gilmor, William J., 41, male, married, New York, farmer, Christian, subject to military, eligible to vote 2. _____, Jerusha, 39, female, married, Marshall Co, Iowa, Christian 3. _____, Maries [Maines], 16, male, single, Story Co Iowa, Christian 4. _____, Maria, 18,, female, single, Story Co Iowa, Christian 5. _____, Charlie, 14, male, Story Co Iowa, Christian 6. _____, George, 12, male, Story Co Iowa, Christian 7. _____, William, 8, male, Story Co Iowa, Christian 8. _____, Earl, 6, male, Story Co Iowa, Christian 9. _____, Eva, 4, female, Story Co Iowa, Christian 10. _____, Ella, 3, female, Story Co Iowa, Christian 11. _____, George, 76, male, widowed, Ireland, retired, Baptist
• NEWS: 1 May 1934, Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA; The Ames Daily Tribune: "W. J. Gilmore Services Tues. At Nevada Nevada -- Funeral services were held at the Morfoot funeral home here Tuesday afternoon for W. J. Gilmore, pioneer Story county resident, who died at his home in Nevada Sunday morning following a several weeks illness. Burial was in the Nevada cemetery. The Rev. George A. Lawton, pastor of the Nevada Methodist church, was in charge. Mr. Gilmore was born in New York state on Christmas day 1850, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. George Gilmore. He came to Iowa with his parents at the age of 4 and the family settled on what came to be known as the Gilmore homestead in Milford township. There the parents died and there the son lived until after the death of his first wife in 1897. he then moved into Nevada and had since made his home here. He was first married to Miss Jerusha Norton, daughter of a pioneer Zearing family, in 1868. Eleven chidden were born to this union, eight of whom survive. Jerusha Gilmore died in 1897. Twenty-four years ago, Mr. Gilmore was married again, this time to Miss Laura DeCamp, who survives. The wife has been in failing health for several years and lately has been confined to the state hospital at Clarinda. At the request of the aged husband, she was brought home a few weeks ago but her condition became acute and she was returned to the hospital Saturday. Five of the eight children were at their father's bedside when he died. The surviving children are Euretta Stevens of Lake City, Mich., Maria Pellerselles of Sac City, William Gilmore of Corvallis, Ore.m Maines Gilmore of Los Angeles, Calif.m Dr. Earl Gilmore of Atchison, Kan., Mrs. Eva Burton of Minneapolis, Minn., and George Gilmore of near Nevada in Milford township."

William married Jerusha Norton in 1868. Jerusha was born on 10 Nov 1855 in Marshall County, Iowa, USA; died on 7 Mar 1898 in Story County, Iowa, USA; was buried in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, Story County, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Narrative: From Desmond Gillmor's paper on his Iowa Gillmor family: "Prior to the discovery that my great grandparents had been in Iowa, I had found that there were two Gillmor families from County Sligo in Iowa in the 1850s. It seems quite likely that both were related to my family but this has not been proved. One Gillmor emigrated from Emlafad Parish, Ballymote and there is a belief in both our Irish families that they are related. The other had lived just across the Leitrim/Sligo border and only a mile from the residence of my earliest known Gillmor ancestors. I have been in contact with descendants of both former Iowa families. No evidence of locational influences or even contacts between these families, either before or when they were in Iowa, has emerged but it would seem that these must have been possibilities. A Stewart Gillmor, who was almost certainly a native of Ballymote, arrived in Scott County, near Davenport on the Mississippi, in 1847 with his wife Rebecca and their children. In a biography of his eldest son Stewart (1832-1902), it was stated that the name Gillmor was an old and familiar one in Scott County, the family having been associated with the agricultural life of eastern Iowa from pioneer times22. In 1859 Stewart married Mary A. Connor, whose family had come to Scott County from Ontario, Canada in 1846, but her parents had been born in Ireland. They had seven children. Stewart was an extensive farmer and stock-raiser, the Gillmor farm having expanded from an original 40 acres to 337 acres of prairie and 40 acres of timber land23. Although Stewart was described as modest and retiring, he exerted a considerable influence on the community and political life of Scott County and he was known for his integrity and generosity. It was largely through his effort and financial help that a House of God place of worship was erected on his farm. The Gillmor family had been in Allen?s Grove Township from 1857 and gravestones relating to five members of the family were in the Allen?s Grove Cemetery when we visited it. They included that for Stewart, born in Sligo, and his wife Mary. A George Gillmor was one of six children of a Thomas Gillmor who lived in Killery Parish, between the Sligo village of Ballintogher and the Leitrim border24. He married Maria McConnell in Dromahair in 1845. They sailed to New Orleans, where she and a baby girl died of cholera in 1846. George then went to New York, where he married Belfast-born Margery Campbell in 1850. They migrated with their son to Story County, central Iowa in 1854. They farmed in Milford Township but George also worked as an expert stone mason. One indication of life at that time was the threat of Native American raids. The couple were very successful in the development of their farm and the accumulation of wealth and they were highly respected in the community because of their hard work and integrity. They were committed members of the Ames Baptist Church but contributed generously to the building of other denominations? churches. Only their son lived to maturity, two daughters dying in childhood. Mary died in 1892 and George in 1900."
• Census: 1856, Franklin township, Story County, Iowa, USA; 1. Gilmore, George, 37, male, married, resident 1 year, Ireland, farmer 2. _____, Magery, 33, female, married, resident 1 year, Ireland 3. _____, William J., 5, male, resident 1 year, New York
• Census: 26 Jun 1860, Milford township, Story County, Iowa, USA; 1. Gillmor, George, 45, male, farmer, real estate $1000, personal $600, Ireland 2. _____, Margery, 37, female, Ireland 3. _____, Wm. J., 9, male, New York, attended school this year 4. _____, Mariah J., 3, female, Iowa 5. Campbell, Robert, 56, male, farm labour, Ireland
• Census: 23 Aug 1870, Milford township, Story County, Iowa, USA; 1. Gilmore, Geo, 52, male, white, farmer, real estate $2800, personal $3600, Ireland, mother and father of foreign birth 2. _____, Mordery [Margery], 43, female, white, keeping house, Ireland 3. _____, Wm. J., 19, male, white, at home, New York, mother and father of foreign birth 4. Larson, Erasmus, 18, male, white, labor, mother and father of foreign birth, Denmark 5. Burr, C., 45, male, white, labor, Ireland, mother and father of foreign birth 7. Sykes, A., 12, male, white, labor, Illinois
• Census: 14 Jun 1880, Milford township, Story County, Iowa, USA; 1. Gilmore, George, white, male, 62, married, farmer, can read and write, Ireland, Ireland, Ireland 2. _____, Marger [Margery], white female, 55, wife, married, keeping house, can read and write, Ireland, Ireland, Ireland 1. Gilmore, William, white male, 29, son, married, farmer, can read and write, New York, Ireland, Ireland 2. _____, Urallee [Urattee?], white, female, 8m daughter, attending school, can read and write, Iowa, New York, Iowa, 3. _____, Marie, white, female, daughter, Iowa, New York, Iowa 4. _____, Charlie, white, male, 2 months, born in April, son, Iowa, New York, Iowa 5. Hanson, August, white, male, 18m farm laborer, can read and write, Germany, Germany, Germany
• State Census: 1885, Story County, Iowa, USA; 1. Gillmore, George, township 84, range 23, section 29, NW, age 70, male, married, farmer, born in Ireland, father and mother of foreign birth, entitled to vote 2. _____, Margery, 58, female, married, Ireland, mother and father of foreign birth 1. Gillmore, Wm J., township 84, range 23, section 29, NE, 36, male, married, farmer, New York, mother and father of foreign birth, subject to military, entitled to vote 2. _____, Jerusha, 28, female, married, born in Marshall County, Iowa, father native, mother foreign 3. _____, Uretta J., 12, female, born Story County, Iowa, parents native 4. _____, Marietta J., 9, female, born Story County, Iowa, parents native 5. _____, Maines, 6, male, born Story County, Iowa, parents native 6. _____, Charles, 5, male, born Story County, Iowa, parents native 7. _____, George, 4, male, born Story County, Iowa, parents native 8. _____, Wm, 1, male, born Story County, Iowa, parents native
• State Census: 1895, Story County, Iowa, USA; 1. Gilmor, William J., 41, male, married, New York, farmer, Christian, subject to military, eligible to vote 2. _____, Jerusha, 39, female, married, Marshall Co, Iowa, Christian 3. _____, Maries [Maines], 16, male, single, Story Co Iowa, Christian 4. _____, Maria, 18,, female, single, Story Co Iowa, Christian 5. _____, Charlie, 14, male, Story Co Iowa, Christian 6. _____, George, 12, male, Story Co Iowa, Christian 7. _____, William, 8, male, Story Co Iowa, Christian 8. _____, Earl, 6, male, Story Co Iowa, Christian 9. _____, Eva, 4, female, Story Co Iowa, Christian 10. _____, Ella, 3, female, Story Co Iowa, Christian 11. _____, George, 76, male, widowed, Ireland, retired, Baptist

Notes:

Birth:
Image of cemetery stone on FindAGrave says he was born "in fall of 1816."

George married Margery Campbell on 7 Mar 1849 in New York, USA. Margery was born on April 1819-Nov 1820 in Derrylee, County Armagh, Northern Ireland; died on 1 Feb 1892 in Story County, Iowa, USA; was buried in Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, Story County, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Immigration: Apr 1844

Notes:

Birth:
Obituary transcribed into FindAGrave gives her birth as April 1819, but stone says Nov 1820.