Harriet "Hattie" V. Bucklin

Other Events:

• Census: 1895, Beaver township, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; 1. Bucklin, W. L., [31?], male, white, Iowa, Iowa 2. _____, A. M., 26, female, white, Illinois, Illinois 3. _____, E. M., 9, female, white, Kansas, Kansas 4. _____, H., 8, female, white, Kansas, Kansas 5. _____, G. E., [2?], male, Kansas, Kansas 6. _____, J., 6 months, male, Kansas, Kansas 7. _____, Minnie, 6 months, Kansas, Kansas
• Census: 1 Jun 1900, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; 1. Bucklin, Alice M., head, white, female, July 1868, 30, widowed, 4 children 2 living, Illinois, Canada, New York, washer woman, can read and write, owns home free of mortgage 2. _____, Eugena M., daughter, white, female, October 1885, 14, Kansas, Massachusetts, Illinois, at school, 9 months, can read and write 3. _____, Hattie B., daughter, white, female, April 1886, 12, Kansas, Massachusetts, Illinois, at school, 9 months, can read and write 4. _____, Georgie E., son, white, male, August 1891, 8, Kansas, Massachussetts, Illinois, at school, 9 months, can read and write 5. _____, John W., son, white, male, Agusut 1894, 5, Kansas, Massachusetts, Illinois
• Census: 1905, Smith County, Kansas, USA; 1. Innes, Cliff, 22, male, born Kansas, from Kansas, labour 2. _____, Hattie [V.?], 18, female, white, Kansas, Kansas 3. _____, Mattie M., 1, female, white, Kansas, Kansas 4. _____, Nora, 42, female, Iowa, Iowa 5. Hackett, Dwight, 62, male, white, Illinois, Iowa, farmer retired 6. McCarty, Dan, 27, male, white, Missouri, Missouri, cigar maker
• Census: 28 Apr 1910, Center township, Smith County, Kansas, USA; 1. Innes, Clifford, head, male, white, 27, first marriage, Kansas, Missouri, Missouri, farmer, general farm, own account, can read and write, renting farm, farm schedule no. 52 2. _____, Hattie, wife, female, white, 23, first marriage, married [??] years, 4 children 3 living, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, can read and write 3. _____, Lettie, daughter, female, white, 4, Kansas, Kansas, Kansas 4. _____, Earle, son, female [sic], white, 2, Kansas, Kansas, Kansas 5. _____, Niva, daughter, female, white, 4 months, Kansas, Kansas, Kansas 6. Wilson, Alice, mother in law, female, white, 42, first marriage, 6 children 4 living, Illinois, Canada English, New York, can read and write 7. Bucklin, George, brother in law, male, white, 18, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, can read and write, farmer, general farm, own account 8. _____, John, brother in law, male, white, 15, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, can read and write, [not attending school, implied]
• Obituary: After 30 Dec 1918, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; Mother and Babe Both Dead Cliff Innes and four motherless children have the deep sympathy of our people in the bereavement that came to them Monday, through the death of Mrs. Innes and one of a pair of twin boys to whom she gave birth on that date. The other twin is alive as this is written. Mrs. Innes had been in failing health for some time, and her husband brought her back here from Sterling, Colo., about ten days ago in hopes that a lower altitude would help her, but childbirth proved too much for one in her weakened condition. Funeral services were held this forenoon and the bodies of the mother and babe in the same coffin were laid to rest in Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Innes, a daughter of Mrs. Will Bucklin of this city, was aged 30 years, 8 months and 6 days, and had lived practically all her life in Smith county. Besides her husband, children and mother she is survived by a sister, Mrs. Arch Wilson, and two brothers, George ofWashington township, and John, of Athol. Only last week we carried a news item about the suicide of their father, Will Bucklin, at Byers, Colo.
• Obituary: 2 Jan 1990, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; "Mrs. Cliff Innes Dies Mrs. Cliff Innes passed away at her home here Monday morning after giving birth to twin babies. One of the little sons gave up his life at the same time that his mother passed away. The other child is still living. The mother was much inclined toward heart trouble. She had had six children before, three of whom died and three are living. Funeral services were held this morning from the home, having been delayed in the hope that the deceased's brothers might get back from the west where they had been called on account of the death of their father."

Notes:

Birth:
The 1900 census gives Hattie's birth as "April 1886." The Colton book gives her birth as "25 April 1887." Cemetery marker also says 1887.

Died:
Internet sources, no citations, indicate her death somewhere in Colorado around 1918. Her cemetery marker in Smith County, Kansas, offers date of death.

Harriet married Clifford Harvey Innes on 25 Feb 1903 in Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA. Clifford was born on 3 Aug 1882 in Smith County, Kansas, USA; died in Jun 1964. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mattie M. Innes was born on 11 Feb 1904 in Smith County, Kansas, USA; died on 21 Jun 1905 in Smith County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA.
2. Lettie A. Innes was born in 1906 in Kansas, USA; died in 1934; was buried in Blakely Cemetery, Madison, Greenwood County, Kansas, USA.
3. Earle Innes was born on 11 Dec 1907 in Smith County, Kansas, USA; died on 27 Jun 1977 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA; was buried in Littleton Cemetery, Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA.
4. Viva Alice Innes was born on 19 Dec 1909 in Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; died on 7 Oct 1996.
5. Lawrence Everett Innes was born on 30 Dec 1918 in Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; died on 19 Jan 1919 in Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA.
6. Lavern Ernest Innes was born on 30 Dec 1918 in Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; died on 30 Dec 1918 in Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA.

Other Events:

• Residence: Jun 1863, Iowa, USA; The family was living in the 5th district of Iowa in 1863, when his father was registered for the draft. The 5th district was in SW Iowa and included Des Moines. [For 5th district territory:, Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Kasson]
• Census: 7 Jun 1880, Beaver township, Smith County, Kansas, USA; 1. Bucklin, Edwin, white, male, 50, married, farmer, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Massachusetts 2. _____, Harrie S., white, female, 44, wife, married, keeping house, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Massachusetts 3. _____, Willie, white, male, 16, son, single, at home, Iowa, Massachusetts, Massachusetts [One household before David and Delia (Bradway) Jones]
• Census: 1885, Smith County, Kansas, USA; 1. Bucklin, W. L., 21, male, white, married, farmer, born Iowa, came to Kansas from Iowa 2. _____, A. M., 17, female, white, married, dishwasher, Illinois, came to Kansas from Illinois 3. _____, E., 55, male, white, single, farmer, [Massachussetts?], came to Kansas from Iowa
• Census: 1895, Beaver township, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; 1. Bucklin, W. L., [31?], male, white, Iowa, Iowa 2. _____, A. M., 26, female, white, Illinois, Illinois 3. _____, E. M., 9, female, white, Kansas, Kansas 4. _____, H., 8, female, white, Kansas, Kansas 5. _____, G. E., [2?], male, Kansas, Kansas 6. _____, J., 6 months, male, Kansas, Kansas 7. _____, Minnie, 6 months, Kansas, Kansas
• Census: 4 Jun 1900, Lamb Precinct, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA; 1. Cricktell, Ida, head, white, female, May 1855, 44, married 20 years, 3 children 3 living, New York, New York, New York, postmistress, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 1 2. _____, Charles R son, white, male, September 1883, 16, single, Illinois, England, New York, can read and write 3. _____, Dorothy I., daughter, white, female, February 1888, 12, Illinois, England, New York, attended school 9 months, can read and write 4. _____, Mary E. L., daughter, white, female, February 1890, 10, Illinois, England, New York, attending school 9 months, can read and write 5. Bucklin, Willard L., employee, white, male, November 1859, 41, divorced, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Vermont, miner [2 more illegible words], can read and write [3 additional apparent boarders, a blacksmith, a miner, and a servant]
• Residence: 1907, S. Kalamath and W. Florida Ave., Denver, Denver Co CO; Listed as "miner."
• Census: 10 May 1910, Byers precinct, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA; 1. Bucklin, Willard, head, male, white, 50, second marriage, married 6 years, Kansas, Tennessee, Kansas, miner, gold mine, wage earner, can read and write 2. _____, Matilda, wife, female, white, 43, second marriage, married 6 years, 6 children 3 living, Tennessee, Kansas, Tennessee, farmer, general farm, own account, can read and write 3. Nelson, Minnie, step daughter, female, white, 18, single, Colorado, Missouri, [Sweden?], can read and write 4. _____, Emma, step daughter, female, white, 11, Colorado, Missouri, Sweden, attending school, can read and write 5. Phillips, Nancy J., grand mother, female, white, 78, single, 11 children 7 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
• Census: 26 May 1910, Alice (Pike National Forest), Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA; 1. Haminky, John F., head, male, white, 37, single, Iowa, Germany, Germany, manager, gold mine, can read and write, owns house free of mortgage 2. Bucklin, Willard L., male, white, 50, second marriage, married 5 years, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Vermont, miner, can read and write
• Newspaper Article: 26 Dec 1918, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; Will Bucklin a Suicide. "A telegram last night to George Bucklin of Washington township notified him of the suicide yesterday at Byers, Colo., of his father, George Bucklin. George took a train this morning for the scene. Over 25 years ago, Will Bucklin was quite a well known fellow in this city and vicinity. But he and his wife could not agree and after the separation Will went west, and afterwards remarried. His wife and three children still live in this county. The children are Mrs. Arch Wilson and George of this place, and John of Athol."
• Obituary: After 30 Dec 1918, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; Mother and Babe Both Dead Cliff Innes and four motherless children have the deep sympathy of our people in the bereavement that came to them Monday, through the death of Mrs. Innes and one of a pair of twin boys to whom she gave birth on that date. The other twin is alive as this is written. Mrs. Innes had been in failing health for some time, and her husband brought her back here from Sterling, Colo., about ten days ago in hopes that a lower altitude would help her, but childbirth proved too much for one in her weakened condition. Funeral services were held this forenoon and the bodies of the mother and babe in the same coffin were laid to rest in Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Innes, a daughter of Mrs. Will Bucklin of this city, was aged 30 years, 8 months and 6 days, and had lived practically all her life in Smith county. Besides her husband, children and mother she is survived by a sister, Mrs. Arch Wilson, and two brothers, George ofWashington township, and John, of Athol. Only last week we carried a news item about the suicide of their father, Will Bucklin, at Byers, Colo.
• Newspaper Article: 2 Jan 1919, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; William [sic] Bucklin a Suicide It is reported that William Bucklin killed himself recently at his home in Colorado. His sons, George and John, returned this morning, having gone there to attend the funeral.

Notes:

Birth:
Census data varies widely as to his age and calculated birth year. Most internet family trees give a date of 15 November 1863 for his birth. The Colton book gives the latter, as well.

Place of birth differs, as well. Often given as Hampden County, Massachusetts, but also seen as Iowa. His first two Kansas state census stated birthplace Iowa, as did his 1880 census in the home with his parents, offering an age of 16. It seems likely that he was born in Iowa.

His father's 1863 U.S. draft registration was in the 5th Congressional District of Iowa (representing 22 counties in the SW quadrant of Iowa), which supports his birth in Iowa.

[Wikipedia entry for the 5th district of Iowa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Kasson]



Died:
Obit for his daughter Harriet V. (Bucklin) Innes who died in Dec 1918 states that the paper ran an article the previous week on her father's suicide in Byers, CO. Have asked Rebecca Christensen to find both articles for me (28 Aug 2016).

Willard married Alice Melinda Gilmore on 28 Nov 1884 in Smith County, Kansas, USA. Alice (daughter of George W. Gilmore and Vienna Arthusa Pratt) was born on 23 Jul 1869 in Macon County, Illinois, USA; died on 5 Dec 1952 in Velma McNulty Nursing Home, Smith County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Parents: Death certificate names her parents as George Gilmore and Vienna (or Vianna) Pratt.
• Census: 16 Jul 1870, Friends Creek township (Maroa PO), Macon County, Illinois, USA; 1. Gillmore [Gilmore], George, 23, white, male, farmer, real estate value $2000, personal $600, Canada West, mother and father of foreign birth 2. _____, Vienna, 22, female, white, keeping house, New York 3. _____, Alice M., 11 months, Illinois, USA 4. Goff, Enock, 23, male, white, farmer, Indiana, can read, cannot write
• Census: 1 Mar 1875, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas Territory, USA; 1. Gilmore, Geo W., 29, male, white, farmer, H [homestead], value $425, born Canada, moved to KS from Illinois 2. _____, Vianna, 23, female, white, New York, Illinois 3. _____, Alice, 5, female, white, Illinois 4. _____, George, 2, male, white, Illinois 5. Pratt, Wallace, 16, male, white, Illinois
• Census: 9 Jun 1880, Center township, Smith County, Kansas, USA; 1. Gilmore, George, white, male, 37, married, farmer, Canada, Canada, Canada 2. _____, Vienna, white, female, 30, wife, married, Canada, Canada, Canada 3. _____, Alice, white, female, 9, daughter, Illinois, Canada, Canada 4. _____, George, white, male, 6, son, Illinois, Canada, Canada 5. _____, Thomas, white, male, 4, son, Kansas, Canada, Canada
• Census: 1885, Smith Center, Beaver township, Smith County, Kansas, USA; 1. Bucklin, W. L., 21, male, white, married, farmer, born Iowa, came to Kansas from Iowa 2. _____, A. M., 17, female, white, married, dishwasher, Illinois, came to Kansas from Illinois 3. _____, E., 55, male, white, single, farmer, Massa[chussetts?], came to Kansas from Iowa
• Census: 1895, Beaver township, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; 1. Bucklin, W. L., [31?], male, white, Iowa, Iowa 2. _____, A. M., 26, female, white, Illinois, Illinois 3. _____, E. M., 9, female, white, Kansas, Kansas 4. _____, H., 8, female, white, Kansas, Kansas 5. _____, G. E., [2?], male, Kansas, Kansas 6. _____, J., 6 months, male, Kansas, Kansas 7. _____, Minnie, 6 months, Kansas, Kansas
• Census: 1 Jun 1900, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; 1. Bucklin, Alice M., head, white, female, July 1868, 30, widowed, 4 children 2 living, Illinois, Canada, New York, washer woman, can read and write, owns home free of mortgage 2. _____, Eugena M., daughter, white, female, October 1885, 14, Kansas, Massachusetts, Illinois, at school, 9 months, can read and write 3. _____, Hattie B., daughter, white, female, April 1886, 12, Kansas, Massachusetts, Illinois, at school, 9 months, can read and write 4. _____, Georgie E., son, white, male, August 1891, 8, Kansas, Massachussetts, Illinois, at school, 9 months, can read and write 5. _____, John W., son, white, male, Agusut 1894, 5, Kansas, Massachusetts, Illinois
• NEWS: 16 Aug 1900, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; "Mrs. Alice Bucklin of Atwood, Kansas, came in Tuesday morning for a visit with her mother, mrs. george Gilmore. Mrs. Bucklin and her husband have not lived together for some years but she is succeeding admirably in making her way in the world and in raising a family of children which would be a credit to a woman more fortunately situated. She will remain about a week."
• NEWS: 21 Feb 1901, Smith Centre, Smith County, Kansas, USA; Newspaper article states that Alice M. Bucklin, Emma M. Bucklin, and Hattie V. Bucklin were received into the M. E. church the previous Sunday.
• NEWS: 5 Jun 1903, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; Marriage license applied for: "June 5 ? Jesse A. Williams, 43, McDonald, Kansas to Mrs. Alice M. Bucklin, Smith Center."
• Census: 1905, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; 1. Bucklin, Alice, 36, female, born in Illinois, came to Kansas from Illinois, [no employment stated] 2. _____, George, 13, male, born Kansas, came from Kansas
• Census: 28 Apr 1910, Center township, Smith County, Kansas, USA; 1. Innes, Clifford, head, male, white, 27, first marriage, Kansas, Missouri, Missouri, farmer, general farm, own account, can read and write, renting farm, farm schedule no. 52 2. _____, Hattie, wife, female, white, 23, first marriage, married [??] years, 4 children 3 living, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, can read and write 3. _____, Lettie, daughter, female, white, 4, Kansas, Kansas, Kansas 4. _____, Earle, son, female [sic], white, 2, Kansas, Kansas, Kansas 5. _____, Niva, daughter, female, white, 4 months, Kansas, Kansas, Kansas 6. Wilson, Alice, mother in law, female, white, 42, first marriage, 6 children 4 living, Illinois, Canada English, New York, can read and write 7. Bucklin, George, brother in law, male, white, 18, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, can read and write, farmer, general farm, own account 8. _____, John, brother in law, male, white, 15, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, can read and write, [not attending school, implied]
• Obituary: After 30 Dec 1918, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; Mother and Babe Both Dead Cliff Innes and four motherless children have the deep sympathy of our people in the bereavement that came to them Monday, through the death of Mrs. Innes and one of a pair of twin boys to whom she gave birth on that date. The other twin is alive as this is written. Mrs. Innes had been in failing health for some time, and her husband brought her back here from Sterling, Colo., about ten days ago in hopes that a lower altitude would help her, but childbirth proved too much for one in her weakened condition. Funeral services were held this forenoon and the bodies of the mother and babe in the same coffin were laid to rest in Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Innes, a daughter of Mrs. Will Bucklin of this city, was aged 30 years, 8 months and 6 days, and had lived practically all her life in Smith county. Besides her husband, children and mother she is survived by a sister, Mrs. Arch Wilson, and two brothers, George ofWashington township, and John, of Athol. Only last week we carried a news item about the suicide of their father, Will Bucklin, at Byers, Colo.
• Census: 1925, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; 1. Bucklin, Alice M., head, owns free of mortgage, white, 56, widowed, born Illinois, came from Illinois, no occupation
• Census: 15 Apr 1940, 124 North Lincoln St., Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; 1. Bucklin, Alice, head, female, white, 72, widowed, completed grade 8, Illinois, same house 1935, not a farm, house keeping, home making, has other source of income 2. _____, Geo, son, male, white, 48, widowed, completed grade 8, Kansas, same place 1935, employed for pay, worked 70 hours previous week, filling station attendant, [Pounds?] Oil Co., worked 52 weeks, income $620, no other source of income
• Death: 5 Dec 1952; Death certificate Data Place of death: Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, Velma McNulty Nursing Home. Usual residence: Smith Center, Smith County Name: Alice M. Bucklin died Dec 5 1952 female white widow born 23 July 1867, age 87 yrs 4 months, 12 days Occupation: housewife, at home Birthplace: Macon County, Illinois Father: George Gilmore Mother: Vienna Pratt Not in armed forces No Social Security informant: Mrs. Eugenia Wilson Cause of death: cardiovascular Contributing: senility Victor E. Watts, M.D., Smith Center Burial 7 December, Fairview Cemetery Funeral director: Simmons-Oliff-Smith
• Obituary: 11 Dec 1952, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; Smith County Pioneer:

  Mrs. Alice Bucklin Laid to Rest Sunday Rites From Methodist Church; Burial In Fairview Cemetery The funeral of Mrs. Alice Buvklin was held from the Smith Center Methodist church Sunday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Ranold [sic] Plott officiating. Burial was in Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Bucklin, 85, lived in Smith Center for 72 years. Alice Melinda, daughter of Vienna A. and George W. Gilmore, was born July 23, 1867 in Macon county, Ill., and passed away Dec. 5, 1952 in Smith Center. She came to Smith Center with her parents at the age of five years. On Nov. 28, 1884 she was united in marriage to Willard Livere Buckling. Six children were born to this union. Surviving are Eugenia, Mrs. Arch Wilson, Smith Center; and John, Colorado Springs, Colo. Preceding her in death were three daughters, Hattie, Mrs. Clifford Innes, in 1918; Minnie in childhood, and Alice Fern in infancy; and a son, George, who passed away in 1940. In 1892 they moved to Rawlins county, Kansas and resided there for eight years, then returned to Smith Center where she lived until her death. She joined the Methodist church while in Rawlins county and after returning to Smith Center, her letter was transferred to the Methodist church of that city. At her advanced age Mrs. Bucklin was still piecing beautiful quilts and doing fancy work. She also did her own letter writing. In addition to the children previously mentioned she is survived by two brothers: George Gilmore, Lebanon, Mo. and Tom Gilmore, North Platte, Nebr.; eleven grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, three great great grandchildren, a large number of nieces and nephews and by a host of friends who mourn her departure."

Notes:

Birth:
1870 Macon Co IL, Alice was 11 months old, calculating to birth in July 1869

Geo W in a pension statement gives her birth as 23 Aug 1868.

Death cert also states 23 July 1867.

There is some conflict regarding Alice (Gilmore) Bucklin's birth date. The obituary offers a date of 23 July 1867; her father, in a pension statement, offers 23 August 1868; the 1870 Macon County, Illinois, census states that Alice is 11 months old, born the previous July. The latter, while secondary evidence, is direct evidence, given closer to the time of the event, and carries more weight. All accounts agree on the day as the 23rd of the month. Only her father's statement offers the month of August rather than July.

William married Harriet Sophia Bradway in Palmer, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA. Harriet (daughter of Calvin Bradway and Emeline Chauncey) was born on 8 Nov 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Immigration: March-June 1840, Ontario, Canada; The Gilmore family immigrated when daughter Maria was 9 months old.
• Immigration: Between 1854-1857, Niagara County, New York, USA; George moved around this time, between age 16-20, from Canada back to the area in New York near Pekin and Niagara Falls, where his family had formerly lived.
• Census: 2 Jul 1860, Harlem, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA;

  1. Pratt, Josiah, 46, male, farmer, real estate $2100, personal $400, New York 2. _____, Malinda, 40, female, New York 3. _____, Orminda, 14, female, New York, attending school 4. _____, Vianna, 13, female, New York, attending school 5. _____, Mary, 11, female, female, New York, attending school 6. _____, Wallace, 2, male, Illinois 7. Gilmore, Geo., 20, male, laborer, Canada

• Physical Description: 1862; 5 ft 9 in, fair complexion, hazel eyes, auburn hair. His occupation in the original enlistment was "book keeper," but in his 1907 application they stated his occupation at the time of enlistment as "farmer."
• Military: 2 Jun 1862, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA; George enlisted, mustering into Company H, 67th Illinois Infantry as a private. He served 3 months, probably on guard duty (or other duty) at the camp for Confederate prisoners, Camp Douglas.
• Military: Jun 1863, Harlem, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA; George Gilmore, age 24, married, class 1 (most eligible for draft), born in Ireland. This is the only known instance of his admission of Irish birth.
• Military: Jun 1863, Jefferson township, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA; George is listed in the draft, but this time in Jefferson Twp, and as "in 3 months service." This time he lists birthplace as Canada.
• Census: 1865, Friends Creek township, Macon County, Illinois, USA; Joseph Pratt household 1 male under 10 [Wallace, age 7] 1 male of 10 and under 20 [farm hand?] 1 male of 40 and under 50 [Josiah] 2 females under 10 [Alice b 1862; and Ida, born in January this year] 2 females of 10 and under 20 [Mary J., 16; other?] 1 female of 40 and under 50 [Melinda] Total 8 1 of militia age value of livestock $400 [Right ages for Josiah and Melinda and other children. 2 unidentified persons, 1 female and 1 male, both between 10-20. These are probably Vienna (abt 18) and George (abt 28). George's age is wrong, but they are not found elsewhere in census, and the Macon Co 1865-66 tax book lists him. It is likely that this is them. He would account for the 1 male of militia age.] Since "Josiah" Pratt was taxed in this township in 1865-66, this is certainly him. Possibly the enumerator abbreviated "Jos. Pratt" and latter transcribed as Joseph? Heard it wrong? Perhaps he used Joseph and Josiah interchangeably? I have never seen it used for him elsewhere, so more likely to be an error.]
• Move: Between 1863-1865, Macon County, Illinois, USA; Sometime after his March 1863 marriage to Vienna, they moved, apparently with her family, to Macon Co IL.
• Tax Lists: 1865-1866, Friends Creek township, Macon County, Illinois, USA; Appeared on tax list for Macon County, along with his father in law Josiah Pratt.
• Tax Record: 1865-1866, Friends Creek township, Macon County, Illinois, USA
• SON: 19 Sep 1867, Friends Creek township, Macon County, Illinois, USA; Birth of son James Josiah Gilmore
• Deed: 17 Mar 1870, Macon County, Illinois, USA; George and Vienna purchased from Marcus D. and Margaret Walker, for $2,184 E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Sec. 5, Twp 18N, Rg 4E, 3rd meridian.
• Census: 16 Jun 1870, Friends Creek township (Maroa post office), Macon County, Illinois, USA;

  1. Gillmore [Gilmore], George, 23, white, male, farmer, real estate value $2000, personal $600, Canada West, mother and father of foreign birth 2. _____, Vienna, 22, female, white, keeping house, New York 3. _____, Alice M., 11 months, Illinois, USA 4. Goff, Enock, 23, male, white, farmer, Indiana, can read, cannot write

• Deed: 28 Nov 1872, Macon County, Illinois, USA; Vienna and George sold her 1/6 interest in property inherited from Josiah Gilmore, to John Jimison, Vienna\'s mother\'s second husband.
• Land: 2 Sep 1873, Macon County, Illinois, USA; Sold by Gilmore to Jacob Hoff for $2,000. E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Sec 5, Twp 18N, Rg 4E, 3rd meridian.
• Land: 5 Mar 1874, Macon County, Illinois, USA; Decatur Weekly Republican

  :"Vienna and Geo W. Gilmore to Joh[n C.] Jimison, und. sixth part of sw qr of s[e qr] sec 2 township 18 north range 3 east; N[ov.] 28, 1872--$100." [Transcription pieced from two faulty scans of the page. Items in brackets indicate letters and punctuation picked up from the second page, fragments completing the whole.] [This is probably the John Jimison that Vienna's mother married in 1872.

• Land Entry: Apr 1874, Smith County, Kansas, USA; 160 acres, 39
• Census: 1 Mar 1875, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas Territory, USA; 1. Gilmore, Geo W., 29, male, white, farmer, H [homestead], value $425, born Canada, moved to KS from Illinois 2. _____, Vianna, 23, female, white, New York, Illinois 3. _____, Alice, 5, female, white, Illinois 4. _____, George, 2, male, white, Illinois 5. Pratt, Wallace, 16, male, white, Illinois
• NEWS: 21 Sep 1876, Smith Centre, Smith County, Kansas, USA; From the Smith County Pioneer: Premiums Awarded The following is the Secretary's report of the premiums awarded at the Third Annual Fair, held at this place on the 12th, 13th and 14th inst. Class "A." Horses, Mules, &c Diplomas were issued to the following parties: Geo. Gilmore, for best pair of roadsters . . . G. W. Gilmore, best pair of geldings."
• Land Entry: Dec 1879, Smith County, Kansas, USA;

  Completed homestead.

• Land Conveyance: 26 Mar 1880, Smith County, Kansas, USA; Per notice of this date in the Smith County Pioneer: \"W. A. Latson to George W. Gilmore, sw1/4 sw1/4 1-3-13. 40 acres. Consideration, $300.\"
• Census: 9 Jun 1880, Center township, Smith County, Kansas, USA; 1. Gilmore, George, white, male, 37, married, farmer, Canada, Canada, Canada 2. _____, Vienna, white, female, 30, wife, married, Canada, Canada, Canada 3. _____, Alice, white, female, 9, daughter, Illinois, Canada, Canada 4. _____, George, white, male, 6, son, Illinois, Canada, Canada 5. _____, Thomas, white, male, 4, son, Kansas, Canada, Canada
• NEWS: 22 Apr 1881, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; "Vienna Gilmore vs George Gilmore, divorce"
• Court: 20 May 1881, Smith County, Kansas, USA; Item in Smith County Pioneer: \"Vienna Gilmore vs. Geo W Gilmore; divorce; dismissed at cost of plaintiff.\"
• NEWS: 22 Jul 1881, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; List of Delinquent taxes, appearing in the section for Centre township: "G. W. Gilmore s hf nw&w hf sw&sw sw [Section] 1 [Township] 3 [Range] 13 [Amount due] [$]7 06."
• Court: Oct 1881, Smith County, Kansas, USA; Vienna filed for divorce on the grounds of cruelty.
• Court: 6 Oct 1881, Smith County, Kansas, USA; George arrested for public drunkeness on the streets of Smith Center.
• Deed: 23 Dec 1881, Smith County, Kansas, USA; George Gilmore and Arthusa Vienna Gilmore his wife to J. W. Pratt, both of Smith Center. [Probably Joseph Wallace Pratt, Vienna's younger brother who appeared with them in the 1875 census.] $500 filed 24 December 1881 Legal: S1/2 of NW1/4 and the NE1/4 of the SW1/4 of S1 T3 R13. Also NW1/4 of SW1/4 of S1 T3 R13, contains 40 acres. Also Lot 13, Block 29 in Smith Centre.
• Deed: 23 Dec 1881, Smith County, Kansas, USA; [Immediately after Gilmore to Pratt, same property] J. W. Pratt, a single man, to George W. Gilmore, both of Smith Center, Kansas. $500 Filed 24 December 1881 S1/2 of NW1/4 and the NE1/4 of the SW1/4 of S1 Te R13. Also NW1/4 of SW1/4 of S1 T3 R13, containing 40 acres. Also Lot 13, Block 29, Smith Centre.
• NEWS: 9 Mar 1882, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; "George Gilmore still dodges the warrant of arrest issued on the disturbance in Dyer's restaurant. It is supposed that he has now left the country for good?'A consummation devoutly to be wished.' "
• NEWS: 14 Apr 1882, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; "Accidental Shooting Last Monday a very serious accident occurred about four miles northeast of town which may result seriously. It appears the H. B. Romjue's little boy Tommy, had, last Saturday, found a revolver which his father had lost on the prairie, and keeping this fact hidden from his parents, had taken the weapon to school with him, and while he and the school boys were examining the revolver it was accidentally discharged, the ball taking effect o George W. Gilmore's little boy, who is about six years of age, striking him in the right eye directly over the eyeball, passing thence to near the top of the right ear, where the ball seemingly divided, one piece leaving the had about half an inch farther forward than the other, cutting a small piece off the ear when it left the wound. Dr. Franklin was called and dressed the wound. From him we learn that, although the wound may not prove fatal, yet it will require careful nursing and close attention to save the boy's life. Whatever the result of this sad affair, no blame can be found with Mr. or Mrs. Romjue, they having had no knowledge of the fact that the boy had found the revolver, neither had they ever permitted him to carry or handle so dangerous a weapon. It is simply a sad and terrible accident?liable to happen almost anytime among children, and against which parents cannot be too careful to guard. It is needless to say that Mr. and Mrs. Romjue are very much trouble about the affair, while the little boy in whose hands the revolver was at the time it was discharge will have learned a lesson never to be forgotten. Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore have the earnest sympathy of all parents, and from the heart of each a fervent prayer goes up to Him 'who holdeth the destiny of Nations in His hand,' for the recovery of the little sufferer, who has so early in life become the victim of a sad accident."
• NEWS: 8 Jun 1882, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; "George Gilmore and Tom Murty were overhauled near Republican City, Neb., by John Q. Rouce and Brandon, and forced to whack up on a twenty dollar collection which was held against one of them. They are said to be leaving the country for good, and we will gamble that few tears will be shed on account of the departure of the first mentioned of the pair."
• NEWS: 22 Jun 1882, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; "Another disgraceful row occurred in town, on last Saturday evening. The final result was that Goerge Gilmore went home with a damaged cranium, and Frank Fuller was arrested upon two counts, and committed to jail."
• Deed: 27 Sep 1882, Smith County, Kansas, USA; George W. Gilmore and wife to Mrs. D. E. Jones $600; property has $450 mortgage (she assumes mortgage?) S1/2 of NW1/4 of S1 T3 R13. Also NW1/4 of SW1/4 of S1 T3S of R13W. Also Lot 13, block 29, Smith Center. Filed 31 October 1882
• Deed: 2 Jan 1883, Smith County, Kansas, USA; George W. Gilmore and Vienna A. Gilmore his wife to Delia E. Jones, all of Smith County. $600 S1/2 of NW1/4 and N1/2 of SW1/4 of S1 T3S R13W, 6th meridian. Containing 160 acres. Also Lot 13 in Block 29 in Smith Centre. Filed 6 Jan 1883
• Deed: 15 Jan 1884, Smith County, Kansas, USA; Delila [Delia] E. Jones to James Boddy $2000. S1/2 of NW1/4 and N1/2 of SW 1/2 and [S1/2 NW1/4 and N1/2 of SW1/4?] S 1 T3S R13W 6th prime meridian. Containing 160 acres. Property carries $450 mortgage which buyer assumes. Filed 15 Jan 1884
• Deed: 15 Jan 1884, Smith County, Kansas, USA; George W. Gilmore and Vienna A. Gilmore his wife to James Boddy. Quit claim deed. S1/2 of NW1/4 and N1/2 of SW1/4 of S1 T3S R13W of 6th PM. Filed same date
• Newspaper Article: 30 Mar 1884, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; From the Atwood Patriot:\"George Gilmore, one of the best judges of plain or fancy stock in the county, was in the Lake city on business Tuesday. George has one of finest blooded pacing stallions ever brought to the west, and invites the attention of all lovers of blooded stock.\"
• NEWS: 10 Jul 1884, Cedarville, Chautaqua County, Kansas, USA; "Commissioners in session, and complaint made on George Gilmore, and a widow Jones, both persons of notoriety have left the country, and left Mrs. Gilmore, destitute and a fit subject to become a county charge."
• NEWS: 11 Jul 1884, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; "George Gilmore, that 'pink of purity' from Spring Creek, has gone off with another woman, leaving his wife and children in such destitute circumstances that they have been sent to the poor house. That man who prospers by robbing his family of the necessaries of life is a fit subject for a coat of tar and feathers. Such a man is Geo. W. Gilmore, who has not only brought shame and disgrace upon himself and family by 'keeping a woman' under the same roof with his wife, but who finally succeeds in robbing her of her property and then leaves her and their children up the cold charity of a cruel world.
• Newspaper Article: 18 Jul 1884, Smith Centre, Smith County, Kansas, USA; From the Smith County Pioneer: \"Trustee I. A. Mullen reported to the Board the Mrs. Gillmore is destitue [sic] and without any means of support, and the Board ordered her to be taken to the Poor House.\"
• NEWS: 7 Nov 1884, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; From the Republican Citizen:\"G. W. Gilmore has purchased J. P. Mathes town residence property. Mr. Mathes will occupy it until the completion of his new house at McCook.\"
• Census: 1885, Atwood township, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; 1. Gillmore [Gilmore], George, 39, male, white, widower, farmer, born Canada, moved to Kansas from Illinois, yes (military volunteer), volunteered in Illinois, Co. H, 67th reft, infantry 2. Jones, D. E., 40, female, white, widowed, born Massachussetts, moved to Kansas from Iowa 3. Gillmore, George, 12, male, white, single, born Kansas, Kansas 4. _____, Thomas, 9, male, white, single, born Kansas, Kansas
• NEWS: 14 Apr 1886, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; "G. W. Gilmore has purchased of Wm Curran the iron gray stallion 'Morg.' He will stand during the season at Dunlap's stable Atwood on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, commencing the 14th of April; also Mondays and Tuesdays on North Beaver, nine miles from Atwood. He is known to be the best blooded stallion in western Kansas. Call and see him."
• Newspaper Article: 19 Jun 1886, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; From the Republican Citizen: \"On Wednesday complaint was filed against Dr. Ballou for threatening to shoot his wife. He was arrested and brought to town by Constable Vinegar, and his case will be heard before Judge Chambers today.\"
• Newspaper Article: 27 Jun 1888, Smith County, Kansas, USA; From the Smith County Pioneer, citing something that happened in Blakeman, Rawlins County: \"Geo. Gilmore had a runaway Saturday night. As George was in his usual condition, the fact of his having an accident wasn\'t much of a wonder.?Blakeman Register [Blakeman, Kan.].
• Newspaper Article: 4 Jul 1888, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; From the Atwood Patriot:\"Following are the races and the winners thereof: 1/2 mile running race: Wilson\'s roan, 1st, Gilmore\'s \"Old Brone,\" 2nd 1/4 mile dash: Gilmore\'s \"Old Brone,\" 1st, DeHart\'s brown mare, 2nd\"
• NEWS: 24 Apr 1889, Blakeman, Atwood County, Kansas, USA; From The Atwood Patriot: \"George Gilmore\'s boys on North Beaver caught four young wolves last Sunday. The purps [sic] had just got their eyes open. It is supposed the old wolf was moving her kittens when the boys discovered them.\"
• Newspaper Article: 17 May 1889, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; Confirming that Julius A. Ballou was referred to as \"Dr. Ballou.\" From the Replublican Citizen: \"Dr. and Mrs. Ballou are here on a visit to their relation I. N. Holcomb and family. Mrs. Ballou is a sister of Mrs. Holcomb. The Doctor is a specialist in chronic diseases, and Mrs. Ballou is a teacher of fancy painting.\" [Some of this is incorrect, as Ballou taught painting and did decorative painting.]
• NEWS: 4 Sep 1890, Blakeman, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; "George Gilmore is building a 24 x 14 addition to his residence."
• Newspaper Article: 5 Sep 1890, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; From The Atwood Patriot:\"Geo. Gilmore called on the DEMOCTAT [sic] and left us fifty cents on subscription. Ge. is one of th best farmers in the county and proposes to stay despite the hard times and dry weather.\"
• Newspaper Article: 8 May 1891, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; From the Atwood Patriot: \"George Gillmore [sic], reliable stockman and farmer of Beaver township, was stopping in the city a few days the first of the week.\"
• Newspaper Article: 10 Jul 1891, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; From the Atwood Patriot: \"Will Bucklin, son-in-law of the old reliable farmer, George Gillmore of Beaver township, was down to the city Saturday. Will is a former resident of Smith County, Kansas. He has not decided whether he will make his visit a permanent one or not.\"
• NEWS: 24 Jul 1891, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; From the Atwood Patriot: \"George Gillmore was down Tuesday night attending the meeting of the Odd Fellows in this city. George has 75 acres of wheat which will soon be ready for harvesting and which will easily make 25 bushels per acre.\"
• Newspaper Article: 15 Jan 1892, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; From the Atwood Patriot: \"George Gillmore, one of the big hearted farmers of Beaver township, was in to see the Atwood folks Saturday.\"
• Newspaper Article: 26 Feb 1892, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; From the Atwood Patriot: \"George Gillmore, one of the solid farmers of Beaver township, was in the city on business Wednesday. George, like many others of our progressive farmers, has had the misfortune to be a contributor to the three per cent fund, the last of which was wiped out while in the city, and a good resolve made never to do so again.\"
• NEWS: 14 Oct 1892, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; From the Atwood Patriot: \"Frank Robinson, J. C. Elmore, R. S. Hendricks, Fred Robinson and ?Harbaugh spent the Sabbath out on the fine stock farm of Geo. Gilmore, of Beaver township. The boys had an immense good time and are enthusiastic in their praises of George as an entertainer.\"
• Newspaper Article: 25 Nov 1892, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; George Gillmore, prosperous farmer of Beaver township, was in the city Wednesday. George raised an excellent crop this season, and will have over 3,000 bushels of corn in the crib by the last of this week.
• NEWS: 26 May 1893, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; From The Republican Citizen: \"Samuel C. Hunt vs. Hannah E. Hunt, divorce granted.\"
• Newspaper Article: 29 Sep 1893, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; From the Atwood Patriot: \"George W. Gillmore, one of the extensive fine stock breeders and successful farmers, of Beaver township, was among the many agreeable callers this week. We are pleased to state that George is now numbered among our regular readers.\"
• Newspaper Article: 10 Nov 1893, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; From the Atwood Patriot: \"George Gillmore, of Beaver township, one of our model stockmen and farmers of this county was in among city friends Monday.\"
• NEWS: 20 Apr 1894, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; From the Atwood Patriot: \"There was quite an exciting horse race Saturday between the McDermott roan from the west side of the county and the noted racer owned by George W. Gillmore of Beaver township. The stakes, which were in proportion to the times, were easily taken by the Gillmore horse.\"
• Newspaper Article: 27 Dec 1895, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; From the Atwood Patriot: \"The horse race last Saturday between Geo. Gilmore\'s bay and Geo. Tillett\'s black was won by Gillmore. Chas. Scott rode the Gillmore animal and Clyde Packard Tillett\'s horse.\"
• Newspaper Article: 6 Nov 1896, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; From the Atwood Patriot: \"George Gillmore said we never mentioned his name in the Patriot. We want to mention it this week and state that old George was enjoying the election yesterday in the usual manner. We tried to pay him a compliment by telling him that he had paid up his subscription in full with a fine ham of meat for which we were very thankful and then he said that we had insulted him.\"
• NEWS: 25 Dec 1896, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; "We understand that Comrade Ballou has commenced an action against Comrade Gilmore for the comfortable sum of $10,000 damages. The alientaion [sic] of the affections of the feminine Ballou is the alleged cause of the damage sustained."
• Newspaper Article: 31 Dec 1896, Smith Centre, Smith County, Kansas, USA; Long article in the Smith County Pioneer: Excerpts: \"There are few if any of the older settlers in this county who do not remember George Gilmore, who as an early settler settled upon a tract of land about three and one half miles north-east of this city on Spring creek in 1872. Of his many debauches and escapades while living here this whole paper could be filled and the half not then be told.\" -------------- \"The above tells the story of the manner in which Mr. Gilmore was badly wounded and may die. The story of his life while in this county would require much more space than we have to spare. As we stated at first, he came to this county at an early day in its history, settling on the farm now owned by Jas. Boddy, on Spring Creek. When sober, Gilmore was a good citizen with many commendable traits in his make-up, kindhearted, accommodating and gentlemanly. But it was while drinking that another nature seemed to take possession of him and he knew neither friend nor foe. All mankind was the same to him and he became a disagreeable, quarrelsome bully.\" ------------ \"In those days Vinegar bitters were extensively sold because they contained to alcohol. It has been told that George would buy a bottle of this when he could obtain nothing else, his imagination being so vivid that after taking a drink of this non-alcoholic beverage he would become at once to all intents and purposes, blind drunk.\" ------- \"Domestic difficulties finally came into his life and his first wife secured a divorce. She is still living, and for a number of years has been a permanent resident of the county farm. A short time after his wife secured the divorce, Gilmore married Mrs. Delia Jones, the divorced wife of David Jones. The woman had considerable property, and after a short time they moved to Rawlins county where she died a year or two ago. During the time he has lived out there but little has been heard of him, except that he seemed to be doing well and had reformed considerably in his ways. After his second wife\'s death, however, the old time spirit seemed to again take possession of him and the same paper which contained the clipping we have published also considered the following item: [item about being sued by Ballou for $10,000 for alienation of affections]. Being a man of strong physical build and a constitution of iron, even after the years of debauchery, it is barely possible that he may recover. Should he do so, the $10,000 damage suit, if successful, will not tend to make the balance of his life very pleasant.\"
• Newspaper Article: 28 Jan 1897, Smith Centre, Smith County, Kansas, USA; From the Smith County Pioneer: \"More About Geo. Gilmore The following press dispatch from Atwood, Kansas in last Friday\'s daily papers, explains the mystery of the attempted assassination of George Gilmore. It is as follows: \'The arrest of Reuben Rinker of Bertrand, Neb., on suspicion of having attempted the assassination of George Gilmore of Beaver township, who was shot through a window several weeks ago and who has been in a precarious condition ever since, has probably solved the mystery of the crime. Gilmore\'s career has been remarkable. He was endowed with great strength, which made him terrible to his companions when he was drunk, which as often. At other times he was amiable enough. he came from somewhere in the east to Smith county and there induced Mrs. Delia Jones, who had some property, to secure a divorce from her husband and become Mrs. Gilmore. They removed to Beaver township in Rawlins county, and till his wife\'s death Gilmore led rather a respectable life. Gossip concerned itself with Gilmore\'s name and that of Mrs. Hunt, and Hunt secured a divorce, the woman being soon married to Gilmore. Hung moved to Bertrand, and Mrs. Gilmore used to visit him, members of the Hunt family also visited the Gilmores. Gilmore and wife quarreled and Mrs. Gilmore returned to Hunt. Mrs. J. A. Ballou was engaged by Gilmore as housekeeper, and Ballou sued Gilmore for $10,000 for alienation of affections. Then came the attempted assassination. Mrs. Ballou being with Gilmore at the time. A number of theories were advanced, one being that the shooting had been done by a woman Gilmore had wronged before coming to the state. The theory on which the arrest of Rinker was made rests of [sic] the circumstances that Rinker is a son-in-law of Mrs. Gilmore. When the woman left Hunt, who was respectable and prosperous, for Gilmore, a drunkard, considerable comment was occasioned by her apparent folly, but it now appears that Hunt and the woman had agreed to try to secure Gilmore\'s property, which was reputed to be considerable, and that the pair contemplated an ultimate reunion. The shooting is believed to have been an offshoot of the original conspiracy. Ringer was traced on the testimony of railroad men, with who he traveled, and he has been positively identified by Brakeman Cline as a man who left the vicinity of the crime with a shotgun the next morning.\' \"
• NEWS: 29 Jan 1897, Goodland, Sherman County, Kansas, USA; "Some time ago George Gilmore of Rawlins county was shot while sitting in his house at the supper table. The shot wounded him seriously, but not fatally. Gilmore had wronged several women and at the time of the attempted assassination, was separated from his own wife and living with that of another man's. Recently Mrs. Hannah Gilmore, Gilmore's wife, was arrested on the charge of having been an accomplice in the attempted murder of her husband with her son-in-law, Reuben Rinker, now in jail under the charge of being principal in the crime. If Gilmore's reputation doesn't greatly belie him, the wife should command all the sympathy in the case."
• NEWS: 26 Mar 1898, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; Verdict: \"Not Guilty\" Last Monday the jury in the Gillmore shooting case returned a verdict of acquittal, and Reuben Rinker, the alleged would-be-slayer of George Gillmore was set at liberty. The verdict was unexpected and did not meet with the approval of the public.
• NEWS: 1 Apr 1898, Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA; From the Atwood Patriot: \"In the district court last week George Gillmore was granted a divorce from his wife andCordelia McDermott was granted a divorce from her husband James McDermott.\"
• Note: 1899, Marion County, Illinois, USA; There were 2 George W. Gilmores in Marion Co at this time. Remarkably, while \"my\" George W. was married to Etta M., alternately seen as Attie, Ettie, etc.--the other one was married to \"Adda B.,\" also seen as Addie. To add to the confusion Adda was born in Nov 1858, while Etta (Matteson) Gilmore was born in Dec 1854 [1900 census], 1859 [1860 & 1870 & 1880 census], 1863 (1895 Kansas census), or 3 May 1858 (KY death cert). So the two women were close in age. Though a major coincidence, the two couples can be separated. The other George was Rev. George Washington Gilmore, b. 1843 KY, d 1924 in St. Louis, buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Marion Co IL [FindAGrave]. His wife was Adda B. Booth and they married 1878 Marion Co IL. Their land transactions were in the Kinmundy area of Marion Co, while the subject George and Etta were in Centralia. While a major coincidence (husbands\' names, wives\' names, an ages of wives) they can be separated from one another.
• Deed: 15 Jun 1899, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois, USA; Warranty Deed, from R.J. Burge and wife S. J. Burge, to George W. Gilmore. $2,000 City of Centralia SE1/4 of SE1/4 and the NE1/4 of the SE1/4 Sec 13, Twp 1N, R1E of the 3rd principal meridian Filed 2 Aug 1899
• Mortgage: 15 Jun 1899, Marion County, Illinois, USA; From George W. Gilmore and wife Etta M. Gilmore to R. J. Burge:

  \"\". . . to secure the payment of [5? certain promissory notes executed by the mortgagor bearing [1 or 2 indecipherable words] herewith payable to the order of R. J. Burge and signed by George W. Gilmore and Ettie M. Gilmore payable as follows $300 Oct 1st 1900, $200 Oct 1st 1901, $200 Oct 1st 1902, $200 Oct 1st 1903, $200 Octo 1st 1904, with interest at 6% per annum from date with the privilege of paying any part thereof at any time\" description: The SE1/4 of SE1/4 and the NE1/4 of the SE1/4 of S13 in T1N R1E of the 3rd PM

• Mortgage: 15 Jun 1899, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois, USA; Mortgage release, George and Etta released by Burge.
• Court: 22 Jan 1900, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois, USA; Etta B. Gilmore gives power of attorney to George W. Gilmore
• Court: 13 Mar 1900, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois, USA; Etta M. Gilmore revokes George W. Gilmore\'s power of attorney.
• NEWS: 12 Mar 1900-26 June 1900, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois, USA; In the Centralia Daily Sentinel:\"Public Notice To whom it may concern: -- I have elected and do hereby expressly revoke a certain power of attorney given by the undersigned, on or about the 9th day of January, A. D. 1900 to George W. Gilmore, empowering him to sell and convey my interest to certain real estate; to-wit. East one half of southeast quarter of section 13, T1N, R1E, 3rd PM, known as the Jarret Burge farm, and that said George W. Gilmore has been duly notified of such revocation, and that any act of his in my behalf, or purporting to be under said power of attorney, is unwarranted and void, and that I hereby reserve unto myself all the powers in said power of attorney heretofore delegated, but now expressly revoked. Ettie M. Gilmore Dated Centralia, March 10th, A. D., 1900\"
• Census: 15 Jun 1900, Centralia township, Marion County, Illinois, USA; 1. Gillmore [Gilmore], George W., head, white, male, June 1840, 59, married 1 year, Canada E, Canada, Canada, immigrated in 1857, in this country 43 years, naturalized, farmer, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule 183 2. _____, Etta, wife, white, female, December 1854, 45, married 1 year, 4 children 4 living, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, can read and write 3. _____, Alvin, son, white, male, March 1887, 13, Illinois, Canada, Illinois, attending school, can read and write 4. _____, Verna, son, white, male, October 1890, 9, Illinois, Canada, Illinois, attending school, can read and write 5. _____, Edward, son, white, male, March 1898, 2, Nebraska, Canada, Illinois 6. _____, Thomas, son, white, male, June 1875, 24, married [2 months?], Kansas, Canada, New York, can read and write 7. _____, Edith A., daughter in law, white, female, March 1878, 22, married, [2 months?], 0 children, Iowa, Pennsylvania, New York, can read and write
• NEWS: 3 Apr 1902, Salem, Marion County, Illinois, USA; "Two Divorce Suits Filed In the circuit court last week Mrs Minnie Foss instituted suit for divorce from her husband, Henry Foss. She alleges desertion. Mrs. Etta M. Gilmore also seeks legal separation from her husband George W. Gillmore mom she charges with cruelty and desertion."
• Deed: 2 Apr 1907, Howell County, MIssouri, USA;

  George W. and wife Luvica Gilmore traded Lot 1, Block 3, of Simm's Addition in the city of West Plains for a 40-acre farm in far southern Howell County, just a mile or two from the Arkansas line. The farm was located in Sec 5, Twp 21, Range 7N--the NE1/4 of the SE 1/4. The two deeds, recorded back to back, each reflected $550 for each--a wash.

Notes:

Full citation for Bible, not accepted by software:

Notarized transcription, typescript, of family birth data from the Thomas Gilmore Bible [no full title stated] (George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, London, 1860, ?printers to the Queen?s most excellent majesty); George W. Gilmore (Pvt., Co H, 67th Illinois Inf., Civil War), pension application no. 835,258, certificate no. 602,065, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications?, 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D. C. The notarized transcription was dated 27 September 1907, and provided no information on the handwriting and incomplete publication data. Letters and testimony from Thomas Gilmore, Charles W. Gilmore, and Jane Ann (Gilmore) Hurlbert, the claimants? three siblings, all dated 1907, and all held in the pension file, provide additional information, including provenance. The family birth data was originally recorded by ThomasA Gilmore (father) in a Bible brought by the family to Canada from Ireland. The older Bible was damaged by salt water. ThomasA Gilmore (father) copied the birth data from the older Bible into the 1860 Bible in his own hand; of his ten children he copied only the names and birthdates of the seven who were living at the time that the family data was moved to the newer Bible. The loose Bible leaf was held in 1907 by Thomas2 Gilmore (Middleton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada); it was sent to George W. Gilmore (West Plains, Howell County, Missouri) as proof of age for George?s pending application for an age-based military pension increase. The original leaf was returned to the family, and its present location is unknown.

Birth:

For date of birth, family Bible record. For place of birth, various census cites Canada, while George's sister insisted that Thomas was the first child born in Canada, that George and his older siblings were all born in Ireland.

George married Vienna Arthusa Pratt on 22 Mar 1863 in Waddams Grove, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA. Vienna (daughter of Josiah Pratt and Nancy Melinda Peterson) was born on 27 Mar 1847 in Niagara County, New York, USA; died on 19 Oct 1917 in [County Poor Farm], Smith County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 4 Sep 1850, Cambria, Niagara County, New York;

  1. Pratt, Isah [Josiah], 30, male, [white, implied], farmer, personal $2400, Canada 2. _____, Nancy, 31, female, New York 3. _____, Orinda, 6, female, New York 4. _____, Thursa [Vienna Arthusa], 3, New York 5. _____, Mary, 1, female, New York 6. Himes, Oscar, 17, male, farmer, New York

• Census: 29 Jun 1855, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA; 1. Pratt, Josiah, home construction log, [no value stated], 35, male, born in Canada, married, lived in Cambria 15 years, farmer, naturalized, owns land 2. _____, Melinda, 36, female, wife, born in Orleans Co NY, married, lived in Cambria 15 years 3. _____, Orinda, 10, female, child, born in Niagara County 4. _____, Ithusa [Vienna Arthusa], 8, female, child, born in Niagara County 5. _____, Mary, 5, female, child, born in Niagara County 6. [Doud?], Frederick, 21, male, laborer, Germany, lived in town 3 years, farmer, alien
• Census: 2 Jul 1860, Harlem, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA;

  1. Pratt, Josiah, 46, male, farmer, real estate $2100, personal $400, New York 2. _____, Malinda, 40, female, New York 3. _____, Orminda, 14, female, New York, attending school 4. _____, Vianna, 13, female, New York, attending school 5. _____, Mary, 11, female, female, New York, attending school 6. _____, Wallace, 2, male, Illinois 7. Gilmore, Geo., 20, male, laborer, Canada

• Newspaper Article: 18 Jul 1884, Smith Centre, Smith County, Kansas, USA; From the Smith County Pioneer: \"Trustee I. A. Mullen reported to the Board the Mrs. Gillmore is destitue [sic] and without any means of support, and the Board ordered her to be taken to the Poor House.\"
• Newspaper Article: 18 Jul 1884, Smith Centre, Smith County, Kansas, USA; From the Smith County Pioneer: \"Trustee I. A. Mullen reported to the Board the Mrs. Gillmore is destitue [sic] and without any means of support, and the Board ordered her to be taken to the Poor House.\"
• NEWS: 1 Feb 1917, Smith Centre, Smith County, Kansas, USA; From the Smith County Pioneer: \"Three at the County Farm There are now three people at the county farm. Mrs. Gilmore, the only county charge for a long time, will have other company. Last Tuesday, Andrew W. Upp, trustee of Logan township, brought in Henry Green and wife, who had been up there at the home of their adopted daughter, Mrs. Jess Dunning, on the Mark Payne farm. Mr. Green is 55 and his wife is 66 years of age. The old lady has been paralyzed for 13 years . . . [deleted a section not pertinent]. It is pretty certain that the unfortunate old couple will make their home from this time on at the county farm.\"
• NEWS: 1 Nov 1917, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; "In Poor House 33 Years After being an inmate of the home o the county poor arm for nearly thirty-three years, Mrs. Vina [sic] Gilmore died last Friday morning at an early hour. Her age ws seventy-two. Funeral services were held in this city at the home of her grand-daughter, Mrs. Archie Wilson, Saturday afternoon and the body buried in the cemetery north of town. Mrs. Gilmore was one of the earliest settlers in the country a few miles northeast of this place and her husband, Will Gilmore [sic], ran away with another woman. Mrs. Will Bucklin of this city is a daughter of the deceased, nd two sons are also living, one in Missouri and the other in Nebraska."
• Obituary: 1 Nov 1917, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA; Smith County Pioneer

  "Mrs. Vina [sic] Gilmore who had been an inmate of the home on the county farm for very nearly thirty-three years, died last Friday morning after an illness of several months. Her age was seventy-two years. She is survived by three children, Mrs. Will [Alice] Bucklin in this city, one son [George Gilmore] of Missouri and another [Tom Gilmore] in Nebraska. Funeral services were held at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Arch Wilson, in this city Saturday and her body was laid to rest in Fairview Cemetery."

Notes:

Died:
27 October 1917, death certificate

Calvin married Emeline Chauncey in Stafford, Connecticut, USA. Emeline was born on 16 Jan 1810; died in Nov 1865 in Nebraska City, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FHL: Rick, Could you check the following for Thomas Gilmore, born 1803, County Sligo, Ireland. Wife Mary/Maria Reed/Reid/Read. Immigrated from Ireland to NY or Canada about 1835-1842. He moved around, but was in Haldimand/Norfolk at one point. Variant spellings: Gilmor, Gillmore, Gilmore Ontario Land Records Land Books and Petitions Index Film Numbers film 1832376 Illustrated historical atlas of the counties of Haldimand and Norfolk 971.33 E3 Apparently gives landowners names, published in 1877 Gilmore and variants Ontario Genealogical Society, Wesleyan Methodist baptismal register, Haldimand County 1843-1896 : a transcription 971.337 K2 Parents Thomas and Mary/Maria Gilmore Jane Ann Gilmore, born 15 October 1844 Charles Wallace Gilmore, born 11 August 1846 Joseph Gilmore, born 15 December 1848 Robert Bertrand Nelles, County of Haldimand in the days of auld lang syne, 1905 971.337 H2 Loyalist families of the Grand River Branch, United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada 971.33 D2 Available digitally online, from an FHL affiliate or certain libraries Hill, Bold Cudmore, Marriage records 1838-1870 [i.e. 1859] of the Rev. Bold Cudmore Hill, M.A., S.P.G. missionary at York, Grand River ? 971.33 D2 For any Gilmore/Gillmore/Gilmor or variant, covering the full period Ontario Genealogical Society, Ancestry Charts 971.352 D2 40 vols. bound into 5 vols.(several bound together) Russell Harper, The early history of Haldimand County, 1950 971.337 H2 Cheryl MacDonald, Heritage highlights : stories from Haldimand and Norfolk, 971.33 H2 Originally published as newspaper columns Haldimand County Registrar of Deeds, Deeds and land records, 1788-1954

  Dunn township index, 1836-1876, film 171275 North Cayuga Township, index 1823-1875, film 171299 Oneida Township, index 1849-1879, film 171307 Rainham Township, index 1800-1876, film 171314 Seneca Township, index 1847-1876, film 171327 Sherbrooke Township, index 1827-1885, film 171352 South Cayuga Township, index 1837-1878, film 171322 Walpole Township, index 1798-1876, film 171337 Caledonia, index 1852-1878, film 171262 Canborough Township, index 1817-1877, film 171255 Cayuga, index 1838-1886, film 171267 S. M. Forbes, Obituary master index, Haldimand County CD-ROM no. 7883 Also available from an FHL computer, when at the FHL, catalog listing has a ?click here? Dan Walker and Robert W. Calder, Haldimand County marriage & burial registers, 1851-1865 971.337 V29 Haldimand County Marriages, 1803-1856 971.337 V2 Register of Births for the District of Niagara, 1848-1854, maintained by David Thorburn 971.3 V2 NORFOLK Wesleyan Methodist baptismal register, Norfolk County, 1837-1889 : a transcription 971.336 K29 A sketch of the county of Norfolk, Canada West [1857] 971.336 Ea73 Basically a list of landowners and residents, 1857 County of Norfolk, directory, 1867 : Norfolk Co. excerpts from Oxford and Norfolk Gazetteer & directory [excerpts from 1867] 971.336 E4 Index to Pioneer sketches of Long Point Settlement (by E. A. Owen) 971.336 D2

• RESEARCH: "Gilmor" in Tithe applotments: 1824, Jas Gilmor, Killmackowen townland, Kilmackowen Parish, County Sligo, landlord "Mrs. Fury"

  Just SW of Sligo, bottom side of the large peninsula where Sligo is located. In Griffith's evaluation a John Gilmor lived here (1858, Grace Blair landlord) http://griffiths.askaboutireland.ie/gv4/single_layer/i8.php?lat=&longt=&dum=0&sheet=20&mysession=2439683483206&info=&place=&county=SLIGO&placename=KILMACOWEN&parish=KILMACOWEN&country=Ireland&union=&barony=CARBURY

• RESEARCH:

  Luana Darby response to research request for FHL:

  "Janis, Some of these sources were unavailable until today. I have now finished and sadly need to tell you that I found nothing for Thomas Gilmore/Gillmore or any other variation of the name in ANY of your requested searches. I kept hoping that one would pop up, but I found nothing ? time for searches was 40 minutes on the nose. Luana From: Janis L Gilmore [mailto:janis.gilmore@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 5:31 PM To: Luana Darby Subject: FHL search Hi, Luana, Do you have time to find the following for me? Search for Thomas Gilmore/Gillmore/Gilmore, in the following: Crown Land Register, Oxford County, 971.346 R2 Oxford County, INDEX 1800-1847, microfilm no. 169768 If there are listings for Thomas Gilmore in the above, please make copies of each deed W. G. Wonham, Tremaine?s Map of Oxford County, Canada West, 971.346 E7; description says it names landowners. Probate books no. 5-6 (1881-1887), film no. 484883, for Thomas Gilmore/Gillmore/Gilmore, died 16 February 1887, South Norwich, Oxford Co, Ontario, Can If not found in the above check Probate books no. 7-8 (1887-1893) 484884, for Thomas Gilmore/Gillmore/Gilmore, died 16 February 1887, South Norwich, Oxford Co, Ontario, Can Just let me know! Janis"

• RESEARCH:

  Message, Spring 2013, from Cathi Becker Wiest Desmairis, Certified Genealogist, via FaceBook:

  "I looked at the Anglican church records available, and they start quite late in County Sligo, for the most part. I did some searching in the IFHF church record indexes and I didn't find anything early enough for your Gilmores. There were Thomases and Georges, but they were later than yours. I did find only ONE Thomas Gilmor in the tithe applotment records in County Sligo. He was listed in 1833, which makes the timing right for your Thomas who married prior to 1829. He lived in the Townland of Barnacoghil, in Parish Templeboy, County Sligo. This might be your husband's ancestor. This townland is very small and close to the ocean. Check Google maps. There is an 1839 Directory of the Towns of Sligo and others, but this might just be the major towns. It might be worth looking for that when you are there. The *best* Irish records are the landlords' estate records. The rent rolls that some of these contain are golden. There were Reid/Reed families in County Sligo also. Parish Toomour had both Gilmore and Reed families, which is significant. Kidney/Kidny/Kedney is a very unusual Irish name. Most of them came from County Cork. Perhaps she married in Canada. Given the early time period they left, their religion, and the fact that you've already consulted others, I don't know that I can add much more. Many of the Anglican records were destroyed in 1922. In Sligo the Catholic records are better. If you've exhausted everything on this side of the pond, including searching for the neighbors' Irish origins, then it would probably take some serious digging in any landlords records to hope to find anything. I did find that the name stems from Mac Giolla Mhir. Several of the Gilmore families in the tithe applotment records used the given name Gowan. That is a Scottish surname. When you are there, particularly in Parish Templeboy and Parish Toomour, don't be afraid to ask for local folks named Gilmore. Let me know if you decide to go to Doolin in County Clare and I will give you the B&B name. Cath"

• RESEARCH: Brantford Public Library Brant County OGS Library
• RESEARCH: From John C. McTernan, Sligo Sources of Local History (Sligo: Sligo County Library, 1988), "Estate Records" p. 62, Killala Estate, Rental of the May and Sligo Estates of the Lord Bishop of Killala, c. 1810 Ref. F. F./R. 31 p. 77 E. Mac Hale, The Parishes of the Diocese of Killala: Part IV: The Barony of Tireragh (Ballina: n.p., 1985) Church of Ireland records in Sligo for Castleconor Parish start in 1800 for b, m, & d. They are held locally and at the National Archives of Ireland, microfilm ref. no. 33. Have a researcher check this? All indexed by Sligo Heritage and Genealogical Society.
• RESEARCH: Hugh Gilmor, 1851 Canada census, Horton, Renfrew County, Canada West. Born about 1827 County Sligo, Ireland. Sister Mary Gilmor. http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e095/e002369053.jpg
• RESEARCH: Ireland travel blog of Brian Gilmore. Mentions that his Gilmores originate in Tubercurry, which is on the western side of Sligo that could have been in the diocese of Killala and Achonry. https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Sligo/blog-412762.html Wrote to Brian via his travel blog, which is quite old (2009), so who knows? Also wrote to what I think may be his mother, at the only email address that Veromi associated with Brian: marcrl6@aol.com Veromi offers this current number for Brian (770) 781-9916. He lives in Georgia. Brother is Stefan (mentioned in blog).
• RESEARCH: McGill University collection of county atlases, published between 1874-1881, offering an every-name searchable database of owners in that period, digital images of specific tracts, etc. Amazing site. Several possible James Gilmores, no possible Thomas Gilmore.
• RESEARCH: Obtain these articles from the Brantford Expositor: Mrs. Jane Ann Hurlburt, Brantford Expositor, 8 September 1921, p. 6, col. 1. [Note in index says, also see p. 12, col. 1; also the edition of 10 September 1921, p. 6, col. 5] John Hurlburt, Brantford Expositor, 19 April 1920, p. 2, col. 5; also, same date, p. 3, col. 7 and p. 11, col. 7 John Hurlburt, Brantford Expositor, 21 April 1920, p. 6, col. 2 T. T. Gillmore, Brantford Expositor, 9 September 1870, p. 3, see ?Middleport?
• HISTORICAL: 1791, Upper Canada; The province of Quebec was divided into two provinces: Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
• HISTORICAL: 1798; Irish Rebellion

  Engendered by the Society of United Irishmen, est. 1791, uniting Presbyterians, Catholics, and Dissenters against English control of Irish political affairs. Events came to a head with the open, armed rebellion of 1798. The rebellion was put down and resulted in the Union of Ireland and Britain in 1801.

• RESEARCH: 1800, Diocese of Killala and Achonry;

  Marriage of a Thomas Gillmor and Mary Grier, same Diocese as Thomas Gilmor and Mary Read, in 1800--the right year for Thomas's 1803 birth. Possible?

• HISTORICAL: 1801; Union of Ireland and Britain. Irish MPs and Peers joined the British Parliament. The Irish parliament was abolished. At the same time, the Church of Ireland was combined with the Church of England to become the Church of England and Ireland. As the official church of Ireland, it was supported by "tithe" or tax. Roman Catholics resented paying a tithe to support the state church.
• RESEARCH: 1833, Tully townland, Castleconnor Parish, County Sligo, Ireland;

  Tithe applotments show a James Gilmore next to a Robert Reid and sons and a James Gilmore next to William Reid. Townland Tullylinn, County Sligo, Killalla Diocese, Castleconnor parish General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes, and Baronies of Ireland . . . Poor Law Valuation in 1851 (Dublin: Alexander Thom, 1861)

  • states that Tullylin townland is also known as Ballyfeenan.
  • County Sligo, Barony Tireragh, Parish Castleconor
  • Poor Law Union 1857: Dromore West
  • Townland census 1851m, Part 1: IV:232
  • Ord. Survey Map, sheets 17, 18

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  Residence: 1833, Barnacoghill townland, Templeboy Parish, County Sligo, Ireland; A "Thos Gilmor" occupied a farm n the Barnacoghill townlands. This may have been our Thomas Gilmore, as we know he was married in 1828 in the parish of Killala and Achonry, nearby.

  • County Sligo
  • Barony Tireragh
  • Templeboy Parish
  • Poor Law Union, Dromore West
  • Townland census 1851, part 1, IV:236
  • Ordinance survey map, sheets 12, 18

  RESEARCH: 1836, Belleville, Ontario, Canada; A George W. Gilmore, filed a land petition in Belleville, 1836. He was married to Elizabeth Watson, the daughter of Robert Watson. Robert was charged with murder and deeded, by gift, his land to his daughter Elizabeth and her husband George W. Gilmore. Robert Watson's son William was also charged for the same murder. Robert was convicted and hanged and William was found innocent. William claimed his father's land, based on the fact that his father thought they were both going to jail or death. George petitioned the courts to retain the land because it was legally deeded, he had maintained it, and he had borne much of the expense of their trials. He was allowed to keep the land. Could this George W. Gilmore be a brother to Thomas Gilmore? The name and the era make it possible. A long shot, but worth remembering. George's petition was found indexed online at Library and Archives Canada, searching the index "Land Petitions of Upper Canada, 1763-1865" for "Gilmor." The results reflected: Gilmore, George W., Belleville (place), 1836 (year), vol. 212, bundle G 19, petition no. 56, reference RG 1 L3, microfilm no. C-2035. Robert's original petition, Belleville (place) 1821 (year), vol. 529, bundle W 13, petition 20, RG 1 L3, microfilm no. C-2954. Digitally, his short is at image 987. Robert Watson had a second petition, Belleville (place), 1828 (year), vol. 530A, bundle W 15, petition no. 40 RG 1 L3, microfilm no. C-2956. Begins at image no. 560. Found in marriage records, William S. Gilmore, age 39, born in Canada, marriage in April 1882, Ontario, to Coombs. His parents' names are given as George W. and Elizabeth Gilmore--likely the son of the above Gilmore. [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7921/images/ONMS932_45-0472]

  Immigration: 1840; Compiled evidence indicates the family came between 1839 (Maria's birth in Ireland) and 1842 (Thomas's birth in Canada). Additionally, the Cairns book (Roy Cairns, history of the Cairns family, including Samuel Cairns and wife Maria Gilmour), states that Maria immigrated with her family when she was 9 months old and the journey took 9 weeks. Since she was born in August 1839, that puts their date of immigration at roughly May-June 1841. They seem to have left County Sligo when it was at its peak, before the Great Famine of 1845-1847. The population of the county peaked in 1841 at 181,000. By 1851, due to the Famine, population had dropped to 50,000. Often, origins can be determined by family religion. The Presbyterians were usual former Scots, while other protestants were generally of English descent. Native Irish and Normans were usually Catholic. Sligo has always been primarily agricultural, though it was also an important port in the 1700s and 1800s.

  HISTORICAL: 1841, Province of Canada; Upper and Lower Canada are united as the Province of Canada.

  Residence: 7 Apr 1842, Scarborough, York County, Ontario, Canada; Thomas Gilmore was born on this date, and his deposition claims his birth was in Scarborough. In 1850 Scarborough became a township. It later (much later) became a municipality in the new Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, then still later was incorporated as a city. Today it is no longer an individual municipality, but is part of the amalgamated city of Toronto. Records available for Scarborough are later than the known residence of the Gilmore family:

  Council proceedings from 1850 Assessment rolls from 1853

  HISTORICAL: 1844, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada, USA; In 1844 the Haldimand Tract was surrendered by Six Nations [Indian cession?] to the Crown.

  Residence: 15 Oct 1844, Haldimand County, Ontario, Province of Canada; Jane Ann claimed birth in Dunnville, Haldimand County.

  Residence: 11 Aug 1846, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada; At the time of son Charles' birth. Charles named Brantford, Ontario, as his place of birth in 1846. The town of Brantford was created in 1847, but was probably a village previous to that time. However, Brant Co wasn't created until 1851, from Wentworth and Halton counties.

  Possible Census: 1851, Clark, Durham County, Canada West; On Lot 3, Concession 6, appears to be an agricultural census only, no family members, only heads, and info on cultivation, etc.

  Census: 1861, Walsingham township, Norfolk County, Canada

  Census: 1861, Township One, South Norwich, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada;

  1. Gilmore, Thos., farmer, Ireland, NC Methodist [New Connexions Methodist], 58, male, frame house, 1 story 2. _____, Maria, wife, Ireland, NC Methodist, 56, female 3. _____, Jane A., daughter, Canada W[est], NC Methodist, 16, female 4. _____, Charles, son, C. W., NC Methodist, 15, male, attending school 6. _____, Joseph, son, C. W., NC Methodist, 13, male, attending school 7. _____, Maria, daughter, C. W., NC Methodist, 5, female [5-year-old Maria is the daughter of James Gilmore, who lived with her grandparents; daughter Maria had apparently left home]

  Directory: 1862, South Norwich, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; "Gillmore, Thos." Concession 11, Lot 6. In the 1875-1876 gazetteer (see citation), Con 11, Lot 6 was owned by "J. Gilmore." Above him in Con 11 L 2 was landowner "J. Foreman." Possibly Theresa's husband's family? Listed in "Con" 11 "L" 4: Geo. Sommers Listed in "Con" 11 "L" 7:John Sommers

  HISTORICAL: 1867, Canada West; Canada became a dominion in the British Commonwealth, by the British North America Act. The Province of Canada was split into Canada West/Ouest and Canada East (Est). Canada West later began calling itself Ontario,. The capital of Canada West (Ontario) was York, which later changed its name to Toronto. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia added to the Dominion.

  Census: 1871, Township South Norwick, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada

  Census: 1881, South Norwich, Oxford, Ontario, Canada; 1. Gillmore, Jas. [Thomas?], male, 78, born Ireland, Church of England, origins Irish, farmer, married 2. _____, Mary, female, 73, Ireland, Church of England, Irish, married 3. Forman, Wallace, male, 26, born U.S., Methodist C.C., origins U.S., laborer, married 4. _____, Thresa [Theresa], 24, Ont., Meth E, Irish, married [A Forman family earlier on census page, and a Forman family immediately follows this one.]

  DNA note: 5 Jul 2014, 23 & Me;

  Calvin shares a 42 cM match on chromosome 1 with Denise Plunkett, on 23&Me. Her email:

  "Hi Janis, I think my DNA connection with your husband would be back around Sligo, Roscommon, or Mayo. My paternal great grandparents were all from Roscommon. My paternal grandmother's parents James Elwood, b. 1807 & Mary Beirne, b. 1812 were from around Croghan, Co. Roscommon. My paternal grandfather's parents were Thomas Plunkett, b. abt 1818 and Elizabeth McDermottroe, b. abt. 1820. They were married in Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon, however at the time of their marriage in 1841 the Mayo / Roscommon went through Ballaghaderreen, and Sligo is only a mile or two away. Elizabeth McDermott(roe)'s mother was a Elizabeth Costello, b. abt. 1800, thought to be from Sligo. I think all my great-grandparents emigrated in the 1840s, except for Elizabeth McDermottroe Plunkett. Her four children were born during the famine, 1842-1849, and according to my grandfather's obit, they emigrated after his father died in Ireland, when my grandfather was about 9 yrs. (1856). They went to the area around Downie, Perth Co., Ontario in the mid 1850s, to join Elizabeth's McDermott family. By 1870 my ggrandmother must have died in Canada and the four children moved to Iowa. Here is what I found checking genomes, I also checked them with my brother John and nephew Christopher: Comparison Half IBD # segments George Calvin Gilmore vs. Denise Plunkett 41 cM 1 (We matched on chromosome # 1) George Calvin Gilmore vs. John Plunkett 0 cM 0 George Calvin Gilmore vs. Christopher Plunkett 0 cM 0 _______________________ Janis, you sound very knowledgable about genetic genealogy. Last week someone I matched with gave me the name of a book: Genetic Genealogy by Mary Aulicino. I ordered it from Amazon, it is very recent, compares the companies 23 & Me, FTDNA and Ancestry, I joined all three around December. I hope I can get a better understanding of the basics! Thank you for the information you shared. Denise Plunkett" Beirne, Costello, Elwood, Kelsh, McDermott, McDermottroe, McGovern, O'Connor, O'Reilly, Reilly, Plunket, Plunkett, Powderly, Sullivan

Notes:

Comparing map of diocese in County Sligo:
Tuam, Killala and Achonry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocese_of_Tuam,_Killala_and_Achonry#/media/File:C_of_I_Diocese_of_Tuam,_Killala_and_Achonry.png

And parishes that fall within County Sligo:
http://www.sligoroots.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/county-sligo-parish-map.jpg

The parishes that appear to be in both that diocese and County Sligo are (with Civil Parish name first, and Church of Ireland parish name in parentheses):
Ballysadare (Ballysodare)
Kilvarnet (Ballysodare)
Emlaghfad (Emlaghfad & Kilmorgan) bmd1762
Kilshalvy (Kilfree & Killaraght or Gurteen) b1878
Kilturra (Emlaghfad & Kilmorgan) bmd 1762
Cloonoghil (Achonry)
Killoran (Killoran or Rathbarron) m1845
Dromard (Dromard or Beltra?) m 1845
Skreen (Skreen) m1846, others far too late
Achonry (Achonry) m 1845, no other
Templeboy (Kilmachshalgan)
Kilmacshalgan (Kilmacshalgan) m1840, bd far too late
Kilmacteige (Kilmacteige) bmd too late
Kilmoremoy (Mayo?)
Castleconnor (Killanley) mdb begin 1834
Kilglass (Kilglass) bmd too late
Easky (Easkey) mdb, begin 1822

Records chart found at
http://www.sligoroots.com/sources/church-records/church-of-ireland-records/


Castleconor Parish records--Catholic or Church of Ireland?
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlsli/castelconnoropen.html

No Gilmore or Kidney among these baptism records

Birth:

Age calculated from 1887 death certificate giving his age as 84.

RESEARCH:
Death cert of William S. Gilmore verifies that his mother was Elizabeth Watson, but indicates his father's birth in the U.S., mother in Ireland.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2701161:8946


Death cert of William S. Gilmore verifies that his mother was Elizabeth Watson, but indicates his father's birth in the U.S., mother in Ireland.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2701161:8946


Census:

[number preceding name is line number on the page]
37. Gillmore, Mary, born Upper Canada, "W. M." [church affiliation], age 7, 1 female member of the family, attending school
38. Gillmore, James, Timber Maker, Ireland, "W. M.," 32, 1 male, married, 1 male of the family, [female?] member of household
39. Gillmore, Thomas, [occupation blank, probably intended to repeat "Timber Maker," above?], Ireland, C. S. [church affiliation], Norwich [residence if out of limits], 61, male, married, male not of household
40. Cambell, Edward, [occupation blank, probably intended to repeat "Timber Maker," above?], France, Roman Catholic, Montreal, 36, married, male not member of family
41. Whitehead, George, [occupation blank, probably intended to repeat "Timber Maker," above?], United States, Baptist, Windham, 28, male, single, male not of household
42. Gillmore, Thomas, [occupation blank, probably intended to repeat "Timber Maker," above?], U. C. [Upper Canada], C. S. [Church of Scotland], Norwich, 18, male, single, male not of household
43. Gillmore, Emiline, U. C. [Upper Canada], W. M. [Wesleyan Methodist], 34, female, married, female not of household

[Well above them, line 24, is another Thomas Gillmore, laborer, born in Upper Canada, C. England [Church of England], Midelton [Middleton], 19, male, single, male not of household]

Directory:
James Gilmore bought this property in 1858, and apparently his father and siblings were living there. Probably the same property where Thomas Gilmore was living in the 1871 census with James' daughter Theresa.


Census:

1. Gillmore, Thomas, male, 68, Ireland [born], Church of England, Irish [origin], farmer, married
2. _____, Mary, female, 63, Ireland, Church of England, Irish, married
3. _____, Thressa [Theresa?], female, 14, Ontario, Church of England, Irish, attending school

Thomas married Mary Reed in 1828 in Diocese of Killala and Achonry, County Sligo, Ireland. Mary was born about 1808 in County Sligo, Ireland; died on 26 May 1885 in South Norwich, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:

Daughter Jane Ann (Gilmore) Hurlbert's death certificate named her parents as "Thomas Gilmour" and "Mary Reed," both born in Ireland.

Son Thomas Gilmore's 1863 marriage to Charlotte Armstrong named his parents as "Tomas Gilmore" and "Maria Reed."

Birth:

Year of birth calculated from death certificate which did not give birthdate, but gave age as 77.

Notes:

Married:

Note on the transcription website:

"From medieval times it was required that notification of intention to marriage be given on three consecutive Sundays in church (called publishing the banns). But, as an alternative, members of the Church of Ireland could take out a Marriage Licence Bond. The parties lodged an amount of money with the Diocese to indemnify the Church against there being an obstacle to the marriage. This marriage by licence provided privacy, and was faster than the time taken to read the banns. It was considered more prestigious than having the banns read. The bonds themselves were destroyed in the Fires of 1922, but the indexes remain in the National Archives of Ireland. After 1845 marriages were registered by the State, and are available to researchers. This diocese is in Co. Mayo and Co. Sligo."

Children: James Gilmore was born on 1 Oct 1829; died on 20 Sep 1878 in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 21 Sep 1878 in Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, Otterville, Oxford County, Ontario. 6. George W. Gilmore was born on 25 Jun 1837 in County Sligo, Ireland; died on 14 Nov 1910 in Lanton, Howell County, MIssouri, USA. Maria Gilmore was born on 6 Aug 1839 in Ireland; died on 9 Feb 1900; was buried in Campbellville Burying Ground, Campbellville, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada. Thomas Gilmore was born on 7 Apr 1842 in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; died on 29 Dec 1919 in Middleton township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in "Lyndock" [possibly "Lynedoch"] Cemetery, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. Jane Ann Gilmore was born on 15 Oct 1844 in Dunnville, Haldimand County, Ontario, USA; died on 7 Sep 1921 in 215 Sheridan, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, USA; was buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Brant County, Ontario, USA. Charles Wallace Gilmore was born on 11 Aug 1846 in Norwich, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; died on 13 May 1911. Joseph Gilmore was born on 15 Dec 1848 in New York, USA; died on 16 Oct 1925 in 360 4th Ave., Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan, USA.

Other Events:

• Parents:

  Sister Mary Jane's 1885 Des Moines Co IA marriage record names her parents as Josiah Pratt and Melinda Peterson.

• RESEARCH:

  Orinda appears in the 1875 Marshall Co Kansas state census with husband Rudolph Smith. Next door to them is a Hurlburt family from Wisconsin and NY. Possible connection to George Gilmore's sister Jane who was married to a Hurlburt?

• Census: 1840;

  A Josiah Pratt appears in the 1840 Niagara Co NY census, but the profile does not appear to fit our family:

  Josiah Pratt 1 male of 5 and under 10 1 male of 15 and under 20 1 male of 30 and under 40 1 male of 40 and under 50 1 female of 10 and under 15 1 female of 15 and under 20 1 female of 30 and under 40 6 total [sic] 1 engaged in agriculture

  Additionally, a Josiah Pratt appears on a list of residents of the town of Cambria before 1850, along with a Josias T. Peterson. (See Landmarks of Niagara County . . .)

• Census: 4 Sep 1850, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA;

  1. Pratt, Isah [Josiah], 30, male, [white, implied], farmer, personal $2400, Canada 2. _____, Nancy, 31, female, New York 3. _____, Orinda, 6, female, New York 4. _____, Thursa [Vienna Arthusa], 3, New York 5. _____, Mary, 1, female, New York 6. Himes, Oscar, 17, male, farmer, New York [Next door is the newly-married Nathan B. Peterson, brother of Josiah's wife Nancy Malinda Peterson]

• Census: 29 Jun 1855, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA; 1. Pratt, Josiah, home construction log, [no value stated], 35, male, born in Canada, married, lived in Cambria 15 years, farmer, naturalized, owns land 2. _____, Melinda, 36, female, wife, born in Orleans Co NY, married, lived in Cambria 15 years 3. _____, Orinda, 10, female, child, born in Niagara County 4. _____, Ithusa [Vienna Arthusa], 8, female, child, born in Niagara County 5. _____, Mary, 5, female, child, born in Niagara County 6. [Doud?], Frederick, 21, male, laborer, Germany, lived in town 3 years, farmer, alien
• Census: 2 Jul 1860, Harlem, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA;

  1. Pratt, Josiah, 46, male, farmer, real estate $2100, personal $400, New York 2. _____, Malinda, 40, female, New York 3. _____, Orminda, 14, female, New York, attending school 4. _____, Vianna, 13, female, New York, attending school 5. _____, Mary, 11, female, female, New York, attending school 6. _____, Wallace, 2, male, Illinois 7. Gilmore, Geo., 20, male, laborer, Canada

• Military: Jun 1863, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA; Josiah Pratt appears on the roll of those subject to the military, class II,
• Census: 1865, Friends Creek township, Macon County, Illinois, USA; Joseph Pratt household 1 male under 10 [Wallace, age 7] 1 male of 10 and under 20 [farm hand?] 1 male of 40 and under 50 [Josiah] 2 females under 10 [Alice b 1862; and Ida, born in January this year] 2 females of 10 and under 20 [Mary J., 16; other?] 1 female of 40 and under 50 [Melinda] Total 8 1 of militia age value of livestock $400 [Right ages for Josiah and Melinda and other children?2 unidentified persons, 1 female and 1 male, both between 10-20. Could these persons be Vienna (abt 18) and George (abt 28). George's age is wrong, but they are not found elsewhere in census, and the Macon Co 1865-66 tax book lists him. It is likely that this is them. He would account for the 1 male of militia age.] Since "Josiah" Pratt was taxed in this township in 1865-66, this is certainly him. Possibly the enumerator abbreviated "Jos. Pratt" and latter transcribed as Joseph? Heard it wrong? Perhaps he used Joseph and Josiah interchangeably? I have never seen it used for him elsewhere, so more likely to be an error.]
• Land: 30 Nov 1868, Josiah Pratt property, Macon County, Illinois, USA; SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 2, Township 18N, Range 3E, 3rd principal meridian. 40 acres. Reserving a 200-ft right of way for the rail that runs through it. Purchased by Josiah Pratt from Illinois Central Railroad Company. Drawn 30 Nov 1868, filed 9 August 1869.

Notes:

Birth:

Age in 1850 census appears to be 30, but may be 36, which would again come out to approximately 1814 for birth. 1850 census gives Canada as his birthplace, while the 1860 gives New York. 1855 census also gives Canada as his birthplace. It seems likely that the earlier census is correct on this point.



DJ Brannan document states that he was probably born in Brome, Lower Canada, abt 1820

Age in May 1841, marriage, stated as 22.

Josiah married Nancy Melinda Peterson on 13 May 1841 in Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA. Nancy (daughter of John Peterson and Hannah Kilborne) was born about 1819-1820 in Orleans County, New York, USA; died before January 1875 in Macon County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• RESEARCH: It is likely that Nancy Malinda (Peterson) Pratt married a second time to John G. Jameson, 15 August 1872, in Macon County. He was the father of John L. Jameson that married daughter Mary Jane two years later. [Probate record names children]
  • A newspaper item from the Decatur newspaper notes a license issued to John G. Jamison and ?Mrs. Pratt? on 15 August 1872. ["Marriage Licenses," The Decatur Weekly Republican (Decatur, Ill.), 15 August 1872, p. 1, col. [?], for John G. Jamison and Mrs. Pratt; digital image, Ni (http://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 27 May 2015).]
  • Mary Jane married John G. Jamison?s son, John L. Jamison two years later.
  • Nancy M. Pratt disappears from the Niagara County records after 1870.
  • Wallace, Ida, and Alice (who appeared in the 1870 Niagara Co census with Nancy) all appear in the midwest soon after.
  • John G. Jimmerson and wife Nancy appear in the 1880 census in Friends Creek township, where the Gilmores and Pratts were known to reside. In conflict: Nancy Jameson's age and birthplace in 1880 census for Macon County.
  • Census: 29 Jun 1855, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA; 1. Pratt, Josiah, home construction log, [no value stated], 35, male, born in Canada, married, lived in Cambria 15 years, farmer, naturalized, owns land 2. _____, Melinda, 36, female, wife, born in Orleans Co NY, married, lived in Cambria 15 years 3. _____, Orinda, 10, female, child, born in Niagara County 4. _____, Ithusa [Vienna Arthusa], 8, female, child, born in Niagara County 5. _____, Mary, 5, female, child, born in Niagara County 6. [Doud?], Frederick, 21, male, laborer, Germany, lived in town 3 years, farmer, alien
  • Census: 6 Jul 1870, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA;

    1. Peterson, John, 75, male, white, farmer, real estate $7000, personal $1885, Rhode Island 2. Pratt, Malinda, 51, female, white, keeping house, New York 3. _____, Wallace, 11, male, white, Illinois, attending school 4. _____, Alice, 8, female, white, Illinois, attending school 5. _____, Ida, 5, female, white, Illinois

  Notes:
  

  Birth:
  Her May 1841 marriage stated her age as 22.
  
  Name:
  Marriage stated her name as "Nancy M. Peterson."
  
  Died:
  Nancy's second husband, John Jamieson, maried in 1872; he married again to a Nancy White in January 1875. It is likely that Nancy Melinda Peterson had died prior to this time--though she may have divorced him.

  Notes:
  

  Married:
  Transcription of carded record:
  "Pratt-Peterson
  At Cambria May 13 1841 by Rev. S. C. Townsend JOSIAH PRATT, farmer, age 22 of Cambria to NANCY M. PETERSON, age 22 of Cambria, witnessed by Jas. Babcock and Wealthy Woolson of Lewiston."
  
  Notation at bottom of card: "Lewiston Town Records."
  

  Children: Orinda Pratt was born on 26 Nov 1844 in New York, USA; died on 14 Dec 1928; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Watertown, Marshall County, Kansas, USA. 7. Vienna Arthusa Pratt was born on 27 Mar 1847 in Niagara County, New York, USA; died on 19 Oct 1917 in [County Poor Farm], Smith County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA. Mary J. Pratt was born about 1849 in Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA; died after 1925. Joseph Wallace Pratt was born about 1858 in Illinois, USA. Alice Pratt was born in Jan 1862 in Illinois, USA; died in 1900-1904? in Illinois, USA. Ida M. Pratt was born in Jan 1865 in Illinois, USA.