William James Gilmore b. 25 Dec 1850 Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA d. 29 Apr 1934 Palo Alto County, Iowa, USA: Our Family History

1850 - 1934 (83 years)

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Name	William James Gilmore [1]
Born	25 Dec 1850	Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA [1]
Gender	Male
Census	26 Jun 1860	Milford township, Story County, Iowa, USA [2]
	1. Gillmor, George, 45, male, farmer, real estate $1000, personal $600, Ireland 2. _____, Margery, 37, female, Ireland 3. _____, Wm. J., 9, male, New York, attended school this year 4. _____, Mariah J., 3, female, Iowa 5. Campbell, Robert, 56, male, farm labour, Ireland
Census	23 Aug 1870	Milford township, Story County, Iowa, USA [3]
	1. Gilmore, Geo, 52, male, white, farmer, real estate $2800, personal $3600, Ireland, mother and father of foreign birth 2. _____, Mordery [Margery], 43, female, white, keeping house, Ireland 3. _____, Wm. J., 19, male, white, at home, New York, mother and father of foreign birth 4. Larson, Erasmus, 18, male, white, labor, mother and father of foreign birth, Denmark 5. Burr, C., 45, male, white, labor, Ireland, mother and father of foreign birth 7. Sykes, A., 12, male, white, labor, Illinois
Census	14 Jun 1880	Milford township, Story County, Iowa, USA [4]
	1. Gilmore, George, white, male, 62, married, farmer, can read and write, Ireland, Ireland, Ireland 2. _____, Marger [Margery], white female, 55, wife, married, keeping house, can read and write, Ireland, Ireland, Ireland 1. Gilmore, William, white male, 29, son, married, farmer, can read and write, New York, Ireland, Ireland 2. _____, Urattee, white, female, 8, daughter, attending school, can read and write, Iowa, New York, Iowa, 3. _____, Marie, white, female, daughter, Iowa, New York, Iowa 4. _____, Charlie, white, male, 2 months, born in April, son, Iowa, New York, Iowa 5. Hanson, August, white, male, 18m farm laborer, can read and write, Germany, Germany, Germany
State Census	1885	Story County, Iowa, USA [5]
	1. Gillmore, George, township 84, range 23, section 29, NW, age 70, male, married, farmer, born in Ireland, father and mother of foreign birth, entitled to vote 2. _____, Margery, 58, female, married, Ireland, mother and father of foreign birth 1. Gillmore, Wm J., township 84, range 23, section 29, NE, 36, male, married, farmer, New York, mother and father of foreign birth, subject to military, entitled to vote 2. _____, Jerusha, 28, female, married, born in Marshall County, Iowa, father native, mother foreign 3. _____, Uretta J., 12, female, born Story County, Iowa, parents native 4. _____, Marietta J., 9, female, born Story County, Iowa, parents native 5. _____, Maines, 6, male, born Story County, Iowa, parents native 6. _____, Charles, 5, male, born Story County, Iowa, parents native 7. _____, George, 4, male, born Story County, Iowa, parents native 8. _____, Wm, 1, male, born Story County, Iowa, parents native
State Census	1895	Story County, Iowa, USA
	1. Gilmor, William J., 41, male, married, New York, farmer, Christian, subject to military, eligible to vote 2. _____, Jerusha, 39, female, married, Marshall Co, Iowa, Christian 3. _____, Maries [Maines], 16, male, single, Story Co Iowa, Christian 4. _____, Maria, 18,, female, single, Story Co Iowa, Christian 5. _____, Charlie, 14, male, Story Co Iowa, Christian 6. _____, George, 12, male, Story Co Iowa, Christian 7. _____, William, 8, male, Story Co Iowa, Christian 8. _____, Earl, 6, male, Story Co Iowa, Christian 9. _____, Eva, 4, female, Story Co Iowa, Christian 10. _____, Ella, 3, female, Story Co Iowa, Christian 11. _____, George, 76, male, widowed, Ireland, retired, Baptist
Died	29 Apr 1934	Palo Alto County, Iowa, USA [1]
NEWS	1 May 1934	Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA [6]
	The Ames Daily Tribune: "W. J. Gilmore Services Tues. At Nevada Nevada -- Funeral services were held at the Morfoot funeral home here Tuesday afternoon for W. J. Gilmore, pioneer Story county resident, who died at his home in Nevada Sunday morning following a several weeks illness. Burial was in the Nevada cemetery. The Rev. George A. Lawton, pastor of the Nevada Methodist church, was in charge. Mr. Gilmore was born in New York state on Christmas day 1850, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. George Gilmore. He came to Iowa with his parents at the age of 4 and the family settled on what came to be known as the Gilmore homestead in Milford township. There the parents died and there the son lived until after the death of his first wife in 1897. he then moved into Nevada and had since made his home here. He was first married to Miss Jerusha Norton, daughter of a pioneer Zearing family, in 1868. Eleven chidden were born to this union, eight of whom survive. Jerusha Gilmore died in 1897. Twenty-four years ago, Mr. Gilmore was married again, this time to Miss Laura DeCamp, who survives. The wife has been in failing health for several years and lately has been confined to the state hospital at Clarinda. At the request of the aged husband, she was brought home a few weeks ago but her condition became acute and she was returned to the hospital Saturday. Five of the eight children were at their father's bedside when he died. The surviving children are Euretta Stevens of Lake City, Mich., Maria Pellerselles of Sac City, William Gilmore of Corvallis, Ore.m Maines Gilmore of Los Angeles, Calif.m Dr. Earl Gilmore of Atchison, Kan., Mrs. Eva Burton of Minneapolis, Minn., and George Gilmore of near Nevada in Milford township."
Buried	Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, Story County, Iowa, USA [1]
Person ID	I1221	Gilmore-Donald
Last Modified	6 Mar 2020

Father	George C. Gillmor, b. Abt 1816-1819, Killery Parish, County Sligo, Ireland , d. 15 Oct 1900, Nevada, Story County, Iowa, USA (Age ~ 81 years)
Mother	Margery Campbell, b. April 1819-Nov 1820, Derrylee, County Armagh, Northern Ireland , d. 1 Feb 1892, Story County, Iowa, USA (Age ~ 72 years)
Married	7 Mar 1849	New York, USA [7]
Family ID	F468	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Jerusha Norton, b. 10 Nov 1855, Marshall County, Iowa, USA , d. 7 Mar 1898, Story County, Iowa, USA (Age 42 years)

Married 1868 [6]

Children

	1. Uretta Gilmore, b. 9 Jun 1872, Story County, Iowa, USA , d. 12 Nov 1941, Lake City, Missaukee County, Michigan, USA (Age 69 years)
	2. George Edmund Gilmore, b. 7 Feb 1875, Story County, Iowa, USA , d. 6 Jun 1880, Story County, Iowa, USA (Age 5 years)
	3. Maria Gilmore, b. 1 Apr 1876, Story County, Iowa, USA , d. 16 Aug 1937, Story County, Iowa, USA (Age 61 years)
	4. Maines Gilmore, b. 16 Apr 1879, Nevada, Story County, Iowa, USA , d. 10 May 1968, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA (Age 89 years)
	5. Charles Thomas Gilmore, b. 19 Apr 1880, Story County, Iowa, USA , d. 1935, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 54 years)
+	6. William James Gilmore, b. 8 Aug 1884, Nevada, Story County, Iowa, USA , d. 17 Apr 1957, Eureka, Humboldt County, California, USA (Age 72 years)
+	7. Dr. Earl A. Gilmore, b. 27 Sep 1886, Story County, Iowa, USA , d. 18 May 1943 (Age 56 years)
	8. Eva Gilmore, d. After April 1959

Last Modified 7 Mar 2020

Family ID F469 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2	Laura DeCamp
Married	Abt 1910 [6]
Last Modified	5 Mar 2020
Family ID	F470	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Sources

[S1256] Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 March 2020), memorial 68957045, William James Gilmore, Sr. (1850-1934), citing Nevada Municipal Cemetery (Nevada, Story County, Iowa, USA). Image of marker and some unsourced biographical data.
[S1260] 1860 U.S. census, Story County, Iowa, population schedule, Milford township (Nevada post office), p. 40 (penned, recto), p. 738 (dark pen, recto), dwelling 311, family 275, George Gillmor household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 March 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 339.
[S1261] 1870 U.S. census, Story County, Iowa, population schedule, Milford township, p. 10 (penned, recto), p. 112 (stamped, verso), dwelling 65, family 65, Geo Gillmore household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 March 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 420.
[S1258] 1880 U. S. census, Story County, Iowa, population schedule, Milford township, enumeration district (ED) 203, p. 11 (penned), p. 275 (stamped, recto), dwelling 99, family 104, IGeorge Gilmore household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 March 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 365.
[S1275] 1885 Iowa State Census, Story County, population schedule, Milford township, p. 1 (penned), p. 286 (stamped, top right), line 1, dwelling 3, family 3, George Gillmore household; "Iowa State Census, 1885," digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org : accessed 6 March 2020); citing original, Iowa State Historical Society, Des Moines. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-63R9-CKM.
[S1259] "W. J. Gilmore Services Tues. At Nevada " The Ames Daily Tribune (Ames, Iowa), 1 May 1934 p. 4, col. 1; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 4 March 2020).
[S1255] Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 March 2020), memorial 75559146, Margery Campbell Gilmore (1820-1892), citing Nevada Municipal Cemetery (Nevada, Story County, Iowa, USA). Image of marker and some unsourced biographical data.