George W. Gilmore b. 3 Dec 1873 Macon County, Illinois, USA d. 21 Apr 1961 Laclede County, Missouri, USA: Our Family History

1873 - 1961 (87 years)

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Name	George W. Gilmore
Born	3 Dec 1873	Macon County, Illinois, USA [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Census	1885	Atwood township, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA [3]
	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	24 Apr 1889	Blakeman, Atwood County, Kansas, USA [4]
	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	3 Jul 1896	Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA [5]
	Julius Ballou, notice of homestead completion: W1/2 NE1.4 and #1/2 NW 1/4, S26, T3S, R33W.
Census	21 Jun 1900	Hooker township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA [6]
	1. Gilmore, George, head, white, male, December 1872, 27, married 7 years, Illinois, Canada, New York, farmer, can read and write, renting, farm schedule 16 2. _____, Betty [Betsy], wife, white, female, August 1872, 27, married 7 years, 1 child 1 living, Scotland, Scotland, Scotland, immigrated 1888, 11 years in the United States, can read and write [Clearly the one living child was Annie, born in 1896, but she is not listed here]
NEWS	11 Oct 1905	Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA [7]
	"George and Thomas Gilmore are at the county fair at Benkleman, Nebraska, this week. They have their running horses with them and expect to 'do' them all."
Census	25 Apr 1910	Lebanon township, Laclede county, Missouri, USA [8]
	1. Gilmore, George W., head, male, white, 35, first marriage, married 17 years, Illinois, Canada (English), New York, farmer, general farm, own account, can read and write, renting farm, farm schedule 113 2. _____, Betsy, wife, female, white, 25, first marriage, married 17 years, Scotland, Scotland, Scotland, immigrated 1889, can read and write 3. _____, Anna, daughter female, white, 13, Missouri, Illinois, Scotland, attending school 4. _____, Viana, daughter, female, white, 9, Missouri, Illinois, Scotland, attending school 5. _____, Mary, daughter, female, white, 2, Missouri, Illinois, Scotland 6. _____, George, daughter [son], male, white, 2, Missouri, Illinois, Scotland
Census	2 Jan 1920	Hooker township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA [9]
	1. Gilmore, George W., head, owns, mortgage, male, white, 47, married, can read and write, Illinois, Canada, New York, farmer, general farming, own account, farm schedule 2 2. _____, Betsie, wife, female, white, 47, married, immigrated 1889, naturalized, can read and write, Scotland, Scotland, Scotland 3. _____, Annia, daughter, female, white, 23, single, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Scotland 4. _____, Vianna, daughter, female, white, 19, single, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Scotland 5. _____, Mary, daughter, female,w hate, 11, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Scotland 6. _____, Georgie, son, male, white, 11, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Scotland
NEWS	25 Feb 1927	Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA [10]
	The Laclede County Republican: "Mr. and Mrs.George Gilmore and Mr. and Mrs. Lomenick motored to Mount Vernon last Sunday, to visit their daughter and sister, Miss Mary Gilmore."
NEWS	1 Apr 1927	Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA [11]
	The Laclede County Republican: "Mr. and Mrs. George Gilmore and Mrs. Arthur Lomenick, motored to Mount Vernon on Sunday last and spent the day with their daughter and sister, Miss Mary Gilmore, who is taking treatment at the sanatorium. miss Gilmore is much improved."
NEWS	7 Sep 1927	Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA [12]
	The Laclede County Republican: "Miss Mary Gilmore, who is staying in the Mount Vernon Sanatorium, spent ten days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Gilmore, near Fte. Friends were glad to see Mary looking so well. She is greatly improved."
NEWS	2 Nov 1927	Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA [13]
	The Laclede County Republican: "Seems this place has the car fever Each week some one getting a new one. Last week George Gilmore was sporting a new car."
NEWS	14 Dec 1927	Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA [14]
	The Laclede County Republican: "Mr. and Mrs. George Gilmore went to Mount Vernon Sunday and spent the day with their daughter, Mary, who is a patient there."
NEWS	3 Feb 1928	Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA [15]
	The Laclede County Republican: "Mr. and Mrs. George Gilmore and son, George, Jr., visited Sunday with their daughter and sister i Mount Vernon."
NEWS	31 Jul 1928	Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA [16]
	The Laclede County Republican: "George Gilmore, of the Fate neighborhood, had the misfortune to lose his granary by fire on Tuesday night. The blaze was discovered by Miss Mary Gilmore about 11 o'clock, but had gained such headway that neither building nor contents could be saved. In addition to the building, all of Mr. Gilmore's feed, a car, buggy and surrey and some household goods belonging to Mr. Gilmore's daughter, Mrs. Annie Stevens [sic], of Lebanon, were destroyed."
NEWS	23 Aug 1929	Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA [17]
	The Laclede County Republican: "George Gilmore accompanied his sister, Mary, to Mount Vernon Saturday, to consult a physician there."
NEWS	27 Sep 1929	Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA [18]
	The Laclede County Republican: "George Gilmore's family is leaving here for Arizona. We wish them success in their new home.'
Census	8 Apr 1930	Lebanon-Eldridge Road, Hooker township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA [19]
	1. Gilmore, George, head, owns, farm, male, white, 57, married 19 years, can read and write, Illinois, Canada, New York, farmer, general, not a veteran, farm schedule no. 39 2. _____, Betsy, wife, female, white, 57, married 19 years, can read and write, Scotland, Scotland, Scotland, immigrated in 1890, naturalized 3. _____, George, son, male, white, 21, single, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Scotland, laborer, farm, not a veteran
Census	10 Apr 1940	Bland Ave., Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA [20]
	1. Gilmore, Bernice, head, female, white, 32, married, completed 1 year high school, Missouri, renting, $11, not a farm, rural Laclede County in 1935, factory work, factory, worked 52 weeks, income $520 2. _____, Jerry Lynn, son, male, white, 1, Missouri 3. Chastain, Jessie, maid, female, white, 19, single, completed grade 8, housework, private home, worked 52 weeks, $104
Census	22 Apr 1940	Macks Creek Star Route, Hooker township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA [21]
	1. Gilmore, George W., head, male, white, 66, widowed, completed grade 8, Illinois, same house in 1935, general farming, farm, no other source of income 2. _____, George, Jr., son, male, white, 32, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, same house, general farming, farm
Parents	Proof: Death cert "George Gilmore," father [2]
Died	21 Apr 1961	Laclede County, Missouri, USA [2, 22]
Buried	Lebanon City Cemetery, Lebanon, Laclede County, MIssouri, USA
Person ID	I88	Gilmore-Donald
Last Modified	3 Dec 2021

Father	George W. Gilmore, b. 25 Jun 1837, County Sligo, Ireland , d. 14 Nov 1910, Lanton, Howell County, MIssouri, USA (Age 73 years)
Mother	Vienna Arthusa Pratt, b. 27 Mar 1847, Niagara County, New York, USA , d. 19 Oct 1917, [County Poor Farm], Smith County, Kansas, USA (Age 70 years)
Married	22 Mar 1863	Waddams Grove, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA [23]
Family ID	F31	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Betsy Gibb Donald, b. 31 Aug 1871, 131 Ann Street, St. Andrew District, Dundee, Scotland , d. 1 Nov 1938, Hooker township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA (Age 67 years)

Married 10 Nov 1892 Rawlins County, Kansas, USA [24, 25, 26]

From the Atwood Patriot:

"In this city Thursday, November 10th, Mr. George Gillmore [sic] to Miss Elizabeth Donald, both of Beaver township Judge Leeper officiating."

Children

+	1. Anna Gilmore, b. 13 Sep 1896, Missouri, USA , d. 10 Apr 1979, Laclede County, Missouri, USA (Age 82 years)
+	2. Vianna Gilmore, b. 16 Aug 1900, Laclede County, Missouri, USA , d. 24 Jun 1985, Laclede County, Missouri, USA (Age 84 years)
	3. Mary Gilmore, b. 9 Apr 1908, Hooker township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA , d. 5 Oct 1929, Laclede County, Missouri, USA (Age 21 years)
+	4. George Gilmore, b. 9 Apr 1908, Laclede County, Missouri, USA , d. 16 Oct 1985, Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri, USA (Age 77 years)

Last Modified 9 Jun 2018

Family ID F20 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos

George W. Gilmore (1873-1961)
Son of George W. Gilmore and Vienna Arthusa Pratt

Documents » Slide Show		George Gilmore household, 1900 Laclede County, Missouri, census 1900 U.S. census, Laclede County, Missouri, population schedule, enumeration district [ED] 65, sheet 13B (penned), p. 208 (stamped, verso), dwelling 237, family 239, George Gilmore household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http:www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 July 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 869.
		George Gilmore, 1910 Laclede County, Missouri, census 1910 U.S. census, Laclede County, Missouri, population schedule, Lebanon, township, enumeration district (ED) 43, sheet 6A, p. 216 (stamped, recto), dwelling 116, family 116, George W. Gilmore household: digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 July 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 793.
		George Gilmore, 1920 Laclede County, Missouri, census 1920 U.S. census, Laclede County, Missouri, population schedule, Hooker township, enumeration district (ED) 47, sheet 1A, p. 54 (stamped, recto), dwelling 2, family 2, George Gilmore household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 July 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 931.
		George Gilmore, 1930 Laclede County, Missouri, census 1930 U.S. census, Laclede County, Missouri, population schedule, Hooker township, enumeration district (ED) 53-6, sheet 3A, p. 161 (stamped, recto), dwelling 55, family 59, George Gilmore household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 July 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1207.
		George W. Gilmore & wife Vienna Pratt, 1870 Macon Co IL census 1870 U. S. census, Macon County, Illinois, population schedule, Friends Creek township, p. 6 (penned), p. 430 (stamped, verso), dwelling 43, family 41, George Gillmore [Gilmore] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 9 November 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 249.
		George W. and Vienna (Pratt) Gilmore, 1880 Smith County, Kansas, census 1880 U. S. census, Smith County, Kansas, population schedule, Center township, enumeration district (ED) 310, p. 12 (penned), p. 478a (stamped), dwelling 9, family 9, George Gilmore household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 June 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 397.
		1875 Kansas Territory census, Smith County, George W. Gilmore family 1875 Kansas Territory census, Smith County, population schedule, Smith Center township, p. 18 (illegible, inferred from previous p. 17), p. 1 (penned, facing), dwelling 178, household 190, Geo W. Gilmore household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 June 2015); citing 1875 Kansas Territory Census, roll no.…
		George W. Gilmore, census, Rawlins Co KS; with Delia Jones; with sons George and Thomas 1885 Kansas State census, Rawlins County, population schedule, Atwood, p. 19 (penned, top left), dwelling 67, family 67, George Gillmore [Gilmore] household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 11 May 2015); citing 1885 Kansas State Census, roll KS1885_110, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka.

Sources

[S176] Lebanon City Cemetery (Highway 5 North, Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri), George W. Gilmore marker (1961), personally read; inscription: ?born in Macon Co Illinois Dec 3, 1873.?.
[S775] Missouri State Board of Health, death certificate no. 14288 (1961), George Gilmore, Laclede County; "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1963,? digital images, Missouri Digital Heritage (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives : accessed 5 March 2017); Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.
[S249] 1885 Kansas State census, Rawlins County, population schedule, Atwood, p. 19 (penned, top left), dwelling 67, family 67, George Gillmore [Gilmore] household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 11 May 2015); citing 1885 Kansas State Census, roll KS1885_110, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka.
[S1125] \"Local Gleanings\"The Atwood Patriot (Blakeman, Kan.), 24 April 1889, p. 1, col. 4, item regarding the George Gilmore family; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 9 June 2018).
[S1130] \"Legals\"The Republican Citizen (Atwood, Kan.), 3 July 1896, p. 2, col. 3, for Julius Ballou, final homestead proof; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 9 June 2018).
[S737] 1900 U.S. census, Laclede County, Missouri, population schedule, Hooker township, enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet 13B (penned), p. 208b (stamped), dwelling 237, family 239, George Gilmore household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 October 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 869.http://interactive.ancestry.com/7602/004118797_00121/29871804.
[S1664] "Blakeman News," The Republican Citizen (Atwood, Kan.), 11 October 1895, p. 3, col. 4, item for Georg and Tomas Gilmore; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 10 January 2021).
[S738] 1910 U.S. census, Laclede County, Missouri, population schedule, Lebanon township, enumeration district (ED) 43, p. 6A (penned), sheet 216a (stamped), dwelling, 116, family 116, George Gilmore household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 October 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 793. nteractive.ancestry.com/7884/31111_4330740-01035.
[S739] 1920 U.S. census, Laclede County, Missouri, population schedule, Hooker township, enumeration district (ED) 47, sheet 1A, p. 54 (stamped, recto), dwelling 2, family 2, George Gilmore household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 July 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 931.
[S1301] "Local News Notes " The Laclede County Republican (Lebanon, Missouri), 25 February 1927, p. 8, col. 2, item for Mr. and Mrs. George Gilmore; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 21 March 2020).
[S1298] "Local News Notes " The Laclede County Republican (Lebanon, Missouri), 1 April 1927, p. 8, col. 3, item for Mr. and Mrs. George Gilmore; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 21 March 2020).
[S1299] "Magnetic City Mention " The Laclede County Republican (Lebanon, Missouri), 7 September 1927, p. 1, col. 5, item for Miss Mary Gilmore; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 21 March 2020).
[S1300] "Facts from Fate " The Laclede County Republican (Lebanon, Missouri), 2 November 1927, p. 7, col. 6, item for George Gilmore; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 21 March 2020).
[S1302] "Facts From Fate " The Laclede County Republican (Lebanon, Missouri), 14 December 1927, p. 2, col. 2, item for Mr. and Mrs. George Gilmore; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 22 March 2020).
[S1303] "Facts From Fate " The Laclede County Republican (Lebanon, Missouri), 3 February 1928, p. 2, col. 3, item for Mr. and Mrs. George Gilmore; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 22 March 2020).
[S1296] "Lost Granary By Fire " The Laclede County Republican (Lebanon, Missouri), 13 July 1928, p. 1, col. 4, item for George Gilmore.; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 20 March 2020).
[S1293] "Candock Contribs " The Laclede County Republican (Lebanon, Missouri), 23 August 1929, p. 2, col. 3, item for George and Mary Gilmore; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 20 March 2020).
[S1292] "Candock Contribs " The Laclede County Republican (Lebanon, Missouri), 27 September 1929, p. 2, col. 7, item for George Gilmore; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 20 March 2020).
[S740] 1930 U.S. census, Laclede County, Missouri, population schedule, Hooker township, enumeration district (ED) 53-6, sheet 3A, p. 161 (stamped, recto), dwelling 55, family 59, George Gilmore household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 July 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1207.
[S742] 1940 U.S. census, Laclede County, Missouri, population schedule, Lebanon (Bland Ave.), enumeration district (ED) 53-8, sheet 6B, (penned), p. 5a (stamped), house 137, visited 148, Bernice Gilmore household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 October 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2121.
[S741] 1940 U.S. census, Laclede County, Missouri, population schedule, Hooker township (Macks Creek Star Route), enumeration district (ED) 153-7, sheet 10A, (penned), p. 70a (stamped), household 171, George W. Gilmore household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 October 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2121.
[S259] George W. Gilmore funeral card, Lebanon, Missouri, citing services on April 1961; privately held by Janis Walker Gilmore, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], 2009. This funeral card, printed by the funeral home, was kept by his daughter, Vianna (Gilmore) Lomenick, and passed to her son, Robert Lomenick. Robert Lomenick?s widow gave it, along with other family photographs and ephemera, to the author, in 2005.
[S411] Stephenson County, Illinois, Marriages, vol. 4:731, Gilmore-Pratt (1863), County Clerk, Freeport, Illinois.
[S32] "Rawlins County, Kansas, Marriage Records, 1890-1899," database, Welcome to Rawlins County, Kansas (http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/rawlins/ : accessed 6 September 2008), entry for George W. Gillmore [Gilmore]-Elizabeth Donald (10 Nov 1892).
[S736] Rawlins County, Kansas, marriage book 1:232, Gilmore-Donald (1892); Clerk of District Court, Atwood.
[S1147] \"County Seat Notes\'\"The Atwood Patriot (Atwood, Kan.), 18 November 1892, p. 1, col. 3, item marriage George W. Gillmore [sic] and Miss Elizabeth Donald ; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 9 June 2018).