James Gilmore

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Husband James Gilmore ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: John Gilmore 4
           Born:  - Ireland
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           Died: 1833 - ? Franklin Twp, Washington Co, PA 5
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• Note: This may be the same person as : James Gilmore.

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Children

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1 M Hon. John Gilmore ^{3 6 7 8}

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           Born: Mar 1780 - Bedford (later Somerset) Co, PA 2 8
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           Died: 11 May 1845 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Elena Spence Anderson (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1803 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 2 3

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2 F Jane Gilmore ^{4 5 9}

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           Born: 8 Jul 1780
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           Died: 2 May 1835 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA

         Spouse: William Campbell (1772-1849) 4 5 9

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3 M Andrew Gilmore ⁵

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           Died: Aft 1833
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4 F Lavinia Gilmore ⁵

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           Died: Aft 1833
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         Spouse: James G. Strean (      -      ) 5

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5 F Margaret Gilmore ⁵

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         Spouse: James Smith (      -      ) 5

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General Notes: Husband - James Gilmore

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His father emigrated to Ireland from near Glasgow, Scotland.

He emigrated to America a few years before the birth of his son, John, from Newton Lemyada, County Londonderry, in the North of Ireland. Soon after the birth of his son John, he removed to Washington County, Pennsylvania. There he purchased a large farm, overlooking the town of Washington.

Franklin Twp, Washington Co, PA: John Beard took out a warrant for a tract of land on the 19th of February, 1785. It was surveyed to him as "Strawberry" on the 11th of September the same year, and contained two hundred and ninety-three acres. James Huston, Daniel Leet, John Gabby; and David Hoge were owners of adjoining tracts. On the 14th of February, 1793, Beard sold all of this tract to James Gilmore, of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, who then moved there and located upon this land. In November of this year he bought ten acres of William Faulkner of the Forbes patent, and on the 28th of October, 1794, ten acres of William Forbes, adjoining the Faulkner land. On the 15th of July, 1794, he purchased lots 216 and 183 on Market Street, and August 20th lot 221, also on Market Street, and on the 13th of August, 1799, lot 397, all in the borough of Washington. On the 22d of January, 1807, James Gilmore was appointed by Governor McKean justice of the peace of District No. 2, composed of Canton and Hopewell. In 1805 he was a school director in the borough of Washington. Mr. Gilmore lived on the tract "Strawberry" till his death in 1833. On the 27th of December, 1817, he sold one hundred and nine acres of the tract to his son, Andrew Gilmore, who, Nov. 22, 1824, conveyed it to Thomas Morgan. On the 1st of April, 1835, the executors of James Gilmore sold two hundred and ninety-nine acres of land to James G. Strean. Mr. Strean became one of the most successful wool-growers in Washington County, and in 1851 took the prize, for the finest wool at the World's Fair in London.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 246, 797.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 50.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 465.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 688.

5 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 797.

6 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 246.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 50, 64.

8 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 150.

9 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 152x.