Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Gilmore and Nancy Peters




Husband John Gilmore 1 2

            AKA: John Gilmer
           Born: 15 Oct 1804 - Butler Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Feb 1844 - Venango Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3


         Father: Joseph Gilmore (Abt 1775-1819) 1 2 4
         Mother: Mary "Polly" Chambers (1783-1871)


       Marriage: 



Wife Nancy Peters 1

           Born: Abt 1811
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 May 1844 - Venango Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3


Children
1 M Joseph Gilmore 1

           Born: 1826 - Pennsylvania
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1890
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary [Unk] (      -      )


2 F Angeline Gilmore 1 5

           Born: 1828 - Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1856 - Butler Co, PA
         Buried:  - Old Log Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 6
         Spouse: Daniel C. Hoffman (Abt 1825-Abt 1909) 1 5


3 F Lucy Ann Gilmore 1 7 8

           Born: 4 Sep 1831 - Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Mar 1910
         Buried:  - Old Log Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 9
         Spouse: Craft Walter (1826-1913) 1 7


4 M Alexander Gilmore 1 2

            AKA: Alexander Gilmer
           Born: 21 May 1833 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Aug 1888 - Venango Co, PA 11
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
         Spouse: Nancy L. Shontz (1835-1908) 2 11
           Marr: 1 Jan 1851 2 11


5 M Jefferson Gilmore 12 13

            AKA: Jefferson Gillmer
           Born: 1835 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Jan 1912 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Nancy Yard (1836-1904) 13 14
           Marr: 1857 11 13


6 F Esther L. Gilmore 1 15

           Born: 27 Aug 1838 - Venango Co, PA 15
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 May 1919 - Eau Claire, Venango Twp, Butler Co, PA
         Buried:  - Marion Twp, Butler Co, PA
         Spouse: James Kimes (1818-1895) 1 15
           Marr: 1863 15


7 F Eusebia Gilmore 1 16

           Born: Aug 1841 - Venango Co, PA 16
     Christened: 
           Died: 1938 16
         Buried:  - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 17
         Spouse: Walter Hovis (1838-1914) 18 19
           Marr: 31 Oct 1866 16


8 M William H. Gilmer

            AKA: William H. Gilmore 12
           Born: Feb 1843 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 11
     Christened: 
           Died: Sep 1940 - Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
         Spouse: Martha L. Walter (1845-1891) 20
           Marr: 15 Jan 1862 20
         Spouse: Jennie Miranda Wilson (1848-1926)
           Marr: 1893 - ? Venango Co, PA 21



General Notes: Husband - John Gilmore


He was one of the enterprising pio­neers of Irwin township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, and built the second grist mill erected in that part of the county. He was also extensively engaged in farming. He com­menced his settlement in Irwin township in 1823, was appointed justice of the peace by Governor Shunk in 1840, and filled that office up to his death. He first located on the land later occupied by Simon Beighlia. [HVC 1890, 954]

Dates of death for him and his wife are given by HVC 1890, 954. The dates are reversed in the cemetery book.


General Notes: Wife - Nancy Peters

from Mercer Co, PA

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Sources


1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 954.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 360.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 20.

4 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1359.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1085.

6 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 71.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1315.

8 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 244.

9 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 81.

10 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 600.

11 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 955.

12 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 954, 955.

13 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 39.

14 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 955, 959.

15 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1353.

16 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 98.

17 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 103.

18 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 549.

19 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 97.

20 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 956.

21 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #2305.


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