Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John C. Gilmore and Margaret H. Hoffman




Husband John C. Gilmore

           Born: 1842
     Christened: 
           Died: May 1917 - Butler Co, PA
         Buried:  - Old Log Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 1


         Father: [Father] Gilmore (      -      )
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 



Wife Margaret H. Hoffman

           Born: 1844 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1927
         Buried:  - Old Log Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 1


         Father: John Walter Huffman, Jr. (1815-1890) 2 3
         Mother: Christena Hoffman (1822-1905)




Children
1 F Carolyn Gilmore

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: [Unk] Bigler (      -      )


2 F Christiana Gilmore

            AKA: Teanie A. Gilmore 4
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John P. Shull (1868-      ) 4 5
           Marr: 1890 4


3 M William Gilmore

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



4 M Lewis J. Gilmore

           Born: 1866 - Pennsylvania
     Christened: 
           Died: 1918
         Buried:  - Old Log Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
         Spouse: Sarah [Unk] (1872-1933)


5 F Mary Elizabeth Gilmore

           Born: 1872 - Pennsylvania
     Christened: 
           Died: 1957
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Reuben Welton (Abt 1872-      )
           Marr: Venango Co, PA


6 F Myrtle J. Gilmore 6 7

           Born: 1881 - Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1957
         Buried:  - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 8
         Spouse: Homer Lincoln Dewoody (1874-1944) 6 7
           Marr: 22 Jun 1905



General Notes: Husband - John C. Gilmore


He was a member of the Venango County, Pennsylvania, family long known here in their connection with Gilmore's mill. His grandfather Gilmore was a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and it was in a trade he made with George Washing­ton on the street in that city that the General secured the white horse upon which he is pictured. When the family emigrated to western Pennsylvania they settled on a tract of about twelve hundred acres lying on what is now the Butler and Venango County line. During the time when they were making settlement on this tract the pioneer Gilmore brought out two of his children, a boy of twelve and another son younger, and left them on the land to hold the claim while he returned to Baltimore on business. They had a little house built of poles for habitation, and remained there alone during their father's absence of two weeks, very proud of their new home and their responsibility. In the evening the wolves would howl around and drive their little dog indoors, but the children kept a small fire burning to scare the animals off. There was once an Indian camping place on the old homestead of the Gilmores, and Indian darts were frequently ploughed up. [CAB, 1002]

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Sources


1 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 70.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1436.

3 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 170.

4 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 834.

5 John William Scholl, Scholl—Sholl—Shull Genealogy (New York, NY: The Grafton Press, 1930), Pg 843.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 539.

7 Virginia Gordon Russell, The DeWoody Family of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981.), Pg 47.

8 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 98.


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