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| Birth: | 13 SEP 1813 in Lincoln County, KY |
| Death: | 7 NOV 1903 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA 14 15 |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | George Gilmour b. 10 MAR 1788 in Lincoln County, KY |
| Mother: | Polly Terrell Hickman b. 14 MAY 1792 in Culpeper County, VA |
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Emigrated: 1815 in From Lincoln County, KY to Christian County, KY with parents
Census: 1830 in Christian County, KY
Emigrated: SEP 1833 in From Christian County, KY to Hancock County, IL
Census: 1840 in Hancock County, IL
Census: 1850 in La Harpe, Hancock County, IL
Arrival: 10 SEP 1851 in 1851 Wagon Train to the Oregon Territory
Census: 1860 in Lebanon, Linn County, OR
Census: 1870 in Sand Ridge Precinct, Linn County, OR
Census: 1880 in Santiam, Linn County, OR
Census: 31 DEC 1895 in Silverton, Marion County, OR
Census: 1900 in North Silverton, Marion County, OR
Burial: AFT 7 NOV 1903 in IOOF Cemetery Space B-116-01, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Occupation: Blacksmith
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| Jane Alexander Bronaugh (Wife) b. 20 AUG 1811 in Lincoln County, KY |
| Marriage: 29 AUG 1833 in Christian County, KY |
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 Mary Jane Gilmour b. 1834 in prob Hancock County, IL
 Lucy Eleanor Gilmour b. 1835 in La Harpe, Hancock County, IL
- William David Gilmour b. 1839 in La Harpe, Hancock County, IL
- John Thomas Gilmour b. 5 NOV 1840 in La Harpe, Hancock County, IL
- George Gilmour b. ABT 1841 in Hancock County, IL
- James Alexander Gilmour b. 31 JUL 1842 in Hancock County, IL
- Nancy Elizabeth Gilmour b. OCT 1844 in Hancock County, IL
- George Robert Gilmour b. 22 DEC 1848 in Hancock County, IL
- Martha Ann Gilmour b. NOV 1850 in Hancock County, IL
- Sarah A. Gilmour b. 16 OCT 1852 in Lebanon, Linn County, OR
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- Title: Oregon Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley 1903
Publisher: 1903
Page: 1279 and 1280
Source Text: "JOHN WILSON GILMOUR, retired, now residing at Silverton, Marion County, was born in Lincoln County, KY , September 13, 1813, and is the son of GEORGE and POLLY (HICKMAN) GILMOUR. His father, a native of Kentucky, was a son of JAMES GILMOUR, who was born in Ireland and brought to America in his youth by his parents who settled in Virginia. GEORGE GILMOUR was a friend of DANIEL BOONE, the famous pioneer of Kentucky, who made his home near that of the GILMOUR family. POLLY HICKMAN's maternal grandfather, named WILSON, was a member of the famous band of free-lances under command of FRANCIS MARION, and participated in the battle of Eutaw Springs.
August 20, 1833, JOHN WILSON GILMOUR married JANE ALEXANDER BRONAUGH and two months later, settled in Hancock county, Illinois. In 1851, he started across the plains for Oregon with his wife and eight children. Six months later, the family arrived in what is now Washington county, locating temporarily near Hillsborough. The following year, they moved to Linn county where Mr. GILMOUR followed his trade of blacksmith and incidentally engaged in farming. At his shop, four miles west of Lebanon, he made many of the first plows used in Linn county. He became a man of considerable influence in the community, and for four years served as Justice of the Peace. Soon after locating in Linn County, the Rogue River Indian War broke out and for nine months he served as Captain of a wagon train for the government.
Mr. GILMOUR's wife was a daughter of TALIAFERRO and JANE (GILMORE] BRONAUGH, representative of old families of Kentucky. Mrs. GILMOUR died December 9, 1885. To Mr. GILMOUR and his wife were born ten children, namely: MARY JANE [deceased], LUCY ELEANOR [deceased], wife of ANDREW LINEBARGER; WILLIAM [deceased]; JOHN, residing in Ellensburg, Washington; GEORGE [deceased]; JAMES ALEXANDER, residing in Washington; NANCY ELIZABETH, wife of THOMAS W. DAVENPORT of Silverton; GEORGE ROBERT, a farmer near Silverton; MARTHA ANN, wife of NATHAN KIRKENDALL of Olympia, Washington; SARAH [deceased] wife of LAFAYETTE CASSADY [sic].
The members of the GILMOUR family inherit a rare degree of artistic ability, their paternal ancestors having been gifted musicians, and the BRONAUGH family having exhibited considerable literary talent. This pioneer family has become well known throughout the Northwest, and its representatives are respected and admired for their many fine traits in character."
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- Title: Albany States Rights Democrat of Dec 1,1903
Page: 1
Source Text: Title: "Sketch of the Life of the Late JOHN W. GILMOUR." "The people of Oregon owe a debt of gratitude to the pioneer that cannot be repaid. However, we can and do commemorate his bravery, his fortitude and exposure of his life and health he was forced to undergo. We can but admire his daring deeds and venerate and respect his memory. The exploration of Lewis and Clark is to be commemorated with a great international exposition and fair. But the sturdy pioneer who followed after; who peopled this Western coast; who forced the Indian back and into peaceful submission; who brought with them American traditions and love of the Republican form of government and who made it possible for the Federal government to claim this immense Northwest territory, by virtue of actual occupation by her citizens, a debt of gratitude is due that will last as long as this nation shall stand. Had it not been for the indomitable pluck and aggressiveness of energetic and heroic early settlers, Oregon would be, like British Columbia, an English colony. But the pioneer came; he saw; he conquered; and in consequence, the Federal domain was enriched with territory out of which three large states have been erected and which is capable of supporting the population of an empire. With the emigration of 1851, came JOHN WILSON GILMOUR and family, the subject of this sketch. He was born in Lincoln county, Kentucky, September 1813, very close to the spot where DANIEL BOONE made his first settlement in that state. In this county and in Christian county, Kentucky, he grew to manhood, received his very limited education, and learned the trade of blacksmith, in which he became quite expert. When quite a young man he was married to Miss JANE BRONAUGH, of that state with who he lived long and happily. The young couple, concluding that a free state would afford them great opportunities moved in the early 1830's to Hancock county, Illinois and settled at or near La Harpe. For several years they experienced the privations and pleasures of the early settler. During this period the Mormons, having been driven from Missouri, settled and commenced building the city of Nauvoo, a new city of Zion, and which was but a short distance from the GILMOUR homestead. The Mormons at first were welcomed by the then sparse population, and were treated in a neighboly manner. Had the Mormons been benefited by their Missouri experience and become honest law-abiding citizens their neighborly treatment would have continued indefinitely. This however, they failed to do and soon commenced the same practices of stealing, robbery and occasional murder, that had been the cause of their downfall in Missouri. They soon became so numeraous in Hancock county, that they were enabled to elect county officers favorable to their peculiar institutions so that it soon became impossible to convict a Moromon of crime.
The gentiles, as the people were called by the Mormons, soon became so exasperated at these conditions that they determined to follow the Missouri example and drive the Mormons out. This was difficult to do. The sympathy of Gov Ford, then the governor of Illinois, seemed to be with the Mormons and as a result the effort to get rid of the objectionable citizens, had to be conducted without the sanctions of the legal authorities. During the series of years covered by the trouble, matters gradually grew worse till, finally, the people rose in their might and, with the death of the Mormon prophet, Joe Smith, succeeded in starting the entire Mormon outfit for the West. In all of these difficulties, Mr. GILMOUR bore a very conspicuous part. So much so that he was, probably, the worst hated gentile of them all, from a Mormon viewpoint. Indeed, his life would have been forfeited had he fallen into their clutches.
In 1851, the stories of the remarkable fertility and salubrity of the Oregon country proved so enticing to the Gilmours that they, with quite a numerous train started westward, from Fort leavenworth, in the early Spring of that year. Mr. GILMOUR was selected as wagon master of the train and filled the position with entire satisfaction of all. After six months of arduous toil with dangers and privations which usually occurred in "Crossing the Plains" in those days, our emigrants landed in Oregon. They settled temporarily in Washington county, but the following spring moved to Linn county, where permanent settlement was effected. Their donation claim lies 3 1/2 miles west of Lebanon. During the first year or two in the county they, in common with others, experienced many vicissitude and hardships. As a sample, the wheat they had to buy for bread cost them six dollars a bushel. Farmers had not learned to grow wheat without smut. So, in order to make this wheat fit for bread, it was washed, then dried and baked in an oven until brown, then ground with a coffee mill into sort of a chop and then baked into bread. The Indians of the Willamette Valley were generally peaceful and did not molest the settler to any great extent. Only depradations in the way of petty thieveing was attributed to them. An instance of some of the depradations by Santiam Indians caused complaint to be made by the settlers to their chief. He must have been a right thinking man, as he brought the two culprits to the GILMOUR house for punishment by the settlers. The culprits were strapped to shaving horse to receive punishment. Dr. G. F. CRAWFORD and A. WISHARD were the birch wielders. Mr. GILMOUR conducted a blacksmith shop on the homestead and manufactured a most excellent plow. These were sold to settlers far and wide. When the Rogue Indian War broke out, Mr. GILMOUR was wagon master and a number of his neighbors with their ox teams, were employed by the government to transport supplies from the Willamette Valley to the seat of the war. This was done, at times, under harsh and dangerous circumstances. For this laborious work, but partial payment has ever been made. When the States Rights Democrat was started in Albany, Mr. GILMOUR was one of its backers, contributing money time after time until it was able to stand alone, and he was a continuous patron.
At the GILMOUR home modern spiritualism first made its appearance in Oregon. The mediums, two of the younger children, produced manifestations that convinced the most skeptical and demonstrated to a certainty that "Death does not end at all". Mr GILMOUR was one of those converts to Spiritualism and to which he adhered to the time of his death. Some 20 years ago the wife was buried at which time Uncle JOHNNY, as his friends and acquaintences called him, made his home with a son and daughter at Silverton. Occasionally, long visits were made to his children in Washington. During the last of these, his demise occured at Ellensburg, at the home of his eldest son. His illness was brief, lasting but four days and wass doubtless caused by the collapse that extreme old age brings. Three sons and two daughters survive him; the wife, one son and three daughters, having preceded him to the Great Beyond.
Uncle JOHNNY GILMOUR was, notedly, a kind husband and affectionate father and an honorable, upright citizne. True, he had some faults, who has not for that matter, but his numerous good qualities covered them withy the mantle of charity. Let us rather remember his ever open hearted hospitality, his charity and sympathy for the sufferings of all whom he came in contact. {Signed} A Friend
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- Title: 1870 US Census Sand Ridge, Linn County, OR
Source Text: JOHN W. GILMOUR [age 57, born in Kentucky] was listed with his family in the Sand Ridge Precinct, Linn County, Oregon on page 2 in this 1870 U.S. Census report. His occupation was "Blacksmith" and he resided with his spouse JANE A. GILMOUR [age 60, born in Kentucky], and their children, JAMES GILMOUR [age 28, b orn in Illinois], NANCY GILMOUR[age 25, born in Illinois], ROBERT GILMOUR [age 22, born in Illinois; NOTE; his real name was: George Robert Gilmour] and SARAH GILMOUR [age 17, born in Oregon]. Living next door was their son, JOHN T. GILMOUR [age 29, born in Illinois] "blacksmith" and his wife, VIRGINIA GILMOUR [age 25, born in Oregon], and their children, JEFFERSON D. GILMOUR [age 4, born in Oregon], FRANCES I.GILMOUR [age 1, born in Oregon], and their nephew JOHN L. GILMOUR [age 7, born in California] who was the son of WILLIAM DAVID GILMOUR, the deceased son of JOHN W. GILMOUR and JOHN T. GILMOUR's deceased brother. JOHN L. GILMOUR parents were WILLIAM DAVID GILMOUR and his wife HARRIET [CASTEEL] GILMOUR who had remarried JOHN D.. HENDERSON before this census took place. HARRIETT and JOHN D. HENDERSON resided two houses away, and on the other side of JOHN T. and VIRGINIA GILMOUR, with WILLIAM H. GILMOUR [age 2, born in Oregon]; the second child of the deceased WILLIAM DAVID GILMOUR and his wife HARRIET. In this Census report, the GILMOUR name was spelled incorrectly as GILMORE as it was in the 1860 U.S. Census report for all of these family members, but all other information is correct and matches family records. Source: Sand Ridge Precinct, Linn County, Oregon Roll: M593_1286; Pasge 624; Image 580.
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- Title: 1850 US Census Hancock County, IL
Source Text: Please NOTE: the GILMOUR last name was incorrectly spelled GILMORE in this report. All other information appears to be correct and coincides with family documents. According to this Census report: JOHN GILMORE [age 37, born in Kentucky] resided with spouse, JANE A. GILMORE [age 39, born in Kentucky], and children, LUCY E. GILMORE [age 16, born in Illinois], WILLIAM GILMORE [age 11, born in Illinois], JOHN GILMORE [age 10, born in Illinois], JAMES GILMORE [age 8, born in Illinois], NANCY GILMORE [age 5, born in Illinois] and ROBERT GILMORE [should have been George Robert], age 2, born in Illinois] in La Harpe, Hancock County, Illinois at the time of the 1850 U.S. Census which was taken on 12 September 1850. Source: Hancock County, Illinois Roll: M432_109; Page 392; Image 249. Also in this report, John W.GILMOUR's sister, ELEANOR J. [Gilmour] LITTLE [age 21, born in Kentucky] and her husband, ALMON LITTLE [age 28, born in Vermont] and their son, JOHN S. [age 5, born in Illinois] lived two plots away. JAMES BEATTY [age 61, born in Virginia], whose daughter, SARAH BEATTY, married JOHN WILSON GILMOUR's brother, ALEXANDER M. GILMOUR, lived between JOHN WILSON GILMOUR and the LITTLES.
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- Title: 1830 US Census Christian County, KY
Source Text: JAMES GILMOUR and his family are listed in the 1830 U.S. Census to be living in Christian County, Kentucky "Unknown Townships" next to TALIAFERRO BRONAUGH and his family. JAMES GILMOUR's grandson, JOHN WILSON GILMOUR, married TALIAFERRO BRONAUGH's daughter JANE ALEXANDER BRONAUGH in 1833. Listing is on Ancestry. Com microfilm roll M19-35 page 25.
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- Title: 1860 US Census Lebanon, Linn County, OR
Source Text: According to the 1860 U.S. Census report, JOHN W. GILMORE [age 47 born in Kentucky] resided with his spouse, JANE GILMORE [age 49, born in Kentucky] and their children, JOHN GILMORE [age 19, born in Illinois ], JAMES GILMORE [age 17, born in Illinois], NANCY GILMORE [age 14, born in Illinois], ROBERT GILMORE [age 12, born in Illinois], MARTHA GILMORE [age 9, born in Illinois] and SARAH GILMORE [age 7, born in Oregon] in the area of Lebanon, Oregon. PLEASE NOTE: The GILMOUR last name was spelled incorrectly as GILMORE in this Census report,, but all other information is correct. Also living with them was their grand daughter, ELIZABETH E. LINEBARGER [age 7, born in Oregon ], whose mother LUCY ELEANOR [GILMOUR] LINEBARGER and father, ANDREW JACKSON LINEBARGER were both deceased. Source: Linn County, Oregon Roll: M653_1055; Page 341; Image: 683.
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- Title: 1880 US Census Santiam, Linn County, OR
Source Text: JOHN W. GILMOUR [age 66, born in Kentucky] resided in Santiam[ Sodaville precinct], Linn County, Oregon with spouse, JANE A. GILMOUR at the time of the 1880 U.S. Census. Listed on page 13, Enumeration District 73. Source: Santiam, Linn County, Oregon Roll: T9_1082; Family History Film: 1255082; Page 381.1000. Living next door was their daughter SARAH CASADY[age 27, born in Oregon] who resided with her husband LAFF. CASADY [age 30, born in Ohio] and their children JENNIE CASADY [age 7, born in Oregon] and CHARLIE CASADY [age 2, born in Oregon]. The GILMOUR and CASADY names were spelled correctly in this report.
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- Title: 1842 Tax List for Hancock County, IL
Source Text: JOHN W. GILMOUR was listed along with brothers JAMES L. GILMOUR and THOMAS GILMOUR on the 1842 Tax list for Hancock County Illinois at location 183 7N6W.
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- Title: 1900 US Census North Silverton, Marion County, OR
Source Text: JOHN W. GILMOUR [age 86, born Sep 1813 in Kentucky], resided with son, GEORGE R. GILMOUR [age 50, born in December 1849 in Illinois; head of household], and his son, GEORGE's wife, MARY GILMOUR [age 34, born in June 1865 in Iowa] and their children who included: CLAUDIUS GILMOUR [age 6, born in May 1894 in Oregon], MAGGIE GILMOUR [age 3, born in April 1897 in Oregon] and RUBY H.GILMOUR [age 1, born in October 1898 in Oregon] and MARY's children from her previous [deceased] husband, RICHARD K. MILLER, HENRY F. MILLER [age 12, born in Oct 1887 in Missouri] and MARION M. MILLER [age 10, born in Nov 1889 in Kansas] in North Silverton, Marion County, Oregon at the time of the 1900 U.S. Census which was taken on 13 June 1900. Listed in Sup. District 220, Enumeration District 126, sheet 4.
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- Title: 1840 US Census Hancock County, IL
Source Text: JOHN GILMER [sic] was listed with his family in Hancock County, Illinois at the time of the 1840 U.S. Census. PLEASE NOTE: In the report, the GILMOUR last name was spelled incorrectly as Gilmer. All other information appears correct including the number of persons listed in the household. The Census report indicates there was one male under 5 [probably son William David, born in 1839 ]; one female under 5 [probably daughter Lucy Eleanor, born 1835]; one female between the ages of 20 and 30 [probably spouse, Jane Alexander [Bronaugh] Gilmour, born 1811; three males between the ages of 20 and 30 [John Wilson Gilmour, born 1813; and two of his brothers, probably James Lewis Gilmour, born 1809 and Alexander M. Gilmour, born 1815]; and two males between the ages of 10 and 15 who were probably nephews of JOHN WILSON GILMOUR.
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- Title: 1851 Oregon Donation Land Claim
Source Text: JOHN WILSON GILMOUR received a Donation Land Claim 14-17 September 1851 near Lebanon in Linn County.
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- Title: Genealogy of The Lewis and Kindred Families
Author: William Terrell Lewis
Publisher: 1893 by the Louisville Courier Journal Print Co., Kentucky
Call Number: CS71.L675
Page: 394
Source Text: According to the author, "JOHN WILSON GILMOUR was the third son of GEORGE GILMOUR and POLLY TERRELL [HICKMAN] GILMOUR , daughter of JOEL HICKMAN and FRANCES GARETTA his wife. He lived in Albany, Oregon at the time this book was published in 1893.
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- Title: History of the Willamette Valley, Personal Reminiscences of Its Early Pioneers
Author: Edited by H. O. Lang
Publisher: 1885 by Himes & Lang, Portland, Oregon
Page: 836
Source Text: This brief biography on page 836 of JOHN WILSON GILMOUR, published in 1885, has his NAME SPELLED INCORRECTLY as GILMORE, but the rest of the biography is substantially correct. The biography is as follows: "JOHN W. GILMORE is a blacksmith and farmer and lives in Lebanon, Linn County. Born in Kentucky September 13, 1813, came to Oregon and immediately volunteered in the Indian War in Southern Oregon in 1855-56. Was employed as wagon master from Albany. Married JANE A. BRONAUGH and their children are------ WILLIAM, LUCY, JOHN T., JAMES and ROBERT."
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- Title: Daily Oregon Statesman
Entry Date: November 12, 1903
Source Text: "J. W. GILMOUR, one of the oldest and most respected residents of Silverton, died at the home of his son JOHN GILMOUR at Ellensburg, Washington on Saturday November 7, 1903 at 5:00 A.M. aged 90 years 1 month & 24 days of infirmities attending old age. "
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- Title: IOOF Cemetery Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA Directory
Source Text: The IOOF Cemetery in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington Directory indicates that JOHN WILSON GILMOUR was buried with his son, JOHN THOMAS GILMOUR, daughter-in-law, VIRGINIA [LINEBARGER] GILMOUR, grand daughter, GRACE GILMOUR and two great grandchildren: HAZEL LOTHROP, daughter of FRANCES I [GILMOUR] LOTHROP and "BABY MILLS, daughter of HELENA BELL [GILMOUR] MILLS. The directory reads as follows: "GILMOUR, J.W. b: 13 Sept 1813 D: 7 Nov 1903, Age 90, Plot Owner: JOHN GILMOUR, Space # B-116-01, Headstone Info: J. T. GILMOUR, VIRGINIA GILMOUR, GRACE GILMOUR, HAZEL LOTHROP and BABY MILLS on the same headstone."
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