From the Standard History of Lorain Ohio, pg 727
"The late Edmund Gillmore was born in Black River Township of Lorain County. Feb. 10, 1833, and died at the City of Lorain on Thanksgiving Day in 1902. He was educated in the public schools of native township, and at the age of fifteen became an employe on on e of the lake boats, making trips to Oswego, Chicago and all the lake ports. He was a sailor for t en years, and was also empoyed in the ship yards around Lake Erie, working as a ship caulker. While thus engaged on one occasion he received a severe injury which made him an invalid the rest of his life, and for forty-two years, he never walked a step. However, he was able to attend to business and filled various local offices, such as justice of the peace, treasurer of the school board, assessor, township clerk for fifteen years, and for more than twenty years as notary public. He was first elected justice of the peace in 1863, and served in that capacity t hirty-nin years. For ten months he was with his brother, General Gilllmore, in New York City acting as shipping agenty and assistant draughtsman. He was an active republican and a man of the highest character.
In 1857 Edmund Gillmore married Miss Adelaide E. Gillmore, a daughter of ALanson and Evelyn (Jones) Gillmore. Her father came out of Massachusetts about the same time as the other members of that family, and was identified with the early shipbuilding interests at the mouth of BLack River. He was later a farmer, and in 1880 removed to Lorain, where he died when about ninety years of age. Mrs. Edmund Gillmore was born November 22, 1833 on Washington Street in Lorain. She spent practically the entire eight-two years of her life in one community, and saw a village of 300 inhabitants grow and develop to a city of 30,000 people. She was the devoted companion of her husband for nearly half a century, and many tributes were paid to her as a pioneer woman of Lorain County at the time of her death in July 1915
"The late Edmund Gillmore was born in Black River Township of Lorain County. Feb. 10, 1833, and died at the City of Lorain on Thanksgiving Day in 1902. He was educated in the public schools of native township, and at the age of fifteen became an employe on on e of the lake boats, making trips to Oswego, Chicago and all the lake ports. He was a sailor for t en years, and was also empoyed in the ship yards around Lake Erie, working as a ship caulker. While thus engaged on one occasion he received a severe injury which made him an invalid the rest of his life, and for forty-two years, he never walked a step. However, he was able to attend to business and filled various local offices, such as justice of the peace, treasurer of the school board, assessor, township clerk for fifteen years, and for more than twenty years as notary public. He was first elected justice of the peace in 1863, and served in that capacity t hirty-nin years. For ten months he was with his brother, General Gilllmore, in New York City acting as shipping agenty and assistant draughtsman. He was an active republican and a man of the highest character.
In 1857 Edmund Gillmore married Miss Adelaide E. Gillmore, a daughter of ALanson and Evelyn (Jones) Gillmore. Her father came out of Massachusetts about the same time as the other members of that family, and was identified with the early shipbuilding interests at the mouth of BLack River. He was later a farmer, and in 1880 removed to Lorain, where he died when about ninety years of age. Mrs. Edmund Gillmore was born November 22, 1833 on Washington Street in Lorain. She spent practically the entire eight-two years of her life in one community, and saw a village of 300 inhabitants grow and develop to a city of 30,000 people. She was the devoted companion of her husband for nearly half a century, and many tributes were paid to her as a pioneer woman of Lorain County at the time of her death in July 1915
From the Standard History of Lorain Ohio, pg 727
"The late Edmund Gillmore was born in Black River Township of Lorain County. Feb. 10, 1833, and died at the City of Lorain on Thanksgiving Day in 1902. He was educated in the public schools of native township, and at the age of fifteen became an employe on on e of the lake boats, making trips to Oswego, Chicago and all the lake ports. He was a sailor for t en years, and was also empoyed in the ship yards around Lake Erie, working as a ship caulker. While thus engaged on one occasion he received a severe injury which made him an invalid the rest of his life, and for forty-two years, he never walked a step. However, he was able to attend to business and filled various local offices, such as justice of the peace, treasurer of the school board, assessor, township clerk for fifteen years, and for more than twenty years as notary public. He was first elected justice of the peace in 1863, and served in that capacity t hirty-nin years. For ten months he was with his brother, General Gilllmore, in New York City acting as shipping agenty and assistant draughtsman. He was an active republican and a man of the highest character.
In 1857 Edmund Gillmore married Miss Adelaide E. Gillmore, a daughter of ALanson and Evelyn (Jones) Gillmore. Her father came out of Massachusetts about the same time as the other members of that family, and was identified with the early shipbuilding interests at the mouth of BLack River. He was later a farmer, and in 1880 removed to Lorain, where he died when about ninety years of age. Mrs. Edmund Gillmore was born November 22, 1833 on Washington Street in Lorain. She spent practically the entire eight-two years of her life in one community, and saw a village of 300 inhabitants grow and develop to a city of 30,000 people. She was the devoted companion of her husband for nearly half a century, and many tributes were paid to her as a pioneer woman of Lorain County at the time of her death in July 1915
"The late Edmund Gillmore was born in Black River Township of Lorain County. Feb. 10, 1833, and died at the City of Lorain on Thanksgiving Day in 1902. He was educated in the public schools of native township, and at the age of fifteen became an employe on on e of the lake boats, making trips to Oswego, Chicago and all the lake ports. He was a sailor for t en years, and was also empoyed in the ship yards around Lake Erie, working as a ship caulker. While thus engaged on one occasion he received a severe injury which made him an invalid the rest of his life, and for forty-two years, he never walked a step. However, he was able to attend to business and filled various local offices, such as justice of the peace, treasurer of the school board, assessor, township clerk for fifteen years, and for more than twenty years as notary public. He was first elected justice of the peace in 1863, and served in that capacity t hirty-nin years. For ten months he was with his brother, General Gilllmore, in New York City acting as shipping agenty and assistant draughtsman. He was an active republican and a man of the highest character.
In 1857 Edmund Gillmore married Miss Adelaide E. Gillmore, a daughter of ALanson and Evelyn (Jones) Gillmore. Her father came out of Massachusetts about the same time as the other members of that family, and was identified with the early shipbuilding interests at the mouth of BLack River. He was later a farmer, and in 1880 removed to Lorain, where he died when about ninety years of age. Mrs. Edmund Gillmore was born November 22, 1833 on Washington Street in Lorain. She spent practically the entire eight-two years of her life in one community, and saw a village of 300 inhabitants grow and develop to a city of 30,000 people. She was the devoted companion of her husband for nearly half a century, and many tributes were paid to her as a pioneer woman of Lorain County at the time of her death in July 1915
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