Died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Married 16 Nov 1848 Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts to Sarah Jane Durgin.
To their union was born 4 children:
Burke M Whitney, Walter G Whitney, Frank Scott Whitney, and Walter Frank Whitney.
Gilman, for a time, worked in the brickyard at Hooksett, Merrimack, New Hampshire; then in the hat factory of Matthew Haynes Messer at Methuen, Massachusetts. In 1843, he returned to New London and resided on the Jacob Dole place near his father. After farming for two years he began lumbering in Wilmot, Merrimack, New Hampshire and built a saw-mill and clapboard-mill about a mile above Wilmot Centre, which he ran for three years. Finally, after engaging in various occupations, he settled down in Franklin, Merrimack, New Hampshire, and for a quarter-century peddled tinware for John H Rowell in the towns of Merrimack County. In 1890 he bought the Samuel Burpee place on Burpee hill and resided there till his death, after a long and wearisome illness.
Gilman was a man of indefatigable industry, kind-hearted, and a good neighbor. He was a Spiritualist in belief, and served as president and treasurer of the Lake Sunapee Spiritualist Campmeeting Association. During his residence in Franklin he became a member of Merrimack Lodge, Not 28, IOOF, and of Meridian Lodge, No 60, F & A M.
Died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Married 16 Nov 1848 Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts to Sarah Jane Durgin.
To their union was born 4 children:
Burke M Whitney, Walter G Whitney, Frank Scott Whitney, and Walter Frank Whitney.
Gilman, for a time, worked in the brickyard at Hooksett, Merrimack, New Hampshire; then in the hat factory of Matthew Haynes Messer at Methuen, Massachusetts. In 1843, he returned to New London and resided on the Jacob Dole place near his father. After farming for two years he began lumbering in Wilmot, Merrimack, New Hampshire and built a saw-mill and clapboard-mill about a mile above Wilmot Centre, which he ran for three years. Finally, after engaging in various occupations, he settled down in Franklin, Merrimack, New Hampshire, and for a quarter-century peddled tinware for John H Rowell in the towns of Merrimack County. In 1890 he bought the Samuel Burpee place on Burpee hill and resided there till his death, after a long and wearisome illness.
Gilman was a man of indefatigable industry, kind-hearted, and a good neighbor. He was a Spiritualist in belief, and served as president and treasurer of the Lake Sunapee Spiritualist Campmeeting Association. During his residence in Franklin he became a member of Merrimack Lodge, Not 28, IOOF, and of Meridian Lodge, No 60, F & A M.
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Aaron Foster Whitney
1815–1830
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Mary S. Whitney
1817–1836
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William Story Whitney
1822–1853
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George Alexander Whitney
1825–1854
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Alonzo Whitney
1828–1898
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Emeline L. Whitney
1830–1925
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Livona M Whitney Piper
1833–1916
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Harriet Neale Whitney Cate
1835–1917
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Charles Story Whitney
1837–1914
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Jannett M. Whitney
1840–1872
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