Article from the Abilene Daily Reflector, Abilene, Kansas, 28 August 1888 reads...
CATTLE KING DEAD
Mackinaw, Michigan, August 25 - John D. Gillette, the cattle king of Illinois, father-in-law of Governor Oglesby, died here this morning. At the time of his death he owned 20,000 acres of land in Logan County, Illinois and had $100,000 of stock of five Central Illinois banks. His fortune is estimated at $650,000. He was one of the first to export beef cattle to England.
Article from the Abilene Daily Reflector, Abilene, Kansas, 28 August 1888 reads...
CATTLE KING DEAD
Mackinaw, Michigan, August 25 - John D. Gillette, the cattle king of Illinois, father-in-law of Governor Oglesby, died here this morning. At the time of his death he owned 20,000 acres of land in Logan County, Illinois and had $100,000 of stock of five Central Illinois banks. His fortune is estimated at $650,000. He was one of the first to export beef cattle to England.
Family Members
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Eliphaz Gillet
1788–1822
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Lemira Louise Parke Gillett
1821–1901 (m. 1842)
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Almirah Gillet
unknown–1817
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Adeline Sanford Gillett Chamberlin
1816–1850
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Susan Emma Gillett
1843–1844
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Emma Susan Gillett Oglesby
1845–1928
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Grace Gillett Littler
1848–1891
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Nina Lemira Gillett
1854–1938
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Mary Katherine Gillett Hill
1855–1935
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Amaryllis Tuttle Gillett
1857–1921
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Jessie Dean Gillett
1859–1947
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John Parke Gillett
1861–1901
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Charlotte Lancraft Gillett Barnes
1865–1953
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John Dean Gillett
1870 United States Federal Census
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1880 United States Federal Census
John Dean Gillett
Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
John Dean Gillett
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
John Dean Gillett
U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925
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