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John Acley Gillett

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John Acley Gillett

Birth
Neversink, Sullivan County, New York, USA
Death
19 Apr 1913 (aged 74)
Granite, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
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Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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His death record gives his birth year as 1839 (his obituary also has 1839), even though his stone has 1840 (Family member, Mr. Lowell Gillett, checked the family Bible and confirms that the correct birth year is 1839)

Wife: Mary (married: 10/30/1866)

"Pioneer Carpenter and Former Resident of Granite Passes Away ~ stricken with Bright's Disease, John A. Gillett, pioneer of 1854, died Friday night at his residence in Granite. He had been a resident of Granite about ten years, moving to that settlement from Salt Lake, where he worked many years as a carpenter. Mr. Gillett was born in Grahamsville, Sullivan County, N.Y., January 8, 1839. Accompanied by his mother and brothers he arrived in Salt Lake valley in September, 1854. His father Horace Gillett died on the plains of cholera. He is survived by a widow and the following sons and daughters: Mrs. John Reeve, Denzil Gillett, Earl Gillett, Mrs. Vesta Park, and Leslie Gillett. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock at the Granite meeting house."
("Salt Lake Herald", 20 April 1913 issue, p. 14)

Occupation: carpenter

cause of death: bright's disease

(source: "Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946")
His death record gives his birth year as 1839 (his obituary also has 1839), even though his stone has 1840 (Family member, Mr. Lowell Gillett, checked the family Bible and confirms that the correct birth year is 1839)

Wife: Mary (married: 10/30/1866)

"Pioneer Carpenter and Former Resident of Granite Passes Away ~ stricken with Bright's Disease, John A. Gillett, pioneer of 1854, died Friday night at his residence in Granite. He had been a resident of Granite about ten years, moving to that settlement from Salt Lake, where he worked many years as a carpenter. Mr. Gillett was born in Grahamsville, Sullivan County, N.Y., January 8, 1839. Accompanied by his mother and brothers he arrived in Salt Lake valley in September, 1854. His father Horace Gillett died on the plains of cholera. He is survived by a widow and the following sons and daughters: Mrs. John Reeve, Denzil Gillett, Earl Gillett, Mrs. Vesta Park, and Leslie Gillett. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock at the Granite meeting house."
("Salt Lake Herald", 20 April 1913 issue, p. 14)

Occupation: carpenter

cause of death: bright's disease

(source: "Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946")

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  • Created by: Allison
  • Added: Mar 8, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66663720/john_acley-gillett: accessed ), memorial page for John Acley Gillett (8 Jan 1839–19 Apr 1913), Find a Grave Memorial ID 66663720, citing Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA; Maintained by Allison (contributor 47066078).