Died at Oak Point, KS, on the Ft. Leavenworth Route. Oak Point was about 5 miles southeast of Seneca, KS; it does not appear on modern maps. Buried near Lincoln, Nebraska.
(source for death location: Professor Richard Rieck, Western Illinois University)
1850 ~ living in Rockland, Sullivan Co., NY
Wife:
Sarah (married 21 Nov 1825)
"In 1844, the Mormons or Latter Day Saints made several converts in this town. They held their meetings generally what is now known as the Nauvoo neighborhood Jedediah M. Grant, who was afterwards Mayor of Salt Lake city, second Councilor of Brigham Young, and a Member of the Legislature of Deseret, was the missionary of the Saints, and presented his faith to the people of Neversink in such a way, that some who were considered intelligent as well as honest, embraced it. Among the converts were Horace Gillett and Isaac Groo and their wives. Gillett died of cholera on the Plains, while on his way to the land of promise and polygamy. He was much beloved in Neversink."
(source: "History of Sullivan county: embracing an account of its geology, climate, aborigines, early settlement, organization; the formation of its towns with biographical sketches of prominent residents", by James Eldridge Quinlan, 1873, p. 488)
Died on his way to Utah of cholera during the Mormon pioneer migration (1846 to 1868)
Horace was buried on the Mormon trek; his name on the gravestone in SLC is in his honor; he is not physically buried in that spot
"The Gillett family initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with the William Field Company in 1854. The Gillett family included Horace and Sarah Collins Moore, and their children, John Acley, Granville, Collins Moore, Carlos Newton, and Sarah Elizabeth and her family. Horace, a captain of ten, died en route from cholera, on 26 June, according to Newton Tuttle's journal."
(source: https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/15695/horace-gillett)
"June 25 ~ We all camped and a reorganization[.] Captain [Horace] Gillet[t]'s company was made[.]"
"June 26 ~ We crossed the creek, then stopped all day to hold services and bury Captain Horace Gillette who died with cholera."
(source: Letter, 25 Sept. 1854, in Newton Tuttle Journal 1854 Apr.-July; https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel)
"Sunday 25th ~ Arrived at Oak Grove. 65 miles from Fort Leavenworth on the bank of a beautiful stream—-met some government teams returning from Fort Laramie. They had two buffalos.
~ Monday 26th: Camp only moved across the stream. Father [Horace Gillett] buried today about 3 PM."
(source: "Groo, Isaac, Diary, 1854 Apr.-[Sept]"; https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel)
occupation: farmer
(sources: United States Census, 1850, New York, Sullivan Co., Rockland)
(source for death location: Professor Richard Rieck, Western Illinois University)
1850 ~ living in Rockland, Sullivan Co., NY
Wife:
Sarah (married 21 Nov 1825)
"In 1844, the Mormons or Latter Day Saints made several converts in this town. They held their meetings generally what is now known as the Nauvoo neighborhood Jedediah M. Grant, who was afterwards Mayor of Salt Lake city, second Councilor of Brigham Young, and a Member of the Legislature of Deseret, was the missionary of the Saints, and presented his faith to the people of Neversink in such a way, that some who were considered intelligent as well as honest, embraced it. Among the converts were Horace Gillett and Isaac Groo and their wives. Gillett died of cholera on the Plains, while on his way to the land of promise and polygamy. He was much beloved in Neversink."
(source: "History of Sullivan county: embracing an account of its geology, climate, aborigines, early settlement, organization; the formation of its towns with biographical sketches of prominent residents", by James Eldridge Quinlan, 1873, p. 488)
Died on his way to Utah of cholera during the Mormon pioneer migration (1846 to 1868)
Horace was buried on the Mormon trek; his name on the gravestone in SLC is in his honor; he is not physically buried in that spot
"The Gillett family initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with the William Field Company in 1854. The Gillett family included Horace and Sarah Collins Moore, and their children, John Acley, Granville, Collins Moore, Carlos Newton, and Sarah Elizabeth and her family. Horace, a captain of ten, died en route from cholera, on 26 June, according to Newton Tuttle's journal."
(source: https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/15695/horace-gillett)
"June 25 ~ We all camped and a reorganization[.] Captain [Horace] Gillet[t]'s company was made[.]"
"June 26 ~ We crossed the creek, then stopped all day to hold services and bury Captain Horace Gillette who died with cholera."
(source: Letter, 25 Sept. 1854, in Newton Tuttle Journal 1854 Apr.-July; https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel)
"Sunday 25th ~ Arrived at Oak Grove. 65 miles from Fort Leavenworth on the bank of a beautiful stream—-met some government teams returning from Fort Laramie. They had two buffalos.
~ Monday 26th: Camp only moved across the stream. Father [Horace Gillett] buried today about 3 PM."
(source: "Groo, Isaac, Diary, 1854 Apr.-[Sept]"; https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel)
occupation: farmer
(sources: United States Census, 1850, New York, Sullivan Co., Rockland)
Died at Oak Point, KS, on the Ft. Leavenworth Route. Oak Point was about 5 miles southeast of Seneca, KS; it does not appear on modern maps. Buried near Lincoln, Nebraska.
(source for death location: Professor Richard Rieck, Western Illinois University)
1850 ~ living in Rockland, Sullivan Co., NY
Wife:
Sarah (married 21 Nov 1825)
"In 1844, the Mormons or Latter Day Saints made several converts in this town. They held their meetings generally what is now known as the Nauvoo neighborhood Jedediah M. Grant, who was afterwards Mayor of Salt Lake city, second Councilor of Brigham Young, and a Member of the Legislature of Deseret, was the missionary of the Saints, and presented his faith to the people of Neversink in such a way, that some who were considered intelligent as well as honest, embraced it. Among the converts were Horace Gillett and Isaac Groo and their wives. Gillett died of cholera on the Plains, while on his way to the land of promise and polygamy. He was much beloved in Neversink."
(source: "History of Sullivan county: embracing an account of its geology, climate, aborigines, early settlement, organization; the formation of its towns with biographical sketches of prominent residents", by James Eldridge Quinlan, 1873, p. 488)
Died on his way to Utah of cholera during the Mormon pioneer migration (1846 to 1868)
Horace was buried on the Mormon trek; his name on the gravestone in SLC is in his honor; he is not physically buried in that spot
"The Gillett family initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with the William Field Company in 1854. The Gillett family included Horace and Sarah Collins Moore, and their children, John Acley, Granville, Collins Moore, Carlos Newton, and Sarah Elizabeth and her family. Horace, a captain of ten, died en route from cholera, on 26 June, according to Newton Tuttle's journal."
(source: https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/15695/horace-gillett)
"June 25 ~ We all camped and a reorganization[.] Captain [Horace] Gillet[t]'s company was made[.]"
"June 26 ~ We crossed the creek, then stopped all day to hold services and bury Captain Horace Gillette who died with cholera."
(source: Letter, 25 Sept. 1854, in Newton Tuttle Journal 1854 Apr.-July; https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel)
"Sunday 25th ~ Arrived at Oak Grove. 65 miles from Fort Leavenworth on the bank of a beautiful stream—-met some government teams returning from Fort Laramie. They had two buffalos.
~ Monday 26th: Camp only moved across the stream. Father [Horace Gillett] buried today about 3 PM."
(source: "Groo, Isaac, Diary, 1854 Apr.-[Sept]"; https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel)
occupation: farmer
(sources: United States Census, 1850, New York, Sullivan Co., Rockland)
(source for death location: Professor Richard Rieck, Western Illinois University)
1850 ~ living in Rockland, Sullivan Co., NY
Wife:
Sarah (married 21 Nov 1825)
"In 1844, the Mormons or Latter Day Saints made several converts in this town. They held their meetings generally what is now known as the Nauvoo neighborhood Jedediah M. Grant, who was afterwards Mayor of Salt Lake city, second Councilor of Brigham Young, and a Member of the Legislature of Deseret, was the missionary of the Saints, and presented his faith to the people of Neversink in such a way, that some who were considered intelligent as well as honest, embraced it. Among the converts were Horace Gillett and Isaac Groo and their wives. Gillett died of cholera on the Plains, while on his way to the land of promise and polygamy. He was much beloved in Neversink."
(source: "History of Sullivan county: embracing an account of its geology, climate, aborigines, early settlement, organization; the formation of its towns with biographical sketches of prominent residents", by James Eldridge Quinlan, 1873, p. 488)
Died on his way to Utah of cholera during the Mormon pioneer migration (1846 to 1868)
Horace was buried on the Mormon trek; his name on the gravestone in SLC is in his honor; he is not physically buried in that spot
"The Gillett family initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with the William Field Company in 1854. The Gillett family included Horace and Sarah Collins Moore, and their children, John Acley, Granville, Collins Moore, Carlos Newton, and Sarah Elizabeth and her family. Horace, a captain of ten, died en route from cholera, on 26 June, according to Newton Tuttle's journal."
(source: https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/15695/horace-gillett)
"June 25 ~ We all camped and a reorganization[.] Captain [Horace] Gillet[t]'s company was made[.]"
"June 26 ~ We crossed the creek, then stopped all day to hold services and bury Captain Horace Gillette who died with cholera."
(source: Letter, 25 Sept. 1854, in Newton Tuttle Journal 1854 Apr.-July; https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel)
"Sunday 25th ~ Arrived at Oak Grove. 65 miles from Fort Leavenworth on the bank of a beautiful stream—-met some government teams returning from Fort Laramie. They had two buffalos.
~ Monday 26th: Camp only moved across the stream. Father [Horace Gillett] buried today about 3 PM."
(source: "Groo, Isaac, Diary, 1854 Apr.-[Sept]"; https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel)
occupation: farmer
(sources: United States Census, 1850, New York, Sullivan Co., Rockland)
Family Members
Siblings
Children
