Husband Calvin Willard Gilfillan 1 2 3
Born: 20 Feb 1832 - Mercer Co, PA 1
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Died: 2 Dec 1901
Buried: 5 Dec 1901 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 4
Father: James Gilfillan (1800-1886) 1 5
Mother: Jane Adams (1807-1860) 1 5
Marriage: 30 Nov 1858 2 3 6
Wife Elizabeth A. "Lizzie" Lamberton 2 3 6
Born: 19 Sep 1839 2 3
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Died: 1900 7
Buried: 3 Oct 1900 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 4
Father: Robert Lamberton (1809-1885) 8 9 10 11
Mother: Margaret Seaton (1815-1911) 8 11 12 13 14 15
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1 F Annie M. Gilfillan 3 16
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Spouse: Dr. Edward P. Wilmot ( - ) 3 17
Marr: 14 Aug 1884 3 18
2 M Robert Emmet Gilfillan 3 5 6
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3 M William L. Gilfillan 3 5 6
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4 F Emma M. Gilfillan 3 5 6
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Spouse: Charles H. Thomas (1871- ) 19
Marr: 30 Mar 1892 19
General Notes: Husband - Calvin Willard Gilfillan
Calvin W. Gilfillan, though not engaged in active practice for the past sixteen years, is one of the older surviving members of this bar. He is a native of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, and a descendant of one of its best known pioneer families. He read law with William Stewart, of Mercer, and was admitted to the Mercer bar in November, 1859. In the meantime he filled the office of superintendent of schools of his native county, and that of transcribing clerk in the Pennsylvania house of representatives. Immediately after his admission he located in Franklin, and soon built up a good practice. In 1862 he formed a partnership with Charles E. Taylor, which existed five years. The firm of Taylor & Gilfillan was recognized as one of the ablest legal firms in the county. In 1861 Mr. Gilfillan was appointed district attorney, and elected to the same office in 1862. In 1868 he was the choice of the Republican party for congress, and was elected by a handsome majority. From 1867 to 1873 he continued in practice alone, and in the latter year gave up the active duties of his profession to accept the presidency of the Lamberton Savings Bank. [HVC 1890, 187]
He was reared in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, obtained a primary education in the common schools, and subsequently attended Westminister College at New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. He commenced reading law in the office of William Stewart in Mercer in the winter of 1856-57, and was admitted to practice in November, 1859. He was elected in 1857 superintendent of schools of Mercer county, and filled the office two years. In 1858-59 he served as transcribing clerk in the house of representatives of Pennsylvania. Immediately after his admission to the bar Mr. Gilfillan located in Franklin, where he soon built up a good practice. In 1861 he was appointed district attorney of Venango county and elected to the same office in 1862, serving three years in that capacity. In 1862 he formed a partnership with Charles E. Taylor, and the firm of Taylor & Gilfillan was soon recognized as one of the leading law firms of the district. In 1867 the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Gilfillan continued the active duties of his profession alone until 1873; he then accepted the presidency of the Lamberton Savings Bank, which position he has since filled, devoting his entire attention to the banking business. Politically he has always been an ardent Republican, and in 1868, was elected to congress by a good round majority, and served in the house his full term. In 1870 he was a delegate to the national Republican convention that nominated Grant for president the second time, and in 1880, as a member of the electoral college of Pennsylvania, he cast his vote for James A. Garfield as president and Chester A. Arthur as vice-president. [HVC 1890, 788]
He was educated in the public schools of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and at Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. He studied law under the preceptorship of William Stewart, of Mercer County, and was admitted to the bar of Mercer County in November, 1859. Prior to his admission to the bar he served two years as superintendent of schools in Mercer County, and one year as transcribing clerk in the Pennsylvania house of assembly. In 1859 he located in Franklin, Pennsylvania, where he was soon established in a good law practice. In 1861 he was appointed district attorney of Venango County, and in 1862 was elected to the same office, serving most acceptably for three years. In 1862 he formed a law partnership with Charles E. Taylor, which continued until 1867. He then practiced alone until 1873, when he was chosen president of the Lamberton Savings Bank, a position he filled until his death. In 1868 he was the nominee of his party for congress, was elected, and served a full term of two years. This office he filled with the same ability and fidelity that characterized all his public service. He was a delegate to the Republican national convention held in Chicago that nominated President Grant for a second term. In 1880 he was presidential elector, and cast the vote of Pennsylvania for James A. Garfield, president, and Chester A. Arthur, vice-president. [GPHAV, 425]