Hon. John Gilmore and Elena Spence Anderson

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Husband Hon. John Gilmore ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: Mar 1780 - Bedford (later Somerset) Co, PA 3 5
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           Died: 11 May 1845 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 5
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         Father: James Gilmore (      -1833) 4 5 6
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 1803 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 4 5

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• Note: This may be the same person as : John Gilmore.

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Wife Elena Spence Anderson ⁵

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            AKA: Eleanor Spence Anderson 4
           Born:  - Maryland
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         Father: Rev. Samuel Anderson (      -      ) 5 7
         Mother: Ann Nelson (      -      ) 7

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Children

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1 M Judge Samuel Anderson Gilmore ^{1 4 8 9 10 11 12 13 14}

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           Born: 21 Jan 1806 or 1808 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 4 15
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           Died: 15 May 1873 - Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA 8 15
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         Spouse: Rachel Tod (      -      ) 14

         Spouse: Elvira A. Plumer (1827-1892) 1 4 12 13

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2 M John Gilmore ⁴

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           Died: while young
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3 M Frank Gilmore ⁴

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4 M Alfred Gilmore ^{4 16 17}

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           Born:  - Butler, Butler Co, PA
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           Died: 1890-1891 - Scranton, Lackawanna Co, PA
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         Spouse: Louisa Grant (      -      ) 4

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5 F Anna Lena Gilmore ⁴

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            AKA: [Unk] Gilmore 18
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         Spouse: Eugene Ferrero (      -      ) 4 19

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. John Gilmore

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He was born in a part of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, near Stony Creek, that later became Somerset County. Shortly after his birth, his father moved to Washington, Washington County, where he was educated and studied law with Col. Bradford. He was admitted to the bar in 1801, and soon removed to Pittsburgh. But when Butler County was organized, he was appointed Deputy States Attorney, and, early in 1803, removed to Butler. About the year 1816, he was elected to the Legislature, being re-elected several successive years. During this time, he was chosen Speaker of the House. In 1828, he was elected to Congress (the year Gen. Jackson was elected President). He remained in close relations with Jackson's administration. He was re-elected in 1830. Later in life, he was elected State Treasurer of Pennsylvania. He had acquired a considerable quantity of land, which he parted with to those of limited means on easy terms. [HBC 1883, 50]

He moved to Butler, Pennsylvania, and married a Miss Purviance at that place. [HWC 1882, 246] No other source confirms this.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 246.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 50, 64.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 150.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 465.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 50.

6 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 246, 797.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 488.

8 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 146.

9 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 55, 64.

10 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 153.

11 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 248.

12 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 756.

13 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 408.

14 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 85.

15 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 55.

16 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 59.

17 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 154.

18 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 64.

19 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 58, 64.