Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ John E. Gilmore ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
John E. Gilmore
LAST NAME: Gilmore FIRST NAME: John MIDDLE NAME: E. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: M MILITARY: Civil War - Union
BORN: Abt 1815 DIED: 27 Jan 1886 BURIED: 29 Jan 1886
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Farmer
BIRTH PLACE:  Ohio
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
IOOF - John Gilmore, age 71, "deceased suffered for a long time from a tumor on his shoulder".
1870 OR CENSUS - John Gilmore, age 56, occupation farmer, b. Ohio, is enumerated with Chrisitana, age 44, b. Ohio, along with Mary J., age 19, b. Missouri, Chas., age 14, b. Oregon, and James R., age 11, b. Oregon.
1880 CENSUS records John Gillmore, age 61, farmer, b. Illinois (both parents born in Ireland). He is enumerated with his wife Christiani (age 54, b. Ohio) and 2 children; Mary (div., age 28, dressmaker) and James R. (age 20, occupation - furniture).
DISCREPANCY - 1870 Census gives place of birth as Ohio, 1880 as Illinois.
OBITUARY: 
GILMORE -- At his residence, in North Salem, at 8 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1886, Mr. John Gilmore, aged 71 years. The deceased was an old resident of Salem, and has been sorely afflicted for the past two years with a disease in his right shoulder. The funeral will take place on Friday, Jan. 29th, from the residence. 
Weekly Oregon Statesman 20 Jan 1886 8:4.
INSCRIPTION: 
John E. Gilmore
Co. A
16 Iowa Inf.
SOURCES: 
LR 
LD 
IOOF Register of Burials 
Saucy Survey & Photographs
1870 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., N. Salem, FA #549)
1880 Oregon Census (Marion Co., N.Salem Div. DW #35) 
WOS 29 Jan 1886 8:4
CONTACTS: 
LOT: 797 SPACE: 3 NW LONGITUDE:  LATITUDE: 
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