Greene-Jefferson County IN Archives Biographies.....Gillett, George 1827 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   GEORGE GILLETT, one of the prosperous and progressive men of Fairplay
Township, was born January 8, 1827, in Otsego County, N. Y. When eight years
old, his parents removed to Jefferson County, Ind., where he was reared to
manhood upon a farm, and from there he came to Greene County in 1855. His union
with Miss Louisa Travice was solemnized in 1860, and to them have been born this
family: Charles, Willard, Calvin, Emma, Carcus, Cora, Fannie, and one that died
in infancy unnamed. Mrs. Gillett is a member of the family of James and Harriet
(Brown) Travice, who were from the State of Mississippi. Mr. Gillett's father,
William Gillett, was a native of Vermont, where he was born in the year 1801. He
was raised in Otsego County, N. Y., where he married Miss Fannie Ferris, who was
a daughter of Leonard and Catharine (Stonements) Ferris. William Gillett and
wife continued to reside in New York State until 1835, during which time three
sons were born to them, named George, William (deceased) and Alonzo. After their
removal to Indiana, five more children were born to them, as follows: Alzina,
Martha, Calvin, Cordelia and Mary. The father died January 9, 1864, and his
widow married John Chambers. She died in 1869.

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Fairplay Township Biographies

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HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES,
STATE OF INDIANA,
FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.

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