Mecosta County MI Archives Biographies.....Gilmore, Henry R. October 15, 1832 - 
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Author: 1883 Mecosta Co. Portrait & Bio Album

HENRY R. GILMORE, resident on sec. 34, Austin Tp., was born in Niagara Co., 
Ontario, Oct. 15, 1832, and is a 

son of Henry and Mary A. (Hartsell) Gilmore, who were natives respectively of 
New Jersey and Massachusetts, 

and were of German and Irsih extraction.

Mr. Gilmore began at the age of 18 years to learn the carpenter's trade, 
devoting his leisure to study in 

the district school, and by dint of much exertion he managed to secure a fair 
education.  He went into the 

country, where he pursued his trade some years, and was married to Elizabeth 
A., daughter of Alfred and 

Betsey (Cleveland) Butler.  Her parents were natives of Maine, where Mrs. 
Gilmore was born in Somerset 

County, Feb. 17, 1831, going thence to Ontario, Can., with her parents and 
there resided until her marriage, 

May 14, 1851.

They settled in the town of Elgin, where Mr. Gilmore was busy with his trade 
till the spring of 1853, when 

they came to Newaygo County and settled on the Muskegon River, and there he 
followed his trade seven years.  

In 1860 they removed to Austin Tp., and Mr. Gilmore purchased 80 acres of land 
and devoted his attention to 

farming.  The entire place is under cultivation.

Mr. Gilmore belongs to the National party and cast the first Greenback vote in 
the county.  He has been 

Justice of the Peace 12 years, Highway Commissioner two years, and has been a 
member of the Sanitary Board 

some years, besides having held other offices.  Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore have been 
the parents of 12 children, 

six of whom as living.  Following is their record:  Franklin P. was born Nov. 
1, 1852; James H., June 15, 

1856; Angela M., May 13, 1858; Ulysses G., Oct. 17, 1864; Rosa L., Nov. 4, 
1867; Marshal N., May 11, 1877; 

Sarah N., Dec. 1, 1862, deid March 14, 1879.  Five children died in early 
infancy.  Mrs. Gilmore is a member 

of the M. E. Church.

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