Biographical Sketch of James J. Gilmore, Agency Township, Buchanan 
County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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James J. Gilmore, farmer, section 30, postoffice Agency, was born 
April 9, 1818, in Tennessee.  His parents emigrated to Rush Creek, 
Clay County, Missouri when he was an infant, and, in connection with
others, were obliged to build a fort for protection against the 
Indians.  James remained there until 1837, when he moved with his 
parents to Agency, Buchanan County, where his mother died in the 
spring of 1850, aged fifty two years.  His father died in the fall
of 1858, at the age of sixty five.  Mr. Gilmore was married April 10,
1839, to Miss Sophia N. Miller, a native of Kentucky.  She was born
November 12, 1820.  They had eight children: Mary Jane, Robert M., 
James A., H. S., Eliza, Jennie, Margaret and Jefferson D., all are 
married except Jefferson D.  Mr. Gilmore owns ninety acres of land
under cultivation.  His wife and son-in-law, D. A. Yates, were
drowned November 11, 1879 in Pigeon Creek.  Mr. Gilmore has been
school director for several years, and was deputy collector and 
sheriff of the county.  He is a Master Mason, holding membership in
Agency Lodge, No. 10, and a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, in which he is an elder.

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