BIOGRAPHY: Isabel Gillis; Argyle, Washington co., NY
surname: Gillis

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BIOGRAPHY OF ISABEL GILLIS
March 12, 1788 - August 9, 1833

Isabel was born on March 12, 1788, almost surely in Argyle, Washington 
County, New York. She was the first of eight children born to James Gillis 
and Eleanor “Florey” Gilchrist. About 1813, Isabel married Joseph Gamel 
at Argyle. Joseph and Isabel had at least five children between 1814 and 
1822. They most likely lived during this time in or near Argyle. Isabel died 
in 1833 and is buried in the Scotch Cemetery in Argyle near others in her 
Gillis family. Joseph married again and moved west to Cayuga County, 
New York and later to Illinois, where he died in 1863.

Isabel’s gravestone reads “In memory of ISABEL Wife of JOSEPH GAMEL 
who died Aug. 9, 1833 in the 45 year of her age”.

Information for this biography was gathered from census records from 
1820; cemetery records from the Scotch Cemetery in Argyle, Washington 
County, New York; family Bible known to be in the possession of Harry 
Gamel and information from Leona Gamel Stone Gilpatrick.