Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Gilkeson, B. F.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bristol Township


B. F. GILKESON attorney, P.O. Bristol, was born in Bristol 
August 23, 1842.  The father of this gentleman was Andrew W. 
Gilkeson, whose ancestors were among the first settlers of 
the state, as were also those of his mother, who was a Miss 
Kinsey.  The father was born in Montgomery county, but spent 
most of his life in Bucks.  He practiced law in Bristol for 
many years, and served one term as prothonotary of Bucks 
county.  Our subject was educated in the graded schools and 
at the Hartsville academy, and studied law with Anthony 
Swain, Esq., of Bristol.  He began the practice of his 
profession in February, 1864, and is now accounted among the 
leading attorneys of the county.  In 1870 he was married to 
Charlotte B., daughter of George B. Jones, of Pittsburgh, 
Pa., who died in 1872, and in 1874 Mr. Gilkeson was married 
to Helen E., daughter of Samuel Pike, of Bristol.  They have 
three children:  Franklin, Helen, and Ethel.  Mr. Gilkeson 
was a member of the state militia during the war.  He is 
district deputy grand-master of Masons for Bucks and 
Montgomery counties, and a trustee of the state lunatic 
asylum at Norristown, Pa., and has been corporation counsel 
for the borough of Bristol for many years.  He is a member 
of the Episcopal church; and his wife of the Presbyterian 
church.  In politics he is a republican.