The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 76, No 23, p 735, June 8, 1914.
Mrs. Sarah E. Gillette, widow of the late Dr. Fidelio B. Gillette, died on May 21, 1914, at the home of her brother-in-law, Dr. Thomas H. Tomlinson, in Plainfield, N. J., in the eighty-third year of her age.
She was the daughter of David and Julianna (Bonham) McPherson of Shiloh. N. J. In 1857 she. was married to Dr. Fidelio B. Gillette, son of Rev. Walter B. Gillette. In 1872, after serving as surgeon in the Civil War and several army posts, Doctor Gillette settled in Plainfield, where he became a well-known physician. Later they lived in Brooklyn where he was employed as physician and surgeon for the Pratt's OiI Works. After her husband's death, in 1898, Mrs. Gillette went to live with her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Chamberlain of San Antonio, Tex. She afterwards lived in Plainfield, N. J., the last four years of her life being spent in the home of Doctor Tomlinson.
On the evening of May 22 funeral services were conducted by Pastor Edwin Shaw in the home and on the following day the body was taken to the old, Shiloh Cemetery in South Jersey, and laid to rest beside that of her husband. Services there were held by Pastor Skaggs in the shadow of the trees beside the church. A loving mother and true friend has gone to her reward.
T. L. G.
Contributor: Jon Saunders (47674050) • [email protected]
Mrs. Sarah E. Gillette, widow of the late Dr. Fidelio B. Gillette, died on May 21, 1914, at the home of her brother-in-law, Dr. Thomas H. Tomlinson, in Plainfield, N. J., in the eighty-third year of her age.
She was the daughter of David and Julianna (Bonham) McPherson of Shiloh. N. J. In 1857 she. was married to Dr. Fidelio B. Gillette, son of Rev. Walter B. Gillette. In 1872, after serving as surgeon in the Civil War and several army posts, Doctor Gillette settled in Plainfield, where he became a well-known physician. Later they lived in Brooklyn where he was employed as physician and surgeon for the Pratt's OiI Works. After her husband's death, in 1898, Mrs. Gillette went to live with her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Chamberlain of San Antonio, Tex. She afterwards lived in Plainfield, N. J., the last four years of her life being spent in the home of Doctor Tomlinson.
On the evening of May 22 funeral services were conducted by Pastor Edwin Shaw in the home and on the following day the body was taken to the old, Shiloh Cemetery in South Jersey, and laid to rest beside that of her husband. Services there were held by Pastor Skaggs in the shadow of the trees beside the church. A loving mother and true friend has gone to her reward.
T. L. G.
Contributor: Jon Saunders (47674050) • [email protected]
The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 76, No 23, p 735, June 8, 1914.
Mrs. Sarah E. Gillette, widow of the late Dr. Fidelio B. Gillette, died on May 21, 1914, at the home of her brother-in-law, Dr. Thomas H. Tomlinson, in Plainfield, N. J., in the eighty-third year of her age.
She was the daughter of David and Julianna (Bonham) McPherson of Shiloh. N. J. In 1857 she. was married to Dr. Fidelio B. Gillette, son of Rev. Walter B. Gillette. In 1872, after serving as surgeon in the Civil War and several army posts, Doctor Gillette settled in Plainfield, where he became a well-known physician. Later they lived in Brooklyn where he was employed as physician and surgeon for the Pratt's OiI Works. After her husband's death, in 1898, Mrs. Gillette went to live with her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Chamberlain of San Antonio, Tex. She afterwards lived in Plainfield, N. J., the last four years of her life being spent in the home of Doctor Tomlinson.
On the evening of May 22 funeral services were conducted by Pastor Edwin Shaw in the home and on the following day the body was taken to the old, Shiloh Cemetery in South Jersey, and laid to rest beside that of her husband. Services there were held by Pastor Skaggs in the shadow of the trees beside the church. A loving mother and true friend has gone to her reward.
T. L. G.
Contributor: Jon Saunders (47674050) • [email protected]
Mrs. Sarah E. Gillette, widow of the late Dr. Fidelio B. Gillette, died on May 21, 1914, at the home of her brother-in-law, Dr. Thomas H. Tomlinson, in Plainfield, N. J., in the eighty-third year of her age.
She was the daughter of David and Julianna (Bonham) McPherson of Shiloh. N. J. In 1857 she. was married to Dr. Fidelio B. Gillette, son of Rev. Walter B. Gillette. In 1872, after serving as surgeon in the Civil War and several army posts, Doctor Gillette settled in Plainfield, where he became a well-known physician. Later they lived in Brooklyn where he was employed as physician and surgeon for the Pratt's OiI Works. After her husband's death, in 1898, Mrs. Gillette went to live with her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Chamberlain of San Antonio, Tex. She afterwards lived in Plainfield, N. J., the last four years of her life being spent in the home of Doctor Tomlinson.
On the evening of May 22 funeral services were conducted by Pastor Edwin Shaw in the home and on the following day the body was taken to the old, Shiloh Cemetery in South Jersey, and laid to rest beside that of her husband. Services there were held by Pastor Skaggs in the shadow of the trees beside the church. A loving mother and true friend has gone to her reward.
T. L. G.
Contributor: Jon Saunders (47674050) • [email protected]
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