Andrew H. Gilmore, a merchant of Auburn, Nebraska, is one of the pioneers of this state. He passed through this section of the country first in 1850, while en route to California, and when he next came it was in February, 1869, as a permanent settler.
Mr. Gilmore belongs to a large family whose original ancestors in this country were Scotch-Irish Presbyterians who came here and made settlement on the banks of the James river in Virginia in colonial days. For the most part they have been farmers. Thomas Gilmore and William Gilmore, the father and grandfather of Andrew H., were born in Rockbridge County. Virginia, the former November 20, 1792, and the latter in 1760. William Gilmore served in the Revolutionary war. He married Martha Lackey, a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1761. and both lived to ripe old age. his death occurring September 16, 1836, and hers February 15, 1843. They reared a large family, whose names are as follows: Agnes, born May 9, 1784, died August 24, 1812; Robert, born April 9, 1786. died February 25, 1839; Martha Davidson, born March 6, 1788, died in June, 1856; James, born January 25, 1790; Thomas; Eli, born February 8, 1795, died April 4. 1857; William, born April 2, 1797, died February 1, 1837; Sabina. born June 13, 1799; Samuel, born September 13, 1801, died September 12, 1836; Nancy Paxton, who died February 28, 1852.
Thomas Gilmore served in the war of 1812. He married May 29, 1815, Miss Margaret Leech, who was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, in 1795. daughter of John Leech, a Virginia farmer. Grandfather Gilmore moved to Preble County, Ohio, from Virginia in 1824, some of his sons accompanying him. He took along a few slaves that he emancipated after they reached Ohio. Previous to this, in 1817, Thomas Gilmore and his wife moved to Kentucky and settled on lands that grand-father Leech had traded his Virginia farm for. The Kentucky land, however, proved poor, and about 1824 Thomas Gilmore and his family left it and went up into Ohio, joining the other emigrants there. He emigrated to Putnam county. Indiana, in 1836. He and his wife were the parents of twelve children., of whom one died in infancy and another, Martha, at the age of eleven years, in Ohio. Nine sons and one daughter reached adult age, as follows: William D. Gilmore, born in Virginia, May 26. 1816, went south in early life, and died shortly after the close of the Civil war, leaving no children. Thomas L. Gilmore, born in Kentucky, February 16, 1818, died in Putnam county, Indiana, at the age of thirty-six years, leaving sons and daughters: James Madison Gilmore, born in Kentucky, September 29, 1819, died in that state in 1852, having lost wife and children by death; John Gilmore, born in Kentucky, January 3, 1823. is now living retired at Greencastle, Indiana, which place has been his home for sixty-seven years, and where he once filled the office of county treasurer and served in other official capacities; Mary, wife of Thomas Leech, was born in Ohio, August 8, 1825, was the mother of six children, five of whom are deceased; Samuel B. Gilmore, born January 22, 1827, is now a retired resident of East St. Louis, Illinois, all of his family having died except one son and one daughter; Andrew H. Gilmore, was born in Preble County, Ohio, near Eaton, January 8, 1829; Nathan Gilmore, born December 26, 1830, went to California at an early day, where he became well known and was honored with a seat in the state legislature. He died at Placerville, California, in 1898, leaving his estate to his two daughters; Robert Harvey Gilmore, born in 1833, died of consumption, in 1856, in Indiana, where he was attending college; Sylvester F. Gilmore, born August 17, 1837, has long been a resident of Effingham, Illinois, where he has filled the office of judge. He has been twice married and has four children. Margaret (Leech) Gilmore, the mother of the above named family, died January 24, 1866, in Indiana, at the age of seventy-two years; and the father, Thomas Gilmore. survived her until January 9. 1880, when his death occurred at Effingham, Illinois.
Having thus briefly referred to his ancestry, we turn now to the life of Andrew H. Gilmore. the immediate subject of this review. As already stated, he was born in Preble County, Ohio. He was educated in one of the primitive log schoolhouses of Putnam county, Indiana. At the age of twenty-one years he taught his first of two terms of school; the other term he taught after his return from California.
In 1850 Mr. Gilmore made the "trip of his life." In the spring of that year he was one of seven young men who set out for California, his brother Nathan being of the number. A detailed description of the experiences of these young men as they traveled across the country, with two ox teams drawn by seven yoke of cattle, over rivers, plains and mountains; of the other parties that joined them in their travel: of their encounter with the Indians, and the many interesting incidents connected with the journey, would make a large volume. Suffice it to say that they arrived after seven months of travel at Placerville, or "Hangtown," as it was then called, in California, on September 10th. Mr. Gilmore was a gold miner for about three years in the vicinity of the Placerville diggings. In December, 1853, he went to San Francisco, took a steamer for home, which passed down the western coast and crossed to the eastern waters by the way of Lake Nicaragua, thence to New York and by cars to his place in Indiana.
Some time after his return from the far west, Mr. Gilmore was located at Greencastle, from which place he came to Nebraska in 1869, settling first in Brownville, at that time the county seat of Nemaha County, and from there coming to Auburn, in 1882. He was the founder and proprietor of three additions to the town of Auburn, has built three stores and seven residences, including his own home in the Gilmore Addition. This latter he has recently sold and expects soon to erect a handsomer home. In 1903 he, with two others, built a large brick block, one hundred and ten feet by seventy-five feet, which is now occupied by a department store under the firm name of "Gilmore, Armstrong & Company". Under the firm name of A. H. Gilmore & Sons he was for a number of years engaged in merchandising.
Politically, Mr. Gilmore has always given his support to the Republican party and at its hands has been the recipient of official honors. He served eight years as county treasurer of Nemaha County and has been a member of the town council of Brownville and school board of Brownville and of Auburn.
June 12, 1862, he married, in Atlanta, Illinois, Miss Josephine Allen. She is a daughter of David Allen, a soldier in the Mexican war, who died at Buena Vista, Mexico, in 1846, in the prime of life, leaving his widow and two daughters. Mrs. Allen was by maiden name Osea Ann Dunham. Some time after the death of Mr. Allen she became the wife of A. W. Morgan, a well known citizen of Indiana, by whom she had two daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore have had eight children, three of whom died in infancy. Those living being as follows: Albert D., steward at the Insane Hospital at Lincoln, Nebraska, has a wife and one son; Walter, married and in business with his father; Paul A., also in partnership with his father, is married and has two sons; Eugene A., professor of law in the State University of Wisconsin, has a wife and one son; and Grace Allen Gilmore, student at the State University of Wisconsin.
Fraternally Mr. Gilmore has long been identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and his religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church, of which he and his family are worthy members and in which for half a century he has been an elder.
A Biographical and Genealogical History of Southeastern Nebraska - Volume 1 - 1904
Transcribed and Contributed by: Barbara Zigenmeyer
Biographical and Genealogical History of Andrew Hall Gilmore, provided courtesy of KEE #47672651.
Mr. Gilmore belongs to a large family whose original ancestors in this country were Scotch-Irish Presbyterians who came here and made settlement on the banks of the James river in Virginia in colonial days. For the most part they have been farmers. Thomas Gilmore and William Gilmore, the father and grandfather of Andrew H., were born in Rockbridge County. Virginia, the former November 20, 1792, and the latter in 1760. William Gilmore served in the Revolutionary war. He married Martha Lackey, a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1761. and both lived to ripe old age. his death occurring September 16, 1836, and hers February 15, 1843. They reared a large family, whose names are as follows: Agnes, born May 9, 1784, died August 24, 1812; Robert, born April 9, 1786. died February 25, 1839; Martha Davidson, born March 6, 1788, died in June, 1856; James, born January 25, 1790; Thomas; Eli, born February 8, 1795, died April 4. 1857; William, born April 2, 1797, died February 1, 1837; Sabina. born June 13, 1799; Samuel, born September 13, 1801, died September 12, 1836; Nancy Paxton, who died February 28, 1852.
Thomas Gilmore served in the war of 1812. He married May 29, 1815, Miss Margaret Leech, who was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, in 1795. daughter of John Leech, a Virginia farmer. Grandfather Gilmore moved to Preble County, Ohio, from Virginia in 1824, some of his sons accompanying him. He took along a few slaves that he emancipated after they reached Ohio. Previous to this, in 1817, Thomas Gilmore and his wife moved to Kentucky and settled on lands that grand-father Leech had traded his Virginia farm for. The Kentucky land, however, proved poor, and about 1824 Thomas Gilmore and his family left it and went up into Ohio, joining the other emigrants there. He emigrated to Putnam county. Indiana, in 1836. He and his wife were the parents of twelve children., of whom one died in infancy and another, Martha, at the age of eleven years, in Ohio. Nine sons and one daughter reached adult age, as follows: William D. Gilmore, born in Virginia, May 26. 1816, went south in early life, and died shortly after the close of the Civil war, leaving no children. Thomas L. Gilmore, born in Kentucky, February 16, 1818, died in Putnam county, Indiana, at the age of thirty-six years, leaving sons and daughters: James Madison Gilmore, born in Kentucky, September 29, 1819, died in that state in 1852, having lost wife and children by death; John Gilmore, born in Kentucky, January 3, 1823. is now living retired at Greencastle, Indiana, which place has been his home for sixty-seven years, and where he once filled the office of county treasurer and served in other official capacities; Mary, wife of Thomas Leech, was born in Ohio, August 8, 1825, was the mother of six children, five of whom are deceased; Samuel B. Gilmore, born January 22, 1827, is now a retired resident of East St. Louis, Illinois, all of his family having died except one son and one daughter; Andrew H. Gilmore, was born in Preble County, Ohio, near Eaton, January 8, 1829; Nathan Gilmore, born December 26, 1830, went to California at an early day, where he became well known and was honored with a seat in the state legislature. He died at Placerville, California, in 1898, leaving his estate to his two daughters; Robert Harvey Gilmore, born in 1833, died of consumption, in 1856, in Indiana, where he was attending college; Sylvester F. Gilmore, born August 17, 1837, has long been a resident of Effingham, Illinois, where he has filled the office of judge. He has been twice married and has four children. Margaret (Leech) Gilmore, the mother of the above named family, died January 24, 1866, in Indiana, at the age of seventy-two years; and the father, Thomas Gilmore. survived her until January 9. 1880, when his death occurred at Effingham, Illinois.
Having thus briefly referred to his ancestry, we turn now to the life of Andrew H. Gilmore. the immediate subject of this review. As already stated, he was born in Preble County, Ohio. He was educated in one of the primitive log schoolhouses of Putnam county, Indiana. At the age of twenty-one years he taught his first of two terms of school; the other term he taught after his return from California.
In 1850 Mr. Gilmore made the "trip of his life." In the spring of that year he was one of seven young men who set out for California, his brother Nathan being of the number. A detailed description of the experiences of these young men as they traveled across the country, with two ox teams drawn by seven yoke of cattle, over rivers, plains and mountains; of the other parties that joined them in their travel: of their encounter with the Indians, and the many interesting incidents connected with the journey, would make a large volume. Suffice it to say that they arrived after seven months of travel at Placerville, or "Hangtown," as it was then called, in California, on September 10th. Mr. Gilmore was a gold miner for about three years in the vicinity of the Placerville diggings. In December, 1853, he went to San Francisco, took a steamer for home, which passed down the western coast and crossed to the eastern waters by the way of Lake Nicaragua, thence to New York and by cars to his place in Indiana.
Some time after his return from the far west, Mr. Gilmore was located at Greencastle, from which place he came to Nebraska in 1869, settling first in Brownville, at that time the county seat of Nemaha County, and from there coming to Auburn, in 1882. He was the founder and proprietor of three additions to the town of Auburn, has built three stores and seven residences, including his own home in the Gilmore Addition. This latter he has recently sold and expects soon to erect a handsomer home. In 1903 he, with two others, built a large brick block, one hundred and ten feet by seventy-five feet, which is now occupied by a department store under the firm name of "Gilmore, Armstrong & Company". Under the firm name of A. H. Gilmore & Sons he was for a number of years engaged in merchandising.
Politically, Mr. Gilmore has always given his support to the Republican party and at its hands has been the recipient of official honors. He served eight years as county treasurer of Nemaha County and has been a member of the town council of Brownville and school board of Brownville and of Auburn.
June 12, 1862, he married, in Atlanta, Illinois, Miss Josephine Allen. She is a daughter of David Allen, a soldier in the Mexican war, who died at Buena Vista, Mexico, in 1846, in the prime of life, leaving his widow and two daughters. Mrs. Allen was by maiden name Osea Ann Dunham. Some time after the death of Mr. Allen she became the wife of A. W. Morgan, a well known citizen of Indiana, by whom she had two daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore have had eight children, three of whom died in infancy. Those living being as follows: Albert D., steward at the Insane Hospital at Lincoln, Nebraska, has a wife and one son; Walter, married and in business with his father; Paul A., also in partnership with his father, is married and has two sons; Eugene A., professor of law in the State University of Wisconsin, has a wife and one son; and Grace Allen Gilmore, student at the State University of Wisconsin.
Fraternally Mr. Gilmore has long been identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and his religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church, of which he and his family are worthy members and in which for half a century he has been an elder.
A Biographical and Genealogical History of Southeastern Nebraska - Volume 1 - 1904
Transcribed and Contributed by: Barbara Zigenmeyer
Biographical and Genealogical History of Andrew Hall Gilmore, provided courtesy of KEE #47672651.
Andrew H. Gilmore, a merchant of Auburn, Nebraska, is one of the pioneers of this state. He passed through this section of the country first in 1850, while en route to California, and when he next came it was in February, 1869, as a permanent settler.
Mr. Gilmore belongs to a large family whose original ancestors in this country were Scotch-Irish Presbyterians who came here and made settlement on the banks of the James river in Virginia in colonial days. For the most part they have been farmers. Thomas Gilmore and William Gilmore, the father and grandfather of Andrew H., were born in Rockbridge County. Virginia, the former November 20, 1792, and the latter in 1760. William Gilmore served in the Revolutionary war. He married Martha Lackey, a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1761. and both lived to ripe old age. his death occurring September 16, 1836, and hers February 15, 1843. They reared a large family, whose names are as follows: Agnes, born May 9, 1784, died August 24, 1812; Robert, born April 9, 1786. died February 25, 1839; Martha Davidson, born March 6, 1788, died in June, 1856; James, born January 25, 1790; Thomas; Eli, born February 8, 1795, died April 4. 1857; William, born April 2, 1797, died February 1, 1837; Sabina. born June 13, 1799; Samuel, born September 13, 1801, died September 12, 1836; Nancy Paxton, who died February 28, 1852.
Thomas Gilmore served in the war of 1812. He married May 29, 1815, Miss Margaret Leech, who was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, in 1795. daughter of John Leech, a Virginia farmer. Grandfather Gilmore moved to Preble County, Ohio, from Virginia in 1824, some of his sons accompanying him. He took along a few slaves that he emancipated after they reached Ohio. Previous to this, in 1817, Thomas Gilmore and his wife moved to Kentucky and settled on lands that grand-father Leech had traded his Virginia farm for. The Kentucky land, however, proved poor, and about 1824 Thomas Gilmore and his family left it and went up into Ohio, joining the other emigrants there. He emigrated to Putnam county. Indiana, in 1836. He and his wife were the parents of twelve children., of whom one died in infancy and another, Martha, at the age of eleven years, in Ohio. Nine sons and one daughter reached adult age, as follows: William D. Gilmore, born in Virginia, May 26. 1816, went south in early life, and died shortly after the close of the Civil war, leaving no children. Thomas L. Gilmore, born in Kentucky, February 16, 1818, died in Putnam county, Indiana, at the age of thirty-six years, leaving sons and daughters: James Madison Gilmore, born in Kentucky, September 29, 1819, died in that state in 1852, having lost wife and children by death; John Gilmore, born in Kentucky, January 3, 1823. is now living retired at Greencastle, Indiana, which place has been his home for sixty-seven years, and where he once filled the office of county treasurer and served in other official capacities; Mary, wife of Thomas Leech, was born in Ohio, August 8, 1825, was the mother of six children, five of whom are deceased; Samuel B. Gilmore, born January 22, 1827, is now a retired resident of East St. Louis, Illinois, all of his family having died except one son and one daughter; Andrew H. Gilmore, was born in Preble County, Ohio, near Eaton, January 8, 1829; Nathan Gilmore, born December 26, 1830, went to California at an early day, where he became well known and was honored with a seat in the state legislature. He died at Placerville, California, in 1898, leaving his estate to his two daughters; Robert Harvey Gilmore, born in 1833, died of consumption, in 1856, in Indiana, where he was attending college; Sylvester F. Gilmore, born August 17, 1837, has long been a resident of Effingham, Illinois, where he has filled the office of judge. He has been twice married and has four children. Margaret (Leech) Gilmore, the mother of the above named family, died January 24, 1866, in Indiana, at the age of seventy-two years; and the father, Thomas Gilmore. survived her until January 9. 1880, when his death occurred at Effingham, Illinois.
Having thus briefly referred to his ancestry, we turn now to the life of Andrew H. Gilmore. the immediate subject of this review. As already stated, he was born in Preble County, Ohio. He was educated in one of the primitive log schoolhouses of Putnam county, Indiana. At the age of twenty-one years he taught his first of two terms of school; the other term he taught after his return from California.
In 1850 Mr. Gilmore made the "trip of his life." In the spring of that year he was one of seven young men who set out for California, his brother Nathan being of the number. A detailed description of the experiences of these young men as they traveled across the country, with two ox teams drawn by seven yoke of cattle, over rivers, plains and mountains; of the other parties that joined them in their travel: of their encounter with the Indians, and the many interesting incidents connected with the journey, would make a large volume. Suffice it to say that they arrived after seven months of travel at Placerville, or "Hangtown," as it was then called, in California, on September 10th. Mr. Gilmore was a gold miner for about three years in the vicinity of the Placerville diggings. In December, 1853, he went to San Francisco, took a steamer for home, which passed down the western coast and crossed to the eastern waters by the way of Lake Nicaragua, thence to New York and by cars to his place in Indiana.
Some time after his return from the far west, Mr. Gilmore was located at Greencastle, from which place he came to Nebraska in 1869, settling first in Brownville, at that time the county seat of Nemaha County, and from there coming to Auburn, in 1882. He was the founder and proprietor of three additions to the town of Auburn, has built three stores and seven residences, including his own home in the Gilmore Addition. This latter he has recently sold and expects soon to erect a handsomer home. In 1903 he, with two others, built a large brick block, one hundred and ten feet by seventy-five feet, which is now occupied by a department store under the firm name of "Gilmore, Armstrong & Company". Under the firm name of A. H. Gilmore & Sons he was for a number of years engaged in merchandising.
Politically, Mr. Gilmore has always given his support to the Republican party and at its hands has been the recipient of official honors. He served eight years as county treasurer of Nemaha County and has been a member of the town council of Brownville and school board of Brownville and of Auburn.
June 12, 1862, he married, in Atlanta, Illinois, Miss Josephine Allen. She is a daughter of David Allen, a soldier in the Mexican war, who died at Buena Vista, Mexico, in 1846, in the prime of life, leaving his widow and two daughters. Mrs. Allen was by maiden name Osea Ann Dunham. Some time after the death of Mr. Allen she became the wife of A. W. Morgan, a well known citizen of Indiana, by whom she had two daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore have had eight children, three of whom died in infancy. Those living being as follows: Albert D., steward at the Insane Hospital at Lincoln, Nebraska, has a wife and one son; Walter, married and in business with his father; Paul A., also in partnership with his father, is married and has two sons; Eugene A., professor of law in the State University of Wisconsin, has a wife and one son; and Grace Allen Gilmore, student at the State University of Wisconsin.
Fraternally Mr. Gilmore has long been identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and his religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church, of which he and his family are worthy members and in which for half a century he has been an elder.
A Biographical and Genealogical History of Southeastern Nebraska - Volume 1 - 1904
Transcribed and Contributed by: Barbara Zigenmeyer
Biographical and Genealogical History of Andrew Hall Gilmore, provided courtesy of KEE #47672651.
Mr. Gilmore belongs to a large family whose original ancestors in this country were Scotch-Irish Presbyterians who came here and made settlement on the banks of the James river in Virginia in colonial days. For the most part they have been farmers. Thomas Gilmore and William Gilmore, the father and grandfather of Andrew H., were born in Rockbridge County. Virginia, the former November 20, 1792, and the latter in 1760. William Gilmore served in the Revolutionary war. He married Martha Lackey, a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1761. and both lived to ripe old age. his death occurring September 16, 1836, and hers February 15, 1843. They reared a large family, whose names are as follows: Agnes, born May 9, 1784, died August 24, 1812; Robert, born April 9, 1786. died February 25, 1839; Martha Davidson, born March 6, 1788, died in June, 1856; James, born January 25, 1790; Thomas; Eli, born February 8, 1795, died April 4. 1857; William, born April 2, 1797, died February 1, 1837; Sabina. born June 13, 1799; Samuel, born September 13, 1801, died September 12, 1836; Nancy Paxton, who died February 28, 1852.
Thomas Gilmore served in the war of 1812. He married May 29, 1815, Miss Margaret Leech, who was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, in 1795. daughter of John Leech, a Virginia farmer. Grandfather Gilmore moved to Preble County, Ohio, from Virginia in 1824, some of his sons accompanying him. He took along a few slaves that he emancipated after they reached Ohio. Previous to this, in 1817, Thomas Gilmore and his wife moved to Kentucky and settled on lands that grand-father Leech had traded his Virginia farm for. The Kentucky land, however, proved poor, and about 1824 Thomas Gilmore and his family left it and went up into Ohio, joining the other emigrants there. He emigrated to Putnam county. Indiana, in 1836. He and his wife were the parents of twelve children., of whom one died in infancy and another, Martha, at the age of eleven years, in Ohio. Nine sons and one daughter reached adult age, as follows: William D. Gilmore, born in Virginia, May 26. 1816, went south in early life, and died shortly after the close of the Civil war, leaving no children. Thomas L. Gilmore, born in Kentucky, February 16, 1818, died in Putnam county, Indiana, at the age of thirty-six years, leaving sons and daughters: James Madison Gilmore, born in Kentucky, September 29, 1819, died in that state in 1852, having lost wife and children by death; John Gilmore, born in Kentucky, January 3, 1823. is now living retired at Greencastle, Indiana, which place has been his home for sixty-seven years, and where he once filled the office of county treasurer and served in other official capacities; Mary, wife of Thomas Leech, was born in Ohio, August 8, 1825, was the mother of six children, five of whom are deceased; Samuel B. Gilmore, born January 22, 1827, is now a retired resident of East St. Louis, Illinois, all of his family having died except one son and one daughter; Andrew H. Gilmore, was born in Preble County, Ohio, near Eaton, January 8, 1829; Nathan Gilmore, born December 26, 1830, went to California at an early day, where he became well known and was honored with a seat in the state legislature. He died at Placerville, California, in 1898, leaving his estate to his two daughters; Robert Harvey Gilmore, born in 1833, died of consumption, in 1856, in Indiana, where he was attending college; Sylvester F. Gilmore, born August 17, 1837, has long been a resident of Effingham, Illinois, where he has filled the office of judge. He has been twice married and has four children. Margaret (Leech) Gilmore, the mother of the above named family, died January 24, 1866, in Indiana, at the age of seventy-two years; and the father, Thomas Gilmore. survived her until January 9. 1880, when his death occurred at Effingham, Illinois.
Having thus briefly referred to his ancestry, we turn now to the life of Andrew H. Gilmore. the immediate subject of this review. As already stated, he was born in Preble County, Ohio. He was educated in one of the primitive log schoolhouses of Putnam county, Indiana. At the age of twenty-one years he taught his first of two terms of school; the other term he taught after his return from California.
In 1850 Mr. Gilmore made the "trip of his life." In the spring of that year he was one of seven young men who set out for California, his brother Nathan being of the number. A detailed description of the experiences of these young men as they traveled across the country, with two ox teams drawn by seven yoke of cattle, over rivers, plains and mountains; of the other parties that joined them in their travel: of their encounter with the Indians, and the many interesting incidents connected with the journey, would make a large volume. Suffice it to say that they arrived after seven months of travel at Placerville, or "Hangtown," as it was then called, in California, on September 10th. Mr. Gilmore was a gold miner for about three years in the vicinity of the Placerville diggings. In December, 1853, he went to San Francisco, took a steamer for home, which passed down the western coast and crossed to the eastern waters by the way of Lake Nicaragua, thence to New York and by cars to his place in Indiana.
Some time after his return from the far west, Mr. Gilmore was located at Greencastle, from which place he came to Nebraska in 1869, settling first in Brownville, at that time the county seat of Nemaha County, and from there coming to Auburn, in 1882. He was the founder and proprietor of three additions to the town of Auburn, has built three stores and seven residences, including his own home in the Gilmore Addition. This latter he has recently sold and expects soon to erect a handsomer home. In 1903 he, with two others, built a large brick block, one hundred and ten feet by seventy-five feet, which is now occupied by a department store under the firm name of "Gilmore, Armstrong & Company". Under the firm name of A. H. Gilmore & Sons he was for a number of years engaged in merchandising.
Politically, Mr. Gilmore has always given his support to the Republican party and at its hands has been the recipient of official honors. He served eight years as county treasurer of Nemaha County and has been a member of the town council of Brownville and school board of Brownville and of Auburn.
June 12, 1862, he married, in Atlanta, Illinois, Miss Josephine Allen. She is a daughter of David Allen, a soldier in the Mexican war, who died at Buena Vista, Mexico, in 1846, in the prime of life, leaving his widow and two daughters. Mrs. Allen was by maiden name Osea Ann Dunham. Some time after the death of Mr. Allen she became the wife of A. W. Morgan, a well known citizen of Indiana, by whom she had two daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore have had eight children, three of whom died in infancy. Those living being as follows: Albert D., steward at the Insane Hospital at Lincoln, Nebraska, has a wife and one son; Walter, married and in business with his father; Paul A., also in partnership with his father, is married and has two sons; Eugene A., professor of law in the State University of Wisconsin, has a wife and one son; and Grace Allen Gilmore, student at the State University of Wisconsin.
Fraternally Mr. Gilmore has long been identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and his religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church, of which he and his family are worthy members and in which for half a century he has been an elder.
A Biographical and Genealogical History of Southeastern Nebraska - Volume 1 - 1904
Transcribed and Contributed by: Barbara Zigenmeyer
Biographical and Genealogical History of Andrew Hall Gilmore, provided courtesy of KEE #47672651.
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