Husband:IRSON GATES GILLETTE
Born: 1833 Ashtabula Co, Ohio Died: 1903 Warren Co, Illinois
Father: William Wilshire Shadrack Gillett
Mother: Huldah Wade
Married: 1857 Roseville, Illinois
Wife: Mary E.(Blue) Gillette
Born: 1842 Knox Co, Illinois Died: 1923
Children:
1. Famous Mortimore GILLETT (1858-1937), m.1882 Sara MILLER (1866-1946).
2. Reuben Glenroy GILLETT (1860-1940), m.1886 May KELLEY (b.1862).
3. Andrew Jackson GILLETT (1861-1864). - died at 3 years old
4. William Arthur GILLETT (1864-1936), m.1889 Almira JOHNSON (1872-1913).
5. George Benton GILLETT (1865-1948), m1.1897 Maria KELLEY (1867-1941), m2.1944
Bertha (_____) THORP, no issue.
6. Thomas GILLETT (1867-1868). - died at 1 year old
7. Viola Jane GILLETT (1868-1939), m.1887 William Wallace MILLER (1856-1911).
8. Fred GILLETT (1871-1898), m.1895 Tuerrissa Ann JOHNSON (1877-1907).
9. Thalia GILLETT (1873-1945), m.1892 Richard WISEMAN
10. Irson Alva "Zebe" GILLETT (1875-1954), m.1900 Jessie Isabel O'NEALE (d.1968).
11. Pearl GILLETT (1877-1946), m.1919 Elmina SMITH (b.1890), no issue.
12. Francis Marion GILLETT (1879-1889). - died at 10 years old
13. Freeman Daton GILLETT (1881-1938), m.1903 Maude Alice O'NEALE (1884-1971),
14. Frank GILLETT (1888-1931), m.1919 Rucia Arlette ALLEN (1891-1987).

Irson Gates GILLETT (1833-1903). m.1857 Mary BLUE (1842-1923), She was born in Knox Co. IL, near Abingdon, and he in Ashtabula Co. OH. They were married in Roseville IL. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to Warren Co. IL, where she grew up. After their marriage, Mary and Irson joined the Merridan Christian Church near Abingdon and remained with the Christian Church the rest of their lives. In about 1881 they moved their large family to a farm south of Stanberry, Gentry Co. MO. After the death of her husband, she lived with her son, Pearl. They are buried at White Oak Cemetery, Gentry Co. MO (Her obituary says she was buried in Cooper Cemetery). Irson was a son of William Shadrack and Hulda (WADE) GILLETT.