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Matthew Bryant Gilmore
12 Feb 1891 – 9 Jan 1995
| Birth | 12 Feb 1891 |
| Death | 9 Jan 1995 |
| Cemetery | Strongs Memorial Park Slocum , Anderson County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Carol Anne Hoch on 03 Feb 2015 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70147613 |
Bio
Suggested edit: M. B. Gilmore "My father, W. T. Gilmore, eighty years of age, was born in Cherokee County. His father, my grandfather Bryant Gilmore, came to Texas before the Civil War. He and four brothers were all in the war. Our school at Denson Springs was one of the biggest in Anderson County before the war, and one of the old school houses where Prof. Birdwell taught seventy years or more ago is not far from here; it is near Mr. Dismukes' place. My father went to school to Prof. Birdwell. Some of the teachers of our school I recall were Frank Austin, and Young Lacy. In 1878, Mr. L. C. Watkins, now of Elkhart, circulated a petition to have the school moved from its old locaton, known as Grayson School house, to its present site. Roy Watkins and Douglas Watkins are our school trustees. The school house is used for worship also when visiting preachers hold services for us. Our community is interested mainly in farming. Cotton, corn and cane are grown, and sometimes tomatoes. "The old Ioni village was about two miles from Denson Springs. Our farm must have been in the heart of it, from the number of arrow heads, bits of pottery, etc. we have found on it." Here Mr. Gilmore paused long enough to bring out some of these relics. At a rough estimate, there were easily several dozen of them. "In front of our farm when they built the highway twenty-two arrow heads were unearthed. They had been stacked as a child would build a stick pen." [A Centennial History of Anderson County, Texas" San Antonio, Tex.: Naylor Co., 1936] Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
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Family
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Siblings
- Emma Edna Gilmore Lively 1878–1975
- Annie Victoria Gilmore Biggers 1880–1975
- Mertie Belle Gilmore 1882–1882
- Charlotte Mable "Lottie" Gilmore Lockler 1883–1977
- Ruby Gilmore Wise 1885–1915
- Mary Elizabeth Gilmore Barron 1887–1975
- Ella Inez Gilmore Clark 1888–1984
- Ethel Gilmore Moore 1893–1986
- Gertha Ada Gilmore Terry 1895–1971
Children
- Raymond Earl Gilmore 1911–2011
- Grady Gilmore 1914–1986
- Lorena Gilmore Alford 1915–1990
- Ruby Lucille Gilmore Averitte 1918–?
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