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Hancock County ILGenWeb  pioneer's place of brith: Lincoln County, Kentucky pioneer's date of brith: 13 September 1813 maiden name of pioneer's spouse: Jane Alexander BRONAUGH spouse's place of birth: Kentucky [either in Lincoln or Christian County] spouse's date of birth: 20 August 1811 year first settled in Hancock County: 1833 town or township: La Harpe comments: Lived with his parents, George and Polly Terrell [Hickman] GILMOUR in Christian County, Kentucky from 1815 until 1833. Married in 1833 and with his spouse, Jane Alexander BRONAUGH, immediately departed for Illinois and settled in Hancock County where they raised a family and lived until 1851, when they sold their land and departed for Oregon by covered wagon. They arrived in Oregon on 10 September 1851, and after receiving a Donation Land Claim, settled on a farm near Lebanon, Linn County. His occupation was that of a blacksmith. He was a Justice of the Peace in Linn County, and a community leader who was one of the founders and backers of the ALBANY STATES RIGHTS DEMOCRAT newspaper. He settled in Silverton, Marion County, Oregon in the mid 1880's and that was his place of residence until his death. He died on 7 November 1903, while visiting his son, John Thomas GILMOUR and his family in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington. He is buried in the IOOF Cemetery in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington. . . -------------------------------------------------- pioneer's name: James Lewis GILMOUR pioneer's place of brith: Lincoln County, Kentucky pioneer's date of brith: 1809 maiden name of pioneer's spouse: Bridget MOFFAT spouse's place of birth: unknown spouse's date of birth: Kentucky year first settled in Hancock County: 1830 town or township: La Harpe Township comments: Son of George and Polly Terrell [Hickman] GILMOUR. Brother of John Wilson GILMOUR. Lived in Christian County, Kentucky from 1815 until 1830 when he moved with his spouse, Bridget MOFFAT, to Hancock County, Illinois. His brothers, John Wilson GILMOUR, Thomas Elliott GILMOUR and Robert B. GILMOUR soon joined him there and were listed in the 1842 Tax List for Hancock County, Illinois. He departed for Oregon in 1851, with his brother, John Wilson GILMOUR and was listed in Linn County, Oregon in 1857, but according to published family documents he returned to Hancock County, Illinois by 1893 where he died. . . -------------------------------------------------- pioneer's name: Thomas Elliott GILMOUR pioneer's place of brith: Christian County, Kentucky pioneer's date of brith: 1816 maiden name of pioneer's spouse: Mary A. YOKE spouse's place of birth: Pennsylvania spouse's date of birth: 1821 year first settled in Hancock County: 1835 town or township: La Harpe comments: Thomas Ellott GILMOUR lived with his parents, George and Polly Terrell [Hickman] GILMOUR in Christian County, Kentucky until his father's death there in 1835, and then departed for Hancock County, Illinois to join his brothers, James Lewis GILMOUR and John Wilson GILMOUR who were living there near La Harpe. He married Mary A. Yoke in Hancock County, Illinois on 3 March 1842 and they were the parents of two children. Thomas Elliott GILMOUR died in Hancock County, Illinois in 1850. . . -------------------------------------------------- pioneer's name: Eleanor J. GILMOUR pioneer's place of brith: Christian County, Kentucky pioneer's date of brith: 1822 maiden name of pioneer's spouse: John SALTER spouse's place of birth: New Jersey spouse's date of birth: 1821 year first settled in Hancock County: 1835 town or township: La Harpe comments: Eleanor J. GILMOUR was born in Christian County, Kentucky in 1822 and was the daughter of George and Polly Terrell [Hickman] GILMOUR. She lived in Christian County, Kentucky until her father died there in 1835, and then moved to Hancock County, Illinois to be with her brothers, James Lewis GILMOUR, John Wilson GILMOUR, Thomas Elliott GILMOUR and Robert B. GILMOUR. She was married to John SALTER in Hancock County, Illinois on 5 December 1841. He was a born in New Jersey in 1821 and died in Hancock County, Illinois before 1849. Eleanor was married again to Alman W. LITTLE in Hancock County, Illinois on 13 November 1849. He was born in Vermont in 1821. They were the parents of a son, John S. LITTLE who was born in Hancock County, Illinois in 1854. . . -------------------------------------------------- pioneer's name: James Neville pioneer's place of brith: Palas Kenry, County Limerick, Ireland pioneer's date of brith: circa 1802 maiden name of pioneer's spouse: Alice Mckay spouse's place of birth: Ireland spouse's date of birth: year first settled in Hancock County: 1846 town or township: La Harpe comments: James Neville, born in County Limerick, Ireland. came to the United states prior to 1830.In 1835, James. along with his siblings and parents traveled from Maryland to Fulton County, Illinois. James married Alice Mckay and purchased farm land north of LaHarpe prior to 1848. Alice's family had settled in McDonough County and remained near Sciota. James and Alice had four children, two of whom survived to adulthood. James died in 1884 and Alice lived until 1899, remaining on their farm until her death. . . -------------------------------------------------- pioneer's name: James GRAY pioneer's place of brith: Scotland pioneer's date of brith: May 25, 1804 maiden name of pioneer's spouse: Mary Ann Carr spouse's place of birth: Scotland spouse's date of birth: August 11, 1810 year first settled in Hancock County: 1840 town or township: Appanoose Township comments: James immigrated to America from Scotland in 1829 settling in the eastern states as a millwright/carpenter. He married Mary Ann Carr also of Scotland and had 2 children born in Connecticut. His next child was born in Iowa in 1838. His family was in Hancock Co. by 1840. Four children were born to this family in Hancock County. Sometime after the last child was born in 1851, in 1852 or 1853, the family traveled overland by ox teams and wagon train to California settling in Sutter County. . . |