According to Catherine's Death Certificate, the Cause of Death was listed as Cancer of the Liver of five months duration.
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DEATH OF TWO PIONEERS
MRS. CATHARINE GILMORE DIED THURSDAY MORNING
Mrs. Catharine Gilmore, who has been ill for quite along time from a complication of diseases, died at her residence at this place Thursday, March 10, 1904, aged 78 years, 9 months, and 16 days.
Mrs. Gilmore was the daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Whitesell, the third child in a family of 14 children, and was born May 24, 1825. Her parents were natives of Virginia and Kentucky, respectively, were married in Kentucky, and moved to this locality at an early date, and resided near Unionville, this county where Mrs. Gilmore was born.
Miss Catharine Whitesell was married to John Gilmore Aug 19, 1853, and soon after their marriage the young couple settled on the Gilmore homestead, two miles west of this place, where the family resided for many years, and where Mr. Gilmore died some 25 years ago. Mrs. Gilmore continued to live on the farm after her husband's death until the children were all grown. Here were born to Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore: Mrs. Mary Sanders, Mrs. Sarah Coffey, Robert Gilmore, Jennie Gilmore, Mrs. Nannie Hanna, Mrs. Martha Grant and John Lincoln Gilmore. Sarah, Robert, Martha, and Lincoln survive.
Mrs. Gilmore was a member of the C.P. church in which faith she died, and had lived a prominent member for many years. She was very domestic in her nature, kind, quiet, and loving to family and friends.
Funeral services will be held at the Presbyterian church tomorrow at 10 o'clock a.m., conducted by the Rev. J.M. Nash, the M.E. minister, and remains interred at the C.P. cemetery near town.
[The Ellettsville Farm - Ellettsville, Indiana - 11 March 1904]
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According to Catherine's Death Certificate, the Cause of Death was listed as Cancer of the Liver of five months duration.
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DEATH OF TWO PIONEERS
MRS. CATHARINE GILMORE DIED THURSDAY MORNING
Mrs. Catharine Gilmore, who has been ill for quite along time from a complication of diseases, died at her residence at this place Thursday, March 10, 1904, aged 78 years, 9 months, and 16 days.
Mrs. Gilmore was the daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Whitesell, the third child in a family of 14 children, and was born May 24, 1825. Her parents were natives of Virginia and Kentucky, respectively, were married in Kentucky, and moved to this locality at an early date, and resided near Unionville, this county where Mrs. Gilmore was born.
Miss Catharine Whitesell was married to John Gilmore Aug 19, 1853, and soon after their marriage the young couple settled on the Gilmore homestead, two miles west of this place, where the family resided for many years, and where Mr. Gilmore died some 25 years ago. Mrs. Gilmore continued to live on the farm after her husband's death until the children were all grown. Here were born to Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore: Mrs. Mary Sanders, Mrs. Sarah Coffey, Robert Gilmore, Jennie Gilmore, Mrs. Nannie Hanna, Mrs. Martha Grant and John Lincoln Gilmore. Sarah, Robert, Martha, and Lincoln survive.
Mrs. Gilmore was a member of the C.P. church in which faith she died, and had lived a prominent member for many years. She was very domestic in her nature, kind, quiet, and loving to family and friends.
Funeral services will be held at the Presbyterian church tomorrow at 10 o'clock a.m., conducted by the Rev. J.M. Nash, the M.E. minister, and remains interred at the C.P. cemetery near town.
[The Ellettsville Farm - Ellettsville, Indiana - 11 March 1904]
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