Gilmore, William H.

WILLIAM H. GILMORE, the youngest son of John Gilmore, was born in Irwin township in 1843, and was reared upon the old homestead. In 1861, at the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Third Pennsylvania Volunteers and served until July, 1865. He participated in the following engagements: Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Weldon Railroad, Charles City Cross Roads, Harrison Point, Kingston, North Carolina; Goldsboro, North Carolina; Black Water, Virginia; Southwest Creek, Williamstown, North Carolina; Foster’s Mills, North Carolina, and Plymouth, North Carolina. At the last mentioned battle, April 20, 1864, he was shot in the right hip, the bullet passing through his body. He was taken prisoner and sent to Raleigh, North Carolina, thence to Saulsbury, and afterward to Columbia, South Carolina, and from there to Libby prison, where he was paroled October 22, 1864, after spending six months in Southern prison pens. At the close of the war he engaged in the milling business with his brother Alexander, which he continued until 1876, and then located upon his present farm. Mr. Gilmore was married January 15, 1862, to Miss Martha L., daughter of David Walter. Politically he is a Republican, a member of the G.A.R., and with his wife belongs to Amity Presbyterian church. In 1878 he was elected justice of the peace and filled that office one term. He has also held some of the minor offices in his township.