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In 1847, he removed to Urbana, Ill., where he has since resided, and has been identified with its mercantile interests for forty-eight years. The year following his removal to the West, John Gere was united in marriage with Miss Emily, a daughter of George W. Caton, a brother of Justice John D. Caton, formerly of the Illinois Supreme Court.
George W. Gere acquired his literary train- ing in the public schools of Urbana, and began
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the study of law in that city, preparatory to entering the law department of the University of Chicago, from which he was graduated in 1865. In 1863, at the age of twenty years, he was an active War Democrat, and did more than any other man in the county to hold his party in line. Immediately after graduating, he established an office in Urbana, and in 1870, formed a partnership with Gen. John C. Black, under the firm name of Black & Gere, in Champaign, Ill. This connection was contin- ued until 1875, when General Black removed to Danville. Afterwards, Mr. Gere was asso- ciated with Henry M. Beardsley, the partner- ship being severed on the removal of Mr. Beardsley to Kansas City in 1887. Mr. Gere then engaged in practice with Solon Phil- brick, under the firm name of Gere & Phil- brick, which firm continued until Mr. Philbrick became Judge of the Circuit Court in 1903.
In politics Mr. Gere was a Democrat until 1886, when he joined the ranks of the Prohibi- tion party. In 1892 he was selected as chair- man of the State Committee of his party, and in 1896 he was a candidate for Governor on the Prohibition ticket. He holds membership in no church, but attends the services of the Presbyterian Church, contributes liberally to its support, as well as to all charities and benevolences, and recognizes the brotherhood of humanity. Mr. Gere is the author of a little book, entitled "Did Jesus Rise?"-published by the Wenona Publishing Company, of Chi- cago. It is an argument based upon the legal evidences of the resurrection. It is pro- nounced by those who have read it, as the strongest and best argument in its line ever produced.
On October 14, 1867, Mr. Gere was united in marriage with Miss Mary H. Lee, at Marys- ville, Ohio. They had two children; the elder, Eva, born September, 10, 1868, died Marclı 10, 1884. Clara, born July 18, 1876, is still with her parents.
JAMES S. GERE (deceased) was born in Vermont, but reared in New York State. He first engaged in business in Illinois, as a grocer at Darwin, Clark County. He came to Urbana, Champaign County, in 1845 or 1846, and for several years kept the Champaign Hotel. He read law, and although he was not regularly admitted to the bar, he practiced to a con-
siderable extent in the lower courts. He was one of the early Justices of the Peace in Ur- bana, and discharged the duties of that office for several years.
In 1853 or 1854, Mr. Gere became interested with his brother John, in various railroad con- tracts, and they supplied many of the railroad ties used in the construction of the Illinois Central Railroad, in this portion of the State. Later he also furnished tie and timber sup- plies for the Wabash Railroad, and large quan- tities of wood for the Illinois Central.
Mr. Gere died in Urbana shortly before the Civil War, leaving a family of several chil- dren, some of whom are still living. His son, Warren B. Gere, resides at Arcola, Douglas County, Ill.
JOHN GERE (deceased), for nearly half a century identified with mercantile enterprises in Urbana, Champaign County, Ill., and known far and wide as "Uncle John Gere," was born among the rugged hills which he so much re- sembled, February 11, 1811, and in 1813, was taken by his parents to Genesee County, N. Y. At the age of twenty-five he went to Coving- ton, Ind., and, in search of a desirable perma- nent location, took a trip down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. Returning the same summer, he located on a farm in Clark County, Ill., where he lived until 1847. Here termi. nated his agricultural experience, for, after coming to Urbana in the fall of 1847, he turned his attention to merchandizing, an occupation for which his shrewd business judgment, gen- ial nature, unquestioned integrity and thor- ough knowledge of human nature admirably fitted him. Special money-making opportuni- ties came in his way, such as were afforded in 1854, when, with his brother, James S., he secured the contract for furnishing ties for the Illinois Central Railroad, through several counties of the State.
Mr. Gere had three brothers and four sisters, all of whom he survived. He sustained a severe financial loss during the fire of 1871, when practically all of his property was de- stroyed. His unyielding will and sterling in- tegrity, however, helped him through this crisis, and he paid dollar for dollar, proving anew that his word was as good as his bond.
In 1838 Mr. Gere married Emily Caton, a niece of Hon. John D. Caton, at one time a
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Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois. Mrs. Gere died before her husband's removal to Urbana, leaving three children-George W., Warren M. and Frank M., one of whom sur- vives. Mr. Gere afterwards married Mrs. Jane Dare, who also died, leaving two children. In January, 1872, Mr. Gere married Harriet A. Crissey.
Mr. Gere possessed a remarkable constitu- tion, and had he not been overtaken by the nervous shock which resulted in his death No- vember 26, 1886, he would probably have lived to be a hundred years old. His strength of body was equaled only by his largeness of heart, and a spirit of kindness and benevo- lence which prompted him to help those less fortunate than himself, even to the extent of interfering with his acquisition of wealth. He was admired, trusted and loved, and in his passing away, Champaign County lost one of its most noble and upright characters.
LYMAN GERE was born in Vermont, and spent his early years in New York State. He was a brick-maker by · trade, and when he came to Illinois located at Darwin, where he continued to follow that occupation. He came to Urbana, Champaign County, about 1855, and kept the old American Hotel up to the time of his death, which occurred a few years after his arrival here.
Mr. Gere was married to Miss Lucinda Mar- vin, of Walnut Prairie, Clark County, Ill., and she was living in 1904, near Stafford, Kans. Some of the members of this branch of the family are now living in Champaign County. Two sons, Asa and John Gere, live in Staf- ford County, Kans.
J. A. GIBSON, a well-known resident of Ur- bana, Ill., who has long been engaged in rail- road work, was born in Vermilion County, Ill., September 3, 1863, and received his mental training in the public schools and the Vermil- ion Academy. Until January 9, 1890, he work- ed as a locomotive fireman on the Peoria & Eastern Illinois Railroad and afterwards as an engineer until 1893. From that period until January, 1902, he worked as Road Foreman of Engines, and was then appointed Master Me- chanic of the road, having charge of the shops at Urbana and Peoria.
Mr. Gibson was married in 1885 to Josephine
Hamm, a native of Illinois, and they have two children, Miles and Raleigh. Fraternally, Mr. Gibson is a member of the Masonic order.
GEORGE MOORE GILLESPIE was born in McLean County, Ill., September 7, 1848, and obtained his education in the public schools of Piatt County. He is a son of Harmon K. and Nancy (Moore) Gillespie, both of whoin were born in Pennsylvania, and died at Farmer City, Ill.,-the former, in 1901, and the latter in 1904. They were the parents of seven sons and two daughters, all of whom are living.
At an early age, George Moore Gillespie en- gaged in farming in Blue Ridge Township, Piatt County, where he at present owns 560 acres of land, all of which is in the highest state of cultivation. Since the death of his parents, Mr. Gillespie has also owned their residence property in Farmer City, consisting. of a block of ground.
In politics Mr. Gillespie is a Republican, and he and his family are members of the Chris- tian Church.
In 1879 Mr. Gillespie was united in marriage to Miss Ollie E. Crawford, who was born in Ohio, her parents, Noble and Maria Crawford, having resided in that State before coming to Illinois to live. Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie are the parents of two children: Belle Irene and Louella Ida-both of whom reside at home. Mr. Gillespie retired from active farm life in 1895, moving to Champaign to secure the ex- cellent educational advantages offered there. Both of his daughters have since graduated from the University of Illinois.
JAMES IRWIN GILMER, a well-known resi- dent of Urbana Township, Champaign County, Ill., where he is successfully engaged in farm- ing, was born in Ohio, October 3, 1847. He is a son of Alexander and Mary (Meadows) Gil- mer, the former born in the State of New York, in 1818, and the latter in Montreal, Can- ada. The mother died when James G. was seven years old. Alexander Gilmer, the father, who was a miller by trade, came to Urbana Township in March, 1861. Here, he first car- ried on farming on leased land, and afterwards went into business, in which he continued until his death, September 17, 1868.
In boyhood, James G. Gilmer attended pub- lic school in the State of Indiana. He re- mained with his father on the farm until the
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latter's death, and then continued farming for himself. At present he rents the Bagley farm, which he has occupied for eight years.
In June, 1871, Mr. Gilmer was married to Mary E. Lee, a daughter of George and Rose (Hamilton) Lee. Eleven children have re- sulted from this union, namely: George W., who is a student in the University of Chicago; James Robert, who is connected with the Ur- bana Water Works; Francis Erwin, who is on the farm; Annie R., who is with her par- ents; Clarence L., who lives in Onarga, Ill .; Charles, who lives in Champaign County; and Henry, Arthur, Edward, Emma, Mary and Daisy B., all of whom are under the paternal roof. The family are members of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church, and politically Mr. Gil- mer is a Republican. He is an industrious and careful farmer, and a man of upright char- acter.
MAHLON GLASCOCK (deceased), for many years one of the foremost farmers of Cham-
MAHLON GLASCOCK.
paign County, was born in Fauquier County, Va., the son of Moses and Rebecca (Bishop) Glascock, also natives of the Old Dominion. A family of six sons and three daughters grew to manhood and womanhood. Besides Mahlon,
who was third in the order of birth, there were Solomon, Elizabeth, Anna, Richard, Han- son, Hamilton J., Harvey and Catharine. Of these, Hamilton J. alone survives, he being a resident of Ogden, Ill., and eighty-three years of age. Moses Glascock moved from Fau- quier County, Va., to Ross County, Ohio, in 1828, and his death occurred two years later at the age of fifty-two years, his wife surviv- ing him until her seventy-seventh year, dying in 1869.
Arrived in Champaign County in 1854, Mah- lon Glascock became the owner of several hundred acres of land, which he improved and made valuable, and which, left as a heritage to his sons, has enabled them to realize ambi- tious agricultural projects. They are men of sound business judgment and great energy, and their lands are rapidly increasing in value through their successful efforts. Mr. Glascock died March 21, 1892, at the age of seventy-six years, and his wife died July 9, of the same year, at the age of sixty years.
ULYSSES G. GLASCOCK.
ULYSSES G. GLASCOCK, farmer, cashier St. Joseph Bank and Supervisor of St. Joseph Township, was born in St. Joseph, Ill., where he now resides, May 19, 1866, the son of Mah- lon and Mary (Rankin) Glascock. His father,
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Mahlon Glascock, was born in Fauquier Coun- ty, Va., the son of Moses Glascock, and came to Champaign County, Ill., in 1854. The sub- ject of this sketch was educated in the schools of St. Joseph, and on March 16, 1892, was mar- ried to Miss Alta Swearingen, born in Cham- paign, Ill., September 13, 1868, and educated in the public schools of Rantoul and St. Joseph. Mrs. Glascock died August 28, 1904. Mr. Glas- cock is one of the leading business men of his locality, and was Assessor of St. Joseph Town- ship in 1900. In religious belief he is a Metho- dist, and in political views a Republican. Fra- ternally he belongs to the Knights of Pythias, Modern Woodmen of America, and the order of Ben Hur.
ORA L. GILMORE was born in Champaign County, Ill., October 10, 1878, and received his education at the local high school and the Chicago University. At the age of twenty- two years, he had completed his course in pharmacy, and returned to Fisher, Ill., where he started in the drug business. He bought out Palmer & Fisher, druggists, and has since continued in this line. Mr. Gilmore's parents were George W. and Hannah J. (Holland) Gil- more, both natives of West Virginia. They were the parents of six children, Ora L. being the youngest.
In politics, Mr. Gilmore supports the princi- ples of the Republican party. He was elected Mayor of Fisher in the spring of 1903, which office he held for two years.
JOHN A. GLOVER, Mayor of Urbana, was born in Jacksonville, Ill., May 16, 1859. His early education was acquired in the public schools and later he attended the Whipple Military Academy, Wabash College of Craw- fordsville, Ind., and Illinois College at Jackson- ville, leaving the latter institution with the class of '76. After leaving college he engaged in journalistic work, in which he continued for three years. In 1879 he was employed as assistant engineer in constructing the Indian- apolis, Decatur & Springfield Railway, at that time building into Indianapolis. He was chief clerk in the accounting department of that road at Indianapolis during the years 1881 and 1882, and was also chief clerk in the office of the General Superintendent of the Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Rail-
way, and general baggage agent at Indianapo- lis until 1885.
Mr. Glover came to Urbana November 20, 1885, as General Agent of the Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Railway, and in 1886 was chosen a Director of that railroad, which later became a part of the Cleveland, Cincin- nati, Chicago & St. Louis (Big Four) system in 1890, and he has since become General Agent and Resident Director of the last named corporation at Urbana.
In 1901 Mr. Glover was elected Mayor of Urbana, and re-elected in 1903. He is active and influential as a member of the Republican party. In his fraternal affiliations he is a Knight Templar Mason, a member of the Elks, and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is also a member of the Commercial Club, and in this connection, as well as others, has been most prominent in promoting the growth and prosperity of Urbana. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and having received a liberal musical education, he has taken a warm interest in promoting musical culture in Ur- bana, and has been for many years director of the Presbyterian church choir.
Mr. Glover was married in 1884 to Miss Clara L. Wood, of Indianapolis, Ind., a daugh- ter of Daniel L. Wood, a well known citizen and capitalist of that city. Their children are Leonard W. and Donald M.
HOWARD WESLEY GOLDER (deceased) was born in Zanesville, Ohio, March 1, 1843, and received his early mental training in the public schools of Jefferson County, Ind. He was a son of George and Lucinda (Mallsburg) Golder, who were married November 21, 1825. Mr. Golder was at one time a Justice of the Peace, and possessed considerable literary talent. After leaving school Howard W. Gol- der engaged in railroad work, and later, be- came an engineer, his run being from Madison to Indianapolis. When the "Big Four" was built through Urbana, Mr. Golder obtained employment on that road, being one of its first engineers. After running a freight a short time, he secured a passenger run, continuing in charge of an engine on that line until his death, which occurred July 22, 1900. Mr. Golder was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. In politics, he sup- ported the Democratic party.
The subject of this sketch was married.
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October 4, 1878, to Miss Margaret O'Brien, a daughter of Cornelius and Ellen (McCarthy) O'Brien, and they became the parents of three children, namely: George J., born July 4, 1879; Howard W., born November 19, 1881; and Charles A., born November 30, 1883.
Mrs. Howard W. Golder was born Novem- ber 22, 1856, at Rantoul, Champaign County, and at the age of six weeks, came with her parents to Urbana, where she has since re- sided. Socially she is a member of the Ben Hur Lodge, and religiously, of the Catholic Church, to which she has donated considerable money, besides the gift of an organ. She has always been domestic in her tastes, and was a dutiful wife. Mrs. Golder is the loving mother of three intelligent sons, who have every pros- pect of a bright and successful future.
JOSEPH GORDON, farmer of Compromise Township, Champaign County, Ill., was born in County Rexford, Ireland, in 1845, the oldest of ten children born to John and Mary (Whel- an) Gordon. Two of the children died in in- fancy, and Joseph, Bernard, Nicholas, and Charles accompanied their parents to America in 1857. Thomas; Anastasia, the wife of Thomas McQuaid; Ann, the wife of John Col- lins; and Mary, the wife of Michael Nicholas Collins, were born on this side of the water. The family circle remained unbroken on a farm until September, 1868, when Joseph started out on his own responsibility, removing to Campaign County, where he purchased 200 acres of land at eleven dollars per acre. Once established, he was soon after joined by the rest of the family, and between them large tracts of land were secured, each of the broth- ers eventually succeeding to farms of several hundred acres. Thrift, energy and resource- fulness are points of advantage shared by the family as a whole, and the name has thus be- come associated with the best and most pro- gressive along agricultural lines. Mr. Gordon was named for his paternal grandfather, Joseph Gordon, who married Margaret Con- nors, of Ireland.
February 3, 1874, Mr. Gordon married Ellen M. McQuaid, of Rantoul, Ill., daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Maylon) McQuaid, natives respectively of County Limerick and County Queens, Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Quaid, who had also a son Thomas, lived to advanced ages, the former dying November 6,
1893, and the latter in 1896. To Joseph and Ellen Gordon have been born fourteen chil- dren, three of whom died in infancy. Those living are: Charles, Thomas F., Joseph E., Catherine G., Mary E., Anna. E., William B., Agnes T., Margaret A., John R. and Loretta F. Mr. Gordon and his wife are among the most active workers and substantial support- ers of the Catholic Church, and he has re- cently contributed generously to the fund of twenty thousand dollars for the erection of a new church edifice.
WILLIAM CHARLES GOSS (deceased) was born in Cumberland, Md., March 27, 1863, the son of George Goss, being one of a family of seven children, and was educated in the common schools of Champaign County, Ill. Later, he was engaged in various occupations, and at one time, held the position of clerk in the Doane House. For a while he was em- ployed by a transfer company of Urbana. When the Beardsley Hotel was opened he was engaged as the day clerk, a position which he held until his death. Socially he was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and in politics supported the Republican party. In religious belief he was a Methodist.
On May 9, 1886, Mr. Goss was married to Miss Nellie Nichols, a daughter of William and Nancy (Goodman) Nichols. Three chil- dren were born to them, as follows: Daisy D., Hazel Marie, and Nellie Charlton, the last named of whom died in 1901, at the age of four years.
MRS. MARGARET H. GOUCHER (de- ceased), Urbana, Ill., was born in Syracuse, N. Y., April 4, 1823, her maiden name being Margaret H. Slack. At an early age she be- came a resident of Fredericktown, Ohio, where on February 25, 1850, she was married to her
first husband, George Heislar. Mr. and Mrs. Heislar resided at Fredericktown, Ohio, until July 12, 1859, when they removed to Cham- paign County, Ill., settling on a farm south- east of Myra. There her husband died Novem- ber 21, 1864, and soon after she removed to Urbana, where she subsequently married J. P. Goucher. Mr. Goucher, who was. a devoted Christian and member of the Methodist Church, died March 3, 1895. There was one son, Delmont G. Heislar, of her first marriage, with whom Mrs. Goucher resided during the
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latter years of her life. Four children of an earlier marriage of Mr. Heislar also survive, namely: D. Y. and Theodore Heislar, of York, Neb .; Mary R. Silver, of Urbana, and Cordelia J. Godding, of Lindsay, Cal. There was also an adopted daughter, now Mrs. Ida Mast, of Urbana.
Mrs. Goucher died at her home in Urbana, September 23, 1904. She was a devoted mem- ber of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Urbana, and enjoyed the respect of a large circle of friends, who admired her high Chris- tian character and deeply deplored her taking off at the close of a long and useful life.
JOHN GRADY was born in 1846, in Ireland, where he attended the public schools. After coming to the United States he located in La Salle County, Ill., in 1866, and in 1870, moved to Champaign County, where he has since followed farming, having purchased a quarter- section of land.
Mr. Grady was married in January, 1870, to Bridget Lynch, a native of La Salle County, and eleven children were born to them, of whom seven survive, namely: Bridget, Mary, James, Nora, John, Thomas and Charles.
WILLIAM R. GRANT, Supreme Secretary and cne of the Directors of the American Friendly Society of Urbana, was born in Lon- don, England, July 16, 1862. His parents were Charles and Sarah (Harris) Grant, natives of England and of Scotch and Irish extraction, respectively. The father was a railroad con- tractor and built the first railroad in Hungary, Roumania and the Balkan principalities. He was later appointed contracting engineer for the Egyptian Government. He was educated in Greenwich College, London, and died in Egypt, in March, 1886, at the age of fifty-four years. His wife's death occurred in Roumania in 1902, when she was sixty-two years old.
His father was a midshipman on the Belle- rophon, under the command of the famous Lord Nelson. With another midshipman and five sailors, forming a prize crew, he was intrusted with the duty of taking a captured French ship to England; but during the voyage the French crew mutinied, and killed all of the prize crew except William R. Grant's grandfather and two sailors, who succeeded in navigating the ship to England. For this service three med- als, two and a half inches in diameter, were
awarded them in commemoration of their serv- ice. The two sailors pawned their medals, which were melted for the gold. The medal of Mr. Grant's grandfather is the only one of the three now in existence, and on it is ell- graved a full bust portrait of him, together with a brief history of the event.
William R. Grant was the fourth of six chil- dren, five of whom are living. He was edu- cated in Little Queen Street College, London, from which he graduated in 1882, receiving the degree of Mechanical Engineer. He then trav- eled through Europe, and was subsequently appointed Civil Engineer and Meteorolgist for the European Commission of the Danube River, his headquarters being at Sulina, where lie remained for three years. He was then employed by the Anglo-Egyptian Dredging Company, as Civil Engineer in dredging the River Nile, and was thus engaged for two years. Coming to Urbana in 1888, he accepted a position as mechanical engineer and drafts- man for the "Big Four" Ry. Co., which he re- tained for five years. He next became State and supervising deputy for the Modern Wood- men of America, with headquarters at Philadel- phia, a position he held for eight years. At the end of this period he organized the American Friendly Society, of Urbana, a sick and accident benefit association, the chief officers of which are Urbana citizens.
Mr. Grant was elected County Surveyor of Stutsman County, N. D., for one term. So- cially, he is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to the Blue Lodge and Chapter, of Urbana, and is Super-Excellent Master in Urbana Council. He is also affiliated with the Knights of the Maccabees, and the Modern Woodmen of America. Politically, he is an ad- herent of the Prohibition party.
Mr. Grant was married on his birthday, July 16, 1889, to Florence Blair, a native of Cham- paign County, and a step-daughter of Nelson Samson, of the same county. They have two children,-Helen Winifred and Ruth Margaret. Religiously Mr. Grant is a member of the Epis- copal Church, while his wife adheres to the Methodist faith.
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