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bara Rebecca ( Blissel) Banner, was born at Clarion, Pennsylvania, September 13. 1884. His education was begun at the Catholic pa- rochial school and continued at the State Nor- mal School at Clarion. By trade he is a plumber. In April, 1909, he entered into part- nership with his brother, Edward Henry Ban- ner, to engage in this business at Clarion. He also is a Democrat. He married, November 29, 1911, Letitia, daughter of Charles and Mary (Staab) Maier, of Clarion. Both he and his wife are communicants of the Roman Catholic church. To them was born on Feb- ruary 3, 1913, a daughter, Beatrice Katherine.
McKINLY This branch of the McKinly family was found in the United States in 1833. settle- ment being made in the state of Michigan after a residence of a few years in New York City. The family was an important one, closely connected with the financial history of Pontiac, Michigan. While there is no connec- tion traced between the McKinlys of Michi- gan and President William McKinley, they no doubt trace to common Irish ancestry.
( I) Andrew McKinly, born about the year 1800, spent his early life and married in the North of Ireland. In 1833 he came to the United States, living for a time in New York City, where a son was born in 1837 ; later he moved to Pontiac, Michigan, where he owned considerable land and became a prosperous farmer. His three sons on growing to man- hood founded the banking house of McKinly Brothers, and for several years were a well known influential banking house of Pontiac. Later they transferred their interests to the oil regions of Pennsylvania, locating in Oil City, where they were important factors in the development of that section. In 1872 Andrew McKinly joined his sons in Oil City, where he continued his residence until his death in 1893. He married, in Ireland, Margaret Sproul. Children : 1. Charles, a member of the banking house of McKinly Brothers, of Pontiac, Michigan, and of the McKinly Oil Creek Petroleum Company ; married Elizabeth Squires ; children : Theodore, Charles, Roland and Minnie McKinly. 2. John G., of whom further. 3. Andrew (2), associated with his brothers in the McKinly banking and oil com- panies ; married Irene Spaker ; child : Lucille. 4. Margaret, married William Baines, of Pontiac, Michigan ; child : Irene.
(11) John G., second son of Andrew and Margaret ( Sproul) McKinly, was born in New York City, August 15, 1837, died in Oil City, Pennsylvania, April 27, 1886. He was educated in the public schools of Pontiac, Michigan, and engaged with his brothers in the banking business of McKinly Brothers until 1861, when attracted by the oil discover- ies in Pennsylvania he came to Oil City. Here he engaged extensively in oil production, and with his brothers, Charles and Andrew, formed the McKinly Brothers Oil Company. This company was one of the largest producing companies of that section and owned some of the most productive wells in the Oil Creek field. He was a most capable business man and actively interested in many Oil City activi- ties. He was deeply interested in politics, and a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Odd Fellows, and other well known organizations. He married, April 9. 1868, Carrie, daughter of John and Caroline Moore, and granddaugh- ter of George and Margaret Moore, of Lon- don, England. Children: 1. Maud, married E. Z. Duncan. 2. J. A. Livingston, of whom further. 3. George, married Josephine Nag- gette; children: Edmund and Stanley. 4. Louis, married Flora Justice ; child, Justice. 5. Grace. 6. Carroll, married Nellie Miller; child : Grace Eldred. George, Louis and Car- roll McKinly were all liberally educated, and are members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
(III) J. A. Livingston, eldest son of John G. and Carrie (Moore) McKinly, was born in Pontiac, Michigan. When young his par- ents came to Oil City, Pennsylvania, where he has since resided. He was educated in the public schools, later entering Colgate Univer- sity, where he completed his education. After leaving college he engaged in the oil business and carrying forward the enterprises estab- lished by his father. He is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta, Beta Delta Beta and Theta Nu Epsilon fraternities, and of the Indepen- dent Order of Odd Fellows.
BLOSS Edmund Bloss, progenitor of the family by this name in America, came to Massachusetts before 1634, and his wife Mary, aged forty, and his son Richard, aged eleven, Bond says, in his "History of Watertown," came to join him in the ship "Francis," from Ipswich, in April of that year. He was admitted freeman at
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Watertown, May 22, 1639. His wife died May 29, 1675, and he married (second) Sep- tember 27, 1675, Ruth, daughter of Hugh Par- sons. She died December, 1711, and at a meeting of the selectmen of Watertown, De- cember 21, 1711, it was "ordered four gallons of wine also sugar and spice that Ruth Bloss ( who lies dead) may have a decent funeral." It is said that Edmund was born in 1587; and died at a great age, believed to have been April, 1681. He was a grantee of five lots in Water- town. Among their children was Richard (see forward).
(II) Richard, son of Edmund Bloss, was born in England, in 1623, died August 7, 1665. He came to this country with his mother in 1634, and took the oath at Watertown, 1652. He married, February 10, 1658, Micael, daughter of Robert Jennison. His widow mar- ried, July 11, 1667, John Warren, and died July 14, 1713. Children: Richard (see for- ward) ; Mary, born December 1I, 1661 ; Mi- cael, born April 3, 1664.
(III) Richard (2), son of Richard (1) and Micael (Jennison) Bloss, was born December 7, 1659. He was admitted freeman April 12, 1690, and owned land which is now the old or lower graveyard at Waltham. He removed to Connecticut and was one of the original mem- bers of the church of Killingly, being admitted by letter from the church at Watertown, May 21, 1716. He married, September 26, 1688, Ann, daughter of James and Lydia (Wright) Cutler, of Cambridge Farms, now Lexington. Children : Richard, born January 25, 1700-01 ; James (see forward) ; Samuel, born February 26, 1704-05 ; Ann, born August 10, 1707, mar- ried, January 9, 1723, Isaac Jewett.
(IV) James, son of Richard (2) and Ann (Cutler) Bloss, was born November 3, 1702, died June 3, 1790. By his will recorded in Chepachet. Rhode Island, probated February 7, 1801, it appears that he was twice married, no mention being made of his first wife's name, and only the christian name of his sec- ond wife being given, viz., Sarah. Children by first wife: Abigail, married (first) September 30, 1749, John Younglove, (second) Septem- ber 13, 1770, Ebenezer Atwood; James (see forward) ; Anne, married Ephraim Ellingwood, of Woodstock ; John, married, March 9, 1758, Hannah Allen, of Pomfret. By second wife: Ebenezer ; Job.
(V) James (2), son of James (1) Bloss, died at New Rochelle, New York, 1776. He
married, June 8, 1756, Elizabeth, born 1733, died June 26, 1803, daughter of Jonathan and Mary Clough. After her husband's death she married Kilbourne. Children: Eliza- beth, born September 24, 1757; Joseph (see forward); Sarah, born 1762, died 1840; James, born March 27, 1764, died March 26, 1812, married, July 27, 1797, Rowena Kel- logg ; Salome, born 1766; Eliza, born Novem- ber 30, 1769, married (first) Harri- son, (second) William Murphy; Anne, born 1772; died 1802, married Ephraim Hubbard; Jesse, born November 10, 1775, at Hebron, Connecticut.
(VI) Joseph, son of James (2) and Eliza- beth (Clough) Bloss, was born September 29, 1759, at Thompson, Connecticut. Joseph and his brother James moved from Thompson, Connecticut, to Berkshire county, Massachu- setts, about 1789, and established themselves there as merchants. Joseph afterward, in 1816, moved to Brighton, Monroe county, New York, and he was one of the founders of the Congregational church there, and at which place he died February 15, 1838. In the sum- mer of 1776, while living at Hebron, Tolland county, Connecticut, he was called out to go to the defense of New York City, but his father, who was exempt from military service, ar- ranged to substitute himself with his ox-team to be employed in the transportation of bag- gage. It was while in this service that his father died at New Rochelle, New York, in the fall of 1776. In November, 1776, Joseph was drafted for three months from Hebron, Connecticut. In 1780 he was a substitute for a Mr. Post. He was present at the execution of Major Andre.
He married, October 4, 1790, at New Ca- naan, Columbia county, New York, Amy, daughter of Andrew and Amy (Wentworth) Kennedy. Children: 1. Harriet Wentworth, born September 26, 1792, died March 20, 1865 ; married, July 7, 1836, Amos Graves. 2. William Clough (see forward). 3. Sarah Eliz- abeth, born December 15, 1797, died January 18, 1845 ; married, June 16, 1817, Samuel Olm- stead Cogswell, and had : Polly Ann, born Oc- tober 18, 1818, died October 7, 1856; Samuel B., born September 17, 1820, died in United States army, 1863; Henry M., born September 2, 1824, died May 19, 1846; Joseph Hubert, born September 2, 1828, was lieutenant-colonel of 150th New York Volunteer Infantry ; Char- lotte M., born April 23, 1833. 4. Amy Ken-
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nedy, born February 6, 1800, died April 4, 1866 ; married, April 8, 1823, Isaac Moore, and had; Jacob, born May 5, 1825, died June 6, 1831 ; Amy, born January 14, 1827; Frances, born October 22, 1828, died April 11, 1845; Isaac, born October 10, 1831; Mary, May 20, 1833; Jacob, December 28, 1835; Caleb, April I, 1840, who was major of Eighth New York Volunteer Cavalry, and died March, 1869. 5. Joseph Bayard, born January 11, 1802, died March 24, 1883 ; married, April 2, 1828, Caro- line A. Bush, and they had; Caroline Louise, born June 15, 1829; John Brown, December I, 1830; Theodore Edwin, March 3, 1833; Edwin Charles, October 22, 1834; Harriet B., 1837, died 1839; Caroline Frances, born August, 1839, married W. H. McCourtie. 6. Olive Goodwin, born February 4, 1804, died Febru- ary 5, 1869. 7. James Orville, born November 14, 1805, died December 4, 1869; married, No- vember II, 1834, Eliza Ann Lockwood, and they had : Sarah Louise, born August 4, 1835, died November 22, 1853; Henry Lockwood, born November 23, 1836, married Annie Moore; Charlotte Sophie, born September 16, 1838, married, March 25, 1868, Rev. James A. Daly, and had Grace Bloss, Merwin Taylor, Warren Cox; James Orville, born June 19, 1840, died November 23, 1847; Charlotte Fin- ney, born January 9, 1842, died young; John Jay, born October 11, 1843, was quartermaster sergeant in Eighth New York Cavalry, and was killed in the battle of Winchester, Vir- ginia, September 19, 1864; Celestia Angenette, born September 1, 1845, married, February 2, 1875, Louis P. Gage ; James Orville, born Sep- tember 30, 1847; Harriet Eliza, born Decem- ber 28, 1849. 8. Charlotte Maria, born July II, 1808, died June 20, 1885; married, Febru- ary 3, 1836, Ezra Rosebrugh. 9. Theodore Ed- win, born January 18, 1811, died February 4, 18II. 10. Celestia Angenette, born March 17, 1812; married, March 12, 1849, Isaac Brew- ster ; she was principal of Clover Street Sem- inary, Rochester, New York, and a woman of considerable literary ability, having written "Bloss' Ancient History," a valuable textbook, also "Heroines of the Crusades."
(VII) William Clough, son of Joseph and Amy (Kennedy) Bloss, was born January 19, 1795, at West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, died April 18, 1863. He was a man of great strength of character, and for years previous to the civil war was prominent as one of the anti-slavery party, esteeming it no dishonor to
be called a "Black Republican." He was also a person of deep religious convictions, and in his later years devoted himself to preaching to the prisoners in the jail at Rochester. For three terms, 1845-46-47, he was a member of the assembly of New York from Monroe county. He married, June 19, 1823, at Brighton, New York, Polly Bangs Blossom. Children: 1. Harriet Wentworth, born June 22, 1824, died October 16, 1825. 2. Elizabeth House, born June 24, 1826, died March 3, 1863; married, October 24, 1850, George C. Buell, and had : Edward Norton, born Septem- ber 20, 1851, died May 28, 1870; Mary Blos- som, born June 9, 1853; Paul Clifford, born September, 1857, died young ; George C., born July 3, 1859; Elizabeth B., born February 19, 1863, died October 9, 1864. 3. Caroline Au- gusta, born September 6, 1828, married Sep- tember 20, 1849, Charles H. Webb, and had : William Watson, born September 16, 1850; Charles Howard, born July 2, 1854, died Oc- tober 23, 1859; Florence Elizabeth, born June 3, 1856, died October 15, 1859; Amy Caroline, born April 23, 1858, died October 24, 1859; Caroline Bloss, born February 1, 1872, died September 28, 1875. 4. William Wirt, born March 25, 1831 ; married, June 2, 1855, Louise Kate Skinner ; they had: William Wirt, born October 7, 1856; Harry Hubble, January 10, 1860; Violet, June 11, 1869. 5. Henry Culver (see forward). 6. Joseph Blossom, born No- vember 22, 1839.
(VIII) Henry Culver, son of William and Polly Bangs ( Blossom) Bloss, was born at Rochester, New York, July 16, 1833, died in Titusville, February 15, 1893. He studied law and was admitted to the bar of Rochester, but followed it as a profession only a few years. iLater he was admitted to the Crawford county bar. In 1865 he moved to Titusville, and in company with his brother, Major W. W. Bloss, founded the Morning Herald, the first daily paper in the oil regions. In 1883 he be- came sole proprietor of the paper, and sought always to maintain a sheet free from all in- nuendoes and aspersions. He was president of the common council and school board, and was interested in every measure which had at heart the advancement of Titusville. He was a graceful and accomplished writer, few ex- ceiling him when he set his well stored mind to the task, in producing an article tersely ex- pressed and full of power. He was fond of art, and had a keen eye for the beautiful when-
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ever he saw it. He was a lover of his coun- try, and found pleasure in describing its future splendid possibilities. He possessed a warm and kindly disposition, and those who knew hin best admired him most. He was a mem- ber of the Episcopal church, and a firm sup- porter of the teachings of the Master. He married, October 24, 1867, Sarah A. Mackie, of Wareham, Massachusetts. Children : Joseph Mackie, of whom further; Edward Buell, born October 21, 1870; Elinor Eliza- beth, born July 19, 1873, died February 12, 1877 ; Mary Frances Wentworth, born March 2, 1878.
(IX) Joseph Mackie, son of Henry Cuiver and Sarah A. ( Mackie) Bloss, was born at Ti- tusville, September 24, 1868. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Titusville, the high school, and at Cornell University, taking a course of three years and a half in that insti- tution. At the death of his father in 1893 he took charge of the Herald as managing editor. and has continued since to conduct this paper. In July, 1903, he was appointed by President Roosevelt postmaster of Titusville, has served two terms in that office, and is now entcring upon the third. He is a member of the Titus- ville Board of Trade, the City Club and the Titusville Country Club. In politics he is a Republican, in religion a member of St. James Episcopal Church, its vestryman and secre- tary. Mr. Bloss married, April 22, 1898, Liz- zie Clark, born February 1, 1869, daughter of Charles O. and Elizabeth ( Murdock ) Rowe.
This branch of the Gilmore GILMORE family descends from James Gilmore, born in Ireland, who came to the United States about the revolu- tionary period and settled in Pennsylvania, living in Somerset, finally in Washington county, where he died. He had sons Joseph and John.
(II) Joseph, son of James Gilmore was born about 1775. He was a resident of York county, Pennsylvania, until his removal to Western Pennsylvania, where he settled on + tract of wild land lying on the line dividing Butler from Venango county. He cleared his land, converting the timber into lumber as far as practicable. He married, and had children : William, James, John, of whom further; Thomas, Jane and Maria.
(III) John, third son of Joseph Gilmore, was born October 5, 1804, died February 28,
1844. He became one of the prosperous farmi- ers and business men of Irwin township, Ve- nango county, Pennsylvania. He built the second grist mill in that section, and from the time of his settlement in Irwin township in 1832 until his death, was active in business and public life. He was appointed justice of the peace in 1840 by Governor Porter, and was holding that office at the time of his death. He died at the early age of forty years, but they were active busy years and filled with useful and honorable endeavor. He married Nancy Peters, of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, who died about three months after her husband, May 15, 1844. Children: Angeline, married Daniel Hoffman ; Lucy A., married Craft Wal- ters : Esther, married James Kimes; Eusebia, married Walter Hovis ; Joseph ; Alexander, of whom further: Jefferson, married Nancy Yard ; William H., married Martha Walters.
(IV) Alexander, second son of John and Nancy (Peters) Gilmore, was born in Irwin township, Venango county. Pennsylvania, May 21, 1832, died August 17, 1888. He attended the public schools, and was his father's assist- ant at farm and mill. In 1870 he located near the mill, where his family yet reside, and con- tinued in the milling business there until his tragic death eighteen years later. He was a good citizen and held in the highest esteem by his neighbors and patrons. His whole life was spent in Irwin township, where he ranked as one of the most enterprising men of the town- ship. He was twice elected justice of the peace, and was holding that office at the time of his death. He was also county auditor and held several minor offices in the township. He took especial interest in the public schools and did all in his power to increase their efficiency. He was a Republican in politics, and in relig- ions faith a Presbyterian, as was his wife. He met his death while repairing his mill dam, falling into the stream and drowning before rescue could be made.
He married, January 1, 1851, Nancy L. Shontz, born in Harmony. Butler county, Oc- tober 9, 1835, and brought to Irwin township by her parents at an early age, and there died June 3, 1908. She was the daughter of Amos Shontz (see Shontz). His first wife was Cath- erine Latshaw, born in Lancaster county, Penn- sylvania, her parents later settling in Harmony. Children of Amos Shontz: 1. Amos, deceased ; married Mary Shuler, who survives him, a res- ident of Franklin, Pennsylvania. 2. Nancy L.,
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of previous mention, wife of Alexander Gil- more. 3. Sarah, married Manson Brown, a farmer of Sandy Creek township, where they now reside. 4. Catherine, married Rev. Dan- iel Blakely; removed to near Kirksville, Mis- souri, where both died. 5. Hannah, married John Pryor, a farmer of Rockland township, who survives her. Also the following : Aaron, Sidney, Elizabeth, Christian, Ellen, Mary, An- geline, all of whom died unmarried; and Henry B. (half brother), of Sandy Creek township, Venango county, Pennsylvania.
Children of Alexander and Nancy L. Gil- more : 1. John L., now a miller, living at Barkey- ville, Pennsylvania : married Mary Kinder; children: Keturah, deceased, married Charles Struthers, a blacksmith, Grove City, Pennsyl- vania ; Lodema, married E. F. Atwell, a con- tractor, and resides at Grove City, Pennsyl- vania. 2. Amos, now a farmer and oil pro- ducer of Irwin township ; married Ellen Yard ; children : Clarence, a carpenter, married Sarah Osborn, and moved to Colorado; Sidney J., now a lumberman of Idaho; Lovella, resides in Franklin, Pennsylvania ; Mary, married and removed to Colorado Springs, Colorado; Ed- ward. resides in Irwin township, at home; Benjamin, deceased; Almeda, at home. 3. Elma E., married S. B. Hoffman, a farmer of Clintonville ; children : Lilias, married John Phipps, an oil well driller of Clintonville; Sylvia, married Roy Hovis, an oil pumper of Clintonville: Caroline, married Henry Gel- bach, a farmer and oil producer of Evans City, Pennsylvania ; Catherine: William G .; Kelse M., at home : Burwell; Edith ; Alexander G .; all deceased, unmarried. 4. Lysander Boyd, an oil well pumper of Irwin township ; married Sarah E. Hovis ; children : Zola, Selma, Buena (deceased ). 5. Dr. William Grant, of whom further. 6. Catherine L., married Lewis S. Martin, oil producer, residing in Clarendon, Pennsylvania ; child, Elma. 7. Meona, married G. B. Berringer, a farmer of Sandy Creek township; children: Beulah, married Harry Rice, a farmer of Franklin, Pennsylvania; Ruth; Georgie, living at home; Fay, unmar- ried, deceased. 8. Jefferson, died unmarried. 9. Alexander, died unmarried. 10. Elizabeth, married Thomas M. George, a machinist of Franklin; children: Thomas M., an infant daughter. 11. Margaret M., deceased, mar- ried B. F. Keefer, a furniture dealer of Em- lenton.
(V) Dr. William Grant Gilmore, son of
Alexander and Nancy L. (Shontz) Gilmore, was born in Irwin township, Venango county, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1864. He obtained nis early and preparatory education in the public schools of the township, attending Grove City College. He then entered the Western Uni- versity of Pennsylvania (now University of Pittsburgh ) whence he was graduated from the medical department M. D., 1894. While at- taining his college and university education and preparing for the practice of medicine, he taught seven years in the public schools. After securing his degree Dr. Gilmore located in Wesley, Pennsylvania, for a short time, then moved to Clintonville, where he was in suc- cessful practice for about ten years. In 1904 he located in Emlenton, where he is well es- tablished in public favor as a skillful physician. He is a member and ex-president of the Ven- ango County Medical Society, member of the State Medical Society, and is held in high es- teem among his professional brethren, and has the confidence of the entire community. He is an active Republican, and served as school director and burgess of Clintonville, also bur- gess of Emlenton. He is a member of Emlen- ton Lodge No. 644, Independent Order of Odd Fellows ; Franklin Lodge No. 110, Benev- olent and Protective Order of Elks; Oil City Lodge No. 68, Loyal Order of Moose ; Emlen- ton Lodge No. 111, Knights of the Maccabees : Camp No. 6143, Modern Woodmen of Amer- ica, at Emlenton : Central Encampment No. 206, I. O. O. F., Foxburg, Pennsylvania. He is physician for the Maccabees and Woodmen, and is an attendant of the Methodist Episco- pal church.
He married, September 4. 1894, Sarah E. Beighle, born in Irwin township, August 17, 1871, daughter of Milton Beighle, born in Ir- win township, where he died at the age of twenty-six years. He married Josephine Hoff- man, born in Irwin township. Children: I. Sarah E. (of previous mention). 2. Sherman M., an oil producer of Grove City, Pennsyl- vania; married May Berringer, and has a daughter Twila. Mrs. Josephine (Hoffman) Beighle married ( second) E. F. Vogan. Their children : 1. Harvey W., a merchant at Sandy Lake, married Verna Gadsby, and has Roland, Alton and Paul. 2. James Martin, station agent at Raymilton, Pennsylvania ; married May Davis, and has a son Edward. 3. Cassius Ed- ward, a telegraph operator at Rock, Pennsyl- vania ; married Myra Weber, and has a son
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Charles. 4. David Earle, a physician, practic- ing in Emlenton, with Dr. Gilmore. 5. Guy S., a student living at Sandy Lake. The mother of the above mentioned children resides at Sandy Lake, Venango county, Pennsylvania, aged sixty-two years. Dr. Gilmore has no children.
(The Shontz Line).
The history of Dr. William G. Gilmore's branch of the Shontz family, as written by Ezra E. Eby, of Berlin, Ontario, Canada, is as follows:
(I) Jacob Shontz, a native of Switzerland, came to Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, in 1710. He had the following children : Esther, Susannah, Isaac, of whom further; Christian.
(II) Isaac, eldest son of Jacob Shontz, was born in 1748, died in 1802. He had the follow- ing children : Mary; Abraham, of whom fur- ther ; Christian, Jacob, Isaac, David, Veron- ica, Samuel, Joseph.
(III) Abraham, eldest son of Isaac Shontz, was born in 1776, died in 1836. He settled in Harmony, Butler county, Pennsylvania, and had the following children: Moses; Aaron; Catherine; Isaac; Elizabeth ; Lena; Amos, of whom further ; Mary; David; Ellen; Nancy ; Sarah ; Livy ; Abraham ; Joseph.
(IV) Amos, fourth son of Abraham Shontz, was born August 23, 1814. On May 18, 1835, he was married to Catherine Lat- shaw, of Harmony, Pennsylvania, who died December 17, 1870. September 18, 1872, he married (second) Margaret Jane (Beatty) Swartzlander. He died June 7, 1884, aged seventy years. He had the following children : Nancy L., mother of Dr. William G. Gilmore ; Catherine; Aaron; Sidney; Elizabeth ; Chris- tian ; Sarah ; Ellen; Amos; Hannah; Mary ; Angeline ; Henry B. (half brother), living on old homestead in Sandy Creek township, Ven- ango county, Pennsylvania, where Dr. Gil- more's grandfather died.
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