Family:Whitney, Mary Jane (1817-1898)
Mary Jane7 Whitney (John6, Amos5, Amos4, Nathaniel3, Benjamin2, John1), daughter of John6 and Betsey (Fairbanks) Whitney, was born 1 Feb 1817, Newburgh, ME, and died 28 Mar 1898, Washington, District of Columbia.
She married 28 Nov 1841, Newburgh, ME, Charles Davis Gilmore, son of Rufus and Julitta (Fairbanks) Gilmore. He was born 30 Jul 1819, Newburgh, ME, and died 25 Nov 1884, Washington, District of Columbia.
From: Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America,1633-1897:
Charles Davis Gilmore, b. 30 Jul 1819; m. Mary Jane Whitney. He. d. in Washington, D.C., Nov. 1884. Was Deputy Sheriffof Penobscot Co., Maine, and held other prominent
positions. He was a soldier in the Civil War, and obtained the rank, by brevet, of General. After the war he opened a Land and Pension office in Washington; acquired large properties in the West. His widow still resides in Washington, D.C. (1896.)
Source: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine
Commissioned an officer in Company C, Maine 7th Infantry Regiment on 22 Aug 1861. Promoted to Full Major on 08 Aug 1862. Mustered out on 08 Aug 1862. Commissioned an officer in
Company S, Maine 20th Infantry Regiment on 08 Aug 1862.
Promoted to Full Lt Colonel on 20 May 1863. Promoted to Full Colonel on 15 Jun 1864. Mustered out on 29 May 1865.
Both Mary Jane and Charles are buried in the Gilmore-Tarbell Grave Site, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
Children of Charles Davis and Mary Jane7 (Whitney) Gilmore:
i. Helen J. Gilmore, b. ca. 1847, Newburgh, ME; d. 10 Jan 1898, Boston, MA.
Census
1850 Census: Newburgh, Penobscot Co., Maine
1860: Bangor, Penobscot Co., ME; sheriff of Penobscot Co.
1870 Census: Washington, D.C.; claim agent
1880 Census: Washington, D.C.; court solicitor
References
1. From the Civil War Pension File of Charles D. Gilmore: Captain, Co. C, 7th ME Infantry; Colonel, 20th Maine Infantry.
2. District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961; FamilySearch.org
3. Maine Marriages, 1771-1907; FamilySearch.org
4. Genealogy of the Fairbanks family, 1633-1897; Ancestry.com
5. Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915; Ancestry.com
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