Mary Elllen (Lee) Gilmer (1854 - 1924)

Born 5 Sep 1854 in Champaign, Il

Wife of James Irwin Gilmer — married 11 Jun 1871 in Champaign, Il

Descendants

Died 25 Jul 1924 at age 69 in Urbana, Il

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Biography

Mary Elllen Lee

Import data

Mary Ellen Lee was born on 5 Sep 1854 in Champaign, Il to George Lee and his wife Rose. She married James Irwin Gilmer on 11 Jun 1871and they had 11 children, all of them born in the area of Champaign, Urbana, Ill.

1. George William Gilmer, b. 1 APR 1872 in Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, d. 10/10/1932 in Champaign, Champaign, Illinois.
2. James Robert Gilmer, b. 3 OCT 1873 in Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, d. 17 SEP 1941 in Urbana, Champaign, Illinois.
3. Francis Irvin Gilmer, b. 03/11/1876 in Illinois, d. 6 JUN 1954 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana.
4. Anna Ressetta Gilmer, b. 10 MAR 1877 in Urbana, Illinois, d. 16 JUL 1962 in Ft Wayne, Allen, Indiana.
5. Clarence Lawrence Gilmer, b. 5 FEB 1879 in Urbana, Illinois, d. 20 MAR 1966 in Dallas Center, Dallas, Iowa.
6. Charles Edwin Gilmer, b. 19 SEP 1881 in Illinois, d. 13 FEB 1952 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.
7. Henry Arthur Gilmer, b. 11 NOV 1883 in Champaign, Illinois, d. JUN 1963.
8. Edward E Gilmer, b. FEB 1887 in Illinois, d. JUN 1970 in Saint Joseph, Champaign, Illinois.
9. Emma E Gilmer, b. FEB 1887 in Illinois, d. 1959 in Somer, Champaign, Illinois.
10. Mary J Gilmer, b. FEB 1890 in Illinois, d. unknown.
11. Daisy B Gilmer, b. 20 APR 1893 in Illinois, d. SEP 1977 in Urbana, Champaign, Illinois.

The couple raised their family on a farm and Mary Ellen Lee died on 25 July 1924. She is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois.

Sources

• 1860 United States Federal Census. Birth date: abt 1855 Birth place: Illinois Residence date: 1860 Residence place: Township 20 N Range 9 E, Champaign, Illinois, United States. Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 20 N Range 9 E, Champaign, Illinois; Roll: ; Page: 462; Image: 463. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records. (http://www.Ancestry.com). Cites Mary living in household of father George in 1860 US Federal Census.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64X-P6W : 17 October 2014), Mary E Lee in household of George Lee, Illinois, United States; citing p. 2, family 14, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,692. Cites Mary living in household of father George in 1870 US Federal Census.

• "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2GC-8WJ : 29 December 2014), James I. Gilmer and Mary E. Lee, 11 Jun 1871; citing Champaign, Illinois; FHL microfilm 338,049.

• 1880 United States Federal Census.Birth date: abt 1856 Birth place: Illinois Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Somer, Champaign, Illinois, United States. Year: 1880; Census Place: Somer, Champaign, Illinois; Roll: 180; Family History Film: 1254180; Page: 320B; Enumeration District: 24; Image: 0201. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. (http://www.Ancestry.com). Cites Mary living with husband James and five children in the 1880 US Federal Census.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSS8-T15 : accessed 15 December 2016), Mary E Gilmer in household of James I Gilmer, Urbana Township (excl. Urbana city), Champaign, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31, sheet 6B, family 113, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,241. Cites Mary living with husband James in 1900 US Federal Census.

• 1910 United States Federal Census. Birth date: 1855 Birth place: Illinois Residence date: 1910 Residence place: Somer, Champaign, Illinois. Year: 1910; Census Place: Somer, Champaign, Illinois; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Was. (http://www.Ancestry.com).

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJSM-HKN : accessed 15 December 2016), Mary Gilmer, Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 46, sheet 15B, line 100, family 369, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 298; FHL microfilm 1,820,298. Cites Mary as head of household living with Emma and James in 1920 US Federal Census.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLM-934H : 13 December 2015), Mary E. Gilmer, ; Burial, Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America, Woodlawn Cemetery; citing record ID 83131476, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Cites date of death as 25 Jul 1924.

• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQDV-SZY : 27 December 2014), Mary Ellen Gilmer, 25 Jul 1924; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,452,451.