Richard Henry Gillen (1846 - 1916)

Born 11 Mar 1846 in Posey Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States

Husband of Elizabeth (Thorne) Gillen — married 28 Apr 1874 (to about 1889) in Wabash, Indiana, United States

Husband of Mary Mabel (Abernethy) Gillen — married 23 Jul 1891 (to 1892) in Osage, Mitchell, Iowa, United States

Husband of Charlotte Thomas (Zutavern) Gillen — married 17 Aug 1894 in Springfield, Clark, Ohio, United States

Died 28 Apr 1916 at age 70 in Seattle, King County, Washington, United States of America

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Biography

Richard Henry Gillen was born on 11 March 1846 in Posey, Indiana. His parents were Dr. Henry Harrison Gillen and Mary Salinda Cartmel.

He served in the Union Army (Pvt, 16th Indiana Battalion) during the U.S. Civil War.

He married his first wife, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Thorne, on 29 April 1874. Their known children are:

• Edith (Gillen) Lewis - (1878-1913)
• Verne Charles Gillen - (1880-1930)
• Marie (Gillen) Andrews - (1885-1923)
• Harry Gillen - (1886-1891)

Lizzie died in 1889.

On 23 July 1891, he married Mary Mabel Abernathy in Osage, Iowa. She died less than a year later, on 5 June 1892.

He married Charlotte Thomas ZuTavern on 16 August 1894 in Springfield, Ohio. Together they had one child: Ethelyn "June" (Gillen) Harris aka Carey - (1895-1987)

He died in Seattle, Washington on 27 April 1916.

• Fact: Residence (1870) Wabash Ward 1, Wabash, Indiana, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, United States
• Fact: Residence (1885) De Land, Volusia, Florida
• Fact: Residence (1900) De Land Town, Volusia, Florida
• Fact: Residence (1910) Seattle Ward 7, King, Washington
• Fact: Residence (1916) Seattle, Washington, USA
• Fact: Residence Washington, USA

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJD-JY2 : 19 December 2020), Richard Gilen in household of H H Gilen, Posey Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4NW-8VM : 18 February 2021), Richard H Gillen in entry for Henry H Gillen, 1860.
• "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP5Y-VZWN : 3 September 2021), Richard Henry Gillen, 1 Sep 1865; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX6J-HZY : 28 May 2021), Richard Gillen in entry for H W Gillen, 1870.
• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27KG-582 : 19 October 2021), Richard H Gillen and Lizzie Thorne, 28 Apr 1874; citing Wabash, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 007030804.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHSV-R51 : 20 December 2021), Richard Gillen, Wabash, Noble Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC48-HW3 : 18 October 2017), Richard H. Gillen and Mary M. Abernethy, 23 Jul 1891, Osage, Mitchell, Iowa, United States; citing reference it6 p77, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,502,967.
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ1P-PPJ : 29 September 2021), Richard H. Gillen and Charlotte T. Zutavern, 1894.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M36X-DW2 : accessed 26 December 2021), Richard Gillen, Precinct 3 De Land town, Volusia, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 156, sheet 8B, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,177.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGJS-NQQ : accessed 26 December 2021), Richard H Gilhan, Seattle Ward 7, King, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 123, sheet 4A, family 72, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1660; FHL microfilm 1,375,673.
• "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3LT-J59 : 10 March 2018), Richard Henry Gillen, 27 Apr 1916; citing Seattle, King, Washington, reference cn 908, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 1,992,416.
• "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K64N-TDM : 20 August 2019), Richard H Gillen, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,634,875.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40489022/richard-henry-gillen : accessed 27 December 2021), memorial page for Dr Richard Henry Gillen (11 Mar 1846–27 Apr 1916), Find A Grave: Memorial #40489022, citing Falls Cemetery, Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Friends of Falls Cemetery (contributor 47178769) .
• "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/75540730/person/30322770832/facts : accessed 28 January 2018), profile for Richard Henry Gillen.