Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore (1829 - 1892)

Born 25 Dec 1829 in Ballygar, County Galway, Ireland

Husband of Ellen (O'Neill) Gilmore — married 13 May 1858 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 24 Sep 1892 at age 62 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Biography

Patrick was born in 1829.

settled in 1848 in Boston, Massachusetts.

married in 1858 in Lowell, Massachusetts, to Ellen O'Neill

"Gilmore's Band enlisted on 16 September 1861 and attached itself to the 24th Massachusetts Infantry, which it accompanied to Camp Massasoit near Boston. Gilmore and his musicians provided music for the Regiment and also served as stretcher bearers at battles in Roanoke, New Bern, Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Nashville, Petersburg, and Richmond. In August 1862, Congress discharged most military bands in an effort to lower costs. In 1863, however, the governor of Massachusetts charged Gilmore with reorganizing the state's military bands. In March 1864, Gilmore was sent to New Orleans to oversee music for the inauguration of Louisiana's new governor. This event, with its chorus of 6000, band of 500, cannons, and anvils, foreshadowed Gilmore's later monster concerts." ^[1]

Patrick Gilmore 30 yrs musician, Ellen 22 yrs, Mary J. O'Neill 46 yrs, Edwin J. O'Neill, 19 yrs, clerk, resided in 1860 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, ^[2]

Patrick Gilmore 40 yrs musician, Ellen G. 32 yrs, Mary L. 8 yrs, Katie Kemp 14 yrs, Mary J. O'Neill 52 yrs, servant Ellen Brooks 22 yrs, resided in 1870 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, ^[3]

in 1873 moved to New York

He passed away in 1892.

Father of the American band - wrote "When Johnny Comes Marching Home.

died in St. Louis and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York, where his wife would later be interred.

Sources

1. ↑ Patrick Gilmore collection University of Maryland College Park MD https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/4/resources/191
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCX-P4P : Wed Oct 04 07:32:01 UTC 2023), Entry for Patrick S Gilmore and Ellen Gilmore, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD3R-DSY : 12 April 2016), Patrick S Gilmore, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 73, family 594, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,146.

See also:

• Michael Cummings Collection of P.S. Gilmore documents https://findingaids.bc.edu/repositories/2/resources/296

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Gilmore
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8016/patrick-sarsfield-gilmore