Stephen Gilson came to Berrien County MI prior to 1837 when his sister Betsey Gilson and her husband Isaac Young arrived. There is a Gilson Park in Coloma named after Stephen Gilson.
Family records of genealogy by Virginia E. Harroff of Buchanan MI who passed away at the age of 100 on November 16, 2008. It is believed she remained active in revising and adding to her memoirs and family history until she died: History of the Isaac Young Family, History of the Enos Families, History of the Able Thompson Family
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Featured National Park champion connections: Stephen is 18 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 24 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 16 degrees from George Catlin, 20 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 27 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 15 degrees from George Grinnell, 29 degrees from Anton Kröller, 16 degrees from Stephen Mather, 25 degrees from Kara McKean, 10 degrees from John Muir, 21 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 28 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.