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Birth: May 8, 1835, Darien, Genesee County, New York.
Death: June, 1864.
Father Benjamin P. Gillmore, ( 1809 - 1862 ).
Wife: Elizabeth Rowling Gillmore, ( 1836 - 1882 ).
Burial: Avon Center Cemetery, Grayslae, Lake County, Illinois.
Ninety-Sixth Illinois Infantry, Regimental History.
Captain Evangelist J. Gillmore. Age 26 ; born in New York ; farmer and teacher ; enlisted from Avon ; appointed First Sergeant at the organization of the Company ; promoted to Second Lieutenant Jan. 6, 1863, and to First Lieutenant Feb. 17, 1863, and to Captain Jan. 8, 18(14 ; at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 20, 1864, he was mortally wounded while attempting to retake the breastworks from which the 35th Indiana had been driven, being shot three times, and dying three days later, beloved and regretted by his associates of whatever rank. His body was, by special order of the Department Commander, taken to his former home at Avon Center, Lake County, Ill., for interment.
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