James McBurney Gillett
James McBurney Gillett was born on May 10, 1816, in New York. He married Eliza Esther Berry, and they had at least four children: Charles, born on March 24, 1841; Euphemia, born around 1844; Mary, born around 1846; and Hattie, born around 1856.
 
They lived in Hopewell, New York, and Gillett worked as a farmer. By 1850, he owned $4,000 of real estate. A decade later, he owned $6,000 of real estate and $1,300 of personal property, and by 1870, he owned $12,700 of real estate and $3,900 of personal property. By the early 1880s, a local writer considered him a “wealthy farmer.” He died in Hopewell on March 21, 1884.
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(3743)Gillett, James McBurney1816-05-101884-03-21
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 5

  • (10558) [recipient] ~ Charles A. Gillett to James M. Gillett, 22 September 1864
  • (10564) [recipient] ~ Charles A. Gillett to James M. Gillett, 25 January 1865
  • (10566) [recipient] ~ Charles A. Gillett to James M. Gillett, 7 September 1864
  • (10568) [recipient] ~ Charles A. Gillett to James M. Gillett, 4 February 1865
  • (10570) [recipient] ~ Charles A. Gillett to James M. Gillett, 5 April 1865

People - Records: 3

  • (3743) Gillett, James McBurney is the [parent of] (3739) Gillett, Charles A.
  • (3743) Gillett, James McBurney is the [husband of] (3745) Gillett, Eliza Esther
  • (3744) Gillett, Euphemia O. is the [child of] (3743) Gillett, James McBurney

Places - Records: 2

  • (67) [birth] ~ New York
  • (2789) [death] ~ Hopewell, Ontario County, New York

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Corning (NY) Journal, 27 March 1884.