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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 602-603]

    F. H. GILLETT, a farmer well known in Sheridan Township, was born
    July 10, 1848, in La Salle County, Illinois.  His father, D. S.
    GILLETT, was born in Connecticut, in 1820; his mother was SUSAN
    WORSLEY; she was born in Ohio in 1823.  The boyhood and youth of
    our subject was passed in the borders of his native county; there
    he received the advantages afforded by the public schools of that
    time.  Following his first impulse to rely upon his own resources,
    he left home at an early age and went to Mendota, Illinois, and
    resided there until his twenty-second year.  He then came to Cherokee
    County and entered eight acres of land in section 28, Sheridan Town-
    ship.  There he spent twelve years in advancing this land to a high
    state of cultivation, and in making numerous improvements.  His next
    move was to Sioux Falls, Dakota; thence he went to Meriden, Iowa,
    and resided there three years.  At the present time he has under his
    care and direction the farm of Mr. BEAL.  Mr. GILLETT was married
    March 10, 1870, to Miss LYDIA M. QUINN, daughter of H. S. and ABBIE L.
    (MYERS) QUINN, who was born June 30, 1850.  Mr. and Mrs. QUINN are
    natives of the State of Vermont, and removed to Bureau County, Illi-
    nois, when Mrs. GILLETT was two years old.  There she was reared and
    received her education.  Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.
    GILLETT: LOUIS M., FRED H. and NELLIE M.  Mr. GILLETT is a stanch
    adherent to the principles of the Republican party.  The people of
    his township have called upon him to serve them as trustee, which
    office he has held for three years; he has served as road super-
    visor one term.  He and his wife are worthy and consistent members
    of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are ever ready to support any
    measures that will better the community.


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