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

[page 600]

    A. C. GILMORE is a Pennsylvanian by birth, as are many thrifty citi-
    zens of Cherokee County.  He was born March 25, 1833, and is the son
    of JOHN and ESTHER (CRISS) GILMORE, natives of Pennsylvania.  A. C.
    was two years old when his parents removed to Meigs County, Ohio,
    where his mother died.  In 1861 the father moved to Johnson County,
    Ohio, where he passed the remainder of his days.  Until eighteen
    years of age our subject was trained to agricultural pursuits; he
    then learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed with some
    interruption twenty-five years.  At the age of twenty-two years he
    determined to see the western borders of this great continent, and
    so went to California by water.  He remained upon the Pacific Coast
    for six years, working at his trade, and holding some interest in
    mines.  In 1860 he returned to the States, voting for Lincoln while
    on shipboard.  He returned to Middleport, Meigs County, Iowa, locating
    eight miles southeast of Cedar Rapids; he bought the land where ELY'S
    Station now stands; he resided there and at Western College, Linn
    County, until 1876, with the exception of one year, 1863, which he
    spent in California, making the trip overland.  In 1876 Mr. GILMORE
    came to Cherokee County, and purchased wild land which he has brought
    to an advanced state of cultivation; the place contains 240 acres,
    has a good story and a half house, pleasantly situated, and all the
    buildings necessary to general farming and stock-raising.  Mr. GILMORE
    was married in Meigs County, Ohio, November 18, 1854, to Miss HATTIE
    AULT, who was born at New Albany, Indiana.  She was three years old
    when her parents, FREDERICK and MARY (WHEELER) AULT, removed to Meigs
    County, Ohio.  Her father died in the East, and her mother died at her
    home.  Mr. and Mrs. GILMORE have had born to them two children: CHARLES
    H., a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, who was educated at
    Western College, and now resides at Elmwood, Nebraska, and DAISY E.,
    residing at home.  CHARLES H. GILMORE married Miss ROSA A. WILLS, of
    this county, and three children have been born to them: FREDERICK J.,
    EDITH MAY and LILLIE BELLE.  Mr. GILMORE is a man who has traveled
    much, and with wide-open eyes; he is well informed upon general topics,
    and is one of the most highly esteemed citizens of Pilot Township.


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