162. B01[1]32759 JESSIE AUBREY8 GILMORE (Carvin Washington7, John Wesley6, John5, Humphrey4, John3, ?2, ?1) was born on 13 Jan 1895 in McLennan Co., TX. He died on 26 Aug 1977 in Vaughan, Hill Co., TX (Vaughan Cem). He married Marie Scruggs on 25 Feb 1922 in Hill Co., TX. Jessie Aubrey Gilmore and Marie Scruggs had the following children:
i. B01[1]327591 WANDA9 GILMORE. She married ? ADAMS.
Notes for Wanda Gilmore:
I had a video interview with Wanda in about 2001. Unfortunately some “bleep” stole the camcorder before I could download the interview to my computer. (Bitter much?)
In the video, Wanda stated that her parents are both buried in the Gilmore lot in the Vaughan Cemetery. They are the 2 unknown graves in the upper left corner of the lot. Marie’s grave is marked with a stone that says mother and Jessies is marked with a small cut stone with nothing on it. There is a WWI plaque for Jessie in the lot also.
ii. B01[1]327592 BONNIE GILMORE.
iii. B01[1]327593 HARLON JOE GILMORE was born in 1937. He died in Jan 1969 in Viet Nam (Buried in Chapel Hill, Waco, TX). He married FRANCES MARIE POWELL. She died in Living.
163. B01[1]3275(10) SOLAN ARTHUR8 GILMORE (Carvin Washington7, John Wesley6, John5, Humphrey4, John3, ?2, ?1) was born on 04 Jul 1897 in Williamson Co., TX. He died on 15 Sep 1971 in McLennan Co., TX. He married Essie May Marlar on 22 Dec 1924 in Hill Co., TX.
Solan Arthur Gilmore and Essie May Marlar had the following children:
i. B01[1]3275(10)1 ELAINE9 GILMORE. She married ? ANDREWS.
ii. B01[1]3275(10)2 AVONELLE GILMORE. She died in Living. She married ? ANDREWS.
iii. B01[1]3275(10)3 SOLAN ARTHUR GILMORE. He married ESSIE MAY MARLAR.
iv. B01[1]3275(10)4 CAREY GILMORE.
164. B01[1]327(11)1 MARTHA ALASKA “MATTIE”8 GILMORE (George Shafer7, John Wesley6, John5, Humphrey4, John3, ?2, ?1) was born on 27 Jul 1877 in Hays Co., TX177-178. She died in Jun 1961 in Manchaca, Travis Co., TX buried in Live Oak Cemetery178. She married Walter Charles Garrett, son of William Davis Garrett and Sarah Elizabeth Pursley, about 1902 in Hays Co., TX?179. He was born on 17 Sep 1876 in Hays Co., TX180. He died in 1924 in Manchaca, Travis Co., TX buried in Live Oak Cemetery181.
Notes for Martha Alaska “Mattie” Gilmore:
Mattie’s husband, Walter Garrett, and her sister Drue’s husband, Jim Garrett were 1st cousins. According to Shirley Bowen Frazier, granddaughter, Mattie had 9 children but the other 4 died in infancy and are buried at the Live Oak Cemetery where Walter and Mattie are buried. All of Mattie’s girls were small. Shirley never knew her grandfather as he died before she was born, but her grandmother lived with them in her later years in Austin, TX. She was a tiny woman about 5′ tall with long auburn hair that grayed early. As slim as she was, she was blessed up top. She was a school teacher and enjoyed telling stories about the Indian troubles in the area she lived in growing up. .Shirley remembers her washing cloths in their wash tub using a scrubbing board. She also loved to knit, crochet, and quilt. Mattie was a devout Methodist. She drew a pension which Shirley wasn’t sure were it came from, perhaps from her husbands military service? This was her only income at the time she lived with Shirley’s family. Mattie also sat for older people, like a home care taker. Mattie died at Shirley’s home and Shirley thinks her grandmother died of heart failure &/or pneumonia.
Notes for Walter Charles Garrett:
CENSUS:
1. 1910 Travis Co., TX
2. 1920 Hays Co., TX
3. 1930 Travis Co., TX
Walter Charles Garrett and Martha Alaska “Mattie” Gilmore had the following children:
i. B01[1]327(11)11 LILA MAUD9 GARRETT212 was born on 22 Jan 1906 in Hays Co., TX. She died on 25 Mar 1986 in Manchaca, Travis Co., TX buried in Live Oak Cemetery. She married (1) ? WEST. She married (2) JAMES W. BOWEN. He was born on 16 Mar 1906. He died on 31 May 1977 in Austin, Travis Co., TX.
ii. B01[1]327(11)12 ALTHEA GARRETT was born about 1908.
iii. B01[1]327(11)13 NELSON GARRETT was born on 03 Oct 1909 in Hays Co., TX213. He died on 06 Apr 1984 in Manchaca, Travis Co., TX buried in Live Oak Cemetery178. He married MILDRED BRATTON. She was born on 19 Aug 1910178. She died on 27 Aug 1993 in Manchaca, Travis Co., TX buried in Live Oak Cemetery178.
iv. B01[1]327(11)15 DAISY NELL GARRETT was born about 1915. She died in Las Vegas, NV. She married Don Brozel Christensen Slade.
165. B01[1]327(11)2 CHARLES MONROE “CHARLIE”8 GILMORE (George Shafer7, John Wesley6, John5, Humphrey4, John3, ?2, ?1) was born on 25 Sep 1878 in Hays Co., TX177. He died on 24 May 1958 in Hays Co., TX (Phillips Cem)33, 139. He married Vernie Victoria Harmon about 1905 in Hays Co., TX. She was born in 1885 in TX. She died in 1968 in Hays Co., TX (Phillips Cem)33.
Notes for Charles Monroe “Charlie” Gilmore:
Census:
1. 1910 Hays Co., TX
2. 1920 Hays Co., TX
Below is an interview with Paul “Peck”, Ina Mae “Skeet” and Edith Gilmore, children of Charles Monroe Gilmore, recorded by Janet Anderson 2nd great niece of Charles Monroe Gilmore.
Interview with “Peck”, “Skeet”, and Edith Gilmore:
Story: I commented on a scar Ina Mae had on her forehead right at the hairline. With a laugh she told me about the time she snuck up on her brother, Bill as he was milking a cow and splattered a “cow patty” using a board the result of which landed on Bill’s back. In retaliation, Bill kicked the can he was sitting on and the edge of the old can cut her forehead.
Health problems in the Gilmore family:
Most of the Gilmores tend to live to a ripe age. They do have a problem with cancer however. George Nolan Gilmore and Richard Norman Gilmore died of bone cancer. Charles Monroe Gilmore died of a growth in the neck. It caused him to bleed to death. George Shafer died of skin cancer. Peck Gilmore was treated for prostate cancer and skin cancer.
Ina Mae did have ear troubles as a child. Since there was no medication for this ailment, her mother heated up water with sugar in it and had Ina Mae hold it under her ear. Ina Mae said the remedy worked. Ina Mae and Edith are in good health. They were never married.
George Shafer Gilmore’s wife, Sarah Louisa “Lou” Bryant Gilmore had a bad problem with asthma. In fact she went to California on the advice of her doctor for a better climate. Her youngest son Shafer Alexander and her brother-in-law William Henry Gilmore and his family went with her. They lived near Pasadena and/or Los Angeles. They didn’t know exactly when.
Other memories:
Sarah Lou eventually came back to live out her remaining years in Texas. Shafer Alexander died in Nevada. Some of William Henry Gilmore’s family wound up in Arkansa—Minnie Bell Gilmore and Archer Robinson Gilmore.
The only older generations Skeet, Edith and Peck remembered were uncles or great uncles—Uncle Ed, Uncle Wash, and Uncle Doc. (Author’s note: Uncle Ed is either Lou Bryant’s brother, Richard Edward Bryant, or Augustine Edward Gilmore their great uncle who moved into New Mexico and later Arizona. In a later interview with Peck, Skeet, and Edith they clarified that they thought Uncle Ed had gone down into Old Mexico never to be seen from again. I believe this Augustine Edward Gilmore is who they meant but the romance of having and Uncle in Old Mexico skewed the actuality. Uncle Wash is probably Carvin Washington Gilmore their great uncle who settled in his later years north of Waco in Hill Co., TX)
The rest of their memories were vital statistics on their various Gilmore uncles, aunts, and cousins.
San Marcos, TX; 8 Jun 1994
By Janet Anderson
Below is the results of an interview with three of the children of (#165) B01[1]327(11)2 Charles Monroe Gilmore—Paul “Peck” Gilmore, Edith Gilmore, and Ina Mae “Skeet” Gilmore about their remembrances as recorded by Janet Anderson (2nd great niece of Charles Monroe Gilmore). Terry Gilmore was a generation younger.
Interview w/ Terry, Peck, Skeet & Edith,
Terry told of a story about 3 Gilmore brothers who came to TX—Ed who went down into Old Mexico, Wash who went to the Waco area and their grandfather George who stayed in Hays Co., TX. This was passed to him by his father Peck and aunts Skeet and Edith who he said raised him.
Peck said he heard the family settled in Bastrop Co., TX when they first came to TX. (Author’s note: This is very close. They first came to Milam Co very briefly then to Bastrop Co and onward to Hays Co.)
When asked about any outlaws in the family, Skeet said Frank Smith was constantly in trouble with the law. (Author’s note: Frank was the son of William J. Smith and Frances Gilmore. Frances Gilmore being a sister to George, Ed, and Wash.) They knew nothing of William H., Thomas J., James N, Alexander M., or Charles Wesley Gilmore the rest of the boys in the family.
There is Cherokee blood in the family. This comes from all the older Gilmores Peck, Skeet, Edith and their first cousin, Lesley “Pete” Gilmore. Skeet seems to think it came from the Weaver side. Pete thought it came from Lou Bryant Gilmore, her mother being full blood Cherokee. (Author’s note: My research into these two families hasn’t revealed any Cherokee blood and my DNA doesn’t show it so I’m beginning to suspect this to be a myth pasted down from generation to generation.)
San Marcos, Hays County, Texas (21 Jun 2003)
By Janet Lyn Anderson
Charles Monroe “Charlie” Gilmore and Vernie Victoria Harmon had the following children:
i. B01[1]327(11)21 EDITH G.9 GILMORE. She died in Living.
ii. B01[1]327(11)22 HORACE “BILL” GILMORE was born on 20 Jul 1908 in Hays Co., TX177. He died on 05 Mar 1994 in Hays Co., TX (Phillips Cem)33, 139. He married LEVONIA LORENE HUBBLES. She died in Living.
iii. B01[1]327(11)23 INA MAE “SKEET” GILMORE. She died in Living.
iv. B01[1]327(11)24 HOWARD GILMORE was born on 19 Oct 1912 in Hays Co., TX. He died on 10 Aug 1989 in Hays Co., TX (Phillips Cem). He married GLADYS.
Notes for Howard Gilmore:
Fought in WW II. Was a Corporal for the US Army.
v. B01[1]327(11)25 PAUL “PECK” GILMORE. He died in Living.
Notes for Peck Gilmore:
NOTES FROM TRIP WITH PECK GILMORE
AND JANET ANDERSON – MAY, 2006
(as told by Peck Gilmore)
Charlie Gilmore, father of Peck, primary crop was cotton. Last crop was in 1933. Peck remembers picking cotton on the farm as he was growing up.
The last year school was taught at the Mt. Gainor School was in l942.
George Schafer Gilmore grew sugar cane which he milled into syrup and took to Austin to sell. Pete Gilmore helped him. Pete is a first cousin to Peck. George Schafer had 160 acres he bought in 1880 for $500 and a load of corn.
Peck went into the service March 17, 1941. His intent was to enroll for the required one year and get it over with; however, World War II started and he was not released until December, 1945. He was part of the cleanup crew in Germany, although he was all over Europe.
Peck pointed out the twin sisters mountains and told us a dance hall was built on top of one of the mountains in 1930. He said when you asked a girl to a dance, mama and daddy would be there. There was no way to get to the dance hall on top of the mountain except by foot, so it was difficult for the parents to go. The kids liked it, however, there were only about five dances held there and it closed. Dances were usually held in someone’s home. They would take all of the furniture out of one room to make room for the dance. Later, dances were held at dance halls.
Harve Harmon was 6’ 3”. He was a big man, but not fat. Vernie Victoria, Harve’s daughter, was a large women. Harve had over 700 acres and brother, John Sign, had about 450 acres. There was also a brother Will and one sister who married a Garrett.
Tory Twidwell was Peck’s wife; two sons, Terry and Mike. Mike lives in Denver and travels the country for Hobby Lobby.
There were 3 Gilmores from MS: Ed, Wash and George Schafer.
Going North on RR 12, Peck pointed out George Schafer’s place on the left prior to getting to Gatlin Road. I think he may have said George had land on both sides. ? ? ?
Driving West on Gatlin Road: Peck pointed out the Jenkin’s property on the left across from what is now Paul Motal’s place. Next was the Conn’s. He then pointed out property on the right which he said was 550 acres he bought after the war.
Harve Harmon owned the land across the road when Gatlin Rd dead ends into the road going into Storm Ranch. Wood’s owned the property in the NE corner of this intersection. Heading North from the intersection, he pointed out the property owned by Coon Harmon on the right which he said ran all the way down to the pecan bottom on the creek. The hill going down to the next intersection was called “Coon Harmon Hill”.
We then turned left and drove to the site of the Mt. Gainor school on the left. The only thing remaining is the steps. Peck said all of the kids had signed a paper which was placed in a Prince Albert can in put inside the concrete steps. He said the reason the steps are all broken up is because they were trying to find the can, but it had not been found.
Peck said they played sports at school and had an annual play. One time he had eight parts in the play.
Across the road from the school was Garland Seal’s parent’s place. Peck is amazed the house is still standing because he said it seemed a l00 years old when he was a kid. Tom Quick’s grist mill (now gone) was also located across the creek from the school. The Seal’s later moved across the road (behind the school and across the creek, S. Onion Creek). Mr. Seal’s would place rocks in the creek so the kids could cross the creek without getting their feet wet while walking to and from school.
Pass the 315 mail box, Ben Quick had the property on both sides of the road.
The stretch of road where the trees overhang the road, Peck said because of draw that comes through there, it would be the coldest spot anywhere around and they would always run through that stretch because it was so cold.
The next hill was called “Harve Harmon Hill”. Starting down the hill on the other side, there’s a green house on the left which was Harve’s. The house has been added onto over the years. Just across the rock fence to the West was where Harve had his blacksmith shop. Peck told of a time when Harve sold gasoline for cars of which there were few. Late when evening, Harve was drawing gasoline from one of the three ffifty-five gallon drums which layed on their sides on a rack. Harve reached for a kerosene lantern to see how much gas they had ran out into a container. The gas caught fire and the two unopened barrels exploded going through the roof and about 200 feet into the air. They poured water on the house to keep it from burning. One of Harve’s arms was burned pretty badly. The blacksmith was rebuilt and a small store added on. One of Harve’s sons helped him with the blacksmith and store and eventually took it over. Crossing S. Onion Creek again, Harve owned the fields on both sides of the road.
He showed us where their house, Charlie Gilmore’s, was on the North side, just to the left of a metal gate. There was a hand-dug well. Very little sign of an old home place remains. He said there were four china berry trees. The boys slept outside under the china berry trees. He said they put a wagon sheet over the beds (iron cots) if it rained. It was a four room house, one of which had two double beds.
Harve died at 85. Two brothers – Bill 85, Howard – 77, twin sisters – 84 or 85, both nurses at Brackenridge. (Need to check to see if he was talking about Harve or himself)
Next was Pursley Cemetery on the right. While at the cemetery, he talked about the old gas pumps which had a ball at the top. The ball filled with gas. Ten cents per gallon.
Gravestones:
Tobitha T. Harmon, wife of L. Kinnard, born Oct. 13, 1822, died Sept 28, 1930
H. R. Harmon, Feb. 29, 1860 – May 30, 1945
“Ellen” Sarah Ellen Harmon (wife of Harve), April 3, 1864 – Sept. 5, 1933.
Laura F. Everett (sister of Harve) Nov. 30, 1857 – Dec. 25, 1927.
Will Harmon lived in Johnson City – Baptist Church.
Church was held in the school. A Baptist preacher and a Methodist preacher alternated giving the service on Sunday’s. Everyone went every Sunday, regardless of whether the Baptist preacher or the Methodist preacher was holding the service.
Peck walked 10 miles on his 85th birthday, just to prove to himself he could do it.
He thought the Harmon’s possibly came from TN.
Ed Gilmore went to Old Mexico to ranch.
Peck joined the CCC (Civilian Conservation Core) in 1935. Went to New Mexico to build a ranger station at 8100’ altitude. Had 4” of snow on May 9.
George Schafer married Lou Bryant. Lou would set on the porch and smoke a corn pipe with something medicinal in it for her asthma.
The Harmon’s were raised about a mile inward on the North side of the road. There was a metal gate with a white wooden fence West of the gate, somewhere near the Mt. Gainor school. Then back on the road leading into the Storm Ranch, he said Harve’s place stuarted just South of the red-roof house.
When Ellen died, Peck’s parents moved in to take care of Granddad (Harve).
Driving into the Storm Ranch from RR12, pointed to an area where the Glenn School was.
At the Gatlin Cemetery, he told of having to cut tree limbs after an ice storm over the graves of grandparents.
The Gilmore’s originally were in Bastrop County, but left there to come to Hays County because of the mosquitos.
Peck told about his Uncle Mac teasing him and he ran and jumped in his grandmother’s (Lou) lap. She jumped all over his Uncle Mac for teasing and scaring him.
He pointed out the Panamill’s (sp ?) place on East Mt. Gainor Road. He told about riding his horse, along with some other kids, under the big oak tree near the road running into the old Wood’s place (across the road from where I live). Old man Wood’s chickens roosted in that tree. From there horses, they grabbed some of the chickens from their roost and took them down by the creek where they cooked and ate them.
Harve’s grandmother Blye (sp ?) died in 1910.
Charlie Beacham (I think one of Harve’s daughter’s was married to him ? ? ?) had a large bay horse. He would drive hit cattle to Austin right up Congress Avenue and across the the Congress Avenue bridge. There was a stock yard to the East down First Street. If he did not like the price for his cattle in Austin, he would load them on the train there and take them to the Fort Worth stock yards. He would take the saddle and bridle off his bay and tell him to go home. The horse would follow the cattle trail all the way back to Mt. Gainor and return home.
Peck had told me prior to going on our drive in the back roads “We’ll just have to get us a hamburger for lunch”. We stopped at the Dairy Queen in Wimberley on our way back to San Marcos so Peck could get have his hamburger.
by Ann Stuart
vi. B01[1]327(11)26 DILLIE FAYE GILMORE. She died in Living. She married ARNOLD ANDERSON.
vii. B01[1]327(11)27 DOVIE RAYE GILMORE. She died in Living. She married EDGAR MUELLER.
166. B01[1]327(11)3 WILLIAM HENRY “WILL”8 GILMORE (George Shafer7, John Wesley6, John5, Humphrey4, John3, ?2, ?1) was born on 06 Dec 1879 in Hays Co., TX. He died in CA or NM. He married Mary Elizabeth Jenkins about 1902. She was born in May 1881 in Hays Co., TX182.
Notes for William Henry “Will” Gilmore:
Census:
1. 1910 Hays Co., TX
2. 1920 Hays Co., TX
William Henry “Will” Gilmore and Mary Elizabeth Jenkins had the following children:
i. B01[1]327(11)31 MINNIE BELL9 GILMORE was born on 08 Nov 1902 in Hays Co., TX177.
ii. B01[1]327(11)32 NORMAN CARLTON GILMORE was born on 25 Jan 1904 in Hays Co., TX177.
iii. B01[1]327(11)33 LAURA MAY “MADIE” GILMORE was born on 11 Dec 1905 in Hays Co., TX177.
iv. B01[1]327(11)34 WILLIE DEWITT GILMORE was born on 19 Dec 1908 in Hays Co., TX177.
v. B01[1]327(11)35 WESLEY WARD GILMORE was born on 26 Feb 1911 in Hays Co., TX177.
vi. B01[1]327(11)36 ARCHER ROBINSON GILMORE was born on 12 Mar 1914 in Hays Co., TX177.