The Gill Family

of Delaware County, Ohio · documented from the public record

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John Smith Gill 1842 – 1906

grandparentsAndrew Gill

parentsMason Gill & Harriett Granger

John Smith Gill ⚭ Frances Iva Mitchell

childrenMason Mitchell Gill

Source: Twentieth Century History of Delaware County, Ohio

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Judge and lawyer.
Born May 9, 1842.
Died December 12, 1906.
Educated in public schools, worked on father's farm.
Enlisted Aug 1862, Company I, 121st Regiment O.V.I.
Severely wounded at Chickamauga, GA, Sept 20, 1863.
Served on Sherman's march to the sea.
Taught school and farmed in Union County, then removed to Delaware, Ohio in 1874, studied law in office of Reid and Powell, admitted to Bar 1876.

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