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John B. Gilson
John B. Gilson⚭ Catherine McWilliams (married June 1872)
childrenson · son · son
Source: History of Jackson County, Michigan (1911)
Their story
What the record says
History of Jackson County, Michigan (1911).
Boot and shoe merchant of Snow, Gilson & Co., West Main Street, Jackson.
Parents moved to Michigan and settled in Dexter when he was eight.
Learned shoemaking with W. N. Woodsum beginning winter 1860-61, became a partner June 30, 1869.
Member of the Young Men's Catholic Benevolent Association and the Catholic Church.
Three sons.
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