Sacramento County
Biographies
John
A. Gilmore was born in November 1825 in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, a son of
Samuel and Rebecca (Wilze) Gilmore; the father of a native of Ireland and the mother
of Pennsylvania. As a boy John was raised on a farm. In 1861 he went to Ashland
County, Ohio, where he remained eighteen months, then, in 1863, started for
California, crossing the plains and bringing horses, which were sold at San
Francisco. He reached Sacramento July 10, 1863, and remained there two years,
working at the blacksmiths’ trade. In 1864 he crossed the mountains to Carson
City, where he was engaged at his trade; he afterward sold out and went to
Belcher Orchard. He next ran a threshing-machine, with success, for about
twenty years. He then purchased 160 acres of land in San Joaquin Township May
6, 1876, and in March 1879, 240 more acres, the whole situated twelve miles
from Sacramento on the upper Stockton road. As a farmer he is very successful.
He has been a member of Elk Grove I.O.O.F., No. 274, for seventeen years.
Transcribed by Debbie Gramlick.
Source: Davis, Hon. Win. J., An Illustrated History of Sacramento County, California. Pgs. 463-464. Lewis Publishing Company. 1890.
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2005 Debbie Gramlick.