Person:Dwight Gilmore (1)

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Dwight Olmstead Gilmore
b.2 Nov 1837 Monson, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
d.10 Jun 1918 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
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m. Abt 1834
  1. Charles Nathaniel Gilmore1835 -
  2. Dwight Olmstead Gilmore1837 - 1918
  3. Edwin Grenville Gilmore1840 -
  4. Esther Ely Gilmore1843 -
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Name Dwight Olmstead Gilmore
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 2 Nov 1837 Monson, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Death[2] 10 Jun 1918 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1142. ii., in Dwight, Benjamin Woodbridge. The History of the Descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham, Mass. (John F. Trow & Son, 1874)
    1:326.

    1142. ii. Dwight Olmstead Gilmore, b. Nov. 2, 1837, a silversmith at Springfield.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 American Silversmiths.

    Born: 2 Nov 1837, Monson MA
    Died: 10 Jun 1918, Springfield MA

    General notes: Silversmith

    Events in his life were:

    - Apprenticed in 1854-1857 to Daniel Dickinson Moody in Monson MA
    - He worked in 1857-1860 as a spectacle maker in Monson MA as a journeyman in his master's shop.
    - He worked circa 1860-1862 as a silversmith in Springfield MA
    - The outbreak of the Civil War and the rapid rise in gold and silver prices, caused him to leave his trade. He went on to establish a prosperous hotel and theater.
    - He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Monson MA, listed as a silversmith.

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