Person:John Gile (3)
John Sherman Gile
b.22 Jan 1879 Norway, Republic, Kansas
d.6 Mar 1960 Kennewick, Benton, Washington
Parents and Siblings
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m. 19 Nov 1864
  1. Helena Annette Gile1866 - 1886
  2. Merrill Newell Gile1869 - 1870
  3. Philip Kearney Gile1872 - 1872
  4. John Lathrop Gile1875 - 1878
  5. John Sherman Gile1879 - 1960
  6. Alice Gertrude Gile1882 - 1966
  7. Richard Carleton Gile1884 - 1967
  8. Mary Webber Gile1887 - 1926
  9. Lulu Lovina Gile1890 - 1913
Spouse and Children
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m. 2 May 1919
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Facts and Events
Name John Sherman Gile
Gender Male
Birth[1] 22 Jan 1879 Norway, Republic, Kansas
Marriage 2 May 1919 , , Kansasto Vuta Lotus Thorp
Death? 6 Mar 1960 Kennewick, Benton, Washington
Burial? Grandview, Yakima, Washington

John Sherman Gile, known as “Jack,” was born on 22 January 1879 in Norway, Republic, Kansas. Caroline may have been thinking of her brother John, who died during the Civil War, when she named both John Sherman and John Lathrop. He was her closest brother in age, and he died right before she was married. That would explain why she gave the same name to two sons in a row. Apparently other family members liked the name John as well, as in a letter from relatives in Ohio dated June 15, 1879, an Aunt Sally (whom I have not been able to identify at this point in time) writes, speaking of John Sherman, “I am glad your little one is named Johnny. I will send him a quarter of a dollar for his name.”

When his father died in 1911, Jack inherited the homestead and took care of his widowed mother. He married Vuta Lotus Thorp on 2 May 1919 in Kansas. Vuta had been previously married to a man with the name of Hart, and had a son, Melvin Hart, from her previous marriage at the time she married Jack. Jack died on 6 March 1960 at the age of 81 in Kennewick, Benton, Washington. He was buried in Grandview, Yakima, Washington.

References
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    Lucy Adelia Washburn, The Richard Webber Family: a genealogy from the first settlement in America (Medina, Ohio: The A. I. Root Co., 1909), 12; pdf, The Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/details/richardwebberfam00wash : accessed 4 February 2011.

  2.   1880 U. S. Census.

    1880 U S Census, Republic County, Kansas, Norway, enumeration district (ED) 281, p. 124C (stamped), dwelling 76, John S Gile; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 February 2011); citing FHL microfilm 1254394.

  3.   1900 U. S. Census.

    1900 U S Census, Republic County, Kansas, population schedule, Norway township, enumeration district (ED) 86, 1A, dwelling 1, John S Gile; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 February 2011); citing NARA microfilm T623_ 497.

  4.   1910 U. S. Census.

    1910 U S Census, Republic County, Kansas, population schedule, Norway, enumeration district (ED) 0094, 11B, dwelling 172, John S Gile; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 February 2011); citing NARA microfilm T624_454.

  5.   1920 U. S. Census.

    1920 U S Census, Republic County, Kansas, population schedule, Norway Township, enumeration district (ED) 113, p. 5B, dwelling 102, John Gile; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 February 2011); citing NARA microfilm T625_547.

  6.   1930 U. S. Census.

    1930 U S Census, Republic County, Kansas, population schedule, Norway Township, enumeration district (ED) 20, p. 4A, dwelling 82, John S Gile; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 February 2011).

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