Biography of William H. Gilman

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Gilman, William H., was born in the town of Lorraine, December 19, 1856, a son of Julius Gilman, a farmer, and was the youngest of four children. He was educated in the Hungerford Collegiate Institute of Adams and Rochester Collegiate Institute; he began the study of law in 1877. He was appointed postmaster under President Arthur in 1884 and filled that position for three years, when he resigned. In 1891 he came to Watertown and was with E. B. Wynn for two years and in February, 1894, opened an office for general practice. June 11, 1894, he married Mary Collins Stone of Adams, daughter of Cyrus K. Stone.



Source:
Our County and it's people
a descriptive work on Jefferson County, New York
Edited by: Edgar C. Emerson
The Boston History Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1898

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