WAYNE CO., IL
1884 BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES
BARNHILL TWP
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GIMMESON, MRS. MARY, Fairfield, was
born October 21, 1834, in Washington. Penn. She was a daughter of Samuel Black, who was a native of
Pennsylvania, and followed the carpenter trade in Pittsburgh, where he
died. Her mother was Lydia (Burten)
Black, a native of Pennsylvania. She was the mother of but one
child, which is our subject,
<>Mary (Black) Gimmeson, who
was joined in matrimony to Samuel
Gimmeson, a native of Stark County, Ohio. He was a fine,
industrious man, whose place it will be hard to fill in the community.
he died February 10, 1878, in this county, mourned by all who knew him.
Mrs. Gimmeson is the happy mother of three children now living, viz., Elizabeth A., born February 10,
1853, wife of David Shoefield;
Uriah T., born November 17,
1855—he is married to Louisa Carter;
and John W., who was born Jane
30, 1865. He is a fine, promising youth, who looks upon honor as the
first principle of manhood. He is now at home managing his mother's
farm of 160 acres. Mrs. Gimmeson is well known in the community where
she lives as an open-hearted and a kind-hearted lady. She is
religiously connected with the Presbyterian Church.
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