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Washington Spencer Gillett
1827 - 1893 (65 years)
Generation: 1
1. Washington Spencer Gillett was born on 28 Sep 1827 in Grove, Allegany County, New York; died in 1893 in Mower County, Minnesota. Notes:
Washington and his brother Elihu left New York in 1863 or 64 and went
to Wisconsin, then to Mower Co.,Minn.. Washington and his wife had
eight children four born in NY (last born Jan 1863), two born in WI
(1865 and 67), two born in Minn (1871 and 74). He was a great story
teller, said to have been 'borrowed' by the Indians when quite small
and lived with them for several yrs.Washington married in Dec 1851 in Allegany County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]