When John Gilmore was born on 24 December 1831, in Dromore, County Tyrone, Ireland, his father, James Gilmore, was 17 and his mother, Matildah Smith, was 24. He married Martha J. Blayney on 24 November 1854, in LaSalle, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Nevada Township, Story, Iowa, United States in 1860 and Lincoln Township, Story, Iowa, United States for about 30 years. He died on 21 February 1913, in Zearing, Story, Iowa, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Zearing Cemetery, Zearing, Story, Iowa, United States.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
Scottish and Irish (Ulster and Galway): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Mhoire (Scots), Mac Giolla Mhuire (Irish), patronymics from personal names meaning ‘servant (i.e. devotee) of (the Virgin) Mary’.
Irish: in Sligo, shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhir ‘son of the spirited lad’.
English: habitational name from Gillamoor in Rydale (North Yorkshire), from Old English Gedling (‘place called after Gētla’, from the Old English personal name Gētla + the connective particle -ing) + mōr ‘moor’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesThe Campbell, Miller, Barkdull, Ragan, Gilmore, Wickham and Norton families who actually lived in the territory which was later called Lincoln township in story Clun ty, Iowa during the period 1854 t …
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