of Ottawa County, Ohio · documented from the public record
The family in the record
John Gillard
John Gillard⚭ Ida Matt
childrenWilliam Gillard · James Gillard · Edwin Gillard · Samuel Gillard · David Gillard · Louisa Gillard · Martha Gillard · Mary W. Gillard · John W. Gillard · Belle O. Gillard · Stella A. Gillard · R. H. Gillard
Source: Commemorative Biographical Record, Ohio
Their story
What the record says
Resident of Ottawa County, Ohio area (Rocky Ridge / Sandusky).
Farmer near Venice until 1874, veterinary surgeon, postmaster at Rocky Ridge under Harrison and Cleveland administrations.
Whig in early life (helped build a log-cabin during the log-cabin/hard-cider campaign, shook hands with President William Henry Harrison in Sandusky), later Republican.
According to Commemorative Biographical Record, Ohio, Hauled the first engine used on the old Mad River railway at Sandusky.
First wife died.
Remarried Sept 18, 1866.
Seven children by first marriage, six by second.
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