Age 67 years. Buried June 24, 1897.
Cemetery records are incorrect as her obituary in the August 11, 1896 Evening Star states her funeral was held August 12, 1896.
The Evening Times August 20, 1896
Washington, D.C.
Miss Gilmer, daughter of the late ex-Secretary Gilmer, who was a member of President Tyler’s Cabinet, died a few days ago at the Louise Home, but the fact has been kept from the public mention. Miss Gilmer was in middle life, but her life has been one devoted to charity. After the death of her father, the Gilmer family removed to Virginia, but in the last few years Miss Gilmer found a home here. Her father met his death by the explosion of a cannon on board the Princeton in the forties.
Cemetery records are incorrect as her obituary in the August 11, 1896 Evening Star states her funeral was held August 12, 1896.
The Evening Times August 20, 1896
Washington, D.C.
Miss Gilmer, daughter of the late ex-Secretary Gilmer, who was a member of President Tyler’s Cabinet, died a few days ago at the Louise Home, but the fact has been kept from the public mention. Miss Gilmer was in middle life, but her life has been one devoted to charity. After the death of her father, the Gilmer family removed to Virginia, but in the last few years Miss Gilmer found a home here. Her father met his death by the explosion of a cannon on board the Princeton in the forties.
Age 67 years. Buried June 24, 1897.
Cemetery records are incorrect as her obituary in the August 11, 1896 Evening Star states her funeral was held August 12, 1896.
The Evening Times August 20, 1896
Washington, D.C.
Miss Gilmer, daughter of the late ex-Secretary Gilmer, who was a member of President Tyler’s Cabinet, died a few days ago at the Louise Home, but the fact has been kept from the public mention. Miss Gilmer was in middle life, but her life has been one devoted to charity. After the death of her father, the Gilmer family removed to Virginia, but in the last few years Miss Gilmer found a home here. Her father met his death by the explosion of a cannon on board the Princeton in the forties.
Cemetery records are incorrect as her obituary in the August 11, 1896 Evening Star states her funeral was held August 12, 1896.
The Evening Times August 20, 1896
Washington, D.C.
Miss Gilmer, daughter of the late ex-Secretary Gilmer, who was a member of President Tyler’s Cabinet, died a few days ago at the Louise Home, but the fact has been kept from the public mention. Miss Gilmer was in middle life, but her life has been one devoted to charity. After the death of her father, the Gilmer family removed to Virginia, but in the last few years Miss Gilmer found a home here. Her father met his death by the explosion of a cannon on board the Princeton in the forties.
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