This newspaper obituary mentions Jamestown and Boone County, Indiana
Surname: GILL, MOOR
Jamestown Press
Jamestown, (Boone County) Indiana
Friday, 1 October 1897 page 8
Thomas Franklin GILL
The sudden death of Thomas Franklin GILL occurred at his home in
Biloxi, Mississippi. Tuesday, 28 September 1897, aged 65 years, 10
months and 13 days. His death was from yellow fever, which is raging in
parts of the southern states.
Thomas F. GILL was born 15 November 1831 in Bath County, Kentucky. He
was the youngest child of Samuel C. and Sarah M. GILL. His boyhood days
were spent on his fathers farm.
On the 18 November 1852, he was married to Sallie Ann MOOR. Previous to
his marriage he had filled the office of deputy sheriff of Bath County,
Kentucky. 1849 and 1850 in which capacity he won the confidence of the
people. During the year 1851 he sold goods in Fleming County, Kentucky.
In January 1852, he moved to Missouri where he bought two hundred and
sixty acres of wild land and the young husband and wife were indebted to
the labor of their own hands for this comfortable home and the _ish and
beauty of the architecture. They lived on this farm for more than ten
years and as the subject of this sketch expressed it had a pretty tough
time.
He was a justice of the peace for eight years. When the war broke out
he opposed secession. Later in the war he served in the enrolled militia
of the State for eight months, discharging the duties of a commissary
sergeant. During these eight months his wife, mamma stayed at home
managing the farm, feeding the stock and gathering the wood to make
fires. After the war was over he returned home and in 1866 opened a
small country store at the crossroads, five miles north of his farm.
This enterprise was a success from the beginning. Here the town of Perry
was laid off and he moved his family there. He originated and was
connected with nearly every business in town.
During the year of 1883 he divided about one thousand acres of land
among his children. The influence and results of Thomas F. GILLS life
work is beyond all human calculation.
He was the father of eight children, four boys and four girls. Two boys
and two girls are dead. He has several relatives in Jamestown and Boone
County.
* Note from Janet ISLEY Price, I am posting obituary for the others. I
am not related to the subject. The mothers name was spelled MOOR.
Yellow fever is a viral disease transmitted between humans by a
mosquito. No other information was given.