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Submitted: 1/25/13 • Approved: 2/1/13 • Last Updated: 8/13/15 • R157241-G0-S3
This is the actual headstone of Gillimus Demorest. He and his two wives have a larger memorial at the head of the line of the smaller headstones.
Gillimus was born Apr 15, 1811 in New York, and died Jan 15, 1877 in Delaware, Delaware, Ohio. S/O Gilyam (Gillimus) Demorest (B:1765-NJ), and Leah Goetschius (B:1776-NJ). (Both of his parents died in Franklin Township of Franklin County, Ohio). His siblings included: Catherine, Elsie, Nicholas, Ellie, Maria, John, Sarah, Isaac, Francina, Eliza, and Pleuma.
On Sep 15, 1833 he married Lucinda Peterson in Franklin County, Ohio. D/O Adam and Susannah Peterson. She was born in Virginia. Their children included: John, Susan, Leah, Harriet, Emily, Milton, Martha, Isaac, William, and Louis.
In Dec 1859 he married Juliet Parker in Franklin County, Ohio. D/O David and Charlotte Parker. She was born in New York. They had one son, Charles (1860-1863).
Contributed on 1/25/13 by jchamler51
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