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DANIEL GILMORE, farmer: P. O. Le Roy; born in Derry, Rockingham Co., N. H., April 6, 1807, where he attended school and followed farming and coopering until 22 years of age, when he made a trip around the world in the sailing ship Clay, which voyage consumed nearly two and a half years. In 1832, he emigrated South and located in Pope Co., Ark., upon the Arkansas River; here entered and purchased 1,000 acres of land, upon which he farmed and raised cotton, the latter being his chief product; he then put up machinery for making cotton warp, which he manufactured largely and for which he found a ready market. He was also engaged largely in the general merchandise trade. The above pursuits he followed until after the breaking out of the rebellion, when he, being a strong Union man, was obliged to leave, by which he lost some $15,000; he came North in 1864, and located in Le Roy, McLean Co., Ill., and engaged in farming, which business he has since followed. He married, Sept. 22, 1836, to Maria Scott; she died Jan. 2, 1839. He married, for his second wife, Mary Jane Menefee, Dec. 22, 1842; she died March 14, 1848, leaving two children — Martha and Daniel, Jr. He married, for his third wife Mary J. Nease, June 30, 1850; she died May 24, 1861, leaving three children — Alice, Hiram N. and William Sampson. His marriage with Mrs. Catharine Watson was celebrated Sept. 9, 1869; she has two children by her first husband, Levi L. Watson; her children are Hattie A., now Mrs. O. P. Joseph, and Jennie V., who remains at home. Mr. Gilmore was an old-line Whig until the organization of the Republican party, since which time he has been an active member of the same.