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Linda Cowan Baker HUSBAND: John Wesley Gilpin Birth date: 1844 Birth place: Ireland Death date: 1905 Death place: Morgan, Bosque Co. TX Burial place: Morgan Cemetery, Morgan, Bosque Co. TX Father: John Wesley Gilpin, Sr. Mother: Eleanor Irwin WIFE: Mary Ellen Barker New Birth date: 25 December 1858 Birth place: Ellis Co. TX Death date: 1957 Death place: Morgan, Bosque Co. TX Burial place: Morgan Cemetery, Morgan, Bosque Co. TX Father: Edward Spencer New Mother: Mary Catherine Peterson Marriage date: 22 January 1879 Marriage place: Bosque Co. TX CHILD 1: Willie Gilpin Birth date: 1879 Birth place: Death date: 1879 Death place: Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 2: Cora Gilpin Birth date: March 1882 Birth place: Morgan, Bosque Co. TX Death date: 29 June 1970 Death place: Bosque Co. TX Spouse: Rufus M. Tidwell Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 3: Mamie Louisa Gilpin Birth date: 26 May 1884 Birth place: TX Death date: 25 January 1982 Death place: Dallas, Dallas Co. TX Spouse: Claude Kirtland Brown Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 4: Nell Juanita Gilpin Birth date: 21 January 1886 Birth place: TX Death date: 27 September 1988 Death place: Dallas Co. TX Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 5: John Wesley Gilpin, Jr. Birth date: 25 January 1889 Birth place: TX Death date: 16 September 1960 Death place: Morgan, Bosque Co. TX Spouse: Mary A. Arthur Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Bosque Co. TX CHILD 6: Bess Alma Gilpin Birth date: 7 January 1891 Birth place: TX Death date: 1987 Death place: TX Spouse: Joel A. Chapin Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 7: Robert Irvin Gilpin Birth date: 1893 Birth place: TX Death date: 1959 Death place: Bosque Co. TX Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 8: Roberta Gilpin Birth date: 24 December 1897 Birth place: TX Death date: 2 December 1972 Death place: Tarrant Co. TX Spouse: Herchel Covey Marriage Date: Marriage Place: SOURCES: NOTES: John Wesley Gilpin moved to TX after the Civil
War and marrried Mary Ellen New. He fought with the Union army. He was b. 1844
in Ireland. The family went to Ont. in 1845. His brother, William, was b. 1846
in Canada. William came to TX with his brother but never married. On the 1910
Jackson county, Oklahoma census William was listed in the household of my
grandmother Lillie LaFon Wheeler and her 4 small children as a servant age 60
born Canada. John was the notary public who notarized the signatures of Edward
and Mary New when they sold land in Bosque county Texas in December of 1893. If
anyone can make any additions or corrections, PLEASE do so.
