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William Henry Gillman

Summit View Cemetery


William Henry Gillman
Unknown Newspaper
Submitted by Rick Voight


W. H. Gillman Dies Following A Fall At Home

William H. Gillman, 91, died at 10:30 a. m. Friday as the result of injuries he received from a fall at his home. Gillman, former city resident, made his home with a daughter, Mrs. Mary H. Dunford of Blanchard.

In 1889 Gillman made the run, settling as a farmer in Guthrie, where he lived until 1901 when he moved to Kiowa county and farmed there. In 1913 he moved to Oklahoma City and was employed at the Skirvin hotel as head janitor. In 1939 he retired and moved to Blanchard to make his home. Gillman, a native of Boston, attended the Methodist church.

Services will be at 10:30 a. m. Monday in Garrison funeral home with burial in Guthrie.

Gillman is survived by three other daughters, Mrs. Elsie L. O'Connor of 1224 NW 2, Mrs. Eva S. Rose of Snyder and Mrs. Florence I. Walker of Triangle, Va.; one son, Harry Gillman of 3612 NW 11, 13 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.


William Henry Gillman
Unknown Newspaper
Submitted by Rick Voight


Death Strikes Home Twice In One Week

Death struck twice in the home of Mrs. Mary Dunford, Blanchard, within a period of two days.

Her father, William H. Gillman, 91, whose funeral was at 10:30 a. m. Monday in Garrison funeral home, died Friday as the result of injuries he received from a fall in his home.

When Gillman, who made his home with Mrs. Dunford, fell Wednesday, Mrs. Dunford's husband, Oscar Dunford left to summon a doctor, but had to return home when he suffered a heart attack. Dunford died Wednesday and services were held Friday, the same day that Gillman died.

Dunford, Blanchard farmer, had been a state resident since he was a child, and had lived in Blanchard for the past nine years.


The following notes submitted by Rick Voight:

William Henry Gillman came to Guthrie for the land run and obtained a farm there. He and his family lived there for a few years. My mother always said that their son Harry was the first boy born after the land run on April 22, 1889. Harry was born June 16, 1889. William applied for the land lottery in Kiowa County in 1901 and drew another farmstead there. They lived there until 1913, then moved to N.W. 2nd in Oklahoma City. in 1939, after his wife Mary fell on the cellar stairs and subsequently died a few months later, he left the house to his daughter Elsie O'Connor and her daughter, Elsie Stover and her 2 daughters (my mother and her sister). He moved to the Blanchard area and lived with another daughter, Mary Huron Dunford and her family on their farm. In 1946, William fell and injured himself. Son-in-law, Oscar Dunford was sent to retrieve a doctor. While 'cranking' the car to start it, he suffered a heart attack and died later that day. William died 2 days later and was buried beside Mary in Summit View Cemetery.


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