By Muriel Bristol | April 21, 2024
John Garland Gilman was born in Lisbon, NH, August 18, 1910, son of John S. and Ethelyn Maude (Garland) Gilman.
Maternal grandfather Llewellyn D. Garland died of broncho-pneumonia in West Milton, June 18, 1929, aged seventy-two years, one month, and three days. He had resided in West Milton for twenty-nine years, i.e., since circa 1899, with his previous residence in neighboring Farmington, NH. J.L. McLaughlin, M.D., of Farmington, NH, signed the death certificate.
IN MEMORIAM. Llewellyn D. Garland. Llewellyn D. Garland, one of the best known, most prosperous residents of West Milton, passed to the reward of a faithful and dutiful life at his home, “The Garland Farm,” on the Hare road, Tuesday, at 6.45 p.m. The end came after one week of illness of influenza pneumonia, while surrounded by his immediate family, who gave up hope only when every effort of medical science and expert nursing had failed to bring responsive improvement. Mr. Garland was born in Farmington 72 years ago and was the older son in a family of two boys and one girl, the children of Jacob Dudley and Ann (Pinkham) Garland. He received his education in the public schools of his day and grew to manhood possessed of conservative and well balanced judgment that always was manifested in the prosperity that he steadily achieved. By occupation, he was a shoe operative and a farmer, in later years well known to many vacationists who yearly sought the hospitality of his beautifully located and finely equipped farm. Here, as always in the association of lifetime of fellowship and friendly Intercourse with his fellowmen, he gained the reputation of a genial host, a friend in need and in deed. Genial, kindly, generous and just, he was a man whom none sought to reproach, all welcomed as an acquaintance and will miss as a friend and neighbor. January 6, 1877, Mr. Garland united in marriage with Miss Cora Goodall and to the end this couple remained faithful, devoted and companionate, trusting and working together in God’s wonderful scheme of things. Twenty eight years ago Mr. and Mrs. Garland moved from Farmington to West Milton and during that time, in countless ways, endeared themselves to the community, contributing liberally to all its interests and friendly relations. Aside from charter membership with Nute Ridge Grange, the deceased made no fraternal connections, but in the brotherhood of man he enjoyed an exalted leadership. Much sympathy is expressed for the afflicted wife, one daughter, Mrs. John S. Gilman of Laconia, and three grandchildren, John, Barbara and Robert Gilman, all of Laconia. Funeral services were held from the home Thursday afternoon at 1.30, with Rev. T.J. Poelman, pastor of Nute chapel, officiating. Interment was in the family lot in Farmington cemetery (Farmington News, June 21, 1929).
John S. Gilman, a superintendent (public schools), aged forty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Laconia, NH, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. his household included his wife (of twenty-six years), Maud G. [(Garland)] Gilman, aged forty-nine years (b. NH), his children, John G. Gilman, aged nineteen years (b. NH), Barbara L. Gilman, aged sixteen years (b. NH), Robert C. Gilman, aged nine years (b. NH), and his mother-in-law, Cora B. [(Goodall)] Garland, aged seventy-one years (b. NH). John S. Gilman owed their house at 93 Whipple Avenue, which was valued at $6,000. They had a radio set.
John Garland Gilman married in Laconia, NH, June 12, 1934, Mildred May Lake, he of Milton and she of Laconia, NH. He was a farmer, aged twenty-three years, and she was a nurse, aged twenty-seven years. Rev. E. Jerome Johanson performed the ceremony. She was born in Lincoln, NH, April 19, 1907, daughter of Henry G. and Louise (Bishop) Lake. (Her father, Henry G. Lake, died in West Thornton, NH, December 17, 1926).
Newbury. Word comes from Laconia, N.H., that Miss Mildred May Lake, daughter of Mrs. Louise Lake of Thornton, N.H., became the bride of John Garland Gilman, son of the Laconia superintendent of schools. The father many years ago was principal of Newbury high school (Barre Daily Times (Barre, VT), June 21, 1934).
WEST MILTON. F. McGregor. John Gilman was the successful bidder for transporting West Milton pupils to Nute high school (Farmington News, September 6, 1935).
PERSONAL. Mrs. Cora Flanders entertained for Thanksgiving Mr. and Mrs. John Gilman of Laconia, Mr. and Mrs. John Gilman, Jr., and Mrs. Cora Garland (Farmington News, December 3, 1937).
JOHN GILMAN BUYS YOKE OF SIX-FOOT WHITE-FACES. John Gilman, one of the most ambitious young farmers in the West Milton section has created one of [sensations] in the region by his purchase of a pair of six-foot white-faced oxen. This is the first pair that has been owned in this region […]. Mr. Garland has to find hay for his oxen […] on his large farm spring and summer where […] was as planned. It is remembered that Mr. Gilman’s grandfather, the late Llewellyn Garland, owned about the last of this stock (Farmington News, April 28, 1939).
Father John S. Gilman died of a coronary occlusion at 93 Whipple venue in Laconia. NH, February 17, 1940, aged fifty-nine years, seven months, and three days. He was the Laconia Superintendent of Schools.
Leaves Daughter Here. Miss Barbara Gilman, district nurse, was called to her home in Laconia Saturday by the death of her father, John S. Gilman, 59, who had been superintendent of schools in Laconia for the past 23 years. He died suddenly when apparently recovering from a brief illness with the grip. Miss Vera Willis is substituting as district nurse during the absence of Miss Gilman (Greenfield Recorder (Greenfield, MA), February 20, 1940).
John G. Gilman, a farmer, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Mildred F. [(Lake)] Gilman, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), his son, John L. Gilman, aged seven years (b. NH), and his boarder, Lyman Lovely, aged seventeen years (b. NH). Their house was on the Nute Ridge road. They had resided in the “same house” in 1935, excepting Lyman Lovely, who had resided in Franklin, NH, at that time. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Evah H. Nelly, aged sixty years (b. NH), and Peter Bostock, aged forty-five years (b. Russia).
John Garland Gilman of R.F.D. Farmington, Milton, N.H., registered for the WW II military draft in Milton, October 16, 1940. He had been born in Lisbon, NH, August 18, 1910, was a self-employed farmer, aged thirty years. His next of kin was his wife, Mrs. Mildred L. Gilman. Their telephone number was 3419. He stood 5′ 7″ tall, weighed 170 pounds, and had gray eyes, brown hair, and a light complexion. He had a “stiff, right elbow.”
The Milton Selectmen of 1944 were Leroy J. Ford, Arthur M. Flye, and John G. Gilman. The Milton Selectmen of 1945 were John G. Gilman, Ralph W. Pugh, and Halton R. Hayes. The Milton Selectmen of 1946 were John G. Gilman, Ralph W. Pugh, and Halton R. Hayes.
The Milton Selectmen of 1947 were Ralph W. Pugh, Robert P. Laskey, and John G. Gilman. The Milton Selectmen of 1948 were Robert P. Laskey, John G. Gilman, and Ralph W. Pugh. The Milton Selectmen of 1949 were John G. Gilman, Ralph W. Pugh, and Robert P. Laskey. The Milton Selectmen of 1950 were Ralph W. Pugh, Robert P. Laskey, and John G. Gilman.
John G. Gilman, a farmer, aged thirty-nine years, headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Mildred L. [(Lake)] Gilman, aged forty-three years, and his children, John L. Gilman, aged fourteen years, and Nancy J. Gilman, aged eight years. Their house was the 7th one on the right on the Hare Road. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Perley A. Gray, a treer (shoe factory), aged sixty-three years (b. MA), and Roland A. Pageau, a treer (shoe factory), aged thirty-one years (b. Canada).
Mother-in-law Annie Louise (Bishop) Lake died in Laconia, NH, March 12, 1951.
MRS. ANNIE L. LAKE. LACONIA, March 16 — Services for Mrs. Annie L. Lake of 350 South Main street were held yesterday afternoon at the Wilkinson Funeral home with Rev. William P. Neal, rector of St. James Episcopal church, officiating. Mrs. Lorraine Begin Breed was the organist. Bearers were Richard G. Tilton, Robert P. Tilton, John Gilman, Frederick A. Tilton, Alfred Ripley and George Copp. The body was placed in the tomb at Union cemetery to await burial in Woodstock cemetery, Woodstock, at a later date (Concord Monitor, March 16, 1951).
The Milton Selectmen of 1951 were Robert P. Laskey, John G. Gilman, and Leroy J. Ford. The Milton Selectmen of 1952 were John G. Gilman, Leroy J. Ford, and Robert P. Laskey.
The Milton Selectmen, including John G. Gilman, were a part of the Milton sesquicentennial committee in 1952.
150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE TOWN OF MILTON CELEBRATION, AUGUST 10. The town of Milton was incorporated in 1802, when it separated from Rochester, where formerly it was known as the Northeast Parish. Since the first settlement in 1760, the population has increased until now there are 1510 persons in town. They will be joined by many former residents and people from other communities in celebrating the 150th anniversary of the town at a program to be held on Nute high school grounds on Sunday August 10, from one to five in the afternoon. The Goodall Sanford band will be in attendance, the principal speaker will be Hon. Styles Bridges, and there will be other interesting and entertaining numbers. The committee in charge of the occasion consists of Chairman Lyman Plummer, Edward R. Stone, Maurice L. Hayes, Theodore C. Ayer, John G. Gilman, Leroy J. Ford, and Robert P. Laskey (Farmington News, August 1, 1952).
The Milton Selectmen of 1953 were Leroy J. Ford, Robert P. Laskey, and John G. Gilman.
Milton voters to Buy New Road Grader. Milton – John Gilman, selectman, headed a slate of unopposed officials seeking re-election here Tuesday – and all were elected. Mrs. Dorothy Piper was named tax collector. Proposal to increase salaries of town officials was approved, and details will be worked out. A new grader, financed on a long term note of 4 years, will be purchased, and the town has decided to sell the Looney house and use the proceeds for the school reserve fund (Farmington News, March 15, 1956).
Local Lines. Mr. and Mrs. John G. Gilman of Hare Rd., Milton, journeyed to Ashland on Christmas to be with his brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gilman (Farmington News, January 2, 1958).
LINE PERAMBULATED. Middleton and Milton selectmen spent three days last week walking the town line – a chore performed every 7 years. John Gilman and Stanley Tanner were the Milton selectmen and Donald Francoeur represented Middleton (Farmington News, January 9, 1958).
MILTON NEWS. Raises for Officials; Gilman Re-elected. Raises for town officials and reelection of John Gilman as selectman highlighted town meeting here Tuesday. Gilman defeated Roy Ford, 174 to 129. Chief Charles Walbridge was reelected over Edwin Hutchins, 194-107. Authorization to spend $10,000 for a preliminary survey leading to a water pollution cleanup was defeated. Budget approved was up about $7,000 from last year to $65,515. Pay Jumps voted were $100 each to town clerk, overseer of tax collector and trust funds secretary, the 3 selectmen and selectmen’s secretary; $50 to Chief of police and alder plus a jump of 50¢ to an hourly rate of $2 (Farmington News, March 15, 1962).
District Nurse Mildred M. (Lake) Gilman made arrangements for a second polio vaccine clinic at Milton to be held in August 1962.
SABIN POLIO CLINIC IN MILTON, AUG, 15. Mrs. John Gilman, local school nurse, is completing arrangements for a second Sabin oral vaccine for polio immunization. Date will be Wednesday, Aug 15. She has pointed out that incidence of polio usually is higher in the late summer and early fall (Farmington News, July 26, 1962).
District Nurse Mildred M. (Lake) Gilman planned and directed a third polio vaccine clinic at Milton in September 1962.
400 ATTEND SABIN POLIO CLINIC AT MILTON. MILTON – Over 400 children and adults attended the Polio Clinic in Milton last week for the Salk shots and the oral Sabin vaccine. The attending physician was Dr. George Quinn of Farmington. District Nurse Mrs. John G. Gilman planned and directed the clinic, and she was aided by the following nurses: Mrs. Glen Walsh of Milton, Mrs. Rachel Feeney of Farmington, Mrs. Robert Tibbetts and Mrs. John Drew, Jr. The record cards were distributed by Mrs. Harold B. Stanley, Mrs. Thelma Thompson, Mrs. Robert Taatjes, Mrs. Everett McIntire, Albert Columbus, C.L. Dickson, Mrs. Alfred Swett, Mrs. Bard Plummer, Mrs. Leslie Chase and Mrs. Edwin K. Boggs. Also helping was Arthur Chase and Miss Roselyn Strid served coffee and donuts to the workers, following the clinic (Farmington New, October 4, 1962).
(Dr. Jonas Salk’s vaccine, which he discovered in 1955, had become commercially available from 1959; while Dr. Albert B. Sabin’s oral vaccine had become commercially available in 1961).
At the March 1965 Milton town meeting, the Moderator acknowledged John G. Gilman’s lengthy service as a Milton Selectman. Mrs. Mildred M. (Lake) Gilman received a floral corsage.
TOWN MEETING. … Prior to the close of the meeting Mrs. Fred Eldridge presented Mrs. John Gilman with a corsage of pink carnations and Moderator F. Everett McIntire gave John G. Gilman a pipe set and a certificate of appreciation on behalf of the townspeople in recognition of Mr. Gilman’s outstanding service as a member of the Board of Selectmen for the past twenty-one years (Farmington News, March 18, 1965).
MILTON WOMAN’S CLUB. … Mrs. John G. Gilman reported that Dr. James Burns of West Milton had donated a blood pressure gauge for use by Mrs. Gilman in the schools and in the district so the money voted in March by the Club to purchase a gauge would remain in the treasury (Farmington News, April 15, 1965).
Mother Maude Ethelyn Gilman died of bilateral broncho-pneumonia in the Concord Hospital in Concord, NH, January 28, 1970, aged eighty-nine years.
MAUDE G. GILMAN. Mrs. Maude G. Gilman, 89, of 196 South St., died yesterday at a local hospital after a long illness. She was the widow of the late John S. Gilman, former superintendent of schools in Laconia. A native of Farmington, she had resided here for 16 years. She was a member of South Congregational Church and its Opportunity Circle. She formerly taught school in Milton and Haverhill. She leaves two sons, John G. Gilman of Milton and Robert C. Gilman of Rochester; a daughter, Miss Barbara L. Gilman of Concord, with whom she resided; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services will be held at the Wilkinson-Beane Funeral Home, 15 Whipple Ave., Laconia, Saturday at 3 p.m. Rev. Franklin Parker, former pastor of the Chichester Congregational Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Union Cemetery, Laconia. There will be no calling hours. In place of flowers it was suggested donations “may be made in her name to the Memorial Fund of South Congregational Church (Concord Monitor, [Thursday,] January 29, 1970).
John G. Gilman died in Milton, in January 1987, aged seventy-six years.
OBITUARIES. John G. Gilman. MILTON — John G. Gilman, 76, of the Hare Road, brother of a Concord resident, died late Thursday night at his home in West Milton after a brief illness, He was born in Lisbon and was a resident of West Milton for 52 years. He was a self-employed farmer and was also a school bus driver for the town of Milton for many years. He was a 1933 graduate of the University of New Hampshire. He was a selectman in Milton for 21 years. He was also a member of the Milton School Board and the planning board. He was a trustee of the Nute Charitable Association and a member of the Strafford County Forest Fire Wardens Association. Family members include his wife Milred (Lake) Gilman of West Milton; a son; a daughter; three grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; a brother; a sister, Barbara L. Gilman of Concord; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral was to be held today at 1 p.m. in the chapel of the C.E. Peaslee and Son Funeral Home, 32 Central St., Farmington, with the Rev. Dean French, director of the Nute Ridge Bible Chapel, West Milton, officiating. Burial will be in the Hayes Cemetery. Flowers are acceptable or contributions in his name may be made to the Milton Emergency Ambulance Service, c/o Mrs. Sandra Perry, Charles Street, Milton 03851 (Concord Monitor (Concord, NH), January 5, 1987).
Mildred M. (Lake) Gilman died in Farmington, NH, July 22, 1989.
References:
Find a Grave. (2014, September 14). Llewellyn Dudley Garland. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/135905435/llewellyn-dudley-garland
Find a Grave. (2020, May 7). John G. Gilman. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/209852077/john-g-gilman
Find a Grave. (2018, February 25). John Sanborn Gilman. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/187596666/john-sanborn-gilman
Find a Grave. (2011, Match 12). Henry Gilbert Lake. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/66836087/henry-gilbert-lake
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