Gile, George W. (1830-1896)

Name:

Gile, George W. (1830-1896)

Title:

During War:
July, 1861 apptd. Lieut., 22nd Penn Infantry
Sept, 1861 apptd. Major, 88th Penn Infantry
Sept. 1862 apptd. Lt. Col., 88th Penn Infantry
Jan. 1863 apptd. Col., 88th Penn. Infantry
May, 1863, apptd. Major of Veterans Reserve Corps and reached position of Brevet Brigd. General.
After War:
July 1866 apptd. 1st Leuit., 45th U.S. Infantry
Feb. 1868 apptd. Captain, 45th U.S. Infantry
Dec. 1870 apptd. Colonel, 45th U.S. Infantry
Commanded military forces in Washington at President Lincoln's second inauguration.

Born:

01/25/1830

Birthplace:

Littleton,NH

Died:

02/26/1896

Death Location:

Philadelphia ,PA

Residence:

Littleton, NH A(1830-1845)
Philadelphia, PA
Haverhill, MA
Lowell, MA

Nationality:

English

Occupation:

Printing
Iron work
Literary work (reader, lecturer, actor)
Officer, military
Farmer

Father:

Aaron Gile

Mother:

Persis (Rix) Gile

Relations:

Siblings: Malvina Gile (sister)
Grandparents: John Gile (1772-1851), Lydia Clements (1778-1853)
Great Grandparents: Noah Gile (b. 1743), Elizabeth Howe
Great Great Grandparents: Ebenezer Gile (1708-1775), Lydia Johnson (1707-1781)
Great Great Great Grandparents: Ephraim Gile (b. 1661/2), Martha Bradley
Great Great Great Great Grandparents: Samuel Gile (d. 1683), Judith Davis
Samuel immigranted to America with his brother, John and sister, Anne in 1636. Judith father, James davis, was an original settler from England to MA.

Spouse:

Emma Virginia Shuster, m. April 21, 1855

Children:

George W. Gile, Jr
Henry Edwin Gile
Benjamin Clark Gile
Emma Virginia (Gile) Orbison

Notes:

Buried Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Geneologial history of family see Furber, Jackson, Stearns, "History of Littleton, New Hamopshire: Genealogy, Volume III" 218-220.

George Clarence Furber, James Robert Jackson, Ezra S.
Stearns, "History of Littleton, NH: Volume 1" University Press: Cambridge, MA, 1905, 443.

George Clarence Furber, James Robert Jackson, Ezra S.
Stearns, "History of Littleton, NH: Volume 3" University Press: Cambridge, MA, 1905, 220."

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