John Dean Gillett

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John Dean Gillett

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Birthplace: Fair Haven, CT
Death: August 25, 1888 (69)
Mackinac, Mackinac, MI
Immediate Family:

Son of Eliphaz Gillett Gillett and Amarilla Tuttle
Husband of Louise Lemira Parke
Father of Charlotte Gillett Barnes and Emma Susan Oglesby
Brother of Almirah Gillett; Adeline Gillett; Adeline C. Chamberlin; Sherman Gillett; Smith Gillett Tuttle and 1 other
Half brother of Susan Jane Tuttle and Emma Jane Bradley

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About John Dean Gillett

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53867992/john-dean-gillett

Article from the Abilene Daily Reflector, Abilene, Kansas, 28 August 1888 reads...

CATTLE KING DEAD

Mackinaw, Michigan, August 25 - John D. Gillette, the cattle king of Illinois, father-in-law of Governor Oglesby, died here this morning. At the time of his death he owned 20,000 acres of land in Logan County, Illinois and had $100,000 of stock of five Central Illinois banks. His fortune is estimated at $650,000. He was one of the first to export beef cattle to England.

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John Dean Gillett's Timeline

1819
April 28, 1819
Fair Haven, CT
1845
1845
1865
1865
Cornland, Logan, Il
1888
August 25, 1888
Age 69
Mackinac, Mackinac, MI