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Gilman, William Henderson, -1869

 Person

Biographical Note

William Henderson Gilman was born to Robert Hale Gilman and Mary (Bordman) Gilman. He had one brother, Benjamin Ives Gilman. After his father's death, his mother married John Douglas Bates. William H. Gilman and his brother Benjamin (who later changed his name to Ives Gilman Bates) briefly ran a grocery business in St. Louis, MO. After the business failed, Gilman joined the Navy as an Assistant Paymaster, working on the U.S.S. Vandalia and the U.S.S. Eastport. Gilman died in Boston in July 1869.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Bates & Co. Records, 1807-1895, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 35
Abstract The Bates & Co. Records document the business activities of Bates & Co., a 19th century Boston merchant shipping company. Materials include ship’s papers, personal and professional correspondence, financial records, bound account volumes, trade circulars, photographs, and ephemera. The bulk of materials were created by Bates & Co., its predecessor Nathan Bridge & Co., the firms’ business associates, and ships’ captains; the collection also includes personal papers from...
Dates: 1807-1895, undated