Individual Details

Paul Everette Gillham

(22 Aug 1894 - 16 Apr 1965)

Paul Everette Gillham was born 22 August 1894 in Scott County, Illinois and died 16 April 1965 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. On 6 August 1942 in Winchester, Illinois, Paul married Mary Haigh Nothern. Both Paul and Mary were school teachers. Paul was a Mason and commissioner of the Abraham Lincoln chapter of the Boy Scouts. No children were born to the marriage.

Jacksonville Courier, Jacksonville, Illinois, Friday, April 16, 1965, Page 27, Col. 1: Paul Gillham, Retired Scott Teacher, Dies. Paul E. Gillham, 70, of Winchester, died at 1:40 a.m. Friday at Passavant hospital where he had been a patient since Feb. 28. Mr. Gillham, who was retired, taught in Scott county schools for 25 years. He served as commissioner for the Abraham Lincoln Council, Boy Scouts of America, was a member of Winchester OES and a member for 44 years of the Masonic Lodge in Exeter.

He was born in Scott county Aug. 22, 1894, son of James Edward and Emily Jones Gillham. He leaves his wife, the former Mary Northern [Nothern], and the following sisters and brothers: Miss Maude Gillham, Winchester; Mrs. Edwin LaKamp, Chapin; Gerald and Ralph Gillham, Jacksonville; and Lawrence Gillham, Winchester. A sister preceded him in death.

The body is at the Woodcock Funeral Home where the family will meet friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday. The Exeter Lodge will conduct Masonic Rites at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home with Rev. Mar[print missing from paper] Chaney officiating. Interment will be in Gillham cemetery.

Events

Birth22 Aug 1894Scott Co., Illinois
Marriage6 Aug 1942Winchester, Scott Co., Illinois - Mary Haigh Nothern
Death16 Apr 1965Jacksonville, Morgan Co., Illinois
Alt namePaul Gillham
BurialGillham Cemetery, Winchester, Scott Co., Illinois

Families

SpouseMary Haigh Nothern (1904 - 1988)
FatherJames Edward Gillham (1863 - 1933)
MotherMary Emilie Jones (1865 - 1916)
SiblingMaude Allene Gillham (1890 - 1982)
SiblingHarold Leroy Gillham (1896 - 1972)
SiblingLawrence Jones Gillham (1897 - 1976)
SiblingRalph William Gillham (1900 - 1982)
SiblingRebecca Rae Gillham (1905 - 1995)
SiblingMarjorie May Gillham (1909 - 1946)

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