Individual Details

Tower Jackson GILE

(1825 - Jan 1900)

Events

Birth	1825	History of the Guild, Guile and Gile Family” (1887) - New York
Marriage	Abt 1856	See "History of the Guild, Guile and Gile Family” (1887) - Allegany, New York, United States - Mary M. KNICKERBOCKER {K-690}
Residence	1860	Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, United States
Extra information	8 Apr 1863	Death of infant son Elwin (4 months old). Fultonhistory, Warsaw NY Wyoming County Mirror 1863-1864 - 0061.pdf - Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, United States
Residence	1865	Relation to Head of House: Boarder. T J Gile 40 Mary Gile 35 Charles Gile 8 - Cuba, Allegany, New York, USA
Divorce	Abt 1870	TJ gets married again. At this point his son Charles is in Wisconsin. Years later, the obits of Mary's two sisters give different versions of her fate. (See below.) - Mary M. KNICKERBOCKER {K-690}
Marriage	2 Oct 1872	La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA -
Marriage	2 Oct 1872	See familysearch. Tower Jackson Gile (an uncommon name) marries Elizabeth Josephine Parry, Christ Church, La Crosse,La Crosse,Wisconsin - Elizabeth Josephine PARRY
Residence	1884	Occupation: Magnetic physician - Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Residence	1 Mar 1885	"Doctor T.J. Gile" Lawrence, KS is about 15 miles east of Topeka, KS. (See the entry from the Giles geneaology.) His status is "widowed", which must refer to wife #2. Mary apparently still alive in 1899. - Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, USA
Extra information	13 Oct 1885	Lawrence Daily Journal: Dr. T. J. Giles' Electric Chair and Magnetic Belt sends a vitalizing element through every fiber and nerve in the system - Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, USA
Residence	1887	"History of the Guild, Guile and Gile Family” (1887) describes Tower as "now resides in Topeka Kansas". Also says he had once been a "magnetic physician" in Des Moines, Iowa. - Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA
Extra information	17 Aug 1899	Sister Elsie Gile Smith's obituary mentions brother TJ as a survivor but does not say where is living. Warsaw NY Wyoming County Times 1898-1899 - 0593.pdf
Death	Jan 1900	Obituary is attached - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA

Families

Spouse

Elizabeth Josephine PARRY ( - )

Spouse	Mary M. KNICKERBOCKER {K-690} (1830 - )
Child	Charles Henry GILE (1858 - 1935)
Child	Elwin GILE (1862 - 1863)

Father	Nathan GILE (1788 - 1870)
Mother	Lydia YATES (1793 - 1873)

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