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The Burlington Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday Morning, February 2, 1929, Page 8, Col. 1: Resident of Fairfield Dies. Mrs. Elizabeth Gilham, Pioneer Resident of Jefferson County, Succumbs. Fairfield, Ia., Feb. 1---Mrs. Elizabeth F. Gilham, aged 93 years, a Jefferson county resident for many years, passed away at her home at 301 North Court street, January 31, following a six weeks' illness. Mrs. Gilham was formerly Miss Elizabeth Endersby, born December 28, 1835, at Jacksonville, Ill. She was married in early life to Dr. C. C. Cottle who passed away in 1880. Later she married C. A. Gilham who passed away in 1911. She is survived by two children, Mrs. T. J. Marcy of Fairfield, and Dr. C. C. Cottle of Los Angeles, Calif., both of whom have been with her in her last illness. She was also a Jefferson county pioneer school teacher and four of her former scholars are living: Mrs. Samuel Turner, James Gregg, E. P. Taylor, the two latter civil war veterans, all of Fairfield, and Sam Billingsley of Glasgow. The funeral services will be held on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home at 301 North Court street in charge of D. U. S. Smith, pastor of Methodist church. Interment will take place in Evergreen cemetery.

Birth	28 Dec 1835	Jacksonville, Morgan Co., Illinois
Marriage	13 Sep 1886	Jefferson Co., Iowa - Calvit Addison Gilham
Death	31 Jan 1929	Fairfield, Jefferson Co., Iowa
Death	31 Jan 1929	Age: 93, Jefferson Co., Iowa
Death	31 Jan 1929	Age: 94
Burial	4 Feb 1929	Age: 93
Alt name		Elizabeth Edwards Gillham
Alt name		Elizabeth Edward Endersby Gilham
Race		White
Burial		Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, Jefferson Co., Iowa

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Calvit Addison Gilham (1826 - 1911)