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[[Category:Biography]] [[Category:Gwillim]] [[Category:Griffiths]] [[Category: Generation 45]]
[[Category:Biography]] [[Category:Gwillim]] [[Category:Griffiths]] [[Category: Generation 45]]
'''Born:''' Reese B. Gwillim
 
'''Born:''' Reese Barker Gwillim


::November 29, 1838
::November 29, 1838
::Llandisliva, Wales


'''Died:''' June 8, 1905
'''Died:''' June 8, 1905
::New York City


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'''Parents:''' [[William Gwillim]] and [[Elizabeth Griffiths Gwillim]]
'''Parents:''' [[William Gwillim]] and [[Elizabeth Griffiths Gwillim]]


'''Siblings:''' [[Thomas Ingraham Gwillim]], [[Matilda Gwillim]], [[Robert Gwillim]], [[Price Gwillim]], [[Elizabeth Gwillim]], [[Carrie Gwillim]], [[Emma Gwillim]], [[Annie Gwillim Griswold]]
'''Siblings:''' [[Matilda Mary Gwillim]], [[Pryce Griffiths Gwillim]], [[Annie Gwillim Griswold]], [[Robert Gwillim]], [[Elizabeth Gwillim Buck]], [[Emmeline Marston Gwillim Kellogg]], [[Thomas Ingraham Gwillim]], [[Caroline Eliza Gwillim]]
 
 


== Early Life ==
== Early Life ==
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== Career ==
== Career ==
* Lawyer
* Lawyer, Brooklyn, NY


== Accomplishments ==
== Accomplishments ==
Served in the 22nd Connecticut Infantry during the Civil War. Some of his letters can be seen at the [http://chs.org/finding_aides/kcwmp/exams/GwillimR.html Civil War Manuscripts Project]. We believe that this is Thomas Gwillim's brother, but I don't have direct evidence of that. The information in this biography proceeds from that assumption. Ellen Buckman wrote me that he was pallbearer for Ulysses S. Grant at both of his services.
Served in the 22nd Connecticut Infantry during the Civil War. Some of his letters can be seen at the [http://chs.org/finding_aides/kcwmp/exams/GwillimR.html Civil War Manuscripts Project]. Ellen Buckman wrote me that he was pallbearer for Ulysses S. Grant at both of his services.


== Health ==
== Health ==


== Faith ==
== Faith ==

Revision as of 04:00, 18 January 2015


Born: Reese Barker Gwillim

November 29, 1838
Llandisliva, Wales

Died: June 8, 1905

New York City

Spouse: Kate H. Gwillim

Parents: William Gwillim and Elizabeth Griffiths Gwillim

Siblings: Matilda Mary Gwillim, Pryce Griffiths Gwillim, Annie Gwillim Griswold, Robert Gwillim, Elizabeth Gwillim Buck, Emmeline Marston Gwillim Kellogg, Thomas Ingraham Gwillim, Caroline Eliza Gwillim

Early Life

Education

Career

  • Lawyer, Brooklyn, NY

Accomplishments

Served in the 22nd Connecticut Infantry during the Civil War. Some of his letters can be seen at the Civil War Manuscripts Project. Ellen Buckman wrote me that he was pallbearer for Ulysses S. Grant at both of his services.

Health

Faith