Hi folks! With all these Iowa Gilmores you've got my attention. My Gilmore is James S. b. 25 Dec 1838 at Laurel, Franklin Co. IN. He arrived in Brooklyn, Poweshiek Co. Iowa about 1860 and married Meribah Bross. They farmed near Brooklyn and had nine children --surviving sons were Frank, Fred and Charles Gilmore. I'd like to learn all I can -- especially about his Indiana roots. A census reported that James S. Gilmore's father was born in Virginia and his mother in NC. It is possible his father's name was Robert Gilmore. His obit said his mother died when he was about four years old.