Show DEATH OF JACK GILMER J F gilmer familiarly called by his friends and more generally known as jack gilmer died at his bis residence yesterday from brights VIs disease of the kidneys from which he suffered buffered long and severely it was not until january last however that mr gilmer realized with full force the horrors of the disease which had bad stricken him down recently be went to california with the hope ot of obtaining some relief and was there at the time of the earthquake the shock was so severe to mr gilmers physical organization that his trip to the coast instead of prolonging life only hastened dissolution gradually he grew worse and on saturday returned to his home and soon after sank mrik into an unconscious condition and never thoroughly regained sensibility and 5 last evening his bis spirit passed quietly into the unseen world the funeral will not take place until sunday next the deceased was a typical frontiersman with a crude exterior but always kind generous and brave he was an old time resident of this territory and was prominently connected with the stage coach business of the rocky mountain rt aglon glon he had many friends in life and they join in sympathy with bis bin bereaved family in their deep affliction ex president hayes is in norwich ct looking up family records and visiting the old homes and graves of ancestors they were among the first settlers of the town which was founded in 1859 and one of his ancestors john Birchard was the first town clerk of norwich |