William Gill  

WILLIAM GILL, hardware merchant, Meadville, was born January 28, 1842, in Meadville, Penn., son of William and Maria E. (Mead) Gill, who were both natives of this county, the former of Scotch and the latter of English descent. William Gill, Sr., was a house plasterer by trade, but in later life was a dry goods and grocery merchant. Our subject, who was the fourth child, was educated at Allegheny College, and in the Commercial College at Pittsburgh, Penn. In early life he acted as clerk, and in 1860 he embarked in the hardware business, in which he still continues. Mr. Gill was married in 1874 to Blanche S., daughter of Hiram Stowe and a sister of Hon. E. H. Stowe, of Pittsburgh, Penn. They have four children, viz.: Katherine C., David Donald, Robert Stowe and Martha Stowe. In politics Mr. Gill is a Democrat.

History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 740-741

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