P.F. Gillette of Kanauga, in his 80th year, died of pneumonia
Friday. He was an ex-recorder of Lawrence county, was one of
Abraham Lincoln's body guards during the war, and assisted in
the capture of his assassin. He served during the war in the
26th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.
Mr. Gillette died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. J. Guthrie,
and will be buried Sunday at Gravel Hill after services at the
residence at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Mr. Lightner. He leaves also
a son Charles at Newark, and a brother and sister. Wetherholt
has charge of this fine old gentleman's
remains.
(same paper)
Memoir, Paschal F. Gillette The subject of this memoir, Paschal
F. Gillette, son of Lawrence and Aurilia McClure Gillette, was
born Dec. 22, 1835, in Rome, Lawrence Co., Ohio, and entered
into rest at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leverett J. Guthrie,
Kanauga Sta., Gallia Co., O., Oct. 1, 1915. He was united in
marriage to Maria Radford McGonagle, Dec. 22, 1862. Of this
union two children were born, Chas. A. of Newark, O. and Georgia
Anna, both living.
The mother passed on to the better land March 4, 1907. After
the death of his beloved companion he made his home with his
daughter, moving from Ironton, O., to Kanauga Sta. in 1910.
His last illness was of short duration and the loving tender
services of his dear ones were truly a labor of love and the
end was peace. He heard the call of his country and was one
of the
first to respond, enlisting in the 2d. O.V.C., Oct. 1861 and
served until Sept. 11th, 1865, when he was honorably discharged
at Washington, D.C. He saw service in 14 states and territories
and was in 33 engagements, and proved himself to be a soldier
indeed, always enduring as a good, true and brave defender of
his country. He was a member of the personal guard of President
Lincoln, and was in Washington at the time of the assassination.
He was commissioned Com. Sergeant in the Q.M. Dept. at Washington.
He was wounded at Monticello, Ky., 1863. After his discharge
he returned to his native heath, Lawrence Co. O., where he lived
a useful and honorable life respected by all who knew him. His
countrymen elected him Recorder of Lawrence Co., for two terms.
The last five years of his life were spent amid the quietude
of rural life where he loved the flowers, fruits and foliage
all around him, and after having served his generation according
to the will of God, he, like one of old, was gathered to his
fathers. In every relation of life, as son, father, husband,
soldier, citizen and churchman, he was one of God's noblemen.
The loved ones who remain have been left a rich heritage by
the departed father. He was especially devoted to his two grandsons,
Raymond and Franklin Guthrie and may they ever emulate his virtues
and be true to God and country as their grandfather. Funeral
services were held at the home of Mrs. L.J. Guthrie. Interment
at Cheshire, Rev. Lightner officiating.
