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James Nicholas Gilmer was an adjutant general of the State of Alabama. He was born on March 20, 1839, in Montgomery. He was educated in the schools of his home county and later graduated from the Georgia Military Institute in Marietta in 1858. He helped organize the military company known as the Metropolitan Guards which participated in taking the Pensacola Navy Yard and the barracks and fort at Barancas on January 12, 1861, one day after the secession of the states of Alabama and Florida. During the Civil War he served with several different units as quartermaster, adjutant, and inspector general. After the war Mr. Gilmer returned to Montgomery and subsequently became involved in the Elyton Land Company and the creation of the city of Birmingham. In 1884 he was appointed by Governor O'Neal as adjutant general of the state and chief of the governor's staff. After two years in that office, he moved to Memphis, Tennessee, for a short while, returned to Montgomery briefly, and in 1889 moved his family to Seattle, Washington, where he lived for more than twenty years operating a general collection business. He was married in 1864 to Lizzie B. Dixon of Memphis, Tennessee, and they had nine children. | James Nicholas Gilmer (March 20, 1839 - July 16, 1920) was an adjutant general of the State of Alabama. He was born on March 20, 1839, in Montgomery. He was educated in the schools of his home county and later graduated from the Georgia Military Institute in Marietta in 1858. He helped organize the military company known as the Metropolitan Guards which participated in taking the Pensacola Navy Yard and the barracks and fort at Barancas on January 12, 1861, one day after the secession of the states of Alabama and Florida. During the Civil War he served with several different units as quartermaster, adjutant, and inspector general. After the war Mr. Gilmer returned to Montgomery and subsequently became involved in the Elyton Land Company and the creation of the city of Birmingham. In 1884 he was appointed by Governor O'Neal as adjutant general of the state and chief of the governor's staff. After two years in that office, he moved to Memphis, Tennessee, for a short while, returned to Montgomery briefly, and in 1889 moved his family to Seattle, Washington, where he lived for more than twenty years operating a general collection business. He was married in 1864 to Lizzie B. Dixon of Memphis, Tennessee, and they had nine children. | ||
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James Nicholas Gilmer (March 20, 1839 - July 16, 1920) was an adjutant general of the State of Alabama. He was born on March 20, 1839, in Montgomery. He was educated in the schools of his home county and later graduated from the Georgia Military Institute in Marietta in 1858. He helped organize the military company known as the Metropolitan Guards which participated in taking the Pensacola Navy Yard and the barracks and fort at Barancas on January 12, 1861, one day after the secession of the states of Alabama and Florida. During the Civil War he served with several different units as quartermaster, adjutant, and inspector general. After the war Mr. Gilmer returned to Montgomery and subsequently became involved in the Elyton Land Company and the creation of the city of Birmingham. In 1884 he was appointed by Governor O'Neal as adjutant general of the state and chief of the governor's staff. After two years in that office, he moved to Memphis, Tennessee, for a short while, returned to Montgomery briefly, and in 1889 moved his family to Seattle, Washington, where he lived for more than twenty years operating a general collection business. He was married in 1864 to Lizzie B. Dixon of Memphis, Tennessee, and they had nine children.