Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 
1885, McLean Co.

WILLIAM F. GILLIM, M. D.  The gentleman whose name introduces this 
sketch and whose portrait is herein contained, was born on the 29th 
day of June, 1846 in Daviess Co., Kentucky.  The immediate ancestry 
of Dr. Gillim traces back to the Virginia yeomanry, though originally 
of French descent.  The Gillim family was first represented in the 
State of Kentucky about the year 1820, when John Gillim, grandfather 
of our subject, removed from Virginia and settled in Logan County, 
where was born James L. Gillim, the father of Dr. Gillim.  His 
maternal parentage was first represented in Kentucky about the year 
1810, when William Newsom and his wife, whose maiden name was Shown, 
settled in the State in what is now Daviess County, where Elizabeth 
Newsom[,] our subject's mother, was born.  James L. and Elizabeth 
Gillim reared a family of seven children, of whom the Doctor is the 
second, and among whom may be numbered some of the best families of 
the "Green River region."  At the breaking out of the civil war in 
1861, Dr. Gillim, though a mere boy, manifested a strong desire to 
champion the cause of the Confederacy, by entering the army, but was 
dissuaded by the ripe judgment of his parents, who put him in school 
instead.  This seems to have been the pivot on which his future 
turned.  He soon acquired a thirst for knowledge, and early displayed 
a natural desire for the study of medicine; to gratify which he taught 
school successfully for two years.  He was thus enabled to push his 
studies in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, and the 
University of Louisville, graduating from the latter in the year 1871.  
The same year he located in Livermore, McLean Co., Kentucky, his 
present home, where he at once obtained a lucrative practice, and 
where he is appreciated, not only for his professional ability but 
for his natural courtesy and true citizenship, enjoying the confidence 
of a large circle of friends, as well as an enviable reputation with 
his professional brethren.  On the 4th of March, 1875, Dr. Gillim 
married Miss Alice, daughter of John and Sallie (French) Douglas, of 
McLean Co., Kentucky.  They have a family of four children living and 
one dead - Gwendoline, the eldest.  The others are as follows: Mamie, 
Abbie, Parvin D., and Willie F. Gillim.

Gillim Shown Newsom Douglas French
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Daviess-KY VA Logan-KY

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