BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Page 531

E. W. GILMORE is a native of Ohio, born in the town of Smithfield, Jefferson
county, that state. His parents, John and Elizabeth, were both natives of
Maryland. In 1869 he moyed to Bridgeport, Ohio. Some five years after his
removal to Bridgeport, he entered the grocery business, and still occupies
the stand where he commenced trading. The business, urged on by his thrift
and foresight, has steadily increased, year by year, until at the present
time he ranks among the leading grocers of Bridgeport. Mr. Gilmore is a
member of Belmont lodge, K. of P., of Bridgeport. Politically, he is a
"liberal" democrat.