Maria McIlvaine Gillmore
1871–1965 (age 94)
Biography
Maria McIlvaine Gillmore lived a full and meaningful life spanning nearly a century of American history. Born in 1871, she witnessed the dramatic transformations of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from the industrial age through the modern era.
Her long life allowed her to experience and observe tremendous changes in society, culture, and technology. Gillmore passed away in 1965, having lived through nearly a century of American development and change, leaving behind memories that spanned multiple generations.