John Orin Gilman
- Born: 22 Dec 1812, Monmouth, Kennebec County, Maine
- Marriage (1): Harriet Atwood Folsom
- Died: 15 Mar 1885, Monmouth Center Cemetery in Monmouth, Maine at age 72
- Buried: Lyons Cemetery in Monmouth, Maine
General Notes:
Genealogy of Folsom Family 1638-1938; Vol 1; also research of B. Washburn of Farmington, NH
History of Monmouth and Wales, Volume 1 By Harry Hayman Cochrane John Orin Gilman, the father of Benson O., J. Henry, and George E. Gilman, was the second son of John. He was born Dec. 22, 1812, Seven years later than his brother, Daniel W., and as married at the age of tenty-three years to Hannah A., daughter of Eliphalet Folsom. Alvah, the father of our citizen, William Henry Gilman; Josiah, who died at the early age of twenty-nine, and Augustus, who left the farm and engaged in trade at the Center with J.S. Noyes, shortly before his removal to Lewiston in the seventies, were the youngest sons of John. Alvah and Augustus both married daughters of Phineas Kelley. The former was born Feb 24, 1815, and the latter, June 2, 1828.
John married Harriet Atwood Folsom, daughter of Eliphalet Folsom and Mary Folsom. (Harriet Atwood Folsom was born on 23 Mar 1816 in Monmouth, Kennebec County, Maine, died on 29 Sep 1901 and was buried in Lyons Cemetery in Monmouth, Maine.)
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