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  Encyclopedia: Thomas Walker Gilmer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Thomas Walker Gilmer (April 6, 1802–February 28, 1844) was an American statesman.
Born in Gilmerton, Virginia, Gilmer studied law, practiced in Charlottesville, Virginia, and served for many years in the Virginia House of Delegates (1829–1836, 1839–1840), for two sessions as speaker.
Gilmer County, West Virginia is named in his honor.
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 AllRefer.com - Thomas Walker Gilmer (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Thomas Walker Gilmer 1802–44, U.S. Secretary of the Navy (Feb., 1844), b.
Albemarle co., Va. He practiced law, served in the Virginia legislature, and became (1840) governor of Virginia.
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 Upshur County History
Thomas Walker Gilmer, the Secretary of the Navy and namesake of Gilmer County, was also killed in the explosion.
The first native settlers in central West Virginia (Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Lewis, Nicholas, Roane, Upshur, and Webster counties) were the Mound Builders, also known as the Adena people.
Among the new settlers were John and Elizabeth Jackson and their sons, George and Edward Jackson, Thomas Hughes, and John Cutright.
www.polsci.wvu.edu /wv/Upshur/upshistory.html   (1680 words)

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