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Gillet (Gillett), John Dean

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2 Aug. 1796–17 July 1848. Likely born in Connecticut. Son of Benoni Gillett and Phoebe Dean. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, by May 1837. In Aug. 1839, with land-speculating partners Horace Hotchkiss and Smith Tuttle, sold land in Commerce to JS. Moved to Logan Co., Illinois, by 1840, and settled at Bald Knob. Married Jemima Davis. Buried in Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski Township, Logan Co.

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