Robert Fuller Gilmour

Robert Fuller Gilmour

• Robert Fuller Gilmour was born circa 1874 in New York.
• He married Blanche Truax, daughter of James R. Truax and Harriet Watson, circa 1901.
• Robert Fuller Gilmour died in January 1931.
• Blanche Truax became a widow at his death.
• The following appeared on 6 December 1944 in the Schenectady Gazette: The funeral of Mrs. Blanche Truax Gilmour, of this city, widow of Robert Fuller Gilmour, who died Friday was held yesterday at Glock's funeral parlor. The services were conducted by Rev. Willard E. Rice, pastor of Union Presbyterian church and burial was in the Union college plot at Vale cemetery.
       Mrs. Gilmour was born in Poultney, Vt., June 24, 1879, the daughter of the late Dr. James R. Truax, who for 20 years was professor of English at Union college, and Mrs. Harriet Watson Truax. She was educated in the Schenectady schools and studied at the Art Students league, in New York, under the direction of the well-known art teacher, John Twachman. Mr. Gilmour died in January, 1931.
       She was a member of the First Presbyterian church.
       She is survived by a son, Capt. John G. T. Gilmour, AUS, and by her mother, Mrs. Harriet Watson Truax.

• Last Edited: 26 Mar 2013