An Illustrated History of Central Oregon, Western Historical Publishing Company,
Spokane, WA. 1905, pages 309-310.

CHARLES N. GILMAN, of the firm of Gilman & Son, resides at The Dalles, Wasco
county, engaged in the real estate business. He was born January 20, 1863, in
Kent county, Michigan. His parents, Nathan and Emma (Rose) Gilman, were natives
of New York state. The father is a descendant of the old and distinguished
Gilman family, early settlers in New England and of English ancestry. The
mother's family were equally eminent, her grandfather coming from Germany.
Nathan Gilman served a year in the Civil war, in Company D, Twenty-second
Indiana Cavalry, and was killed in a skirmish with guerrillas. The mother lives
with her son, Charles N. Gilman, as does his stepfather, A.B. Fairchild.      

Young Gilman was reared on a farm, attending district and high schools at Cedar
Springs, Michigan, graduating with honors at the age of eighteen. While employed
in a lumber and shingle mill he found time to apply himself diligently to the
study of steam engineering, in which he perfected himself. For six years he was
in charge of the company store and lumber yard. He located in Sherman county and
filed on a timber culture claim, and purchased railroad land. He lived there
eleven years, during which time he was a clerk with Scott & Company four years,
and the rest of the time was on the farm. In April, 1901, he disposed of his
land, four hundred and eighty acres, and removed to The Dalles, where he was in
the employment of Joseph Peters, in a planing mill, one year. He then engaged in
his present business, in which he handles considerable farm and city property.      

Our subject was married May 31, 1883, at Cedar Springs, Michigan, to Estella
Smith, born in Michigan, the daughter of Peter K. and Arminda (Evans) Smith. Her
father, a native of New York state, served with distinction during the Civil
war, and now lives in Michigan. Mrs. Gilman has two brothers, Eugene D. and Meno
C., masons, contractors and farmers, living at Cedar Springs, Michigan. Mr. and
Mrs. Gilman have two children, Earl D., in the real estate business with his
father, and Verta E., a girl of nine years of age. Politically Mr. Gilman is
independent. He is a member of the M.W.A. at The Dalles.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2005 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. 
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.