Gilmer (surname)

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Gilmer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Alexander Gilmer (1829–1906), sawmill owner
  • Dixie Gilmer (1901–1954), U.S. Representative from Oklahoma
  • Elizabeth Gilmer (1880–1960), New Zealand social worker, educationist and horticulturist
  • Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (1861—1951), American columnist better known as Dorothy Dix
  • Dr. George Gilmer, Sr. (1700–1757), mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia
  • George Rockingham Gilmer (1790–1859), American politician
  • Harry Gilmer (born 1926), College Football Hall of Fame member and National Football League player
  • Jeremy Francis Gilmer, (1818–83), American soldier, Chief Engineer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
  • John Adams Gilmer (1805–1868), American politician and brother of Jeremy Gilmer
  • Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802–1844), American statesman
  • William Gilmer (died 1955), American Naval officer and Governor of Guam

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