Joseph, son of New Hamp­shire Gov­er­nor Jo­seph A. Gil­more, grad­u­at­ed in arts from Brown Un­i­ver­si­ty, and in the­ol­o­gy from New­ton The­o­lo­gic­al In­sti­tu­tion. From 1863-1864, he was his fa­ther’s as­sist­ant while he was gov­er­nor; dur­ing that per­i­od, he al­so ed­it­ed the Con­cord, New Hamp­shire, Dai­ly Mon­i­tor.

In 1865, Gil­more be­came pas­tor at the Se­cond Bap­tist Church in Ro­ches­ter, New York. He lat­er pas­tored in Fish­er­ville, New Hamp­shire. In ad­di­tion, he di­rect­ed the Eng­lish De­part­ment at the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Ro­ches­ter, New York (1868-1908). He wrote six books, inc­lud­ing:

• The Art of Ex­press­ion, 1876
• Familiar Chats on Books and Read­ing
• Outlines of Eng­lish and Amer­i­can Li­ter­a­ture, 1905

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