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Franklin Gilman (April 21, 1825 – December 1, 1880) was an American farmer and politician. Born in
Lisbon Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...
,
Grafton County, New Hampshire Grafton County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 91,118. Its county seat is the town of Haverhill, New Hampshire, Haverhill. In 1972, the ...
, Gilman moved to
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, in 1854, and settled in
Buffalo County, Wisconsin Buffalo County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 13,317. Its county seat is Alma, Wisconsin, Alma. The county was created in 1853 and ...
. He was a farmer and served as president of the Buffalo County Agricultural Society. In 1857, the town of Gilmanton was organized and named after him. Gilman served as the first chairman of the Gilman Town Board and was a Republican. In 1880, Gilman served in the
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and died while still in office in 1880.'Biographical History of La Crosse, Trempealeau and Buffalo County, Wisconsin,' volume 2, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois: 1892, Biographical Sketch of Daniel Gilman, pg. 622-623 (Information about Franklin Gilman is in the biographical sketch about Daniel Gilman)


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1825 births 1880 deaths People from Lisbon, New Hampshire People from Gilmanton, Wisconsin Farmers from Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature 19th-century mayors of places in Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1820s-stub