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Rufus Gillett 1885 - 1967

Rufus Gillett of Rochester, Sangamon County, Illinois was born on March 17, 1885, and died at age 81 years old in February 1967.

Rufus Gillett
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Rochester, Sangamon County, Illinois 62563
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In 1885, in the year that Rufus Gillett was born, on June 17th, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor. Two hundred thousand people and hundreds of boats greeted the statue. It had to be assembled but that had to wait until the pedestal was completed the following April.
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In 1890, he was just 5 years old when on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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Gillett, Rufus (Jul 11, 1893 - Nov 1969)

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Gillett, Sandra (Born c. Feb 1949) Gillett, Sharron Gillette, Elaine (May 19, 1924 - Jan 29, 2007) Gillett, Sharon Gillett, Charles (Feb 2, 1899 - Jan 1985) Gillett, Elinor (Oct 28, 1920 - Feb 1982) Gillett, Doris (Dec 1, 1927 - Jan 14, 1993) Gillett, Carol (Jan 1, 1937 - Jan 1, 1986) Gillett, Helen (Jun 28, 1900 - Apr 1983) Gillett, Charles (Dec 2, 1918 - Oct 1974)
Gillett, Henry (May 1, 1919 - Jan 5, 2010) Gillett, Louie (Nov 29, 1886 - Mar 1984) Gillett, France (Aug 13, 1888 - Feb 15, 1974) Gillett, Hazel (May 17, 1887 - Dec 1987) Gillett, Constance (Feb 9, 1920 - Aug 6, 2008) Gillett, John (Sep 26, 1938 - Jan 26, 2003) Gillett, James (Jan 21, 1941 - Aug 11, 1996) Gillett, Agnes (Feb 20, 1894 - Sep 1985) Gillett, William (Dec 9, 1882 - Jan 1964) Gillett, Marion (Dec 22, 1891 - Oct 1983)
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