Introduction

Biography

Joseph was the son of New Hamp­shire Gov­er­nor Jo­seph Al­bree Gil­more and Ann Whip­ple. He mar­ried twice: to Ma­ry Jo­se­phine Park­hurst (No­vem­ber 21, 1861, Na­tick, Mas­sa­chu­setts) and Lu­cy Brown (Sep­tem­ber 21, 1865, Con­cord, New Hamp­shire).

He gra­du­at­ed in arts from Brown Uni­ver­si­ty, Pro­vi­dence, Rhode Is­land, and in theo­lo­gy from New­ton Theo­lo­gic­al In­sti­tu­tion, New­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts (where he lat­er taught He­brew).

From 1863–64, 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. In 1867, he be­came pro­fess­or of Eng­lish Lang­uage and Li­te­ra­ture at Ro­ches­ter Uni­ver­si­ty. He lat­er pas­tored in Fish­er­ville, New Hamp­shire.

Works

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