35TH GENERATION

6863. Frank Edgar Gildersleeve was born on 7 Mar 1881 in Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri. He died on 25 Feb 1949 in Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon. He was buried in Colfax Cemetery, Colfax, Whitman, Washington. From the Wallowa County Reporter, March 27, 1918:
The highest price ever paid for cattle in Spokane was paid to Kelly &
Gildersleeve, Enterprise stockmen, last week when four carloads sold for $12.00
per 100 lbs. The steers averaged 1,315 lbs. They were a part of a shipment of
nine cars, or 220 head, grown and fattened on Wallowa County bunch grass.
Certainly Wallowa County is a stockman's paradise.

From the Wallowa County Courthouse records: Gildersleeve, Frank E., March 4,
1949, will. March, 3 1951, order discharging executor.

Extracted from an article in the Wallowa County Chieftain, Enterprise, Oregon:
Frank E. Gildersleeve is one of the large stock owners and ranchers of Wallowa
County. He and Harry F. Kelley are the sole stockholders in the Washtucna Land
& Livestock company, which owns the former C. L. Hartshorn ranch 24 miles east
of Enterprise. They have 450 acres of this land in crop with every prospect of
a great yield of wheat and oats, and their holdings of cattle and sheep are
very large also. --When Frank was 24 years old he and his father and his
brother, George W. Gildersleeve, engaged in the butcher business at LaCrosse
and Washtucna, Washington, continuing until 1911 when the sons bought out their
father, and went into stock on a steadily increasing scale. The brothers and
Mr. Kelley bought their Wallowa county ranch in 1915, and last year George
Gildersleeve retired from the partnership, leaving the other two sole owners.
(he retired from the partnership in 1923 so this article appeared around 1924)

Article in The Wallowa County Chieftain, 26 Oct. 1992, under "Out of the Past"
70 Years Ago: After losing a sack of choice wheat which he had bought at the
fair, W. E. Daggett had a turn in his luck last week and recovered the grain.
Frank E. Gildersleeve found it in the road. ---Mr. Daggett has not fared as
well with his prize hog which fell out of his wagon and was killed. The hog is
still dead.

LaCrosse, Washington "aTurn'Em Loose" Round-Up October 24 and 25, 1924 Official
Program: F. E. Gildersleeve - President, F. E. Gildersleeve - Arena, G. W.
Gildersleeve - Arena Judges.

Whitman County Deeds, County Court House, Colfax, Washington:
Direct Deeds
19 Dec 1918; F. E. Frank Gildersleeve to George W. Gildersleeve; book 53; page
17; see record.
19 Dec 1918; Frank Gildersleeve to George W. Gildersleeve; book 53; page 18;
see record.
19 Dec 1918; Frank Gildersleeve to George W. Gildersleeve; book 53; page 19;
see record.
10 Aug 1917; Frank Gildersleeve to Christian Rieker; book 54; page 298; lots 1
& 2 B4 Washington.
14 Dec 1918; Frank Gildersleeve to Ella Little; book 54; page 468.
19 Dec 1918; Frank Gildersleeve to George W. Gildersleeve; book 53; page 17.
19 Dec 1918; Frank Gildersleeve to George W. Gildersleeve; book 53; page 18.
19 Dec 1918; Frank Gildersleeve to George W. Gildersleeve; book 53; page 19.
Indirect Deeds
16 Nov 1908; Dixie Wynne to F. E. Gildersleeve; book 145; page 143; warrenty
deed, T. H. Shobe's Addition, Lacrosse.
25 Jun 1909; S. K. Clark and wife to F. E. Gildersleeve; book 154; page 518;
warrenty deed, T. H. Shobe's Addition, Lacrosse.

Pearl Dell Wilson was born on 10 Aug 1882. She died on 21 Mar 1920/21 in Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon. Wallowa County Courthouse: Gildersleeve, Pearl D., deceased. A. S. Cooley,
attorney. June 9 - Petition for probate of will. March 14, 1923, report of
sales of personal property. May 2, 1923, order settling final account.
Wallowa County Courthouse: Gildersleeve, Pearl D., deceased. A. S. Cooley,
attorney. June 9 - Petition for probate of will. March 14, 1923, report of
sales of personal property. May 2, 1923, order settling final account.
Wallowa County Courthouse: Gildersleeve, Pearl D., deceased. A. S. Cooley,
attorney. June 9 - Petition for probate of will. March 14, 1923, report of
sales of personal property. May 2, 1923, order settling final account. Frank Edgar Gildersleeve and Pearl Dell Wilson had the following children:

child+8592 i. Floyd Squibb stepson.
child+8593 ii. Violet May Gildersleeve.
child+8594 iii. Edgar Allen Gildersleeve.

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