Doctor Joseph Gideon Gilpin
Marriages
Ida Ellen (Silver) Kesecker Gilpin - September 20, 1904
Leadville, CO
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 5 - July 9, 1920
JOSEPH GIDEON GILPIN.
The death of no man in Eagle county has been more generally mourned than that of Dr. J. G. GILPIN, which occurred at his home in Red Cliff Wednesday, June 30, 1920. Coming to Eagle county with the earliest settlers of this region, he has practiced his profession among our people almost continuously for forty years, and during that time no man who knew him has been anything but his friend. He devoted his life to helping his neighbors, and there was never a night too dark or a day too stormy for Doctor GILPIN to respond to a call from a sick person, either rich or poor. He was the personification of honesty and charity, one of the most conscientious, straightforward men the writer ever knew.
Joseph Gideon GILPIN was born in Rockville, Md., and received his medical education in the Medical College of Baltimore. He told no man or woman his age, but he was a man past eighty at the time of his death. He served with the Confederate army during the war of the rebellion, and, while in this, as in all other personal matters, he was very reticent, there is no doubt but that he served in the army with credit to himself.
He came to Red Cliff in the spring of 1881, and practiced his profession for a short time, when he became interested in mining on East Lake creek where he prospected for a season or two. Returning to Red Cliff, he again took up his profession. September 20, 1904, he was married to Mrs. Kesecker, at Leadville, Colo., who, together with her children by a former marriage, lives to mourn his death.
The funeral was held Sunday, July 4, and the remains laid to their last rest in Evergreen cemetery at Red Cliff. The services were conducted by Rev. L. G. HONNOLD, of Eagle, and were attended by one of the largest assemblages of people to attend a funeral in the history of the county, a tribute of the high esteem in which he was held by the people of the county.
Doctor GILPIN's death is not only a loss to his immediate family, but a community loss that will be long felt. The Enterprise joins the hundreds of intimate friends in extending sympathy to the family in its bereavement.
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 8 - July 2, 1920
DR. GILPIN PASSES AWAY.
The death of Dr. J. G. GILPIN, which occurred at his home in Red Cliff Wednesday night of this week, will be the cause of much grief to friends of the old gentleman all over the county. One of the earliest settlers in the county, he had a wide circle of acquaintances, every one of whom was a friend. His passing is deeply regretted.
