William E. Kilcrease

William Edward Kilcrease (died 1860) was a state legislator in Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives in 1850 and the Florida Senate in 1852, 1854, and 1855.[1] He owned a cotton plantation in Gadsden County.[2] He owned slaves.[3]

He purchased the Edward Curry Love House in Quincy, Florida. Its previous owners died in a Yellow Fever epidemic. His son Albert Gilchrist became governor of Florida.[4]

Kirk Kirkland wrote a book about his wife becoming a widow after his death in 1860, remarrying, and serving as First Lady of Florida for her bachelor son.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "The people of lawmaking in Florida 1822 - 2019" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on May 29, 2022.
  2. ↑ Julia F. Smith (1970). "Cotton and the Factorage System in Antebellum Florida". Florida Historical Quarterly. Archived from the original on September 20, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Slavery and Plantation Growth in Antebellum Florida, 1821-1860" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2018.
  4. ↑ "A Walking Tour Guide of Quincy * Florida Historic District" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 19, 2020.
  5. ↑ Kirkland, Kirk (June 10, 2013). Rhoda: A Story Based on the Life and Times of Rhoda Elizabeth Waller Kilcrease Gibbes. iUniverse. ISBN 9781475992403 – via Google Books.
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