James Gillivan
James Gillivan, hardware merchant and dealer in all kinds of agricultural implements, Jefferson, is a son of Patrick J. and Ann (Caloo) Gillivan, both natives of Ireland, where they married and died, he in 1838, and she in 1853. He was by occupation a house carpenter, which he followed through life. His family consisted of eight children. The subject of this sketch was born in Ireland in 1832, and emigrated to America in 1848, settling in Columbus, where he engaged in learning the tinner and coppersmith's trades. After completing his trade, he traveled as a journeyman until 1866, when he located in Jefferson and established his present business. He deals extensively in hardware, stoves, wagons, buggies, farm implements, paints, oils, tin and hollow ware, etc., and his annual sales amout to about $15,000. He was married, in 1853, to Miss Mary E. Manifold, by whom he has five children living and three deceased. Two brothers of Mr. Gillivan's came to America; one settled in Burlington, Iowa, and the other in Kentucky.
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY - W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]