Mary Elizabeth Frame, daughter of Reuben and Margaret Frame, was born on June 15, 1844, in South Salem, N.Y. She married William Gilman of Ottawa, Ill., on July 3, 1865. They were married by her father, Reuben Frame, in Morris, Ill. Their children were:

1. Charles Reuben, born in Morris, Illinois, on October 14, 1866; died August 17, 1886; he is buried in Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, Ill.;

2. Mary Frame, born in Ottawa, Ill., on December 18, 1869; died, November 22, 1892; she is buried in Graceland Cemetery, in Chicago, Ill.;

3. Emily Warner, born in Ottawa, Ill., on March 11, 1872; died July 1, 1874; she is buried in Graceland Cemetery, in Chicago, Ill.

4. Carrie Selby, born in Chicago, Ill, on February 12, 1878. She married Charles E. Carey of Red Oak, Iowa, on October 23, 1900. They were married at 2453 Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Ill, by her cousin, Selby Frame Vance. They had one child:

   1. Margaret Carey, born July 17, 1901.

5. Margaret Selby, born in Chicago, Ill., on November 28, 1879; died March 29, 1912; she is buried in Graceland Cemetery, in Chicago, Ill. She married William J. Hayward of Chicago, on April 24, 1902 at 2453 Michigan Ave. in Chicago, Ill., by Rev. Pleasant Hunter, Pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church. She had two children:

   1. Elizabeth Gilman Hayward, born March 2, 1903;

   2. Anna Sargent Hayward, born May 24, 1996.

Mary Elizabeth Frame moved from her birthplace in South Salem, Westchester County, New York, with her parents, to Wappinger's Falls, New York, then to Fondulac, Wisconsin, and then to Morris, Ill. After her marriage to William Gilman, in 1865, they made their first home in Ottawa, Ill., where her husband was engaged in the manufacture of farm implements until 1872. He invented the first power corn speller. In 1872, they moved to Chicago and William Gilman began dealing in Chicago real estate because his health was injured by the strain of the manufacturing business. Chicago was her home for nearly thirty-five years. Her husband died in 1902 and is buried in the Graceland Cemetery, in Chicago, Ill. He died of pneumonia in Phoenix, Arizona, where he had been spending the winter. In 1908, she moved to Galesburg, Ill., with her son-in-law, W. J. Hayward. She lived there for four years and then moved to Sioux City in 1912, where she died at the home of her son-in-law on March 10, 1916. She is buried in the Graceland Cemetery, in Chicago, Ill. Her life was one of untiring devotion to her family. She was a most capable, intelligent woman, of excellent judgment, a good business manager, and the bulwark of the family. All who knew her loved her, and her memory is precious and inspiring.