Nathan GILLET
Lucinda HORTON

Husband:  Nathan GILLET
Birth:  22 Jul 1789, New Woodstock, Madison Co., New York  
Death:  9 Jan 1848, Cortland, Cortland Co., New York    
Burial:
Father:  Nathaniel GILLET
Mother:  Sibbil CALKIN

Marriage:    2 May 1813, Columbia Co., New York

Wife:  Lucinda HORTON
Birth:  4 Feb 1792, Canaan, Columbia Co., New York
Death:  9 Apr 1854, Cortland, Cortland Co., New York 
Burial:  
Father:   Jacob HORTON
Mother:   Annis Manrow GILLETT 

Children:
1. Orlando A. GILLET, b: 5 Aug 1815, Cortland, Cortland Co., New York
2. Asenath H. GILLET, b: 18 Sep 1818, Cortland, Cortland Co., New York
                                     d: 24 May 1844, Cortland, Cortland Co., New York
3. Adelia GILLET, b: 15 Jan 1820, Cortland, Cortland Co., New York
4. J. Leroy GILLET, b: 15 Apr 1822, Cortland, Cortland Co., New York
5. Fayette M. GILLETT, b: 7 Mar 1824, Cortland, Cortland Co., New York
6. A. Melvina GILLET, b: 12 Oct 1826, Cortland, Cortland Co., New York
                                     d: 28 Apr 1847, Cortland, Cortland Co., New York
7. Albertus GILLETT, b: 8 Jul 1832, Cortland, Cortland Co., New York
8. Lucien B. GILLET, b: 16 May 1834, Cortland, Cortland Co., New York
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Notes:
Biography: Nathan Gillet:

Nathan Gillet grew to manhood in Columbia County, married there, and in 1814 came to Cortland County, and bought the farm of Mr. Calvert, the property consisting of fifty acres of forest land, which was all heavily wooded except a little clearing in the center of which was a log cabin.  Taking possession of the cabin until he was able to provide more substantial shelter, he set to work to clear and render arable the land on which the virgin forests stool.  It was not long ere he had added eighty acres more to the original purchase, and as soon as he was able to procure sawed lumber, he built himself a frame house. 

Farming and clearing the land did not limit his activities.  At the time it was discovered that there were large deposits of marl throughout central New York, and Mr. Gillet found that he was fortunate in having ownership over a small lake, in which he found marl to be present in no small quantities.  Realizing the importance of the industry, he employed several men to give him the requisite aid, and set to work to remove the marl from the bed of the lake, burn it in a lime-kiln he had caused to be constructed, and transport it be teams by way of Newark Valley to Owego, where it was sold on the market.  On the north side of the body of water from which so much mineral wealth had been drawn, was a fine growth of maple trees and other valuable species.  This grove he saved from desecration by the woodsman's axe, and this spot became a favorite locally for picnics, for he carefully kept the underbrush trimmed and out of the way, and never allowed a single tree to be cut down.

He died at fifty-eight years of age, while his wife lived to be fifty-nine.  Their children were: Orlando A; Asenath H; Adelia; Amanda M; L. Leroy; Fayette; Albertus; and Lucien.  Nathan Gillet was originally a Jacksonian Democrat, but latterly became a Whig.  He served as poormaster, and held other of the town offices, he was on a number of occasions sent as a delegate from his district to the county convention.  As a Mason, he took many of the degrees, and always made it a point to attend the yearly meetings of the grand lodge, of which he was an honored member.

1820 Federal Census Data (M33_0066, Page 532), Homer, Cortland Co., New York

1830 Federal Census Data (M19_0088, Page 80), Cortlandville, Cortland Co., New York

1840 Federal Census Data (M704_0275, Page 83), Cortland Co., New York

1850 Federal Census Data (M432_0493, Page 342), Cortlandville, Cortland Co., New York,
                                                                                                                        Enumeration Date 27-Jul-1850, Family #183

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Sources:
1) Biography:  Book of Biographies - Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Cortland County, NY;
                          Biographical Publishing Co., Buffalo, NY - 1898; Pages 347-349