Family and Community Member
Alexander Gilson was childless and lived with his mother, Sarah Gilson (c. 1787–1893), and sister, Cornelia Gilson (1831–1917), in his Red Hook village home until his death. Gilson bequeathed his properties to his mother and sister. The Gilsons’ connections to Red Hook’s Methodist Episcopal Church are attested by the family’s burial in the church cemetery.
Below: Gravestone for Alexander, Sarah, and Cornelia Gilson
Sarah Gilson's will.
Cornelia Gilson Deed, 1895.
Death notice for Sarah Gilson, 1893.
Edmund Bassett recalls Alexander Gilson.
Above: "Alexander Gilson" Quilt, 2019, Created by Diana Louie (Village Fabric Shoppe, Red Hook, NY)