About Overton Smith Gildersleeve
Lived 1825 – 1864 (aged 39). Overton Smith Gildersleeve was a Canadian politician.
Overton Smith Gildersleeve (January 13, 1825 – March 9, 1864) was a lawyer, business owner and politician in Canada West. He served as mayor of Kingston from 1855 to 1856 and from 1861 to 1862.
He was elected to Kingston council in 1854 and became mayor the following year when John Counter was forced to resign. He was elected mayor in 1861. and for the Kingston seat in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1863, losing to John A. Macdonald. in Kingston at the age of 39 and was buried in Cataraqui Cemetery. His brother Charles took over the family business.
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Canadian politician (1825-1864)
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Overton Smith Gildersleeve was born on 13 January 1825.
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Overton Smith Gildersleeve died on 9 March 1864.
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Overton Smith Gildersleeve was a politician.
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Overton Smith Gildersleeve was Canadian.
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