Gilbert William Gill (1838-1910), was born on May 22, 1838, in Marylebone, Middlesex, England, son of Richard (1804-), and Elizabeth Chasey Gill (1803-).

In 1861 he lived with his parents at Lewisham, Kent, England.

He is listed among the passengers as 31 years old, a carpenter by trade, aboard the ship Hudson that arrived in New York on July 29, 1869.

Gill moved to Memphis,Tennessee.

Besides his trade as a carpenter Gill was also a very lucid writer and used to write pieces for the newspapers.

Keep in mind Gill was a native Englishman and born into a country where slavery had been abolished before he was born. Moving into Memphis, Tennessee, not long after the Civil War the culture was still much the same asbefore the War and it did not sit squarely with Gill.

Gill wrote a criticism of the politics at Memphis in the local newspaper that caused a large stir for weeks. Knowing it would create a stir he asked a friend Theodore Krekel to submit his essay to the Avalanche forpublication. On July 11, 1880, it was published in the Sunday edition signed anonymously as "Southern Democrat" which caused outrage, indignation and an investigation into the author's identity.

Gill is among the earliest known coin collectors of record in Memphis, Tennessee.

Gill correspondence with the Chapman Brothers postmarked January 30, 1886, 5 AM, Memphis, Tennessee. Gill purchased Pattern Pieces from the Chapman Brothers who acquired them directly from the U. S. Mint atPhiladelphia.

The Collector, No. 18, September 1 (1890) : 151 announcement of coming Frossard coin auction sale at Leavitt & Co., New York selling Gill's collection of U. S. Pattern Pieces, and Richard Hoe Lawrence'scollection of ancient Roman silver. The sale took place on January 9-10, 1891.

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