Charles R. Gill

Charles R. Gill
Gill c.1866
11th United States Commissioner of Pensions
In office
February 10, 1876 – March 28, 1876
PresidentUlysses S. Grant
Preceded byHenry M. Atkinson
Succeeded byJohn A. Bentley
9th Attorney General of Wisconsin
In office
January 1, 1866 – January 3, 1870
GovernorLucius Fairchild
Preceded byWinfield Smith
Succeeded byStephen Steele Barlow
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 14th district
In office
January 2, 1860 – January 6, 1862
Preceded byWilliam Chappell
Succeeded bySmith S. Wilkinson
Personal details
Born
Charles Rice Gill

(1830-08-17)August 17, 1830
Winfield, New York
DiedMarch 28, 1883(1883-03-28) (aged 52)
Dane County, Wisconsin
Resting placeForest Hill Cemetery
Madison, Wisconsin
Political party
Spouses
  • Martha Ada Lanckton
  • (m. 1854; died 1913)
Children
  • Evelyn Louise (Ford)
  • (b. 1856; died 1938)
  • Eugene D. Gill
  • (b. 1858; died 1858)
  • Clark Lanckton Gill
  • (b. 1861; died 1938)
  • Ralph Cleveland Gill
  • (b. 1864; died 1926)
  • Hiram Charles Gill
  • (b. 1866; died 1919)
  • Alice Maria (Pickarts)
  • (b. 1868; died 1932)
  • Olive Eliza Gill
  • (b. 1870)
  • Martha Ada Gill
  • (b. 1874)
Parents
  • David Gill (father)
  • Nancy (Clark) Gill (mother)
Professionlawyer, politician
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Volunteers
Union Army
Years of service1862–1865
RankColonel, USV
Commands29th Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Charles Rice Gill (August 17, 1830 – March 28, 1883) was an American lawyer, politician, and Union Army officer in the American Civil War. He was the 9th Attorney General of Wisconsin and represented northern Jefferson County in the Wisconsin State Senate for the 1860 and 1861 sessions. He also briefly served as U.S. Commissioner of Pensions under President Ulysses S. Grant.[1]

  1. ^ Butterfield, Consul Willshire, ed. (1880). History of Dane County, Wisconsin. Western Historical Company. pp. 1071-1076. Retrieved December 6, 2019.