‘Gillette Faces Jury’ (father testifies) – Wash Post 11-20-1906
“Gillette Faces Jury,” The Washington Post, November 20, 1906
This article was very well reported and written. It conveys what the public must have thought of the Gillette case at the opening of the trial and the attitudes and emotions of those affected, from Grace Brown’s father to Chester Gillette himself.
— Roger W. Smith
September 2017
Descendants of Charles H. Babcock
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This post contains four reports — posted above in downloadable PDF format — showing the genealogy of the families of Chester Ellsworth Gillette (1883-1908) and Grace Mae Brown (1886-1906).
Gillette was executed in Auburn, NY in 1908 for the murder of Grace Brown.
Chester Gillette was the prototype of the character Clyde Griffiths in Theodore Dreiser’s novel An American Tragedy. Grace Brown was the prototype for the character Roberta Alden in the novel.
The reports posted here were generated using genealogy software. They include:
Descendants of John Gillette
John Gillette (1729-1760) was an ancestor of Chester Gillette.
Descendants of Leonard Rice
Leonard Rice was an ancestor of Chester Gillette. Rice was the maiden name of Chester Gillette’s mother, Louisa Maria (Rice) Gillette (1859-1939).
Descendants of Daniel Brown
Daniel Brown (1696-19771) was an ancestor of Grace Brown.
Descendants of Charles H. Babcock
Charles H. Babcock (ca. 1832-1881) was the maternal grandfather of Grace Brown. Babcock was the maiden name of Grace Brown’s mother Minerva (Babcock) Brown (1858-1939).
— Roger W. Smith
June 2017; updated January 2018
