Editing Gilmer, Texas (section)

=== Other ===
* [[Chilton Jennings]], [[lynched]] in Gilmer, Texas
* [[David Abner]], an African-American [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] state representative from 1874 to 1875, he was brought to Upshur County as a [[Slavery in the United States|slave]] from [[Selma, Alabama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fab06|title=David Abner, Sr.|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|author=Merline Pitre|access-date=October 30, 2013|author1-link=Merline Pitre}}</ref>
* [[Charlie Baird|Charles F. Baird]], a former justice of the [[Texas Court of Criminal Appeals]] and former judge, [[Travis County, Texas|Travis County]] District Court, he is the only judge in Texas history to preside over the exoneration of a deceased individual; he was longtime criminal-justice reform advocate.
* [[Robert N. McClelland]] was a [[surgeon]] for [[John F. Kennedy]] at Parkland Hospital in Dallas on the day of [[assassination of John F. Kennedy|his assassination]].
* [[Harold Moss]], the first African-American mayor of [[Tacoma, Washington]]
* [[Thomas F. Proctor]], a trainer of [[Thoroughbred]] racehorses, he won the 1994 edition of the [[Breeders' Cup Distaff]]
* [[Robert L. Stephens]], record-setting [[test pilot]]