Pascal Pearl Gilmore was born June 24, 1845 in Dedham, Hancock County, Maine, the eldest of six siblings. His father, Tyrrel Gilmore, was a school teacher and farmer in Dedham. Pascal Gilmore attended East Maine Conference Seminary, in Bucksport, Maine, then enlisted in the Union Army in 1861. He participated in the Peninsular Campaign of 1862, but then returned home. On September 5, 1863 he returned to the army and enlisted in Co. E, Maine 16th Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to corporal and mustered out on June 5, 1865 at Arlington Heights, Virginia. After the war, he finished his studies at Bucksport, became a teacher, a farmer, and a businessman. He married Alma Maria Hart, and the two had a daughter, Madge Gilmore, in 1884. Pascal Gilmore also became a prominent political leader in his community. He was on the Board of Selectmen in Dedham, acting as chairman and then as Supervisor of Schools. He was also a member of the Maine State Legislature, and a state senator from Hancock County. In 1891, the governor of Maine appointed him the state liquor commissioner. He authored two books, Gilmore Ancestry or the Direct Line of Descent from John Gilmore, the Massachusetts Immigrant Ancestor to Pascal Pearl Gilmore, and his Grandchildren Etc. in 1925 and Civil War Memories: Personal Experiences and Observations of the Author with Quotations from the Highest Authorities in 1928. He died in 1936.