“Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County,” published:  Dallas;
  Walsworth Publishing Company, 1892.

EPHRAIM WILMUT,  one of the prosperous and representative citizens of 
Dallas county, was born in Garrard county, Kentucky, March 2, 1844, the 
son of Benjamin and Mary (Bentley) Wilmut.  Ephraim was reared on a 
farm, and was married June 27, 1876, to Mary Brotherton, daughter of H.K. 
and Rachel M. Brotherton, mentioned elsewhere in this volume.  Mr. and 
Mrs. Wilmut have had three children:  Dudley, Mary M., and one who died 
in infancy.  By his own skill and labor he has gained possession of 
considerable property.  He now has a fine farm of 280 acres, well improved, 
and the modern features of the farm indicate intelligence and thrift in the 
character of its owner.  Upon the premises are fine orchards, shade trees, 
good, convenient barns and other outbuildings, all of which are neatly kept 
and economically used.

During the last war, some time in 1862, Mr. Wilmut enlisted in the cause of 
the South, joining Company I of the Thirtieth Texas Cavalry, under Captain 
F. Smith and Colonel E.J. Gurley, and served in Texas, Arkansas and the 
Indian Territory; and after the war closed he returned home and resumed his 
favorite calling, that of farming.

Submitted by: L. Pingel