In August 1884, the Florida Times-Union of Jacksonville reported, “Dr. A. H. Gillet with a party are touring in Florida looking out for a suitable locality for a winter Chautauqua and will return to Jacksonville on the 12th inst.” Charles C. Banfill saw that notice while attending a conference in Jacksonville and contacted Gillet, inviting him to see the small town then known as Lake de Funiak. John L. McKinnon, in History of Walton County, described the events that followed: “Dr. Gillet and Rev. C. C. McLean returned with him. It rained and poured for several days. . . . They looked over the grounds between showers and held an interview with the
Obituary: The Florida Chautauqua, Tenth Annual Session, February 22d to March 26th, 1893, Page 3.
Burial: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio