Daughter of Sam­u­el How­ard, Car­o­line mar­ried Sam­u­el Gil­man in 1819 and moved with him to Charles­ton, South Car­o­li­na.  In 1832, she found­ed The Rose Bud, one of the first Amer­i­can weeklies for young people. It was re­named The South­ern Rose Bud in 1833, The South­ern Rose in 1835, and ceased pub­li­ca­tion in 1839, Af­ter her hus­band’s death in 1858, Gil­man stayed in Charles­ton duri­ng the Amer­i­can ci­vil war, and lat­er lived in Cam­bridge, Mass­­a­chu­setts, then in Ti­ver­ton, Long Is­land, New York. She wrote sev­er­al tales, ball­ads, and po­ems. Her works in­clude:

• Recollections of a New Eng­land House­keep­er, 1835
• Recollections of a South­ern Ma­tron, 1836
• Poetry of Tra­veli­ng in the Unit­ed States, 1838
• The Let­ters of Eli­za Wil­kin­son, Dur­ing the In­va­sion and Pos­sess­ion of Charles­town by the Bri­tish in the Re­vo­lu­tion­ary War (editor), 1839
• Tales and Ball­ads, 1839
• Ruth Ray­mond, 1840
• Stories and Po­ems for Child­ren, 1845
• Oracles from the Po­ets, 1845
• The Si­byl, 1848
• Verses of a Life Time, 1849
• The Rose-Bud Wreath, 1851
• Oracles for Youth, 1853
• Jephthah’s Rash Vow
• Poems and Stor­ies by a Mo­ther and Daugh­ter, with her daughter, Mrs. Jervey, 1872

• Julian, p. 423

1. Sweet Hour of Ho­ly, Thoughtful Prayer