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SGT Gilbert B. McWhirk

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SGT Gilbert B. McWhirk

Birth
Blendon Township, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
Death
28 Apr 1876 (aged 35)
Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Cardington, Morrow County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Listed near Cora and Truman. Beside Mabel McWhirk Molison.

Son of George McWHIRK and Alvira WRIGHT. They were born in England and Connecticut respectively.

Served in Company G., 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

Married to Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Knott. According to the Ohio marriage record, Gilbert B McWHIRK, age 25, married Mary E KNOTT, age 22, 30 January 1865 in Delaware County, Ohio.

They had four children:
1. Ada Campbell "Addie" McWHIRK Mergenthaler 1866-1944, m. Andrew Ellsworth Mergenthaler. They had no children.

2. Harriet A McWHIRK Knoop 1869-1937, m. widowed Samuel M Knoop late in life, they had no issue. They were both killed in a horrific car accident.

3. Truman Dunham McWHIRK 1870-1966, m. Cora A Westbrook. They had two children Henry Bartlett McWhirk and Mabel M McWhirk.

4. John B McWHIRK 1873-1908, m. Gertrude Kinketer, and had three children Mary Elizabeth McWhirk, Dorothy McWHIRK, and Virginia McWhirk.

After Gilbert B. McWhirk's death in 1876 at nearly 36 years, his widow Molly had remarried. She and their four children received the pensions for his military service. The name on the pension card showed Mary E. St. John.
Listed near Cora and Truman. Beside Mabel McWhirk Molison.

Son of George McWHIRK and Alvira WRIGHT. They were born in England and Connecticut respectively.

Served in Company G., 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

Married to Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Knott. According to the Ohio marriage record, Gilbert B McWHIRK, age 25, married Mary E KNOTT, age 22, 30 January 1865 in Delaware County, Ohio.

They had four children:
1. Ada Campbell "Addie" McWHIRK Mergenthaler 1866-1944, m. Andrew Ellsworth Mergenthaler. They had no children.

2. Harriet A McWHIRK Knoop 1869-1937, m. widowed Samuel M Knoop late in life, they had no issue. They were both killed in a horrific car accident.

3. Truman Dunham McWHIRK 1870-1966, m. Cora A Westbrook. They had two children Henry Bartlett McWhirk and Mabel M McWhirk.

4. John B McWHIRK 1873-1908, m. Gertrude Kinketer, and had three children Mary Elizabeth McWhirk, Dorothy McWHIRK, and Virginia McWhirk.

After Gilbert B. McWhirk's death in 1876 at nearly 36 years, his widow Molly had remarried. She and their four children received the pensions for his military service. The name on the pension card showed Mary E. St. John.

Inscription

GILBERT B.
McWHIRK
DIED
APR. 28, 1876
AGED
35 YS. 10 M. 19 D.



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