Name Josiah Gilbert
Age 42
Birth Year abt 1853
Birth Place Lee Co., IA
Residence Date 1895
Residence Place Cincinnati, Appanoose, Iowa, USA
Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937
Josiah Gilbert's marriage record to Fidelia Dutton Adams in 1902 also indicates he was born in Lee Co., Iowa.
OBITUARY
Josiah Gilbert
Josiah Gilbert was born Feb. 25, 1853, near Cincinnati, Iowa and died Aug. 6, 1916, aged 63 years, 5 months and 11 days. He had many relatives and friends where he was born and grew to manhood, and where Aug. 30, 1873 he married Miss Elizabeth May, who lovely in person and character, died Feb. 7, 1894, leaving him five of the six children born to them. They were Mrs. R. J. Forsyth of Mystic; Mrs. Wm. Showalter (Shoemaker) of Larkspur, Colo.; Frank Gilbert of Indianapolis, Ind.; Chas. Gilbert of Minneapolis and Mrs. Mary Johnson, who passed away in California Aug. 20, 1907. The other child, a daughter, died in infancy. He had eleven grandchildren.
The deceased was of the good, public-spirited old Gilbert family, known to early day Cincinnati citizens as co-workers with the Armstrongs, Adamsons, McDonalds and Holbrooks, people who were genial, hard-working, far-seeing. Their mental stamina is still dominant in their descendants. They brought up large families - the father, Josiah Gilbert Sr. boasted of sixteen brothers and two sisters, long since widely scattered over the world.
April 12, 1902, he married Mrs. Delia Adams (Fidelia Dutton Adams), who survives him to mourn his loss, together with many loyal friends, step-children and acquaintances. Also his two devoted sisters, Mrs. John Goldsberry of Centerville and Mrs. Ella Chandlee of Cincinnati.
He suddenly passed away at the home of his step-daughter, Mrs. John Davis, north of Plano, where they were visiting.
Short services were held at the home Wednesday morning, the body being taken across the country to Cincinnati and the funeral held in the Christian church at 1:30 p.m. He was then laid to rest in the Evergreen cemetery by the side of his first wife. Services were conducted by Elder L. M. Matson of Mystic.
The Semi-Weekly Iowegian, Centerville, Iowa, Thursday, August 17, 1916 page 2
Name Josiah Gilbert
Age 42
Birth Year abt 1853
Birth Place Lee Co., IA
Residence Date 1895
Residence Place Cincinnati, Appanoose, Iowa, USA
Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937
Josiah Gilbert's marriage record to Fidelia Dutton Adams in 1902 also indicates he was born in Lee Co., Iowa.
OBITUARY
Josiah Gilbert
Josiah Gilbert was born Feb. 25, 1853, near Cincinnati, Iowa and died Aug. 6, 1916, aged 63 years, 5 months and 11 days. He had many relatives and friends where he was born and grew to manhood, and where Aug. 30, 1873 he married Miss Elizabeth May, who lovely in person and character, died Feb. 7, 1894, leaving him five of the six children born to them. They were Mrs. R. J. Forsyth of Mystic; Mrs. Wm. Showalter (Shoemaker) of Larkspur, Colo.; Frank Gilbert of Indianapolis, Ind.; Chas. Gilbert of Minneapolis and Mrs. Mary Johnson, who passed away in California Aug. 20, 1907. The other child, a daughter, died in infancy. He had eleven grandchildren.
The deceased was of the good, public-spirited old Gilbert family, known to early day Cincinnati citizens as co-workers with the Armstrongs, Adamsons, McDonalds and Holbrooks, people who were genial, hard-working, far-seeing. Their mental stamina is still dominant in their descendants. They brought up large families - the father, Josiah Gilbert Sr. boasted of sixteen brothers and two sisters, long since widely scattered over the world.
April 12, 1902, he married Mrs. Delia Adams (Fidelia Dutton Adams), who survives him to mourn his loss, together with many loyal friends, step-children and acquaintances. Also his two devoted sisters, Mrs. John Goldsberry of Centerville and Mrs. Ella Chandlee of Cincinnati.
He suddenly passed away at the home of his step-daughter, Mrs. John Davis, north of Plano, where they were visiting.
Short services were held at the home Wednesday morning, the body being taken across the country to Cincinnati and the funeral held in the Christian church at 1:30 p.m. He was then laid to rest in the Evergreen cemetery by the side of his first wife. Services were conducted by Elder L. M. Matson of Mystic.
The Semi-Weekly Iowegian, Centerville, Iowa, Thursday, August 17, 1916 page 2
Family Members
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Sophia A. Gilbert Moore
1835–1860
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Truman Ensign "True" Gilbert
1837–1908
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Susan M. Gilbert Beer
1841–1906
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Mary Gilbert Ervin
1843–1875
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H H Gilbert
1845–1846
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Elizabeth Gilbert Goldsberry
1847–1922
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Sarah Gilbert Corder
1850–1879
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William A Gilbert
1856–1857
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Louisa Ellen "Ella" Gilbert Chandlee
1858–1930
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