Andrew Jackson GILBERT

Male Abt 1819 - 1864  (45 years)


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  • Name Andrew Jackson GILBERT  [1, 2
    • Letter from Margaret Wilhauk dtd Feb. 2012:

      Ann maria Slosson b. 31 Jan 1816, d. 1863 married Andrew Jackson Gilbert, 25 June 1836 in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York. She died between May and Dec 1863. Andrew and his elder son Herber Wells Gilbert entered the Illinois Volunteers in 1864 after her death. Herbert was 16 yrs old and his father was almost 48. He had sent his younger children to Aurora, Kane Co., Illinois to live with his older married daughters.

      LETITIA JANE (aka Aunt Jennie) b. 17 May 1837

      SARAH M. b. 29 Jan 1840. Both sisters married Cooley Brothers, Arvy and Ben.

      CLARISSA BERTHILDA b. 30 May 1843, d. 19 Mar 1844

      Alice Annette b. July 11 1845 married Mr. Wood their children were Hope who married a Mr. Hudson, Hebe, Percy, Bert and Dan. Alice d. 4 Mar 1924
      (editor's note: Alice married Mr. Hudson - see census records)

      HERBERT WELLS b. 20 April 1848, served 3 enlistments during the Civil War. He married Miss Angie Brooks. No children. He died in Hamilton MO, May 5, 1930.

      James Heber, my gr. grandfather b. Dec 5, 1850 in Troy, NY. He married Cora Gray Mar 1, 1876. 3 children: Angie Louise, Percy Leon, my grandfather and Ruth Gray. James Heber, called "Hebe," died in St. Louis, MO 20 Jul 1923, his wife Cora Gray Gilbert died 10 Aug 1910.

      EVA EDWINA youngest child of Andrew Jackson & Ann Maria Slosson Gilbert b. 6 June 1855 and d. 28 Feb 1858.

      They kept a "Stage stop inn" in Daysville, Ogle Co., Ill. No grave markers found in Daysville cemetery but a picture of there Inn was found in the Ogle Co., Il Library in a scrap book in the library basement in the town of Oregon......

      My great grandfather James Heber Gilbert, Ann Maria's son was a Jeweler & Engraver. He and his family (Cora, and ch. Angie & Percy) moved to Kansas City, MO. where he owned a Jewelry Store on Broadway. In the early 1880's he returned to IL when Ruth Gray Gilbert, his youngest daughter, having been born in KC., was very young. The family lived in Aurora, IL, Kane Co., were Angie & Percy had been born and eventually moved to St. Louis where my grandfather Percy married Margaret Cath. Ryan. They had 7 children, my mother being the 2nd oldest b. 1909. James Heber, wife Cora Gray and daughters Angie & Ruth all died in St.Llouis, but were entombed in the a mausoleum in Kandall Co., Montgomery, IL. The mausoleum has since been torn down and they were buried in a large plot with many others in unmarked graves. Gr. Grandmother Cora Grays grandfather founded the town which originally was called Greytown on the Fox River (ca. 1835)

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    Birth Abt 1819  New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Living in Chazy, Clinton County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Occupation 1850  Shoemaker Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1860  Living in Aurora, Kane County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Occupation 1860  Hotel Keeper Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Death 1864  While in the Union Army Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I24977  Main Tree
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2012 

    Family Ann Maria SLOSSON,   b. 31 Jan 1816, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bet. May - Dec 1863 (Age 47 years) 
    Marriage 13 Jun 1836  Chazy, Clinton County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Letitia Jane GILBERT,   b. 17 May 1837, Chazy, Clinton County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Sarah M. GILBERT,   b. 29 Jan 1840, Chazy, Clinton County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Clarissa Berthilda GILBERT,   b. 30 May 1843   d. 19 Mar 1844 (Age 0 years)
    +4. Alice Annette GILBERT,   b. 11 Jul 1845, Chazy, Clinton County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1924, Aurora, Kane, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     5. Herbert Wells GILBERT,   b. 20 Apr 1848, Chazy, Clinton County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1930, Hamilton, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    +6. James Heber GILBERT,   b. 5 Dec 1850, Troy, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 1923, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     7. Eva Edwina GILBERT,   b. 6 Jun 1855   d. 28 Feb 1858 (Age 2 years)
    Family ID F04579  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 13 Jun 1836 - Chazy, Clinton County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Living in Chazy, Clinton County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Living in Aurora, Kane County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S4662] Information From Margaret Wilhauk dtd Feb 2012.

    2. [S02415] Historian, Town of Chazy, NY.

    3. [S00222] 1850 Census Troy, LaSalle County, Illinois.

    4. [S00143] 1850 Census Chazy, Clinton County, New York.

    5. [S00262] 1860 Census Aurora, Kane County, Illinois.