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Submitted by: Shirley Webb
Email address: shirlwbb@ktc.com
 

Husband: Hiram GILBERT
Birthdate: 17 May 1817
Birthplace: Breckenridge Co., KY
Death date: 4 Mar 1887
Place of death: Muscatine Co., IA
Father: Mordicai GILBERT
Mother: Melinda ORGAN

Marriage date: 13 Feb 1842
Marriage place: IA

Wife: Eliza BENEFIEL
Birthdate: 22 Sep 1822
Birthplace: Indiana
Death date: 6 Jun 1899
Place of death: Muscatine Co., IA
Father: Robert BENEFIEL
Mother: Mary MONTGOMERY

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Austin B. GILBERT
Sex: M
Birthdate: about 1843
Birthplace: IA
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Spouse's name: Lucy A DALY

Child No. 2: Esther C. GILBERT
Sex: F
Birthdate: about 1844
Birthplace: IA
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Spouse's name: E. C. COTES

Child No. 3: Winfield Scott GILBERT
Sex: M
Birthdate: about 1846
Birthplace: IA
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Spouse's name: Amanda C. BANFORD

Child No. 4: Mary Melinda GILBERT
Sex: F
Birthdate: about 1849
Birthplace: IA
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Spouse's name: KNIFFEN

Child No. 5: Millard Wiley GILBERT
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Birthdate: about 1851
Birthplace: IA
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Spouse's name: Ellen ROBERTS

Child No. 6: Martha H. GILBERT
Sex: F
Birthdate: about 1854
Birthplace: IA
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Spouse's name: William LONGSTRETH

Child No. 7: William H. GILBERT
Sex: M
Birthdate: about 1856
Birthplace: IA
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Spouse's name: Jennie SANFORD

Child No. 8: Ida GILBERT
Sex: F
Birthdate: about 1858
Birthplace: IA
Death date: MCCAUGHY
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Child No. 9: Amanda GILBERT
Sex: F
Birthdate: about 1860
Birthplace: IA
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Spouse's name: A.M.SANFORD
 

Documentation:
Biographical Sketch on Hiram Gilbert in "History of Muscatine Co., Iowa";
1860,1870 & 1880 census for Muscatine Co., IA;
Gilbert Cemetery Inscriptions, Muscatine Co., IA.