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Jefferson County Biographies
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Jefferson County
History
New York History
Biographies
History at Rays Place
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Gilbert, John J., was horn in the city of Watertown, N.Y., January 13, 1858. His parents moved to the town of
Adams when he was five years old, where he was educated in the public schools. He has had a variety of occupations,
has had the care of the officers' horses at the garrison nearly five years, and is now conducting a boarding house.
March 14, 1880, he married Rosannah Christopher of Cape Vincent. formerly of Canada, and they had four children:
William R., who died in his sixth year, Lena May, and two who died in infancy. Mr. Gilbert's father, Moses, was
born in France, in 1804, and came to the United States in an early day, where he carried on farming. He married
Sarah Perry, formerly of Canada, and they had twelve children: Julia, Frank, Moses, Moses, Emma, Mary, Matilda,
Joseph, George, John J., William R. and Eveline M., four of whom are living. Mr.Gilbert died in 1889 and his wife
in 1864. John J. Gilbert's brother, Moses, was a soldier in the 94th Infantry, N. Y. Vols., and died as a result
of his health being undermined in the service. Mr. Gilbert is a member of Browuville Lodge No. 53. F. & A.
M., of Sackets Harbor Chapter No. 68, R. A. M., and has held the offices of second and third veil and of R. A.
C.; he is also a member of Court Brownville, I. O. F., No. 501 of Brownville. The ancestry of his family is French
and Dutch.
Source:
Our County and it's people
a descriptive work on Jefferson County, New York
Edited by: Edgar C. Emerson
The Boston History Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1898
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