Gilbert, Newton Weld 1836-1913

GILBERT, WHEELER, KENT, HALLOCK, HOLDERBAUM

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Date: 7/21/2020 at 10:01:10

Source: Cresco Plain Dealer May 2, 1913, P-6, C-5

N. W. Gilbert, a pioneer resident of LeMars, died at his home in that city following an illness of two years and a half from hardening of the arteries and palsy. Newton Weld Gilbert was a native of New York state, having been born at Smithfield, Madison county.

Transcriber’s Note: Find a Grave doesn’t show a date of birth. He is buried in Memorial Cemetery in Le Mars.
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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, April 8, 1913 p. 1, col. 1

A PIONEER GRAIN MAN
N. W. GILBERT SUCCUMBS AFTER MONTHS OF ILLNESS
HAD LIVED HERE MANY YEARS.

N. W. Gilbert, a well known pioneer resident of LeMars, died at his home on Court street in this city on Friday night following an illness of two years and a half from hardening of the arteries and palsy. Newton Weld Gilbert was a native of New York state, having been born at Smithfield, Madison county, on February 15, 1836. He was a son of Lebbens Hopkins Gilbert and Cynthia Wheeler, who came west by way of the Great Lakes and settled on a farm near Pardeeville, Wis., when Newton was a young boy. Newton Gilbert was the last to survive of three brothers: Luman, who died in St. Paul in 1892, and Amos, who died in Boston in 1911.

Mr. Gilbert was married three times, first to Emeline Kent, in February, 1863, at Pardeeville, Wis. To this union five children were born, two of whom are living, Caroline M. Gilbert and Payson H. Gilbert, both of St. Paul.

In April, 1876, he was married to Charlotte Ann Hallock and three children were born, two of whom are living, Louis F. Gilbert and Grace E. Gilbert, who live in St. Paul.

On September 16, 1890, he was united in marriage with Miss Sophia Holderbaum at Dexter, Iowa, and they had one child, Florence, living at home.

Mr. Gilbert settled in LeMars in December, 1877, and engaged in the coal business and later in the grain business with his brother, Amos, under the firm name of Gilbert Bros. For many years they conducted an elevator on the tracks of the St. Paul and Omaha railroad, north of the Union depot.

Mr. Gilbert was a familiar figure in early days on the streets when four or five grain buyers were active competitors and bidding was lively when farmers drove into town with their loads of grain and had a wide acquaintance among the farmers in the country. He retired from business about ten years ago. He had been in poor health for a long time and his death had been expected momentarily the past two weeks.

Mr. Gilbert was a member of the Presbyterian church, where funeral services were held on Sunday at three o’clock, Rev. C. G. Butler officiating.
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Transcribed by L. Ziemann, Plymouth Co. Coordinator