Iowa Family Groupsheet for Hiram GILBERT Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** 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 Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Lucy A DALY Child No. 2: Esther C. GILBERT Sex: F Birthdate: about 1844 Birthplace: IA Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: E. C. COTES Child No. 3: Winfield Scott GILBERT Sex: M Birthdate: about 1846 Birthplace: IA Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Amanda C. BANFORD Child No. 4: Mary Melinda GILBERT Sex: F Birthdate: about 1849 Birthplace: IA Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: KNIFFEN Child No. 5: Millard Wiley GILBERT Sex: Birthdate: about 1851 Birthplace: IA Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Ellen ROBERTS Child No. 6: Martha H. GILBERT Sex: F Birthdate: about 1854 Birthplace: IA Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: William LONGSTRETH Child No. 7: William H. GILBERT Sex: M Birthdate: about 1856 Birthplace: IA Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Jennie SANFORD Child No. 8: Ida GILBERT Sex: F Birthdate: about 1858 Birthplace: IA Death date: MCCAUGHY Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 9: Amanda GILBERT Sex: F Birthdate: about 1860 Birthplace: IA Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: 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.