Gilbert, William Wirt, 1832-1928.

Gilbert was born in Ontario, New York (April 12, 1832), the son of Henry S. and Gertrude Gilbert. The family moved to Delafield, Wisconsin (1843), and Gilbert homesteaded briefly in northeast Wisconsin (1850). He later traveled to the California gold fields (1853); returned to Wisconsin; moved to Plainview, Minnesota (1857); served in the First Wisconsin Regiment during the Civil War; owned a grocery business in Rochester, Minnesota (1869); and then moved to Minneapolis (1905) where he was engaged in the real estate business. Gilbert married Phoebe Ann McDonald in 1864 and died in Minneapolis on August 15, 1928.

Biographical information was taken from the papers.

From the guide to the William W. Gilbert papers., 1853-1928 (bulk 1917-1928)., (Minnesota Historical Society)