S. H. Gilbert, Union Parish, Louisiana
Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 1), p. 443.
Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.

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S. H. Gilbert, attorney at law of Columbia, La., was born in Union parish,
La., in October, 1857, the eldest in a family of two children of W. T. and
Mary A. (Griffin) Gilbert. His mother was & sister of Col. S. H. Griffin,
who was killed at Vicksburg June 27, 1863, and was a native of Georgia.
She came with her parents to Louisiana when but a mere girl and there was
reared and educated. She married W. T. Gilbert, who was a native of this
state, and who became a successful and well-known physician. They resided
in Union parish, and there Dr. Gilbert died in 1859. In 1861 his widow
married F. H. Cann, by whom she had four sons. She died in Ouachita parish
in 1872. S. H. Gilbert was educated at Hiawassee college in east
Tennessee, from which he graduated in 1877, and in June of that year he
entered the law office of Richardson & McEnery at Monroe, La., as a
student, and after studying under their direction for two years he was
admitted to the bar in June, 1879, and at once began the practice of his
profession at Columbia, Caldwell parish. Since then he has kept up a
thorough course of reading, and by the moat diligent attention to the
details of his profession and the most solicitous care for the interests of
his clients, has built up a lucrative and constantly increasing practice.
In 1884 he was elected a member of the legislature of the state of
Louisiana, and represented Caldwell parish in that body during two
sessions. In 1888 he was offered a renomination to the same office, which
he declined. Since 1888 he has held an appointment from the governor of
Louisiana as attorney in the collection of licenses on behalf of the state,
and he has been mayor of Columbia for two terms, in which capacity he has
been influential, introducing numerous improvements and measures of reform
which have made him popular with all classes. He is the owner of about 600
acres of land in Caldwell parish, embracing several small plantations, and
of the lot in Columbia on which his office stands.

Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 1), p. 443.
Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.

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