Northumberland-Dauphin County PA Archives Biographies.....Gilbert, Samuel F. 1845 - 

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SAMUEL F. GILBERT, M. D., a physician of well-known repute, now living in

Elysburg, Northumberland County, Pa., is a son of Jacob and Susan (Fetterhoff)

Gilbert, and was born in Halifax township, Dauphin County, Pa., August 4, 1845.



  The paternal great-grandfather, Samuel Gilbert, was born August 10, 1743, and

died April 18, 1826. He married Catherine Saul, who was born December 11, 1757,

and died June u, 1805. He was a tanner and lived in Lebanon County, Pa. The

grandfather, Jacob Gilbert, was born April 2, 1783, in Lebanon County, and

moved, in 1815, to Lykens Valley and later to Millersburg. His first wife was

Elizabeth Long of Dauphin County, who was born March 17, 1785, and died February

19, 1827. His second wife was Elizabeth Mark, who was born December 23, 1783,

and died April 10, 1854. His first union resulted in six children: Samuel, born

October 2, 1805; John, born December 12, 1806; Jacob, our subject's father;

Sarah, born September 24, 1809; Catherine, born August 30, 1812; and George,

born December 31, 1813, and died November 10, 1869.



  Jacob Gilbert, the father of our subject, was born near Jonestown, Lebanon

County, Pa., February 24, 1808, and married Susan Fetterhoff, daughter of Col.

Fetterhoff of Lykens Valley, Dauphin County; Mrs. Gilbert was born February 20.,

1808. Jacob Gilbert was a farmer, miller and tanner by trade, and carried on

farming in Halifax township the greater part of his life, dying there on June

10, 1888. He was very active in politics, being a stanch Republican, and holding

many offices. He was a member of the United Brethren Church, being one of the

leading workers. His wife died in 1882. They had nine children, as follows:

George, a retired farmer living in Halifax, Pa., who was born December 11, 1829,

and married Lavinia Garman; John, born December 23, 1831, died April 21, 1853;

Mary, born July 7, 1834, married Paul Riland, a retired farmer of Halifax, Pa.;

Elizabeth, born May 6, 1837, married Amos Grim, and they live in Halifax, Pa.;

Sarah, born September 16, 1839, died September 28, 1842; Catherine, born

December 16, 1841, died January 9, 1842; Jacob, born April 21, 1843, died March

16, 1844; Samuel F., our subject; Isaac, a retired farmer of Halifax, Pa., born

April 29, 1849. The children were all educated in the public schools.



  After completing his education Dr. Gilbert taught school for five years and

then attended Lebanon Valley College. In 1870 he entered the University of

Pennsylvania and was graduated in 1872, when he at once began practicing in

Sunbury, Pa. He then moved to Augustaville, Northumberland County, Pa., where he

practiced for four years, going from there in 1876 to Elysburg, Pa., his present

location. He was married on February 17, 1876. to Ella Seasholtz of Upper

Augusta township, a daughter of Jacob and Ruth (Rockefellow) Seasholtz, both of

Upper Augusta township. Mr. Seasholtz was a contractor. He is dead, but his wife

still resides in Upper Augusta township. Dr. Gilbert took up the practice of Dr.

Robbins of Elysburg, and has built up a very large and lucrative clientage in

Northumberland County and adjoining districts. The Doctor has several farms and

also owns the Dr. Robbins homestead, on which he now lives. He is a strong

temperance worker, a member of the F. and A. M. Lodge, No. 414, of Elysburg, and

an attendant of the Reformed Church, of which his wife is a member. He has been

blessed with several children, as follows: Amy E., born August n, 1879; Carrie

C, born August 17, 1880; Ruth, born April 3, 1887; and Grace, born February 2,

1889; all of whom reside at home. The people of Elysburg and vicinity speak only

in the highest terms of Dr. Gilbert, and he has a host of warm, well-wishing

friends. He began the battle of life a poor boy, but with untiring energy and

unflinching will he has reached the goal of success.









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  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District

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  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)









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