BIO:  Jesse Gilbert, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Lower Chanceford Township, Pg 124

JESSE GILBERT was born in Lancaster County and is a son of Joshua and Elizabeth 
(Valentine) Gilbert; his mother, a native of Chester County, and his father of 
Lancaster County.  He grew to manhood in his native county.  At the age of 
twenty-eight years he removed to Chester County and engaged in farming in 
connection with which he carried on pump-making for three years.  At the 
expiration of that time he came to Lower Chanceford, purchased a farm of 167 
acres, which he has since cultivated, and in the meantime has been engaged in 
selling fruit trees and ornamental shrubbery.  He has held the office of township 
auditor.  January 3, 1861, he was married to D. Anna Hunter, daughter of 
Alexander and Mary P. Hunter, of Lancaster County.  Mr. Gilbert is a member of 
the Society of Friends, and belongs to the Meeting at Fawn Grove.