BIOGRAPHIES:  Henry GILBERT, Osseo, Trempealeau Co., WI

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Henry Gilbert, Osseo, was born September 5, 1820, in Palmyra, Portage county, 
Ohio, a son of J. E. and Nancy (Bacon) Gilbert, early settlers of eastern Ohio.  
His father, who was born in 1804, died in 1881, while his mother, who was born 
in 1800, lived until 1845.  They had six children:  Henry, our subject; 
Horatio; Harriet, wife of T. B. Darling; Charlotte, wife of Cad. Puffer; 
Caroline, wife of James Shorthill, and Betsy (deceased), who married D. W. 
Weldy.  Henry remained in Portage county until eighteen years of age, when 
he moved west, stopping in Huron county, Ohio, where, in December, 1840, he 
married Fidelia C., daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Pennock) Darling, who 
was born in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., July 16, 1827.  There have been four 
children born to this couple, namely:  Thomas J., Willie H., Jennie, wife of 
George W. Myers, and James P.  April 19, 1861, Mr. Gilbert enlisted for three 
months in Company C. Fourteenth Ohio infantry, under Col. Stedman and Capt. 
B. H. Fisher.  The first service the regiment saw was in West Virginia, where 
they were in the battles of Philippi and Cheat River.  Upon the expiration of 
his term of enlistment he recruited Company C, One Hundredth Ohio volunteer 
infantry, and was made captain of the same.  He was taken ill and resigned 
his position in December, 1862, and returned home.  In 1867 he moved west 
again and settled in Trempealeau county, Wis.  He is a member of Osseo Lodge 
No. 213, A. F. and A. M.; Augusta Lodge No. 142, I. O. O. F. , and John E. 
Perkins Post, G. A. R. at Augusta.  Politically he is a republican, and in 
1875 was elected justice of the peace, and was re-elected several terms.  He 
served as deputy sheriff under E. S. Hotchkiss.

--Transcribed from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa 
Valley Wisconsin, 1891-2," pages 477-478


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