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Born 1863
From Biographical review of Des Moines County, Iowa (1905), History of Des Moines County, Iowa (1915)
SAMUEL GILBERT.
Samuel Gilbert, of the firm of Gilbert, Hedge- & Company, lumber dealers of Burlington, was born in this city, Nov. 25, 1863, a son of John Webster Gilbert, who is represented on another page of this work. Having mastered the common branches of learning in the city schools, he entered the State Lniversity at Iowa City. Iowa, from which he was graduated with the class of 1884, the degree of Bachelor of Arts being conferred upon him. Subsequently he pursued a business course, and then entered the employ of the Gilbert-Hedge Lumber Company. As his father advanced in years he more and more largely relieved him of the active care and many;cinciit of his extensive business interests, and for some years prior to his death represented him entirely in the business. The Gilbert-Hedge Lumber Company, which entered upon existence over a half century ape. was incorporated in 1900, at which time "Samuel Gilbert was elected secretary and treasurer — his ])present connection with the coqwration. He is also a director and a second vice-president of the German American Bank, thus succeedinjj his father in the latter institution as well.
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As printed in Biographical review of Des Moines County, Iowa (1905). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
SAMUEL P. GILBERT.
Samuel P. Gilbert, as secretary and treasurer of the Gilbert- Hedge Lumber Company, figures prominently in the conduct of a business which has contributed to the reputation of Burlington as one of the centers of the lumber trade of the Mississippi valley. He was born November 25, 1863, in the city which is still his home, a son of John Webster Gilbert, who for many years was a most forceful factor in Burlington's development, ever regarded as one of its leading citizens and a man whom to know was to respect and honor. As his father advanced in years Samuel P. Gilbert relieved him more and more of the care and responsibility of his business affairs and is now the representative of the Gilbert interests in the lumber company organized by the father almost two-thirds of a century ago. The business was incorporated in 1900 and since that time Samuel P. Gilbert has been secretary and treasurer. He likewise became his father's successor in the German-American Bank and is still one of its officers.
On the 30th of October, 1891, occurred the marriage of Mr. Gilbert and Miss Winifred Lewis, of Iowa City, and they are the parents of two daughters and one son, Ruth P., Harriet H. and James I. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert are members of the Congregational church and they have a wide and favorable acquaintance in Burlington, where the former has spent his entire life and where he has so directed his energies as to gain a place among the representative business men.
As printed in History of Des Moines County, Iowa (1915). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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