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1850 Ohio > Washington > Wesley
Eli Gilbert 27 OH Farmer
Maria 27 OH
Deborah 3 OH
Rachel 1 OH
Wm Morrison 12 OH
1860 Allen, Kansas Territory
Eli Gilbert 38 OH Merchant
Maria 38 OH
Deborah 14 OH
Rachel 11 OH
William J. 9 OH
Joel C. 1/12 IA
James Bullock 23 In Farm Laborer
Civil War registration
Name: Eli Gilbert
Residence: Humboldt, Allen, Kansas
Class: 2
Congressional District: Southern
Age on 1 July 1863: 41
Estimated birth year: abt 1822
Race: White
Place of Birth: Ohio
1865 Humboldt, Allen Co Ks
Eli Gilbert 43
Maria Gilbert 42
Deborah Gilbert 18
Rachael Gilbert 16
Wm J Gilbert 14
Eliz Gilbert 10
Joel E Gilbert...
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1850 Ohio > Washington > Wesley
Eli Gilbert 27 OH Farmer
Maria 27 OH
Deborah 3 OH
Rachel 1 OH
Wm Morrison 12 OH
1860 Allen, Kansas Territory
Eli Gilbert 38 OH Merchant
Maria 38 OH
Deborah 14 OH
Rachel 11 OH
William J. 9 OH
Joel C. 1/12 IA
James Bullock 23 In Farm Laborer
Civil War registration
Name: Eli Gilbert
Residence: Humboldt, Allen, Kansas
Class: 2
Congressional District: Southern
Age on 1 July 1863: 41
Estimated birth year: abt 1822
Race: White
Place of Birth: Ohio
1865 Humboldt, Allen Co Ks
Eli Gilbert 43
Maria Gilbert 42
Deborah Gilbert 18
Rachael Gilbert 16
Wm J Gilbert 14
Eliz Gilbert 10
Joel E Gilbert 6
Besona M Gilbert 3
Jas Bullock 25
Railroad Meeting
Date: Thursday, April 9, 1868
Paper: Leavenworth Bulletin (Leavenworth, KS)
Volume: XII
Issue: 20
Page: 2
Humboldt meeting for the LL & G railroad
1870 Humboldt, Allen, Kansas
Eli Gilbert 47 attorney at law real estate value $10,500 personal 2750 OH
Maria Gilbert 46 OH
William J Gilbert 19 OH
Elizabeth R Gilbert 16 OH
Joel C Gilbert 11 Iowa
Verona M Gilbert 8 Kansas
Eli Eads 22 Ark
Name: Eli Gilbert
Birth Date: 1823
Age: 50
Spouse's Name: A. M. Mc Veigh
Spouse's Birth Date: 1834
Spouse's Age: 39
marriage Date: 03 May 1873
marriage Place: Allen, Kansas
1880 Larned, Pawnee, Kansas
Daniel Gilbert Self M 30 Ohio
Mary S Gilbert Wife F 31 Ohio
Edgar K Gilbert Son M 8 Ohio
William Gilbert Son M 6 Virginia
Fred Gilbert Son M 6/12 Kansas
Charles Gilbert M 28 Ohio
Sarah Gilbert F 25 Ohio
Clyde Gilbert son M 8/12 Oct Kansas
Eli Gilbert M lawyer 63 Ohio
Verona Gilbert F 17 Kansas
1900 Lawrence Ward 5, Douglas, Kansas
Willes Eastman 38
Verona Eastman 38 1861
Walter Eastman 11
Otto Eastman 9
Eli Gilbert 79 Oct 1820 Ohio parents NC lawyer
Kansas settlers
Given Name: Eli
Surname: Gilbert
Birthplace: Morgan county, O.
Birthdate: 16 Oct 1822
Settle Place: Lawrence
Settle Date: Jun 1856
Current Res: Larned
Page: 224
http://www.ksgenweb.com/archives/allen/history/1901/589.html#590
In the early 60's there was no resident lawyer in the county, and N. H. Bent, of Burlington, was appointed county attorney. Prior to 1867, the principal law business of the county was transacted by Eli Gilbert and Alex Johnson, of Garnett, N. H. Bent, Silas Pearl, Alex Stewart and A. Jones, of Coffey County, and Ruggles and Plumb, of Emporia.
http://www.ksgenweb.com/archives/allen/history/1901/37.html#38
Judge Valentine's Recollections.
The first term of the District Court which I held in Allen County was held in Humboldt, which was then the county seat, in an old church, which had previously and during the latter part of the war been occupied by Union soldiers as barracks. At this term J. H. Campbell was the county attorney; J. C. Redfield, sheriff; George A. Miller, clerk, and John Francis, deputy sheriff and bailiff for the court. All the officers performed their duties faithfully, and I have never seen a more faithful officer than John Francis. He was afterwards clerk of the District Court of Allen County, and has since held several important offices, among which were the offices of county treasurer and state treasurer. There were present at that court the following attorneys: J. H. Campbell, Eli Gilbert, Chas. P. Twiss, John R. Goodin, Orlin Thurston, Nelson F. Acers, W. S. Newberry and Joseph Bond, all residents of Allen County, the last three being admitted to practice during the term.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ks/county/allen/story/sketchespt6.html
Transcribed by J. Richardson, 09-August-2000
Originally published in the Humboldt Union, Humboldt, Allen County, Kansas 11-Apr-1918.
Sketches of Early History - Part 6
In the Settlement of Humboldt and Allen County
By Watson Stewart
Professional Men.
Col. Thurston was the first attorney in the county; he settled in Humboldt in 1857. R. T. Thompson came soon after. Of those who came after and remained any length of time may be mentioned John R. Goodin, Eli Gilbert, T.L. Byrne, H.M. Burleigh, J.B.F. Cates, L.W. Keplinger; E.A. Barber, Geo. A. Amos and W.J. Larimer.
History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas 1901
http://www.ksgenweb.com/archives/allen/history/1901/21.html#24
After the burning of Humboldt it was considered to be in danger, and a military post was established there. There were no events of note until the Price raid in 1864. The militia of the county was organized into a battalion, known as the Allen County Battalion, and was composed of six companies, three from Iola and the northern part of the county, two from Humboldt, and one from the extreme southern part of the county. The officers were: C. P. Twiss, Colonel; Watson Stewart, Major. Among the Captains were J. M. Moore and G. DeWitt of Humboldt, and D. C. Newman, of the southern part of the county. This regiment comprised all of the able bodied men in the county, between the ages of sixteen and sixty years. The militia force of the entire Neosho Valley were commanded by Major General J. B. Scott, of LeRoy, and under him the Allen County Battalion was ordered to Fort Scott. At the military post of Humboldt a block house was built, and a small force of the eleventh Kansas stationed there under command of Major Haas. Besides this force, Captains Moore, DeWitt and Newman, under command of Major Watson Stewart, were left to protect the town against invasion. All remained at Humboldt except Captain Newman's company, which acted as scouts and was stationed at Big Creek. Major Haas ordered this company to come to Humboldt, which Captain Newman refused to do. This gave rise to considerable difficulty between the two officers. Major Haas had charge of the government supplies of rations, etc., which he refused to issue to the Big Creek company until it should remove to Humboldt. The stores were kept at the German Church, in charge of a Sergeant. Newman's company being out of rations Major Stewart made a requisition on the post commander for five day's rations for the company which was refused. Major Stewart then ordered the Captain to help himself to the rations and receipt to the Sergeant. This was done, upon which Major Haas ordered Major Stewart and Captain Newman under arrest. It was impossible, however, to carry out this order, as the militia all took sides with their own officers. After the militia disbanded Captain Newman was arrested but was released the next day. After the companies under Major Stewart had remained in camp three weeks they were ordered to Ft. Scott, leaving Captain Newman and his company, and a few colored men under Captain E. Gilbert at the Humboldt post. During the entire period of the war there were a great many loyal Indians scattered over the county, they having been driven from the Indian Territory by the Indians who were in sympathy with the rebels.
http://www.kancoll.org/articles/stewart/ws_section06.htm
PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF WATSON STEWART
Civil War Years
After the Militia were disbanded and at their homes, the Major sent a detail to the home of Captain Newman and took him under arrest to Humboldt; he was detained over night, and discharged.
After remaining in camp at Humboldt some three weeks, we were ordered to Ft. Scott with two companies; Captain Newman’s company remaining at Humboldt, also a squad of colored men under Captain Eli Gilbert.
Lawrence Daily Journal from Lawrence, Kansas · Page 4
Issue Date: Friday, December 20, 1901
Page:Page 4
Eli Gilbert died yesterday afternoon at 4:15 at the home of his daughter, Mrs W H Eastman. Mr Gilbert was an old resident of the state, coming to Kansas as early as 1860. For the greater part of the time, be was a resident of Humbolt, where be was well and widely known, but for the last ? years has made his home with his daughter here. He has two other daughters, both live in Oregon, and two sons, living in Arizona. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 9 o'clock from the home of Mr Eastman.
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Though not quite so early an arrival in Allen County, Eli Gilbert came west so early his eastern origin didn't count at all. He originated in Morgan County, Ohio, in 1821, and afterwards came to the then frontier in Iowa, where he remained until 1859 when he came to Allen County. He, also was an orator, though not of the Wendell Phillips type, and for several years, over a wide extent of territory, his peculiar frontier oratory was largely a substitute for law libraries.
To a newcomer and prospective client who wished his services, not to assist in the trial, but because of his reputed influence over juries, he thus gravely gave rates. "For a few sensible remarks I charge $10.00; for a speech $15.00; but one of my regular 'hell-roarers' will cost you $25.00." It may be added, however, that whichever variety was contracted for, it was the last mentioned which was always forthcoming.
To the eternal envy of all future Allen County lawyers, let one incident in Judge Gilbert's career be reserved from oblivion. The necessities of a case required that the jury should be convinced the prosecuting witness had bitten off his own ear. The judge's eloquence rose to the occasion. Verdict, "not guilty." He was kindly disposed toward all men, convivial, full of jokes, stories and reminiscences, especially of a personal nature. Shakespeare's most pleasing character, who was in some respects a feeble imitator of the judge, will never know how lonesome he has been all these years until Eli Gilbert comes to swap auto-biographies with him in the land of shade.
Source: Pages 37-45, transcribed by Carolyn Ward from History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas: embellished with portraits of well known people of these counties, with biographies of our representative citizens, cuts of public buildings and a map of each county / Edited and Compiled by L. Wallace Duncan and Chas. F. Scott. Iola Registers, Printers and Binders, Iola, Kan.: 1901; 894 p., [36] leaves of plates: ill., ports.; includes index.
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Eli was born to a Quaker family who belonged to the Stillwater Monthly Meeting in Ohio at the time. His birth is documented in their records on October 17, 1822. His parents were Abel & Rebecca. In Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy the Gilbert line back to Perquimans and Pasquotank Co., NC. The patriarch of the line was a Josiah Gilbert b. 1707 and d. 1760 in Pasquotank Co. (Posted by Jane Gilbert at http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/GILBERT/2009-02/1234030709)
Also recorded in Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy: Maria m Eli GILBERT 1847, 5, 19. (Source: books.google.com)
Judge Gilbert was at one time Probate Judge of Allen County. He also represented his district one term in the legislature, where he voted for the right man for United States Senator and, as a consequence, received an appointment as Receiver of the United States Land Office, in the western part of the state. He is now nearing his end at Lawrence, Kansas, and all who ever knew him will wish him well.
When Eli came to Kansas, his occupations included lawyer (in Allen Cty., Ks.), judge, and legislator. He was an Independent Republican. He also recieved an appointment as a Reciever of the United States Land Office. Source record; History of Allen and Woodson Counties Kansas
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