Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert (1882 - 1939)

Born 17 Jan 1882 in Taylorsville, Spencer, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Died 30 Jul 1939 at age 57 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert^[1]

Born

In Taylorsville, Spencer County, Ky. on January 17, 1882^[1]

Family

Son of George Gilmore Gilbert^[1] and Elizabeth Hinkle

Came from a family "whose forebears were given land grants in Kentucky after service in the Revolutionary War"^[2]

Education

University of Virginia at Charlottesville^[1]

University of Louisville (Law) in 1901^[1]

Occupation

Shelby County Court judge in 1910, 1914, and served till he resigned in 1917^[1]

Was elected to the Sixty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1929). Also elected to the Seventy-second Congress (March 4, 1931-March 4, 1933)^[1]

Member of the State house of representatives in 1929 and 1933^[1]

Member of the State senate in 1936^[1]

October 1938: Considered one of "his most memorable local court appearance" was being the defense attorney to the Garr brothers, who were "accused of murdering General Denhardt in front of Armstrong Hotel." ^[3]

Marriage

Married twice

1. Jane Thompson of Shelby County^[2]

2. In 1935 married Victoria M. Vodila of Pennsylvania^[2]

Children

Had three daughters with Jane Thompson

1. Mrs. Dorothy Allen, wife of Robt. J. Allen (Capt. World War II) Washington^[2][4]

2. Mrs. Jane Wells., wife of Barren County Representative Roger Wells, Glasgow^[2]

3. Mrs. Betsey Wells, wife of Dr. William Wells (Brother of Roger Wells, Jane's husband and Capt. World War II) Glasgow^[2][4]

Death

In Louisville, Ky. on July 30, 1939^[1]

Buried

Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Ky.^[1]

• Fact: Residence (1920) Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, United States
• Fact: Residence (1930) South Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, United States
• Fact: Burial (1939) Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, United States

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - 2005 online.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Ralph Gilbert, 57, Politician, Dies Suddenly. (1939, July 31). The Courier-Journal, pp. 1 and 8.
3. ↑ Kleber, John E. 2003. The new history of Shelby County, Kentucky. Prospect, Ky: Harmony House Publishers. page 572-573.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Price, Mary F.. History of the Gilbert family of Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky et al.. unknown: unknown, 1948. page 18

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See also:

• Wikipedia: Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert
• Wikidata: Item Q2129817, en:Wikipedia