Charles Davanport Gilbert (abt. 1814 - 1903)

Born about 16 Mar 1814 in Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York, United States

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Descendants

Died 11 Dec 1903 at about age 89 in Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

• Charles Davanport Gilbert was born about 1814 in Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York.

• Charles Davanport Gilbert married Sara Ann Seeley
• Sara Ann Seely/Seeley married Charles Davanport Gilbert on July 25, 1844, in Belfast, Allegheny County, New York they had several children after settling in Friendship, Allegheny, New York:
  • Hirim Seeley Gilbert, born 1845 who married Adelia S. Hooker
  • Orrin Gilbert, born and died in 1847 in Friendship.
  • Adelbert Gilbert, born and died in 1849 in Friendship.
  • Alice Gilbert, born 1851, in Friendship and died there 2 years later in 1853. The family then moved to Fosterbrook, McKean County, Pennsylvania.
  • Sarah Jane Gilbert, born 1853 in Fosterbrook, McKean County, Pennsylvania, who married Edgar Herbert Crook.
  • Clara Gilbert, born 1857 in Fosterbrook, McKean County, Pennsylvania who married Hugh Kerr.
  • Mary Euphemia Gilbert, born July 15, 1866 in Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania who married Arthur McClure Greer.

• Charles and Sarah moved to Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania at some point.

• Charles Davanport Gilbert passed away in 1903 in Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania at the age of 89.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4C9-D7Z : 4 April 2020), Charles D Gilbert, Bradford, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 374, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX5C-2CX : 19 March 2020), Chas D Gilbert, 1860.
• "Pennsylvania, Register of Military Volunteers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HH1K-D92M : 26 March 2020), Charles D Gilbert, 4 Aug 1861; citing Military Service, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, Adjutant General's Office. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ5S-67D : 19 March 2020), C D Gilbert, 1870.
• "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K89B-P6S : 12 March 2018), Charls D Gillbert, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,244.

• http://jerryjan.com/Davenport/d7.htm

• Information as researched by Sharon Centanne, Thursday, April 9, 2015.