Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Sheldon Willis Gilbert ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Sheldon Willis Gilbert
LAST NAME: Gilbert FIRST NAME: Sheldon MIDDLE NAME: Willis NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: 21 Oct 1832 DIED: 23 Apr 1910 BURIED: Apr 1910
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Iowa
DEATH PLACE: Hoquiam, Chehalis Co., Washington
NOTES: 
1900 OR CENSUS - Sheldon W. Gilbert, age 66, occupation RR engineer, b. Oct 1833 in Iowa, is enumerated with his wife of 26 years, Margret, age 41, mother of 2, b. Apr 1859 in Oregon, along with Fred, age 21, b. Feb 1879 in Oregon, and Della, age 20, b. Sep 1880 in Oregon.
DISCREPANCY - 1900 census gives year of birth as 1833, obit gives year of birth as 1829, and marker gives year of birth as 1832.
DISCREPANCY - 1900 census gives place of birth as Iowa, obit gives place of birth as New York.
OBITUARY: 
HOQUIAM PIONNER DIES
Sheldon Willis Gilbert, 80 Years of Age, Passes Away.
HOQUIAM, Wash., April 25 -(Special) - Sheldon Willis Gilbert, an octogenarian and pioneer, died at this place on April 23. He was born at Genesee, N. Y., on Oct 21, 1829, and was nearing his 81st birthday at the time of his death. In 1856 he was married to Miss Sarah M. Grant. Three children survive him, W. E. Gilbert, of Albany; Clarence E. Gilbert, and Mrs. Hattie Lowe, of Bandon, Or. Mrs. Gilbert died at Salem, Or., in 1870.
Mr. Gilbert was again wedded in 1873, taking as his wife Margaret Dunbar, who survives him. Burt Gilbert, of Walla Walla, and Della McGlauflin, of Hoquiam, are the children from this union who survive him. The body was sent to Salem for interment, where funeral services were conducted by D. Lester Fields, of the Leslie Methodist Church.
Oregonian, The (Portland, Oregon) 26 Apr 1910, pg 7
INSCRIPTION: 
Sheldon W. Gilbert 
1832 - 1910 
Father
SOURCES: 
LR 
DAR pg 29
1900 OR CENSUS (Multnomah Co., Portland, ED 41, sheet 1A)
Oreg 26 Apr 1910, pg 7
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