Philander Gilbert, P. M.

Philander Gilbert, P. M.- came to Ohio from New York State in 1832, and settled in Licking county, where he remained eighteen months. He helped to build a mill, after which he returned to New York and married Rhoda, daughter of Moses and Polly (Hawley) Goddard, May , 1836. The children by this marriage were: Philander O., born in New York, January 4, 1837, died September 11, 1840; Mary C., born January 4, 1840. His wife died May 11, 1842, in Licking county, Ohio. His second wife was Margaret Armstrong; she was born on the 5th day of February, 1820. His children by this marriage were: Olive, born March 31, 1843; Sarah J., October 30, 1846, died January 15, 1851; William, born January 22, 1848, died January 28, 1848; Byron, born October 11, 1849. His second wife died August 4, 1854. His third wife is Catherine Sewell, born in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland; she is the daughter of Robert and Sarah (Lyons) Sewell, who are both deceased, having died in Ireland. The children by this marriage are: Sarah Ann, born September 22, 1858, and Kate E., September 7, 1861. Mr. Gilbert’s parents were Reuben and Nancy (Badgerow) Gilbert; the latter died in Licking county, the former in Iowa, in 1854. Mr. Gilbert has been Justice of the Peace in Latty township three years; has been the only Postmaster at the Mills, having held the office ten years. He is a practical miller, having followed it all his life. The mill that bears his name he bought in Franklin county and moved here, where it is still running and doing a good business. Address, Gilbert’s Mills, Paulding county, Ohio.