Alvan Gilbert

1810 - 1878  (68 years)

• Name	Alvan Gilbert
  Born	11 Jul 1810	Gorham, Ontario Co, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Oct 1878	Rossville, Vermilion Co, Illinois, USA
  Buried	Rossville, Vermilion Co, Illinois, USA
  Person ID	I10367	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	Samuel Gilbert,   b. 23 Jun 1783, Montgomery, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Mother	Mary Morse,   b. 19 Feb 1789, Windsor, Berkshire Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Married	13 Apr 1804
  Family ID	F7057	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Matilda Horr,   b. 18 Apr 1810, Ohio, USA ,   d. 13 Mar 1849, Rossville, Vermilion Co, Illinois, USA  (Age 38 years)
  Married	18 Apr 1831	, Vermilion Co, Illinois, USA
  Children	1. Sarah Gilbert,   b. 22 Aug 1837, Illinois, USA ,   d. 14 Jan 1912  (Age 74 years)   2. Nancy Jane Gilbert,   b. Oct 1840, Illinois, USA ,   d. Aft 1919,  (Age ~ 79 years)   3. Samuel J. Gilbert,   b. 1 May 1843, Rossville, Vermilion Co, Illinois, USA ,   d. 7 Oct 1844, Rossville, Vermilion Co, Illinois, USA  (Age 1 years)
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F4619	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Nancy Horr,   b. 20 Jan 1815, Ohio, USA ,   d. 2 Jul 1898, , Los Angeles Co, California, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Married	14 Nov 1849	Vermilion, Edgar Co, Illinois, USA
  	OR MARRIED NOV. 16, 1849. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 GILBERT, ALVAN --ELZEY, NANCY --11/16/1849 --VERMILION CO Note the spelling of the names.
  Children	1. Alvan William Gilbert,   b. 20 May 1857, Ross Twp, Vermilion Co, Illinois, USA ,   d. 1 Oct 1917, Rossville, Vermilion Co, Illinois, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F4620	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  If you have corrections and/or updated information on this person please contact Roz Edson at MrsEdson@gmail.com Alvin Gilbert and Matilda Horr came to Ross township, Vermillion Co Illinois in 1831. " In 1831 he married Miss Matilda Horr and the following year he went with his father to Ross township, where his FATHER-IN-LAW owned land." History of Vermilion County Illinois. Was his father-in-law, Robert III, still alive in 1831??? In History of Vermilion County- Illinois- Ross Twp, pgs 670 & 671, about Alvin- Alvan Gilbert, " "About 1825 he emigrated with his parents and two younger brothers... to Grawford Co Ohio"...the next year "...westward setteling in Vermilion Co, Illinois, two miles south of Danville...." "In the spring of 1835 he moved on a farm situated on the north side of the North Fork, west of the Chicago State road, and opposite Mann's Chapel, which he had purchased from his father-in-law." [after m. to Matilda Horr, before m. to Nancy Horr] His family was of Massachusetts, his grandafther served in the Rev.War. "The oldest burial ground in the Rossville area is adjacent to the chapel.The first person buried in the cemetery was the 11-day-old grandson of Samuel Gilbert. The first Justice of the Peace and first Postmaster of Ross Township, Gilbert donated the land on which the chapel and school were built. After the church was built in 1857, the cemetery became known as Mann's Chapel Cemetery." http://www.rossvilleshops.com/manns.html http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I04776 Referenced in Summer 1998 Illiana Genealogist: Male, white, 68y, 3m, 8d, Yeoman, 18 October 1878 5:00 am, married, american, Gorham Ontario Co, NY, 53 years, Rossville, Belious Remittent fever, pulmonary consumption, 2months 16 days, Manns Chapel, 10/29/1878, D C Payne, Rossville, IL, M. T. Livengood, MD, Rossville. "He bought and traded extensively and owned 900 acres in Ross Township. In 1876 he was elected to the Illinois General Assemly." History of Ross and South Ross Townships Biography (starts bottom of page 670): https://archive.org/stream/historyofvermili01beck#page/670/mode/2up/search/670