Charles Champion Gilbert (1797 - 1844)

Born 14 Apr 1797 in Gilead, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Deborah Cass (Silliman) Gilbert — married 6 Jul 1821 in Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Nov 1844 at age 47 in Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Charles Champion Gilbert was born in 1797. He graduated from Yale College in 1817; studied law with his brother-in-law, Massachusetts Rep. Samuel Jones of Stockbridge; then moved to Zanesville, Ohio, and was admitted to the Ohio bar. After practicing law for some years, he was subsequently a cashier at a bank; he married Deborah Silliman, a daughter of Willis Silliman, Esq. and a niece of Gen. Lewis Cass. While multiple records of his death are found in Connecticut, he died at Zanesville in the fall of 1844, and is buried there.

Sources

• Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Notices of Graduates of Yale College (Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn., 1913) Page 18-19.

• General biographical including education, law career, and name of spouse: "Family Record" of Rep. Samuel Jones (see Jones-48770); transcribed and digitized copies in possession of great-great grandson Christopher Childs (Childs-1516)

• Birth, family, death, and burial (with photo of grave memorial): Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 April 2019), memorial page for Charles Champion Gilbert (14 Apr 1797–18 Nov 1844), Find A Grave Memorial no. 6155934, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Robert "Rob" Weller (contributor 46505507); https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6155934

• Marriage: "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QHV-FMY : 10 December 2017), Charles C Gilbert and Deborah C Selliman, 06 Jul 1821; citing Marriage, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, , Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.

• Death (at Zanesville, OH; death recorded in CT): "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F78Q-L6D : 9 February 2018), Charles C. Gilbert, 18 Nov 1844; citing , , Connecticut, reference 1078; FHL microfilm 3,129.

• Death at Zanesville, OH (confirmation of location): U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, from the Hartford Times; https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/50015/40699_1220705043_3596-00289?pid=188172&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=BIy804&_phstart=successSource