The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Thursday, July 7, 2022

Samuel A. Gilbert

From Find-A-Grave.

SAMUEL AUGUSTUS GILBERT

BORN:  15 August 1825, Zanesville, Ohio

DIED:  9 June 1868 (aged 42), Saint Paul, Minnesota.

BURIED:  Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota.

His father was a lawyer in Zanesville, Ohio,  who went on to become a prominent banker there.

His son, Cass Gilbert was a noted North American architect called "The Skyscraper Pioneer"  Designed the Woolworth Buiding, the tallest skyscraper at the time.

--Old Secesh


No comments: