“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


THOMAS GILBERT,  farmer, Sec. 1;  P.O. Oak Hill; was born in 
Cornwall, England, in 1825; came to America in 1857, locating in 
Palmyra the same year; settled on the farm he now owns of 140 acres in 
1869.  Married Miss Frances Drakes, of Jefferson, Jan. 8, 1863; their 
children are William H., Mary, John, Daniel and Eliza.  Mr. Gilbert is a 
Republican.  He is raising the usual stock and crops of his county, and is 
a very successful farmer.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)