Frank Gilbert and Cora Pettitt

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Husband Frank Gilbert ¹

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           Died: 7 Oct 1935 - ? Sharon, Mercer Co, PA 2
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Wife Cora Pettitt ¹

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Children

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1 M Samuel P. Gilbert ¹

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           Born: 23 May 1896 - Sharon, Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Mary Isabel McIntyre (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 9 Jun 1921 - Sharon, Mercer Co, PA 1

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2 M John F. Gilbert ¹

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           Born: 22 Nov 1897 - Sharon, Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Ruth Roberts (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 15 Jun 1933 - Warren, Trumbull Co, OH 2

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General Notes: Husband - Frank Gilbert

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He graduated from West Middlesex High School in 1888, spent two years as clerk for an insurance company and then came to Sharon, where he became associated with the Fruit-Ohl Company. Beginning as bookkeeper, he was later secretary-treasurer and pur­chasing agent of the company, continuing as such until 1901, when he resigned to operate his own hardware busi­ness. In 1905, at the age of thirty-six, he entered the Law School of George Washington University at Wash­ington, District of Columbia, to prepare for the profes­sion of law, and upon the completion of his course re­turned to Sharon, where he was admitted to the bar and launched a successful practice. His prominence in Sharon life was reflected in his election as first mayor, following the incorporation of the borough as a city. He was widely known for his fraternal affiliations, notably in the Masonic Order and in the Protected Home Circle, foremost fraternal insurance organization. In the Pro­tected Home Circle, he was an early member of Sharon Circle, of which he served as president, and in 1905 was elected third supreme guide of the order and also a mem­ber of the board of directors of the Supreme Circle. On this board he served for more than thirty years. Mean­while, in 1926, he succeeded Walter Whitehead as su­preme treasurer, the third to hold the office in the history of the order, and continued as such until his death. In the Masonic Order, he was also very active. A member of all higher bodies of the Scottish Rite, including Pittsburgh Consistory, thirty-second degree, and Syria Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Pittsburgh, he held State Masonic office and was well known for his devotion to the ideals of the order. He also belonged to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

1 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 229.

2 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 230.