John "Bennett" Gilbert, was born circa 1761 in England. He married Hannah Fitzgerald, daughter of Frederick and Stacey Fitzgerald. John died abt 1832 in Patrick County, Virginia. They had 10 children:

– William Preston, b. abt 1788
– Lucinda, b. abt 1790
– John Frederick, b. abt 1792
– Jane, b. abt 1794
– Samual Lafayette, b. 16 November 1796
– Stacey, b. abt 1798
– Mary, b. abt 1800
– Harvey Greenville, b. abt 1805
– Elizabeth, b. abt 1808
– Lethe, b. abt 1812

William Preston Gilbert, son of John and Hannah (Fitzgerald) Gilbert, was born circa 1788 in Patrick County, Virginia. He married Sarah Pendleton circa 1813 in Patrick County, Virginia. They had two children:

– John, b. 28 February 1816
– Pendleton, b. abt 1820.

John Gilbert, son of William P. and Sarah (Pendleton) Gilbert, was born 28 February 1816. He married Jane Fulcher on 8 Jan. 1836 in Patrick County, Virginia. John died on 24 February 1887 in Smyth County, Virginia. They had seven children:

– Nancy A., b. 1842
– John, b. 1845
– Henry, b. 7 September 1847
– Susan E., b.1849
– James M., b. 17 April 1853
– George, b. 1858
– Lucinda F., b. 1861

Henry Gilbert, son of John and Jane (Fulcher) Gilbert, was born on 7 September 1847 in Patrick County, VA. He married widow Ora Amelia Milks-Robinson on 24 April 1878 in Smyth County, VA. Ora Amelia was the daughter of George and Melissa Milks, New York. Henry died 23 May 1901 in Patrick County, VA. They had twelve children:

– Emmett, b. April 28, 1879, Saltville, VA, d. date unknown, Mt. Hope, WV.
– Emory, b. April 28, 1879, Saltville, VA, d. April 21, 1951, Palatka, FL.
– Maude, b. June 14, 1882, Saltville, VA, d. 1945, TN.
– Carrie Myrtle, b. October 30, 1884, VA, d. November 1974, IN.
– Rebecca, b. October 1886, Saltville, VA, d. Abt. 1954, Saltville, VA.
– Mary, b. March 20, 1889, VA, d. May 1968, TN.
– George, b. 1891, Smyth Co., VA, d. Abt. 1917, VA.
– Lou E., b. June 1892, Saltville, VA, d. October 21, 1892, Saltville, VA.
– Fred, b. November 30, 1893, Saltville, VA, d. July 17, 1959, Saltville, VA.
– Unnamed, b. December 15, 1895, Saltville, VA, d. December 21, 1895, Saltville, VA.
– Unnamed, b. December 15, 1895, Saltville, VA, d. December 25, 1895, Saltville, VA.
– Albert, b. September 5, 1896, Saltville, VA, d. May 1973, Abingdon, VA.
– Hattie, b. July 24, 1897, VA, d. March 09, 1918, VA.

Albert Gilbert, son of Henry and Ora (Milks) Gilbert, was born 5 September 1895 in Saltville, Virginia. He married, first, Dolly Elizabeth Proffitt, daughter of William Adney and Mary Walsh-Proffitt, on 21 October 1915 Saltville, VA. Albert died in May 1973 in Abington, VA. They had four children:

– John W.
– Ora Juanita
– R. C.
– Marilyn Virginia

Dolly died 15 May 1926.

He married, second, Daisy Irene Walsh, in 1926 in Mountain City, TN. And they had:

– Ralph Junior
– Daphne Helen