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- p.30 "History of the Story Road", by Lloyd Moose, 1932
"On the west side of the road was what was known for years as the
John Swarts farm. It was here that Old John Gilbert and his wife,
Sally Lacy, settled, April 20 1842. His first wife was Rachel Lacy,
sister of Sally. The Gilberts were Jersey Dutch. THey moved from New
Jersey to the town of Benton,Yates Co.,NY; after some years spent
there they moved to Ossian and from there to Sparta. There were
three sons, I do not know about the daughters. The sons were Lester,
Alonzo, and Oliver Gilbert. Oliver lived in Hornell, he married
there. They had no children. After the death of John Gilbert, his
son, Lester, bought the homestead and lived there to about 1878, then
sold the farm to John Swarts and moved to Klipnocky,Allegany Co.,NY.
Lester's wife was Harriett Dimmick. Alonzo Gilbert's first wife was
Wealtha Farnsworth, his second wife was Mary Sanford, widow of Deacon
William Harris. George Gilbert, who is a great-grandson, owns hte
adjoining farm. The sixth generations from John Gilbert lives within
a mile of the old homestead and is the daughter of Lester Mariman and
Luella Wagner."
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d. Mar 1911, Rochester, Monroe County, New York