Main, Gilbert

1847 - 1919  (71 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Main, Gilbert
  Born	22 Nov 1847	White Oak, Lafayette, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  1850 Census	1850	White Oak, Lafayette, Wisconsin, USA
  Benjamin W Main35 Clarinda Maine32 Amos B Maine6 Gilbert S Maine3 Eugenia Maine0
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0868
  GILBERT MAIN, a prominent retired citizen of Stephensville, Wisconsin, who for more than twenty years was identified with the agricultural interests of Ellington township, was born in LaFayette county, Wisconsin, November 22, 1847, and is a son of Benjamin and Clarinda (Spencer) Main, the former a native of Canada. Benjamin Main came from his native country to the United States in 1844, settling first in Illinois and two years later making his way to Wisconsin and settling in LaFayette county, from whence he moved in 1857 to Bovina township, Outagamie county, and there died at the age of fifty-seven years. His widow, who was a native of Vermont, survived him a number of years, passing away in Ellington township in 1894 when seventy-two years of age. Gilbert Main was one of six children born to his parents, and he received a district school education, going to work on the river as a log driver at the age of fourteen years, and after some years spent in that occupation became one of the most noted of old-time stage drivers, owning and operating, with his brother, Perkins Main, a line between Appleton and Shawano, via Stephensville and Shiocton. After his marriage he entered the livery business, in which he continued until 1882, and in that year purchased a farm in Ellington, which he operated until his retirement in 1902 when he removed to Stephensville. He has been a member of the Town board and school director for several years, and in political matters is a Prohibitionist. In 1873 he was married to Miss Jennie Burch, who was born in New York, April 26, 1853, daughter of Aura and Esther (Scott) Burch, natives of New York who came to Wisconsin in 1854, settling at Butte des Morts, near Oshkosh. In 1857 they came to Ellington township, where they lived on a farm until 1876, and in that year went to Appleton, but after two years returned to the country, settling a few miles from Appleton, where Mr. Burch died at the age of sixty-eight years in 1893. His widow was born in 1831. Mrs. Main is her parents' only child. She and Mr. Main have had three children, of whom one is deceased, Wilbur; the survivors being: Aura, who married Grace Cummins and has one child; and Florence, who married Frank Schwarz and has three children.
  	Main, Gilbert Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  Died	8 Aug 1919	Stephensville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I166219	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Main, Benjamin,   b. 2 Nov 1812, Russelltown, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 1 Jan 1871, Shiocton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Spencer, Clarinda,   b. 16 Jun 1820, , , Vermont, USA ,   d. 27 Mar 1894, Shiocton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F58773	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Burch, Jennie,   b. 26 Apr 1853, , , New York, USA ,   d. 2 Feb 1929, Clintonville, Waupaca, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Married	Abt 1873
  Children	1. Main, Aura,   b. Aft 1873,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Main, Florence,   b. 24 Mar 1887,   d. 10 Dec 1951, , , Oregon, USA  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F58772	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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