Gilbert E. McKeeby
Gilbert E. McKeeby | |
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Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 27th district | |
In office 1881–1882 | |
Gilbert Einstein McKeeby (November 4, 1844 – April 24, 1905) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.
Biography[]
McKeeby was born on November 4, 1844 in Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio.[1][2] His family moved to Oregon, Wisconsin when he was two years old.[2] During the American Civil War, he served with the 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery Regiment of the Union Army.[2] In 1868, McKeeby graduated from the Bellevue Hospital Medical College.[2] He then relocated to Lodi, Wisconsin in 1868 and practiced medicine in there for 14 years.[2][3] He married Carrie N. Ansdell in 1869.[2] He moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska in 1882, to Guthrie, Oklahoma in 1896, and then to Pueblo, Colorado in 1901, where he died in 1905.[2][3]
Political career[]
McKeeby represented the 27th District in the Senate during the 1881 and 1882 sessions.[3][4][5] Later, he was mayor of Red Cloud, Nebraska in 1888. McKeeby edited the Red Cloud Republican and served in the Nebraska State Senate. He was a Republican.[6]
References[]
- ^ Biographical Sketches of the Nebraska Legislature and the National and State Offices of Nebraska. Lincoln, NE: Press of Jacob North & Co. 1895. p. 49. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Dr. Gilbert E. McKeeby". The Red Cloud Chief. Red Cloud, NE. April 28, 1905. p. 4. Retrieved February 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Dr. G. E. M'Keeby". Portage Daily Register. Portage, WI. May 13, 1905. p. 3. Retrieved February 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1882, Biographical Sketch of Gilbert McKeeby, p. 536.
- ^ "Those Who Served: Wisconsin Legislators 1848 - 2007" (PDF). Wisconsin Blue Book 2007–2008. p. 109. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
- ^ Souvenir of the Nebraska Legislature 1895–1896, Omaha Publishing Company: 1895, Biographical Sketch of Gilbert McKeeby, p. 64.
- People from Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio
- People from Oregon, Wisconsin
- People from Lodi, Wisconsin
- People from Red Cloud, Nebraska
- Nebraska state senators
- Wisconsin state senators
- Mayors of places in Nebraska
- Wisconsin Republicans
- Nebraska Republicans
- People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War
- Union Army soldiers
- Physicians from Wisconsin
- Physicians from Nebraska
- Editors of Nebraska newspapers
- 1844 births
- 1905 deaths
- Journalists from Ohio