Gilbert Hilton Scribner | |
---|---|
Secretary of State of New York | |
In office 1870–1873 | |
Governor |
John T. Hoffman John Adams Dix |
Preceded by | Homer Augustus Nelson |
Succeeded by | Diedrich Willers, Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | Monroe County, New York | April 23, 1831
Died | January 5, 1910 Yonkers, New York | (aged 78)
Spouse |
Sarah Woodbury Pettengill
(
m. 1856) |
Relatives | Charles Scribner, cousin |
Gilbert Hilton Scribner (April 23, 1831 – January 5, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who was Secretary of State of New York from 1870 to 1873. [1] [2]
He was born on April 23, 1831, in Monroe County, New York to Sewell B. Scribner. [1] [3] he was a Republican member of the New York State Assembly ( Westchester Co., 1st D.) in 1871. [4] He was President of the Belt Line Street Railroad of New York. [5] In 1884, he authored an article titled Where Did Life Begin? in Popular Science. [6] He married Sarah Woodbury Pettingill (born 1835). [7]
He attended Oberlin College, then studied law under Daniel B. Taylor. He was admitted to the bar in 1856. In 1856 he married Sarah Woodbury Pettengill in Rochester, New York. He became a member of the New York State Legislature in 1869. In 1870 he became Secretary of State of New York and held that position until 1873. [1]
He died at his residence "Inglehurst", on Pine Street on January 5, 1910, in Yonkers, New York. [8] [9] [1]
His daughter Sarah Marguerite (b. October 8, 1876) was an artist, poet and storywriter. She married (October 8, 1902) the third son of George Hamilton Frost, Edwin Hunt Frost (b. Chicago August 23, 1874). [10]