Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . our yearsold, and wa^ educated at St. Marys convent inthat city. She became interested at an early agein efforts to improve the condition of prisons andprisoners, and has endeavored to remove the con-ditions that produce crime, by a wholesome sys-tem of industry and culture. She has succeededin placing in various prisons libraries of from 1,500. fJOO volumes each, and aggregating 30,000 vol-une-. In 1876 the Gilbert library and prisonersaid sociel y was incorporated under the laws of the state of New York,and Miss Gilbert be-came president of itsbo
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . our yearsold, and wa^ educated at St. Marys convent inthat city. She became interested at an early agein efforts to improve the condition of prisons andprisoners, and has endeavored to remove the con-ditions that produce crime, by a wholesome sys-tem of industry and culture. She has succeededin placing in various prisons libraries of from 1,500. fJOO volumes each, and aggregating 30,000 vol-une-. In 1876 the Gilbert library and prisonersaid sociel y was incorporated under the laws of the state of New York,and Miss Gilbert be-came president of itsboard of objects of thesociety are to im-prove prison disci-pline, to place libra-ries in every prisonand jail in the coun-try, to look after theprisoners family ifin need and worthyof aid, and to helpconvicts to lead up-right lives after theirdischarge. Althoughlack of funds hasprevented the so-ciety from doing anywork since 1883,Miss Gilbert continues to labor as an has patented several devices, including a noise-. it*k ^*Us- less rail for railroads, and a wire clothes-pin, andhas used these for the purpose of gaining moneyto carry on her philanthropic work. For the samepurpose she has established Linda Gilberts Taxand Trade Record. GILBERT, Mahlon Norris, P. E. bishop, Morris, N. Y., 23 March, 1848. His early edu-cation and training were obtained at Fairfieldseminary, N. Y. He entered Hobart college in18(H), but, owing to pulmonary troubles, was com-pelled to leave before the end of the course. Hespent two years in Florida for the benefit of hishealth, after which he took charge of the School ofthe Good Shepherd, at Ogden, Utah. He enteredSeabury divinity-school, Faribault, Minn., in 1872,was graduated in 1875, and was ordained deaconby Bishop Whipple. Shortly afterward he wentto Montana and took charge of a large missionfield at Deer Lodge, in the western part of the ter-ritory. He was ordained priest by Bishop Tuttlein October, 1875, and con
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