History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . 3, 180D. When eighteenyears of age he went to learn the carpenter and joinertrade, and followed that calling in his native town until1830, when he emigrated West. He worked on what isnow the International Hotel at Niagara Falls for a time,and arrived at Coldwater Sept. 11, 1836. Here he formeda copartnership with L. H. Whitcomb for the manufactureof sash, doors, and furniture. This association was con-tinued some twelve years. In 1850 he engaged with AsaParrish in the co
History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . 3, 180D. When eighteenyears of age he went to learn the carpenter and joinertrade, and followed that calling in his native town until1830, when he emigrated West. He worked on what isnow the International Hotel at Niagara Falls for a time,and arrived at Coldwater Sept. 11, 1836. Here he formeda copartnership with L. H. Whitcomb for the manufactureof sash, doors, and furniture. This association was con-tinued some twelve years. In 1850 he engaged with AsaParrish in the construction of railroad-bridg&s, and contin-ued in that occupation some four years, during which timethey built .several of the most important bridges for theMichigan Southern and the Michigan Central 1854 he purchased a farm three miles from town, which A 164 HISTORY OF BRANCH COUNTY, MICHIGAN. he carried on for seven years. Preferring mechanical workto the arduous labor of the farm, he returned to Coldwaterand engaged in building houses for himself, erecting oneeach season for six consecutive WILLIAM S. GILBERT. Mr. Gilbert was married, Jan. 1,1839, at Bronson, Mich.,to Miss Hifnnah Parrish, sister of Asa Parrish, who wasmarried at the same time and place to Lois E., sister of Mrs. Gilbert was the daughter of Abram Parrish,of Mendon, N. Y., where she was born, Sept. 20, 1816. She departed this life Dec. 10, 1878, leaving one son, Ed-ward P., who resides at Coldwater, having buried a daugh-ter in 1856. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert united with the Methodist Epis-
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