Wolfe, Gilbert Bird
Passed: 1913-06-03
Age: 63
Source: Mountaineer
Death Notice:
Obituary Date: 1913-06-06
Information: Mr. Gilbert Bird Wolfe, a well known and respected citizen of Jackson county, died of organic heart trouble Tuesday, June 3, 1913 at 5 o'clock p.m. at his home on Ripley Route 2. The deceased was born near what is now Given Postoffice, April 23, 1850, and, with the exception of the past few years, spent his life in the neighborhood of his birth place. On May 31, 1874 he was married to Miss Laura Bell Wright, to them were born two children, Attorney J. L. Wolfe of Ripley, and Mrs. Emma F. Carney of Huntington, W. Va. Mr. Wolfe's wife died April 3, 1903, and in 1910 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Florence Seymore. His widow, two children, several brothers and sisters survive. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. T. H. Rymer at the Parchment Chapel Church Thursday at 11 o'clock, after which the remains were laid to rest beside his first wife in the Wolfe cemetery. (McIntyre)