Gilbert E. McKeeby

Gilbert E. McKeeby
Gilbert E. McKeeby
Member of the Wisconsin Senate; from the 27th district
	In office; January 3, 1881 – January 1, 1883
Preceded by	Charles L. Dering
Succeeded by	William T. Parry
Personal details
Born	November 4, 1844; Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, U.S.
Died	April 24, 1905 (aged 60); Pueblo, Colorado, U.S.
Resting place	Red Cloud Cemetery, Red Cloud, Nebraska
Spouse	Mary Carrie Ansdell (m. 1869⁠–⁠1905)
Children	Carrie Lucille McKeeby; (died 1890); Fred E. McKeeby; (b. 1869; died 1931);
Education	Bellevue Hospital Medical College
Profession	Physician
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Volunteers; Union Army
Years of service	1864–1865
Rank	Corporal, USV
Unit	1st Reg. Wis. Hvy. Artillery
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Gilbert Einstein McKeeby (November 4, 1844 – April 24, 1905) was an American physician and politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing Adams and Columbia counties.

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]

McKeeby represented the 27th State Senate district 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]

^ 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.

Wisconsin Senate
Preceded by Charles L. Dering	Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 27th district January 3, 1881 – January 1, 1883	Succeeded by William T. Parry