Gilbert W. Gambill

    Among the enterprising attorneys-at-law practicing at Sullivan, Indiana, is Gilbert W. Gambill, a native of Cass Township, this County, born September 28, 1881. He is the son of Marion F. and Rosa (Powell) Gambill. The father was also born in Cass Township in October, 1861, and the mother was born in 1862 in the same township. Gilbert W.'s grandparents, Josiah B. and wife, Julia (Bledso) Gambill, were also both natives of Cass Township. The Gambill's are an old family of Irish descent and were among the earliest to settle in Sullivan County, Indiana. Marion F. Gambill and wife still live in Jackson Township, this county. Their farm is near Hymera, and there they carry on general farming and stock raising. In his political belief the father is a Democrat, and both he and his wife are embers of the Christian Church. Two children were born to this worthy couple:

• Gilbert W., of this notice.

• Florence Etta. She was born January 2, 1883, is unmarried and a graduate of Brown's Business College of the same city and taught school two years in the district schools and one year in the schools of Hymera. At this time she is employed in Sullivan.

    Gilbert W. Gambill attended the district schools, after which he entered the Normal College at Danville, Indiana, graduating with the Class of 1906. He then taught in the high school at Hymera, teaching Latin and Mathematics. While at the Normal he took a course in teaching, the scientific course and the law. He was admitted to the bar and to the Supreme Court in 1906. In April, 1907, he began the practice of law with C. D. Hunt, with whom he formed a partnership in January, 1908. Politically he is a Democrat.

Source: A History of Sullivan County, Indiana. Closing of the first century’s history of the county and showing the growth of its people, institutions, industries and wealth. Thomas J. Wolfe, Editor. The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909, page 392.