Gilbert E. McKeeby

Gilbert Einstein McKeeby (November 4, 1844 – April 24, 1905) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.

Gilbert E. McKeeby
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 27th district
In office
1881–1882

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]

Political career

McKeeby represented the 27th District in the Senate 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]

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Dr. Gilbert E. McKeeby". The Red Cloud Chief. Red Cloud, NE. April 28, 1905. p. 4. Retrieved February 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Dr. G. E. M'Keeby". Portage Daily Register. Portage, WI. May 13, 1905. p. 3. Retrieved February 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1882, Biographical Sketch of Gilbert McKeeby, p. 536.
  5. "Those Who Served: Wisconsin Legislators 1848 - 2007" (PDF). Wisconsin Blue Book 2007–2008. p. 109. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  6. Souvenir of the Nebraska Legislature 1895–1896, Omaha Publishing Company: 1895, Biographical Sketch of Gilbert McKeeby, p. 64.
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