G. Hilton Scribner

Gilbert Hilton Scribner (born April 23, 1831 - January 5, 1910 in Yonkers , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Republican Party ). He was Secretary of State of New York from 1872 to 1873 . He was also a fifth cousin of publisher Charles Scribner .

Career

Gilbert Hilton Scribner's childhood was overshadowed by the economic crisis of 1837 and the years that followed by the Mexican-American War . At some point he studied law and was admitted to the bar. He lived in Yonkers. In 1871 he sat for the 1st District ( Westchester County ) in the New York State Assembly . He was president of the Belt Line Street Railroad of New York. In 1884 he wrote the article Where Did Life Begin? in Popular Science . Scribner was married to Sarah Woodbury Pettingill (* 1835). He died at his Inglehurst estate on Pine Street in Yonkers.

His daughter Sarah Marguerite (born October 8, 1876) was an artist, poet and story writer. On October 8, 1902 she married Edwin Hunt Frost (born August 23, 1874 in Chicago , Illinois ), the third son of George Hamilton Frost.

Individual evidence

^ G. Hilton Scribner on The Political Graveyard website

↑ John B. Trevor and James B. Colgate: Yonkers in the Rebellion of 1861-1865, Yonkers Soldiers 'and Sailors' Monument Association, 1892

↑ Presentation To Hon. G. Hilton Scribner, The New York Times, June 7, 1871

^ Thomas G. Frost: The Frost family in England and America, 1909

^ The Popular Science Monthly , Volume 25, D. Appleton, 1884, p. 73

↑ Descendants of William True & Eleanor Stevens ( Memento from October 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

^ Died , The New York Times, Jan. 6, 1910

↑ Thomas Gold Frost and Edward Lysander Frost: Frost Family in England and America, with Special Reference to Edmund Frost and Some of His Descendants , Russell Print. Company, 1909, p. 162

personal data
SURNAME	Scribner, G. Hilton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Scribner, Gilbert Hilton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 23, 1831
DATE OF DEATH	January 5, 1910
Place of death	Yonkers , New York

[1] G. Hilton Scribner on The Political Graveyard website

[2] John B. Trevor and James B. Colgate: Yonkers in the Rebellion of 1861-1865, Yonkers Soldiers 'and Sailors' Monument Association, 1892

[3] Presentation To Hon. G. Hilton Scribner, The New York Times, June 7, 1871

[4] Thomas G. Frost: The Frost family in England and America, 1909

[5] The Popular Science Monthly , Volume 25, D. Appleton, 1884, p. 73

[6] Descendants of William True & Eleanor Stevens ( Memento from October 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

[7] Died , The New York Times, Jan. 6, 1910

[8] Thomas Gold Frost and Edward Lysander Frost: Frost Family in England and America, with Special Reference to Edmund Frost and Some of His Descendants , Russell Print. Company, 1909, p. 162