Dr. Franklin Monroe Gilbert
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N 32° 49.714 W 096° 59.326
14S E 688259 N 3634073
Grave marker for an important physician and son of another famous physician.
Waymark Code: WMN15
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2006
Views: 34
Marker Number: 13314
Marker Text:
(1887-1982)
Franklin M. Gilbert was a teacher and principal before attending medical school at the University of Texas in Galveston. He interned inn New York, where he met nurse Dorothy Bald Brandon (1901-1990), who became his wife. The couple returned to Irving, and he practiced medicine with his father, prominent physician Daniel Webster Gilbert. During Dr. Franklin Gilbert's distinguished 59-year career, he also served on the School Board, as Mayor and as a President of Irving State Bank. The family's medical legacy continued with his two physician sons.
Recorded - 2005
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