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Sleeping Car Company. Its export business was a large share of its revenue. Over the course of its history, the company name changed with the changes in partners, including the partner's
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Gilbert married Frances Harriet Granger. They had two sons, William and Edward, and two daughters. They also had a son Joseph who died young. Gilbert and his wife, who were members of St. John's Episcopal Church, donated a carved chancel chair in his memory.
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