Walter Downey Guilbert (February 11, 1844 – February 15, 1911) was a Republican politician in the

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who was

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1896–1909. Guilbert was born at

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. He studied in local schools, and at an academy in

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. Gilkey 1901 : 345-346 After leaving school, he remained in the Midwest until 1869. Smith volume 2 : 238-239 He then returned to Ohio and manufactured staves and engaged in salt making at South Olive, Noble County until 1881. In 1881, Guilbert was elected auditor of Noble County, as a Republican, and re-elected in 1884. In 1888 he was appointed chief clerk of the office of Auditor of State. In 1895 he was elected as Auditor of the State of Ohio, and continued in that office until 1909. He was an activist in his party, and a delegate to the

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in 1888. Guilbert married Mary L. Jordan of Noble County on February 2, 1868, and had three children. He was a

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, a Knight Templar, a member of the Mystic Shrine, the

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, the K. of P., and the I.O.R.M. He died February 15, 1911, and is interred at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guilbert, Walter D. Ohio lawyers Ohio Republicans People from Noble County, Ohio People from Guernsey County, Ohio 1844 births Ohio state auditors 1911 deaths Burials at Green Lawn Cemetery (Columbus, Ohio) Deaths from nephritis 19th-century Ohio politicians 19th-century American lawyers