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Gilbert’s Sarsaparilla Bitters : Enosburgh Falls, Vermont Nathan Allen Gilbert was born in Fairfield, Vermont on February 4, 1847. Gilbert attended college at the Franklin (Vermont) Academy and entered Norwich University in September, 1864, remaining until September, 1866. He would become part owner with his father in a flouring mill untill 1877. He married on November 23, 1868, to Hattie N. Ward, a native of Castleton, Vermont who died in Enosburg Falls on May 10, 1896. Five children were born to them: Emma Lucy, born March 13, 1870, married Mr. Hibbard C. Kendall, died November 4, 1897; Allena Cynthia, born August 20, 1872, married Mr. R. J. Isham, resided in Burlington, Vt.; William Nathan, born August 5, 1875, resided in St. Johnsbury, Vt.; Lottie Elizabeth, born September 29, 1878, married Mr. Walter B. Taylor, resided in Bennington, Vt. and Armida Julia, born February 1, 1884, married Mr. Percy Howard, resided in Whitefield, N.H. In 1877 Nathan Gillert and D. B. Stetson had a flouring Mill built in Enosbury, Vermont which was called the Missisquoi Flouring Mill. Nathan would retire from the Mill in 1883 selling his interest to D. B. Stetson. The firm was now known as Stetson & Marsh. Gilbert also served as captain in the Vermont State Militia from 1870 to 1875. was a member of the A £ II Fraternity; served with the corps of cadets at Newport, Vermont, in October, 1864 which was during the St. Albans Raid excitement. In 1885, Gilbert began a drug and patent medicine business in Enosburg Falls. In 1886, N.A. Gilbert and Company was established as an outgrowth of a drug and medicine business run by Benjamin J. Kendall and Henry D. Kendall in 1876. He ran this business until 1892, being associated in the business with H. L. Kendall, 1885-87, and J. W. Beatty, 1889-92. They were the producers of Kendall’s Spavin Cure. In 1891, Gilbert and Co. was manufacturing Gilbert’s Sarsaparilla Bitters, Wild Indian Lung Balsam, and Scotch Oil, a family and horse liniment to compete with Kendall’s Spavin Cure. Later Nathan A. Gilbert engaged in the stove and furniture business in Enosburg Falls from 1893 to 1897. In 1898, he located in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, where he made his home and was in the employment of the Fairbanks Scale Company from 1898 to 1900. Next he was a traveling salesman for W. B. Saunder’s Co., of Philadelphia, from 1900 to 1907. In 1908, he retired from active work. Nathan A. Gilbert died in 1923. The bottle is embossed GILBERT’S SARSAPARILLA // BITTERS // N. A. GILBERT & CO. // ENOSBURGH FALLS, VT. It is 8 3/4 inch tall and come in shades of amber.      .. Here are a few Trade Cards.    References: History of Franklin and Grand Isle counties Vermont, 1889 Industries and Wealth of the Principal Points in Vermont, 1891 www.peachridgeglass.  ... |
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