Jasper W. Gilbert

Jasper Willet Gilbert (January 15, 1812 – February 10, 1899) was an American jurist and attorney who served on the New York Supreme Court.

Early life Gilbert was born on January 15, 1812, in Rome, New York. His parents were Sallie Easton and Marinus Willet Gilbert, a merchant in Watertown, New York. In 1830, he enrolled in the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy. in Vermont, graduating in 1832. He moved to New York City in 1847 and established a private practice. He represented the second judicial district. He was reelected in 1873. He was a Supreme Court justice until January 1, 1883, when he had to retire because of the constitutional age limit of seventy.

In 1836, he was a delegate to the state Democratic convention. Gilbert became a Whig and was the delegate for Monroe County at the Whig Convention in July 1838, where he made the address. When the Whig party dissolved in 1856, he returned to the Democratic Party.

Gilbert was a member the Church of the Holy Trinity in the Washington Heights. He served on the standing committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island and was a vice-chancellor of the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, New York. He served on the state's charity commission and was president of the Green-Wood Cemetery. He was a member of the Brooklyn Club. the Hamilton Club, and the Long Island Historical Society.

After being ill for a month, Gilbert died at the age of 87 on February 10, 1898, at his home at 166 Remson Street in Brooklyn. He was buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn