An e-mail from Larry Gilbert dated October 1st, 2007

As far as I have been able to determine and have proof of such, the Gilbert family came to Brown county KS in 1859 or at least they are recorded as buying land then. They could have been here longer, but no proof. So I proposed that the 2009 reunion which would mark the 150th year, be a special family reunion. Our yearly reunion is basically the William and Mary Gilbert descendants, so I am going to attempt to get the descendants of William's brothers and sisters to attend this one, don't know how much luck I will have as they are very hard to get to answer emails and letters.Greg Brammer is working on designs so we can create t-shirts for the occassion, the sale of which to offset the cost of the reunion after they have paid for themselves.From talking to others, the reunion will be held on June 21, 2009 in the new Fairview Community Building.