Ezekiel purchased a Military Land Warrant No. 67.661 that was in the name of Egbert Snider, minor child of David Snider, deceased Sargent in Captain Bidgley's company New York/Militia War 1812 on the 8th of April 1959. The land consisted of 160 acres at a cost of $300. The legal description of the land was the South East quarter of Section 32 in Township 3 of Range 15 in the District of lands subject to sale at Kickapoo Kansas. Charles P Snider was the guardian to Egbert Snider, who signed the legal paperwork.
On Feb 12, 1875, Jane Gilbert sold 80 acres to Edson Morris for $50 and 80 acres to A.N. Cunningham for $50. That was a considerable difference in what they paid for those acres.
On 10 Dec 1974 Isom B. Gentry sold to Hiram Gilbert 36 acres of his land for $1 and by 28 Jun 1976 Jane bought 10 1/2 acres for $100. So I'm assuming Jane lived with son Hiram until she bought the 10 acres. She sold the 10 acres to her other son James Gilbert in 1885 for $125. He sold this land in 1887 to his brother William for $135 and in 1890 William sold it back to James for $135.
It is unknown the exact date of death for Ezekiel, his last child, Hiram, was born 09 Oct 1862 and when the 1865 Kansas Census was taken on 18 Aug 1865 Jane was listed as being a widow. So his death occurred sometime after January 1862 and before August 1865. According to family stories, Jane buried Ezekiel at the corner of the house so she could keep an eye on him, cemeteries this early in the state's history were rare and most people were buried in the back yard in family plots.
Jane on the other hand lived until 30 March 1907 and was buried in the Comet Cemetery in Brown County, Kansas.
Ezekiel and Jane were the parents of 8 children, two of whom died in infancy. The six children to reach adulthood were: James Gilbert 1849-1915; William Anderson 1850-1929; Nancy A. (Mrs. William Brownlee, 1855-c1903; Margaret (Mrs. Henry Fortney, then Mrs. Ezra A. Cleveland) 1857-1911; Elizabeth (Mrs. Chauncey Robb) 1861-1914; and Hiram 1862-1928.
On the 1865 Kansas Census it was listed that Jane owned 1 Horse, 2 milch cows, 4 swine, Livestock was valued at $150, she had 120 Bushels Indian Corn, 2 bushels Irish potatoes, 100 pounds butter, 20 gallons sorghum molasses and a $20 value of slaughtered animals.
