Dr. Franklin Monroe Gilbert
Irving, Dallas County, Texas
Marker Inscription
(1887-1982) Franklin M. Gilbert was a teacher and principal before attending medical school at the University of Texas in Galveston. He interned in New York, where he met nurse Dorothy Bald Brandon (1901-1990), who became his wife. The couple returned to Irving, and he practiced medicine with his father, prominent physician Daniel Webster Gilbert. During Dr. Franklin Gilbert's distinguished 59-year career, he also served on the school board, as mayor and as president of Irving State Bank. The family's medical legacy continued with his two physician sons. Recorded - 2005
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Franklin Monroe Gilbert began as a teacher and principal before earning his medical degree at the University of Texas in Galveston, then returned to Irving to practice alongside his prominent physician father. Over a 59-year career he was not only a doctor but a civic pillar—serving on the school board, as mayor, and as president of Irving State Bank—and his two physician sons carried on the family's medical legacy.
Why it matters
Gilbert represents the small-town American doctor whose influence reached far beyond medicine, shaping the schools, government, and economy of a growing community.
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Related people
- · Franklin Monroe Gilbert
- · Dorothy Bald Brandon
- · Daniel Webster Gilbert
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