Background
Colgate, Gilbert was born on December 15, 1858 in Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Ann Breeze (Morse) Colgate.
Colgate, Gilbert was born on December 15, 1858 in Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Ann Breeze (Morse) Colgate.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1883.
Began with Colgate & Company, becoming chairman of board. Became director Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company.
Married Florance Buckingham Hall, June 7, 1888. Children: Mistress Elizabeth Rumbough, Mistress Florance Greble, Mistress Grace Rumbough, Gilbert, Robert Bangs.