Background
Gilbert, Matthew William was born on July 25, 1862 in Mechanicsville, South Carolina, United States. Son of Review Mark and Mary (Rembert) Gilbert.
Gilbert, Matthew William was born on July 25, 1862 in Mechanicsville, South Carolina, United States. Son of Review Mark and Mary (Rembert) Gilbert.
Bachelor of Arts, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 1887. Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1907. (Doctor of Divinity, Guadaloupe College, 1896).
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1882. Pastor Nashville, Tennessee, 1887-1890, Jacksonville, Florida, 1890-1892. Principal at Live Oak and Jacksonville, Florida, 1892-1894.
Pastor Savannah, Georgia, 1894-1897, Charleston, South Carolina., 1899-1902.
Professor in Benedict College, Columbia, South Carolina., 1902-1904. Pastor Mount Olivet Church, New York, 1904-1911.
President Selma (Alabama) University, June since 1911.
Member Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, board of managers Baptist City Mission Society of New New York
Married Agnes Boozer, May 15, 1882.
