Gib’s Relations
Gilbert was the third kid in the family; he had a sister, Martha, and a brother Edward. Out of those three kids he was favored by his Aunt, Emily Dickinson.
Gilbert’s friend who went to the swimming hole where Gilbert got typhoid fever was Kendall Emerson. After Gilbert died Emily sent a letter to Kendall every Christmas until her death.
Gilbert and Emily were good friends. Emily treated Gilbert like an adult but she helped him and his brother and sister raid the kitchen and pantry. Emily loved Gilbert so much that she broke her fifteen years of isolation to visit him the night he died. When Gilbert died Emily wrote this, "No crescent was this creature- He traveled from the full- Such soar but never set."