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William Watkins Gibbs

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William Watkins Gibbs

Birth
Oregon, USA
Death
1886 (aged 30–31)
Burial
Gold Beach, Curry County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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William was the eldest child of Governor Addison C. and Margaret (Watkins) Gibbs. His parents met in New York and married there in 1854. That same year they traveled via the Isthmus of Panama to Oregon Territory, first settling on the Umpqua River in Douglas County where William may have been born. His probate of May 22 1866 at Curry County does not mention a wife or any heirs.
William was the eldest child of Governor Addison C. and Margaret (Watkins) Gibbs. His parents met in New York and married there in 1854. That same year they traveled via the Isthmus of Panama to Oregon Territory, first settling on the Umpqua River in Douglas County where William may have been born. His probate of May 22 1866 at Curry County does not mention a wife or any heirs.

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William Watkins Gibbs
Beloved Son of A. C. and M. W. Gibbs
1855 -1886



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