Biographical Review, 1896. Sketches of Leading Citizens of Litchfield County.
ADALINE GIBBS —
Miss Adaline Gibbs, a retired school-teacher of Litchfield, Conn., was born in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., September 1,1820, daughter of Elias and Deborah (Hawkens) Gibbs. Miss Gibbs is a descendant of Benjamin Gibbs, who was born in Winchester, Conn. in 1675, and moved to Litchfield in 1721, becoming one of the first settlers, and being the original owner of the Gibbs estate. He improved the farm, and resided here until his death, which occurred May 10, 1767, at the advanced age of ninety-three years. His son, William Gibbs, Miss Gibbs' great-grandfather, succeeded to the possession and management of the farm, and erected the present residence in 1776.
Solomon Gibbs, son of William and father of Elias Gibbs, was born in Litchfield in 1760. He inherited the homestead, and became a prosperous farmer. Although but a youth in his teens at the opening of the decisive struggle with the other country, he served in the Revolutionary War. He was formerly a Congregationalist in religion and was a member of the church of which the Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher was pastor; but in his latter years he attended the Episcopal church. Solomon Gibbs died in Litchfield, aged eighty-three years. His wife, whose maiden name was Honor Marsh, and who was a native of Litchfield, became the mother of six children, of whom the last survivor, Frederick, died in 1893.
Aaron Gibbs, another son of Solomon and Honor Gibbs, studied medicine with Dr. Abbey of Litchfield and became a physician of note in Chicago, being also a well-known politician and a strong Abolitionist. He married Miss Catherine Gulliver of Chicago, who died at the age of sixty-eight. For a number of years Dr. Gibbs passed his summers with his niece at the old home in Litchfield. He died in 1890 at the venerable age of eighty-four years, leaving three sons, all residents of Chicago, namely: William B., a lawyer; Frederick G., a real estate agent; and George, also a lawyer who married Belle Smith of that city.
Elias Gibbs, Miss Gibbs' father, was born at the homestead in Litchfield in 1792. He was reared to agriculture, and resided at home until attaining his majority, when he went to Chenango County, New York and settled as a pioneer upon a tract of forest land. He built a log cabin and cleared and improved a farm, upon which he resided until 1843, and then selling the property, removed to Putnam County, Indiana, where he died in 1856, aged sixty-four years. His wife, Deborah Hawkens, was a native of Rhode Island and of Welsh ancestry. She became the mother of five children, of whom but two are now living, namely: Adaline, the subject of this sketch; and Caroline, who married Lindley Evans of Iowa. Mrs. Gibbs died in Medina, New York, in 1838, aged forty-two years. She was a member of the Baptist church.
Adaline Gibbs receive a good education and became a school-teacher in Indiana where she taught successfully for many years. In 1861 she came to Litchfield and has since resided here at the old Gibbs homestead. Miss Gibbs is a lady of marked intellectual ability and attainments, being exceedingly well read, and is particularly interesting as a conversationalist.
ADALINE GIBBS —
Miss Adaline Gibbs, a retired school-teacher of Litchfield, Conn., was born in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., September 1,1820, daughter of Elias and Deborah (Hawkens) Gibbs. Miss Gibbs is a descendant of Benjamin Gibbs, who was born in Winchester, Conn. in 1675, and moved to Litchfield in 1721, becoming one of the first settlers, and being the original owner of the Gibbs estate. He improved the farm, and resided here until his death, which occurred May 10, 1767, at the advanced age of ninety-three years. His son, William Gibbs, Miss Gibbs' great-grandfather, succeeded to the possession and management of the farm, and erected the present residence in 1776.
Solomon Gibbs, son of William and father of Elias Gibbs, was born in Litchfield in 1760. He inherited the homestead, and became a prosperous farmer. Although but a youth in his teens at the opening of the decisive struggle with the other country, he served in the Revolutionary War. He was formerly a Congregationalist in religion and was a member of the church of which the Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher was pastor; but in his latter years he attended the Episcopal church. Solomon Gibbs died in Litchfield, aged eighty-three years. His wife, whose maiden name was Honor Marsh, and who was a native of Litchfield, became the mother of six children, of whom the last survivor, Frederick, died in 1893.
Aaron Gibbs, another son of Solomon and Honor Gibbs, studied medicine with Dr. Abbey of Litchfield and became a physician of note in Chicago, being also a well-known politician and a strong Abolitionist. He married Miss Catherine Gulliver of Chicago, who died at the age of sixty-eight. For a number of years Dr. Gibbs passed his summers with his niece at the old home in Litchfield. He died in 1890 at the venerable age of eighty-four years, leaving three sons, all residents of Chicago, namely: William B., a lawyer; Frederick G., a real estate agent; and George, also a lawyer who married Belle Smith of that city.
Elias Gibbs, Miss Gibbs' father, was born at the homestead in Litchfield in 1792. He was reared to agriculture, and resided at home until attaining his majority, when he went to Chenango County, New York and settled as a pioneer upon a tract of forest land. He built a log cabin and cleared and improved a farm, upon which he resided until 1843, and then selling the property, removed to Putnam County, Indiana, where he died in 1856, aged sixty-four years. His wife, Deborah Hawkens, was a native of Rhode Island and of Welsh ancestry. She became the mother of five children, of whom but two are now living, namely: Adaline, the subject of this sketch; and Caroline, who married Lindley Evans of Iowa. Mrs. Gibbs died in Medina, New York, in 1838, aged forty-two years. She was a member of the Baptist church.
Adaline Gibbs receive a good education and became a school-teacher in Indiana where she taught successfully for many years. In 1861 she came to Litchfield and has since resided here at the old Gibbs homestead. Miss Gibbs is a lady of marked intellectual ability and attainments, being exceedingly well read, and is particularly interesting as a conversationalist.
Biographical Review, 1896. Sketches of Leading Citizens of Litchfield County.
ADALINE GIBBS —
Miss Adaline Gibbs, a retired school-teacher of Litchfield, Conn., was born in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., September 1,1820, daughter of Elias and Deborah (Hawkens) Gibbs. Miss Gibbs is a descendant of Benjamin Gibbs, who was born in Winchester, Conn. in 1675, and moved to Litchfield in 1721, becoming one of the first settlers, and being the original owner of the Gibbs estate. He improved the farm, and resided here until his death, which occurred May 10, 1767, at the advanced age of ninety-three years. His son, William Gibbs, Miss Gibbs' great-grandfather, succeeded to the possession and management of the farm, and erected the present residence in 1776.
Solomon Gibbs, son of William and father of Elias Gibbs, was born in Litchfield in 1760. He inherited the homestead, and became a prosperous farmer. Although but a youth in his teens at the opening of the decisive struggle with the other country, he served in the Revolutionary War. He was formerly a Congregationalist in religion and was a member of the church of which the Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher was pastor; but in his latter years he attended the Episcopal church. Solomon Gibbs died in Litchfield, aged eighty-three years. His wife, whose maiden name was Honor Marsh, and who was a native of Litchfield, became the mother of six children, of whom the last survivor, Frederick, died in 1893.
Aaron Gibbs, another son of Solomon and Honor Gibbs, studied medicine with Dr. Abbey of Litchfield and became a physician of note in Chicago, being also a well-known politician and a strong Abolitionist. He married Miss Catherine Gulliver of Chicago, who died at the age of sixty-eight. For a number of years Dr. Gibbs passed his summers with his niece at the old home in Litchfield. He died in 1890 at the venerable age of eighty-four years, leaving three sons, all residents of Chicago, namely: William B., a lawyer; Frederick G., a real estate agent; and George, also a lawyer who married Belle Smith of that city.
Elias Gibbs, Miss Gibbs' father, was born at the homestead in Litchfield in 1792. He was reared to agriculture, and resided at home until attaining his majority, when he went to Chenango County, New York and settled as a pioneer upon a tract of forest land. He built a log cabin and cleared and improved a farm, upon which he resided until 1843, and then selling the property, removed to Putnam County, Indiana, where he died in 1856, aged sixty-four years. His wife, Deborah Hawkens, was a native of Rhode Island and of Welsh ancestry. She became the mother of five children, of whom but two are now living, namely: Adaline, the subject of this sketch; and Caroline, who married Lindley Evans of Iowa. Mrs. Gibbs died in Medina, New York, in 1838, aged forty-two years. She was a member of the Baptist church.
Adaline Gibbs receive a good education and became a school-teacher in Indiana where she taught successfully for many years. In 1861 she came to Litchfield and has since resided here at the old Gibbs homestead. Miss Gibbs is a lady of marked intellectual ability and attainments, being exceedingly well read, and is particularly interesting as a conversationalist.
ADALINE GIBBS —
Miss Adaline Gibbs, a retired school-teacher of Litchfield, Conn., was born in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., September 1,1820, daughter of Elias and Deborah (Hawkens) Gibbs. Miss Gibbs is a descendant of Benjamin Gibbs, who was born in Winchester, Conn. in 1675, and moved to Litchfield in 1721, becoming one of the first settlers, and being the original owner of the Gibbs estate. He improved the farm, and resided here until his death, which occurred May 10, 1767, at the advanced age of ninety-three years. His son, William Gibbs, Miss Gibbs' great-grandfather, succeeded to the possession and management of the farm, and erected the present residence in 1776.
Solomon Gibbs, son of William and father of Elias Gibbs, was born in Litchfield in 1760. He inherited the homestead, and became a prosperous farmer. Although but a youth in his teens at the opening of the decisive struggle with the other country, he served in the Revolutionary War. He was formerly a Congregationalist in religion and was a member of the church of which the Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher was pastor; but in his latter years he attended the Episcopal church. Solomon Gibbs died in Litchfield, aged eighty-three years. His wife, whose maiden name was Honor Marsh, and who was a native of Litchfield, became the mother of six children, of whom the last survivor, Frederick, died in 1893.
Aaron Gibbs, another son of Solomon and Honor Gibbs, studied medicine with Dr. Abbey of Litchfield and became a physician of note in Chicago, being also a well-known politician and a strong Abolitionist. He married Miss Catherine Gulliver of Chicago, who died at the age of sixty-eight. For a number of years Dr. Gibbs passed his summers with his niece at the old home in Litchfield. He died in 1890 at the venerable age of eighty-four years, leaving three sons, all residents of Chicago, namely: William B., a lawyer; Frederick G., a real estate agent; and George, also a lawyer who married Belle Smith of that city.
Elias Gibbs, Miss Gibbs' father, was born at the homestead in Litchfield in 1792. He was reared to agriculture, and resided at home until attaining his majority, when he went to Chenango County, New York and settled as a pioneer upon a tract of forest land. He built a log cabin and cleared and improved a farm, upon which he resided until 1843, and then selling the property, removed to Putnam County, Indiana, where he died in 1856, aged sixty-four years. His wife, Deborah Hawkens, was a native of Rhode Island and of Welsh ancestry. She became the mother of five children, of whom but two are now living, namely: Adaline, the subject of this sketch; and Caroline, who married Lindley Evans of Iowa. Mrs. Gibbs died in Medina, New York, in 1838, aged forty-two years. She was a member of the Baptist church.
Adaline Gibbs receive a good education and became a school-teacher in Indiana where she taught successfully for many years. In 1861 she came to Litchfield and has since resided here at the old Gibbs homestead. Miss Gibbs is a lady of marked intellectual ability and attainments, being exceedingly well read, and is particularly interesting as a conversationalist.
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