Gibson was the son of James H. Carter and Matilda Jane Plasters Carter.
Married to Sarah Ann Burlington. Married March 4, 1868, in Sterling, NE.
Their children were: Samuel Summerville Carter, Benjamin Franklin Carter, William Milton Carter, James Carter, John Babe Carter, Harry B. Carter, Bertram Carter, Earl Carter.
Gibson died at the age of 76 years.
Gibson was more familiar known by the nickname "Little Tobe". His father was "Big Tobe". The Table Rock newspaper, in an article about the severe burning and ultimate death of his wife Sarah, refers to her a Mrs. Tobe Carter which would suggest that was a nickname and a given name. The nickname "Tobe" probably refers to the Irish slang for a chew of tobacco.
Origin of the Gooseberry name is not known. It could be phonetic mispronunciation of Goldsberry, or something like that was understood by the census takers as Gooseberry. It is also possible the name was intended to be Goldsby which was his Grandmother's name. The name Goldsby was often listed as Goldlsberry, Goldsborough, etc., and since the settlers at that time could not read or write, the census taker wrote down whatever the name sounded like. Gooseberry for Goldsby. Whatever he wrote down became that settler's name. There were a lot of Goldsberry immigrated fro Ireland/Scotland.
Guy Carter writes: Gibson Carter went to Iowa when the Civil War broke out to avoid going into the military. Apparently he was followed, as Guy indicates that he jumped into the Missouri river to avoid capture & swam across to Nebraska City, NE. From there he joined a wagon train freighting goods to Fort Laramie, Wyoming. After about a year he took a homestead at Elk Creek, Johnson County, NE but it was to dry for crops. He met & married Sarah Burlington while in Elk Creek. Guy Carter indicates that he traded the homestead for a wagon and team of horses and moved on"
Update - 6/12/2016 - Luella Hinrichsen provided obituary from the Table Rock Argus, Jan. 14, 1921.
OBITUARY-
F. G. Carter was born in Cass County, Illinois, February 7, 1843. He died at his home in Table Rock, suddenly on Thursday morning, January 6, 1921, aged 77 years, 1 month and 1 day.
He was united in marriage to Sarah Burlington, March 4, 1868, at Sterling, Nebraska, and they have made their home in Nebraska all the years of their married life. Seven sons were born to them, three of whom, Ben, Harry and Earl, have passed to the great beyond. The surviving sons were present at the funeral except Will. Earl died just one year before his father.
For several years Mr. Carter has been in poor health and during the last year was not able to be out of the house.
Funeral services were held at the home at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. A. L. Ogden, interment being in the table Rock cemetery. In the death of Mr. Carter, Table Rock loses an old resident, who had a wife acquaintance among our people. He was liked by those who knew him best, his bigheartedness and quaint humor bringing him many friends. He leaves a widow, four sons, one sister, three brothers and a host of friends to mourn his death.
Married to Sarah Ann Burlington. Married March 4, 1868, in Sterling, NE.
Their children were: Samuel Summerville Carter, Benjamin Franklin Carter, William Milton Carter, James Carter, John Babe Carter, Harry B. Carter, Bertram Carter, Earl Carter.
Gibson died at the age of 76 years.
Gibson was more familiar known by the nickname "Little Tobe". His father was "Big Tobe". The Table Rock newspaper, in an article about the severe burning and ultimate death of his wife Sarah, refers to her a Mrs. Tobe Carter which would suggest that was a nickname and a given name. The nickname "Tobe" probably refers to the Irish slang for a chew of tobacco.
Origin of the Gooseberry name is not known. It could be phonetic mispronunciation of Goldsberry, or something like that was understood by the census takers as Gooseberry. It is also possible the name was intended to be Goldsby which was his Grandmother's name. The name Goldsby was often listed as Goldlsberry, Goldsborough, etc., and since the settlers at that time could not read or write, the census taker wrote down whatever the name sounded like. Gooseberry for Goldsby. Whatever he wrote down became that settler's name. There were a lot of Goldsberry immigrated fro Ireland/Scotland.
Guy Carter writes: Gibson Carter went to Iowa when the Civil War broke out to avoid going into the military. Apparently he was followed, as Guy indicates that he jumped into the Missouri river to avoid capture & swam across to Nebraska City, NE. From there he joined a wagon train freighting goods to Fort Laramie, Wyoming. After about a year he took a homestead at Elk Creek, Johnson County, NE but it was to dry for crops. He met & married Sarah Burlington while in Elk Creek. Guy Carter indicates that he traded the homestead for a wagon and team of horses and moved on"
Update - 6/12/2016 - Luella Hinrichsen provided obituary from the Table Rock Argus, Jan. 14, 1921.
OBITUARY-
F. G. Carter was born in Cass County, Illinois, February 7, 1843. He died at his home in Table Rock, suddenly on Thursday morning, January 6, 1921, aged 77 years, 1 month and 1 day.
He was united in marriage to Sarah Burlington, March 4, 1868, at Sterling, Nebraska, and they have made their home in Nebraska all the years of their married life. Seven sons were born to them, three of whom, Ben, Harry and Earl, have passed to the great beyond. The surviving sons were present at the funeral except Will. Earl died just one year before his father.
For several years Mr. Carter has been in poor health and during the last year was not able to be out of the house.
Funeral services were held at the home at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. A. L. Ogden, interment being in the table Rock cemetery. In the death of Mr. Carter, Table Rock loses an old resident, who had a wife acquaintance among our people. He was liked by those who knew him best, his bigheartedness and quaint humor bringing him many friends. He leaves a widow, four sons, one sister, three brothers and a host of friends to mourn his death.
Gibson was the son of James H. Carter and Matilda Jane Plasters Carter.
Married to Sarah Ann Burlington. Married March 4, 1868, in Sterling, NE.
Their children were: Samuel Summerville Carter, Benjamin Franklin Carter, William Milton Carter, James Carter, John Babe Carter, Harry B. Carter, Bertram Carter, Earl Carter.
Gibson died at the age of 76 years.
Gibson was more familiar known by the nickname "Little Tobe". His father was "Big Tobe". The Table Rock newspaper, in an article about the severe burning and ultimate death of his wife Sarah, refers to her a Mrs. Tobe Carter which would suggest that was a nickname and a given name. The nickname "Tobe" probably refers to the Irish slang for a chew of tobacco.
Origin of the Gooseberry name is not known. It could be phonetic mispronunciation of Goldsberry, or something like that was understood by the census takers as Gooseberry. It is also possible the name was intended to be Goldsby which was his Grandmother's name. The name Goldsby was often listed as Goldlsberry, Goldsborough, etc., and since the settlers at that time could not read or write, the census taker wrote down whatever the name sounded like. Gooseberry for Goldsby. Whatever he wrote down became that settler's name. There were a lot of Goldsberry immigrated fro Ireland/Scotland.
Guy Carter writes: Gibson Carter went to Iowa when the Civil War broke out to avoid going into the military. Apparently he was followed, as Guy indicates that he jumped into the Missouri river to avoid capture & swam across to Nebraska City, NE. From there he joined a wagon train freighting goods to Fort Laramie, Wyoming. After about a year he took a homestead at Elk Creek, Johnson County, NE but it was to dry for crops. He met & married Sarah Burlington while in Elk Creek. Guy Carter indicates that he traded the homestead for a wagon and team of horses and moved on"
Update - 6/12/2016 - Luella Hinrichsen provided obituary from the Table Rock Argus, Jan. 14, 1921.
OBITUARY-
F. G. Carter was born in Cass County, Illinois, February 7, 1843. He died at his home in Table Rock, suddenly on Thursday morning, January 6, 1921, aged 77 years, 1 month and 1 day.
He was united in marriage to Sarah Burlington, March 4, 1868, at Sterling, Nebraska, and they have made their home in Nebraska all the years of their married life. Seven sons were born to them, three of whom, Ben, Harry and Earl, have passed to the great beyond. The surviving sons were present at the funeral except Will. Earl died just one year before his father.
For several years Mr. Carter has been in poor health and during the last year was not able to be out of the house.
Funeral services were held at the home at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. A. L. Ogden, interment being in the table Rock cemetery. In the death of Mr. Carter, Table Rock loses an old resident, who had a wife acquaintance among our people. He was liked by those who knew him best, his bigheartedness and quaint humor bringing him many friends. He leaves a widow, four sons, one sister, three brothers and a host of friends to mourn his death.
Married to Sarah Ann Burlington. Married March 4, 1868, in Sterling, NE.
Their children were: Samuel Summerville Carter, Benjamin Franklin Carter, William Milton Carter, James Carter, John Babe Carter, Harry B. Carter, Bertram Carter, Earl Carter.
Gibson died at the age of 76 years.
Gibson was more familiar known by the nickname "Little Tobe". His father was "Big Tobe". The Table Rock newspaper, in an article about the severe burning and ultimate death of his wife Sarah, refers to her a Mrs. Tobe Carter which would suggest that was a nickname and a given name. The nickname "Tobe" probably refers to the Irish slang for a chew of tobacco.
Origin of the Gooseberry name is not known. It could be phonetic mispronunciation of Goldsberry, or something like that was understood by the census takers as Gooseberry. It is also possible the name was intended to be Goldsby which was his Grandmother's name. The name Goldsby was often listed as Goldlsberry, Goldsborough, etc., and since the settlers at that time could not read or write, the census taker wrote down whatever the name sounded like. Gooseberry for Goldsby. Whatever he wrote down became that settler's name. There were a lot of Goldsberry immigrated fro Ireland/Scotland.
Guy Carter writes: Gibson Carter went to Iowa when the Civil War broke out to avoid going into the military. Apparently he was followed, as Guy indicates that he jumped into the Missouri river to avoid capture & swam across to Nebraska City, NE. From there he joined a wagon train freighting goods to Fort Laramie, Wyoming. After about a year he took a homestead at Elk Creek, Johnson County, NE but it was to dry for crops. He met & married Sarah Burlington while in Elk Creek. Guy Carter indicates that he traded the homestead for a wagon and team of horses and moved on"
Update - 6/12/2016 - Luella Hinrichsen provided obituary from the Table Rock Argus, Jan. 14, 1921.
OBITUARY-
F. G. Carter was born in Cass County, Illinois, February 7, 1843. He died at his home in Table Rock, suddenly on Thursday morning, January 6, 1921, aged 77 years, 1 month and 1 day.
He was united in marriage to Sarah Burlington, March 4, 1868, at Sterling, Nebraska, and they have made their home in Nebraska all the years of their married life. Seven sons were born to them, three of whom, Ben, Harry and Earl, have passed to the great beyond. The surviving sons were present at the funeral except Will. Earl died just one year before his father.
For several years Mr. Carter has been in poor health and during the last year was not able to be out of the house.
Funeral services were held at the home at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. A. L. Ogden, interment being in the table Rock cemetery. In the death of Mr. Carter, Table Rock loses an old resident, who had a wife acquaintance among our people. He was liked by those who knew him best, his bigheartedness and quaint humor bringing him many friends. He leaves a widow, four sons, one sister, three brothers and a host of friends to mourn his death.
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