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Alfred Hamilton Gibbens

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Alfred Hamilton Gibbens

Birth
Napa County, California, USA
Death
15 Apr 1901 (aged 64)
Cloverdale, Sonoma County, California, USA
Burial
Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
38, Lots 68/69
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Facing the lot from the path, Alfred is two graves to the left of Nannie, next to the lot divider.

The graves are behind the back of Nannie's headstone.

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Alfred was born in North Carolina but moved to Missouri in with his family. He met Nancy Litton McCormmach while living in Marshfield and married her there on 16 March 1859 at the home of his brother-in-law, the Reverend Giles PR VanZandt. Reverend VanZandt also performed the service.

The Gibbens traveled by ox team over the Central Overland Trail, through Wyoming and onto to Gold Hill and Silver City, Nevada, departing from Missouri about June or July of 1861. Son Robert Lee Gibbens was born in Silver City on December 1865. They moved to California sometime in 1866 and lived in Forestville (near St. Helena). Nancy and Alfred split up and Alfred lived with a series of his sons, first Robert then Edward and Sidney, until he died near Santa Rosa in 1901.

Alfred and Nancy had two additional children that died in infancy, including a daughter that died on the trail to Silver City, NV. Names unknown.

Alfred and Nancy likely traveled to California across the overland route with Nancy's brother, John Wesley McCormmach. JW lived with Nancy in Alfred in Ozark Township, Webster, MO in 1860. According to this website (http://www.ozarkscivilwar.org) many Pro-Union folks in Webster County departed for Rolla (or points west) due to Confederate's ranging and didn't return until after the war. Most were gone by August 1861. Alfred and Nancy are listed in the Silver City directory in 1862.
Facing the lot from the path, Alfred is two graves to the left of Nannie, next to the lot divider.

The graves are behind the back of Nannie's headstone.

*****
Alfred was born in North Carolina but moved to Missouri in with his family. He met Nancy Litton McCormmach while living in Marshfield and married her there on 16 March 1859 at the home of his brother-in-law, the Reverend Giles PR VanZandt. Reverend VanZandt also performed the service.

The Gibbens traveled by ox team over the Central Overland Trail, through Wyoming and onto to Gold Hill and Silver City, Nevada, departing from Missouri about June or July of 1861. Son Robert Lee Gibbens was born in Silver City on December 1865. They moved to California sometime in 1866 and lived in Forestville (near St. Helena). Nancy and Alfred split up and Alfred lived with a series of his sons, first Robert then Edward and Sidney, until he died near Santa Rosa in 1901.

Alfred and Nancy had two additional children that died in infancy, including a daughter that died on the trail to Silver City, NV. Names unknown.

Alfred and Nancy likely traveled to California across the overland route with Nancy's brother, John Wesley McCormmach. JW lived with Nancy in Alfred in Ozark Township, Webster, MO in 1860. According to this website (http://www.ozarkscivilwar.org) many Pro-Union folks in Webster County departed for Rolla (or points west) due to Confederate's ranging and didn't return until after the war. Most were gone by August 1861. Alfred and Nancy are listed in the Silver City directory in 1862.

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Note: Nancy and Alfred had marital challenges and they did not live together for the last part of Alfred's life, hence the reason they are located on opposite sides of the plot. The plot was originally purchased after Nannie's death.

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