..In 1860 he was united in marriage to Miss Emeline Shields at Salem, Indiana. (The Smith County Pioneer has Emmeline and at
Salem, O.).
..He enlisted in the war in 1862 and served until the close of the war in Company F 66 Indiana Regiment. He served in the Atlanta campaign and marched with Sherman to the sea.
..In 1875 he moved to Holt county, Missouri, where he lived for three years, when he moved to Smith county, Kansas. He homesteaded a farm and became one of the good citizens of Smith county.
..The family resided in Smith county for thirty-five years. There were ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Gibbons, only four of whom still survive: [Mrs. Minnie Pickens of Marysville, Mo., Mrs. Laura Skinner and Mrs. Maggie McNall of Denver, Colo., and Winnie Gibbons of Lebanon. source: Smith County Pioneer, Nov. 26, 1914].
..Mr. and Mrs. Gibbons had been married fifty-four years.
..The death of Mr. Gibbons came as a surprise to his many friends. He was sick only a few days. He died Friday evening, November 20, 1914 at 6:30 p.m., aged 75 years, two months and 7 days.
..The funeral service was held Sunday at two o'clock at the home. The Rev. George W. Hall, of the Methodist church, preached the funeral sermon and a ladies quartet composed of Mrs. Roy Snow, Mrs. George Jackson, Mrs. George Lovett and Mrs. Nelson Bell, furnished the music.
..Interment was made in the Sweet Home cemetery.
source: The Lebanon Times, Nov. 26, 1914
..In 1860 he was united in marriage to Miss Emeline Shields at Salem, Indiana. (The Smith County Pioneer has Emmeline and at
Salem, O.).
..He enlisted in the war in 1862 and served until the close of the war in Company F 66 Indiana Regiment. He served in the Atlanta campaign and marched with Sherman to the sea.
..In 1875 he moved to Holt county, Missouri, where he lived for three years, when he moved to Smith county, Kansas. He homesteaded a farm and became one of the good citizens of Smith county.
..The family resided in Smith county for thirty-five years. There were ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Gibbons, only four of whom still survive: [Mrs. Minnie Pickens of Marysville, Mo., Mrs. Laura Skinner and Mrs. Maggie McNall of Denver, Colo., and Winnie Gibbons of Lebanon. source: Smith County Pioneer, Nov. 26, 1914].
..Mr. and Mrs. Gibbons had been married fifty-four years.
..The death of Mr. Gibbons came as a surprise to his many friends. He was sick only a few days. He died Friday evening, November 20, 1914 at 6:30 p.m., aged 75 years, two months and 7 days.
..The funeral service was held Sunday at two o'clock at the home. The Rev. George W. Hall, of the Methodist church, preached the funeral sermon and a ladies quartet composed of Mrs. Roy Snow, Mrs. George Jackson, Mrs. George Lovett and Mrs. Nelson Bell, furnished the music.
..Interment was made in the Sweet Home cemetery.
source: The Lebanon Times, Nov. 26, 1914
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