George David Gibson
1854 - 1939 (84 years)-
Name George David Gibson Born 1 Sep 1854 Danvers, McLean, Illinois, USA Gender Male Reference Number 16428 Died 9 Mar 1939 Wenona, Marshall, Illinois, USA Buried Stanford, McLean, Illinois, USA - Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Person ID I16428 Thompson-Milligan Last Modified 12 Apr 2018
Father Elisha Scogin Gibson, b. 23 Feb 1832, Dearborn, Indiana, USA , d. 3 Nov 1909, Spring Creek, Nuckolls, Nebraska, USA (Age 77 years) Relationship natural Mother Ann Maria Lewis, b. 5 Feb 1834, Ohio, USA , d. 21 Jan 1915, Nuckolls, Nebraska, USA (Age 80 years) Relationship natural Married 20 Jul 1852 Tazewell, Illinois, USA Family ID F5343 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jennie M Smith, b. 13 Sep 1857, d. 26 Nov 1886 (Age 29 years) Married 1 Oct 1874 Children 1. Albert Gibson, b. 11 Nov 1878, Nora, Nuckolls, Nebraska, USA , d. 30 Sep 1953, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, USA (Age 74 years) [natural] 2. Ernest Gibson, b. 2 Apr 1886, d. 14 Sep 1886 (Age 0 years) [natural] 3. Clara Maude Gibson, b. 3 Jul 1883, d. 26 Nov 1886 (Age 3 years) [natural] 4. Harry Gibson [natural] Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 Family ID F13869 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map Born - 1 Sep 1854 - Danvers, McLean, Illinois, USA Died - 9 Mar 1939 - Wenona, Marshall, Illinois, USA Buried - - Stanford, McLean, Illinois, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Photos George David Gibson 1854-1939
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Notes - The Wenona Index_, Wenona, IL, March 16, 1939, Page 1.
AGED WENONA CITIZEN SUMMONED BY DEATH
George Gibson, Retired Rural Mail Carrier, Passed Away Thursday.
George D. Gibson, a resident of Wenona for approximately 40 years, died at his home in this city Thursday night after a period of declining health which covered several months. He was born at Danvers, Illinois, September 1, 1853 (other records say 1854 or 1855). He was 86 years, 6 months and 9 days old.
In 1874 he married Jennie M. Smith of Streator. For a time they lived in Nebraska, and then returned to Illinois, locating here in 1899. Three sons born to this union are Harry Gibson, LaSalle; Albert Gibson, Hutchinson, Kansas; and the third son lives at Manchester, Washington. There are 18 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
Mr. Gibson was a rural route mail carrier and remained in that service until pensioned some ten or fifteen years ago.
Funeral services were held at the Thierry Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. Burial was made at Stanford, Illinois. Rev. Kauffroch of the Presbyterian church, officiated. Six grandsons served as casket bearers.
- The Wenona Index_, Wenona, IL, March 16, 1939, Page 1.