Husband: William Green Gibson
Born: Sep-20-1828 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 1,2,3 (see note 1) Died: Jun-29-1913 in Covelo, Mendocino Co, CA 4,5 Buried: in Valley View Cemetery, Covelo, Mendocino Co, CA 4 Resided: 1886 in Mendocino Co, CA 6 Census: 1880, 1910 in Mendocino Co, CA (see note 2) Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Lewis Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 7 Father: Smith Gibson (1790 - 1862) Mother: Malinda Hall (1803 - 1869)
Wife: Elvira Erisa Lawrence 8,9 Census name: Erisa E. Married: Feb- 5-1852 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 10
Born: ca 1830 2 Died: bef Jun 1880 11 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Lewis Co, (W)VA Father: Alexander W. Lawrence (1801 - ) Mother: Nancy N. Jeffrey (1803 - ) Notes
F Child 1: Florence Gibson Born: Nov-30-1852 5,12 (see note 3) Died: Nov-11-____ 1 Census: 1900, 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Lewis Co, (W)VA Husband: Henry C. Sherwood b. ca 1851 d. bef Jun 1880 Married: Nov- 7-1872 in Doddridge Co, WV 13 Husband: William M. Sadler b. Jan-30-1827 d. Sep-13-1911 Also known as: William Saddler 13 Married: Aug-13-1896 in Doddridge Co, WV 13
M Child 2: Enoch Smith Gibson Born: Mar-22-1854 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 14,15 Died: Mar-23-1949 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 14 Census: 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Lewis Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 14,16 Wife: Alice Augusta Davisson b. Jul-20-1858 d. Jul-11-1941 Married: Nov- 8-1882 in Harrison Co, WV 15
F Child 3: Mariah Louella "Lulu" Gibson Also known as: Louella Gibson 17,18,7 Born: 1855 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 19,13 Died: 1944 19 Buried: in Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV 20 Census: 1940 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Clark District, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1900, 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Lewis Co, (W)VA Husband: William Columbia Sherwood b. May- 6-1853 d. Nov-29-1935 Census name: Columbus Sherwood Married: Aug-22-1880 in Doddridge Co, WV 21
M Child 4: Edwin S. Gibson
Born: Jun-23-1858 near Weston, Lewis Co, (W)VA 22,5,2
Died: Feb- 3-1935 in San Francisco, CA 23
Buried: in Valley View Cemetery, Covelo, Mendocino Co, CA 4
Resided: in San Francisco, CA 22
Resided: 1916 in Covelo, Mendocino Co, CA 24
Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Lewis Co, (W)VA
Notes
F Child 5: Martha A. Gibson Born: ca 1861 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 7,13 (see note 4) Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: William Scott Kemper b. Sep-19-1861 Married: Oct- 1-1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 13
Sources: (1) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 79. (2) 1860 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA. (3) 1910 Census. (4) Findagrave.com. (5) Headstone. (6) California Voter Registrations, 1866-1898, Ancestry.com. (7) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). (8) Marriage record of daughter. (9) Death record of son. (10) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (11) 1880 Census. (12) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (14) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (15) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (16) 1920 Census, Taylor County, WV. (17) Death record of husband. (18) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (19) Headstone (year only) (20) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (21) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Wm. C. Sherwood, 27, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of Joseph & Susannah Sherwood; and Mariah L. Gibson, 24, b. Lewis Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Wm. J. & Mary Gibson. Married Aug 22 1880 in Doddridge County. (NOTE: Basis for wife's parents being identified as William J. & Mary is not clear, as it is well-documented that her parents were William G. & Elvira E. Gibson.), MR p. 242, line 44 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791850&Type=Marriage. (22) Obituary. (23) Obituary - At home. (24) West Union Record, 2/3/1916. Event Notes Note (1) Age at death calculates to a birth date of Sep 19 1827. Note (2) In Round Valley Twp, living alone, marital status widowed. No apparent family relationship to any of his neighbors. Note (3) Birthplace given as Lewis County in 1872 marriage record, but as Doddridge County in 1896 marrriage record. Note (4) Age 8 in 1870 Census would put birth in about 1862. But 1882 marriage record specifies Jun 25 1860, age 22.