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William Green GIBSON

William Green GIBSON

Male 1828 - 1913  (84 years)

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  • Name William Green GIBSON 
    Born 20 Sep 1828  Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Age at death calculates to a birth date of Sep 19 1827.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1886  Mendocino Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1880, 1910  Mendocino Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In Round Valley Twp, living alone, marital status widowed. No apparent family relationship to any of his neighbors.
    Occupation farmer  [5] 
    Died 29 Jun 1913  Covelo, Mendocino Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Buried Valley View Cemetery, Covelo, Mendocino Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I82627  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 9 Feb 2016 

    Father Smith GIBSON,   b. 1790, Fauquier Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1862, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Malinda HALL,   b. 1803, Loudoun Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1869, McCanns Run, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Family ID F1966  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elvira Erisa LAWRENCE,   b. CA 1830,   d. Bef Jun 1880  (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Married 5 Feb 1852  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • In the 1880 Census, William G. Gibson was living alone, widowed, in Round Valley Twp of Mendocino County, California. There was no apparent family relationship to any of his neighbors. Much of his family was still in Doddridge County.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 24 1880:
      Head of household Enoch S. Gibson, 26, single, farmer; sister Florence Sherwood, 27, widowed; nephew Walter S. Sherwood, 4; dau (sic) Jettie Sherwood, 2; nephew Edwin H. Sherwood, 8 months, b. Sep 1879; sister Mariah L. Gibson, 24, single; brother Edmund Gibson, 22, single, railroad hand; sister Martha A. Gibson, 19, single. [9, 10]
    Children 
    +1. Florence GIBSON,   b. 30 Nov 1852,   d. 11 Nov ____
    +2. Enoch Smith GIBSON,   b. 22 Mar 1854, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1949, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
    +3. Mariah Louella "Lulu" GIBSON,   b. 1855, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1944  (Age 89 years)
     4. Edwin S. GIBSON,   b. 23 Jun 1858, Weston, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1935, San Francisco, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     5. Martha Alice GIBSON,   b. 25 Jun 1860, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1942  (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F35327  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S340] The Gibson and Related Families, Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991), p. 79.

    2. [S2130] 1860 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA.

    3. [S1813] 1910 Census.

    4. [S72] California Voter Registrations, 1866-1898, (Ancestry.com).

    5. [S493] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp).

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S5] Headstone.

    8. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV.

    9. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    10. [S1604] Death record of son.