Family Tree
Three generations around Harvey Samuel
Vital Events
Dates and Places
- Born21 SEP 1878 · Summers, Washington County, Arkansas
- Died15 MAY 1963 · Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
- BuriedGanderville Cemetery, Washington County, Summers, Arkansas
- SexMale
Notes
Research Notes
Annie and Harvey Samuel Gibson were 2nd cousins.
Harvey Samuel Gibson
Born: September 21, 1878 - Summers, Arkansas
Died: May 15, 1963 - Fayetteville, Arkansas
Burial: Ganderville Cemetery - Summers, Arkansas
Marriage
Harvey Samuel Gibson married Anna Mabel "Annie" Gibson on October 7, 1914. Annie was born February 26, 1890, and died May 8, 1974. She was the daughter of John "Bud" Gibson (November 9, 1861-June 30, 1896) and Hettie Gertrude Alexander Gibson (June 13, 1870-August 30, 1942).
Family
Harvey and Annie had one child:
James Eugene Gibson
Born: February 2, 1919 - Summers, Arkansas
Married: (1) Frances Lucille Waite on February 12, 1942
Married: (2) Mary Ellen Willis on August 14, 1975
Married: (3) Virginia Madline Galbreath
Buried: August 15, 1975-Ganderville Cemetery
James Eugene Gibson was the author of the family history published in History of Washington County, Arkansas (1989).
Grandchildren:
Through James Eugene Gibson and Frances Lucille Waite:
James Patrick Gibson
Born: October 29, 1943-Midwest City, Oklahoma
Married: Elouise Cumbie
Married: Shelia
Son: Clendon Samuel Gibson (born October 25, 1972)
Margaret Ann Gibson
Born: May 15, 1945-Fayetteville, Arkansas
Died: March 17, 1993
Married: Michael Allen Beckman
Daughter: Julie Catherine Beckman (Born July 12, 1970
Barbara Lea Gibson
Born August 11, 1947-Battle Creek, Michigan
Died: September 11, 2012-Port Townsend, Washington
Married George Otto Gierow
Son: Douglas Eugene Gierow
Michael Kevin Gibson
Born October 5, 1951
Married Connie Yvonne Whillock
Son: Evan Benjamin Gibson
Occupation and Life
James Eugene Gibson described his father as:
"a dyed-in-the-wool farmer."
Harvey preferred farming over any other occupation and spent his life on the family farm near Summers. During his younger years he and his brother John Gibson farmed their father's land and also rented adjoining acreage from Henry Funkhouser.
The farm remained in the family for decades and was still occupied by James Gibson when he wrote the family history in 1986.
Harvey belonged to the generation that witnessed enormous changes in rural Washington County. During his lifetime he saw:
Horse-powered farming give way to tractors.
The arrival of automobiles.
Rural electrification.
Improved highways.
Modern agricultural machinery.
He spent virtually his entire life in the Summers-Cincinnati community, serving primarily as a farmer and family patriarch.