General Information

Birth
20 AUG 1824
Death
28 NOV 1864
Summers, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Gibson Cemetery, Washington County, Summers, Arkansas

Notes

John was killed by "bush-whacker" near Gibson Ford on the Illinois River northwest of Prairie Grove.

1850 Census of Northwest Arkansas:

Washington Counties - Bobbie Jones McLane and Desmond Walls Allen

Illinois Township

GIBSON, John 26, Virginia 26, Samuel 1 AL/MO

dwg 29, Illinois twp

Parents

George Gibson Sr
- Father
1795 - 1863
Birth
6 JAN 1795
Tipperary, Eire Ireland
Death
27 FEB 1863
Summers, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Gibson Cemetery, Washington County, Summers, Arkansas
Barbara McPhaill
- Mother
1802 - 1858
Birth
17 JUL 1802
North Carolina
Death
30 JUL 1858
Summers, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Gibson Cemetery, Washington County, Summers, Arkansas

Spouse

Virginia Phoebe Carnahan
- Wife
1824 - 1900
Birth
20 MAR 1824
Copper County, Missouri
Married
16 MAR 1848
Cooper County, Missouri
Death
29 NOV 1900
Summers, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Gibson Cemetery, Washington County, Cincinnati, Arkansas

Children

Samuel Hamilton Gibson
- Son
1849 - 1923
Birth
3 JAN 1849
Summers, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
2 JUL 1923
Summers, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Ganderville Cemetery, Washington County, Summers, Arkansas
Matilda Ann Gibson
- Daughter
1850 - 1889
Birth
27 OCT 1850
Summers, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
13 JAN 1889
Summers, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Gibson Cemetery, Washington County, Cincinnati, Arkansas