"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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JOHN GIBBS was born in Wayne County, Ky., April 2, 1823, and is a son of
James and Mary Gibbs, both natives of Kentucky. The grandfather of our
subject, John Gibbs, was a native of Ireland, who emigrated to America,
where he married, lived and died, the parent of six children. James Gibbs
was born in Wayne County, Ky., July 16, 1800, where he married Mary Helton,
and in 1830 moved to Morgan County, Ind., where both closed their lives, the
parents of thirteen children. John Gibbs moved with his parents to this
State in 1830, and January 27, 1848, married Miss Sarah, daughter of Ralph
and Rosina Cartwright, and born in Washington County, Ind., April 27, 1825,
a union which was followed by ten children--James E., Joseph D., John F.,
Florence A., Alice C., Mary E., Martha J. (deceased), Kizzie B., Sarah A.
and Andrew. Mr. Gibbs is a highly respected citizen.
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