Died about at about age 57
in Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States [uncertain]
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Biography
Thomas was born December 1, 1817. Served in the Civil War 1836 to 1865. Married Eliza Jane Thompson May 25, 1866 in Warren County' Illinois. Eventually settled near Mount Ayr, Iowa ( Ringgold County), in the winter of 1868, Thomas disappeared in the Winter of 1874; thought to have drowned while cutting ice on the Missouri river near St.Joseph, Missouri. Later information suggests he may have left his family and located near Denison, Texas. Thomas may have died in Denison, Texas around 1895. from Gibson family Bible, Edward Thompson
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M857-33F : 4 April 2020), Thomas Gibson in household of George Gibson, Warren county, Warren, Illinois, United States; citing family 904, NARA microfilm publication M432
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DNA Connections
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