Charles Harrison Gibson, son of Robert Callender Gibson and Mary (Saxon Gibson), was born in 10 Jan. 1847 at Gibsons Rock, Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA.[1] He appeared on the census of 16 Oct. 1850 in the home of his parents at Carroll, Perry County, Pennsylvania.[2]
He married Mary Jane Beecher, daughter of Johnathan Beecher and Catherine Swigert,[3] on 28 June 1877 in Monroe Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.[1]
He and Mary appeared on the census of 8 June 1880 at Monroe Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.[4]
Charles died on 19 Nov. 1897 at his home in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland and was buried at Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.[1] His memorial has a photo of his headstone and links to those of family members.[5]
Items from Obituary
Daily Mail,
19 Nov 1897,
Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland.
Dr. Gibson was born near Gibson's Rock in Perry County, Pa, in 1846. He is a son of Robert Gibson, of Falling Springs, Pa., who is still living at the age of 86 years, ... is survived by his wife and two children, Vena Zelia, who is attending Irving College, and Roy, at home. He also leaves two brothers, George at Falling Springs, and Frank, ..., and his two half brothers, James and Samuel Huston, of Mechanicsburg. [1]
↑Mary J B Gibson, Mary J B Beecher Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
↑ 4.04.1 Year: 1880; Census Place: Monroe, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1122; Family History Film: 1255122; Page: 123D; Enumeration District: 070; Image: 0047 1880 US Census. C. H. Gibson
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