Died
at age 64
in Manassa, Conejos, Colorado, United States
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Biography
Spotswood Nicholas Gibson was born on July 1, 1830 in Charlottesville, Virginia to Nicholas Francis and Elizabeth (Bowen) Gibson. He married Charlotte Oiler on June 5, 1853 in Bath, Virginia. They were the parents of Sarah Elizabeth (1854–1921), Cornelia Ann (1855-1910), Marion Nicholas (born in 1857), Andrew Jackson (1858–1941), Emma Hammond (1861–1915), Amanda Jane (1866–1932), Charles Henry (1868-1956), William Gordon (1870-1941), and Robert Lee (1872-1945). He served as a private in Company C of the 27th Regiment, Virginia Infantry, as a Confederate. He was a wheelwright and wagon maker. He died on October 17, 1894 in Manassa, Colorado, at the age of 64, and was buried in Old Manassa Cemetery, in Manassa, Colorado.
Fact: Residence (1850) Bath, Virginia, United States
Fact: Residence (1860) Allegheny, Virginia, United States
Fact: Residence (1870) Cedar Creek, Bath, Virginia, United States
Fact: Military Service (1864) Private, Company C, 27th Regiment, Virginia Infantry, Confederate States of America
Fact: Military Service (September 25, 1864) Captured Sep. 25 1864.
Fact: Occupation (1880) Wheelwright
Fact: Residence (1880) Cedar Creek, Bath, Virginia, United States
Fact: Residence (1885) Conejos, Colorado, United States
Fact: Burial (1894) Old Manassa Cemetery, Manassa, Conejos, Colorado, United States
Research Notes
His birthdate, as given on Find a Grave, was apparently calculated from his age at death: 64 years, 3 months, 16 days.
Fact: Residence (1850) Bath county, Bath, Virginia, United States
Fact: Residence (1850) Bath, Virginia, United States
Fact: Military Service (10 May 1861) Enlisted in 27th Regiment virginia Infantry Company C for one year, captured Sep. 25 1864. Virginia, United States
Fact: Military Service (1864) Virginia
Fact: Undefined (13 JUN 1871) Bath County, VA
Fact: Occupation (1880) Wheel Wright Cedar Creek Magisterial District, Bath, Virginia, United States
Fact: Residence (1880) Cedar Creek, Bath, Virginia, United States
Fact: Residence (1885) , Conejos, Colorado, United States
Fact: Burial (October 1894) Old Manassa Cemetery, Conejos, Colorado Territory, United States
Fact: Residence Manassah, Colorado
Fact: Residence Virginia, United States
Fact: Residence Dunlap's Creek, Virginia, United States
Name: Spotswood Nicholas Gibson.
Given Name: Spotswood Nicholas.
Surname: Gibson.
A Given name was found in addition to a first name in the NAME tag.
Military Service
10 MAY 1861.
Virginia, United States.
1864
Virginia
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Civil War record for Spotswood
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Occupation: Wheel Wright.
1880
Cedar Creek Magisterial District, Bath, Virginia, United States.
Note: Reason:
As shown on the "United States Census, 1880 Virginia, Bath, Cedar Creek". household 151<p><p>Standardized date<p>.
Residence
1880
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1885
Note: Reason:
Marriage certificate
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1850
1850
Buried
OCT 1894.
Old Manassa Cemetery, Conejos, Colorado Territory, United States.
Note: Reason:
there are 2 cemeteries for Manassa the old Cemetery and a new cemetery he is buried in the old Cemetery
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Undefined
13 JUN 1871.
Bath County, VA.
Note: bp. 17NOV1883.
Endownment date after sealing to spouse date.
!Source: Personal Records of Fannie Flossie Gibson. Personal records of Willard Gibson in Portland Oregon through correspondence Index card to Logan temple records no. 8390 Book a page 234.
According to the 1880 US Census, Spotswood was not able to read or write.
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1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88P-5WB : 23 December 2020), Spottswood Gibson in household of Nicholes Gibson, Bath, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCPV-SD8 : 15 January 2022), Shotmon Gibson, Cedar Creek District, Bath, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 26, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
1885 Census: "Colorado State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8WX-7X6 : 4 March 2021), S N Gibson, 1885; citing NARA microfilm publication M158 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 498,505.
Marriage: "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2BJ-N9K : 4 August 2017), Spottswood N Gibson and Charlotte O Gibson, 1889.
Military Service: "Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3W7-RDF : 5 December 2014), Spottswood N Gibson, 1864; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Twenty-seventh Infantry (Sixth Infantry), NARA microfilm publication M324 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1961), roll 729.
Source: S500016 Halle Anne Leitze Leitze
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