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Y-Line 25: Ancestors of George McCague Gibbs from Giles Gibbs
From Information Submitted By: Dee Bardes for George McCague Gibbs
This page was updated on: 6/12/2012

Giles Gibbs1 /Katherine Carwytham Samuel 2 /Hepzibah Dibble or Debble> Samuel Jr 3 /Mary Winchell> Samuel 4 /Rebekah Geary
 
5.  Stephen Gibbs 5, b. 1727.  Surveyor of Ways, 1758 and 1761, Windsor, CT;. married Charity Reed. Both baptized at Windsor, Conn Church, 1765.
 
6.  Samuel Gibbs 6, b. 1760 (?), d. 1830.  Pensioned fifer, Rev. War soldier. Married1st in New York City, to Nancy Harsen, of Holland Dutch descent.
 
7.  David Gibbs 7, b. 14 Jun 1788, Windsor CT, d. 16 Mar 1840, inflammation,  ___________ (prob Norwalk OH). He removed in 1789 to Norwalk, CT.
In 1816 removed as a pioneer to Firelands, Norwalk, OH.
Served as: 1st Lt., 37th Infantry, US Army, Fort Griswold, New London, CT; Clerk of Courts, Norwalk.
Founder of St. Paul’s Epis Church, Norwalk, OH, 1820.
Married Elizabeth Lockwood, Daughter of Stephen Lockwood and Sarah _____.
 
8.  Ralph Marvin Gibbs 8, b. 1 Jul 1824, Norwalk, OH, d. cholera 16 Aug 1854, Milan, OH. Married 22 Apr 1846 to Mary Higgins, b. 17 May 1826,  Bath, NY, d. 18 Jul 1907, Norwalk, OH.  Daughter of James Gilbert Higgins and Charlotte Townsend.
 
9. James Gilbert Gibbs 9, b. 7 Aug 1852, Norwalk, OH, d. 12 Feb. 1921, Norwalk, Huron, OH.  [Editor of The Firelands Pioneer, with picture and long obit, The Firelands Pioneer Vol 22, pages c212-217 http://books.google.com/books?id=i9cyAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA215&ots=hO5tzrpA-e&dq=esther%20powers%20gibbs%20norwalk&pg=PA216#v=onepage&q=esther%20powers%20gibbs%20norwalk&f=false]
Married 30 Jun 1880 to Caroline Lovewell Wickham, b. 21 Aug 1852, d.  _?_,  Daughter of [Judge] Frederick Wickham and Lucy Preston, of Norwalk, OH.
James and Caroline had two children (:  Esther Preston Gibbs, b. 13 Dec 1881, Norwalk, OH, d.  _?_, m. Donald Husted Powers, 26 Jun 1907, Norwalk, OH [Woodlawn Cem, Norwalk?], -- she was the eldest and was the family genealogist/DAR #58043/editor who preserved and compiled this data (p.8, from which this transcription is taken. [Wellesley College Mag Vol. 16, 1907, also shows this marriage.]
 
10. Ralph Wickham Gibbs10, b. 9 Mar 1888, Norwalk, Huron, OH, d. 19 Apr 1985, Cincinnati ; buried in Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA.
Married 28 Nov 1921 to Anna Dake McCague, b. 31 Mar 1890, probably in Pittsburgh, PA, d. 26 Mar 1976 near Sewickley, PA, buried Allegheny Cem., Pittsburgh, PA. Daughter of George Emmet McCague and Georgia Smith (They married 28 Nov 1921 per Esther Gibbs Powers mss, p8.)
Death dates sourced from: http://webcemeteries.com/allegheny/webcem/name_results.asp
BURIAL: RALPH W GIBBS Born : Unknown; Died: 4/19/1985 Section: 28 Lot: 156 / 156 / 167 / 168 - PRIVATE MAUSOLEUM Grave: 6 Section Map
ANNA MCCAGUE GIBBS Born : Unknown Died: 3/26/1976 Section: 28 Lot: 156 / 156 / 167 / 168 - PRIVATE MAUSOLEUM Grave: 5

11. George McCague Gibbs11, a Participant in The Gibbs Surname DNA Project, is the son of Ralph Wickham Gibbs and Anna Dake McCague.


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