John Wiley Gibbons and Eliza Jane Driscoll

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Husband John Wiley GIBBONS ¹

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         Born: Abt 1835
         Died: Bef 1866
       Buried: 

     Marriage: Abt 1859 - Texas?

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Events in his life were:

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• Residence, Cleburne, Johnson Co, Texas, Jun 1860

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Wife Eliza Jane DRISCOLL ^{1 2}

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         Born: 11 Sep 1840 - Illinois 2 3
         Died: 18 Apr 1909 - Wortham, Freestone Co, Texas 3
       Buried: Apr 1909 - Wortham Cemetery, Freestone Co, Texas

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       Father: John DRISCOLL (Abt 1810-Abt 1880) 2
       Mother: Catherine SALTSMAN (Abt 1815-      ) 2

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 Other Spouse: Samuel Wiley STERLING (1825-1886) 2 - Abt 1864 - Warren Co, Missouri

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Events in her life were:

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• Occupation, Boarding house, 100 Palestine Rd., 1887

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Children

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1 F Sarah Catherine GIBBONS ^{1 4}

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          AKA: Katie
         Born: 1864 - Missouri 4
         Died: Apr 1896 - Bexar Co, Texas
       Buried: Apr 1896 - Medina River, Bexar Co, Texas

       Spouse: Benjamin Franklin IVY (1842-1916) 1 4 5
         Marr: 21 Sep 1879 - Fairfield, Freestone Co, Texas

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2 F Lydia Jane GIBBONS ^{6 7}

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         Born: 17 Jun 1860 - Grapevine, Tarrant Co, Texas 6 7
         Died: 11 Aug 1957 - Chula Vista, San Diego Co, California 6
       Buried: Aug 1957 - Chula Vista, San Diego Co, California

       Spouse: Charles Joseph STERLING (1857-1933) 2 7
         Marr: 1 Jan 1878 - Fairfield, Freestone Co, Texas 2

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3 M John Wiley GIBBONS Jr. ^{8 9}

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         Born: 28 Dec 1861 - Osage Co, Missouri 8 9
         Died: 1 Jan 1951 - Wortham, Freestone Co, Texas
       Buried: Jan 1951 - Wortham Cemetery, Freestone Co, Texas

       Spouse: Martha Etta DAY (Abt 1866-      ) 10
         Marr: 1886 - Freestone Co, Texas 10

       Spouse: Harriet DAVENPORT (1871-1933) 9
         Marr: 24 Sep 1899 - Limestone Co, Texas

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General Notes (Husband)

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In June, 1860 John and Eliza purchased a Seth Thomas clock in Cleburne, Johnson Co, Texas.

There is an Alexander Givens on the 1840 Pulaski Co, MO Census, pg 231, with several children this age.

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General Notes (Wife)

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See biography in History of Freestone County, Texas Vol. 2.

1880 Census shows a John Gibbon living in Limestone County. Listed with the children is Sarah Gibbon who is the daughter of Liza Jane. John's wife is listed as Julia and there are seven other children ranging from ages 18 to 1 years of age. I believe it is safe to assume that Liza and John were divorced sometimes between 1864 and 1866. Of Liza's three children with John the oldest two were born in Texas, the youngest was born in Missouri in about 1864. ****1850 census of Dist 72, in Pulaski County, Missouri lists Eliza J. Driskell in the family of John Driskell and Catherine Saltsman Driskell. Image #59 of 95 Respository. John Driskell was on the tax assessment lists for Tarrent County, Texas, from 1860 through 1863. The Saltsman were on the 1870 census records for Pulaski County, MO.
There were no Sterlings or Gibbons on the census for Pulaski County, MO. for 1860 or 1870. [from Ida]

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Medical Notes (Wife)

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blind for a few years before death

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1 McFarland, Evelyn Langley.

2 Londo, Ida.

3 Cemetery, Wortham, Freestone Co, TX.

4 1880 Freestone Co, Texas Census (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp), 465d.

5 1900 Bexar Co, TX Census (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/), ED 118 S 10.

6 California State Death Records (http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi).

7 1900 Limestone Co, Texas Census (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/), ED 59 S 23.

8 1880 Freestone Co, Texas Census (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp).

9 1900 Limestone Co, Texas Census (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/), ED 59 S 24.

10 Obituary, John Wiley Gibbons Jr.