Reuben Gibbons

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• Ethnicity: American
• Race: White
• Name: Reuben/Jr. Gibbons
• Reference Number: 12623
• _EMPLOY: Employer: Wage Earner
• Residence: 1910, Wetmore, Nemaha, Kansas, USA; 32 Age: 32; Farming Occupation: Farming; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0131; Industry: House; NativeLanguageCode: English; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Son RelationToHead: Son

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• Ethnicity: American
• Race: White
• Reference Number: 5722
• _EMPLOY: Employer: Own Account
• Residence: 1850, Briar Creek, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1870, Dixon, Dixon, Lee, Illinois, USA; 22 Age: 22; MaleCitizenOverTwentyone: Yes; At Home Occupation: At Home
• Residence: 1910, Wetmore, Nemaha, Kansas, USA; 63 Age: 63; Farming Occupation: Farming; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0131; HomeMortgaged: Mortgaged; HomeOwnership: Own; Industry: General; LiveOnFarm: Farm; NativeLanguageCode: English; YearsMarried: 36; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head

Reuben married Margaret Gibbons. Margaret was born in 1855 in Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Ethnicity: American
• Race: White
• Reference Number: 12621
• Residence: 1910, Wetmore, Nemaha, Kansas, USA; 55 Age: 55; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0131; NativeLanguageCode: English; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 10; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 9; YearsMarried: 36; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Reference Number: 5812
• Residence: 1850, Briar Creek, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1870, Dixon, Dixon, Lee, Illinois, USA; 48 Age: 48; MaleCitizenOverTwentyone: Yes; PersonalEstateValue: 1000; Farmer Occupation: Farmer

Charles married Sarah Unknown. Sarah was born about 1822. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Race: White
• Reference Number: 5814
• Residence: 1850, Briar Creek, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1870, Dixon, Dixon, Lee, Illinois, USA; 45 Age: 45; Keeping House Occupation: Keeping House

Notes:

Birth:
based on spouse's birth date

Other Events:

• Name: Charles Gbons
• Name: Charles Gibbons
• Reference Number: 6267
• _MILT: Between 13 and 24 Nov 1814, Pennsylvania, USA
• Birth: 1781, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 1810, Brunswig, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA; Same person??
• Residence: 1830, Sugarloaf, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1850, Sugarloaf, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Death: 1857, Benton Twp, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

BIRTH: 30 Apr 1780 from age given on Hamline Cemetery Records. 1850 census gives New Jersey as birthplace.

PARENTS: Unknown. We need a person living in New Jersey. Some online trees show a John Gibbons for a parent. However they also show him born and dying in England. In 1800 we do have a John Gibbons in Turbot, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, which is about 45 miles from Sugarloaf. He could be a possible father to Charles. I could not find John Gibbons in the will index for Northumberland, Pennsylvania.

LIVED IN: Pennsylvania by 1808 (1808 birth for son Thomas lists Pennsylvania on census records.) In Sugarloaf by 1821 (Pennsylvania Septennial Records)

MILITARY: )
MARRIAGE: 23 Feb 1806 per wife Sarah Gibbons on Land Grant application in 1858. Wife Sarah (Maiden name unknown). Marriage place unknown.

DEATH: 22 Mar 1857 from Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records (Hamline Cemetery Records). In his wife's application for a Land Warrant related to his War of 1812 service it was stated that he died at the household of his son Charles in Benton, Columbia, Pennsylvania on 22 Mar 1857.

BURIAL: Hamline Cemetery in Benton, Columbia, Pennsylvania. Sons Isaac, Thomas and Reuben along with Charles' wife are also in Hamline.

PROBATE: There is no entry for Charles Gibbons in the Index of the Columbia County, Pennsylvania Wills and administration records 1850-1869 Vol 3. No apparent will. A Probate case opened 14 Aug 1877 for Sarah Gibbons (18 years after her death) . Samuel Gibbons, (I assume her son) as administrator swears and affirms that she died on 8 Aug 1859. I am guessing that this is related to her son Thomas's probate in 1876. I am suspecting that the status of the160 acres she received in a land grant warrant (due to deceased husband's War of 1812 Service) in 1859 had to be cleared up in order to close Thomas's probate case. The Land Warrant (for land in Larned, Kansas) was sold and assigned to Lizzie Boyd on 10 Feb 1880. Letters of administration were filed 14 Aug 1877 Vol 4 Page 499. (Year of record 1877 File No. 44). No apparent will for her or Charles.

DEEDS: There is no record of Charles Gibbons as Grantee of Grantor in Columbia County and Northumberland County Real Property Records.

CENUS RECORDS:
1810: Brunswig, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States 1M under 10 1F under 10 1M 26-44 1F 26-44 Consistent with 1 son Thomas and 1 dau Mary. (Cannot be sure is the same person, though.)
1820: Unable to locate in 1820
1830: Sugarloaf 5-10 2M 1F, 10-15 1M, 15-20 1M 2F, 20-30 1M, 40-50 1M 1F (Total 6M 3F)
1840: Sugarloaf 15-20 1M 1F, 20-30 1M, 50-60 1M 1F
1850: Sugarloaf wfe Sarah and children Isaac, Amelia. Children Thomas and Reuben are heads of nearby households.

CHILDREN:
Thomas 1808 (same page in 1850 census)
Mary 1809 (married Iasiah Cole, Sarah moved in with them when Charles died)
Reuben 1813 (same page in 1850 census)
Samuel 1818 (lives next to Charles Jr 1860, also administrator Sarah's estate)
Sarah 1819 (in household 1850 census)
Charles 1822 (different page in Sugarloaf in 1850 census, next to Samuel 1860, Sr died at Jr's house in 1857)
Isaac 1825 (in household 1850 census)

Possible additional children-not proven:
Hannah 1815
Amelia 1841 (in household 1850, probable dau of Sarah)


Birth:
Based on age at death

Death:
Age: 76

Buried:
Age: 76

Charles married Sarah Davis on 23 Feb 1806. Sarah (daughter of Reuben Davis and Helen Fitzsimmons) was born on 15 Jun 1781 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 8 Aug 1859 in Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Benton, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Sarah Gibbons
• Name: Sarah Unknown
• Name: Sarah Unknown
• Reference Number: 5958
• Residence: 1850, Sugarloaf, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1858, Salem, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

BIRTH: 15 Jun 1781 per age on gravestone in Hamline Cemetery. 1850 Census gives born Pennsylvania.

MAIDEN NAME: In a letter written in 1939, Sarah's great granddaughter Mrs. James (Della) W. Good states that her great grandma's maiden name is Davis. Her son Isaac's death certificate lists parents as Charles Gibbons and Catherine Davis.

MARRIAGE: On the land grant application she gave a marriage date of 23 Feb 1806. No location was given.

RESIDENCE: Sugarloaf until husband died, then moved into home of Isaiah Cole in Salem Township, Luzerne County per land grant application. Isaiah Cole b. 1800 is husband of Mary Gibbons b. 1809. It would seem probable that Mary is a previously unknown daughter of Sarah.

DEATH: 8 Aug 1859 from gravestone.

PROBATE: Probate case opened 14 Aug 1877. Samuel Gibbons, (I assume her son) as administrator swears and affirms that she died on 8 Aug 1859. I am guessing that this is related to her son Thomas's probate in 1876. I am suspecting that the status of the160 acres she received in a land grant warrant (due to deceased husband's War of 1812 Service) in 1859 had to be cleared up in order to close Thomas's probate case. The Land Warrant (for land in Larned, Kansas) was sold and assigned to Lizzie Boyd on10 Feb 1880. Letters of administration were filed 14 Aug 1877 Vol 4 Page 499. (Year of record 1877 File No. 44). No apparent will for her or Charles.

I was researching Charles Gibbons online and found 20 documents relating to his widow’s application for a Bounty Land Warrant in regards to his war of 1812 service. These documents can be viewed at https://www.fold3.com/image/1/313139604 This database is free, but you need to register.

Also the probate index page at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9SM-75BW?i=840&wc=9PMK-JWG%3A268497701%2C268527501&cc=1999196 (also a free site, need to register) shows wills on file for Thomas and Isaac (sons of Charles). Although nothing listed for Charles himself. The wills themselves can be looked up on the familysearch.org site by going to the appropriate volume and page number.