When Abyram or Byram Gibson was born about 1792, in Grainger, Tennessee, United States, his father, Archeleus Gibson, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Jane Sumners, was 28. He married Mary Ballard on 11 December 1809, in Grainger, Tennessee, United States. He registered for military service in 1813. He died in 1885, at the age of 94.
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English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Gibb (a pet form of Gilbert) + son, hence ‘son of Gibb’. The name is very common in Ireland, having arrived in that country in the 17th century. It is also occasionally adopted for Ó Gibealláin, see Giblin .
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