Brief Life History of William Wheeler
When William Wheeler Gibson was born on 1 December 1877, in Perryville, Boyle, Kentucky, United States, his father, Jeremiah Gibson, was 30 and his mother, Almeda M White, was 26. He married Hettie Frances Lester on 12 February 1902, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. He lived in Cornishville, Mercer, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Magisterial District 6, Mercer, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 1 March 1957, in Garrard, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Bruners Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Harrodstown, Kentucky, Virginia, United States.
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- William W Gibson, "United States Census, 1940"
- Will W. Gibson, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- William Wheeler Gibson, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1892 · The Radio is invented
Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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