Brief Life History of James Wiley
When James Wiley Gibbons was born on 30 September 1857, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Edmond Edd M Gibbons, was 37 and his mother, Evaline Dillon, was 35. He married Sarah Virginia Chatwell on 16 January 1881, in Overton, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Overton, Tennessee, United States in 1860 and Civil District 2, Overton, Tennessee, United States in 1920. He died on 23 August 1942, in Algood, Putnam, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Livingston, Overton, Tennessee, United States.
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- Wily J Gibbons in household of Edward Gibbons, "United States Census, 1860"
- Wiley James Gibbons, "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955"
- W J Gibbons in entry for Susan Virginia Gibbons, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): variant of Gibbon , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish (Mayo): in Ireland, the name is frequent and has been Gaelicized as Mac Giobúin. It is also found as a variant of Fitzgibbon .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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