When George Gibson was born about 1774, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Harrison Gibson, was 34 and his mother, Avis Eve Carey, was 25. He married Jane Curry on 17 April 1792, in Wheeling, Ohio, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 24 November 1814, in Ohio, Virginia, United States, at the age of 41.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
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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