Brief Life History of John Lewis
When John Lewis Gibson was born on 6 October 1838, in Anderson, South Carolina, United States, his father, Walter Murray Gibson, was 16 and his mother, Rachel Margaret Lewis, was 20. He lived in Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States in 1850. He died on 10 August 1877, in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, United States.
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Sources (7)
- John Gibson in household of Jesse Lewis, "United States Census, 1850"
- John Lewis Gibson, "BillionGraves Index"
- John Lewis Gibson, "Utah, Early Mormon Missionary Database"
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World Events (5)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860
In 1860, South Carolina quit the United States because its citizens were in favor of slavery and President Lincoln was not. The Civil War started a year later.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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