When Moses Washington Gibson was born on 21 January 1840, in Monroe, Mississippi, United States, his father, George Washington Gibson, was 39 and his mother, Mary Ann Sparks, was 37. He married Electa Ann Badger on 30 January 1871, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1906. He died on 14 February 1912, in Saint Thomas, Clark, Nevada, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Logandale Cemetery, Logandale, Clark, Nevada, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Nevada is the 36th state.
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
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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