John Henry Gibbs

Brief Life History of John Henry

When John Henry Gibbs was born on 28 July 1853, in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, George Duggan Gibbs, was 33 and his mother, Ellen Griffiths Phillips, was 40. He married Louisa Shelton Obray on 2 November 1874, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Paradise, Cache, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 10 August 1884, in Lewis, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Paradise Cemetery, Paradise, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Henry Gibbs
1853–1884
Louisa Shelton Obray
1855–1927
Marriage: 2 November 1874
Martha Ellen Gibbs
1875–1937
John Henry Gibbs
1877–1949
Louisa Boston Gibbs
1879–1938

Sources (28)

  • John H Gibbs in household of George Gibbs, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • John H Gibbs, "Find A Grave Index"
  • John H Zibbs, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1856

Historical Boundaries: 1856: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States

1860

Historical Boundaries: 1860: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States

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.

Name Meaning

English: from the common medieval personal name Gibb (see Gibb ), a pet form of Gilbert , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Story Highlight

An Account of the Gibbs and Berry Massacre or the Tennessee Mormon Massacre

By Harold M. Thompson The Eldest Son of Merwin Thompson Who was the eldest son of Henry Bronson Thompson All of my life I have had an unsatisfied quest for information about the Gibbs and Berry Mas …

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