Sabe Merritt Gibson

Male2 September 1930–25 July 1999

Brief Life History of Sabe Merritt

When Sabe Merritt Gibson was born on 2 September 1930, in Magnolia, LaRue, Kentucky, United States, his father, Elmer Gibson, was 38 and his mother, Mary Truman Milby, was 34. He lived in LaRue, Kentucky, United States in 1935 and Hart, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 25 July 1999, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Mount Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Mount Sherman, LaRue, Kentucky, United States.

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Sabe Merritt Gibson
1930–1999
Leatrice Helen Veach
1933–2021

Sources (5)

  • S M Gibson in household of Elmer B Gibson, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Sabe M Gibson, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Sabe M Gibson, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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World Events (8)

1931

Age 1

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

1936 · The Last Public Hanging in Kentucky

Age 6

The hanging of Rainey Bethea on August 14,1936, in Owensboro, Kentucky was the last pubic hanging in the state and the United States. Anywhere from 15,000-20,000 people showed up for this event. The media was all over the hanging since the Sheriff of Davies county was a female, even though she did not pull levers. Because of the media coverage and the circus it caused, this was the last hanging.

1949 · NATO is Established

Age 19

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.

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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