Gibson family

Silas Gibson

Gibsonmoderate

Vital Information

Field Value
Born 1797
Died 1861
Father John David Gibson (1755-~1825)
Mother Unknown (possibly Mary Elizabeth Locke; Speculative, WikiTree disputed)
Wife Elizabeth Lane Gibson (1798-1881)
Census Simpson County, KY (1820-1830); Jackson County, MO (1840-1860)

Biography

Silas Gibson was the son of John David Gibson of Laurens County, South Carolina and Simpson County, Kentucky. He appears in Simpson County, Kentucky census records from 1820 to 1830 alongside known siblings including Hugh Jacob Gibson (1781), John G. Gipson Sr. (1785), Jacob (1802), Joseph (1803), and John F. (1804). He and his wife Elizabeth Lane Gibson migrated to Jackson County, Missouri, where the family is enumerated from 1840 through 1860. His daughter Minerva Gibson married George Albert Vaughan in 1836, anchoring the Gibson line in the Vaughan family of Jackson County. Silas died in 1861 and no Find a Grave memorial has been located.

Document Sources

Document Type Status
Find a Grave #159635575 (Minerva Gibson) Cemetery/memorial database Consulted
Find a Grave #48443658 (John David Gibson) Cemetery/memorial database Consulted
U.S. Census 1820-1830, Simpson County, KY Federal census Consulted (via WikiTree)
U.S. Census 1840-1860, Jackson County, MO Federal census Consulted (via WikiTree)
Simpson County KY marriage records County records Not yet searched