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    1. [COPUEBLO] Eli Gibson
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    3. Looking for information on Eli Gibson and his wife Emma M. Kruggle. Eli William Gibson, born 1852 in Pittsburgh, PA, died April 19, 1913 Chicago, IL. Married Emma M. Kruggel September 21, 1882 in Pueblo, CO. Emma was born 1862 in Germany, died January 5, 1908, Chicago. They had the following children: Reinhold James, born September 6, 1886 in Pueblo, died September 14, 1886, Harvey Kruggel, born June 14, 1889, Pueblo, died October 2, 1917, Massillion, OH, Ida Mae Gracie, born May 21, 1891, Pueblo, died October 4, 1898, Pueblo, Wilhelm (William) Eli, born March 4, 1893, Pueblo, died May 31, 1907, Chicago, Winfield Charles, Born July 8, 1897, Pueblo, died June 12, 1917, Pueblo and Earl Raymond, born February 12, 1901, Pennsylvania. Eli moved to Pueblo in the spring of 1881 where he was a pioneer resident of Bessemer as well as one of its first trustees. He was one of the first bricklayers at the Minnequa steel mill. In 1899, Eli, Emma and Willie moved to Homestead, PA and then relocated to Chicago about 1903. In 1913 Eli was killed when crushed by a steel beam while working at the Illinois Steel Company on the South side of Chicago. He, Emma and all their children, except Harvey and Earl, are buried in the family plot in Mt. View cemetery in Pueblo.

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