Connie, Thank you for the research that you did on this. There may be no connection between my Gibson family and Henry Gibson but it is always worth checking it out. Mary On Sep 26, 2012, at 8:02 PM, Connie Shotts, CG wrote: > Hi Mary, > I checked the census records on ancestry.com and did not find a > Henry or an > Ivy Gibson listed in Washington County, or an adjoining county in > the 1900, > 1910 or 1920 census. I checked for an Ivy Gibson in general > records, and > did not find any males who would have been born about 1898. It may > be that > the newspaper got the name wrong, or it could be a nickname that > was not > reported for the census, and it appears that the family was not > living in > Washington County at the time of the census taking, or they were > missed by > the census taker. That certainly makes it more difficult to > determine it > there could be any connection to the Gibson family you cite. Maybe > someone > else will know more information. > Connie > > -----Original Message----- > From: in-south-central-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:in-south-central-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary F > Kelley > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 2:47 PM > To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Washington County: Ivy Gibson, Son > of Henry > Gibson of Campbellsburg, Injured by Falling Chimney in Burning > Building > > I would like to learn more about the family of the Henry Gibson > listed in > this newspaper article. I am wondering if he was related to Isaac > Gibson > (1814-1904) who lived in Washington Co, IN near Martinsburg circa > 1833, then > in the Short Settlement for a couple of years and finally at the Judge > Harrison Farm near Salem for several years. From there he and his > family > moved back to Clark Co, IN and eventually to Iowa and finally to > Nebraska. > Isaac Gibson was the son of Burwell Gibson and Kiziah Jackson > Gibson and > brother of William, Julia, Harriette, James, Kiziah, Elizabeth, > Joseph and > perhaps others. > > Thanks for any assistance. > > Mary F Kelley > Researching the Harlow, Booker, Gibson and Walker Families of IN, > IA and NE > > > On Sep 24, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Connie Shotts, CG wrote: > > >> Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 23, 1911, p. >> 1. >> >> FIRE AT CAMPBELLSBURG CAUSES LOSS OF $50,000. >> Fire of unknown origin, which started in the store of K. M. Hons at >> Campbellsburg, twelve miles north of Salem, raged for several hours >> Sunday morning and endangered the entire town. It destroyed sixteen >> business houses covering an area of two blocks square and caused a >> loss of more than $50,000, on which there is $40,000 insurance. While >> standing near one of the burning buildings Ivy Gibson, 12 years old, >> son of Henry Gibson was severely crushed about the arms and limbs, >> the >> result of a falling chimney. >> >> >> Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) >> CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for >> Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board >> certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board >> name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office. >> >> >> The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians >> who have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as >> defined by the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties >> of: >> Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, >> Lawrence, >> Monroe, Orange, Scott and Washington. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IN-SOUTH- >> CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and > historians who > have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as > defined by the > Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: > Bartholomew, Brown, > Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, > Scott and > Washington. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and > historians who have an interest in the south central district of > Indiana, as defined by the Indiana Genealogial Society, including > the counties of: Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, > Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, Scott and Washington. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IN-SOUTH- > CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Mary, You're welcome. I hope someone comes up with some help for you. Connie -----Original Message----- From: in-south-central-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:in-south-central-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary F Kelley Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 9:10 AM To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Washington County: Ivy Gibson, Son of Henry Gibson of Campbellsburg, Injured by Falling Chimney in Burning Building Connie, Thank you for the research that you did on this. There may be no connection between my Gibson family and Henry Gibson but it is always worth checking it out. Mary On Sep 26, 2012, at 8:02 PM, Connie Shotts, CG wrote: > Hi Mary, > I checked the census records on ancestry.com and did not find a Henry > or an Ivy Gibson listed in Washington County, or an adjoining county > in the 1900, > 1910 or 1920 census. I checked for an Ivy Gibson in general records, > and did not find any males who would have been born about 1898. It > may be that the newspaper got the name wrong, or it could be a > nickname that was not reported for the census, and it appears that the > family was not living in Washington County at the time of the census > taking, or they were missed by the census taker. That certainly makes > it more difficult to determine it there could be any connection to the > Gibson family you cite. Maybe someone else will know more > information. > Connie > > -----Original Message----- > From: in-south-central-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:in-south-central-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary F > Kelley > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 2:47 PM > To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Washington County: Ivy Gibson, Son of > Henry Gibson of Campbellsburg, Injured by Falling Chimney in Burning > Building > > I would like to learn more about the family of the Henry Gibson listed > in this newspaper article. I am wondering if he was related to Isaac > Gibson > (1814-1904) who lived in Washington Co, IN near Martinsburg circa > 1833, then in the Short Settlement for a couple of years and finally > at the Judge Harrison Farm near Salem for several years. From there > he and his family moved back to Clark Co, IN and eventually to Iowa > and finally to Nebraska. > Isaac Gibson was the son of Burwell Gibson and Kiziah Jackson Gibson > and brother of William, Julia, Harriette, James, Kiziah, Elizabeth, > Joseph and perhaps others. > > Thanks for any assistance. > > Mary F Kelley > Researching the Harlow, Booker, Gibson and Walker Families of IN, IA > and NE > > > On Sep 24, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Connie Shotts, CG wrote: > > >> Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 23, 1911, p. >> 1. >> >> FIRE AT CAMPBELLSBURG CAUSES LOSS OF $50,000. >> Fire of unknown origin, which started in the store of K. M. Hons at >> Campbellsburg, twelve miles north of Salem, raged for several hours >> Sunday morning and endangered the entire town. It destroyed sixteen >> business houses covering an area of two blocks square and caused a >> loss of more than $50,000, on which there is $40,000 insurance. While >> standing near one of the burning buildings Ivy Gibson, 12 years old, >> son of Henry Gibson was severely crushed about the arms and limbs, >> the result of a falling chimney. >> >> >> Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) >> CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for >> Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board >> certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board >> name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office. >> >> >> The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians >> who have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as >> defined by the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties >> of: >> Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, >> Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, Scott and Washington. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IN-SOUTH- >> CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians > who have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as > defined by the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: > Bartholomew, Brown, > Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, > Scott and Washington. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians > who have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as > defined by the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: > Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, > Monroe, Orange, Scott and Washington. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IN-SOUTH- > CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians who have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as defined by the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, Scott and Washington. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message