Transcribed without making changes to spelling and grammar. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson The Portsmouth Times Dated: January 17, 1880 DEATH OF JESSE G. GIBBS Jesse G. Gibbs, son of the late Dr. G W Gibbs, died at the residence of his mother, on Court street, of pulmonary disease, last Wednesday after- noon, at 2:20 o'clock, after a long and painful illness. The deceased was a gentlemanly and social young man, who had held positions of trust with marked fidelity, competency, and was noted for his accommodating spirit to all his official relations with the public. He was Deputy and for two terms, clerk of the county turnpike board, and was deputy postmaster under Capt. F. C. Gibbs until failing health compelled him to retire from his position, in the regret of his many friends. The funeral services were held at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, and the remains were followed to Green Lawn cemetery by many sorrowing friends. The deceased was in his twenty- eighth year.