Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 
1886. Allen County.

JAMES H. GIBSON was born in Allen County, August 14, 1812.  His father, 
John S. Gibson, was a native of Virginia, born in Culpeper County, in 
1758.  He joined the Continental Army in 1775 and served as a soldier 
until 1781.  He was in after life a farmer; he died in 1834.  He was 
twice married; his first wife belonged to Culpeper County; she died in 
1789, leaving four children; his second marriage was with Elizabeth 
Compton, of Culpeper County; she died in 1842, leaving ten children.  
The father and mother of John S. Gibson ware [sic] natives of Ireland, 
and married in Culpeper County, Va.  James H. Gibson received very 
little education in early life on account of the scarcity of books; his 
father was liberal in his patronage of schools, and young Gibson, by 
constant application, acquired a fair English education by the study of 
what books he could procure.  He remained with his parents until he 
attained his majority, when he went to Missouri and worked in the lead 
mines for a while; then returned home and took care of his parents until 
their death.  He married, in 1849, Mary E. Brite, of Allen County, Ky.  
She died June 5, 1878, and left six children:  James T., John R. 
(deceased), Lecil, Mary, Luna (deceased), and Alonzo.  Mr. Gibson's 
second wife was Dilly (Johnson) Turner; by this marriage there are no 
children.  Mr. Gibson inherited from his father about one hundred acres 
of land, upon which he began the battle of life.  He has, by industry 
and economy, been enabled to give to each of his children a good farm, 
built for them good homes, and given to each one a start in life, 
besides which he owns 300 acres of land in his home farm, which is well 
improved with good buildings and is in a high state of cultivation.  The 
farm has excellent water privileges and is well adapted to grass; the 
orchard of 500 trees produces all kinds of fruit that can be grown in 
the country.  Politically Mr. Gibson is a Democrat, and has held the 
office of commissioner of possession for many years, and has made many 
settlements, always giving satisfaction to the contestants.  He is known 
as a liberal-minded citizen, whose time is taken up with farming 
interests and the culture of the minds of his family and the improvement 
of the country.  He and wife and three children are members of the 
Baptist Church.  As a private citizen he has done much good work in the 
settlement of difficulties between his friends and neighbors.  His motto 
is, "No compromise in law or in official position."

Gibson Compton Brite Johnson Turner
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Culpeper-VA Ireland MO

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