BIOGRAPHY

THOMAS GIBSON - OF OAKFIELD, NY

Thomas Gibson, of Ireland, the father of Thomas Gibson, Jr., John, Nancy, Eliza, Jane, and Mary, died at the age of 75 years. Thomas Gibson, Jr., lived and died in Ireland. He married Mary, daughter of Simon Swayles, and his children were Mary A., Eliza and Jane, twins, Rachel, and John. John Gibson was born in County Down, Ireland, came to America in 1850, and to Oakfield in 1866, settling on a farm. He married Harriet, daughter of Robert and Harriet (Ringland) Newell, of Ireland.

FROM: Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890