William E. Gibbins

Birth Date

1843-10-12

Death Date

1901-01-03

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Casey County, Kentucky, student and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of George B. Gibbins and Rhoda Gibbins. Attended school in Casey County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attended school in Casey County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private, corporal, and sergeant from December 30, 1861 to January 12, 1865. Wounded at the Battle of Huff's Ferry, Roane County, Tennessee, on November 14, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 1, p. 335A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 5, p. 404.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0264.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 861.
"Mr. Wm. E. Gibbins Dies at the Age of Fifty-Eight," The Journal and Tribune (Knoxville, TN), January 6, 1901, p. 5.
"Sgt William Emory Gibbins (1843-1901)," Find A Grave, Memorial 105784355, accessed January 12, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105784355.

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