Edward R. Gibson

Birth Date

1828-07-22

Death Date

1879-08-25

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Clay County, Kentucky, postmaster, merchant, and farmer. Native of Ireland. Married to Lucinda Toulmin Garrard Gibson in Clay County on January 11, 1855. Father of Sally A. Gibson and Lydia R. Gibson. Postmaster for Manchester in Clay County from October 5, 1856, to July 9, 1857. Merchant in Clay County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Clay County in 1860. Farmer in Clay County in 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 158.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 351A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Precinct 1, p. 171A.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Clay County, KY, June 1863, p. 138.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994031, Clay County Marriage.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, X County, Kentucky, vol. 14, pp. 592-593.
Anna Russell des Cognets, Governor Garrard, of Kentucky: His Descendants and Relatives (Lexington, KY: James M. Byrnes, 1898), p. 63.
"Edward R. Gibson (1828-1878)," Find A Grave, Memorial 26800623, accessed December 22, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26800623.

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