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John Gibbs (Louisville, Kentucky, printer and river pilot)

b. 1824? d. 1862-01-28

Louisville, Kentucky, printer and river pilot. Pennsylvania native. River pilot in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860. Printer in Louisville in 1861. Killed by James H. Montgomery in Louisville on January 28, 1862.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 5, p. 210.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994040, Jefferson County Deaths.

Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 99.

"Homicide," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), January 29, 1862, p. 3.

"Examined on a Charge of Murder," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), January 31, 1862, p. 4.

"Jefferson Circuit Court-Criminal Term," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), May 8, 1862, p. 3.

Citation

Gibbs, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211902 (November 12, 2026).

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