Y-Line 15: Captain Cannon Gibbs - born July 19, 1805 in North Carolina

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Y-Line 15: Captain Cannon Gibbs - born July 19, 1805 in North Carolina

As Submitted By: Susan (Gibbs) Martin

This page was updated on: 7/23/07

Basic Information

Born July 19, 1805 in North Carolina

Died September 19, 1857 in South Carolina

Buried at Willow Creek Baptist Church Cemetery on Old River Road in Florence Co., SC. (Formerly part of Marion Co. SC)

Parents
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Marriages
Married : WELTHY HYMAN (born ca 1789 in Martin or Halifax Co., NC; died __?__).

Notes

Generation No. 1

CAPT. CANNON¹ GIBBS was born July 18, 1805 in NC (location unknown) and died September 19, 1857 in Marion County, SC.

He was a Riverboat Captain who carried supplies to new settlers, and also owned land in Marion County, SC

He married WELTHY HYMAN ca. 1823 in Marion Co., SC. She was born ca. 1790 and died __?__. She was the widow of

JOHN EATON HYMAN (b. 1790 NC; d. 1819 SC)

Generation No. 2
Children of CAPT. CANNON¹ GIBBS and WELTHY HYMAN are:
i. JOSEPH² S. GIBBS, b. Feb 2, 1824 in Marion Co., SC; m1. MARY JANE CAIN (1831 - 1867);
m2. FRANCES ELLENOR HYMAN (1840 - ca. 1880); m3. MARGARET E. MUNN; m4. MARY JANE HARRELL;
d. Jan 23, 1891
ii. JOHN² W. GIBBS, b. ca. 1827; d. 1890; m. SARAH FRANCES McNEILL (b. 1830; d. 1905)
iii. MARTHA² ANN CAROLINE GIBBS, b. 1876; d. 1946
iv. GEORGE² "GIDEON" THOMAS GIBBS, b. ca. 1830; d. 1865 (in Civil War); m. MARY S. CAIN (b.1830)
v. HENRIETTA² GIBBS, b. 1837; d. 1905; m. PHILLIP "HARRY" KIRTON (b. 1829; d. 1905)
vi. FRANCES² W. GIBBS, b. ca. 1832; d. __?__

Generation No. 3
Children of JOSEPH² GIBBS and FRANCES ELLENOR HYMAN are:
i. WILLIAM³ JOHN GIBBS, b. 1894; d. 1939
ii. JENNETTE³ GIBBS, b. 1861; d. 1891
iii. JOSEPHAS³ FRANCES GIBBS, b. 1876; d. 1946
iv. BRUNSON/BRANSON³ GIBBS, b. 1871; d. __?__