James Gibson

GIBSON, James – James Gibson was born June 26, 1834 in Arkansas, a son of George Gibson, born January 6, 1795 in Ireland, and Barbara McPhall, born July 17, 1802. In 1860 or 1861, he married Grecia R. Moore, born September 30, 1830 in Greene County, Tennessee, in Washington County, Arkansas. They became the parents of two children; John McPhall and James Daniel Gibson. On August 31, 1863, Mr. Gibson was killed and scalped by Pin Indians, his house burned and his wife Grizzie left for dead in his father’s yard. [Rootsweb.Ancestry.com]......George's son James was killed and scalped by Cherokee Pins at the Anderson place. John was killed by "bush-whackers" neal' Gibson Ford on Illinois River northwest of Prairie Grove. His daughter Catherine was married to John H. Parks. In 1860 John (Gibson bought the John Cole farm. The larger part of this farm has been owned and operated by members of the Gibson family since 1860.