Joseph Miller Gibson was born on 18 Dec 1804 in , , Ohio. He died on 31 Aug 1892 in Muscatine, Iowa. He was buried in North Prairie Cemetary, West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa. He married Pamela Wright on 20 Dec 1827 in Ohio.
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a farmer
Pamela Wright [Parents] was born on 11 Dec 1806 in Ohio. She died on 1 Apr 1892 in Muscatine, Iowa. She married Joseph Miller Gibson on 20 Dec 1827 in Ohio.
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They had the following children:
M i John Miller Gibson F ii Elizabeth Gibson.
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Information from Mrs. Neila RohanF vi Rachel Wright Gibson M vii Charles Danforth Gibson F viii Henrietta Danforth Gibson F ix Louisa Roberts Gibson M x Elmore Cohen Gibson F xi Alvarietta Ellen Gibson
Oscar Frederick Wright [Parents] 1 was born on 20 Oct 1838 in , Columbiana, Ohio. He died on 3 May 1900. He was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetary, West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa. He married Julia W Keith on 11 Nov 1867 in West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa.
Other marriages:Gentle, Nina
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served in Civil War
Julia W Keith 1 was born in 1848 in , Columbiana, Ohio. She died on 2 Jul 1889 in West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa. She married Oscar Frederick Wright on 11 Nov 1867 in West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa.
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They had the following children:
M i Albert Paxson Wright M ii William Dan deQuille Wright F iii Blanch Wright M iv Paul Oscar Wright M v Robert Gentle Wright.
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Lyman Wright [Parents] was born on 14 Dec 1840 in Richland, Ohio. He died on 14 Oct 1884 in Defiance, Shelby, Iowa. He married Semantha Wymer on 5 Mar 1874 in , West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa.
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has b. 15 Jan 1841 Richland Co., Oh.
d. 4 Oct 1887 Defiance, Shelby Co., Ia.
Civil War record-1st Inf-Co. 3--enlisted 22 apr 1861. Mustered 14 May 1861. Mustered out 21 Aug 1861
35th Inf-Co. D.--Enlisted 15 Aug 1862. Mustered 29 Aug 1862. promoted 7th Corporal 10 Feb 1863, 6th Corporal: 3rd Corporal 25 Jun 1864. Transferred to Veteran Reseerve Crops. Mustered out 14 Jul 1865 Cairo, Il.
Cause of Death: malignant anthrax from Civil War and typhoid fever
Member of Methodist Church.
Semantha Wymer was born on 19 Apr 1854 in Somerset, Pennsylvania. She died on 21 Apr 1939 in Dunlap, Harrison, Iowa. She was buried in Defiance Cemetary, Defiance, Shelby, Iowa. She married Lyman Wright on 5 Mar 1874 in , West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa.
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was a dressmaker
They had the following children:
F i Blanche Wright F ii Bessie Wright was born on 3 Dec 1878 in Defiance, Shelby, Iowa. She died on 14 Oct 1887 in Defiance, Shelby, Iowa. She was buried in Defiance, Shelby, Iowa.
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William Barclay Knowles was born on 21 Aug 1836 in Pickering, Ontario, Canada. He died on 27 Aug 1904 in , West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa. He was buried in Oakridge Cemetary, West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa. He married Martha Ellen Wright on 1 Oct 1872 in , West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa.
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Martha Ellen Wright [Parents] was born on 22 May 1843 in Lexington, Ohio. She died in 1904. She was buried in Oakridge Cemetary, West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa. She married William Barclay Knowles on 1 Oct 1872 in , West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa.
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They had the following children:
F i Jessie Knowles
Francis Richardson Wright [Parents] was born on 7 Jun 1845 in Ohio. He died on 5 Jan 1902 in , West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa. He was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetary, West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa. He married Charlotte Gregg on 12 Mar 1868.
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was a poultry dealer
Civil War--Co G. 2nd Ia. Calvary
Charlotte Gregg was born in 1849 in Iowa. She died in 1932 in , West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa. She was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetary, West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa. She married Francis Richardson Wright on 12 Mar 1868.
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They had the following children:
F i Laura Wright F ii Kate Wright
Frederick Wright [Parents] was born on 25 Jul 1856 in , West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa. He died on 2 Nov 1916 in , West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa. He was buried in Oakridge Cemetary, West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa. He married Alice Windus on 10 Oct 1879.
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was a harness maker
blind from Glacoma
Alice Windus was born on 25 Aug 1855 in Scio, Alleghany, New York. She died on 10 Sep 1910. She was buried in Oakridge Cemetary, West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa. She married Frederick Wright on 10 Oct 1879.
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They had the following children:
M i Harry Wright M ii Cecil Wright M iii Charley Wright was born on 6 Sep 1889. He died on 14 Jun 1890. He was buried in Oakridge Cemetary, West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa.
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Obit of Charley WrightM iv Ralph Wright
Charles Alexander Purvis [Parents] was born on 28 Oct 1856 in , West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa. He died in 1918 in , West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa. He was buried in Oakridge Cemetary, West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa. He married Alice Josephine Elzey on 4 Dec 1879 in , West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa.
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Alice Josephine Elzey was born on 7 Nov 1860 in Decatur, Adams, Indiana. She died on 11 Mar 1920 in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa. She was buried in Oakridge Cemetary, West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa. She married Charles Alexander Purvis on 4 Dec 1879 in , West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa.
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M i Merrill C Purvis was born in Jun 1881 in Iowa.
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Elmer Schmelzer.Elmer married Amanda Purvis on 2 Jan 1881 in Muscatine, Iowa.
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Amanda Purvis [Parents] was born in 1859 in Iowa. She married Elmer Schmelzer on 2 Jan 1881 in Muscatine, Iowa.
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Samuel Wellington McMillan died in 1898 in Cass, Iowa. He married Nellie Purvis on 14 Jan 1886 in , West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa.
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Nellie Purvis [Parents] was born on 22 Nov 1863 in , West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa. She died about 1928. She was buried in Atlantic, Atlantic, Cass, Iowa. She married Samuel Wellington McMillan on 14 Jan 1886 in , West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa.
Other marriages:Bell, M.A
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They had the following children:
M i Ray McMillan.
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M.A Bell died in Dec 1922. He married Nellie Purvis in Jan 1905.
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Nellie Purvis [Parents] was born on 22 Nov 1863 in , West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa. She died about 1928. She was buried in Atlantic, Atlantic, Cass, Iowa. She married M.A Bell in Jan 1905.
Other marriages:McMillan, Samuel Wellington
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