William Price Gibson (abt. 1862 - abt. 1894)

Born about 1862 in Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Elizabeth Wedding — married 4 Dec 1883 in Morganfield, Union Co., KY

Descendants

Died about 1894 at about age 32 in Onton, Webster County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Price Gibson was the fifth child and second son of William C. Gibson and Mary Frances Floyd. He was killed around 1894 when a logging wagon hauling lumber he was driving overturned, and he was crushed to death.^[1] According to direct descendants of his son Ishmael, this accident happened "over near Onton" in Webster Co., KY. A search of the Webster County genealogy records has failed to reveal a place of burial. Possibly this was in Webster County, although a very likely alternative is the Gibson Family Cemetery located 2 miles east south east of Corydon. His father, mother, grandparents and some siblings are buried there.

Price left his widow with four children under ten.

Price was born around 1862, during the Civil War. At that time his father would have been in his mid-30s and a likely candidate for service in the war.

Name

His name is often mistaken as "Porter", but first-hand knowledge from direct descendants state this is wrong and that his name was "Price".^[2] A death certificate confirming this is not available given his year of death.

1870 US Census

Price was enumerated as William P. Gibson, age 8, with his parents and four siblings on 12 Aug 1870 in Cairo, Henderson Co., KY.^[3]

1880 Census

Price was enumerated as William P. Gibson, age 8, with his parents and four siblings on 26 Jun 1880 in Corydon District #2, Henderson Co., KY. ^[4]

Burial

His burial place is unknown. A search (circa 2010) of the Webster Co. library cemetery sources revealed no records. It is possible he was buried where he died in Onton, KY. A more likely place is the Gibson Family Cemetery 2 miles ESE of Corydon, where his father and grandfather were buried, but there is no marker for him there.

Wiki Entry

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Family oral history from E-mail from Mary Etta Date: 13 Jul 2005
   
   Price was crushed by a horse and wagon that was hauling lumber. Ismael was 6 on the wagon when it happened. Logging wagon tipped over. Supposedly this was out “near Onton” somewhere.
2. ↑ First hand knowledge from several direct descendants of his son, Ishmael.
3. ↑ 1870 US Census available on Ancestry.com
4. ↑ 1880 Census available on Ancestry.com.
   Year: 1880; Census Place: Corydon, Henderson, Kentucky; Roll: 419; Family History Film: 1254419; Page: 536B; Enumeration District: 048; Image: 0536.
   https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6742/4241170-00538/11796316
5. ↑ Gibson-5145 was created by Starr G through the import of Everybody_s Cousin.ged on Feb 25, 2014.