Houston Gipson (1851 - 1900)

Born 31 Dec 1851 in Arkansas, United States

Died 16 May 1900 at age 48 in Texas, United States

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Biography

Houston Gipson is a part of US Black heritage.

Houston Gipson was born on 31 December 1851/1831.

He possibly had two children with Susan Craft in 1873 and 1876 and are not living together in 1880.

He married Ellen Donia Nicholson on 16 March 1885, in Travis, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters.

He lived in Justice Precinct 2, Hays, Texas, United States in 1900.

He died on 16 May 1900, in Texas, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Kyle, Hays, Texas, United States.

Research Notes

• Birth Year

1870 census = 1850 in Arkansas

1900 census = Dec 1855 in Arkansas

marriage record - no age or birth year

death record - no age or birth year

gravestone - hard to read - FindAGrave has 1831 and that is used in trees at other sites

• Is he the Houston Gipson FamilySearch Person: L283-T7W who has at least two children with Susan Craft FamilySearch Person: L283-RRX, prior to his marriage to Ellen?

the two children were born in 1873 and 1876 and are not living with their father in 1880. Susan and her two Gipson children are living with her parents in Bastrop, Texas, United States.

in the 1880 census, the children’s father’s birthplace is Arkansas (agrees with Houston’s 1870 and 1900 census)

in the 1880 census, with Susan Gipson (21) and the two children and her parents, a Charles Burlison (26). see marriage record below, of a Houston Gibson marrying a Susan Burleson. Is Charles her former brother-in-law? was she married prior to a potential marriage to Houston?

one of those children is Willie Edward Gipson (1876-1954)

• per Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1824-2019 and trees at other sites, this is the marriage between Houston and Susan. location and timing makes sense. there is a Burleson living with her and the Gipson children in the 1880 census.

Name Houston Gibson

Gender Male

Marriage Date 29 Jan 1871

Marriage Place Hays, Texas, USA

Spouse Susan Burleson

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLB-3WG), Houston Gibson (20, Birthplace Arkansas) in Entry for Thomas U Nance and Tom Nance, Justice Precinct 1, Hays, Texas, United States .

• "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8B-H96B), Hanston Gibson and Ellen Nicholson, 16 Mar 1885; citing , Travis, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 978,166. (no age)

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3GG-1JN ), Entry for Houston Gibson (Dec 1855 Birthplace Arkansas) and Ellen Gibson, 1900.

• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3ZL-LXN), Houston Gibson, 16 May 1900. (no age)

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73096232/houston-gipson: accessed 10 September 2023), memorial page for Houston Gipson (31 Dec 1831–16 May 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73096232, citing Skyview Cemetery, Kyle, Hays County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Marilyn Gibbons (contributor 46918255).