Everyone I know of that has done a little genealogy, sooner or later, hits a brick wall. Mine is my ggggrandfather, John Gibson.
Here's some of what I think I know about his John's son, Daniel Gibson.
Daniel had two sons, Charles and Harry.

Date of Birth: February 07, 1865

Place: Pennsylvania
 

Date of Death: Unknown
 

	Census	Charles' Age	Image	Description
	1865	0	-	Born on February 07, 1865;Alleghany, PA
	1870	5		Census of Rock Island, Illinois
	1880	15		Census of Fort Madison, Iowa
	1890	25
	1900	35		Married Anna Babcock, 1906
	1910	45
	1920	55
	1930	65
	1940	75		Anna Babcock Gibson dies
	1946	81		Died on March 24, 1946, Peoria Illinois

In Daniel's complete Civil War pension file, March 29, 1915, Daniel mentions that Charles is living in Peoria, Illinois. He then describes Harry's family. This seems to imply then that Charles had little to no family? Census information is not conclusive.

 

I wrote to the Peoria Public Library, to see if they could help. They did an exhaustive search of the online Death Index, and found this obit, which I transcribed since it was hard to read.  Same Charles, since day of birth is the same. Right?  For some reason I don't believe it.

 

Charles Gibson Obituary

    Charles Gibson, 81, retired
painter and paperhanger, who had
made his home at 908 First avenue
for the last six years with his step-
son, Glen Babcock, died at
2:15 a.m. at Procter hospital.
    Mr. Gibson suffered a broken

left hip four weeks ago Sunday
when he fell on the ice while
walking a block from his home,
according to information given
Deputy Coroner Chauncey Wood,
who investigated the case.
    Born Feb 7, 1865, at Allegheny,
PA., Mr. Gibson had lived in Chi-
cago for some time prior to com-
ing to Peoria. He married Anna
Babcock here in 1906 and she pre-
ceded him in death six years ago.
    Surviving are one stepson, Glen
Babcock, with whom he made his
home, and two stepdaughters,
Mrs. Maude Duke, and Mrs. Floss
Saddleburg, both of Chicago.
    Funeral services will be held
at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Wash-
ington and burial will be in Glen
Dale cemetery there. 

 

 

 

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