Chatham County GaArchives Biographies.....Gibbs, Charles Maxwell 1861 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
p. 614

   CHARLES MAXWELL GIBBS. The gentleman, to a brief review of whose life and
characteristics the reader's attention is herewith directed, is among the
foremost business men of Savannah, and by his conservative methods has
contributed in a material way to the industrial and commercial advancement of
the city. He has in the course of an honorable career been successful in the
business enterprises of which he is the head and is well deserving of mention in
the biographical memoirs of Georgia. Charles Maxwell Gibbs belongs to fine old
southern stock, and was born August 16, 1861, in the most crucial period of our
national history, the guns of the Civil war echoing about his cradle. His
parents were Leonard Young and Rosa Matilda (Williams) Gibbs. The former was
born January 23, 1834, and died in Savannah, September 6, 1898. He served the
South in the war between the states and in the defense of Fort McAllister was
captured by Sherman's army, which was then entering Savannah, and was severely
wounded in that engagement.

   Mr. Gibbs' paternal ancestors were from Connecticut, and served in the War of
the Revolution.

   His mother was born in Savannah, March 5, 1840, and died in this city October
2, 1877. She was the daughter of Thomas F. and Mary, Jane (Maxwell) Williams,
the latter being a daughter of Col. William Maxwell, of Georgia, who was a
member of the Provincial Congress of Georgia from 1775 to 1777.

   Mr. Gibbs was graduated from the Savannah high school and spent three years
in the Virginia Military Institute, from which he was graduated with the class
of 1881. He early became engaged in his father's fertilizer business, with which
as proprietor he is still identified.

   He is affiliated with Ancient Landmark Lodge of Masons in Savannah and
exemplifies in his own living the ideals of moral and social justice and
brotherly love for which the ancient and august order stands.

   Mr. Gibbs married in 1888 Miss Martha Louisa Rowland, a descendant of
distinguished Georgia ancestry. She is a grand-daughter of Judge William B.
Fleming, one of Georgia's noted jurists. They have one child, a daughter, Rosa
Williams Gibbs.



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A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME I
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913


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