Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Gibson, Oren 1846 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

Oren Gibson, farmer, P. O. Mazon, was born in Grundy County, Ill., September 
24, 1846; son of Robert and Elizabeth Gibson, who are among the earliest 
settlers of this county, coming here in 1836. His mother was among the number 
whose lives were spared by the timely warning of the friendly chief, Shabona. 
His father was born in Landgrove, Vt., May 4, 1811, and died in Morris May 4, 
1881; the mother was born in Urbana, Champaign Co., Ill., October 19, 1821, 
and died March 29, 1868, in Mazon Township. Our subject was educated at 
Aurora, and afterward took a course at Bryant & Stratton's Business College, 
Chicago. He was married October 6, 1869, to Miss Mary R., daughter of William 
Fuller, of Mazon Township. She was born August 10, 1852, and is the mother of 
five children - Orma, born December 11, 1870; Enid, July 16, 1872; William R., 
June 5, 1874; Stella M., May 9, 1876; and Vivian born December 17, 1881. Mr. 
Gibson owns 385 acres of improved land in Sections 3, 10, 22 and 27 of Mazon 
Township, also two houses in Mazon. He is filling some of the offices of the 
township, and is a member of the Masonic brotherhood and I. O. O. F.; he is a 
Republican. Mrs. Gibson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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