Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gibbs, George B. 1903
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Belding Banner, 12 Mar 1903, page 2

George B. Gibbs Dead.

George B. Gibbs passed away Monday, March 9th, 1903, at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. George Popplewell of Greenville, aged 72 years.

Mr. Gibbs was born in Pittstown, N.Y., in 1831, and in 1845 came with his
parents to Otisco, where he grew to manhood and on October 26th, 1853, was
married to Mary L. Wait who passed to the other life on March 9, 1853, just 37
days to the day prior to his death.  He leaves three daughters, Mrs. George
Popplewell, of Greenville; Mrs. Emma Stevens, of San Francisco, and Mrs. Nettie
Kellogg of Hoquin, Wash., besides a brother and two sisters survive him.  He
left his farm in Otisco and moved to Greenville in 1873, where he has resided 29
years.

Mr. Gibbs was a member of the Masonic fraternity in which he held offices of
trust and responsibility.  He was also a charter member of the O.E.S. of
Greenville; a member of the A.O.U.W. of which he was master five years; was
master of subordinate Grange five years.  He was Past High Priest in Royal Arch
chapter, F. & A. M.

The funeral will be held at the M.E. church in Greenville today and the remains
taken to the Otisco cemetery for interment.

[Transcriber's Note:  The date of his wife’s death is typed as it was printed in
the obituary.]


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