Tuscola County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Gibbs (Grave Marker), Sabin ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joann Geybels j.geybels@skynet.be September 25, 2009, 10:59 pm Cemetery: Indianfields Township Cemetery Name: Sabin Gibbs (Grave Marker) Date Of Photograph: September 6, 2009 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/tuscola/photos/tombstones/indianfieldstown/gibbsgra84292nph.jpg Image file size: 143.3 Kb This grave marker is inscribed “FATHER” and marks the resting place of Sabin Gibbs (October 3, 1823 – March 25, 1905), a son of Joel and Elizabeth (Root) Gibbs. Sabin’s first wife was Harriet Watts (January 14, 1827 – December 28, 1863), daughter of William and Rachel (Horner) Watts. Sabin and Harriet had three children: Helen E. Gibbs, who married Jeremiah Hooper; William A. “Ami” Gibbs, who married Emma C. Swinehart; and Cora B. Gibbs, who never married. After Harriet’s death, Sabin Gibbs married Adaline C. (Black) Hewes (November 12, 1832 – October 4, 1892), the widow of Nelson Hewes (July 1, 1829 – March 1, 1864) of Tuscola. Sabin and Adaline had no children, but Adaline had a daughter, Flora A. Hewes, by her first husband. Buried on this lot are Sabin Gibbs, Sabin’s first wife Harriet (Watts) Gibbs, Sabin’s second wife Adaline C. (Black) Hewes Gibbs, and Sabin and Harriet’s daughter Cora Belle Gibbs. In addition to the four grave markers, there are inscriptions for Sabin, Harriet, and Adaline on the family monument on this lot. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/tuscola/photos/tombstones/indianfieldstown/gibbsgra84292nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb