Biographical Sketch of William A. Gibbs, Crawford County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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William A. Gibbs was born in Bedford County, VA., in 1817 and is the 
eldest child of Mathew and Keziah (Tracy) Gibbs, also natives of 
Bedford County, VA., and born, respectively, in 1790 and 1788.  The
parents were married in their native State, where their five children
were born, and whence they moved to Kentucky.  They afterward moved 
to Georgia, from there to Chattanooga, Tenn., and in 1839 settled on
the America Bottom in Illinois, where the mother died the following
year.  Mathew Gibbs died in Crawford County, MO., in 1871.  He was a
cripple all his life, and was a shoemaker by trade, also carried on
farming.  William A. acquired his education in six months, and re-
mained with his parents until twenty-four years of age.  He then
began as a hireling, working for $8 per month.  In 1849 he settled
on the place where he now lives, and owns 335 acres.  The same year
he married Mary A. Dobkins, who was born near Boonville, MO., in 
1819.  Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs have two children: Hilery I. and Mary L.
The family are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  Polit-
ically Mr. Gibbs is a Democrat, having cast his first presidential
vote for Van Buren.  Mr. Gibbs and son are stockholders in the Farm-
ers' Joint Stock Company, in which the former has held the position
of director, and is now vice-president.

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