History of Cerro Gordo County, IowaFrom materials in the public archives, the Iowa Historical Society's collection, the newspapers and data of personal interviews; also containing sketches of representative citizens . t Pittsburg July 13. Upon his return to civil life Mr. Gibson engaged in farmingand teaming. He was married in 1867 and in 1869 moved toLaMoile, Bureau county, Illinois, where he rented land and devotedhis energies to farming. In 1872 he came to Franklin county,Iowa, and bought eighty acres of wild prairie. He broke abouthalf of this and built a house and there lived until 1875,
History of Cerro Gordo County, IowaFrom materials in the public archives, the Iowa Historical Society's collection, the newspapers and data of personal interviews; also containing sketches of representative citizens . t Pittsburg July 13. Upon his return to civil life Mr. Gibson engaged in farmingand teaming. He was married in 1867 and in 1869 moved toLaMoile, Bureau county, Illinois, where he rented land and devotedhis energies to farming. In 1872 he came to Franklin county,Iowa, and bought eighty acres of wild prairie. He broke abouthalf of this and built a house and there lived until 1875, when hecame to Cerro Gordo county. He located in Bath township andbought land, ultimately coming to possess three hundred andtwenty acres. Only the first eighty acres was wild land. Aframe house and barns were constructed and here Mr. Gibson madehis home until 1895, when he came to Rockwell. He kept onehundred and sixty acres of his holdings, giving his son eighty acresand selling him the same amount. He bought a home in Rockwellwith the intention of making it his permanent home, an intentionwhich he has carried out. For two years he conducted a meatmarket and has since dealt in poultry, eggs, cream and HISTORY OF CERRO GORDO COUNTY 671 Latterly he confines himself to cream and poultry. He has Repub-lican convictions and has served as a member of the school board inBath township and Rockwell. He has several fraternal associa-tions, his membership extending to the G. A. R., the I. O. O. F. andthe Mystic Toilers. He and his wife belong to the Methodistchurch. Miss Susan M. McDowell became the wife of Mr. Gibson Janu-ary 9, 1867. She is a native of Pennsylvania, as were her parents,Bar and Martha (Austraw) McDowell, the father being born on theold homestead where the grandfather also had his nativity. Mrs. McDowell lived upon this ancestral place for many years,the mother dying there in 1880 and the father remaining until1895, since which time he has lived with Mr.
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