John Conley Gibbs (b. June 03, 1881, d. July 12, 1951)
My Great Grandfather John Conley Gibbs
John Conley Gibbs was born June 03, 1881 in Yancy County, NC, and died July 12, 1951 in Waynesville, Haywood County, NC. He married Lenna Ethel Drake on 1912 in Western NC, daughter of William J. Drake and Margaret Emma Banks.
Notes for John Conley Gibbs: Registration Card 499. Address: 16 Adam Street, Asheville, Buncombe County, NC. Age: 37 Date of Birth: June 3, 1881 White. US citizen. Occupation: Logging at Rogers and Cleavers (?sp) Place of ?: Sunburst Haywood County NC (Waynesville) Informant: William Teddy Gibbs 16 Adams St. Eyes: Grey Hair: Brown
Registration card says born 1881; death record says 1882. Is probably 1882, but he said 1881 on the registration card to appear older.
Registration card spells middle name Conley, death record says Conelly. Probably Conley, since he would have known how to spell his own name.
Death record shows that he was a farmer and owned his own farm.
The general location of the grave is known of by myself, Uncle Bill and Diane.
Ted Gibbs was the informant for the death record, it his through that line, another marriage of John Conley's, that this special photograph comes from.
More About John Conley Gibbs: Burial 1: Unknown, Big Ivy Cemetery, Barnardsville, Buncombe County, NC. Burial 2: Unmarked grave, Big Ivy Cemetery, Barnardsville, Buncombe County, NC.
More About John Conley Gibbs and Lenna Ethel Drake: Marriage: 1912, Western NC.
Marriage Notes for John Conley Gibbs and Lenna Ethel Drake: No documentation has been found to date that Lenna Ethel and John Conley married. However, John Conley's third marriage, that line says that they were married when she died.
Children of John Conley Gibbs and Lenna Ethel Drake are:
Harold Gibbs, b. March 14, 1913, Democrat, Buncombe County, NC, d. April 21, 1990, Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida.
+Dexter Gibbs, b. Abt. February 23, 1917, Democrat, Buncombe County, NC, d. February 16, 1944, Hendersonville, Henderson County, NC.
John Conley Gibbs (b. June 03, 1881, d. July 12, 1951)
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