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Robert Lee Gibson

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Robert Lee Gibson

Birth
Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Texas, USA
Death
23 Feb 1947 (aged 65)
Gila County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Grass Valley, Nevada County, California, USA Add to Map
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Born in Gillespie county, Texas, he went to New Mexico with his parents when he was a boy.
In 1893 the family moved to Globe, Arizona Territory. He attended Globe schools and afterwards went in the cattle business with his two brothers; one, Tom J. Gibson, survived him.
In 1905 the brothers sold the ranch and established Gibson's Dairy, which they operated until about 1911.
In 1921, he went to Round Mountain, Nev., where he engaged in mining leased properties. he returned to Arizona a year and a half before his death to reside on a mining property about 12 miles northwest of Payson, Ariz., on the East Verde River.
He served in world War I with the U.S. Army Infantry, and he was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Tonopah, Nev. He contracted bronchial trouble about two years before his death, following an attack of pneumonia. he was taken seriously ill, then taken to the ranch of his brother, Tom Gibson, near Parker Creek, where he died. He was buried by the side of his wife, who died about 17 years before him. In addition to his brother Tom, he was survived by a cousin, John Gibson of Globe; and several nieces and nephews.

Source: Arizona Record newspaper, courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, AZ.

Arizona Death Certificate: http://genealogy.az.gov/azdeath/079/10790830.pdf

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Born in Gillespie county, Texas, he went to New Mexico with his parents when he was a boy.
In 1893 the family moved to Globe, Arizona Territory. He attended Globe schools and afterwards went in the cattle business with his two brothers; one, Tom J. Gibson, survived him.
In 1905 the brothers sold the ranch and established Gibson's Dairy, which they operated until about 1911.
In 1921, he went to Round Mountain, Nev., where he engaged in mining leased properties. he returned to Arizona a year and a half before his death to reside on a mining property about 12 miles northwest of Payson, Ariz., on the East Verde River.
He served in world War I with the U.S. Army Infantry, and he was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Tonopah, Nev. He contracted bronchial trouble about two years before his death, following an attack of pneumonia. he was taken seriously ill, then taken to the ranch of his brother, Tom Gibson, near Parker Creek, where he died. He was buried by the side of his wife, who died about 17 years before him. In addition to his brother Tom, he was survived by a cousin, John Gibson of Globe; and several nieces and nephews.

Source: Arizona Record newspaper, courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, AZ.

Arizona Death Certificate: http://genealogy.az.gov/azdeath/079/10790830.pdf

Info supplied by LA Powers (#47900440)
Find A Grave Member for 2 years, 8 months, 2 days

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