This is the original Certificate of Marriage for William Gibson and Sadie Brown dated January 9, 1892 from Omega, McPherson County, Nebraska.
Gibson Family Bible
These pages came from the Gibson Family Bible. This bible first belonged to William & Sadie Gibson and has been passed down to the eldest son of each generation. When Eddie Gibson passed away the bible was given to my father, Dan Gibson. When Dan moved from his home in Beaver Lake it was given to me, Wade Gibson.
In July of 2013 I sent the bible in to a company in Indiana to be professionally restored. The bible had become very worn over the years and the covers were falling off. Many pages were loose and the bible couldn’t be enjoyed in that condition. Shortly thereafter I received the bible back and was very pleased with the results.
Pioneer Honored at 88
By Mrs. Joe Bader
William Gibson, who was 88 Jan. 29, was honored guest at a birthday party given by Mr. and Mrs. Bud Gibson Sunday evening. There were 30 guests who came to help him celebrate. The luncheon table was centered with a decorated birthday cake made by Mrs. Betty Gibson. Grandad Gibson, as he’s known to his friends, was born in Rock Island, Ill., and was the oldest son of Elik and Evelyn Gibson, who came from Ireland. He came to Nebraska when a young man.
He recalls clearly the first time he came to Broken Bow, as he was working south of the Bow and drove into town for a load of lumber with his wagon and four horses. Just as he arrived, the blizzard of 1888 struck and he had difficulty finding the livery stable as it was just an old sod building at that time. After the weather cleared he managed to get home by riding one of the horses.
A short time later he took a claim near Tryon and there he met Miss Sadie Brown at a dance when the first court house was built at Tryon. They were married in 1892 in McPherson county though Sadie Brown was a Merna girl. They lived on this claim for several years then sold it and moved to Custer county until a drouth hit. Then they moved to a ranch north of Mullen where they remained until after his wife’s death.
They had four children, his oldest son, John, still lives in Mullen, and has been the postmaster for the past 30 years. Grandad Gibson makes his home with his oldest grandson, Bud, who is proprietor of the Mullen cafe. Bud’s oldest child is also a boy so these four persons have been honored several times by being a four generation male group and all living in Mullen.
Grandad Gibson had six sisters, all living, the youngest one being 71. He is still active and says hard work has kept him young.
Note:
Article incorrectly identifies Elik’s wife as “Evelyn”, when her name is “Ellen”.
William Gibson 88th & 89th Birthday Pictures
William Morrison Gibson Biography
This draft article was written by Betty Gibson in 1956. I’m not sure what this was written for, but it appears to have some basic biographical information that may have been used in some other publication.
