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George W. Gibbs
Co. D, 13th WVI
Eddy Chapel Cemetery
Mason County, West Virginia
Born: ca. 1836
Died: July 2, 1905
Buried: Eddy Chapel cemetery, Mason Co., WV
Enlisted Aug. 18, 1862 @ Hartford City, WV
Discharged June 22, 1865 @ Wheeling, WV
Occupation: farmer
Residence: Brighton, Cooper Dist., Mason Co., WV
Married: Mahala J. Brinker, Oct. 8, 1856, Meigs Co., OH
Mahala J. Brinker was born ca. 1838
Pension records say that in the Shenandoah Valley about June 1864, George W. Gibbs suffered "from severe exposure incident. . . contracted chronic diarrhea which. . . subsequently resulted with heart disease." He was treated at the Middletown (VA) field hospital.
Occupation in service: teamster/wagoner.
Children:
Sarah A., 8/30/1857
John M., 3/11/1859
James C., 1/10/1861
Andy S., 5/28/1863
Sheridan, 5/16/1866
Laura S., 6/28/1868
Elizabeth, 12/3/1870
Charles G., 7/12/1873
Emeliza, 7/29/1881