GIBSON, PRESTON H., was born Sept. 28, 1810, in that part of Boone which is now Gallatin county, Ky., eight miles above Warsaw. He was married in that county May 14, 1835, to Ann Finley. She was born Dec. 26, 1811, in the city of Philadelphia. When she was an infant her parents moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where they both died when she was quite young. She was adopted by her aunt, Mrs. Robinson, and taken to Gallatin county, Ky., at sixteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson moved immediately after they were married to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving June 10, 1835, in what is now Curran township, north of Lick creek. They had four children in Sangamon county--

JOHN E., born Jan. 28, 1838, married Feb. 7, 1861, to Sarah McGinnis, and had one child. It died on the 12th, and the mother on the 28th, of March, 1865. John E. Gibson lives with his mother, but spends much of his time at his farm in Nodaway county, Mo.

NANCY A., born Jan. 26, 1840, married, Oct., 1864, to William H. Trimble. See his name.

JAMES W., born Sept. 20, 1842, is unmarried, and resides with his mother.

HAMPTON, born Nov. 12, 1844, married Oct. 25, 1866, to Susan A. Patteson, have three children, JEAN W., PRESTON A. and JOHN E., and lives near the family homestead in Curran township.

Preston H. Gibson died Sept. 8, 1863, and his widow, Mrs. Ann Gibson, resides on the farm settled by herself and husband in 1835. It is in Curran township, north of Lick creek.