From Records Prepared by Imogene Gibson Baker Wayman
FAMILY RECORD OF WILLIAMSON RICHARDSON GIBSON
Son of Jesse Richardson Gibson and Rudy Louisa (Russell) Gibson
Son of Jesse Richardson Gibson and Rudy Louisa (Russell) Gibson
Jesse Richardson Gibson, father of our subject, was born August 16, 1844, in Washington County, Missouri, near Potosi. He died July 29, 1927, and is buried at Johnston Chapel Cemetery in Ripley County, Missouri, near Ponder, Missouri.
Rudy Louisa (Russell) Gibson, mother of our subject, was born January 31, 1848, in Randolph County, Arkansas, near Warm Springs. She died March 6, 1920, and is buried at Johnston Chapel Cemetery, in Ripley County, Missouri, near Ponder, MO. Jesse Richardson Gibson, son of Williamson O. Gibson and Telitha (Pratt) Gibson, was married to Rudy Louisa Russell, daughter of Isom and Rudy (Mock) Russell, on May 20, 18??. To this union were born 8 children. At this writing, all are deceased but one. All were born in or near Warm Springs, AR.
1. Laura To Gibson, born December 8, 1870 Deceased March, 1944.
2. Rudy Easter Gibson, born March 25, 1872 Deceased September 21, 1954.
3. Fannie E. Gibson, born January 19, 1874 Deceased March 4, 1874.
4. Minnie D. Gibson, born September Deceased May 23,1926. Buried Pratt Cemetery near Warm
Springs, AR.
5. Willamson Richardson Gibson, born March 21, 1879, Deceased January 2, 1941.
6. Jesse Russell Gibson, born August 12, 1883.
7. Mary Mollie Gibson, born October 18, 1886, Deceased February 9, 1887. Buried Pratt Cemetery
near Warm Springs.
8. Myrtle Louise Gibson, born July 22, 1890, Deceased August 21, 1951.
Jesse Richardson Gibson married Margerite Hornbuckle 1921 or 1922.
Grandson of Williamson Osborn Gibson and Talitha (Pratt) Gibson
Williamson Osborn Gibson, born in Washington Couty, Missouri, (or in Illinois), and Telitha (Pratt) Gibson, born in Washington County, Missouri, were the paternal grandparents of our subject. The dates of their births and date of their marriage are unknown. He was a Baptist preacher. To this union were born 4 children. They were: Jesse Richardson, who married Rudy Louisa Russell in 1869; Jim, who died young and had 2 children - Tom and Samantha; Jane, who married into the Greenleaf family; and Fanny, who married Joe Steele.
Williamson Osborn Gibson married the second time. The name of his second wife was Mary Glore. W.O. and Mary Gibson had children. They were: Joe, John, Bruce, Straud, Docia, Steve, Ema, and Fennie. Bruce and Straud lived in and around Doniphan, Missouri. Emma married a Hodo. Joe is buried at Covington Cemetery near Covington, Oklahoma. John lived in and around Bennett, Missouri, most of his life and is buried at Pine, Missouri. Williamson Osborn and Mary Gibson re both buried at Pine, Missouri.
Isom Russell, born in Randolph County, Arkansas, and Rudy Easter (Mock) Russell, born in Randolph County, Arkansas, were the maternal grandparents of our subject. The dates of their births and date of their marriage are unknown. To this union were born 4 children. They were: Matilda (Tilda), who married a Pratt; Bill (Bud); Rudy Louisa; and Edmond (Dock). Edmond was deaf and dumb. Isom, Rudy Easter, and Dock are all buried in Isom's field near Warm Springs, Arkansas, in a place of Isom's choice.
Williamson Osborn Gibson was a Baptist preacher. The attendance at church was small. One Sunday when he finished his sermon he told the congregation that the next Sunday Mr. Osborn would preach. So the next Sunday a good crowd turned out to hear Mr. Osborn preach. Grandpa Gibson got up and told them that he was Mr. Osborn, his full name being Williamson Osborn Gibson.
EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS WRITTEN BY RUDY EASTER (GIBSON) WRITTEN TO HER SISTER- IN-LAW, ARRA MARGANIA (JOHNSTON) GIBSON.
Spikes, Ingrams, Mocks, Shavers, and some the Hufsteadlers were relatives of ours, too. Isom Russell was my grandfather. He was a Judge (probably County, maybe District) and always went by the name of Judge Russell. ? R. Russell, who was Sheriff, was one of Tom Russell's boys. Tom was a cousin to us children. James G. Russell (to the best of my knowledge) was a brother to my grandfather Russell. Tom Foster's wife was a Russell (I think a daughter of this James G. Russell); anyway, she was an own cousin of my mother's.
Excerpt: January 24, 1947.
"History of Randolph County" costs $2.50. They are really very interesting, especially to the older
people. They were just put out this fall by one of the younger Dalton boys.
Jesse Russell Gibson, born August 12, 1883, Warm Springs, Arkansdas, and Sarah Ann Agness Bingham, born August 25, 1881, Middlebrook, Arkansas, were united in marriage February 14, 1906, Burr, Missouri. To his union were born 3 children. Only one lived to adulthood:
1. Infant daughter, born 1906, deceased 1906.
2. Infant son, born 1908, deceased 1908.
3. Jesse Dow Gibson, born February 11, 1912, Ponder, MO.
Sarah (Bingham) Gibson is Arra (Johnston) Gibson's second cousin.
Sarah Ann Agness (Bingham) Gibson, deceased April 23, 1958, is buried at Johnston Chapel Cemetery, Ripley County, Missouri.
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