[WED]Re: Wedmore to Iowa
Carol Raithel
wedmore@lists.tutton.org
Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:59:06 -0600
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John Hayward=20
Yes, the dates and information you gave about Jeremiah Gibbs =
coincides with our family records. First, I must give credit to Charles =
Gibbs, a cousin of mine , now retired and living in Oregon, for all the =
research and documentation he has done on the Gibbs's from Wedmore to =
the present day. It was from him that I have learned most of my =
information on the William Gibbs from Wedmore line. According to our =
records, Jeremiah was born Jan.3,1813 at Wedmore and died Feb. 2,1898 in =
Delhi Township, Delaware Cy, Iowa and is buried at Fairview Cemetery in =
Earlville, IA
William Gibbs, the father of Jeremiah Gibbs came first to America =
along with his wife Nancy Wall Gibbs and their younger children and =
settled in Jordan , NY sometime after 1842 and before 1845. In about =
1848 his son Jeremiah and wife Elizabeth (Ford) and 4 children came to =
America and settled for a while in Jordan near his parents. By 1850 they =
were in WI and in 1851 were in Iowa where he homesteaded. His father =
William never lived near Earlville but after his wife Nancy died and was =
buried near Jordan , NY he came to Iowa to live near another son Charles =
and wife near Janesville, Iowa, He died there in 1862 and is buried in =
the Janesvile Cemetery.=20
=20
Mary Jackes asked the question----
> Who first went to the Dyersville area? So far the best guess seems to =
be
> the Radfords =20
Living near Dyersville I know several people well versed in Dyersville =
history and belonging to the Dyersville Historical society. I asked =
them if they could answer the above question. The best information =
they could find was in Halbach's History of Dyersville giving the =
dates from 1833-37 when the names of Theophilus Crawford, Mr. Mouncy, =
Mr. Hewitt and Thomas Riggs were listed as the earliest residents of =
southern New Wine township where Dyersville is now located. This would =
seem to predate the Dyers.
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>John Hayward </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2> Yes, the dates and information =
you gave=20
about Jeremiah Gibbs coincides with our family =
records. First, I must=20
give credit to Charles Gibbs, a cousin of mine , now retired and living =
in=20
Oregon, for all the research and documentation he has done on the =
Gibbs's from=20
Wedmore to the present day. It was from him that I have learned =
most of my=20
information on the William Gibbs from Wedmore line. According to our =
records,=20
Jeremiah was born Jan.3,1813 at Wedmore and died Feb. 2,1898 in Delhi =
Township,=20
Delaware Cy, Iowa and is buried at Fairview Cemetery in Earlville,=20
IA</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2> William Gibbs, the father =
of Jeremiah=20
Gibbs came first to America along with his wife Nancy Wall Gibbs and =
their=20
younger children and settled in Jordan , NY sometime after =
1842 and=20
before 1845. In about 1848 his son Jeremiah and wife=20
Elizabeth (Ford) and 4 children came to America and =
settled for a=20
while in Jordan near his parents. By 1850 they were in WI and in =
1851 were=20
in Iowa where he homesteaded. His father William =
never=20
lived near Earlville but after his wife Nancy died and was =
buried near=20
Jordan , NY he came to Iowa to live near another son Charles and =
wife near=20
Janesville, Iowa, He died there in 1862 and is buried in the=20
Janesvile Cemetery.</FONT><FONT size=3D2> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D3> Mary Jackes asked the =
question----<BR>>=20
Who first went to the Dyersville area? So far the best guess seems =
to=20
be<BR>> the Radfords</FONT> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Living near Dyersville I know several people =
well versed=20
in Dyersville history and belonging to the Dyersville Historical =
society. =20
I asked them if they could answer the above question. The =
best=20
information they could find was in Halbach's History of=20
Dyersville giving the dates from 1833-37 when the names of =
Theophilus=20
Crawford, Mr. Mouncy, Mr. Hewitt and Thomas Riggs were listed as the =
earliest=20
residents of southern New Wine township where Dyersville is now=20
located. This would seem to predate the =
Dyers.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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