Stepping back a generation

 

George Fuller. Harvest Time. 1880.

Last week I shared a long post describing the breakthrough on my Mom's side of the tree, discovering the identity of the father of Mary Alice Cain Read, my 3rd-great-grandfather, Robert Gran Taylor Gibson. I'm now going back another generation, to Robert's parents, James Robert Gibson and Lucy Street. James was born between 1807 and 1809 in Adair County, Kentucky, and his parents were Job Gibson and Lydia Young. ThruLines shows we have 138 DNA matches to both. Lucy's parents were Anthony Street and Mary Polly Janes, and ThruLines shows 128 DNA matches to both of them.

James and Lucy were married in Adair County on 22 September 1831.

Ancestry. KY Marriage Records.

James and Lucy had at least the following children:

• Louvisa Gibson
• Mary Jane Gibson
• Julius Gibson
• William Gibson
• Lucy Gibson
• James Riley Gibson
• John Gibson
• Robert Gran Taylor Gibson
• Lucinda Gibson

In the 1850 US Census, the family appears in District 1, Adair County, Kentucky.

Ancestry. 1850 US Census. Adair County, KY.

By the 1860 Census, James and Lucy's household included five children in school, and son Julius with his new bride Maurenina Singleton Gibson.

Ancestry. 1860 US Census. Adair County, KY.

In the 1870 US Census, James and Lucy were in the Leatherwood District of Adair County. All of their children had moved out of the household.