[p. 402] a well-known citizen of Shenango Township, residing with his mother and wife on the homestead farm of sixty acres, was born on this place, September 25, 1878. His parents were George B. and Retta (Tidball) Gibson.
The grandparents of Mr. Gibson, George
and Nancy Gibson, passed the greater part
of their lives in Lawrence County and were
numbered with the prominent old settlers.
George B. Gibson, their son and the father
of Charles, was born August 18, 1833, in
Hickory Township, Lawrence County,
Pennsylvania, and after a long and useful
life died in Shenango Township, February
19, 1905. He fortunately obtained an excellent
education, as he was called into
public life almost as soon as he reached
manhood. He became a leading worker in
the Democratic party and after serving in
many of the township offices, in November,
1875, was elected county auditor, to which
office he was re-elected in 1878. In 1884
he was elected county commissioner and
for seven years he was chairman of the
Democratic County Committee. On April
20, 1893, he was appointed postmaster at
New Castle, for which office he was endorsed
by the best people of both parties,
nine-tenths of the entire business interests
recommending his appointment. During
the four years in which he held this office
he improved the service in many ways and
was one of the most popular public officials
that New Castle ever had. He was a consistent
member of the First Presbyterian
Church at New Castle.
George B. Gibson was married twice. His first wife was Matilda McCaslin, and they had four children, namely: George W., who resides in Shenango Township, married Lizzie McKnight and they have one daughter, Alice; James, who lives in Lawrence County, married Jennie Armstrong, and they have six daughters, Gula, Mamie, Helen, Gertrude, Jessie, and Louise; Mamie E., who died in 1891, is survived by her husband, Dr. Edward McKey, residing at Maple Grove, their son, Warren, being deceased; and Cora A., who Married James McCune. They have two children, Merrill and Harry. George B. Gibson married for his second wife Retta Tidball, who was born July 28, 1855. and still survives. She is a daughter of Robert and Mary Ann Tidball, of Lawrence County. Two children were born to this union, Lula and Charles H. The former was born in 1876 and died aged one year.
Charles H. Gibson was educated in the local schools. He cultivates his mother's farm. On September 28, 1906, he married Maud Musser, who belongs to one of the well-known families of this section of Lawrence County.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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