George S. Gibson

George S. Gibson, a well known and enterprising planter of Hardeman County, was born in Davidson County, Tenn., October 27, 1841, the second child in a family of eleven born to Jesse and Elizabeth (Parmley) Gibson. The parents were married near Knoxville, Tenn., about the year 1799, and soon after they moved to Davidson County, where they lived for a short time and then immigrated to Kentucky. The father was a native of Virginia, born about the year 1777; was a planter, and died in Kentucky about 1847. The mother was born in South Carolina, but the date of her birth is not known. She was several years younger than her husband and died in Hardeman County February 7, 1854. George S. received a good common school education and early in life turned his attention to farming. In 1826, he came to Tennessee and settled in Hardeman County, one of its first settlers. He was almost without money, and began at once a life of hardships and toil. By energy and economy after years of hard labor, he was able to purchase a home, and in 1828 bought the farm where be now lives. Mr. Gibson was a heavy loser by the war, but now owns 220 acres of land. January 31, 1828, he married Miss Nancy Henson, a native of Madison County, Ky., born September 10, 1810, and to this union have been born ten children — seven sons and three daughters. Mr. Gibson was constable and deputy sheriff of his county for ten years, and has all his life been a Democrat. Although not a member of any church his views are in sympathy with the Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Gibson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Source: “The Goodspeed Publishing Co., History of Tennessee, 1886”