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Gibbs Family Burying Ground at Esty Glen |
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Location: Burdick Hill Road Map (Off-site from MapQuest) Headstone inscriptions for this record were copied November 14, 1952 by S. Haring & I. Parish. This record is as complete as possible at this time. |
Photo by Cheryl Hall — May 2005 (larger photo) |
Please use Notes as a guide only! |
Name | Date(s)/Age | Inscriptions/Notes |
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H. M. B. | 1804-1894 | |
J.F.B. | 1808 [or 1805] - 1889 | |
E. B. | No dates | |
G.G.B. | No dates | |
C.B.D. | No dates | |
BROWN, John W. | d. Oct. 30, 1840, age 31 yr. 15 days | ("Tompkins County Tombstone Inscriptions" indicates: John W. Brown, d. Oct. 30, 1844 ae 31y 15d) |
BROWN, Garret G. | d. Oct. 8, 1846, age 41 yrs 5 mo 22 da | "Friend after friend departs Who has not lost a friend? There is no union here of hearts That friends not have an end." |
BROWN, Reuben | d. May 31, 1862, age 86 yrs 1 mo 6 da | |
BROWN, Elizabeth, dau. of Reuben & Catharine Brown | d. Dec. 22, 1842, age 31 yrs 8 mo 21 dys | ("Tompkins County Tombstone Inscriptions" indicates: Elizabeth, d/o Reuben & Catharine (or Catherine) Brown, d. Dec. 22, 1842, ae 31y 8m 15d) |
BROWN, Garret G. | d. Oct. 8, 1846, age 41 yrs 5 mo 22 da | ("Tompkins County Tombstone Inscriptions" indicates: Garret (or Garrit) G. Brown, d. Oct. 8, 1846, ae 41y 5m 23d) |
BROWN, John W. | d. Oct. 30, 1844, age 36 yrs 15 da | |
BROWN, Clarissa, dau. of Reuben & Catherine Brown | d. July 8, 1848, age 27 yrs 8 mo 8 da | |
GIBBS, Garret G. | d. March 5, 1857, age 74 yrs. | "In 1792 he came with his father Samuel Gibbs at the age of 9, and lived on this farm 65 years. This house built by his hands, loved by his family and dying in faith of Christ Jesus. Rest in peace. |
GIBBS, Nancy BIGELOW, wife of Garret GIBBS | d. April 18, 1870, age 80 yrs 4 mo 22 days | ("Tompkins County Tombstone Inscriptions" indicates: Nancy Bigelow, w/o Garret Gibbs, d. Apr. 13, 1870) |
GIBBS, Catherine V., dau. of Garret & Nancy | left us for the better land June 2, 1855 ae 27y | "I shall be satisfied when I awake in his likeness" |
GIBBS, Nancy, 2nd wife of Elias T. Gibbs | d. Dec. 16, 1871, ae 25 yrs 3 da | |
GIBBS, Joseph Harris | b. Aug. 27, 1812, d. June 5, 1888 | [This could be Joseph Harris who married a Gibbs, unsure the way it is copied] |
GIBBS, Berentha, wife of Joseph Harris Gibbs [? or Harris see above] | b. June 24, 1812 - d. No date. | |
WEBSTER, Louesa, wife of L. S. Webster | d. Aug. 15, 1840, ae 27 yr __mo 15 da | [age is written 27-15-15] ("Tompkins County Tombstone Inscriptions" indicates: Louisa G., w/o Dr. H. K. Webster, d. May 15, 1840, ae 29y 11m 15d) |
GIBBS, Samuel, son of Garret & Nancy | d. Nov. 2, 1865, ae 45 yr 9 mo 29 da | ("Tompkins County Tombstone Inscriptions" indicates: In memory of Samuel, s/o Garret & Nancy Gibbs, who d. Jan. 3, 1819 ae 3d) |
GIBBS, M____ | d. Mar. 8, 1824, ae 11 yrs 6 mo | [NOTE:**looks like Min____ 1824 [1 has a u over it, 4 has a u over it, age has an n over it] **This is most likely Monroe GIBBS; there is a difference of age 11 yrs, 6 mos, with age 11 mos, 6 days, but same death date. ("Tompkins County Tombstone Inscriptions" indicates: Gibbs, Munroe, s/o Garret G. & Nancy Gibbs, d. Mar. 8, 1824, ae 11 mo 6d) |
GIBBS, Sarah L. RICE, wife of Elias T. GIBBS | d. Nov. 2, 1865, ae 45 yrs 9 mo 29 dys | |
M.S.G. | No dates | "Beloved when living Lamented the dead Her satisfied spirit To Jesus hath fled." |
HARRIS, Joseph [See Gibbs, Joseph] | ("Tompkins County Tombstone Inscriptions" indicates: Joseph Harris, b. Aug. 27, 1812, d. June 5, 1888. |
Samuel Gibbs and his wife, Charity, parents of Garret G. Gibbs, are buried in the Asbury Methodist Church Cemetery, Lansing. Gibbs burials
as noted in the Asbury Methodist Church Cemetery records are: New York's Finger Lakes Pioneer Families, by Helen F. Lewis, Kinship, 1991, states that
Garret Goodwin Gibbs, son of Samuel Gibbs, was born ca. 1783 in New Jersey. His wife, Nancy (Ann Bigelow), daughter of Oliver, was born ca. 1790 in Pennsylvania.
Garret G. Gibbs died 5 Mar. 1857, age 74. Nancy Bigelow, wife of Garret Gibbs, died 13 April 1870, aged 80 years, 4 mos. and 22 days. Children of Garret Goodwin
Gibbs and Nancy Bigelow were: |
Thank you Ina Sutfin & Janet Nash for transcribing the original record into digital format.
Updated record by Cheryl Hall.
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