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Fascinating one-page document for the purchase of the Baptist Church by John Gibbs of Ionia County in Michigan dated Feburary 16th 1854.

7' 1/2 x 9' 1/2 inches










(Brief Life History of John Gibbs)

 

John Gibbs was born on 27 April 1802, in Pittstown, Rensselaer, New York, United States, his father, Joseph Gibbs, was 39 and his mother, Sybil Slade, was 36. He married Anna Norton on 29 September 1825. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Otisco Township, Ionia, Michigan, United States for about 10 years. He died on 22 April 1864, in Belding, Ionia, Michigan, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Otisco Cemetery, Belding, Ionia, Michigan, United States.


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