James Amos Gibson Born: ca 1845 Died: 10-Feb-1900 Plot:
Company G 87th IL Infantry Where born: KY Where died: Mt Carmel Son of: Gideon Gibson (1814 KY-1880 White Co IL) & Elizabeth Goodman (ca 1817 KY) Married: 1 Jan 1871 White Co IL Melissa Hatcher* Lived at: 1850 Butler Co KY 1860 White Co IL 1870 Burnt Prairie - White Co IL 1880 Mills Shoal - White Co IL Children: - James G (27 Nov 1871 Carmi IL-18 Feb 1946 East St Louis IL m: Henrietta) -
Charles [Charlie] (Aug 1877 IL m: Dolly) -
Luella (ca 1876 IL m; ? Goulet; divorced by 1910) -
Laura (ca 1878 IL) -
Alice [Allie] M (ca 1881 IL m: Roy Hunt) -
Clara D (Sep 1883 IL) Siblings: - Permelia/Pamela J (ca 1843 KY) -
Nancy E (ca 1847 KY) -
Remus (ca 1848 KY-16 Jul 1853 Butler KY) -
Alonzo (9 Mar 1850 KY-31 Jan 1914 buried Rose Hill Cem) -
William Franklin (ca 1853 KY) -
Sarah (ca 1856 KY)
* indicates buried with James Amos Gibson in Sand Hill Cemetery.
About Sand Hill Cemetery:
Sand Hill Cemetery is the oldest large cemetery in Mt Carmel IL, predating Highland Memorial Cemetery and Rose Hill Cemetery. There was no subdivision of lots in Sand Hill Cemetery. People were buried in the order of their death. New burials were prohibited in Sand Hill Cemetery after 1932. Burials: 1254 Location: 730 West 3rd Street, Mt Carmel, Illinois - Wabash County
