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Mitchell Easterly Gibson


Biography
Born 02/20/1840
Birth Location Russell Co.
Died 06/23/1901
Death Location Grundy Co., MO
Father William Gibson
Mother Tabitha Dickenson
Married 12/04/1866
Spouse Selina Vincel
Military Units
34th Cavalry
29th Infantry
16th Cavalry
6th Battalion Cavalry
McFarlane's Squadron
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
29th Infantry
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Census Information:

1850: 678, Age 10
1860: 1371, Age 20
1870: Grundy Co., MO, 81, Age 34
1880: Grundy Co., MO, Liberty 4, Age 40
1900: Grundy Co., MO, Liberty 166, Age 60
1910: DEAD
1920: DEAD
1930: DEAD

Miscellaneous Information:


Newspaper mention:
Evening Republican (Trenton, MO), 6/24/1901

Notes: Father owned 1 slave.

Obituary online

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1
Private, Company A, 29th Virginia Infantry

Appears on a Register
of Payments on Descriptive Lists.

Period of service:
From:
To:
When paid: Apl. 18, 1862
By whom: J. F. Fisher
Amount: $50
Remarks: Bounty money

Card 2

Appears on a muster roll for Aug. 23 to Oct. 31, 1861 (Dated Nov. 25, 1861)

Enlisted:
When: July 10, 1861
Where: Dumps Creek, Russell Co.
By whom: Capt. Wm. McJessee
Period: one year

Last paid:
By whom: None
To what time: None

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 3

Appears on a muster roll for Oct. 31, 1861 to Jany 31, 1862 (Not dated)

Enlisted:
When: July 10, 1861
Where: Dumps Creek
By whom: Capt. McJessee
Period: one year

Last paid:
By whom: V. C. Huff
To what time: Oct. 31, 1861

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 4

Appears on a muster roll for Jany 31 to Feby 28, 1862 (Dated April 26, 1862)

Enlisted:
When: Aug. 23, 1861
Where: Dumps Creek, Va
By whom: Wm. McJessee
Period: 1 yr

Last paid:
By whom: V. C. Huff
To what time: Jany 31, 1862

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 5

Appears on a muster roll for Mch. & April, 1862 (Dated April 30, 1862)

Enlisted:
When: July 10, 1861
Where: Dumps Creek
By whom: Wm. McJessee
Period: 1 yr

Last paid:
By whom: V. C. Huff
To what time: Feby 28, 1862

Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: Furloughed 30 days

Card 6

Appears on a muster roll for May & June, 1862 (Dated June 30)

Enlisted:
When: July 10, 1861
Where: D. Creek
By whom: Wm. McJessee
Period: 1 yr

Last paid:
By whom: V. C. Huff
To what time: April 30, 1862

Present or absent:
Remarks: Transferred 28 May 1862

Card 7

No. 458 Vou. Abst.
Payments
M. E. Gibson
Bounty $50
April 18, 1862

Card 8

[$50 bounty signed at Abingdon, Va, April 18, 1862. Signed by name.]

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