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Emily <I>Gilbert</I> Gibbs

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Emily Gilbert Gibbs

Birth
Polk County, North Carolina, USA
Death
4 Oct 1918 (aged 36)
Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
Plot
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Emily is the daughter of Lanson Padgett Gilbert and Rebecca Manerva "Beckey" Griffin. Born in Polk county, NC she is a sister to Tillie, Elizabeth, Squire Parker, John Thomas, Grayson Arledge, Walter, Easter, Manerva, King and Susana Gilbert. Her father supported the family by farming.

Emily married Andrew Gibbs, 20 years her senior, and they are the parents of Nancy Rebecca Gibbs, born 1914.

Emily was admitted to the asylum in January 1915 and remained there until her death of pellagra. Her husband would remarry - to Edith Drake and have a son, Andrew Baxter, born 1923 and daughter, Frances, born 1928.

Nancy Rebecca, her daughter, would remain single, teaching school and die at age 29 of general carcinomatosis beginning in her stomach. Her death certificate provides her mother's maiden name.

Emily's sister, Elizabeth, is also buried here, having been admitted in 1936 and died in 1945.
Emily is the daughter of Lanson Padgett Gilbert and Rebecca Manerva "Beckey" Griffin. Born in Polk county, NC she is a sister to Tillie, Elizabeth, Squire Parker, John Thomas, Grayson Arledge, Walter, Easter, Manerva, King and Susana Gilbert. Her father supported the family by farming.

Emily married Andrew Gibbs, 20 years her senior, and they are the parents of Nancy Rebecca Gibbs, born 1914.

Emily was admitted to the asylum in January 1915 and remained there until her death of pellagra. Her husband would remarry - to Edith Drake and have a son, Andrew Baxter, born 1923 and daughter, Frances, born 1928.

Nancy Rebecca, her daughter, would remain single, teaching school and die at age 29 of general carcinomatosis beginning in her stomach. Her death certificate provides her mother's maiden name.

Emily's sister, Elizabeth, is also buried here, having been admitted in 1936 and died in 1945.

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