GRANVILLE M. GIBBONEY, Reedsville, Mifflin county, Pa., was born on the
Gibboney homestead, near Belleville, Mifflin county, August 7, 1847, and is a
son of Albert and Peninna (Morrison) Gibboney. Their children were as follows:
Howard Eugene, married Mary Steely, has two children; Elizabeth Alexander (Mrs.
George Cogley), has ten children; Granville M.; Edward, died when about eight
years old; William Morrison, married Charlotte Strayer, has three children;
Charles Bowers, married Jenny Brindle; Samuel Rush, druggist, of Salina, Kan.,
married a lady from Vermont; Albert Victor, died aged about five years; Katie
Morrison, died when about four years of age; and Thomas Sherman, married Maggie
Fultz. Mr. Albert Gibboney died April 2, 1887, aged sixty-seven years, seven
months and seven days. The wife and mother still survives, at a venerable age,
having seen nearly three-fourths of a century of this world's life.
After attending the common schools of the township during his boyhood,
Granville M. Gibboney, at the age of nineteen, began to learn the business of a
dyer and finisher, in which occupation he continued until 1894. For twenty-six
years he was employed by his uncle, Harrison H. Gibboney. During part of the
time he was a partner in the firm of A. R. Gibboney & Company, which was a very
successful business house. In the spring of 1894 Mr. Gibboney came to
Reedsville, and since his residence here, has conducted a hardware and house-
furnishing establishment which is abundantly and judiciously stocked, doing a
thriving business. Mr. Gibboney is a Republican, and active in local politics;
has served several years as school director, besides filling other township
offices.
Granville M. Gibboney was married February 10, 1870, to Marion Cordelia Bell.
Their children are: Anna, who died in early infancy, March 3, 1871; Albert
Schaffer; Clarence H.; and Laura May. The family attend the Lutheran church.