Elias Sabin Gibbs was the eldest son of Melvin Gibbs and his second wife Clarissa Crowell.

Elias married Mary Eliza Peck, daughter of Elias Peck and Julia E. Andrews. Elias and Mary had seven children:

1) Edwin E. (1878-1878), who died in infancy;
2) Emma E. (1879-1960), who married Robert K. Orr;
3) Charles A. (1881-1960), who married J. Voila Jones;
4) Myra (1883-1883), who died in infancy;
5) Lizzie (1884-1963), who married William John McAlpine;
6) Anna (1888-1954), who married Rupert Cleveland Neal;
7) Melvin E. (1898-1973), whose first wife was Violet Freeman, and whose second wife was Ernestine Brock.

Two of the children, Edwin and Myra, are buried on this lot with their parents.

Obituary:

Obituary: ANOTHER PIONEER PASSES
Elias Sabin Gibbs Lingered Only Two Days After Stroke of Paralysis

Another pioneer settler of the county was removed by death Tuesday [July 20, 1915], when Elias Sabin Gibbs of Akron Township yielded to a stroke of paralysis he suffered early Sunday morning. He was 69 years old and came to the county from New York when only a small boy.

On October 25, 1876, he married Miss Mary E. Peck of Caro and they lived in the immediate vicinity of the town for many years, for a long time on the farm now owned by James Montague, where all of their five children were born. About sixteen years ago they returned [to Caro] to live on Norman Street, returning to the farm more than one year ago.

He had not been well for some time, but visited his son Charles in Caro Thursday of last week, and when the latter called at the farm Saturday his father appeared quite as well as usual. During the night he was stricken and lingered two days.

His wife and five children survive: Mrs. Robert Orr, Lansing; Charles A. Gibbs, Caro; Mrs. J.W. McAlpine and Mrs. Cleveland Neal, Wisner; and Melvin E. Gibbs, at home. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. T.W. Atwood of Caro and Mrs. N.I. Bonker of Saginaw, and one brother, T.O. Gibbs of Caro.

He had been a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity for years and was a man highly respected in the community.

Funeral services will be held at the home of his sister, Mrs. T.W. Atwood in Caro this afternoon at 2:30, conducted by Rev. W.H. Gallagher.

(Tuscola County Advertiser, July 1915.)

Obituary:

ELIAS GIBBS DIES, Well-Known Akron Man Succumbs to Apoplexy

Elias Gibbs, aged 69, died Tuesday morning at his farm home near Akron. He suffered a stroke of apoplexy Sunday morning and did not regain consciousness.

In his younger days, Mr. Gibbs, who was a large man, was considered one of the most powerful physically in the county, and many tales are told of his prowess.

The body was brought to Caro Thursday afternoon to the home of his sister Mrs. T.W. Atwood, where the funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. W.H. Gallagher will officiate, and Louis Wean and Mr. Ingalsbee will sing. Burial will be in the Caro [Indianfields Township] Cemetery.

Deceased is survived by his wife and five children: Mrs. Robert Orr, Lansing; Mrs. Jack McAlpine and Mrs. Anna Neal, Akron; Charles Gibbs, Caro; and Melvin Gibbs, at home. He was a brother of Mrs. N. Bonker, of Saginaw, Mrs. T.W. Atwood and Thomas Gibbs of Caro.

(Tuscola County Advertiser, July 1915.)