A brief sketch of his life from The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia by John Frederick Dorman (Filson Club, 1982) follows: Louisiana Breckinridge Hart, fourth daughter of Nathaniel and Susanna (Preston) Hart, was born 4 Dec. 1803, "Spring Hill," Woodford Co., Ky., and died 20 Feb. 1851, Havana, Cuba. She married 14 June 1827, "Spring Hill," Tobias Gibson, son of the Rev. Randall and Harriet (McKinley) Gibson, who was born 27 Oct. 1800, Vicksburg, Miss., and died 6 Feb. 1872, "Oak Forest," Terrebonne Parish, La.
Tobias Gibson was educated at Lexington, Ky., and after his marriage became a planter of Terrebonne Parish, La. He owned four large estates, "Greenwood," "Magnolia," "Hollywood," and "Live Oak." He was one of the leading cotton and sugar planters of the Mississippi Valley but made Lexington, Ky., his principal residence.
Tobias Gibson was educated at Lexington, Ky., and after his marriage became a planter of Terrebonne Parish, La. He owned four large estates, "Greenwood," "Magnolia," "Hollywood," and "Live Oak." He was one of the leading cotton and sugar planters of the Mississippi Valley but made Lexington, Ky., his principal residence.
A brief sketch of his life from The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia by John Frederick Dorman (Filson Club, 1982) follows: Louisiana Breckinridge Hart, fourth daughter of Nathaniel and Susanna (Preston) Hart, was born 4 Dec. 1803, "Spring Hill," Woodford Co., Ky., and died 20 Feb. 1851, Havana, Cuba. She married 14 June 1827, "Spring Hill," Tobias Gibson, son of the Rev. Randall and Harriet (McKinley) Gibson, who was born 27 Oct. 1800, Vicksburg, Miss., and died 6 Feb. 1872, "Oak Forest," Terrebonne Parish, La.
Tobias Gibson was educated at Lexington, Ky., and after his marriage became a planter of Terrebonne Parish, La. He owned four large estates, "Greenwood," "Magnolia," "Hollywood," and "Live Oak." He was one of the leading cotton and sugar planters of the Mississippi Valley but made Lexington, Ky., his principal residence.
Tobias Gibson was educated at Lexington, Ky., and after his marriage became a planter of Terrebonne Parish, La. He owned four large estates, "Greenwood," "Magnolia," "Hollywood," and "Live Oak." He was one of the leading cotton and sugar planters of the Mississippi Valley but made Lexington, Ky., his principal residence.
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