Elias Gibson
Elias Gibson was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, October 12, 1829. He is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth Gibson, who were natives of Pennsylvania, and moved to Ohio in 1837, and settled on the west half of the northwest quarter of section 12, Van Buren Township, on which Mrs. Gibson died in 1848. Mr. Gibson remained on the farm until 1860, when he moved to Allen County, Indiana, where he departed this life May 30, 1881. He served in the war of 1812. He reared a family of seven children, viz., Joseph, Martin, John, Mary, Elias, Sarah E., and William, all of whom are yet living except Joseph, who died in 1857. Elias Gibson, subject of this sketch, came to Shelby County with his parents in 1837, and settled in Van Buren Township. On the 29th of April, 1850, he married Miss Anna M., daughter of David and Sarah Howell, of Shelby County, born in Perry Township January 2, 1831. By this union he has a family of seven children, six sons and one daughter. In 1866 Mr. Gibson purchased and moved on the farm in section 6, Dinsmore Township, on which he is now residing, and conducting the business of farming with success.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883