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Below is a family biography included in The History of Benton County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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C. L. Gibbs, a prosperous hardware merchant of Rogers, Benton Co, Ark., is the fourth of nine children born to Lucas and Electta Gibbs, and was born in the “Bay State” in 1844. His father was reared in Ware, Mass., and was a farmer. C. L. Gibbs, whose name heads this sketch, was reared and educated in Massachusetts, and at the age of twenty-four years resolved to seek his fortune in the West, and first located in Des Moines, Iowa, where he was engaged in the real estate business, in the employ of a railroad company, for several years. He next located in Concordia, Kas., being one of the first settlers of the town, and was engaged in the drug business in that place for twelve years. Here he was married to Mary W. Pratt, a daughter of Dr. Pratt, of Virginia, and Bryce, Virgie and Lettie are their children. The wife died June 18, 1883. In 1880 Mr. Gibbs sold his stock of drugs in Concordia, and moved to Arkansas, being the first man to locate in Rogers, where he has since been a successful hardware merchant. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, a Republican in politics, and secretary of the Masonic lodge. Mr. Gibbs is always ready to do all in his power to help build up all public enterprises in the town he resides in.
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