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Robert C. Gibbs was born in Callaway County, Mo., April 15, 1832, son of Samuel C. and Charlotta (Kenney) Gibbs. The father was born in Scott County, Ky., in 1800, was of English descent, and a cousin of Gen. Gibbs, of New Orleans battle fame. He immigrated to Callaway County, Mo., in 1829, and lived there until 1875, when he moved to Audrain, of the same State, and there remained until August, 1880. He was a cabinet-maker by trade, but followed agricultural pursuits most of his life. He was a member of the Old School Baptist Church, as was also his wife, who was born in Scott County, Ky., in 1802, and died in Missouri in 1841. Julius Gibbs, father of Samuel C., was a Virginian by birth, and a pioneer settler of Kentucky, who lived in a block-house. Of the nine children born to Samuel C. Gibbs and wife, Robert C. was the fifth. He was reared on a farm in his native county, and remained with his parents until the age of sixteen, when he was apprenticed to the carpenter’s trade, and followed this twenty-eight years. He also owned a farm in Audrain County, and moved to the same in 1858, where he remained until 1881, when he located on his present farm, three miles east of Siloam Springs, which consists of 150 acres, 130 under cultivation, and has since followed farming and stock-raising. He was married April 19, 1855, to Miss Sarah B. Kenyon, a native of Pennsylvania born February 18, 1829, and eight children have been born to them: Infant (deceased), Edgar S., Martha B., Robert O. (deceased), Edward T., Addie (deceased), Annie E. and Herbert E. Mr. Gibbs and wife, and all but the youngest child, are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, of which he is trustee, and the eldest son is a preacher. Politically Mr. Gibbs is a Democrat, and he is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He takes a great interest in public improvements and educational matters, and is a valuable citizen of his community. He was moderator of the Springtown Baptist Association in 1885, and was appointed by Gov. Hughes a member of the Equalization Board of Benton County, in 1886. Mrs. Gibbs’ mother, Mrs. Eliza Kenyon, is now living with her son-in-law, Mr. Gibbs, and is over eighty years of age. The Kenyon family has long been noted for zeal in religious matters.