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Below is a family biography included in The History of Madison 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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Green B. Gipson, merchant and farmer of Lamar Township, was born in Richland Township, Madison Co., Ark., January 11, 1847, and is a son of Green and Rhoda (Hawk) Gipson, who were born in North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively. The father was born on the 19th of January, 1810, and at the early age of twelve years left home and went to Warren County, Tenn., where he worked as a day laborer for some time, and then settled in Madison County, Ark., during its early settlement (1830). He began life a poor boy, but by energy and good management became a well-to-do farmer, owning at the time of his death, which occurred December 10, 1883, a fine farm of 320 acres. His sympathies were readily enlisted in the cause of the poor and oppressed, and his many kind deeds will be remembered by the present generation. He was a Democrat. His widow is still residing on the old home farm, and is now seventy-six years of age. Eleven children were born to their marriage, eight of whom are now living: Mary, wife of R. Thompson; Nancy, wife of H. H. Fox; Missanire, wife of B. B. Davis; John; Druscilla, wife of E. Dodson; Pleasant M.; Telitha, wife of Capt. W. R. Lawson; Lydia, widow of Thomas Long; Green B., Hosea and Ezekiel. Green B. Gipson received a fair English education, and in June, 1863, enlisted in Capt. W. R. Lawson’s independent company of cavalry (C. S. A.), and served until the close of the war. He was severely wounded on the 10th of May, 1865, by a navy ball, which passed through his right eye, and was cut out back of the right ear. After the close of the war he returned home and turned his attention to the peaceful pursuit of farming, which he has continued ever since. In 1872 he engaged in merchandising at Wesley, but discontinued that business in 1878. He is also extensively engaged in stock raising. March 10, 1875, he was united in marriage to Mary, a daughter of Samuel Moore, a Virginian, and by her is the father of four children: Etta Lavada, Cleo Lillian, Dora Veola and Minnie Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Gipson are members of the Baptist Church, and he is a Democrat and a member of the Masonic fraternity.

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This family biography is one of 99 biographies included in The History of Madison County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Madison County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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