George H. Gipson

As printed in 1912

GEORGE H. GIPSON.

In the collection of material for the biographic department of this publication there has been a constant aim to use a wise discrimination in regard to the selection of subjects and to exclude none worthy of representation in its pages, and now that the biographer has come to the name of George H. Gipson, one of the worthy citizens of Independence township, he takes pleasure in giving the reader something of his life history and that of his honored family on both sides of the house, for they have been well known in this locality since the days of the early settler.

Mr. Gipson was born in the township where he still resides, on January 15, 1 87 1, and here he grew to manhood and has always been identified with the agricultural life of this community. He is the son of George and Emma (Davey) Gipson, both born in England, the father in Lincolnshire in 1831 and the mother in Cambridgeshire. The elder Gipson came to America in 1853 and settled near Joliet, Illinois, and later came to Jasper county, Iowa, where his death occurred on July 17, 1903; the mother is still living, making her home with her son, A. D., of Independence township. Their family consisted of eleven children, ten of whom are living, namely: Lizzie Hampton, of Lincoln, Nebraska; Emma Johnson, of Boone, Iowa; Addie Thomas died at Iowa City: Mrs. C. A. McCreary lives at Toledo, Iowa; Susan lives at Los Angeles, CaHfornia; Mrs. F. W. Hampton lives in Lincoln, Nebraska; George H., of this review; Mrs. J. A. Scott, of Monroe, Iowa; Albert and Alfred, twins, both live in Independence township; Mrs. Myrtle Donaldson also lives in Independence township.

George H. Gipson, of this review, grew up on the home farm and was educated in the local schools, and on February 23, 191 1, he was united in marriage with Mattie Perry, who was born near Laurel, Marshall county, Iowa, January 21, 1877, the daughter of Harrison W. and Minerva (Barbee) Perry, the father born in Belmont county, Ohio, February 27, 1849, from which state he came with his parents to Marshall county, Iowa, in an early day and there the family became well established and have been well known there to the present day. He and Minerva Barbee were married in 1874. She was born in Jasper county, this state, on December 25, 1853, her parents being among the earliest settlers in this county, having settled near Newton, and here the father, John Barbee, died when about seventy-four years of age, and the mother, whose maiden name was Olive Newton, also died in this county when seventy years of age. Their family consisted of eleven children, six of whom are living.

Mrs. Gipson is one of a family of seven children, named as follows: Mary died when five years of age; Marshall, born in Laurel, Iowa, in May, 1878, is living at home; Edith Jones, born August 4, 1883, is living in Clear Creek township; Oscar, born in May, 1886, is living in Independence township, this county; Odessa, born May 14, 1894, is living at home.

George H. Gipson has been very successful in his life work, being a hardworking, conscientious, straightforward farmer. He is the owner of a valuable and well improved farm of one hundred and fifty-five acres of land in Independence township, on which stand a substantial dwelling and convenient outbuildings. Fraternally, he belongs to the Baxter Camp of the Modern Woodmen of America.

As printed in Past and present of Jasper County, Iowa (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.