Garrett and Harriet Gibson Family
(from left, back row and then front): Everett, Mable, Effie, Alice, Abner, Oliver (Ollie), Harriet, Albert, and Garrett Gibson. Garrett fought in the Civil War and homesteaded in Kansas, where he died in 1924. Mabel Gibson Reed, a good pianist but poor cook, had 5 children and no grandchildren. Abner never married. Everett was a teacher. Ollie opened a hardware store in Gaylord, Kans. where Everett worked before moving to Colo. Albert died in childhood as did 2 other siblings not pictured.