Benjamin was one of eight sons born to R. G. Gibbs and Sarah Ann Kite Gibbs. He married Mary Jane Wiggins in 1855 and they had four children: William H. Gibbs; C. A. Gibbs; Sarah T. Gibbs; and Martha Lila Gibbs (1866–1956).
Benjamin enlisted in the CSA on May 20, 1862 as a Private in Company K, 13th Regiment Alabama Infantry. He was captured at the Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia on May 6, 1864 and was held as a prisoner of war in Elmira, NY until June 16, 1865. After taking an Oath of Allegiance, he was allowed to return home.
His date of death is listed as May 6, 1918 on his tombstone. However, the Alabama Deaths on ancestry.com lists his date of death as June 5, 1918. I don't know which date is the correct death date. His death date was apparently transposed by the person who did the tombstone inscription or by the State of Alabama.
Please note that his first name is spelled as Benjaman on his tombstone.
Written by Sarah Joyce Gibbs Johnson.
Benjamin enlisted in the CSA on May 20, 1862 as a Private in Company K, 13th Regiment Alabama Infantry. He was captured at the Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia on May 6, 1864 and was held as a prisoner of war in Elmira, NY until June 16, 1865. After taking an Oath of Allegiance, he was allowed to return home.
His date of death is listed as May 6, 1918 on his tombstone. However, the Alabama Deaths on ancestry.com lists his date of death as June 5, 1918. I don't know which date is the correct death date. His death date was apparently transposed by the person who did the tombstone inscription or by the State of Alabama.
Please note that his first name is spelled as Benjaman on his tombstone.
Written by Sarah Joyce Gibbs Johnson.
Benjamin was one of eight sons born to R. G. Gibbs and Sarah Ann Kite Gibbs. He married Mary Jane Wiggins in 1855 and they had four children: William H. Gibbs; C. A. Gibbs; Sarah T. Gibbs; and Martha Lila Gibbs (1866–1956).
Benjamin enlisted in the CSA on May 20, 1862 as a Private in Company K, 13th Regiment Alabama Infantry. He was captured at the Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia on May 6, 1864 and was held as a prisoner of war in Elmira, NY until June 16, 1865. After taking an Oath of Allegiance, he was allowed to return home.
His date of death is listed as May 6, 1918 on his tombstone. However, the Alabama Deaths on ancestry.com lists his date of death as June 5, 1918. I don't know which date is the correct death date. His death date was apparently transposed by the person who did the tombstone inscription or by the State of Alabama.
Please note that his first name is spelled as Benjaman on his tombstone.
Written by Sarah Joyce Gibbs Johnson.
Benjamin enlisted in the CSA on May 20, 1862 as a Private in Company K, 13th Regiment Alabama Infantry. He was captured at the Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia on May 6, 1864 and was held as a prisoner of war in Elmira, NY until June 16, 1865. After taking an Oath of Allegiance, he was allowed to return home.
His date of death is listed as May 6, 1918 on his tombstone. However, the Alabama Deaths on ancestry.com lists his date of death as June 5, 1918. I don't know which date is the correct death date. His death date was apparently transposed by the person who did the tombstone inscription or by the State of Alabama.
Please note that his first name is spelled as Benjaman on his tombstone.
Written by Sarah Joyce Gibbs Johnson.
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F L T (The letters F L T are intertwined with a chain across the top. The Odd Fellows fraternity's symbol (chain) & motto is "Friendship, Love & Truth".
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