Life History

Notes

• Mary S Gibson was the oldest child we have record of from the marriageof Sarah Morgan to Charles S Gibson.  She is recorded with her parentsin the 1850 census in Washington County, Illinois.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Washington County, Illinois, District 20, page135, Hse/Fam #549
  Gibson, Charles 38 M Laborer born Unknown
  Gibson, Sarah J  24 F born MO
  Gibson, Mary S  9 F born IL
  
  She was already married with a family in 1860.  It appears that theperson recorded as Joseph was her husband known as Joshua from familyinformation found in Pugh genealogies.  The details match otherwisewith Joshua and Mary (Gibson) Pugh.  Perhaps his name was JoshuaJoseph, or the enumerator might have simply made an error in recordingthe name Joshua.
  --http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2889620&id=I1485&ftm=1
  
  1860 Federal Census, Washington County, Illinois, 21 June, PO Ashley,page 38, Hse #286, Fam #258
  Pugh, Joseph 25 M Laborer born IL
  Pugh, Mary 20 F born IL
  Pugh, Sarah 3 F IL
  Pugh, Alnora 3mos F born IL
  
  Joshua and Mary had another daughter in about 1863-64, named Ella.  Wefind her in her grandparents home in Hill County, Texas, which wouldseem to indicate that both her parents had died before the 1880census.  Ella was also born in Illinois as were her older siblingsreported in the 1860 census.  It is possible her parents had alreadymoved to Texas before their death.  The first Pugh genealogy I foundon this family does not have death dates or places for either Joshuaor Mary.
  
  A few days later I found another genealogy with good detail on many ofthis family, including the information that Joshua and Mary weredivorced.  This genealogy states that several relatives had sworn thatthe couple had divorced, but the records were destroyed in a fire.This researcher does not provide a date for the divorce.
  "There are several affiants from brother David C Pugh and sister LeahMartel that they were divorced and that the records were burned in acourthouse fire."
  --http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v104t2048&id=I136&ftm=1
  
  This family tree also provides information on two later marriages ofJoshua, one in Illinois and the other in Texas, not long before hedied of consumption in 1886.  See these details in the Notes forJoshua B Pugh.
  
  I find no record of Mary S (Gibson) Pugh after the 1860 census.  Wefind the third daughter Ella in the 1880 census where she is stillsingle and living with her grandmother and stepgrandfather in HillCounty, Texas.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Hill County, Texas, 5 June, Justice Precinct,District 73, Page 13, Hse #107, Fam #124
  Barnett, J R  W M 71   Farmer  SC NC SC
  Barnett, Sarah  W F 50 Wife  Keeping House  MO TN TN
  Pugh, Ella  W F 16 Granddaughter  At Home IL IL IL

Sources

• 1. 1850 Federal Census, Washington County, Illinois
  • District 20, page 135, Hse/Fam #549
• 2. 1860 Federal Census, Washington County, Illinois
  • 21 June, PO Ashley, page 38, Hse #286, Fam #258
• 3. 1880 Federal Census, Hill County, Texas
  • 5 June, District 73, Page 13, Hse #107, Fam #106
• 4. Nadene Snyder, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, June 2008
  • Pugh, Ella
• 5. Ancestry Trees
  • Gibson-Barnett,