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Anna May ``Martha?'' GIBSON (1878, Iowa - 1955, SD)
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| |---------William MORRISON (1805, Ireland - 1879, Ireland)
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|------Ellen MORRISON (1835, Ireland - 1913, Nebraska)
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|---------Mary Jane THOMPSON (1807, Ireland - 1879, Ireland)
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There is a child named Martha, age 2, in the 1880 census which I think might be the same as Anna, given Anna's 1879 birth year. But if Anna was born in June of 1880 (as the LDS AF says), it seems more likely that Martha was an additional child. On the whole, though, I think it most likely that Anna was mistakenly put down as Martha in 1880.
A 1909 Nebraska history book contained a biography about Anna's brother-in-law John Ross LeLacheur, which contained the following passages about William and Anna. It's discussing the LeLaCheur's parent's home, a ``ranch situated eleven miles northwest of Mullen'' in Cherry County, Nebraska:
On January 1, 1901, the old ranch homestead building
caught fire and burned to the ground. One son, William, and his
family occupied the dwelling at the time, and his wife was
awakened at four o'clock in the morning by the smell of smoke,
found the house on fire and they barely escaped from the burning
building with their lives. As it was, William's hair was badly
singed and his night clothes were nearly burned off his body. His
wife and their child were almost caught in the fire, but managed
to escape without serious harm.
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One brother, William, also owns a good ranch of 640 acres,
which he established in 1900, and is located in sections 26 and
27, township 25, range 32, this being the property of his wife,
who acquired it through homestead rights. She was Miss Anna
Gibson.
A 1986 biography of Anna and William by their granddaughter Betty Stevens noted:
On November 6, 1936 Anna and William moved into the State
Veterans Home in Hot Springs, South Dakota,
where they lived until their death.
Anna was a happy-go-lucky person. She was very proud
of her family and always had a smile on her face.
Sources for this individual: @S74@ @S335@ @S603@ @S73@ @S72@
