Gibbons/Kemper/Yancey Family Letter Series
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Collection Source:
This series of letters were in the possession of my grandmother
(Charlotte [Yancey] Boice) when she died. She probably got them from her mother
(Mary Ashby [Gibbons] Yancey), who in turn probably got them from her mother
(Frances Virginia [Kemper] Gibbons). You get the idea...
Collection Notes:
- These letters have been transcribed as is, including all spelling
errors and punctuation errors (lack of punctuation, usage of commas for
periods, etc.).
- Words that I am not sure of because the handwriting is hard to read
are placed in brackets with a question mark and formatted with a purple font
[like this ??].
- Many of these letters have no matching envelopes, making
identification of the sender and receiver difficult at times.
- Some of these letters were apparently continued on other pieces of
paper that did not remain with the main letter, so are unfinished, even
trailing off in the middle of a sentence.
- All purely numeric dates written by me have been recorded in the
format MM/DD/YYYY.
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Guide to the Letters (many more still to
come):
- Christina (Miller) Gibbons:
- to her sister-in-law Betsy/Betty, Elizabeth (Gibbons) Armstrong,
March 22, 1840
- Frances Virginia 'Fannie'
Mauzy:
- Franklin Kisling Pence
- Mary (Gibbons) Yancey:
- to her Aunt Betsy, Elizabeth (Gibbons) Armstrong,
November 19, 1841
- to her sister Frances Cornelia (Gibbons) Arbogast:
- to her sister Virginia Montgomery Gibbons,
March 25th, 1862
- to her sister, June 11th,
(1861??)
- to her sister, May 12th
& 13th, 1862
- to her sister, September
27th, 1862
- Robert Gibbons Yancey
- See also the Bear Family Letter
Series
- For a very good Civil War map showing battle sites for Jackson's
Shenandoah Valley campaign, visit the following sites (both have the same map):
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Key to Individuals -- Gibbons
Family:
Isaac Gibbons
(3/13/1757-12/22/1826), son of Abel Gibbons & 1st wife (name
unknown), married 12/28/1782 in Bethlehem, PA, to Mary
Gangwer (11/14/1760-10/27/1851), daughter of J. George
Gangwer & Magdalena Gleifer. Mary Gangwer Gibbons is buried
in the Gibbons Cemetery near Luray, Page
County, VA, along with several of her grandchildren (children of Samuel Gibbons
and Christina Miller, who once lived at "Willow Grove"). Children of Isaac
Gibbons and Mary Gangwer include:
- John Gibbons
(4/14/1784-2/04/1866), married 7/01/1810 to Jane Elizabeth Ke(i)ffer --
Children of John and Jane Elizabeth Gibbons (Photo taken circa 1890,
click thumbnail for larger image):
Back row, left to right: Virginia Montgomery
"Ginnie" Gibbons, William Henry "Hank" Gibbons, Jane Elizabeth Gibbons, John
Enos Gibbons, Sarah Ann "Sallie" Gibbons
Front row, left to right:
Robert Allen "Bob" Gibbons, Alexander Severus "Sandy" Gibbons, Mary "Polly"
Gibbons, George Rockingham Gibbons
Inset: Frances Cornelia
"Fannie" Gibbons
Not Shown: Emily Caroline Gibbons, Abel
Montgomery Gibbons (both deceased when photo was taken)
Photo courtesy of Rev.
James H. Boice, Jr.
- Mary Gibbons
(8/31/1810-1/10/1905), married 5/01/1846 in Rockingham County, VA, to William
Burbridge Yancey (3/27/1803-10/27/1858), son of William Layton
Yancey and Frances Lynn Lewis; she was his 2nd wife -- his first
wife was Mary Kyle Smith.
- Emily Caroline Gibbons
(12/18/1812-10/12/1883), married 9/15/1846 in Rockingham County, VA, to
Franklin Kisling Pence (7/05/1816-02/08/1899), son of Ann Kisling
and 1st husband John Pence. No issue.
- George Rockingham Gibbons
(11/18/1814-12/11/1907), married 5/13/1841 in Richmond, VA, to
Harriet Caroline Rison, moved to
Georgia.
- Robert Allen Gibbons,
(8/27/1817-5/16/1891), married 2/02/1858 in Rockingham County, VA, to Frances
Virginia Kemper (6/16/1830-8/26/1912), daughter of Ann Kisling
and 2nd husband Rodham Kemper.
- Charles Summerfield Gibbons (11/16/1858-2/27/1897),
married 11/16/1892 to Emma Virginia Yancey (9/11/1867-10/28/1957),
daughter of William Benjamin Yancey and Julia Victoria
Winsborough, granddaughter of William Burbridge Yancey and Mary
Kyle Smith.
- Robert Allen
Gibbons (7/31/1860-1/01/1937), married 10/26/1898 to Geraldine
Hopkins.
- Mary Ashby
Gibbons (3/16/1862-7/28/1945), married 10/27/1885 to William Lewis
Yancey (11/24/1860-7/31/1901), son of William Benjamin Yancey and
Julia Victoria Winsborough, grandson of William Burbridge Yancey
and Mary Kyle Smith.
- Frances Virginia Gibbons (1/15/1864-1/21/1939),
married 09/15/1896 to Levi Burr (or perhaps Bond) Davis.
- John Franklin Gibbons (1/15/1866-2/17/1866).
- William Andrew Gibbons (10/16/1868-?), married Lucinda
Moomaw
- Emory Olin Gibbons (10/16/1870-2/10/1892), no record
of marriage.
- Sarah Ann Gibbons
(4/18/1820-3/27/1910), married 2/02/1843 in Rockingham County, VA, to
William Shanks Miller
(12/19/1815-09/27/1892), son of Jacob Miller and Anna Bear.
Children of William and Sarah Ann include:
- Alexander Severus 'Sandy'
Gibbons, (9/09/1822-3/28/1912), married Sarah Cloud; buried
in Oakland, California.
- Jane Elizabeth Gibbons,
(4/18/1815-8/17/1904), no record of marriage.
- Abel Montgomery Gibbons, (4/05/1828-8/11/1855), no record
of marriage.
- John Enos Gibbons
(12/09/1830-12/29/1909), married 12/1880 to Nancy C. Armstrong, was
living in Lee's Summit, Missouri, circa 1890; buried in Lees Summit Cemetery.
Children include:
- John Gibbons (no further info)
- William H. Gibbons (06/23/1884-09/06/1884); buried in
Lees Summit Cemetery
- William Henry 'Hank'
Gibbons (12/09/1830-1/24/1917), married 1/17/1856 to Roann
Daniel, married 6/26/1869 to Margaret Armstrong, was living in
Lee's Summit, Missouri, circa 1890. Buried in Lees Summit Cemtery.
- Children with Roann Daniel include:
- George Gibbons
- Elizabeth Gibbons
- Frances Gibbons
- Children with Margaret Armstrong include:
- Leona May Gibbons (06/12/1870-12/16/1954), married
10/18/1894 to William Anderson Lacy (10/20/1867-06/13/1952)
- Frances Cornelia 'Fanny'
Gibbons (8/30/1833-1/03/1920), married in 1858 to
Rev. Benjamin Arbogast, moved to
Georgia. Children of Benjamin and Fannie include:
- Cora Lee Arbogast
(1859-?)
- Leland Ashby Arbogast (1860-10/1927)
- Buford Arbogast (1862-?)
- Robert Arden Arbogast (1864-?, died young)
- John Arbogast (1866-?)
- William Arbogast (?-?, died in infancy)
- Ollie Arbogast (?-?, died in infancy)
- Frances Arbogast (1870-?)
- Mary Arbogast (1871-?)
- Virginia Montgomery 'Ginnie'
Gibbons (9/02/1836-1/06/1928), married in 1863 to Andrew
Irick; married in 1881 to Samuel R. Sterling.
- Abel Gibbons
(9/15/1786-5/27/1877), married 04/08/1812 in Augusta County, VA, to Elizabeth
Bumgardner.
- Mary Gibbons
(9/17/1789-6/30/1869), married 08/30/1827 to Peter
Heneberger (10/09/1784-6/30/1869) as his 2nd wife; both
are buried in Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, VA.
Children of Mary and Peter include:
- Elizabeth Catherine Heneberger
(10/09/1828-09/25/1901)
- Susan Jane Heneberger (09/23/1831-1861), married 1855 to
Samuel Miller Dold
- Sarah Gibbons (1791-1872), married 1/04/1816 in Shenandoah
County, VA, to James Tribbett, died in Darlington, IN
- Susan Gibbons
(2/17/1794-11/19/1860), married 4/09/1816 in Shenandoah County, VA, to
Abraham Shue.
- Isaac Gibbons (6/07/1796-3/31/1880), married America
Richardson ??
- Lucy Gibbons (1/28/1798-2/25/1863), married George
Keffer.
- Christina Gibbons
(8/10/1801-10/07/1868), married 1/09/1823 to Henry
Hammer.
- Elizabeth "Betsy" Gibbons
(8/05/1803-1/26/1885), married 11/19/1837 in Rockingham County, VA, to
John Armstrong; in the 1840's found living
in Palistine, Cooper County, Missouri. Child of Elizabeth & John:
- Samuel Gibbons
(6/17/1806-08/1870), married 03/29/1829 to Christina
Miller (Abt. 1804-08/1879), daughter of Henry Miller and Mary
Price, granddaughter of Henry Miller and Anna Elizabeth
Coger, great-granddaughter of Adam Miller and Anna Maria Barbara
Koger. Children of Samuel and Christina:
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Key to Individuals -- Kemper
Family:
Ann Kisling (2/26/1792-12/10/1871),
daughter of Jacob Kisling and Anna Barbara Baer, married 1st John
Pence, married 2nd on 12/04/1823 to Rodham Kemper
(8/25/1786-5/09/1845), son of John Kemper and Elizabeth
Morgan.
Children of Ann Kisling and John Pence:
- Franklin Kisling
Pence (7/05/1816-02/08/1899), married 9/15/1846 to Emily Caroline
Gibbons (12/18/1812-10/12/1883), daughter of John Gibbons and
Jane Elizabeth Keffer
- Mary Anne Pence (7/28/1818-?), no record of marriage
- Lucy Jane Pence (4/03/1821-?), married David Link
Children of Ann Kisling and Rodham Kemper:
- Margaret Kemper
(12/21/1824-7/21/1879), no record of marriage
- Edward Stevens Kemper
(01/18/1829-12/26/1880), married 9/25/1854 to Susan M. Craig
- Frances Virginia "Fannie"
Kemper (06/16/1830-08/26/1912), married 02/02/1858 to Robert Allen
Gibbons (08/27/1817-05/16/1891), son of John Gibbons and Jane
Elizabeth Keffer
- William Morgan Kemper (1832/1835-?), no record of
marriage
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Key to Individuals -- Yancey
Family:
William Burbridge Yancey (3/27/1803-10/27/1858), son of William
Layton Yancey and Frances Lynn Lewis, married 1st on 11/04/1830
to Mary Kyle Smith (09/30/1804-4/16/1845), daughter of William
Smith and Diana McDonough; married 2nd on 05/01/1846 to Mary
Gibbons (08/31/1810-01/10/1905), daughter of John Gibbons and
Jane Elizabeth Keffer.
Children of William Burbridge Yancey and Mary Kyle
Smith:
- Diana Smith Yancey (09/16/1831-09/08/1895), married 09/25/1850
to George Oliver Conrad (06/24/1823-01/29/1907), son of George
Conrad and Susan Miller, grandson of Jacob Miller and Anna
Bear, great-grandson of Henry Miller and Anna Elizabeth
Coger.
- William Benjamin "Billy"
Yancey (12/15/1836-09/01/1912), married 02/15/1860 to
Victoria Julia "Vic"
Winsborough (09/05/1838-10/20/1916), daughter of Julia Mauzy
and William Winsborough -- Children include:
- William Lewis Yancey (11/24/1860-7/31/1901), married
10/27/1885 to Mary Ashby Gibbons (3/16/1862-07/28/1945), daughter of
Robert Allen Gibbons and Frances Virginia Kemper -- Children
include:
- Kemper Winsborough Yancey (06/02/1887-02/17/1957),
married 10/15/1912 to Edith January Stafford (10/11/1890-07/1979)
- Mary Virginia Yancey (04/03/1890-03/19/1987), married
06/09/1921 to Noland MacKenzie Canter (07/22/1890-12/09/1957).
- William Burbridge
Yancey (04/28/1893-04/30/1958), married 02/23/1918 to
Flora Elizabeth Faw
(10/31/1894-04/12/1975).
- My 2nd cousin
Betty
Brubach has more info on descendants of this line.
- Lois Rodham Yancey (05/31/1894-07/03/1945); never
married.
- Robert Gibbons
Yancey (12/07/1895-02/03/1971), married 04/30/1927 to Margaret
Eugenia Hunter (08/25/1902-08/1981).
- Charlotte Yancey (01/27/1898-07/17/1983), married
06/28/1923 to James Hillyer Boice (02/26/1897-06/19/1957).
- Ruth Yancey (02/27/1899-07/27/1899).
- Mildred Lewis Yancey (04/28/1900-09/10/1921); never
married.
- Thomas Layton Yancey (01/16/1863-02/10/1925), married
11/16/1887 to Mary Christina "Mollie" Mauzy
- Stuart Mauzy Yancey (04/03/1865-05/20/1938), married
6/11/1889 to Jane "Mamie" Moomaw
- Emma Virginia Yancey (09/11/1867-10/28/1957), married
11/16/1892 to Charles Summerfield Gibbons (11/16/1858-02/27/1897), son
of Robert Allen Gibbons and Frances Virginia Kemper
- Laura Belle Yancey (04/10/1870-03/24/1873), no record of
marriage
- Albert Smith Yancey (05/19/1873-06/03/1951), married
06/23/1894 to Bertha Bell Shipp
- Joseph Richard Yancey (07/20/1875-07/30/1875)
- Nettie Irene Yancey (12/20/1876-11/08/1837), married
05/09/1900 to Whitfield Liggett Mauzy
- Mary Julia Yancey (08/18/1878-04/20/1959), married
09/01/1925 to Starke Estes
- Franklin Winsborough Yancey (09/21/1882-12/08/1959),
married 09/02/1908 to Louise Miller Yancey (07/28/1884-05/03/1947),
daughter of Layton Burbridge Yancey and Frances Virginia
Hopkins
- Thomas Lewis Yancey
(02/23/1837-02/11/1862), married 12/04/1855 to Margaret Louise
Newman
- Edward Smith Yancey
(02/06/1838-08/13/1885), married 08/03/1858 to Frances Virginia Mauzy
- Charles Albert Yancey (02/19/1839-11/14/1880), married
01/24/1867 to Julia Porterfield Morrison
- Mary Frances Yancey (07/24/1841-07/19/1864), no record of
marriage
- Margaret Jane Yancey (12/11/1844-04/04/1895), married
10/27/1865 to Joseph Nicholas Mauzy
Children of William Burbridge Yancey and Mary Gibbons:
- Robert Allen Yancey (03/05/1849-03/05/1849)
- Mary E. Yancey (03/05/1849-1852)
- Layton Burbridge Yancey
(01/27/1851-03/27/1927), married 01/23/1878 to Frances Virginia
Hopkins
- John Gibbons Yancey
(11/26/1853-04/30/1914), married 12/09/1880 to Frances Bennett
Bradley
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Key to other individuals mentioned
in letters:
- Bear (See also the Bear Family Letter Series):
- Wesley Bear = Charles Wesley Baer
(1808-1879), married 01/31/1839 to Mary Elizabeth Conrad; son of Henry Baer and
Catherine Runkle
- Wesley Bear's wife = Mary
Elizabeth Conrad (05/11/1817-06/26/1841), married 01/31/1839 to Charles Wesley
Baer; daughter of Henry Conrad & Sarah Harnsberger
- Conrad:
- Harriet Conrad = wife of Eli H.
Koontz, married 3/12/1840 in Rockingham County (marriage index date of
3/12/1841 must be off by one year). She is the daughter of John Conrad and Anna
Maria "Polly" Nicholas.
- Jacob Conrad = probably Jacob Conrad
(09/15/1787-09/17/1841), son of Capt. Stephen Conrad and Maria Margaretta
Mayern/Moyer
- Jennet Conrad = perhaps Jennetta
Emily Conrad, daughter of George Conrad and Susanna Miller
- Jenneta Conrad = perhaps also refers
to Jennetta Emily Conrad, daughter of George Conrad and Susanna Miller
- Jinnetty Conrad = perhaps refers
once again to Jennetta Emily Conrad, daughter of George Conrad and
Susanna Miller
- Mary Elizabeth Conrad =
"Wesley Bear's wife", 05/11/1817-06/26/1841, married 01/31/1839 to Charles
Wesley Baer, daughter of Henry Conrad & Sarah Harnsberger.
- Mr Conrad = unknown at this time
- Polly Conrad = unknown at this
time
- Steven Conrad = unknown at this
time
- Furry:
- Harnsberger/Hansberger:
- Betsy Hansberger = unknown at this
time
- Lou Hansberger = unknown at this
time
- Sim Hansberger = unknown at this
time
- Susy Hansberger = unknown at this
time
- Alfred Harnsberger = Alfred H.
Harnsberger (?-03/04/1862); Alfred was the son of Henry Harnsberger & Polly
Bear; grandson of Adam Harnsberger & Catherine Nall; great-grandson of Ann
Eleanor Yancey & William Nall; great-great-grandson of Lewis Davis Yancey
& Mildred Winefred Kavanaugh
- George Harnsberger = George W.
Harnsberger (07/10/1817-01/02/1897), married 9/24/1841 in Page County, VA, to
Elizabeth Long, daughter of Isaac Long; George was the son of Henry Harnsberger
& Polly Bear; grandson of Adam Harnsberger & Catherine Nall;
great-grandson of Ann Eleanor Yancey & William Nall; great-great-grandson
of Lewis Davis Yancey & Mildred Winefred Kavanaugh
- Henry Harnsberger = unknown at
this time
- Miche Harnsberger = unknown at
this time, but lived near Cooper County, Missouri, in March of 1840
- Will Harnsberger = unknown at this
time
- Miller:
- Sellers:
- Other Individuals:
- a boy from Roanoke, name unknown =
a soldier training at Kelly Field in Austin, TX, in May 1918, but otherwise
unknown
- A. Gibbens/A. Gibbons ?? =
unknown at this time
- Ann Jennings ?? = unknown at this
time
- Ashby = Brig. Gen. Turner Ashby
- (old Uncle) Dave = unknown at this
time
- Dr. Harrison = unknown at this
time
- Dr Numan = Dr. A. M. Newman
- Edward Stevens = unknown at this
time
- Eli H. Koontz = husband of Harriet
Conrad
- Emma Lucy "Em" Mauzy,
(09/22/1840-12/19/1887), daughter of Albert Gallatin Mauzy and Julia Catherine
Nicholas, married John E. King 12/16/1856
- Frances/Francis Ward = unknown
at this time
- General Milroy = Brig. Gen. Robert
H. Milroy, U.S.A.
- See the following sites for more information about General
Milroy:
- Isaac Long = father of Elizabeth Long,
from Page County, VA, but otherwise unknown
- Jim, surname unknown = a soldier training at
Kelly Field in Austin, TX, in May 1918, but otherwise unknown
- John Effinger = unknown at this
time
- Lizzie Harden/Hardin = unknown
at this time
- Lizzie Maggart = unknown at this
time
- Lurenna Price = wife of Reuben
Kingree, married 05/27/1840 in Page County, VA
- Mag = unknown at this time
- Mary Fray = unknown at this time
- Mary Kittie Jarman = Mary Kitty Jarman
(Abt. 1844-?), daughter of Miletus Brown Jarman and Mary Catherine Harnsberger;
she married a Mr. Bowen; listed in the 1850 census with age of 6
- Mat = unknown at this time
- Miss Anderson = unknown at this
time
- Miss Hedric = unknown at this time
- Miss McGahey = unknown at this
time
- Mr Erman = unknown at this time
- Mr Harden/Hardin = unknown at this
time
- Mr Leap = unknown at this time
- Mr Leech = unknown at this time
- Mr. Ward = unknown at this time
- Mr White = unknown at this time
- Mr Van Lear = William Van Lear
- Mrs Eskridge = unknown at this
time
- Noah Pence = unknown at this time
- Polly = unknown at this time
- Robert Yancey = probably someone
related to William Burbridge Yancey, but currently unknown
- Shields = Brig. Gen. James Shields, U.S.A.
- Sue Sheetz = unknown at this time
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