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Beautiful three page hand written letter on Dayton, Ohio GAR letterhead dated 1928 from Mary King Gibson wife of Rev. James King Gibson on the death of a Civil War veteran to the widow Amelia Wallace White.
Mrs. Gibson's husband is listed on the letterhead officers as Rev. James King Gibson as chaplain in Chief of the Dayton, Ohio GAR headquarters.
This letter is from an important and extensive archive associated with the Collings/Kirker family of Adams Co., Ohio that I have listed in my shop. The Archive over-all consists of materials from the Kirker-Collings-Gibson family of Adams Co., Ohio, from just before statehood to the end of the 20th century. Two of the progenitors of this clan are James R. Gibson and his wife, Martha King Gibson. This archive and this letter appear to have been accumulated and come through Mary King Collings, who, it appears never married.
Please take a moment to examine my many other items from the Collings and Kirker families of Adams County,Ohio.
ref: container collins/kirker/king archival box
