Gibson, Ira Elsworth
(1868-1944)




Birth: 1868, SW of Greentown, Howard County, IN
Death: 1944
Parents: Samuel and Cynthia (Fulwider) Gibson
Spouse: Alice McQuiston, married July 31, 1886
Known Children: May Leeds, Violet, Jewell
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Other Occupations: bicycle business
Individual Number: 3532


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1900*-1944* Ira Gibson Studio owner Greentown, Howard County, IN 118 W. Main St.





1918-1919 Ira Gibson Studio owner Kokomo, Howard County, IN 928 S. Main























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Parents: Samuel and Cynthia (Fulwider) Gibson
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OriginalNotes: Descendants of William Jacob McQuiston, found online 2/24/02 at http://www.geocities.com/myroots2002/McQuiston.html
12. ALICE3 MCQUISTON (JOHN2, WILLIAM JACOB1) was born February 05, 1871 in Indiana, and died February 25, 1934. She married IRA ELSWORTH GIBSON July 31, 1886 in Howard County, IN, son of SAMUEL GIBSON and CYNTHIA FULWIDER. He was born 1868 in Howard Co., IN, and died 1944 in Indiana.
Children of ALICE MCQUISTON and IRA GIBSON are:
i. MAY4 GIBSON, b. Indiana; m. JAY M. LEEDS.
ii. VIOLET GIBSON, b. July 22, 1897, Indiana; d. March 1969, Howard Co., IN or Jay County, IN.
iii. JEWELL GIBSON, b. Indiana.

Kokomo Tribune, 16 May 1998, A10
"Photos give perspectives on Greentown" [article about display of his photos in Greentown Public Library]; Ira Gibson b. on farm SW of Greentown in 1868. After farming a few years, he moved to Greentown in 1897, engaging for a time in the bicycle business and then becoming a photographer. His studio was at 118 W. Main St.
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OriginalSource: ca. 1900 cabinet card by Ira Gibson, Greentown 

The owner of the Wild Ostrich Antique Shop in Kokomo purchased many items from this estate about 20 years ago (1970s or 80s); she had many photos, most have been sold, but had to discard personal correspondence. She did not acquire business records or negatives.

Kokomo Tribune, 16 May 1998, A10
"Photos give perspectives on Greentown" [article about display of his photos in Greentown Public Library]; Gibson b. on farm SW of Greentown in 1868. After farming a few years, he moved to Greentown in 1897, engaging for a time in the bicycle business and then becoming a photographer. His studio was at 118 W. Main St.

Kokomo Tribune, 9 Feb. 1935, p. 12
Ira Gibson, Greentown photographer, has growing in a large ?? In his studio an orange tree, which has been bearing fruit for thirty years. The tree now has fifteen ripe oranges, measuring five and six inches in circumference, and buds just unfolding into bloom. [cont.]
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