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Theresa Taylor Gibson

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Birth	:	17 Oct 1832
Death	:	2 Jul 1896
Burial	:	Taylor-Gibson Cemetery, Taylors, Greenville County, USA
Coordinate	:	34.9195938, -82.3075943
Inscription	:	Wife of R. B. Gibson
Description	:	There was some account of her life before she married. She was born at the Thomas Taylor homestead in or near Chick Springs (known in later years as the Taylors community). She grew up when slave labor was plentiful. She was the baby girl of a family of seven, four sons and three daughters. She taught school at Brushy Creek, a distance of three miles from her home, walking the path through the woods, crossing the branches and creeks on foot logs. She was small of stature, weighing but a few pounds over 100 at... Read More	There was some account of her life before she married. She was born at the Thomas Taylor homestead in or near Chick Springs (known in later years as the Taylors community). She grew up when slave labor was plentiful. She was the baby girl of a family of seven, four sons and three daughters. She taught school at Brushy Creek, a distance of three miles from her home, walking the path through the woods, crossing the branches and creeks on foot logs. She was small of stature, weighing but a few pounds over 100 at any time in her life. When the duties of a housewife fell on her shoulders, she carried them bravely. Since she was the youngest, she inherited the Thomas Taylor homestead. There she and her husband spent their lives, died, and were buried near the graves of Thomas and Sarah Taylor. She was not a constant talker. Most of the time it was her fingers she kept in motion, not her tongue. How consoling was her sweet voice when her arms were folded about a tired baby as she rocked him to sleep with the lullaby "Rock-A-Bye Baby in the Tree Top". But a more thrilling and unforgettable picture was to see her busy at the old spinning wheel. She would dampen the tips of her fingers on her lips, twirl the woolen or cotton roll, as the case might be, around the spindle, holding the roll in her left hand. With her right hand as she stepped back, she would give the wheel a swift turn, singing "And we'll all Sing Together in That Morning". After about eighteen years (birth of all children), including the trying days of the War Betrween The States and a dozen or more years following that, she fought bravely and brought to mature life ten of her offspring. The unceasing demands on her nervous system and body vitality were monumental. The environment under which she labored was daunting. In this period when her children were coming in rapid succession, the slaves were freed and the rigors of War were upon them. The necessity to provide food and clothes for family members filled every passing moment of both parents' days. They would sit by the fireside in the evening hours and her hands were busy with the knitting needles turning out warm woolen socks and stockings, while his hands, in the opposite corner, were busy pegging on the soles of another pair of shoes, all of his own making. Such a routine was necessary for several years.

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Theresa Taylor Gibson's memorial is located at: Taylor-Gibson Cemetery, Taylors, Greenville County, USA.
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Theresa Taylor Gibson death on 2 Jul 1896 in
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Latitude: 34.9195938
Longitude: -82.3075943

Family Members:

Parent

Thomas Taylor

(1781 - 1872)

Sarah Bridwell Taylor

(1791 - 1879)

Spouse

Robert Berry Gibson

(1833 - 1889)

Siblings

Zion Pinckney Taylor

(1816 - 1852)

Mary “Polly” Taylor Crowder

(1819 - 1895)

Children

Walter Johnson Gibson

(1860 - 1940)

Edward Josephus Gibson

(1864 - 1954)

Emma Eugenia Gibson Freeman

(1869 - 1940)

Anna H Gibson

(1873 - 1875)

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