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Benjamin Gibson
Abt 1803 - Abt 1865 (~ 62 years)-
Name Benjamin Gibson Born Abt 1803 Pennsylvania 
Gender Male Misc 1836 Cecil County, Maryland Birth of Elizabeth Residence 1840 Cecil County, Maryland Benjamin Gibson 1 male 30-40, 1 female 30-40 and 1 child (female) under the age of 5.
There is a Charles Riley with a large family 4 entries up.Misc Dec 1842 Cecil County, Maryland Birth of Benjamin Residence 1850 Rock Springs, Cecil, Maryland, United States Benjamin Gibson 47, hotel keeper, $4,000 value of real estate, born in Pennsylvania and Elizabeth Gibson 13, born in Pennsylvania live with Ann Mitchell 49, Sarah A Tousow, 17 and Henry Stamer, 33, Saddler Misc Jun 1852 Cecil County, Maryland Mental instability Misc 1853 Cecil County, Maryland Committed in Philadelphia, PA Died Abt 1865 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Person ID I51 Riley-Cirillo Last Modified 21 Aug 2014
Family 1 Maryanne/ Mary Ann Riley Children + 1. Benjamin Franklin Riley, b. 22 Dec 1842, Maryland, United States , d. 20 Sep 1907, Little Britain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 64 years)Last Modified 12 May 2014 Family ID F22 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Ailes Married Abt 1834 Children 1. Elizabeth B Gibson, b. 11 Mar 1836, Fairfield, Pennsylvania , d. 26 Nov 1920, Shelby, Richland, Ohio (Age 84 years)Last Modified 20 Jun 2015 Family ID F42 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - Abt 1803 - Pennsylvania 
Misc - Birth of Elizabeth - 1836 - Cecil County, Maryland Residence - Benjamin Gibson 1 male 30-40, 1 female 30-40 and 1 child (female) under the age of 5. There is a Charles Riley with a large family 4 entries up. - 1840 - Cecil County, Maryland Misc - Birth of Benjamin - Dec 1842 - Cecil County, Maryland Misc - Mental instability - Jun 1852 - Cecil County, Maryland Misc - Committed in Philadelphia, PA - 1853 - Cecil County, Maryland 
Died - Abt 1865 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Information from the Historical Society of Cecil County - 8/4/2014
We have had other researchers looking for your Benjamin Gibson. I was hoping we could find out more for you but we did not have much luck. There were two mentions of him in the newspaper, one of which was the one you saw. The other was the previous week and mentions only that he has been replaced as postmaster. It says nothing else.
We resorted to looking through the tax assessments. We started looking in the records beginning in 1850. He appears every year in the same location, and had a total assessment most years of $11, 015, which is quite good for the time. The last assessment year in which he appears that we have records for is 1864. We do not have records for 1865 and 1866, and he is not in the 1867 assessment. We could not find him in any of our tombstone records, but they are not complete. Also, Rock Springs is very close to the Pennsylvania line, so he could be buried in PA. I’m afraid that is all we could find.
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- Information from the Cecil County Historical Society - 8/7/14:
I’ve been looking into your question about Mary Ann. She is not in our Riley family file. I cannot find her in the Cecil County marriage books, neither did I find Benjamin Gibson, which might mean he was married to the Ailes woman in Pennsylvania. I don’t see her in any of our tombstone listings, and I didn’t find her on Find A Grave. As you are no doubt aware, I found a family tree on Ancestry.com on which she appears. Using the date listed for her death, I checked the appropriate newspaper for an obituary, but did not find one. I took a look at the 1840 census you mentioned, and there is a female the right age living in his household. I checked the Md. State Archives death index using the death date from the Ancestry tree, and she does not appear there. It may be that she died elsewhere or had married so is under another name. That’s all I can find.
I’m sorry I couldn’t be of more help.
Carol Donache
Librarian
- Spoke to Stacey from the Archives of the Pennsylvania Hospital and she is unable to provide us with any information. All of the mental health records are locked down and not accessible.
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/paharc/
Here is a webpage that has a lot of historical information about Pennsylvania's hospitals.
- Information from the Historical Society of Cecil County - 8/4/2014
