{"id":200,"date":"2011-02-16T06:57:31","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T01:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cataumetcemetery.org\/?page_id=200"},"modified":"2016-10-29T00:43:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T19:43:54","slug":"captain-paul-crowell-gibbs-1832-1905","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cataumetcemetery.org\/?page_id=200","title":{"rendered":"Paul Crowell Gibbs, Capt  1832 &#8211; 1905"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14147\" style=\"width: 203px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cataumetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/100_3166.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14147\" title=\"Gibbs, Paul C, Capt\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cataumetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/100_3166-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cataumetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/100_3166-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.cataumetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/100_3166-729x1024.jpg 729w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Capt Paul C Gibbs Headstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_14149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14149\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cataumetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/100_3170.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14149\" title=\"Gibbs, Paul C, Capt &amp; family - C\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cataumetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/100_3170-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cataumetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/100_3170-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cataumetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/100_3170-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Capt Paul C Gibbs family Headstones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ancestry:\u00a0 <\/strong>Pelham Gibbs, Jr., Capt.;\u00a0 Pelham Gibbs, Capt.;\u00a0 Barnabas Gibbs;\u00a0 Barnabas Gibbs;\u00a0 John Gibbs;\u00a0 Thomas Gibbs, &#8220;<em>Lion&#8217;s Whelp&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Born: <\/strong>July 21, 1832 in Sagamore Ma.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Father:<\/strong> Pelham Gibbs, Jr., Capt.; (1795 &#8211; 1866) (Pelham Gibbs, Capt.\u00a0&amp; Temperance Savery)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mother:<\/strong> Mary Crowell; (1799 &#8211; 1870) (Paul Crowell &amp; Sally Sears)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Died:<\/strong> August 11, 1905 in Bourne Ma. at 73 yrs, 21d.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Buried:<\/strong> Cataumet Cemetery; area C<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Occupation: <\/strong>Mariner, US Navy, Justice of the Peace, Notary; (See Notes at the bottom of this page)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where Lived:<\/strong> 415 Barlows Landing Rd. in Pocasset Ma.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Married:<\/strong> January 23, 1855 in Sandwich Ma.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>To:<\/strong> Maria Elizabeth Barlow; (1835 &#8211; 1893) (Jesse Barlow, Jr., Capt.\u00a0&amp; Maria Swift (Ellis))<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Children: <\/strong>6<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1. <\/strong>Eleanor M. Gibbs; (November 9, 1858 &#8211; October 28, 1939); Eleanor lived at Barlows Landing Rd with her father. She died at 80 yrs, 11 mos, 17 d. &amp; is buried in Cataumet Cemetery.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2. <\/strong>Albert Cobb Gibbs; (June 4, 1860 &#8211; ?); Married Annie Smith (1856 &#8211; 1912) in 1890; Albert was a Mariner; They lived in Brooklyn N.Y.; He\u00a0&amp; Annie are\u00a0buried in Cataumet Cemetery.<\/li>\n<li><strong>3. <\/strong>Irving Foster Gibbs, Capt.; (March 31, 1862 &#8211; April 11, 1933); Married (1) Mary\/Minnie Eliza Davis (1862 &#8211; 1901)\u00a0(Alden P. Davis &amp; Mary L. Stebbins) in Chicago Il. on July 5, 1888\u00a0&amp; married (2) Beulah Alice Davis Jacobs (1871 &#8211; 1939)\u00a0(Charles L. Davis &amp; Caroline A. Lane) in New Bedford Ma. on July 2, 1906; Beulah married (1) Adelbert Eugene Jacobs (1864 &#8211; 1899) (John H. Jacobs &amp; Julia Welch) in Somerville Ma. on October 31, 1893; Irving, Mary\/Minnie &amp; Beulah are buried together in Cataumet Cemetery.<\/li>\n<li><strong>4. <\/strong>George F. Gibbs; (April 2, 1866 &#8211; December 18, 1933); Married Belle Swan (1859 &#8211; 1941) (Joseph C. Swan, Jr.\u00a0&amp; Isabella Alexander Field) in Nebraska Abt,1901; George was a Furniture Dealer in Omaha Ne.; He &amp; Belle are buried in Omaha.<\/li>\n<li><strong>5. <\/strong>Sarah Frances Gibbs; (April 12, 1868 &#8211; May 22, 1944); Sarah was a member of Bourne High School Class of 1887; She died\u00a0at 75 yrs, 1 mo, 10 d. &amp; is buried in Cataumet Cemetery.<\/li>\n<li><strong>6. <\/strong>Faustina P. Gibbs Peckham; (November 18, 1872 &#8211; 1961); Married Arthur R. Peckham (1866 &#8211; 1956) (William G. Peckham &amp; Mary H. Perry) in\u00a0Pocasset Ma. on November 28, 1892; Faustina &amp; Arthur are buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in North Attleboro Ma.; Their daughter Barbara Peckham Delaney &amp; her husband Ernest Harold Delaney are buried in Cataumet Cemetery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other Notes: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Taken from <em>\u201cFrom Pocasset To Cataumet<\/em>\u201d,\u00a0A Publication of The Bourne Historic Commission<\/p>\n<h5>\u201cThe following sketch, in Capt. Gibbs\u2019 handwriting, is among the papers of the E. Harold Delaney family.\u00a0 Mrs. Delaney was Capt. Paul Gibbs\u2019 granddaughter.<\/h5>\n<h5>The material is especially apropos. Capt. Gibbs was a coastal skipper but he also sailed around the Horn to California and made numerous voyages between New Orleans and Massachusetts.\u00a0 He is an example of that combination seaman and businessman a New England skipper had to be.\u00a0 During his service in the U.S. Navy, his ship, the U.S.S. <em>R.R. Cuyler <\/em>was at the siege of Mobile Bay; &#8211; fourth in line when Admiral Farragut gave the order, \u201cDamn the torpedos. Full speed ahead.\u201d\u00a0 A captain ashore can\u2019t always resist the sea.\u00a0 In retirement years, Capt Paul was in demand as a boatman.\u00a0 He worked one summer for M. N. Richard and several for J. H. Dwinell.<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Captain Paul Crowell Gibbs<\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Autobiographical Sketch<\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cBorn in Sagamore, July 21, 1832.\u00a0 Commenced to go to sea in April, 1843.\u00a0 In April, 1854 took command of Schooner <em>Wm. P. Genn<\/em>.\u00a0 Jan. 23, 1855, married Maria E. Barlow.\u00a0 Jan. 15, 1856, went to California and return Nov. 11, 1857.\u00a0 Aug. 9, 1859, took charge of new Brig, <em>Sarah<\/em>; Ellis, Cobb and Chandler (owners).\u00a0 Night Jan 1, 1860, was sunk in collision with Ship, <em>St. Peter<\/em>, on northerly edge of Gulf Stream.\u00a0 All hands saved.\u00a0 A most wonderful escape!\u00a0 May 3, 1860, took command of Brig, <em>Lourana<\/em>, until May 1, 1861.\u00a0 May 4, 1862, Commissioned as an Acting Master, U. S. Navy.\u00a0 November 12, 1863, resigned and took command of Bark, <em>Franklin<\/em>, General Benjamin E. Butler, owner.\u00a0\u00a0 April 1865, bought Schooner, <em>Choctaw<\/em>.\u00a0 Sold <em>Choctaw<\/em> and bought Schooner, <em>Kate Thomas<\/em>, Nov. 19, 1866.\u00a0\u00a0 Oct. 1, 1870, sold her and Nov 20<sup>th<\/sup> took command of Schooner, <em>Senator Grimes<\/em> until May, 1871, then took Schooner, <em>Addie Murchie<\/em> Sept. 1, 1873, then <em>Annie Murchie<\/em>, James Murchie and sons, Calais, Me., were owners of last three.\u00a0 Sept. 12, 1876, in Brunswick, Ga. took yellow fever.\u00a0 Lost mate and five men.\u00a0 Nov. 3, 1876, arrived in New York and gave her up.\u00a0 (Annie Murchie)\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5>In the year 1877-78 Captain Gibbs sailed the Schooner, <em>Daniel Webster<\/em>, for owner John Essery until Feb. 15, when he bought Schooner, <em>Cyrus Chamberlain<\/em>.\u00a0 This vessel was succeeded by Schooner, <em>Angler <\/em>in 1878 and the <em>Lillie Wofford<\/em> ten years later.\u00a0 Not happy with this last, he sold her and had his last Schooner, <em>Golden Ball<\/em>, built to order.\u00a0 Capt. Paul sailed <em>Golden Ball<\/em> for two years when in 1892 he \u201cput my son (Capt Irving Gibbs) in charge and retired from the sea.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5>Captain Irving Gibbs continued to sail in coastal trade.\u00a0 He sailed to South America for coffee and to Canada for lumber.\u00a0 He carried cobblestones from Rockport, Massachusetts, coal from Newport News, Virginia, and codfish and ice to the Bahamas.\u00a0 It\u2019s said that Capt. Gibbs aboard <em>Golden Ball<\/em> and Capt. Ed. Barlow aboard Schooner <em>Jesse Barlow<\/em> had many a race with their cargoes up or down the coast.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Ancestry:\u00a0 Pelham Gibbs, Jr., Capt.;\u00a0 Pelham Gibbs, Capt.;\u00a0 Barnabas Gibbs;\u00a0 Barnabas Gibbs;\u00a0 John Gibbs;\u00a0 Thomas Gibbs, &#8220;Lion&#8217;s Whelp&#8221; Born: July 21, 1832 in Sagamore Ma. Father: Pelham Gibbs, Jr., Capt.; (1795 &#8211; 1866) (Pelham Gibbs, Capt.\u00a0&amp; Temperance Savery) Mother: Mary Crowell; (1799 &#8211; 1870) (Paul Crowell &amp; Sally Sears) Died: August 11, 1905 in &#8230; <a title=\"Paul Crowell Gibbs, Capt  1832 &#8211; 1905\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cataumetcemetery.org\/?page_id=200\" aria-label=\"Read more about Paul Crowell Gibbs, Capt  1832 &#8211; 1905\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":196,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-200","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cataumetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cataumetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cataumetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cataumetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cataumetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=200"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/www.cataumetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20743,"href":"https:\/\/www.cataumetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200\/revisions\/20743"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cataumetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cataumetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}