After his father's death, Jason Gibbs remained with his mother on the farm until his twenty-first year. On March 28, 1846, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Conrad, who was born in Sandusky county, where she has always lived, daughter of John and Sarah (Tuttle) Conrad, who were the parents of eleven children. John Conrad was born in Ohio in 1795, and died in Sandusky county, February 3, 1869; his wife died June 11, 1883, aged eighty-four years, nine months, sixteen days. Mrs. Gibbs' paternal grandmother was born in 1784; her maternal grandfather, Van Rensselaer Tuttle, was born in 1772. After this marriage Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs moved to Riley township, where he bought a thousand acres of land. They became the parents of four children, as follows: Albert married Amelia Wright and they have two children - Charles and Burton P. - one of whom, Charles, died young. Luther married Almira Beebe, and they have had ten children; they live in Riley township. Burton married Jane Beebe, and they also live in Riley township; they have had two children - Charles A. and William J. John married Laura Botsford, and they have had six children; they make their home in Riley township.
Mr. Gibbs has been very successful in his dealings, and is well liked. He cleared 300 acres of his land himself, which took him nearly five years, and has been engaged in general farming, the raising of fine hogs, and for several years has also operated in general farming, the raising of fine hogs, and for several years has also operated two sawmills. Besides his property here he has 847 acres of valuable land in Tennessee, on which his oldest son reside. In 1893 Mr. Gibbs retired. He attends the Lutheran Church, is a Republican in politics, and has been honored with public office, having been supervisor for twenty years. One of Mr. Gibbs' uncles, Luther, was killed at Huron, Ohio, by the falling of a block from a ship's mast; another, Jerry, was killed by Indians at Sandusky (the night before his murder he dreamed that the Indians came to his home and killed him).
Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the counties of SANDUSKY & OTTAWA, OHIO - Publ. J. B. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 229
