George Gibbs
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George Gibbs (b. unknown - d.1901) was an old time miner and prospector and a great friend of Colonel Alexander Oswald Brodie (a man who had an outstanding military career as well as being a mining engineer in the Arizona territory and the 15th Governor of the Arizona territory).
George came to this section, near Wickenburg, Arizona, in the early days from Virginia City. He engaged in mining and prospecting and worked for the Walnut Grove Storage company for a number of years, being in their employ at the time of his death.
He died on September 17, 1901 in Wickenburg. George was buried in Wickenburg's Sols Wash Cemetery and his headstone was originally located there. Sols Wash Cemetery was destroyed by floods. After one of the floods his headstone was found in the wash by a Wickenburg resident who took it home and it was in their front yard for many years. The headstone was relocated to the Wickenburg-Boetto House in Wickenburg, Arizona where it remains.
Handwriting on photograph reads: "George Gibbs. From Mrs. Brodie, March 1898. George Gibbs...a friend of Colonel Brodie and his wife."
Sources: Prescott Courier 9-23-1901; Tucson Daily Citizen 12-24-1901
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