Rev. Samuel G. Gibbons
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Baptist Minister
Notes:
• Married Elizabeth Evans Dale (Oct. 28, 1795 - May 7, 1866) on Nov. 19, 1812 in Liberty, Smith County, Tennessee. There were no children from his marriage. - Gregg
• Mrs. Elizabeth Dale Gibbons Flanagan Jeffries High Brown Routt, was known as The Black Widow of Hazel Green. Many of her husbands died under mysterious circumstances and rather prematurely. Samuel Gibbons was her first husband. She married him Nov. 19, 1812 in Madison County, Alabama. She was seventeen years old and he was twenty. He became a Baptist minister. "After eighteen years of marriage, Samuel Gibbons contracted black tongue. He died on June 14, 1830, leaving Elizabeth a widow for the first time at age thirty-five." - Reeves
• The Carney timeline seems to differ from other accounts. However, by all accounts, Mr. Gibbons was the first of many husbands for Mrs. Elizabeth Dale Gibbons Flanagan Jeffries High Brown Routt. - Editor's Note
• "As a young woman, Elizabeth had met and married twice in short succession. Her first husband was a Mr. Gibbons, a wealthy man who was many years her senior. They were married only a few months when a mysterious malady struck the new bridegroom. Neighbors later claimed that Gibbons took sick one morning, died at lunch, and was buried before dinner. The cause of death was never explained." - Carney
• "Pretty Elizabeth Dale was only 17 when she pledged vows with Samuel Gibbons, a 20-year-old Baptist preacher. The two were happily married for 18 years, and no scandal was attached to the wife.
During the summer of 1830, Gibbons fell victim to yellow fever, commonly called the black tongue. The horrible manner of his passing was typical. of the course of the fearful disease. His swollen, distorted features and the darkened tongue would be remembered in later years when the swift winds of gossip were flying toward 'Liz.'
After the death of her husband, Elizabeth settled in Columbia, Tenn., where her brother, Edward W. Dale, was a very prominent citizen. (He, too, would be under a heavy cloud--committing suicide after some trouble at the bank.)" - Parker
Related Links:
The Following Pages Link to this Page:
• Elizabeth Evans Hall Dale
| Born: | c1792 |
| Died: | July 14, 1830 |
| Buried: | Moved to Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tennessee. |
| Husband of: | Elizabeth Evans Hall Dale |
Notes:
• Married Elizabeth Evans Dale (Oct. 28, 1795 - May 7, 1866) on Nov. 19, 1812 in Liberty, Smith County, Tennessee. There were no children from his marriage. - Gregg
• Mrs. Elizabeth Dale Gibbons Flanagan Jeffries High Brown Routt, was known as The Black Widow of Hazel Green. Many of her husbands died under mysterious circumstances and rather prematurely. Samuel Gibbons was her first husband. She married him Nov. 19, 1812 in Madison County, Alabama. She was seventeen years old and he was twenty. He became a Baptist minister. "After eighteen years of marriage, Samuel Gibbons contracted black tongue. He died on June 14, 1830, leaving Elizabeth a widow for the first time at age thirty-five." - Reeves
• The Carney timeline seems to differ from other accounts. However, by all accounts, Mr. Gibbons was the first of many husbands for Mrs. Elizabeth Dale Gibbons Flanagan Jeffries High Brown Routt. - Editor's Note
• "As a young woman, Elizabeth had met and married twice in short succession. Her first husband was a Mr. Gibbons, a wealthy man who was many years her senior. They were married only a few months when a mysterious malady struck the new bridegroom. Neighbors later claimed that Gibbons took sick one morning, died at lunch, and was buried before dinner. The cause of death was never explained." - Carney
• "Pretty Elizabeth Dale was only 17 when she pledged vows with Samuel Gibbons, a 20-year-old Baptist preacher. The two were happily married for 18 years, and no scandal was attached to the wife.
During the summer of 1830, Gibbons fell victim to yellow fever, commonly called the black tongue. The horrible manner of his passing was typical. of the course of the fearful disease. His swollen, distorted features and the darkened tongue would be remembered in later years when the swift winds of gossip were flying toward 'Liz.'
After the death of her husband, Elizabeth settled in Columbia, Tenn., where her brother, Edward W. Dale, was a very prominent citizen. (He, too, would be under a heavy cloud--committing suicide after some trouble at the bank.)" - Parker
Related Links:
• Carney - The Way It Was: The Other Side of Huntsville's History, by Tom Carney, 1994, page 93.
• Find A Grave - Page created by Mary Bob McClain.
• Gregg - A Crane's Foot (or Pedigree) of Branches of the Gregg, Stuart, Robertson, Dobbs and Allied Families compiled by E. Stuart Gregg, Jr., 1975, page 129.
• Parker - Article titled "Notorious Lady Of Hazel Green-Murderess -- Or Legend Victim" by Price Parker.
• Reeves - Wicked North Alabama, by Jacquelyn Proctor Reeves, 2009, page 72.
The Following Pages Link to this Page:
• Elizabeth Evans Hall Dale