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1963
WALKED OVER MOUNTAIN
Mrs. W,E. Gibson, who walked from Maryville to Robinsville, NC with her young husbnd more then 80 years ago, died Thurs nite at her home on Hall Rd off Maryville Pike at 97.
Martha Jane Pace and W.E. Gibson were married when she was 14. It wasn't on their honeymoon, but not long after, that the young pair broke their own trail the 100 miles over the mountains to Robbinsville. They killed one rattler but bears and "painters" didn't bother them.
Had 130 Descendants
There are now 130 descendants, of 4 generations, as a result of that union. Mr. Gibson, always a farmer, died in 1930 at 68. They established the Hall Rd home some 60 years ago and Grandma Gibson, as she was called, had never left it. The duaghters, Mrs. R.C. Wilson and Mrs. W.J. Rule, have helped look after the mother, and there has been a housekeeper in late years.
The living descendants are the daughters; two sons, Charles A & R.T. Gibson; and 33 grandchildren & 42 gg grandchildren.
"On the Robbinsville stay, my parents lived with her relatives and made two crops," said Mrs. Wilson the daugher yesterday. "When they got back they were proud owners of a milk cow."
"Mother's early childhood was in the Sugarloaf Mountain vicinity of Sevier Co. She vividly remembered seeing lines of Cherokees file across the mountain, possessing only what they could carry on their backs."
Eldest is 75
The eldest living Gibson child is Charles A, 75 and the baby is Mrs. Rule, 63 this month.
Services for the mother will be held at 2 pm tomorrow at the New Salem Methodist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will be taken to the church before the funeral. The family will receive friends tonight at Berry's.
Would anyone have any information on Pace connections in Robinsville?
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