Name: Grace Constance /Watkins/, , , ,

Name: Raymond Leroy /Gibson Adopted/, , , , ,





Wilfred and Emma Gibson. Wilfred and Emma Murch Gibson came to Central City from Appleton, Wisconsin in 1902 so that Wilfred might join the Nebraska Central College faculty.
     Wilfred was born in North Collin, New York. He served in the Union Army in the Civil War and had been a teacher and superintendent of schools in Appleton prior to coming to Central City. His wife, Emma, was born in Appleton, was educated there and had been a teacher in the Appleton schools prior to her marriage. Wilfred's mother, Elizabeth Austin Gibson, accompanied them to Nebraska. She was a physician and had served as a nurse for the Union Army in the Civil War. The family purchased an acreage near the college and made their home there as long as they were able to care for it.






Raymond and Grace (Watkins) Gibson. Raymond was the only child of Wilfred and Emma Gibson. They moved to Central City when he was nine years old. His wife, Grace Watkins Gibson, came to Central City from Perkins County, Nebraska, to attend Nebraska Central Academy. She and Raymond both graduated from Nebraska Central Academy and Raymond attended Nebraska Central College. They were married in 1916. They spent the first four years homesteading in Colorado, then returned to Nebraska to live and soon after, Wilfred and Emma Gibson came to live in their home until their deaths.