Lula W. Gibson

  General Notes:

Likely parents are Carrs S. Gibson and his wife Lucy (see marriage notes for parent's names, C. S. and Lucy Gibson): The 1900 Federal Census for Dickerson Precinct, Franklin County, VA, District 36, page 241B, dated June 5, 1900 records Carr S. (May 1858) and his wife Lucy M. (Oct 1859) Gibson with their children Samuel E. (March 1887), Fred W. (Aug 1889), and Fletcher G. (Sept 1894). Carr and Lucy have been married 25 years and have had 7 children of whom 4 are still living.

Lula married Filmore H. Adkins, son of Unknown and Permelia Adkins, on 9 Apr 1891 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. (Filmore H. Adkins was born in Jul 1868 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. and died after 1930 in Union Hall, Franklin Co., VA.)

  Marriage Notes:

On the 1891 Pittsylvania Co., VA marriage certificate [found at the Library of Virginia in Richmond] for Filmore Adkins and Lula W. Gibson, Lula lists her parents as C. S. Gibson and Lucy Gibson. Lula lists her age as 16.