The Golden Eagle Watch - Made For - J. M. Gibbs - Hannibal, MO. is a private label pocket watch in Seth Thomas 18-size hunting Model 2.
Joshua M. Gibbs, born February 14, 1842, in Blue Lick Kentucky, was a Sergeant in the Union Army during the Civil War with General Sherman on his march to the sea, and was wounded at Kenesaw Mountain. After the Civil War Joshua Gibbs lived at 313 Broadway in Hannibal Missouri with his wife Seraph and two sons, Willard and Giles. Mr. Gibbs operated a jewelry store there, J. M. Gibbs Jewelers, which he moved, in approximately 1876, to Main Street where he eventually operated as J. M. Gibbs and Sons. Mr. Gibbs died in 1914 and is interred at Riverside Cemetery in Hannibal.
The postcard photographs below show Main Street in Hannibal Missouri in the early 1900’s when J. M. Gibbs operated his jewelry store there.
The Golden Eagle Watch - Made For - J. M. Gibbs - Hannibal, MO.
(Not in STFS Collection)
The top-left advertisement appeared in the Hannibal Courier-Post on Friday December 3, 1875, on page 4. The top-center article appeared in the Hannibal Courier-Post on Tuesday April 27, 1875, on page 4. The top-right advertisement appeared in the Hannibal Courier-Post on Wednesday February 17, 1875, on page 1.
The middle-left article appeared in the Hannibal Courier-Post on Saturday April 14, 1877, on page 4. The top-center article appeared in the Hannibal Courier-Post on Tuesday January 15, 1878, on page 3. The top-right article appeared in the Hannibal Courier-Post on Wednesday November 20, 1907, on page 1.
The bottom-center obituary appeared in the Potosi Journal on Wednesday August 3, 1914, on page 3.
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