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Note: bought 80(?) acres of land from John Yancey near Ivy Community Civil War - Company F - NC Cav. -CSA his children Ella Cecelia born May 4, 1868 Obeth (Burke Co) Romulus R. 1870 " Jane Eliza 1872 Crooked Creek Middle Fork Mills 1875 same for rest William Augustus "Gus" 1877 Charles Bascomb 1880 Ada Lee 1884 Lillie Belle 1886 Cousin Henrietta Ray Walker's note on Elbert Porter and Ollie Belle (Briggs) Ray in a County History contains this bit of information of John Rutherford: "... Ella Cecilia Gibbs ... Her father was an upstanding Christian who practiced helping his fellow man. He tended his farm, ran a mill in which he ground corn and wheat, had a general store and was the Postmaster of Briggsville, NC."
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