Oscar Otis Gibbons

My father's father, Oscar Gibbons was a quiet man and I never knew him well. He and my grandmother, Noda Alice Marshall, came to Oklahoma in a covered wagon. I wish I could say more about that trip but I was young when Grandma Noda told me about it and I don't remember the story.

Oscar and Noda lived in Sedan, New Mexico between 1911-1917. They farmed land that bordered the Texas state line. Oscar had a second cousin, Bill Culbertson that ranched land in Texas that bordered Oscars. The story goes that Oscar's dogs attacked and killed two cows that belonged to Bill. Bill threatened to kill Oscar, so Oscar fled to western Oklahoma. Noda and the two boys, Harvey and Marshall, followed later.

Oscar lost his right hand when his glove caught in the gears of a piece of farm equipment.

Oscar divorced Noda at the age of 60 and remarried to Hope Thurlow, 20. They had a daughter, Carol Ann. When Oscar and Hope's marriage failed, Carol came to live with us in North Tulsa.

Oscar died on October 31, 1968.