Samuel Henry Gibbs
Samuel Henry Gibbs (1856-1926) was born in Almond, New York, and died in Asheville, North Carolina. He was a boot and shoe dealer in Beatrice, Nebraska, and would later work as a farmer in North Carolina. He married Sarah D. Gibbs (b. Dartt), a music teacher, in 1880. Gibbs wrote to Mary Baker Eddy in early 1885 expressing interest in Christian Science after reading Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures with Sarah. Later that year, Gibbs helped organize a Students' Christian Scientist Association in Beatrice. He studied Christian Science with Janet T. Colman, a student of Mary Baker Eddy. In November 1888, First Church of Christ, Scientist, Beatrice, Nebraska, (of which he was a member) was organized, and from that time until 1894 public services were held in a hall over Gibbs' shoe store. Gibbs became a member of the National Christian Scientist Association in 1888 and joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 3, 1897.
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Samuel Henry Gibbs
Samuel Henry Gibbs (1856-1926) was born in Almond, New York, and died in Asheville, North Carolina. He was a boot and shoe dealer in Beatrice, Nebraska, and would later work as a farmer in North Carolina. He married Sarah D. Gibbs (b. Dartt), a music teacher, in 1880. Gibbs wrote to Mary Baker Eddy in early 1885 expressing interest in Christian Science after reading Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures with Sarah. Later that year, Gibbs helped organize a Students' Christian Scientist Association in Beatrice. He studied Christian Science with Janet T. Colman, a student of Mary Baker Eddy. In November 1888, First Church of Christ, Scientist, Beatrice, Nebraska, (of which he was a member) was organized, and from that time until 1894 public services were held in a hall over Gibbs' shoe store. Gibbs became a member of the National Christian Scientist Association in 1888 and joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 3, 1897.
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