{"id":11215,"date":"2026-02-16T16:42:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/?p=11215"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:42:06","slug":"ward-nelson-gibbs-ww-ll-1919-1972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/?p=11215","title":{"rendered":"Ward Nelson Gibbs, WW ll 1919 \u2013 1972"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_6114\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/100_0418.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/100_0418-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6114\" title=\"Gibbs, Ward Nelson\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ward Nelson Gibbs Headstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/100_3765.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/100_3765-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8335\" title=\"Gibbs, Ward Nelson\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ancestry:<\/strong>&nbsp; Arthur Garfield Gibbs;&nbsp; Jarvis Cushman Gibbs;&nbsp; Phineas Gibbs;&nbsp; Phineas Gibbs, Capt.;&nbsp; Samuel Gibbs;&nbsp; Samuel Gibbs, Jr.;&nbsp; Samuel Gibbs;&nbsp; Samuel Gibbs;&nbsp; Thomas Gibbs,<em>&nbsp;\u201cLion\u2019s Whelp\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Born:<\/strong>&nbsp;March 27, 1919 in Pocasset Ma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Father:<\/strong>\u00a0Arthur Garfield Gibbs; (1881 \u2013 1948) (Jarvis Cushman Gibbs &amp; Nellie Maria Fish)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mother:<\/strong>\u00a0Elizabeth\/Lizzie May Gardner; (1885 \u2013 1970) (Stephen Gardner &amp; Sarah Jane (\u2013))<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Died:<\/strong>&nbsp;June 7, 1972 at 53 yrs. 2 mos, 10 d. at Boston Veterans Hospital<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Buried:<\/strong>\u00a0Pocasset Cemetery; area B<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Occupation:<\/strong>&nbsp;Self-employed Carpenter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Where Lived:<\/strong>&nbsp;742 County Rd. in Pocasset Ma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Married:&nbsp;<\/strong>Unmarried<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ancestry:&nbsp; Arthur Garfield Gibbs;&nbsp; Jarvis Cushman Gibbs;&nbsp; Phineas Gibbs;&nbsp; Phineas Gibbs, Capt.;&nbsp; Samuel Gibbs;&nbsp; Samuel Gibbs, Jr.;&nbsp; Samuel Gibbs;&nbsp; Samuel Gibbs;&nbsp; Thomas Gibbs,&nbsp;\u201cLion\u2019s Whelp\u201d Born:&nbsp;March 27, 1919 in Pocasset Ma. Died:&nbsp;June 7, 1972 at 53 yrs. 2 mos, 10 d. at Boston Veterans Hospital Occupation:&nbsp;Self-employed Carpenter Where Lived:&nbsp;742 County Rd. in Pocasset Ma. Married:&nbsp;Unmarried<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gibbs-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11216,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11215\/revisions\/11216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}