Source that Rebecca GIBSON was a daughter 
of James and Jane McILHANEY: "The Light 
on the Prairie," by Mary and Minnie Boyd, 
1955, pgs. 22 and26. From this same source 
James and Jane McILHANEY came to TX 
from MS in 1853 and to Coryell County, TX 
in 1854. James and Jane McILHANEY with 
their daughters--Minerva, Margaret, and 
Rebecca (who had married Ephraim Parmley 
GIBSON, son of Jesse GiBSON and Elizabeth 
PARMLEY GIBSON) were charter members 
of the Coryell Missionary Baptist Church in 1855.

