Parents George Gibbs was born in 1870 in New Orleans. George Gibbs died on October 10, 1942, after a long illness. He was buried on October 14 in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
Children George Fort Gibbs Jr. (1902–1988) was a member of the Princeton University class of 1923. While there, he participated in college musical groups, serving as leader of the "Banjo Club", for example. The 1930 census lists him as a "play writer" living with his parents in Rosemont, and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries lists a 1933 play called "This New Deal" authored by George F. Gibbs Jr., and M. Mark Sulkes. George Gibbs Jr. ultimately moved to Venice, Florida, where he became a real estate developer. He continued to be known as an amateur musician, and was one of the founders of what is now called the
Sarasota Orchestra.
Theodore Harrison Gibbs (1908–1944) was a well-regarded sculptor. In 1938 he won the prestigious
Prix de Rome fellowship and travelled to Rome to work at the
American Academy. There, he met and married his wife, sculptor
Maurine Montgomery. After the couple moved back to the United States, Harrison enlisted in the military and served in France during World War II. When he left the United States, Maurine was pregnant with their daughter Romona. Harrison was killed in 1944 during the
Battle of the Bulge. Maurine and Romona were frequent visitors at "The Orchard". A large stone barn on the property was used as a sculpture studio by Harrison and Maurine. In 2011 the property was finally sold out of the family and many works of art by Harrison, Maurine and other family members were dispersed to museums and other new locations.
Sarah (Sally) Stovell Gibbs McClure (1912–2006) was a dancer, singer, songwriter and author of poems, novels and plays. At the age of nineteen she produced a book of poems called
Beauty for Ashes. In 1928, when she was sixteen, she danced in the
Philadelphia Grand Opera Company's production of
Carmen. By 1934 she was singing and acting on Broadway in
Life Begins at 8:40, a musical revue by
Harold Arlen,
Ira Gershwin and
Yip Harburg. She married Navy test pilot Howard McClure in 1941. McClure died in 1960, at which point Sally moved back to "The Orchard" to care for her mother (who lived until 1973), and remained there until her own death in 2006. While at "The Orchard" she taught flamenco and hula dancing. She was the last of her family to occupy the property. Toward the end of her life she wrote and self-published a fictionalized memoir titled
Main Line Maverick. ==Books==