Dr. Gibbons was born in Granville and received his medical degree from New York University. He moved to California some time later where according to records he was a physician, coroner and postmaster at various times. He married in 1879 and remarried in 1894, in Utah. By 1900 he was a widow living in Taku Village, Juneau, Alaska with his daughter Maude Gibbons (born 1881).

Taku Village was described as being 12 miles south of Juneau. The photo dates to 1914 and the village appears to be in poor condition.

Clifford Gibbons died in 1918 at Grant's Pass, Oregon.]]> Photo of Taku Village, Juneau, Alaska: 1914]]> Photo of Taku Village: Alaska State Library]]> Digital Image: Created by Granville Library Historical Room and Noble & Cooley Center for Historic Preservation.
Photo of Taku Village, 1914: Alaska State Library]]>