It is with a sad regret that we note the passing of Mrs. Harriet Taylor, custodian emeritus of the Genealogical Collection in the Newberry Library, Chicago. Mrs. Taylor died in the Illinois Masonic Hospital in Chicago, 21 June, 1931.

     For thirty-five years Mrs. Taylor has been known throughout the Middle West by all who used that Collection. She was thoroughly individualistic, and once known could never be forgotten. Her famous black satin costume, apparently designed for her in the 1890s, with its high collar edged with real lace, puffed sleeves and tight waist-band from which hung a long, much-pleated, and very voluminous skirt, always remained the same, and could be seen almost every day, whisking about the suite of rooms over which she really presided. Many a timid seeker after genealogical data has been awed by the Presence, to find, on closer acquaintance, a personality of great interest and a mind alert to help in the search for obscure vital records. Many of our readers will remember the head of red finger curls, which, miraculously never gray in spite of their seventy-odd years of existence, bobbed about the room and among the stacks as their wearer brought out book after book for the inquirer in family history. And now the worn body, wrapped for the last time in its great sheath of black satin, has been laid at rest, and we'll see no longer the familiar figure, which has greeted so many of us, as we entered the sanctum, with:

     "How do you do? What can we get you this morning?"

     Mrs. Taylor was a thorough-going monarchist, educated in England and imbued with the English sense of class distinction. She had a thorough respect for aristocracy as well as an unconscious deference to those who her keen instinct told her were born to the manner. She disliked democracy as exemplified in these United States, and never hesitated to express her decided opinion of democratic institutions, much to the delectation of her listeners. She took it for granted that every searcher who came to the Newberry was anxious to trace his or her line "across the Water" and into the mother country. Of course, the line down from the emigrant had to be established, but in her eyes the paternity and ancestry of the emigrant assumed the greater magnitude.

G. H. D.

   WILLIAM ⁴ GIBBS (Nathaniel ³ John ² Matthew ¹), son of Nathaniel and Bathsheba (Parmenter) Gibbs, was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, 18 March, 1740; he died at Princeton, Massachusetts, 24 April, 1770.
   He married at Lancaster, Massachusetts, 14 April, 1762, Joanna Gleason, daughter of Phineas and Elizabeth (Pierce) Gleason. She married, secondly, at Princeton, Massachusetts, 27 April, 1783, Uriah Newton. She died 28 June, 1830.

   1. WILLIAM ⁵ GIBBS (William ⁴ Nathaniel ³ John ² Matthew ¹), son of William and Joanna (Gleason) Gibbs, was born 22 August, 1764; he died in Guilford, New York, 15 June, 1838 (gravestone in Guilford).
   He married at Princeton, Massachusetts, 30 November, 1788, Martha [Patty] Cobb. She died in April, 1828, aged 66 years. A note in the Gibbs family Bible, owned by Charles H. Gibbs, of Princeton, Illinois, says that she was a descendant of one of the Mayflower families. No proof of this has yet been found, as her parentage has not been determined.
   William Gibbs and his wife moved to Sterling, Massachusetts, where their children were born. Later they removed to a farm lying between Guilford and Norwich, New York. They were Presbyterians.

   2. WILLIAM ⁶ GIBBS (William ⁵ William ⁴ Nathaniel ³ John ² Matthew ¹), eldest son of William and Martha [Patty] (Cobb) Gibbs, was born in Sterling, Massachusetts, 12 June, 1789.
   He married at Princeton, Massachusetts, in 1823, Dennis Sexton, a sister of his brother Ezra's wife. She was born 23 December, 1800

   3. EZRA ⁶ GIBBS (William ⁵ William ⁴ Nathaniel ³ John ² Matthew ¹), son of William and Martha [Patty] (Cobb) Gibbs, was born in Sterling, Massachusetts, 14 October, 1794; he died 18 April, 1864.
   He married, 6 September, 1827, Abigail Sexton, a sister of his brother William's wife. She was born 29 April, 1907; she died 26 February, 1886

   5. MARTHA 6 GIBBS ( William ⁵ William ⁴ Nathaniel ³ John ² Matthew ¹), daughter of William and Martha [Patty] (Cobb) Gibbs, was born in Sterling, Massachusetts, 5 December, 1802; she died 12 September, 1843.
   She married Daniel Keith Westcott, son of Amos and Abigail (Keith) Westcott*. He was born 10 January, 1798; he died in 1850.

   6. MARY ⁶ GIBBS ( William ⁵ William ⁴ Nathaniel ³ John ² Matthew ¹), daughter of William and Martha [Patty] (Cobb) Gibbs, was born in Sterling, Massachusetts, 11 September, 1807; she died in Guilford, New York, 9 September, 1863 (gravestone record).
   She married, 1 January, 1826, Dr. Reuben Rice, son of David, Jr., and Abigail (Newton) Rice.

   7. ADELIA ⁷ GIBBS (William ⁶ William ⁵ William ⁴ Nathaniel ³ John ² Matthew ¹), eldest child of William and Dennis (Sexton) Gibbs, was born in Norwich, New York, 19 June, 1827.
   She married George Henry Thompson. He married, secondly, her younger sister, Mary Eliza Gibbs, but had no further issue.

   8. WILLIAM EMERSON ⁷ GIBBS (William ⁶ William ⁵ William ⁴ Nathaniel ³ John ² Matthew ¹), the eldest son of William and Dennis (Sexton) Gibbs, was born near Norwich, New York, 31 January, 1829; he died 23 June, 1910. He lived mainly in Homer, New York.
   He married Maria Carpenter.

   9. HENRY DWIGHT ⁷ GIBBS (William ⁶ William ⁵ William ⁴ Nathaniel ³ John ² Matthew ¹), son of William and Dennis (Sexton) Gibbs, was born near Norwich, New York, 1 December, 1831; he died in Princeton, Illinois, 23 November, 1917. He moved to Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, in 1857.
   He married Nancy Winsor, daughter of Steven and Nancy (Cook) Winsor*. She was born 4 June, 1832; she died in Princeton, Illinois, 24 August, 1903.

   10. DANIEL SEXTON⁷ GIBBS (William ⁶ William ⁵ William ⁴ Nathaniel ³ John ² Matthew ¹), son of William and Dennis

   11. MARY JANE ⁷ GIBBS (Ezra ⁶ William ⁵ William ⁴ Nathaniel ³ John ² Matthew ¹), the eldest child of Ezra and Abigail (Sexton) Gibbs, was born 5 November, 1828; she died 11 July, 1917.
   She married, 14 January, 1853, Edison Winsor.

   12. MARTHA ⁷ GIBBS (Ezra ⁶ William ⁵ William ⁴ Nathaniel ³ John ² Matthew ¹), daughter of Ezra and Abigail (Sexton) Gibbs, was born 26 July, 1831
   She married, 26 May, 1864, Albert Davis.

   13. AMELIA E. ⁷ GIBBS (Ezra ⁶ William ⁵ William ⁴ Nathaniel ³ John ² Matthew ¹), daughter of Ezra and Abigail (Sexton) Gibbs, was born 20 February, 1834; she died 11 November, 1923.
   She married, 1 January, 1858, Zenas Winsor, son of Steven and Nancy (Cook) Winsor^Ý. He was born 6 August, 1828.

   14. FREDERICK N.⁷ GIBBS (Ezra 6 William ⁵ William ⁴ Nathaniel ³ John ² Matthew ¹), only son of Ezra and Abigail

   15. LUCIA A .⁷ GIBBS (Ezra ⁶ William ⁵ William ⁴Nathaniel ³ John ² Matthew ¹), daughter of Ezra and Abigail (Sexton) Gibbs, was born 14 August, 1842; she died 10 April, 1890.
   She married, 25 January, 1866, Frederick Felton.

   16. CAROLINE B.⁷ GIBBS (John⁶ William ⁵ William ⁴ Nathaniel ³ John ² Matthew ¹), daughter of John and Lavina (Baker) Gibbs, was born 10 January, 1830; she died 29 November 1890.
   She married, 11 November, 1852, James Sturgis, of Guilford, New York.

   17. ELIZA JANE ⁷ GIBBS ( John⁶ William ⁵ William ⁴ Nathaniel ³ John ² Matthew ¹), daughter of John and Lavina (Baker) Gibbs, was born in Guilford, New York, 10 February, 1831; she died there 8 July, 1888.
   She married, 30 November, 1846, Edwin W. Dickerson.

   18. JOHN DANA ⁷ GIBBS ( John⁶ William ⁵ William ⁴ Nathaniel ³ John ² Matthew ¹), the eldest son of John and Abigail (Sexton) Gibbs, was born in Guilford, New York, 10 May, 1832; he died there 19 May, 1973.
   He married, 14 March, 1860, Almira A. Root.

   19. JOSEPH BAKER⁷ GIBBS (John 6 William ⁵ William ⁴ Nathaniel ³ John ² Matthew ¹), the youngest child of John and