As an author, he wrote more than 50 popular books, primarily adventure stories revolving around espionage in "exotic" locations.

His illustrations appeared prominently in such magazines as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, Redbook and The Delineator.

[4] The bride's father, Major George Kellogg, was a homeopathic doctor brought to occupied New Orleans by General Nathaniel P. Banks, commander of the Army of the Gulf, and assigned to various duties as army surgeon, and as medical advisor to the family of General Banks.

Dr. Gibbs continued to rise in the navy, ultimately attaining the rank of Medical Inspector and being designated Fleet Surgeon of the European Squadron on August 20, 1881.

The family returned to the United States in November 1883, debarking in New York and then taking a train bound for Washington, D.C., where Elizabeth's father awaited them.

Later that day Aline received a telegram from George, telling her that their mother had been found lying on the tracks a few miles from the station.

[11] According to critic Grant Overton, Gibbs "generally neglected trigonometry in favor of a sketch book and the writing of verses.

One of the Jonas-Gibbs newspaper ads promised "We are prepared to furnish plans and estimates for buildings of every description, and to guarantee satisfaction.

A newspaper account of a Jonas-Gibbs project reports the remodeling of a house on F street, including erecting a "new front of press brick and Ohio stone" and "a large iron vault" in the rear.

[20] In May 1896, the Washington Morning Times reported that "Mr. George Gibbs is engaged on illustrations for 'navy stories,' by Charles Ledyard Norton, and 'Above the Range,' by Theodora R. Jenness, published by Wilde & Co. of Boston.

"[21] In September, the Washington Morning Times reported that Gibbs was setting off for New York with a portfolio of naval illustrations for a publication called The Navy, Old and New,[22] and in May 1897 the Washington Times reported that Gibbs "has just completed a series of seven spirited illustrations for the life of Commodore Bainbridge".

There, he created cover and interior illustrations for such Curtis publications as the Saturday Evening Post and the Ladies' Home Journal.

Among his early accomplishments was the first color cover for the Saturday Evening Post, which adorned the December 30, 1899, issue of the magazine.

[30] In April 1901, Gibbs married Maud Stovell Harrison (1878–1973), a classically trained pianist[31] and daughter of a prominent Philadelphia family.

[28] His books were primarily adventure novels, in the vein of John Buchan or E. Philips Oppenheim, often involving international intrigue.

Both novels involve a sacred stone, and deal with an effort to thwart a German plot to provoke an Arab insurrection.

[38][39] In 1909, Gibbs discovered a fire in the clubhouse of the Merion Cricket Club, and helped organize a bucket brigade to put it out.

[40] Gibbs participated in amateur theatrical productions, in one instance dressing in feathers to play Chanticleer: "We made it a sort of satire on modern letters, with Chantecler chasing Rostand and Ibsen haunted by his characters, and so on.

"[14] Gibbs served on juries for many art exhibitions[41][42][43] alongside fellow artists including Frederic Remington and A.

The 1925 Haverford College yearbook notes that Gibbs, "the well-known painter and writer of best-sellers", had addressed that school's English Club on the subject of "Writing Novels".

The first film based on a Gibbs novel was The Flaming Sword, produced by Rolfe Photoplays, a company that had been founded the previous year by B.

In later years, Gibbs collaborated with lawyer E. Lawrence Dudley to write a "novel" about Voltaire at the request of George Arliss, intended to be the basis for a film.

After the couple moved back to the United States, Harrison enlisted in the military and served in France during World War II.

[55] Sarah (Sally) Stovell Gibbs McClure (1912–2006) was a dancer, singer, songwriter and author of poems, novels and plays.

[57] 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.

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.