Gibson, Henry R – Giddings, Salmon
Gibson, Henry R
lawyer, jurist, journalist, congressman, author, was born Dec. 24, 1837, in Kent Island, Md. In 1865 he was admitted to the bar; in 1870 was a member of the Tennessee constitutional convention; a member of the state senate in 1871-72; and a member of the house of representatives in 1875. During 1886-94 he was judge of the chancery court of Tennessee; and in 1890 was elected professor of medical jurisprudence in the Tennessee Medical college. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican. He is the editor of the Republican and Chronicle of Knoxville, Tenn.; and the author of Suits in Chancery.
Gibson, Horatio Gates
soldier, was born May 22, 1827, in Baltimore, Md.
He is a noted United States army officer now retired. He was brevetted second lieutenant to colonel of the third artillery; and was brevetted brigadier-genėral.
Gibson, James
soldier, journalist, jurist, state senator, was born Sept. 5, 1816, in Salem, N. Y. In 1850 he was elected county judge; and in 1866 he was elected state senator; and served gallantly through the civil war. His name is closely identified with the business affairs of Salem, Mass., where he was the editor of The Review-Press. He died June 6, 1897.
Gibson, James King
soldier, farmer, merchant, congressman, was born Feb. 18, 1812, in Abingdon, Va. He was postmaster at Abingdon from 1838 until 1849. He was teller in the Exchange bank of Virginia at Abingdon in 1849, and notary public. He was elected to the forty-first congress as a democrat.
Gibson, James W
lawyer, soldier, journalist, was born Oct. 26, 1845, in Detroit, Mich. He served with distinction as a union soldier during the civil war. Has practiced law successfully for more than a quarter of a century, and for nine years served as county judge. He is the editor and joint owner of The Weekly Press of Newton, Ill. His poems have been given a place in Poets of America, and other standard collections.
Gibson, John
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born May 23, 1740, in Lancaster, Pa.
He served in the revolutionary war. He was a judge of the court of common pleas and a general of militia. In 1800 he was appointed secretary of the territory of Indiana, holding the position until it became a state. He was acting governor of Indiana from 1811 to 1813. He died April 10, 1822, near Vincennes, Ind.
Gibson, John Bannister
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Nov. 8, 1780, in Carlisle, Pa. In 1810-11 he was a member of the Pennsylvania state legislature; and in 1813 was appointed a judge of the eleventh district. He died May 3, 1853, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Gibson, Louis Henry
architect, author, was born in 1854 in Indiana. He is an architect of Indianapolis; and the author of Beautiful Houses, a Study in House-building; Convenient Houses; Gradual Reduction Milling; and Artistic Houses at Moderate Cost.
Gibson, Randall Lee
soldier, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Sept. 10, 1832, in Springfield, Ky. He attained the rank of major-general in the confederate army; and afterward settled in the practice of law in New Orleans, La. He was elected a representative from Louisiana to the fortyfourth congress; was re-elected to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses; and was elected a senator of the United States from Louisiana in 1882; and was re-elected in 1888. He died Dec. 15, 1892.
Gibson, Robert Williams
architect, was born Nov. 17, 1854, in England.
He has attained a national reputation as an architect.
Gibson, Tobias
pioneer, was born Nov. 10, 1771, in Liberty, S. C. He made four trips while a missionary through the wilderness to the Cumberland, and laid the foundations of methodism in the southwest. He died April 10, 1804, in Natchez, Tenn.
Gibson, William
physician, educator, was born in 1788 in Baltimore, Md. He was a famous physician of Philadelphia, professor of surgery in the university of Pennsylvania in 1819-55; and the author of Principles and Practice of Surgery; and Rambles in Europe. He died March 2, 1868, in Savannah, Ga.
Gibson, William
naval officer, author, was born in 1826 in Maryland. He was a United States naval officer retired in 1879; and the author of Sailing Directions for the Kattegat, etc.; Poems of Many Years; Vision of Faery Land, and Other Poems; a translation of the Miscellaneous Poems of Goethe. He died in 1887.
Gibson, William Hamilton
artist, author, was born Oct. 5, 1850, in Sandy Hook, Conn. He was an artist and author of New York city who has illustrated his own writings; and the author of The Complete American Trapper; Pastoral Days; Highways and Byways; Strolls by Starlight and Sunshine; Happy Hunting-Grounds; Sharp-Eyes, a Rambler's Calendar; Camp Life in the Woods; and Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms.
Giddings, Almena
educator, author, was born April 14, 1838, in Hartland, Conn. She wrote under various names, and published a volume of poems entitled My Welcome Beyond and Other Poems.
Giddings, Armin
lawyer, legislator, was born May 31, 1822, in Sherman, Conn.
For fourteen years he was judge of probate; was a member of the state legislature during 1851-56; state senator during 1857-64; and in 1864 he was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of Montana. He died Feb. 13, 1882, in Sherman, Conn.
Giddings, De Witt C
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born July 18, 1827, in Susquehanna county, Pa. He served as a soldier in the confederate army. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1866.
He was elected to the forty-second congress, and re-elected to the forty-third congress, and reelected to the fortyfifth congress as democrat. He served on numerous important committees while a member of congress. a
Giddings, Edward Fuller
lawyer, journalist, was born May 1, 1859, in Eaton, N. Y. He was the one-time editor of the Springfield Union, Mass.; and is now an able lawyer of Chicago, Ill
Giddings, Edward Jonathan
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 24, 1831, in Great Barrington, Mass. He is clergyman of the congregationalist church; and the author of Christian Rulers of America.
Giddings, Franklin Henry
educator, journalist, author, born March 23, 1855, in Sherman, Conn. In 1888, after years of editorial work, he was appointed to the chair of political science in Bryn Mawr college, Pa. While holding that position he delivered a series of lectures on Sociology at Columbia college, N. Y.; and since 1891 has filled the chair on that subject in that institution. He is the author of a very able work entitled Principles of Sociology. His other works are: Report on Profit Sharing; and The Modern Distributive Process.
Giddings, J. Wight
journalist, lawyer, state senator, was born Sept. 27, 1858, in Romeo, Mich. He is the editor and owner of The News of Cadillac, Mich.
During 1886-90 he served as a member of the Michigan state senate; was lieutenant-governor of Michigan during 1893-95; and has been judge of the recorder's court.
Giddings, Joshua Reed
lawyer, abolitionist, diplomat, congressman, author, was born Oct. 6, 1795, in Athens, Pa. He was elected to the Ohio legislature in 1826; was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1838 to 1859; and for many years recognized as one of the leaders of the antislavery party. In 1861 he was appointed consul-general of British North America. He was the author of The Exiles of Florida; The Rebellion: its Authors and its Causes; Speeches in Congress; and Essays of Pacificus. He died May 27, 1864, in Montreal, Canada.
Giddings, Marsh
lawyer, governor, was born Nov. 9, 1815, in Sherman, Conn.
For eight years he was probate judge of Kalamazoo county, Mich. In 1871 he was appointed governor of New Mexico, and died while in office on June 3, 1875, in Santa Fe. au-
Giddings, Minot S
merchant, thor, was born March 19, 1837, in Sherman, Conn. He was a candidate for state representative, and several times a member of state conventions. In 1882 he published a genealogy of the Giddings Family.
Giddings, Orien Noble
legislator, jurist, was born Feb. 21, 1814, in Beekman, N. Y. He was one of the first magistrates of Charleston, Mich., and in 1845- 46 was a member of the Michigan state legislature.
In 1865 he was appointed quartermaster-general of his state.
Giddings, Rockwood
clergyman, college president, was born Aug. 8, 1812, in Plymouth, N. H. In 1838 he was appointed president of the Baptist college of Georgetown, Ky. He died Oct. 29, 1839.
Giddings, Salmon
clergyman, missionary, was born March 2, 1782, in Hartland, Conn. In 1817 he organized the First Presbyterian church in St. Louis, Mo., and died Feb. 1, 1828, and his remains were deposited in a vault constructed for the purpose under the pulpit of his church. +00