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 GIBSON

GIBSON

He was married in 1895 to Irene, daughter of Cliistvell Dabuey Langhorne of Richmond, Va., and made New York city his home. He travelled in Europe and Africa where he gathered rare material from which he illustrated life as he saw it in London and in Egypt. He confined his work chiefly to illustrating books and the pages ot Life. His published volumes include :

Drawhiys (1894) ; Pic- tures of People ( 1890) ; London (1897) ;

SIcptches and Cnrtoons (1898); SkHches in Egypt (1899) : and The Education of Mr. Pipp (1899), pen and ink drawings in portfolio form with brief e.xplanatory titles.

GIBSON, Charles Hopper, senator, was born in Queen Anne countj-, Md., Jan. 19, 1842; son of Woolman Jonathan and Anna Maria (Hopper) Gibson, and grandson of Charles and Louisa (Thomas) Gibson, and of Daniel C. and Maria (Thomas) Hopper. He was prepared for college at Centreville academy and at the Archer school, and was graduated from Washington college, Chestertown, Md. He was admitted to the bar in 1804 and practised at Easton, Md. He was ap- pointed commissioner in chancery in 1809 and auditor in 1870, resigning both offices in the latter year to become state's attorney for Talbot county, which office he held until 1878. He was a Democratic representative in the 49th, oOth and ."jlst congresses, 188.5-91. On Nov. 19, 1891, he was appointed bj' Governor Jackson, U.S. senator to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ephraim K. Wilson. He was elected to the position Jan. 21, 1892, and served until March 4, 1897. He was married in 1889 to Sirs. M. F. (Powell) HoUyday, sister of Jlrs. John Randolph Tucker. He died in Washington, D.C., March 21, 1900.

QIBSON, Qeorge, soldier, was born in Lancas- ter, Pa., in 1783; son of Col. George Gibson (born 1747), an officer in the American army during tlie Revolution, who was mortally wouiided at the bat- tle of Miami, Nov. 4, 1791, and died Dec. 14, 1791. John Gibson, 1740-1822, officer in the French and Indian war, commander of the Western military de))artment during the latter part of the Revolu- tionary war, judge of the court of common pleas, major general of Pennsylvania militia, secretary of the territory of Indiana, 1801-11. and acting governor of the state. 1811-13, was his uncle. George joined the U.S. army as captain May 3, 1808, was made major in 1811 and lieutenant-

colonel of the 5th infantry in 1812, serving through the war with Great Britain, 1812-14. In 1810 he was made quartermaster-general and \\ as with General Jackson in the Florida campaign. In 1818 he was promoted commissary -general, and in 1828 received the brevet of brigadier general for faithful services. In the Mexican war he was conspicuous for his care of the army, and was brevetted major-general for meritorious con duct. He remained in the commissary depart- ment up to the time of his death which occurred at Washington, D.C., Sept. 29, 1801.

QIBSON, Henry Richard, representative, was born on Kent Island, Queen Anne county, Md., Dec. 24, 1837; son of Woolman and Catherine (Carter) Gibson. He %vas graduated from Holart college, Geneva, N.Y., in 1802. He served in the commissary department of the Federal army, 1803-05, attended the Albany, N.Y., law school, and was admitted to the bar in December, 1865. In 1866 he removed to Knoxville, Tenn., and later in the same year to Jacksboro, Tenn. He was ap- pointed by Governor W. G. Brownlow commis- sioner of claims in 1868, and in 1869 was elected a delegate to the state con.stitutional convention. He served in both branches of the state legislat- ure as senator in 1871-72, and as a representative in 1875-76. In 1870 he returned to Knoxville, and in 1879 founded and became editor of the Knox- ville Pepuhlican. In 1881 he investigated the "Star Route frauds " as agent of the postoffice department. In 1882 he became editor of the Knoxville Daily Chronicle. In 1883 he was ap- pointed by President Arthur U.S. pension agent at Knoxville. He served as chancellor of the second chancery division of Tennessee, 1886-94. He was a Republican representative from the sec- ond district of Tennessee in the 54th-.58th con- gi-esses, 189.5-1905. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Hobart in 1893. He is the author of Suits in Chancery (1891), a standard authority in e(|uity ]iractice.

QIBSON, John Bannister, juri.st, was born in Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 8, 1780; son of Col. George (fibson of the American army during the Revo- lution. He was educated at Dickin.son college in the class of 1798; was admitted to the bar in 1803; represented his district in the state legislature, 1810-11; was judge of the 11th Pennsj'lvania cir- cuit, 1813-10; judge of the supreme court of the state, 1816-27, and chief justice of that court, 1827-51. He was elected a member of the Amer- ican philosojjhical society in 1821 and received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania in 1838 and from Harvard in 1847. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., May 3, 1853.

QIBSON, Randall Lee, senator, was born near Versailles, Woodfonl coiinty. I\y.,Sept. 10, 1832; son of Tobias and (Preston) Gibson, and