COLONEL W. HOPPER GIBSON of Centreville, one of the best known citizens of the Eastern Shore is of the sixth generation of his family in Maryland. He was hom in Centreville, August 11,1853; son of Woolman Jonathan and Anna Maria Gibson. His father was a real estate broker,- a man of strong personality, sterling integrity, and exceptional business ability, who served for eleven consecutive terms as chief clerk of the Senate of the State of Maryland, and died May, 1900, in his eightieth year. Colonel Gibson’s elder brother, Charles Hopper Gibson, who died at the age of fifty-eight, had a most brilliant political career. He was a lawyer; admitted to the bar in 1864; held several minor offices, and then became State’s attorney. After serving in that capacity eight years, he was elected to the United States Congress and served six years. He then became United States Senator, and shortly after the expiration of his term in the Senate died. He married the widow of Colonel R. C. Hollyday, many years secretary of the State of Maryland.
Few American families have so complete a record of their genera tions as this Gibson family. Jacob Gibson came from England something like two hundred and sixty years ago. About the same time (that is in 1649), there came over Colonel Richard Woolman and his wife, Sarah. They had a daughter, Alice, who was married to Jacob Gibson. Of this marriage there were the following children: Richard; Jacob (2nd); Woolman (1st); Rachel; Anne, and Barbara. Woolman (1st) was twice married. His first wife was Sarah Dawson, widow of Lambert Clements, to whom she was married in 1678. His second wife’s name was Elizabeth. The children of Woolman (1st) ap pear to have been Jonathan; Jacob (3rd); Woolman (2nd); John; Bar tholomew; Margaret; Mary, and Alice. Jonathan, eldest son of Woolman (1st), married, his wife’s given name being Alice. She sur vived him and took a second husband, Thomas Tibbets, Jr. The children of her marriage with Jonathan Gibson were William; Richard; Anne, and Woolman (3rd). Of Jacob’s (3rd) descendants we have no record. Woolman (2nd), who was a Burgess of Talbot County in 1778, manied Elizabeth Tilton. They had children: Major Jonathan, who was Captain in the Fifth Battalion of Regulars during the Revolution, and died at sea in 1782;Woolman (4th);John; Mary, and Jacob (4th). Jacob(4th), (born in 1759, and died inl818}, was twice manied. His first wife was Elizabeth Caulk; and his second wife was Rebecca Reynolds. The children of these marriages were: Elizabeth, who manied Doctor James Tilton; Frances, second wife of Doctor James Tilton; Anne, who married Joseph Reynolds; Harriet, who manied Thomas P. Bennett; Fayette, who married Mary Chew; Edward, who manied Jennette Tilton. We go back now to John, son of Woolman (1st). John was twice manied. His first wife was a Miss Price, and of this marriage there was only one child, Woolman (4th), who married Frances Reynolds of Calvert County, and died without offspring.John manied the second time Elizabeth Porter, sister of the famous CommOdore David Porter of the United States navy. Of this marriage there were four children: John, who married Miss Ridout; Anna, who was the wife, first of Doctor John L. Elbert, United States Army; and secondly, of Doctor William Elbert Seth; Mary, who married Major Richard Lloyd Tilghman of Talbot County; and Elizabeth, who was the wife, first of Lieutenant Jon Thomas, Jr., of the Revolutionary armies; and secondly, Doctor Alexander Stewart, surgeon in theRevolutionary armies. She received pensions as the widow of two Revolutionary soldiers. She lived to the great age of eighty-eight, and was buried at Queenstown, Maryland. We come now to the direct line of Colonel W. Hopper Gibson.
This canies us back to Bartholomew, son of Woolman (1st), whomanied Ann Price. To them were born two sons and two daugh ters. One of the sons, Charles, was twice manied. His first wife was Miss Newcome. His second wife was Ann Louisa Thomas, who was his first cousin, being granddaughter of John Gibson, and daugh ter of Jon Thomas, Jr., the Revolutionary lieutenant. Charles Gibson had children: John; Charles A.; Henry James; Dorrington; Woolman Jonathan; and Elizabeth. John and Dorrington died without issue. Henry James was killed, serving in the United States army during the Mexican War. Elizabeth married Edwin E. Pratt. Woolman Jonathan was manied twice. His first wife was Anna Maria Hopper; daughter of Daniel C. Hopper and niece of Judge Philemon B. Hopper; and his second wife was Mary D. Coursey of Philadelphia. His children were Charles Hopper; Samuel Ho per, who was retired as lieutenant in United States Marine Corps for disability incurred in line of duty; married Florence Adele, daughter of Major General E.S. Keyes, United States Anny;Woolman Hopper; Maria Louise, who died unmarried; and Anna Ridout, who became the wife of John R. Emory, Jr.
Colonel Woolman Hopper Gibson is the sixth therefore, in direct descent from Jacob Gibson, the immigrant; and the seventh of the family to bear the given name of Woolman.
Colonel Gibson was educated in the Centreville Academy, and the St. John’s College in Annapolis. He began his business career as a young man, more than thirty years ago, by engaging in the in surance business in Centreville, and is now the head of the oldest and the second largest insurance agency on the EasternShore of Mary land. He has done the day’s work well, and bas built up a character second to that of no man in his section. In this connection, a paragraph taken from The Centreville Observer gives a very proper estimate of his standing 1n the community.
"Colonel Gibson is among the representative, popular and influential citizens of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He was a member of Governor Warfield’s staff, and is vice-president and trus tee for the poor of Queen Anne’s County; a member of the Maryland Historical Society; a member of the Order of Cincinnati; of the University Club of Baltimore; Senior Warden and vestryman of St. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church of Centreville, and served as diocesan deputy to the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church at its sessions in San Francisco, Boston, Richmond, and Cincinnati. Colonel Gibson is the president of the Good Will Fire Company, an organization possessing a splendid record for its effective work as fire-fighters, and one in which the community entertains a just pride. From his identity and active interest in the above organizations, it will be seen that Colonel Gibson gives both time and effort to measures having for their object theadvancementof the interests of people along all lines, religious, educational and eco nomic, and for his labors, which are frequently at the cost of self denial, he can truthfully be classed among the enterprising and public spirited of Maryland’s citizens.’’
The paragraph quoted tells the story in brief compass. An active supporter of every good interest, an earnest worker for the general welfare, Colonel Gibson has won his standing in the community by service rendered. In addition to the institutions men tioned in the paragraph, he is also affiliated with the Masons and the Knights of Pythias. His political affiliation through life has been with the Democratic party.
He believes that the young man starting in life should found his career on the rock of rigid integrity, and not let himself be diverted by any combination of circumstances to anything that fails below the highest standard; that he should give faithful and honest work, and be absolutely loyal to every interest with which he may be con nected, and, most important of all, he should be a faithful Christian.
On April 28, 1909, Colonel Gibson was married to Miss Lucy V. Crabbe, whose mother was a Miss Goldsborough, and whose grandfather came from Scotland and settled in Virginia, as did also her father’s family, coming direct from England.
Few American families have so complete a record of their genera tions as this Gibson family. Jacob Gibson came from England something like two hundred and sixty years ago. About the same time (that is in 1649), there came over Colonel Richard Woolman and his wife, Sarah. They had a daughter, Alice, who was married to Jacob Gibson. Of this marriage there were the following children: Richard; Jacob (2nd); Woolman (1st); Rachel; Anne, and Barbara. Woolman (1st) was twice married. His first wife was Sarah Dawson, widow of Lambert Clements, to whom she was married in 1678. His second wife’s name was Elizabeth. The children of Woolman (1st) ap pear to have been Jonathan; Jacob (3rd); Woolman (2nd); John; Bar tholomew; Margaret; Mary, and Alice. Jonathan, eldest son of Woolman (1st), married, his wife’s given name being Alice. She sur vived him and took a second husband, Thomas Tibbets, Jr. The children of her marriage with Jonathan Gibson were William; Richard; Anne, and Woolman (3rd). Of Jacob’s (3rd) descendants we have no record. Woolman (2nd), who was a Burgess of Talbot County in 1778, manied Elizabeth Tilton. They had children: Major Jonathan, who was Captain in the Fifth Battalion of Regulars during the Revolution, and died at sea in 1782;Woolman (4th);John; Mary, and Jacob (4th). Jacob(4th), (born in 1759, and died inl818}, was twice manied. His first wife was Elizabeth Caulk; and his second wife was Rebecca Reynolds. The children of these marriages were: Elizabeth, who manied Doctor James Tilton; Frances, second wife of Doctor James Tilton; Anne, who married Joseph Reynolds; Harriet, who manied Thomas P. Bennett; Fayette, who married Mary Chew; Edward, who manied Jennette Tilton. We go back now to John, son of Woolman (1st). John was twice manied. His first wife was a Miss Price, and of this marriage there was only one child, Woolman (4th), who married Frances Reynolds of Calvert County, and died without offspring.John manied the second time Elizabeth Porter, sister of the famous CommOdore David Porter of the United States navy. Of this marriage there were four children: John, who married Miss Ridout; Anna, who was the wife, first of Doctor John L. Elbert, United States Army; and secondly, of Doctor William Elbert Seth; Mary, who married Major Richard Lloyd Tilghman of Talbot County; and Elizabeth, who was the wife, first of Lieutenant Jon Thomas, Jr., of the Revolutionary armies; and secondly, Doctor Alexander Stewart, surgeon in theRevolutionary armies. She received pensions as the widow of two Revolutionary soldiers. She lived to the great age of eighty-eight, and was buried at Queenstown, Maryland. We come now to the direct line of Colonel W. Hopper Gibson.
This canies us back to Bartholomew, son of Woolman (1st), whomanied Ann Price. To them were born two sons and two daugh ters. One of the sons, Charles, was twice manied. His first wife was Miss Newcome. His second wife was Ann Louisa Thomas, who was his first cousin, being granddaughter of John Gibson, and daugh ter of Jon Thomas, Jr., the Revolutionary lieutenant. Charles Gibson had children: John; Charles A.; Henry James; Dorrington; Woolman Jonathan; and Elizabeth. John and Dorrington died without issue. Henry James was killed, serving in the United States army during the Mexican War. Elizabeth married Edwin E. Pratt. Woolman Jonathan was manied twice. His first wife was Anna Maria Hopper; daughter of Daniel C. Hopper and niece of Judge Philemon B. Hopper; and his second wife was Mary D. Coursey of Philadelphia. His children were Charles Hopper; Samuel Ho per, who was retired as lieutenant in United States Marine Corps for disability incurred in line of duty; married Florence Adele, daughter of Major General E.S. Keyes, United States Anny;Woolman Hopper; Maria Louise, who died unmarried; and Anna Ridout, who became the wife of John R. Emory, Jr.
Colonel Woolman Hopper Gibson is the sixth therefore, in direct descent from Jacob Gibson, the immigrant; and the seventh of the family to bear the given name of Woolman.
Colonel Gibson was educated in the Centreville Academy, and the St. John’s College in Annapolis. He began his business career as a young man, more than thirty years ago, by engaging in the in surance business in Centreville, and is now the head of the oldest and the second largest insurance agency on the EasternShore of Mary land. He has done the day’s work well, and bas built up a character second to that of no man in his section. In this connection, a paragraph taken from The Centreville Observer gives a very proper estimate of his standing 1n the community.
"Colonel Gibson is among the representative, popular and influential citizens of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He was a member of Governor Warfield’s staff, and is vice-president and trus tee for the poor of Queen Anne’s County; a member of the Maryland Historical Society; a member of the Order of Cincinnati; of the University Club of Baltimore; Senior Warden and vestryman of St. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church of Centreville, and served as diocesan deputy to the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church at its sessions in San Francisco, Boston, Richmond, and Cincinnati. Colonel Gibson is the president of the Good Will Fire Company, an organization possessing a splendid record for its effective work as fire-fighters, and one in which the community entertains a just pride. From his identity and active interest in the above organizations, it will be seen that Colonel Gibson gives both time and effort to measures having for their object theadvancementof the interests of people along all lines, religious, educational and eco nomic, and for his labors, which are frequently at the cost of self denial, he can truthfully be classed among the enterprising and public spirited of Maryland’s citizens.’’
The paragraph quoted tells the story in brief compass. An active supporter of every good interest, an earnest worker for the general welfare, Colonel Gibson has won his standing in the community by service rendered. In addition to the institutions men tioned in the paragraph, he is also affiliated with the Masons and the Knights of Pythias. His political affiliation through life has been with the Democratic party.
He believes that the young man starting in life should found his career on the rock of rigid integrity, and not let himself be diverted by any combination of circumstances to anything that fails below the highest standard; that he should give faithful and honest work, and be absolutely loyal to every interest with which he may be con nected, and, most important of all, he should be a faithful Christian.
On April 28, 1909, Colonel Gibson was married to Miss Lucy V. Crabbe, whose mother was a Miss Goldsborough, and whose grandfather came from Scotland and settled in Virginia, as did also her father’s family, coming direct from England.
COLONEL W. HOPPER GIBSON of Centreville, one of the best known citizens of the Eastern Shore is of the sixth generation of his family in Maryland. He was hom in Centreville, August 11,1853; son of Woolman Jonathan and Anna Maria Gibson. His father was a real estate broker,- a man of strong personality, sterling integrity, and exceptional business ability, who served for eleven consecutive terms as chief clerk of the Senate of the State of Maryland, and died May, 1900, in his eightieth year. Colonel Gibson’s elder brother, Charles Hopper Gibson, who died at the age of fifty-eight, had a most brilliant political career. He was a lawyer; admitted to the bar in 1864; held several minor offices, and then became State’s attorney. After serving in that capacity eight years, he was elected to the United States Congress and served six years. He then became United States Senator, and shortly after the expiration of his term in the Senate died. He married the widow of Colonel R. C. Hollyday, many years secretary of the State of Maryland.
Few American families have so complete a record of their genera tions as this Gibson family. Jacob Gibson came from England something like two hundred and sixty years ago. About the same time (that is in 1649), there came over Colonel Richard Woolman and his wife, Sarah. They had a daughter, Alice, who was married to Jacob Gibson. Of this marriage there were the following children: Richard; Jacob (2nd); Woolman (1st); Rachel; Anne, and Barbara. Woolman (1st) was twice married. His first wife was Sarah Dawson, widow of Lambert Clements, to whom she was married in 1678. His second wife’s name was Elizabeth. The children of Woolman (1st) ap pear to have been Jonathan; Jacob (3rd); Woolman (2nd); John; Bar tholomew; Margaret; Mary, and Alice. Jonathan, eldest son of Woolman (1st), married, his wife’s given name being Alice. She sur vived him and took a second husband, Thomas Tibbets, Jr. The children of her marriage with Jonathan Gibson were William; Richard; Anne, and Woolman (3rd). Of Jacob’s (3rd) descendants we have no record. Woolman (2nd), who was a Burgess of Talbot County in 1778, manied Elizabeth Tilton. They had children: Major Jonathan, who was Captain in the Fifth Battalion of Regulars during the Revolution, and died at sea in 1782;Woolman (4th);John; Mary, and Jacob (4th). Jacob(4th), (born in 1759, and died inl818}, was twice manied. His first wife was Elizabeth Caulk; and his second wife was Rebecca Reynolds. The children of these marriages were: Elizabeth, who manied Doctor James Tilton; Frances, second wife of Doctor James Tilton; Anne, who married Joseph Reynolds; Harriet, who manied Thomas P. Bennett; Fayette, who married Mary Chew; Edward, who manied Jennette Tilton. We go back now to John, son of Woolman (1st). John was twice manied. His first wife was a Miss Price, and of this marriage there was only one child, Woolman (4th), who married Frances Reynolds of Calvert County, and died without offspring.John manied the second time Elizabeth Porter, sister of the famous CommOdore David Porter of the United States navy. Of this marriage there were four children: John, who married Miss Ridout; Anna, who was the wife, first of Doctor John L. Elbert, United States Army; and secondly, of Doctor William Elbert Seth; Mary, who married Major Richard Lloyd Tilghman of Talbot County; and Elizabeth, who was the wife, first of Lieutenant Jon Thomas, Jr., of the Revolutionary armies; and secondly, Doctor Alexander Stewart, surgeon in theRevolutionary armies. She received pensions as the widow of two Revolutionary soldiers. She lived to the great age of eighty-eight, and was buried at Queenstown, Maryland. We come now to the direct line of Colonel W. Hopper Gibson.
This canies us back to Bartholomew, son of Woolman (1st), whomanied Ann Price. To them were born two sons and two daugh ters. One of the sons, Charles, was twice manied. His first wife was Miss Newcome. His second wife was Ann Louisa Thomas, who was his first cousin, being granddaughter of John Gibson, and daugh ter of Jon Thomas, Jr., the Revolutionary lieutenant. Charles Gibson had children: John; Charles A.; Henry James; Dorrington; Woolman Jonathan; and Elizabeth. John and Dorrington died without issue. Henry James was killed, serving in the United States army during the Mexican War. Elizabeth married Edwin E. Pratt. Woolman Jonathan was manied twice. His first wife was Anna Maria Hopper; daughter of Daniel C. Hopper and niece of Judge Philemon B. Hopper; and his second wife was Mary D. Coursey of Philadelphia. His children were Charles Hopper; Samuel Ho per, who was retired as lieutenant in United States Marine Corps for disability incurred in line of duty; married Florence Adele, daughter of Major General E.S. Keyes, United States Anny;Woolman Hopper; Maria Louise, who died unmarried; and Anna Ridout, who became the wife of John R. Emory, Jr.
Colonel Woolman Hopper Gibson is the sixth therefore, in direct descent from Jacob Gibson, the immigrant; and the seventh of the family to bear the given name of Woolman.
Colonel Gibson was educated in the Centreville Academy, and the St. John’s College in Annapolis. He began his business career as a young man, more than thirty years ago, by engaging in the in surance business in Centreville, and is now the head of the oldest and the second largest insurance agency on the EasternShore of Mary land. He has done the day’s work well, and bas built up a character second to that of no man in his section. In this connection, a paragraph taken from The Centreville Observer gives a very proper estimate of his standing 1n the community.
"Colonel Gibson is among the representative, popular and influential citizens of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He was a member of Governor Warfield’s staff, and is vice-president and trus tee for the poor of Queen Anne’s County; a member of the Maryland Historical Society; a member of the Order of Cincinnati; of the University Club of Baltimore; Senior Warden and vestryman of St. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church of Centreville, and served as diocesan deputy to the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church at its sessions in San Francisco, Boston, Richmond, and Cincinnati. Colonel Gibson is the president of the Good Will Fire Company, an organization possessing a splendid record for its effective work as fire-fighters, and one in which the community entertains a just pride. From his identity and active interest in the above organizations, it will be seen that Colonel Gibson gives both time and effort to measures having for their object theadvancementof the interests of people along all lines, religious, educational and eco nomic, and for his labors, which are frequently at the cost of self denial, he can truthfully be classed among the enterprising and public spirited of Maryland’s citizens.’’
The paragraph quoted tells the story in brief compass. An active supporter of every good interest, an earnest worker for the general welfare, Colonel Gibson has won his standing in the community by service rendered. In addition to the institutions men tioned in the paragraph, he is also affiliated with the Masons and the Knights of Pythias. His political affiliation through life has been with the Democratic party.
He believes that the young man starting in life should found his career on the rock of rigid integrity, and not let himself be diverted by any combination of circumstances to anything that fails below the highest standard; that he should give faithful and honest work, and be absolutely loyal to every interest with which he may be con nected, and, most important of all, he should be a faithful Christian.
On April 28, 1909, Colonel Gibson was married to Miss Lucy V. Crabbe, whose mother was a Miss Goldsborough, and whose grandfather came from Scotland and settled in Virginia, as did also her father’s family, coming direct from England.
Few American families have so complete a record of their genera tions as this Gibson family. Jacob Gibson came from England something like two hundred and sixty years ago. About the same time (that is in 1649), there came over Colonel Richard Woolman and his wife, Sarah. They had a daughter, Alice, who was married to Jacob Gibson. Of this marriage there were the following children: Richard; Jacob (2nd); Woolman (1st); Rachel; Anne, and Barbara. Woolman (1st) was twice married. His first wife was Sarah Dawson, widow of Lambert Clements, to whom she was married in 1678. His second wife’s name was Elizabeth. The children of Woolman (1st) ap pear to have been Jonathan; Jacob (3rd); Woolman (2nd); John; Bar tholomew; Margaret; Mary, and Alice. Jonathan, eldest son of Woolman (1st), married, his wife’s given name being Alice. She sur vived him and took a second husband, Thomas Tibbets, Jr. The children of her marriage with Jonathan Gibson were William; Richard; Anne, and Woolman (3rd). Of Jacob’s (3rd) descendants we have no record. Woolman (2nd), who was a Burgess of Talbot County in 1778, manied Elizabeth Tilton. They had children: Major Jonathan, who was Captain in the Fifth Battalion of Regulars during the Revolution, and died at sea in 1782;Woolman (4th);John; Mary, and Jacob (4th). Jacob(4th), (born in 1759, and died inl818}, was twice manied. His first wife was Elizabeth Caulk; and his second wife was Rebecca Reynolds. The children of these marriages were: Elizabeth, who manied Doctor James Tilton; Frances, second wife of Doctor James Tilton; Anne, who married Joseph Reynolds; Harriet, who manied Thomas P. Bennett; Fayette, who married Mary Chew; Edward, who manied Jennette Tilton. We go back now to John, son of Woolman (1st). John was twice manied. His first wife was a Miss Price, and of this marriage there was only one child, Woolman (4th), who married Frances Reynolds of Calvert County, and died without offspring.John manied the second time Elizabeth Porter, sister of the famous CommOdore David Porter of the United States navy. Of this marriage there were four children: John, who married Miss Ridout; Anna, who was the wife, first of Doctor John L. Elbert, United States Army; and secondly, of Doctor William Elbert Seth; Mary, who married Major Richard Lloyd Tilghman of Talbot County; and Elizabeth, who was the wife, first of Lieutenant Jon Thomas, Jr., of the Revolutionary armies; and secondly, Doctor Alexander Stewart, surgeon in theRevolutionary armies. She received pensions as the widow of two Revolutionary soldiers. She lived to the great age of eighty-eight, and was buried at Queenstown, Maryland. We come now to the direct line of Colonel W. Hopper Gibson.
This canies us back to Bartholomew, son of Woolman (1st), whomanied Ann Price. To them were born two sons and two daugh ters. One of the sons, Charles, was twice manied. His first wife was Miss Newcome. His second wife was Ann Louisa Thomas, who was his first cousin, being granddaughter of John Gibson, and daugh ter of Jon Thomas, Jr., the Revolutionary lieutenant. Charles Gibson had children: John; Charles A.; Henry James; Dorrington; Woolman Jonathan; and Elizabeth. John and Dorrington died without issue. Henry James was killed, serving in the United States army during the Mexican War. Elizabeth married Edwin E. Pratt. Woolman Jonathan was manied twice. His first wife was Anna Maria Hopper; daughter of Daniel C. Hopper and niece of Judge Philemon B. Hopper; and his second wife was Mary D. Coursey of Philadelphia. His children were Charles Hopper; Samuel Ho per, who was retired as lieutenant in United States Marine Corps for disability incurred in line of duty; married Florence Adele, daughter of Major General E.S. Keyes, United States Anny;Woolman Hopper; Maria Louise, who died unmarried; and Anna Ridout, who became the wife of John R. Emory, Jr.
Colonel Woolman Hopper Gibson is the sixth therefore, in direct descent from Jacob Gibson, the immigrant; and the seventh of the family to bear the given name of Woolman.
Colonel Gibson was educated in the Centreville Academy, and the St. John’s College in Annapolis. He began his business career as a young man, more than thirty years ago, by engaging in the in surance business in Centreville, and is now the head of the oldest and the second largest insurance agency on the EasternShore of Mary land. He has done the day’s work well, and bas built up a character second to that of no man in his section. In this connection, a paragraph taken from The Centreville Observer gives a very proper estimate of his standing 1n the community.
"Colonel Gibson is among the representative, popular and influential citizens of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He was a member of Governor Warfield’s staff, and is vice-president and trus tee for the poor of Queen Anne’s County; a member of the Maryland Historical Society; a member of the Order of Cincinnati; of the University Club of Baltimore; Senior Warden and vestryman of St. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church of Centreville, and served as diocesan deputy to the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church at its sessions in San Francisco, Boston, Richmond, and Cincinnati. Colonel Gibson is the president of the Good Will Fire Company, an organization possessing a splendid record for its effective work as fire-fighters, and one in which the community entertains a just pride. From his identity and active interest in the above organizations, it will be seen that Colonel Gibson gives both time and effort to measures having for their object theadvancementof the interests of people along all lines, religious, educational and eco nomic, and for his labors, which are frequently at the cost of self denial, he can truthfully be classed among the enterprising and public spirited of Maryland’s citizens.’’
The paragraph quoted tells the story in brief compass. An active supporter of every good interest, an earnest worker for the general welfare, Colonel Gibson has won his standing in the community by service rendered. In addition to the institutions men tioned in the paragraph, he is also affiliated with the Masons and the Knights of Pythias. His political affiliation through life has been with the Democratic party.
He believes that the young man starting in life should found his career on the rock of rigid integrity, and not let himself be diverted by any combination of circumstances to anything that fails below the highest standard; that he should give faithful and honest work, and be absolutely loyal to every interest with which he may be con nected, and, most important of all, he should be a faithful Christian.
On April 28, 1909, Colonel Gibson was married to Miss Lucy V. Crabbe, whose mother was a Miss Goldsborough, and whose grandfather came from Scotland and settled in Virginia, as did also her father’s family, coming direct from England.
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