JAMES A. GIBSON, public administrator of Buchanan County, a member of the bar and a well-known citizen of St. Joseph, was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, April 17, 1866.
The family to which Mr. Gibson belongs was established in Buchanan County in 1837 by his grandfather, the late James A. Gibson, who was a Native of Virginia, from which State he came to Missouri and settled three miles south of Easton, Buchanan County, securing a tract of land which he subsequently cleared. He was in the enjoyment of a comfortable home at the outbreak of the Civil War. The troubles incident to those times made him a victim of political feeling and on one occasion a marauding band took him from his home and, before they could be prevented, had almost terminated his life by hanging. His daughter reached him just in time to save him, but the remainder of his life was spent in an unnerved state that prevented any engagement in business, resulting in his death in September, 1866, at the age of 76 years. The father of our subject was two years of age when he was brought to Missouri. Both he and his wife survive.
Mr. Gibson has been a resident of St. Joseph since 1874. His education was secured in the public schools and at business college here and then he spent five years connected with the St. Joseph Post Office, as clerk and carrier. Later he studied law and was admitted to the bar. In 1896 he was elected public administrator on the Democratic ticket, an office for which he is eminently qualified and which he has filed with marked success.
On November 2, 1888, Mr. Gibson was married to Lucy Gabbert, and they have had three children, one of whom, James Edwin, died February 7, 1899. Mr. Gibson is prominent in a number of fraternal organizations, viz; the United Workmen, Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen and Red Men.
Source: History of Buchanan County and St. Joseph, page 304
The family to which Mr. Gibson belongs was established in Buchanan County in 1837 by his grandfather, the late James A. Gibson, who was a Native of Virginia, from which State he came to Missouri and settled three miles south of Easton, Buchanan County, securing a tract of land which he subsequently cleared. He was in the enjoyment of a comfortable home at the outbreak of the Civil War. The troubles incident to those times made him a victim of political feeling and on one occasion a marauding band took him from his home and, before they could be prevented, had almost terminated his life by hanging. His daughter reached him just in time to save him, but the remainder of his life was spent in an unnerved state that prevented any engagement in business, resulting in his death in September, 1866, at the age of 76 years. The father of our subject was two years of age when he was brought to Missouri. Both he and his wife survive.
Mr. Gibson has been a resident of St. Joseph since 1874. His education was secured in the public schools and at business college here and then he spent five years connected with the St. Joseph Post Office, as clerk and carrier. Later he studied law and was admitted to the bar. In 1896 he was elected public administrator on the Democratic ticket, an office for which he is eminently qualified and which he has filed with marked success.
On November 2, 1888, Mr. Gibson was married to Lucy Gabbert, and they have had three children, one of whom, James Edwin, died February 7, 1899. Mr. Gibson is prominent in a number of fraternal organizations, viz; the United Workmen, Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen and Red Men.
Source: History of Buchanan County and St. Joseph, page 304
JAMES A. GIBSON, public administrator of Buchanan County, a member of the bar and a well-known citizen of St. Joseph, was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, April 17, 1866.
The family to which Mr. Gibson belongs was established in Buchanan County in 1837 by his grandfather, the late James A. Gibson, who was a Native of Virginia, from which State he came to Missouri and settled three miles south of Easton, Buchanan County, securing a tract of land which he subsequently cleared. He was in the enjoyment of a comfortable home at the outbreak of the Civil War. The troubles incident to those times made him a victim of political feeling and on one occasion a marauding band took him from his home and, before they could be prevented, had almost terminated his life by hanging. His daughter reached him just in time to save him, but the remainder of his life was spent in an unnerved state that prevented any engagement in business, resulting in his death in September, 1866, at the age of 76 years. The father of our subject was two years of age when he was brought to Missouri. Both he and his wife survive.
Mr. Gibson has been a resident of St. Joseph since 1874. His education was secured in the public schools and at business college here and then he spent five years connected with the St. Joseph Post Office, as clerk and carrier. Later he studied law and was admitted to the bar. In 1896 he was elected public administrator on the Democratic ticket, an office for which he is eminently qualified and which he has filed with marked success.
On November 2, 1888, Mr. Gibson was married to Lucy Gabbert, and they have had three children, one of whom, James Edwin, died February 7, 1899. Mr. Gibson is prominent in a number of fraternal organizations, viz; the United Workmen, Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen and Red Men.
Source: History of Buchanan County and St. Joseph, page 304
The family to which Mr. Gibson belongs was established in Buchanan County in 1837 by his grandfather, the late James A. Gibson, who was a Native of Virginia, from which State he came to Missouri and settled three miles south of Easton, Buchanan County, securing a tract of land which he subsequently cleared. He was in the enjoyment of a comfortable home at the outbreak of the Civil War. The troubles incident to those times made him a victim of political feeling and on one occasion a marauding band took him from his home and, before they could be prevented, had almost terminated his life by hanging. His daughter reached him just in time to save him, but the remainder of his life was spent in an unnerved state that prevented any engagement in business, resulting in his death in September, 1866, at the age of 76 years. The father of our subject was two years of age when he was brought to Missouri. Both he and his wife survive.
Mr. Gibson has been a resident of St. Joseph since 1874. His education was secured in the public schools and at business college here and then he spent five years connected with the St. Joseph Post Office, as clerk and carrier. Later he studied law and was admitted to the bar. In 1896 he was elected public administrator on the Democratic ticket, an office for which he is eminently qualified and which he has filed with marked success.
On November 2, 1888, Mr. Gibson was married to Lucy Gabbert, and they have had three children, one of whom, James Edwin, died February 7, 1899. Mr. Gibson is prominent in a number of fraternal organizations, viz; the United Workmen, Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen and Red Men.
Source: History of Buchanan County and St. Joseph, page 304
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