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Matthew Ellsworth Gibson I

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Matthew Ellsworth Gibson I

Birth
Ontario, Canada
Death
4 Nov 1919 (aged 53)
Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Add to Map
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Section 13, Block 6, Lot 2, Space 2
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Canadian-born Matthew Ellsworth Gibson moved from Michigan to Ajo, Arizona in 1911. A pioneer resident of Ajo, he was superintendent for the Longyear Diamond Drill Company. He also successfully engaged in prospecting and mining, He was one of three partners who formed the Ajo Mercantile Company. Buying out his partners, he moved the successful business to his new townsite of Gibson. He was a charter member of the Ajo chapter of the Loyal Order of the Moose; he also was a member of the Masons.

According to newspapers of the time, Gibson was one of the most prominent citizens of Arizona. A member of the Twelfth Arizona legislature, he was the first state legislator to come from Pima County. He was especially interested in all deliberations and acts relating to the State University. He was the father of the bill authorizing the holding of superior court sessions for Pima County in Ajo. While a member of the legislature, he became ill with typhoid fever. Matthew E Gibson died six weeks later. Governor and Mrs. Thomas E. Campbell and Representative Elias Hendrick of Tucson attended the funeral.

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Matthew E Gibson was born in Canada on November 26, 1865, married Laura Polkinghorne in 1889 in Champion, Michigan, The young couple lived in Amasa in the 1890s. He worked for the Hemlock River Mining Exploration Company and served as chief of the Amasa Fire Department. He later moved to Ajo, Arizona where he was Superintendent of Diamond Drilling for the Longyear Company and a senior partner in the Ajo Mercantile Company.
Arizona Legislator

Canadian-born Matthew Ellsworth Gibson moved from Michigan to Ajo, Arizona in 1911. A pioneer resident of Ajo, he was superintendent for the Longyear Diamond Drill Company. He also successfully engaged in prospecting and mining, He was one of three partners who formed the Ajo Mercantile Company. Buying out his partners, he moved the successful business to his new townsite of Gibson. He was a charter member of the Ajo chapter of the Loyal Order of the Moose; he also was a member of the Masons.

According to newspapers of the time, Gibson was one of the most prominent citizens of Arizona. A member of the Twelfth Arizona legislature, he was the first state legislator to come from Pima County. He was especially interested in all deliberations and acts relating to the State University. He was the father of the bill authorizing the holding of superior court sessions for Pima County in Ajo. While a member of the legislature, he became ill with typhoid fever. Matthew E Gibson died six weeks later. Governor and Mrs. Thomas E. Campbell and Representative Elias Hendrick of Tucson attended the funeral.

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Matthew E Gibson was born in Canada on November 26, 1865, married Laura Polkinghorne in 1889 in Champion, Michigan, The young couple lived in Amasa in the 1890s. He worked for the Hemlock River Mining Exploration Company and served as chief of the Amasa Fire Department. He later moved to Ajo, Arizona where he was Superintendent of Diamond Drilling for the Longyear Company and a senior partner in the Ajo Mercantile Company.

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