City: Knoxville
GIBSON, HENRY RICHARD, lawyer, lecturer, author; born Queen Anne’s Co., Md., Dec. 24, 1837; English descent; son of Woolman and Catherine (Carter) GIBSON; educated Bladensburg, Md., Geneva, and Albany, N.Y.; graduated from Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y., with degrees A.B., A.M., and L.L.D., 1862, 1882, and 1892, respectively; married Frances M. REED, Brooklyn, N.Y., Sept. 1863; former U.S. Postoffice Inspector 1881-2, to investigate alleged frauds in postal service on Mississippi River, and in mail routes west of the Rocky Mountains, U.S. Pension Agent Knoxville, Tenn., 1883-5; Editor of Knoxville Republican 1879-1883, and of Knoxville Daily Chronicle 1883-4; author of Gibson’s “Suits in Chancery,” and “The Maid of Redenfayn”; Consulting editor of American and English Encyclopedia of Law and Practice; Professor of Medical Jurisprudence for last twenty-two years in Tenn., Medical College, and Lincoln Memorial University at Knoxville, Tenn.; Republican; former Co. Claims Commissioner, 1868; in 1870 delegate to State Constitutional convention; 1871-1872 State Senator; 1875-6 Representative in State Legislature; 1886-1894 Chancellor of Second Division of Tenn.; 1895-1905 Congressman from Second District Tenn.; Commissary Department U.S.A. March 1863 to July 1865; Republican nominee for Presidential elector in 1872 and 1880.
