Thomas Ware Gibson (Louisville attorney. )
b. 1815-05-11 d. 1876-11-30
Louisville, Kentucky, and Charlestown, Indiana, attorney. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, native. Married to Mary W. Goodwin in 1838. Father of Lydia D. Gibson, Amelia A. Gibson, Thomas W. Gibson, Sarah G. Gibson, Charles H. Gibson, and George H. D. Gibson. Attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Midshipman in the United States Navy from 1833 to 1836. Studied law under George H. Dunn in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, in 1836. Practiced law in Charlestown, Indiana until 1846. Captain in the 3rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment from 1846 to 1847. Elected as a Democrat to the House of Representatives of the State of Indiana in 1848. Member of the Senate of the State of Indiana. Began practicing law in Louisville in 1852.
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Bibliography
Lewis C. Baird, Baird’s History of Clark County, Indiana (Clark County: Unigraphic, 1909), 817. Find A Grave, "Thomas Ware Gibson (1815-1876)," Memorial #85756213, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85756213&ref=acom (accessed July, 11, 2017).
Citation
Gibson, Thomas Ware. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208333 (November 12, 2026).
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