Thomas K. Gibson
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Thomas Kennedy Gibson | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 7th district | |
| In office June 5, 1848 – January 10, 1849 | |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Dennis Murphy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 4, 1811 |
| Died | January 3, 1900 (aged 88) |
| Resting place | United Methodist Church Cemetery Benton, Wisconsin |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Margarette T. Murphy
(m. 1860; died 1881) |
| Children | 6 |
Thomas Kennedy Gibson (December 4, 1811 – January 3, 1900) was an American farmer, miner and storekeeper from Benton, Wisconsin, who served as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Senate in the 1st Wisconsin Legislature in 1848.[1]
Gibson was born December 4, 1811, near Nashville, Tennessee, son of James Gibson and Diannah (Beck) Sitton. At the age of three, he moved with his family to Missouri. In the spring of 1833 he left for Dubuque (at that time in unorganized territory) and worked as a miner until the fall of 1834, when he went back to Missouri, bought cattle which he drove back to Dubuque and sold, then resumed work in the mines until 1836, when he returned to Missouri and ran a store for a while (interspersed with occasional horseback trips to St. Louis) until fall of 1837, when he moved to Benton. He worked as a miner in Benton for many years.