Crawford County IA Archives Biographies.....Gibson, J. I. 1865 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1893)

DR. J. I. GIBSON, V. S., is the only graduate in that branch of the medical
profession in the county of Crawford. He is a native of Carlton county, Ontario,
Canada, born January 27, 1865, son of R. A. and Lucinda (Gillespie) Gibson.

  Our subject was reared and educated in his native country on his father's
farm, attending the public schools of the neighborhood, and at twenty took up
the study of veterinary surgery and entered the College of Veterinary Surgery
and Medicine at Toronto, Ontario, Canada, graduating in the class of 1887. He at
once began practice in Kemptville, Canada, and remained for two years and a
half, but, September 25, 1889, came to Denison and established an office and has
since that time engaged in the practice of his profession at this place. When he
first came to Denison he was simply on an excursion, but being favorably
impressed with the place he decided to make it his home, knowing that the
practice would be good, as there was no other of his profession in the county.
He has worked up a fine business by his ability and skill, being very thorough
in his work. The Doctor is one of the most enterprising men of Denison,
professionally, socially and politically, and is a member of several of the
societies of the place, among which are: Iowa State Veterinary Association; was
President of the Northwestern Veterinary Medical Association of western Iowa
during 1892; Dowdell Lodge, No. 90, K. of P., and is foremost in whatever
promises to benefit the town or county.

  He feels that the summer of 1886, spent with Dr. A. O. F. Coleman,
Veterinarian to His Excellency, the Governor General of Canada, was of great
benefit to him, and from that gentleman he learned many things that have proved
of use in his work.

  His parents are both still living in Canada, of which the father is a native,
while the mother was a native of the north of Ireland. Both sides of the family
had their origin in Scotland. The father is a farmer, and he and his wife had
thirteen children, of whom the Doctor is the only one that resides in the United
States.

  The Doctor is a stanch Republican and always supports its principles. He was
married December 31, 1892, to Miss Minnie Colgrove, of Denison, Iowa. He and his
wife are both members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Denison, where
he was chorister during 1891-'92.


Additional Comments:
Extracted From:

BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF 
Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa.

Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with
accompanying Biographies; a Condensed History of Iowa, with Portraits and
Biographies of the Governors of the State; Engravings of Prominent Citizens of
the Counties, wth [sic] Personal Histories of many of the Early Settlers and
Leading Families.

"Biography is the only true history."—Emerson.

CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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