GIBBS,   JOSEPH   C.
                       Lake Charles, LA.


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Source: Southwest Louisiana Historical and Biographical by William Henry Perrin
published in 1891; page 152.
Typed by Margaret Rentrop Moore

Joseph C. Gibbs, Lake Charles. - Joseph C. Gibbs, the lately deceased attorney
of the Fourteenth Judicial District, was born in Opelousas, Louisiana, and died
in Lake Charles, December 3, 1890, at the age of thirty-four years.  Mr. Gibbs
was admitted to the bar in July, 1884, and practised in Opelousas for a short
while, when he located in Lake Charles and formed a partnership with
Judge Kearney.  After Judge Kearney's death Mr. Gibbs was appointed district
attorney to fill the unexpired term.  He was afterward elected to fill the same
position, and was one of the most popular attourneys who has ever occupied that
responsible position.  His death at such an untimely age was a great shock to
his numerous friends, and was sincerely regretted by all who
knew him.