Bio of GIBSON, William W. (b.1883), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

WILLIAM W. GIBSON - Vol III, pg 732-733
William W. Gibson, prominent attorney of Minneapolis and secretary of the
Traffic Club, was born in Glyndon, Minnesota, on the llth of October, 1883, a
son of William and Magdeline (Arnold) Gibson, who were natives of Michigan and
Wisconsin, respectively. The father came to Minnesota in the early '70s, while
the mother arrived in this state with her parents at about the same time.
William Gib-son, a locomotive engineer, has been engaged in the railroad
business in Missouri for many years. His wife passed away at Brainerd,
Minnesota, in 1886.
William W. Gibson, the only child of his parents, was thrown upon his own
re­sources at an early age. He worked his way through the public schools of
Milwaukee and through the Minnesota College of Law, from which institution he
was graduated in 1917 with the LL. B. degree. He immediately started in practice
in Minneapolis, where he is enjoying an extensive and representative clientele.
He handles considerable litigation before the courts and has won for himself an
enviable position among the attorneys at the Minneapolis bar. Aside from his
professional duties he is active as secretary of the Traffic Club of this city.
On the 29th of January, 1920, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Gibson and Miss
Martha Kutz, the ceremony being performed in Minneapolis. She is a daughter of
Albert Kutz, a prominent citizen of Albany, this state.
Since attaining his majority Mr. Gibson has followed an independent course in
politics, giving his support to the man he thinks best fitted for the office
without regard for party ties. Fraternally he is a Scottish Rite Mason, while
along strictly professional lines he is identified with the Hennepin County Bar
Association and the American Bar Association. He is active in all organizations
that have for their pur­pose the development and improvement of the community
and during the World war he gave generously of his time and means in the
promotion of the Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives and other worthy causes. For
recreation he turns to outdoor sports, being particularly fond of fishing and a
proficient disciple of Izaak Walton Mr. Gibson is a self-made man, for whatever
success he has achieved in life is at­tributable to his own efforts and
enterprise.