Bio of GIPSON, Henry E. (b.1863), 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

HENRY E. GIPSON - Vol II, pg 666-667
Minneapolis has long been recognized as the largest lumber market in the world
and among those who are contributing toward the prestige of the city in this
con­nection is Henry E. Gipson, who has an intimate knowledge of every phase of
the industry, having devoted his life thereto. He was born in Aurora, Indiana,
April 2, 1863, and his parents were William Henry and Fannie M. (Decker) Gipson,
the former also a native of that place, while the latter was born in Ohio. The
father was like­wise a prominent lumberman, conducting kis operations first at
Aurora, Indiana, and later removing his business to Decatur, Illinois, where he
successfully controlled his interests for many years.
The public schools of Decatur afforded Henry E. Gipson his educational
advantages and after his graduation from high school he began assisting his
father in the man­agement of his business interests, thus gaining a
comprehensive understanding of the lumber business. In 1888 he arrived in
Minneapolis and secured a position with the C. H. Ruddock Lumber Company, with
which he remained for four years. In 1892 he joined M. J. Scanlon in a
partnership relation, becoming junior member of the firm, and two years later
they incorporated their interests under the name of the Scanlon-Gipson Lumber
Company, which continued to operate until 1921, when the firm was dissolved. In
1905 the subject of this review organized the Gipson Lumber Com­pany, of which
he has since been the president, and the firm now owns and controls ten retail
lumber yards in the state of Minnesota. Mr. Gipson is also a stockholder in the
Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company; president of the Twin City Hardwood Lum­ber
Company; vice president of the Kentwood & Eastwood Railway Company; and
treasurer and a director of the Bend Company of Bend, Oregon. He possesses
initia­tive, combined with marked executive ability and broad vision, and has
ever been actuated by a spirit of enterprise and determination, which never
allows him to stop short of the successful accomplishment of anything that he
undertakes.
Mr. Gipson was married October 5, 1885, to Miss Mary E. Smith of Decatur,
Illinois, and they have a son, Corwin E., who is associated with his father in
business. He enlisted for service in the World war and was commissioned a
lieutenant. He was attached to the Signal Corps of the Aircraft Division, being
stationed during the greater part of the time at Vancouver Barracks, Washington,
and was preparing to go overseas when the armistice was signed.
Mr. Gipson is a member of the Minneapolis, Lafayette and Interlachen clubs of
this city and also of the Town and Country Club of St. Paul. His interests and
activi­ties have covered a wide scope and he has made his influence felt in
business circles of Minneapolis. He has ever based his activity in business
affairs upon strict integrity and honorable dealing, never deviating from the
course which the world regards as right in the relations between man and his
fellowmen, and along the path of opportunity open to all he has reached the goal
of notable success.