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Pioneer - GIBSON, George W.

Biographical Sketches of
Early Settlers of Wellington County

Information from: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario.
Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906

GIBSON, George W ., was b. in Lockport, N.Y., in 1842. He is the youngest son of the late David Gibson, who was b. at Dundee, Scot., and came to Canada in the early thirties and became a well-known man of his time. The late David Gibson set. in York Tp., and was elected a member of the Upper Canada Parliament. During the Rebellion of 1837-8 he espoused the cause of Mackenzie, and, in consequence, was compelled to flee, and accompanied Mackenzie to New York State, where he remained ten years, when he returned to Canada. He afterwards followed his occupation of P. L. S., and surveyed many of the townships in Ontario: Minto, Melancthon, Proton, Luther, etc. He was Superintendent of Colonization Roads, and many of the principal thoroughfares in Ontario were built under his direction. While visiting Quebec, then the seat of government, in his official capacity, he died, at the age of sixty years. Of his sons, James is retired at Oshawa; Peter is on the old homestead in York Tp., and is P. L. S., and D. L, S.

George W. owns 300 acres in Minto, near Drew, where he settled in 1870. He is a large farmer and progressive citizen. He belongs to the Methodist church, and donated the land on which the Drew Methodist church stands. He has been a Magistrate for many years, as well as School Trustee, and in politics is a Liberal. He m. Augusta J. Holmes. Issue: Mrs. Thomas Crow, Mrs. John Holtom, Mrs. W. Arthurs, David, Alice, Lizzie and James.

From: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto:Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906