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| | John Gibson |
 | | His soldiers were distinguished for good conduct and bravery, and were known in the army as "Gibson's Lambs." In order to obtain a supply of gunpowder, he descended the Mississippi River with twenty-five picked men, and after a hazardous journey succeeded in accomplishing his mission. |
 | | --His brother, John Bannister, jurist, born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 8 November, 1780; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 3 May, 1853, was graduated at Dickinson College in 1800, studied law, was admitted to the bar of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1803, and practiced in the counties of Carlisle and Beaver, and in Hagerstown, Maryland. |
 | | Chief-Justice Gibson was eminent as a Shakespearian authority, and relieved the tedium of his professional studies by readings from his favorite dramas. |
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