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John Bannister Gibson (November 8, 1780 – May 3, 1853) was a Pennsylvania attorney, politician in the state legislature, and judge, including years on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1816 to his death in 1853. He served as Chief Justice on the court for 24 years.

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Pennsylvania Genealogies Sarah W. Galbraith ,5 (Andrew ,4 James ,3 James ,2 Robert ,1) b. January 25, 1791 ; d. May 2, 1853 , in Carlisle, Pa. ; m. in 1810 , John Bannister Gibson , b. November 8, 1780 , in Shearman's Valley , now Perry county, Pa. ; d. May 2, 1853 , in the city of Philadelphia ; buried in Carlisle, Pa. He was of Scotch-Irish descent, and the son of Colonel George Gibson , who fell in the defeat of St. Clair , on the 4th of November, 1791 . He entered Dickinson College, graduated therefrom, and entered the law office of his kinsman, Thomas Duncan . He was admitted to the Cumberland county bar at the March term, 1803 . In 1810 he was elected to the Pennsylvania Legislature, and in 1812 , appointed president judge for the Eleventh judicial district, composed of the counties of Tioga , Bradford , Susquehanna , and Luzerne . Upon the death of Judge Brackenridge , in 1816 , Governor Snyder appointed Judge Gibson associate judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania . Under the act of Assembly of April 8, 1826 , the number of Supreme Court judges was increased from three to five. The year following, Chief Justice Tilghman died, when Judge Gibson succeeded him. In 1838 , at the date of the adoption of the then new Constitution of the State, he resigned his office, but was immediately re-appointed by Governor Ritner . In 1851 , when the judiciary became elective, his seat became vacant. He, however, was re-elected an associate justice, and discharged the high functions of that office until his death. No greater encomium can be passed upon him than is inscribed upon the marble shaft which marks the place of his repose--from the pen of that late eminent jurist, Jeremiah S. Black . They had issue (surname Gibson ): i. Margaretta , b. 1813 ; d. December 15, 1893 ; m. Col. Charles McClure , and left issue. ii. Annic , m. Milnor Roberts , civil engineer, and left issue. iii. Sarah , m. Gen. Richard Anderson , U.S.A. , and had issue. iv. John-Bannister , b. 1822 ; d. 1856 , unm. v. George , colonel U. S. A. ; m. Fannie Hunt

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