Born at Harrington, Cumberland, on 17 March 1813, he was the eldest son of Joseph Gibson by his wife Mary Stuart Craig, from Moffat, Dumfriesshire.
[1] Gibson started in practice at Branthwaite and Ullock in Allerdale, in west Cumberland, for about two years.
In 1857, finding the work heavy, he settled at Bebington in Cheshire, where he remained in practice until poor health compelled him to retire, in 1872.
[1] L’al Dinah Grayson was arranged by Jeffrey Mark, one of his four dialect settings published by OUP in 1928.
[3] Gibson married in May 1844 Sarah, daughter of John Bowman of Hoadyood in Lamplugh.