Early Life
Gibson was born at "Spring Hill", Versailles, Kentucky, the son of a plantation owner. He was educated in leading Louisiana schools. In 1853 he graduated from Yale University, where he was a member of the Scroll and Key society, after which he received a bachelor of laws (LL.B) from the University of Louisiana, later Tulane University.
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