Elizabeth Gibson
Elizabeth Gibson may refer to: * Elizabeth Gibson (nurse), Union nurse during the American Civil War * Elizabeth Chamberlain Gibson, Methodist missionary in China * S. Elizabeth Gibson, law professor * Bessie Gibson Elizabeth Dickson Gibson (1868 - 1961) was an Australian artist. Early life Gibson was born on 16 May 1868 in Ipswich, Queensland, the daughter of bank manager James Gibson and Anne Bush Blair (née Copeland). The family moved to Manley, Bri ...

Elizabeth Gibson (nurse)
Elizabeth Gibson was a Union nurse during the American Civil War. On October 1, 1861, Gibson received orders from Dorothea Dix to report to St. Louis, Missouri as soon as possible. The very next day, Gibson was sent to duty her upon arrival; she was assigned to the surgical ward of Fifth Street Military Hospital, where she would serve for twenty-one months. On July 24, 1863, Gibson moved downriver to the Jefferson Barracks, only to be transferred again on October 26 to the Harvey General Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. Gibson served at the battles of Shiloh and Vicksburg. After Vicksburg, she was working on a hospital ship to transport wounded personnel which came under fire, though the passengers and crew were all unharmed. In a letter to Mary G. Holland, Gibson said with pride that despite serving for four years, she only fainted one time. When asked to describe her service, she wrote "I count it a high honor to have been an army nurse, and a great privilege to have ministere ...
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Elizabeth Chamberlain Gibson
Elizabeth Chamberlain Gibson (April 28, 1830 - December 22, 1916) was the wife of the Methodist missionary Otis Gibson. Life Eliza Chamberlain was born on April 28, 1830, at Brazier Falls, New York into a Quaker family. In her early years Eliza attended a female seminary and had a certificate to teach in schools. She met Otis Gibson in Maryland and soon fell in love with each other. She married Otis in spite of the opposition from her parents.Otis Gibson's family letters A few months after their marriage, Eliza and Otis were called to New York City to board a clipper ship about to sail to China. On August 13, 1855, they reached Fuzhou and remained in the mission field for the next ten years.Gibson, Eliza C. (1916), A Trip to China'', California Christian Advocate They had two sons in China; one died in infancy. Due to Eliza's declining health, the Gibsons returned to the Moira, United States in 1865. Thomson, Edward (1870), ''Our Oriental Missions, Vol. 1'' In 1868 the coupl ...
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