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Herbert Greeley Giberson (April 29, 1872 – August 21, 1930) was an American businessman and politician. Giberson was born in
Jersey County, Illinois Jersey County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 21,512. The county seat and largest community is Jerseyville, with a population of 8,337 in 2010. The county's smallest incorporated co ...
. He lived in
Elsah, Illinois Elsah is a village in Jersey County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the village had a total population of 519. Michael Pitchford is the village's current acting mayor. It is the home of Principia College. Elsah is a part of the Metro-East reg ...
with his family and went to the Elsah public school. In 1888, Giberson moved with his family to
Alton, Illinois Alton ( ) is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about north of St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 25,676 at the 2020 census. It is a part of the River Bend area in the Metro-East region of the ...
. He worked with his father in the merchandising business in Alton. Giberson also worked for a St. Louis, Missouri shoe company. Giberson took a business course at
Shurtleff College Shurtleff College was a Baptist liberal arts school in Alton, Illinois until 1957. History Founded in 1827 by Reverend John Mason Peck (a Baptist missionary) as Rock Spring Seminary in St. Clair County, Illinois, and relocated to Alton, Illino ...
in Alton. In 1899, Giberson served on the Alton Board of Education. He served on the Alton City Council from 1902 to 1904. Then, Giberson served on the Madison County Board of Supervisors from 1913 to 1915. Giberson was a
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. He then switch to the Republican Party. in 1924, He serve in the
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from 1923 to 1927. Gibeson died at St. Joseph's Hospital in Alton, Illinois from complication after undergoing surgery for appendicitis.'H.G. Giberson, Former State Senator, Is Dead,' The Edwardsville Intelligencer (Illinois), August 21, 1930, pg. 3


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1872 births 1930 deaths Politicians from Alton, Illinois People from Jersey County, Illinois Shurtleff College alumni Businesspeople from Illinois Illinois Democrats Illinois Republicans County board members in Illinois School board members in Illinois Illinois city council members Illinois state senators {{Illinois-statesenator-stub