Gibson Clark was born in Clarke County Virginia on December 5, 1844. After serving in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, he moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and then Fort Laramie, Wyoming, where he was employed as a clerk and bookkeeper in the post trader's store. He was elected to the Territorial Legislative Assembly in 1871. Form 1872 to 1883 Clark was engaged in mining in Nevada and Utah. In 1883, he moved to Fort Collins, Colorado, and then in 1886, to Cheyenne, where he practiced law. In November 1892, he was elected to the Supreme Court but resigned on September 22, 1894 to accept an appointment as US Attorney for the district of Wyoming. After his term expired in 1898, he resumed his legal practice. He also served as a trustee for the Cheyenne school district and University of Wyoming.

Gibson Clark died on December 14, 1914 in Cheyenne. An elementary school in Cheyenne was named for him in 1920 (the building was torn down in 2009).

Additional Resources

• "Gibson Clark" memorial, FindAGrave.com (accessed September 2015)
• "Hon. Gibson Clark", Progressive Men of Wyoming, 1903 (accessed September 2015 on Internet Archive)