for the 2nd district's Republican nomination, but was defeated in the primary. Gibson did not seek reelection in 1904. Later life After his service as United States Representative, Gibson retired from public life and resided in Washington, D.C. He was engaged as a writer, as an author, and as a consulting editor of the American and English Encyclopedia of Law and Practice. In 1907, he published a 368-page epic poem, The Maid of Redenfayn. He published an expanded version of this poem in 1912 under the title, The Ban of Baldurbane. He was an associate reviser in 1918 of the Code of Tennessee, having helped edit the 1896 volume. Gibson died on May 25, 1938 at the age of 100 in Washington. His remains were cremated and the ashes were spread around his hometown in Maryland, though a monument at Old Gray Cemetery in Knoxville bears his name. At the time of his death, he was the last living person known to have been born in 1837, as the last Union general Aaron Daggett died 11 days prior. Family Gibson married Frances Reed on November 12, 1863. They had two daughters. Following her death in 1919, he married Lizzie (Beckerdite) Clark in 1920. References External links The Maid of Redenfayn – Archive.org The Ban of Baldurbane – Archive.org 1837 births 1938 deaths People from Queen Anne's County, Maryland People from Jacksboro, Tennessee Politicians from Knoxville, Tennessee Albany Law School alumni American centenarians Men centenarians Members of the Tennessee House of Representatives Tennessee state senators Medical jurisprudence Tennessee state court judges Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee People from Bladensburg, Maryland Washington, D.C., Republicans Union Army soldiers