Eicher, p. 253, Warner, p. 171, Tagg, p. 44, Lavery, John Gibbon, p. 838, Nolan, p. 40, Wright and Magner, p. 119, and Gibbon's gravestone list his name as John Gibbon. In the preface (p. ix) to Gibbon's Adventures on the Western Frontier, editors Alan and Maureen Gaff list a middle name of Oliver. A genealogical websiteArchived June 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on the "Heysham-Gibbon Branch" of the Hissem-Montague Family refers to possible middle names of Hannum, Heysham, and Oliver, but states that "a letter written by his younger brother, Nicholas, indicated that their father disliked middle-names, perhaps adverse to his own, and gave them to none of his children, excepting Nicholas who was given his by his mother."
Eicher, p. 253, Warner, p. 171, Tagg, p. 44, Lavery, John Gibbon, p. 838, Nolan, p. 40, Wright and Magner, p. 119, and Gibbon's gravestone list his name as John Gibbon. In the preface (p. ix) to Gibbon's Adventures on the Western Frontier, editors Alan and Maureen Gaff list a middle name of Oliver. A genealogical websiteArchived June 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on the "Heysham-Gibbon Branch" of the Hissem-Montague Family refers to possible middle names of Hannum, Heysham, and Oliver, but states that "a letter written by his younger brother, Nicholas, indicated that their father disliked middle-names, perhaps adverse to his own, and gave them to none of his children, excepting Nicholas who was given his by his mother."
Lavery and Jordan, p. 2. Despite the Wright and Magner article stating that Gibbon's mother's surname was Larder (which may be a typographical error), her actual surname was Lardner. A genealogical WebsiteArchived June 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on the "Heysham-Gibbon Branch" of the Hissem-Montague family also refers to her surname as Lardner except for three typographical errors. The site also provides this linkArchived June 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine to the Lardner family. In addition, Gibbon's mother spelled her first name with an "a" rather than an "e", according to Lavery and Jordan, who cite letters she wrote that are available in the Lardner-Gibbon papers at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. According to Alan and Maureen Gaff, Gibbon's father dropped the "s" from the end of his surname around his 18th birthday and before his marriage to Catharine Lardner. However, Gibbon's biographers Dennis Lavery and Mark Jordan maintain the Gibbons spelling throughout their study when referring to General Gibbon's parents.
Eicher, p. 253, Warner, p. 171, Tagg, p. 44, Lavery, John Gibbon, p. 838, Nolan, p. 40, Wright and Magner, p. 119, and Gibbon's gravestone list his name as John Gibbon. In the preface (p. ix) to Gibbon's Adventures on the Western Frontier, editors Alan and Maureen Gaff list a middle name of Oliver. A genealogical websiteArchived June 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on the "Heysham-Gibbon Branch" of the Hissem-Montague Family refers to possible middle names of Hannum, Heysham, and Oliver, but states that "a letter written by his younger brother, Nicholas, indicated that their father disliked middle-names, perhaps adverse to his own, and gave them to none of his children, excepting Nicholas who was given his by his mother."
Lavery and Jordan, p. 2. Despite the Wright and Magner article stating that Gibbon's mother's surname was Larder (which may be a typographical error), her actual surname was Lardner. A genealogical WebsiteArchived June 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on the "Heysham-Gibbon Branch" of the Hissem-Montague family also refers to her surname as Lardner except for three typographical errors. The site also provides this linkArchived June 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine to the Lardner family. In addition, Gibbon's mother spelled her first name with an "a" rather than an "e", according to Lavery and Jordan, who cite letters she wrote that are available in the Lardner-Gibbon papers at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. According to Alan and Maureen Gaff, Gibbon's father dropped the "s" from the end of his surname around his 18th birthday and before his marriage to Catharine Lardner. However, Gibbon's biographers Dennis Lavery and Mark Jordan maintain the Gibbons spelling throughout their study when referring to General Gibbon's parents.
