John Gibbon was a career United States Army officer who fought in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.
John Gibbon
Gibbon (far left) at Lee's surrender at Appomattox (Zoom)
Gibbon and Chief Joseph
John Gibbon's grave at Arlington National Cemetery
Holmesburg began as a Village within Lower Dublin Township, Pennsylvania. It is now a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Holmesburg was named in Honor of Surveyor General of Pennsylvania Thomas Holme, who was a cartographer.
Saint Dominic Roman Catholic Church, on Frankford Avenue, was established in 1849
Frankford Avenue bridge over the Pennypack Creek
Thomas Holme Branch Library