U.S. Army
Centurion, 1884–1909
Born 25 December 1840 in Newport, Rhode Island
Died 16 January 1909 in Pasadena, California
Buried Island Cemetery
, Newport, Rhode Island
Proposed by Thomas B. Coddington and Mr. Nash (may refer to John McL. Nash or Stephen P. Nash)
Elected 6 December 1884 at age forty-three
Archivist’s Note: Cousin of Wolcott Gibbs
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Century Memorial
Theodore Kane Gibbs was a member here for a quarter of a century. He was born in Rhode Island sixty-six years ago, the son of a governor of his state; and of late years he had been a foremost citizen of Newport. He served throughout the Civil War as soldier and officer, being twice promoted for gallantry in battle. But the most of his riper years were spent in New York, where his home was a social centre and his life rich in commercial and public activities. Such eminence as he had was unsought, but he shrank from no duty thrust upon him, and they were many. He was eminently a man of the Centurion type, modest, genial, comprehensive in his interests, and pleasant in his ways.
William Milligan Sloane
1910 Century Association Yearbook