Timeline


  • 1816 - April 16 - Nehemiah Gibson born in Ashby, Mass.
  • 1843 - March 9 Nehemiah Gibson marries Lucy H. Paine in Boston, Mass.
  • 1865 - November - Nehemiah Gibson purchased the U.S.S. Pembina and renamed it the Charles E. Gibson
  • 1866 - October - Nehemiah Gibson purchased the U.S.S. Kineo and renamed it the The Lucy H. Gibson.
  • 1868 - September 16 - The Barque Nehemiah Gibson was launched.
  • 1869 - Nehemiah Gibson purchased the USRMCS Harriet Lane and renamed it The Elliot Ritchie  
  • 1869 - Nehemiah Gibson bought the U.S.S. Penobscot at Portsmouth, NH
  • 1872 - November 9 - Great Boston fire
  • 1874 - June 9 - Charles Earl Gibson (son of Nehemiah and Lucy H. (Paine) Gibson) marries Carrie L. Varney (daughter of Moses S. and Loretta S. (Paine) Varney)
  • 1878 - April 21 - Lucy H. Gibson (Nehemiah's wife) passed away after sustaining injuries the previous fall.
  • 1881 - The Susan H. Ritchie was built.
  • 1882 - April 25 - Nehemiah Gibson died in Boston
  • 1894 - The Susan H. Ritchie was lost off New Jersey coast in 1894. 
  • 1946 - September 5 - Carrie L. Gibson dies at age 93 in Tamworth, NH