Gibson was born in 1816 in Livingston County, New York. He settled in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, in 1844. He was elected as a member of the First Wisconsin Constitutional Convention in 1846 and elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory in 1847 and 1848. In 1849, he moved to Hudson, Wisconsin, where he was appointed receiver of public moneys. He married Carrie F. Gilman (1831-1906) in 1856. In 1859, he was elected to a term in the Wisconsin State Assembly. During the Civil War, he was appointed a paymaster and assigned to Missouri, and also became a major. In 1878, he was appointed a position in the sixth auditor's office of the treasury in the post office department. He died on December 6, 1904 in Washington, D. C.,"District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7TJ-CWB : accessed 10 February 2021), Moses S. Gibson, 06 Dec 1904, District of Columbia, United States; citing reference ID cn 158252, District Records Center, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,115,160. and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
