Thomas Van Renssalaer Gibbs
- Thomas Van Renssalaer Gibbs
Thomas Van Renssalaer Gibbs (1855-1898), the only son of Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, and a member of the 1886 Florida Constitutional Convention. He was a member of the State House of Representatives. Gibbs was a cofounder of Florida A&M College, and served as its Vice President until his death in 1898. He married Alice Menard, the daughter of John Willis Menard.
References
*Canter Brown, Jr. "Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867-1924." Tuscaloosa and London: The University of Alabama Press, 1998.
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