Gibson Atherton

Biography

Gibson Atherton, who was born in 1831, grew up during a time of stirring civic energy and became part of the fabric that shaped Cedar Hill’s shared life. His name lives on in the quiet shade of Cedar Hill Cemetery, where family and neighbors still gather to honor the generations that came before.

He witnessed the call to national unity and the long labor of healing, and though records do not detail every task he performed, the respect afforded his memory suggests he was a man of steady integrity, one who uplifted his community through conscientious living. In death he rests among the same hallowed ground that sheltered so many of his contemporaries.