John Gibb

John Gibb (March 14, 1829 – August 27, 1905) was a cofounder of the dry goods house of Mills & Gibb.

Biography Gibb was born on March 14, 1829, in Forfarshire, Scotland. He left his father's farm at the age of 14 to apprentice for four years in a draper's shop at Montrose, Angus. Later, he went to London and was in the largest wholesale house in that city. In 1850, he became acquainted with a member of the firm of E. S. Jaffray & Company, who induced him to come to New York, where became a buyer of embroideries and white goods.

Personal life In 1852, he married Mrs. Harriet Balston (died in 1878). Seven years later, he married Sarah D. Mackay. Five sons survived him, J. Richmond, Arthur, Walter, Elmer and Louis and four daughters, all married.