Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
3rd great grandfather Henry B. Gibson was half Irish/half Dutch. Uninterested in a law career, he ran away from home and worked in merchandising and then banking in the Ontario Bank in Canandaigua, NY.
He was president of two early railroads, the Auburn and Syracuse, which merged with another line to become his second, the Rochester and Syracuse. That new line was soon merged with others to form the New York Central, of which he became an early director.
Favorite stories:
While in his 20's in Utica, the locals brought up from southern NY two Native American youths to race Henry. Henry won.
At the time he decided not to renew his bank's charter - he was in his 70's - he was helping surveying his house lot, put his hand on the top of a fence and leaped over it. Henry had managed to keep his strength and athletic abilities throughout his life.
Henry didn't like whiskers and so, when a well-dressed gentleman with whiskers came into his bank asking for a loan, Henry turned him down for that alone. The man left in a huff and Henry started having second thoughts. There was a lot of money involved. So Henry ran into the street looking to correct his prejudice. Too late. The man took his business to another bank. Do hope Henry took a moral for himself from that story.
Henry's prejudices against alcohol and tobacco meant that there was never an employee hired with a drinking problem. But the tobacco issue meant a lot of employees had burned holes in their pockets from stuffing in their pipes when they heard the boss was coming.
Music. The volume is purposely low because the lyrics are so strong that you can't read while listening. But they're SOOOO on! Trying to turn it into instrumental feel.
ABBA - Money, Money, Money
Peter, Paul and Mary - Freight Train
3rd great grandfather Henry B. Gibson was half Irish/half Dutch. Uninterested in a law career, he ran away from home and worked in merchandising and then banking in the Ontario Bank in Canandaigua, NY.
He was president of two early railroads, the Auburn and Syracuse, which merged with another line to become his second, the Rochester and Syracuse. That new line was soon merged with others to form the New York Central, of which he became an early director.
Favorite stories:
While in his 20's in Utica, the locals brought up from southern NY two Native American youths to race Henry. Henry won.
At the time he decided not to renew his bank's charter - he was in his 70's - he was helping surveying his house lot, put his hand on the top of a fence and leaped over it. Henry had managed to keep his strength and athletic abilities throughout his life.
Henry didn't like whiskers and so, when a well-dressed gentleman with whiskers came into his bank asking for a loan, Henry turned him down for that alone. The man left in a huff and Henry started having second thoughts. There was a lot of money involved. So Henry ran into the street looking to correct his prejudice. Too late. The man took his business to another bank. Do hope Henry took a moral for himself from that story.
Henry's prejudices against alcohol and tobacco meant that there was never an employee hired with a drinking problem. But the tobacco issue meant a lot of employees had burned holes in their pockets from stuffing in their pipes when they heard the boss was coming.
Music. The volume is purposely low because the lyrics are so strong that you can't read while listening. But they're SOOOO on! Trying to turn it into instrumental feel.
ABBA - Money, Money, Money
Peter, Paul and Mary - Freight Train
