Alexander Gibson (industrialist)
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Alexander "Boss" Gibson (1819-1913) was an industrialist in New Brunswick, Canada.
In 1862, Gibson bought a sawmill and forest land in the Fredericton area. He was then instrumental in building two railway lines, the New Brunswick Railway and the Canada Eastern Railway in order to ship goods from his mills to other markets. In 1883, a cotton mill was constructed at Marysville, a town which he founded and named after his wife.
Gibson's mill lost a price war with mills in other parts of Canada, and he was forced to sell the cotton mill in 1908. He died penniless in 1913.
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