Van Bibber Pioneers Electronic Newsletter
Volume 2, Number 1 · November 1997
Van Bibber Pioneers Electronic Newsletter
Volume 2, Number 1 · November 1997
Greetings from the editor:
Belated Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I hope your holiday was a wonderful one.
I am sure the subscribers in our northern and western climates already have snow and we here in the eastern part of the nation will have to wait until perhaps around Christmas (hoping) for our first major snow fall.
This issue begins our second year and I hope it will be as productive as the first year. Who would have believed that we would jump back another generation on the Van Bibber/Van Bebber side of the family. That was a major find by Anna Lutz.
We now have one hundred thirty-nine subscribers.
The editor reserves the right to edit contributions.
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CONTENTS
New Members and Change of Address
Turner Church Cemetery in Bell Co., KY
Van Bebber Notes
California Wagon Train List
Van Bibber Miscellaneous
Ancestors Of Linda Farmer Ames And Carolyn Farmer Wickens
Success Story
Van Bebber And Cazier Ancestry
George And Benjamin Stephens
Van Bibber Surname
Email From Roseanne Kirby
George L. Van Bibber
Van Bibber And Boone Deed
Bounds and Other Email Lists
Queries
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NEW MEMBERS
Betty Allen ([email protected])
Peggy Powell ([email protected])
Spencer Hill ([email protected])
Terry Mann ([email protected])
Beth (Van Bibber) Carman ([email protected])
RoseAnn Kirby ([email protected])
Myron Bounds ([email protected])
Gary Anderson ([email protected]) (http://tidepool.st.usm.edu/grandrsn/gandrsn.html)
Kevin Whiting ([email protected])
Marie Bourell ([email protected])
Joyce Browning (JBrown@[email protected])
Glenn H. Landis [email protected])
Frank Bounds ([email protected])
Juanita Brown ([email protected])
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
David W. Van Bibber ([email protected])
Walter VanBibber ([email protected])
Chuck Schafer ([email protected])
Phyllis Weaver Rogers ([email protected])
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TURNER CHURCH CEMETERY IN BELL CO., KY
By Darrell L. Smith ([email protected])
Surname Given Name Born Death
Goins Ethel 02/15/1902 12/02/1974
Boldin Bernard G. 03/20/1915 02/28/1989
Boldin Goldie C. 08/28/1919 one date
VanBever James B. 10/10/1877 10/03/1943
VanBever Nevadia Pittman 10/21/1895 10/01/1975
VanBever Infant 06/13/1913 06/13/1913
Bailey Dessie Lee Hurst 03/30/1914 08/19/1949
Hurst Marsh C. 02/08/1882 06/09/1957
Hurst Matilda B. 09/11/1885 02/27/1969
Hoskins Brown Lee 08/01/1912 03/07/1994
Hoskins Lucille 04/20/1913 02/09/1995
Hoskins Allie Mae 07/02/1904 04/21/1937
Hoskins Dillard 10/06/1894 06/16/1939
VanBever W.M. 1870 1928
VanBever Eliza Jane 03/27/1886 07/07/1970
Greene Sarah E. 02/24/1878 04/30/1964
Greene Thomas B. 06/06/1871 11/06/1946
Smith Elmer J. 02/07/1920 04/01/1940
Smith Lloyd E. 02/21/1922 09/06/1945
Barnett Cordie E. 1886 1934
Dix Philip David 08/14/1943 08/16/1943
Brasher Cordie Denny 09/18/1873 02/18/1960
Brasher Fritz I. 12/16/1903 06/26/1969
Wilson Lloyd Wesley 04/27/1912 02/07/1967
Wilson Ida H. 06/16/1918 one date
Denny Gobel 10/19/1937 01/31/1993
Denny Mildred 07/07/1936 01/28/1981
Johnson Sally 1955 1975
Johnson Clara J. 1934 1977
Wilson John H. 07/04/1875 12/12/1949
Wilson Martha Louise 11/20/1897 10/18/1959
Thomas Marsh B. 08/11/1888 05/22/1944
Thomas Hubert Lee 07/25/1916 07/25/1916
Thomas Beaulie A. 07/25/1916 08/06/1916
Barnett Lela Mae 07/30/1947 07/30/1947
Wright Large no dates
Beason Timothy Andrew 07/18/1963 07/18/1963
Beason Estle 06/24/1917 09/14/1985
Beason Laura 03/14/1919 06/12/1990
Beason Lucy no dates
Beason Ray 08/22/1874 one date
Beason Rapp 02/27/1871 03/19/1875
Ingram Rosa Lee 10/27/1933 06/18/1935
Robbins Alvis 1900 1937
Robbins Mary 1875 1938
Robbins Rev. E.B. 1874 1949
Robbins Floyd 1906 1945
Capps Edith 06/06/1929 07/16/1955
Capps Helen Mae 07/12/1951 12/31/1953
Berry Mildred Darlene 03/31/1948 one date
Marcum Estal H. 02/06/1914 06/15/1920
VanBever Margaret 02/25/1887 06/30/1960
VanBever Samuel 06/20/1872 07/13/1959
VanBever George 02/27/1823 09/07/1908
VanBever Mary 01/16/1828 03/19/1905
Wright Dan no dates
VanBever John 06/05/1862 11/16/1886
VanBever Wm. 12/16/1845 11/11/1879
Johnson Abigal 08/30/1843 04/24/1875
Johnson Pneumon E. 05/17/1868 08/29/1891
Johnson James N. 02/19/1870 11/02/1881
Johnson Myrtel 07/29/1883 08/12/1883
Johnson James 11/04/1840 09/19/1892
Day William one date D. 1939
Pridemore Matilda J. Wilson 1850 1927
Jones Margaret 1851 1926
Peace Rev. J.H. 11/07/1868 11/19/1949
Peace Martha K. 09/01/1869 02/25/1965
Wheeler Charles W. 09/22/1934 08/18/1995
Wilson Rev. R.D. 06/17/1877 07/11/1948
Wilson Lucy H. 09/14/1876 12/19/1950
Wilson Ewing 05/15/1905 01/28/1963
Wilson Bertha Jane 09/22/1905 12/14/1994
Wilson Donnie Ray 04/06/1954 04/04/1955
Miracle Mildred G. 08/28/1914 02/11/1969
Miracle Roy A. 06/04/1913 one date
Hurst Paulette 1948 1963
Robbins Joe Houston 1900 1967
Robbins Vesta Lee 1905 1978
Hurst Alene 1953 1969
Yates Clarence 12/27/1943 one date
Yates Robert Ancel 02/25/1950 07/28/1969
Yates Henry 03/17/1906 02/06/1977
Yates Ester 01/28/1911 one date
Edwards Virginia 1907 1964
Parker Ruby E. 06/23/1920 04/15/1956
Parker Patsy Ann 05/09/1942 12/14/1942
Parker Gary D. 04/17/1949 05/05/1964
Day Hettie E. 11/06/1888 09/23/1969
Smith Margaret A. 06/13/1921 02/12/1923
Miracle Vernon Leo 05/26/1934 08/03/1934
Miracle Alta 03/27/1912 01/01/1995
Miracle Clifford B. 6/02/1911 02/25/1970
Campbell Donald G. 02/07/1938 02/09/1938
Burke Ollie Day 08/18/1919 08/11/1982
Barnett Billy 11/08/1946 09/23/1947
Parris John 2/21/1964 one date
Campbell Sillus Vester 10/24/1893 09/10/1947
Campbell Joyce Fay 05/15/1940 09/26/1945
Robbins Ewell 12/13/1915 01/16/1941
Robbins Josephine 03/10/1920 03/09/1941
Robbins Charity Hurst 12/23/1886 11/25/1956
Robbins William Garfield 01/10/1881 09/30/1961
Miracle Delorise 08/24/1939 10/19/1944
Miracle Margie 03/20/1937 10/05/1953
Wilson Lee G. 03/18/1919 one date
Darrell Smith
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VAN BEBBER NOTES
By Wayne VanBebber ([email protected])
While going though some things I found this paper, thought it
was interesting. I am not completely sure of all of the facts.
I will send it as it is written.
VAN BEBBER GENEALOGY
These are the historical facts, dates, deaths, births, and marriages of the first Van Bebber's in America, they came from HOLLAND, and had a land grant from William Penn. They settled in Germantown, Penn.-in 1686. Some went to Bohemia Manor in Cecil Co., Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia.
Reverend Isaac VanBebber was killed in the battle of Point Pleasant, VA., (now West Virginia)in 1774. He had three sons who migrated from West Virginia to East TENN. before 1800. John and Peter went with George Yoakum I, who married their sister, Margaret about 1790. James went shortly afterwards, but before 1800. John and Peter Van Bebber helped George Yoakum I, build Yoakum Station. John Van Bebber played a prominent part in the formation of Claiborn County, TENN. The three Van Bebber brothers had land grants from the governor of N. Carolina. From Claiborn CO. Some of these children of the first Van Bebber family went to Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri.
James Van Bebber and family settled at Scottsville, Illinois (In Macoupin County) as they are found in the census of 1830. Indicating an earlier migration west. We also find that James Van Bebber (born dec. 1802, Claiborn Co., TENN.) settled at Scottsville, Illinois. He died on June 25, 1864 and was buried in the Scottsville cemetery. His wife is also buried there.
John Van Bebber went to Mo. . Peter Van Bebber went west to California.
This only a partial list of some descendants:
James VanBebber - Born DEC. 1802 - Claiborn Co. , TENN. Died June 25 1864 - Scottsville ILL.
MARRIED
Nancy Ferrill - Born March 24, 1806 - Claiborn Co. , TENN. Died Sept. 15, 1875 - Scottsville ILL.
William Van Bebber - Born April 15, 1828 - Claiborn Co. TENN. Died May 19 , 1910 -Scottville, ILL.
MARRIED - March 31, 1852 - Greene County
Eliza Sanders - Born Sept. 1836 - Wayne Co. KEN.
Died July 4, 1924 - Scottville ILL.
William and Eliza Van Bebber had 10 children, 4 of which (Robert, Mellisa, James, and William) died before the age of 20 years. they were born between 1854 and 1861.
The Other Children Were:
Henry Van Bebber - Born Feb.7,1857
Married - Ellen Kennedy Sept.18,1879
Thomas Van Bebber - Born Jan.25, 1863 Died March 21, 1881
Sarah Van Bebber - Born Nov. 1866 Died March 1946
Married -George Wheeler April 20, 1904
Algy Dean Van Bebber - Born Aug.5, 1874, Died July 17, 1931
Married - Della Stults, Aug.17, 1896
Mary Alice Van Bebber - Born Aug. 17, 1874
Married - Otto Atterberry Aug.9, 1896
Wayne VanBebber
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CALIFORNIA WAGON TRIAIN LIST
By Gary R. Hawpe ([email protected])
Identification:
Isaac VanBebber and Sarah Davis
John VanBebber and Margaret Chrisman
Peter VanBebber and Sarah Grimes
Franklin VanBebber
California Wagon Train Lists by Louis J. Rasmussen, Volume 1, April 5, 1849 to October 20, 1852 (A Volume of the Ship, Rail and Wagon Train Series) San Francisco Historic Records, 1204 Nimitz Drive, Colma, California 94015-3621. (Page 125-126).
St. Joseph, Missouri (July, 1850). The St. Joseph Gazette of July
31, 1850, published six letters received from emigrants enroute
to California. All letters were concerned with the deaths and
suffering that was taking place on the roads to California. In
each case the letter-writer was not identified, but they did furnish
a number of names which had been collected from the markers on
trailside graves.
The first letter.......
In a second letter printed in the St. Joseph Gazette of July 31, 1850, there appeared an additional list of graves enroute to California. This letter was written on June 16, 1850, at a point two hundred and forty miles west of Fort Kearney. The writer was unidentified and the graves were reported as follows: (no death dates)
.......Franklin Van Bebler, of Ray County, Mo. ............
(Note from this researcher: Franklin's grave sight was one of
fifty two graves listed in the second letter.) (GRH)
Gary Hawpe
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VAN BIBBER MISCLANOUS
By Gary Hawpe ([email protected])
Identification:
Peter VanBibber Jr. and Marguery Bounds
Matthias VanBibber and Margaret Robinson
Olive Boone VanBibber and Robert Keenan
Elizabeth Ann Keenan and William Wesley Keenan
George Henry Keenan and Martha Neil
William Henry Harrison Keenan
Nicholas County, West Virginia Index and Register of Deaths No. 4 (1950 - 1967). Pg. #96.WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON KEENAN: Male - White - Never married - Born: 23 Aug 1910 in WV. - Died: 19 Mar 1963 Drennen, WV - Age: 52 - Father: George Keenan
Mother: Martha Neil - Cause: Gunshot wound - Buried: 23 Mar 1963 Rennick Drennen, WV - Informant: Mattie Shaffer, Mt. Lookout, WV.
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Vanderburg County, Indiana - Divorce Index - (1818 +
Plantiff Defendant Date Divorce BK PG Granted
VanBibber, Isaac - VanBibber, Eliza 13 Jun 1881 4 - 94
VanBibber, Rachel VanBibber, Ratliff 25 Oct 1883 6 83
VanBieber, John B. VanBieber, Ruahma 5 Dec 1910 E2 81
VanBibber, Lee VanBibber, John H. 24 Dec 1914 43 206
VanBiber, Carl VanBiber, Minnie 4 Oct 1918 L2 505
VanBibber, Ruth E. VanBibber, Charles 6 Apr 1935 68 165
VanBibber, Ruth VanBibber, Charles 24 Feb 1940 77 419
Gary R. Hawpe
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ANCESTORS OF LINDA FARMER AMES AND CAROLYN FARMER WICKENS
By Linda Farmer Ames([email protected])
Linda Farmer Ames b. 12 Sep 1946, Vermillion, Clay, South Dakota and Carolyn Farmer Wickens b. 9 Mar 1942, Fort Riley, Kansas
- daughters of
John Goode Farmer IV, b. 14 Nov 1914, Missouri; d. 3 Mar 1996, Columbus, Georgia m. 3 Jul 1938 in Nebraska, Glen Adele Walz, b. 24 Jul 1914, Burbank, Clay, South Dakota
- John was the son of
John Goode Farmer III, b. 11 Feb 1890, Missouri; d. 31 Aug 1973, Vermillion SD, m. 15 Oct 1911 in Shelbina MO, Roma Jewell Moore, b. 11 May 1892, Bethel MO; d. 29 Nov 1966, Vermillion SD
- Roma was the daughter of
Tandy Gentry Moore, b. 16 Feb 1850, d. 9 Apr 1934, m. 13 Nov 1878 to Virginia Rutter, b. 31 Aug 1859, Bethel MO; d. 16 Feb 1944, Bethel MO-
- Virginia was the daughter of
James Rutter, b. 30 Jan 1833, Missouri; d. 1862/70?, m. 1858 to Susan Jane Hickerson, b. 29 Nov 1838, Missouri; d. 1862/70?
- Susan Jane was the daughter of Susannah Van Bibber, b. 1798 in Kentucky, d. 1855, m. 21 Jun 1816, St Charles County, Missouri, to Thomas A. Hickerson, b. 1786, Fauquier County, VA; d. 1867?
- Susannah was the daughter of
Isaac Van Bibber II, b. 20 Oct 1771, Virginia; d. 30 Sep 1840, Missouri, m. 1797 in Kentucky, to Elizabeth/Susan Hays, b. 12 Jun 1776, Kentucky, d. 1867?
- Elizabeth was the daughter of
William Hays, who married Susanna Boone, daughter of Daniel Boone.
My sister has documented all of this.
We also have a book entitled, DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS FARMER Who Came to Virginia in 1616, by Ellery Farmer (my great uncle, brother of John Goode Farmer III), copyright 1956.
I hope this sufficiently documents our family/Van Bibber connection.
If there is anyone interested in the Farmer family, please please
contact.
Linda Farmer Ames
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SUCCESS STORY
From Teresa Van Bibber ([email protected])
Dear Bruce,
As I promised, here is Gary's letter from today also. I just hope this helps someone closer to this line. Oh, by the way, I printed ALL of the newsletters so that I can slowly digest them and WRITE on them, since that's half the fun.
Gary laughed when I told him how I got started on this journey, I'll try to put it in words for you soon.
The funeral was for Clarence Vanbebber (Oklahoma spelling - ha
ha) Born July 19, 1910 Died October 3, 1997. Services were Sunday,
October 5, 1997 at 4:00pm in Bowie, Texas. Burial was at Elmwood
Cemetery in Bowie. (Which might as well be known as Vanbebber
Cemetery)Clarence was the last of thirteen children, and was quite
a fellow.
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 97 13:22:39 +54000
To: ([email protected])
From: "SGTMAJ GARY R HAWPE" ([email protected])
Return-Receipt-To: ([email protected]
Subject: Great Find!
Teresa,
It's good to hear your trip down to Bowie was a safe one. I remember the time I stopped there and visited with Clarence and his wife years ago. I always enjoyed stopping at the cemetery because of all the family connections that are buried there. You have numerous VanBebbers,
Wilson (Tage), and Ashton family members buried in that cemetery. I'm surprised Alma Pettigrew still remembered me. I also visited with her in Bowie years ago and she is from the Ashton line.
I see that you logged on to the VanBibber Newsletter site and signed the logbook. The members keep growing monthly and I think it is a great idea. It is pulling all the VB researchers together and a place to exchange information. I've already tied four people into the VB family that knew they were a descendant but didn't know the connection. I've picked up bits and pieces here and there and you should see the list I have compiled to research once I get back to SLC. I kind of feel left out being over here in Japan for six months. But correspondence through the e-mail and the monthly VB newsletter has helped. I will more than make up for it once I return to the states.
The VB family bible you came across was a "find of the first order". Do you actually realize what you have came across? There is some names and dates in there I didn't even have! It appears the bible was from the family of Moses Hill VanBibber and his second wife Virginia Ann Holt. Moses was the son of David Campbell Robinson VanBibber and Jane Ann Williams. The first wife of Moses was Joanna Pearson which they had six children: David, Joseph, Margaret, John, Ira, and Ogden. From his second marriage to Virgina they had Ulysses, Fred, John, and Minnie. Minnie Esther VB is the one who married Ora C. Andre and that is where the VB/Andre connection is. I remember coming across something years ago where one of the VB men killed O.C. Andre, for what reason or what every came of it I don't know. In fact I think I found it in the files there at the research center in Oklahoma City. Nathan Boone VanBibber, the brother of Moses Hill VanBibber had a large family which settled there in Oklahoma City too. I have all the children of Moses on census file with me, so I plan to pull them up and see exactly what I have on them.
I printed an extra copy of your e-mail and I plan on sending a paper copy to Earl Quintrell. He will be enjoyed to find out something like this has been located. He is a stickler on documentation and a bible that has had entries made as the events happened is a reliable source of information. My recommendation for you is to write an article for the newsletter on how you obtained the bible and provide the information enclosed. I'm sure there is a lot of VB researchers out there that would love to have the information it holds. Of course that decision is up to you. I just feel fortunate that you shared it with me.
I noticed one name in there under deaths "Lizzie A. McClintock died March 20th 1883". I remember of a marriage I recorded a few years ago in Iowa where I believe a Elizabeth VanBibber married a man by the last name of McClintock. I could never identify this lady or locate them on a census record. At least now I know she is closely related to the Moses Hill VB family. With what I have with me I still do not know her identity. The time will come when I figure it out.
What program do you use for writing? Years ago I used Word Star but have just about converted everything to Lotus Amipro. This is the one we use in the military and I became so proficient at it I started recording and transferring everything over to it. I would like to send you a few things as an attachment but want to make sure you will be able to read it or at least convert it over to what ever program you use. Thanks again and I will chat with you later.
Gary R. Hawpe.......Iwakuni, Japan
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Teresa Van Bibber
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VAN BEBBER AND CAZIER ANCESTRY
By Lucy Russell (Not a subscriber or a Van Bibber researcher.)
Bruce:
Here's what I've got about the Van Bebber/Cazier ancestry. They are both pretty impressive families, I think.
Matthias Van Bebber an immigrant from Holland, first settled with his parents (Jacob Isaacs Van Bebber and Christina---) in Germantown, PA in the 1680s. He later moved to Cecil County, MD, where he was a prosperous landowner. He may have married more than once. I think his first wife was Hermana Peterson, and with her he had several children, including daughter Rebecca Van Bebber.
Rebecca Van Bebber married Jacob/John Cazier (1726-1778) and they lived in New Castle County, DE. Jacob and his son, Jacob/John Casier Jr. both served in the American cause in the American Revolution.
I am sure that Jacob and Rebecca Van Bebber Cazier had other children besides John Jr. . I know that there were at least two daughters, Susannah and Sarah.
Jacob Casier's ancestry is as follows:
He was the descendent of Philip Cassier and Maria Taine, French Huguenot immigrants to came to New York City in 1660. They settled on a farm in what is now East Harlem. Their son was Jean Casier (1645-1709), a baker, married Elizabeth Damen in 1679.
Jean and Elizabeth Damen Casier had a son, Philip Cazier (1684-1761) who married Catherine Hoogland (1690-?) in 1715. They family lived on Staten Island, near Port Richmond. They had several children, including Jacob Cazier, there, and immigrated to the Cecil Co. Maryland/New Castle County DE area.
Catherine Hoogland had a French Huguenot, actually Walloon, ancestry, also, being descended from :
Joris Jansen Rapalje (1600-1665) and Catalynje Trico (1605-1688) who arrived in New York from Belgium in 1664 aboard the Unity. They had a daughter, Lysbeth Rapalje (1648-1712) who married Dirck Cornelisson Hoochlandt (1638-1711). I think they lived in Brooklyn, NY. Their son, Joris Hooglandt (1668-1711) married Catherine Richauco, and THEIR daughter was the Catherine Hoogland (1690-?) who married Philip Cazier on Staten Island.
I'm sorry I don't have all the dates for these people. I hope
this isn't too confusing! Let me know if you need clarification.
Lucy Russell
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GEORGE AND BENJAMIN STEPHENS
By Susan Bradford ([email protected])
George, born 1 May 1842, and his brother Benjamin, born 1840, sons of Wesley and Emily YOAKUM STEPHENS, of Monroe County, Tennessee, were orphaned in 1854 (the result of a cholera epidemic). George went to live with his uncle Dr. Franklin Yoakum in Limestone County, TX. In 1860 George was farming and living in the home of J. M. Sharrock of Cherokee County, TX.
George enlisted in Confederate service on April 27, 1862 at 11th Texas Infantry Regiment, Reynolds Brigade, Walker's Division at Camp Lubbock (near Houston) as a private. He was elected 2nd Lieutenant and assumed command of Co. C. June 23, 1862 and on muster roll for January and February 1864 (last on file). Shown absent sick since February 1864. According to his two witnesses on his CSA Texas pension application of August 1921, George Taylor and W. M. Berryman, George fought with them on the 3rd day of November 1863 on the boggy bayou in Louisiana.
George married a young widow 11 November 1864 Grayson County, Texas. Mary Catherine Sarver was born 1842 on the New River in Montgomery Co, VA. She was the widow of Pearis Olinger. George and Mary had three children, William (Bill), James and Martha "Mittie" Olivia.
In the 1870 census with George Stephens was a store clerk in Whitesboro, Grayson County, TX. Mary Catherine died in 1874. George married C. Fannie Edsall (a widow with six children, two at home), and moved his store into Chickasaw Territory and established a post office first near Jimtown, later near Healdton.
George sent his daughter to Catholic Schools in Grayson county. Not many girls in the 1880s had the opportunity for education to the eighth grade.
George, his sons Bill and Jim, and son-in-law Rufus Cobb, were in the run opening the Cheyenne and Arapaho Country in April 1892. After they had made their homestead claims in Custer County, they went back to the Chickasaw Nation and prepared to move their families and belonging to Custer County. Three covered wagons made the trip in October 1892. It took two weeks to travel from Stephens Post Office to Arapaho, "G" county, Oklahoma Territory.
George and Fannie Stephens built and owned the Orient Hotel in Arapaho, Oklahoma. The building was destroyed by lightning in 1902 and later rebuilt at Custer City.
George was interested in health and healing. He published "The Magnetic Healer," copyright 1900, "Designed for Student and Teacher," promises "This little work if followed will not only save doctor's bills, but life. It is the straight path of life." The book divided "Magnetic Healing" into hypnotism, vital magnetism and mental science. The book covered subjects from Asthma, Appendicitis and Apoplexy to Vomiting, Water Brash and Yellow Jaundice in 61 pages. The introduction admonishes those who wished to follow this science to keep their selves unspotted from the world. The book embodied a trend of thought from which came the modern day Christian Scientists.
George applied for a correspondence course in the InterState School of Osteopathy at 148 Washington Street, Chicago in 1902. He paid $10 for his home-study course. His study books were Gray's Anatomy, Kirk's physiology, Potter's Compendium Anatomy, Gould's Lexington.
George was awarded the Masonic Third Degree at Custer City 24
September 1906. He retired to Confederate Soldiers's Home in Austin,
Texas and died there 11 March 1927.
1855 School Census District #3, Limestone Co, TX; F. L. Yoakum (Guardian), Samuel, William H., George
1860 Census, Rusk, Cherokee Co, TX; #779-779, Household of J. M. Sharrock; G. W. Stephens, 18, farmer, TN
1870 Census, Whitesboro, Grayson Co, TX, Precinct 3, page 5, #31/32. Stevens, George W., 25, salesclerk, 600-1200, TN; "", Mary C., 27, VA; "", Wm F., 5, TX; "", Martha, 3, TX; "", James, 3/12, TX; Hatch, Samuel W., 35, clerk, NY.
1880 Census, Whitesboro, Grayson Co, TX, 6 Jun, Precinct 6, S.D. 3, E.D. 14, page 7, #59/59. Stephens, Geo, 39, Clerk, dry goods store, TN VA VA; "", C. Fannie, wf, 38, TN TN TN; "", F. Benjamin, step-son, 18, MO; "", G. Sarah, step-dau, 13, MO; "", Martha, dau, 13, KS [sic]; "", James, step-son[sic], 10, TX.
1890 Chickasaw Census, (Oct to Dec), Ardmore, Pickens Co, Chickasaw Nation G. W. Stephens & wf, age 49, children: 1 female, U. S. Citizen. Sarah Edsell, age 21, U. S. Citizen. G. W. Stephens and C. F. Stephens sold Block 47 Lot 15 & 16 in Arapaho, Custer County, Okla. to R. W. Webb for $800. Assignment (SE of post office) facing east.
Jeanette Bland, Richardson, Texas.
A picture of George Wesley Stephens can be found at (http://members.tripod.com/~smcb/cobb.html)
page created by Susan Bradford
George's brother Benjamin Franklin Stephens was living with his uncle Washington Yoakum in Leavenworth Co, Kansas in 1860 working as a carpenter. He married Hattie Bell Amanda Thompson 4 December 1864 at Methodist Church, Wathena, Doniphan Co, KS. In 1875 Benjamin and Hattie moved to Whitesboro, TX where Benjamin would work as a carpenter and cabinetmaker. Benjamin died the same year.
After his death Hattie remarried August 13, 1879 to Charles Banks, a native of Hamburg, Germany. He died ten years later, 1889. Hattie married third to J. A. Sadler, M. D., at Gainsville. Dr. Sadler was a prominent physician.
Hattie was active in many civic organizations while living in Sherman and had many articles published in the local newspapers. She was buried with her husbands in West Hill Cemetery.
1860 Census, Leavenworth Co, KS, 1980/1735, household of W. F. Yoakum, wife & family: B. F. Yoakum, 20, Carpenter, TN.
"Stephens, Benjamin Franklin," THE HISTORY OF GRAYSON CO, TEXAS, V I. Jeanette Bland, Richardson, Texas.
George and Ben had three sisters, Penelope, Sidney and Josephine, by the first marriage of their father to Susan McFarland. Wesley Stephens married Emily Ann YOAKUM (Price) 28 July 1839, Philadelphia, Loudon Co, TN. Monroe Co, TN, Records 1820-1870, by Boyer, page 83. (Mrs Emily A Price).
Emily (12 Dec 1816, Claiborne Co, TN-20 Aug 1854, Monroe Co, TN) and her sons, George and Ben, lived with Dr. Benjamin Bayless, her brother-in-law at the time of the 1850 census. The History of Monroe County, TN shows a frame house, located one and one-half miles west of Madisonville on Bayless Road, built by Dr. Bayless about 1840, near his doctor's office. This house is almost certainly where Emily and sons lived with her sister and brother-in-law. A brick smokehouse was built nearby in 1855.
Emily, her sister Mary (Dr. Bayless' wife), and sister Celia (wife of George M. Cuson), died in a cholera epidemic in 1854.
Wesley Stephens (ca. 1804, NC-before 1850?, TN) was a merchant.
At that time all merchandise sold had to come by land from Charleston,
SC or similar distant point. He served many years as county justice.
He owned considerable real estate and was able to send his daughters
away from home to a good school. They attended the Flower Hill
Academy at Athens, TN.
Susan Bradford
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VAN BIBBER SURNAME
By Charles VanBebber, stationed in Stuttgart Germany
(Not a subscriber and no email address at this time)
The name VAN BEBBER means simply "from Bebber." I have never located a town named Bebber in The Netherlands, though it might actually exist in Germany and now called something else. Bebber is the original--not Bibber. Van Bebber was not originally a surname, since most commoners were known by their patronymics: Isaacs, Jacobs, Peters, Hendricks, Dericks, Lenarts, Hermanns, Martins, Johans, Friedrichs, Andrews, Arnolds, Willems, Gerrits, Richards, Barents, Roelofs, Mathis, etc. Only when the family became more prominent and owned estates, I believe, did they assume the family name Van Bebber.
When did this occur? Since there are few records that I know of
in which Van Bebbers are listed as a surname prior to their migration
to Krefeld in the Palatinate, I would surmise that the name evolved
in the mid-17th century or slightly earlier. Prior to that, the
name was probably like one of those listed above. There is a town
called Bebber am Deister, formerly known as Bedebur. Also, it
could derive from the German word BEBER (which I have seen in
American sources as a misspelling), which means BEAVER. So, it
could simply mean "one who dwells by the beaver dam"
or something like that. Could be "one who dwells by the sign
of the beaver" if the early family were merchants and this
were their logo, was usually done for innkeepers and merchants.
Charles Van Bebber
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EMAIL FROM ROSEANN KIRBY
By RoseAnn Kriby ([email protected])
The Bounds article was great, although a "red flag" flew in my face when I read the submitter's statement that St B's would be convenient to locate. NOT SO! I will not go into the lengthy process that I endured last Friday to locate the church. It is not an operating church and is only open one day a year for a festival in August. It is considered the "mother" church of all the churches in the area. The church is not listed. So, I started with my local Epis Church, the Epis Dioc in Baltimore, the Epis Dios in Easton (proper one). Located the Bishop's office and left a message.
In the meantime, I located the Nanticoke River on the map and called the nearest town for a church name. The Epis Church I contacted gave me the name of the priest who was in charge of St B's. He is wonderful. He will open the church for me at any time so that I may film it. And, he will produce the full history of the church for my records. Also, he put me in touch with the courthouse and the local library, which is located on Prince William Street in the town of Princess Anne. We will never forget our English origins, will we? The courthouse has land records, starting with 1664 and marriages/deaths records, starting with 1700. The birth/baptismal records are with the Dioc. We will make a trip to do all this research.
Although, much has been written by Ruth Dryden on the Bounds, it appears that copies of the actual documentation is not available through any researcher. I discovered the reason why I could not locate her book at the DAR or at the L of Congress; it is at the Shreavesport, LA library and another Bounds has the copyright.
In the meantime, the Bishop's office returned my call and suggested that I contact the Dioc Archivist, who is a very dedicated genealogist. That translated into: He will track every lead until he finds an answer. My kind of researcher. And, if I do not have any satisfactory results AFTER all this help, I'm to call the Bishop's office and they were try to personally help me.
Now, Bruce, I must tell you that my name is on the lips of almost all of the clergy of Eastern Shore, MD. I still receive calls from small town pastors who have heard that I am looking for Anna HEM. Paul never raises an eyebrow when all these strange male voices ask for me. My name is spread, just like the gospel!
I've been in contact with the Bounds submitter and I have alerted him of my pending research. We will have copies of the data.
By the way, the church is on the bank of the Wicomico (Wi-ko-mo)
River, rather than the Nanticoke. The Nanticoke and Wicomico have
formed a peninsula and just beyond the church, they form into
one river. I fear this church will be lost to the water one of
these days.
Is this fun or what? RoseAnne
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FAMILY OF MOSES AND NANCY (VAN BIBBER) HANEY
By Earl W. Quintrell (Not a subscriber and does not have an email
address)
Identification:
PETER VANBEBBER I and ANN
PETER VANBEBBER II and MARGERY BOUNDS
JACOB VANBEBBER and SARAH MILLER
NANCY VANBEBBER and MOSES HANEY
JAMES V. HANEY and TABITHA MILLER
MOSES A. HANEY and MILLIE/MILLEY KEITH
NOTE: 1. The parents of MILLIE/MILLEY KEITH were:
FOSTER KEITH, born 28 March 1839, died October 23, 1898, Buffalo,
DALLAS COUNTY, Missouri. He married SARAH JANE RANDLEMAN on August
16, 1865, DALLAS COUNTY, Missouri. She born August 24, 1846, near
Buffalo, DALLAS COUNTY, Missouri, the daughter of MARTIN CHRISTOPHER
RANDLEMAN, Jr. (1805). SARAH died February 14, 1924, buried Riverview
Cemetery, DALLAS COUNTY, Missouri.
FOSTER KEITH served in Company B, 15th. Reg't., USRC Missouri
Home Guard, and Company G, 8th. Reg't, Missouri Cavalry Union
Army, Civil War. His Pension Certificate was #694705. The Widow
SARAH's Widow's Pension was Certificate #381188, both available
from the National Archives.
Reference: RANDLEMAN RENDLEMAN RINTELMAN REUNION 1981, Compiled
by BILLEE SNEAD WEBB, Family Genealogist and Member of The RANDLEMAN
Research Committee, Corvallis, Oregon - 97330.
The reference was found in The Genealogical Department LDS, Salt
Lake City, Utah, by Fellow VANBEBBER Family Researcher GARY R.
RAWPE, USMC, Sandy, Utah, who shared it with this VANBEBBER Family
Researcher, in October 1995.
I. MILLIE/MILLEY KEITH born August 15, 1877, died June 24, 1946, Buffalo, DALLAS COUNTY, Missouri; buried in The Riverview Cemetery. Church: Seventh Day Church of God. She lived all her life in Buffalo, Missouri. MILLIE KEITH married MOSES
A. HANEY in DALLAS COUNTY, Missouri. He was born March 25, 1873,
died July 24, 1940, near Buffalo. Buried in The Riverview Cemetery.
Farmer.
A. ISA FAE HANEY born April 15, 1909, died June 12, 1963, Kansas
City, Missouri, buried in The Riverview Cemetery. Married IRELAND
FLOYD LEGAN on January 17, 1932, Buffalo, Missouri. IRELAND was
born July 12, 1909, Buffalo. He died August 30, 1975 and is buried
in The Riverview Cemetery. He was the son of THOMAS LEGAN and
ZORA HARRIS
1. PHILLIP RONALD LEGAN born February 10, 1933, Buffalo, Missouri. Military
Service: Career Navy (Ensign in 1964). He married HELEN LOUISE
TAPLIN in December 1953, Kingsville, KLEBERG COUNTY, Texas, she
was the daughter of T.L. TAPLIN.
A. THOMAS LEE LEGAN born November-18.9 1954
B. CINDY LOU LEGAN born April 1, 1957
C. RONALD ALLEN LEGAN born May 22, 1958
E. CHERI LYNN LEGAN born April 10,@1960
F. JAMES RAY LEGAN born June 1964
2. WILLIAM DONALD LEGAN born January 13, 1938, MT(sic)(?). Military
Service: U.S. Navy 4 years. Married BONNIE RICHERSON on February
29, 1960.
B. CECIE MARIE HANEY born October 22, 1912. Married CLARENCE LAWSON on November 22nd, 1933, DALLAS COUNTY, Missouri. He born September 9, 1909, near Buffalo, died August 10, 1959, Buffalo, buried Oak Lawn Cemetery. He son of FRANCIS MARION LAWSON and ALICE M-ASKEW., FRANCIS born September 28, 1875, died December 8, 1952. ALICE born August 8, 1872, died April 12, 1958 both buried in The Oak Lawn Cemetery.
1. TERRENCE FRANKLIN LAWSON born January 1, 1951. Springfield, GREENE
COUNTY, Missouri. I
NOTE: 2. The family information of MOSES A. HANEY and MILLIE RANDLEMAN began on page #660 of the reference and ended on Page #661. Only this family information typed herein, the remaining, i.e. brothers/sisters of MILLIE, not typed.
(To be continued in the later issues.)
Earl W. Quintrell
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GEORGE L. VAN BIBBER
By Bruce Logan ([email protected])
From PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
GEORGE L. VAN BIBBER. The same diligence in study which characterized Mr. Van Bibber in youth, while preparing for his professional duties, has followed him through his whole career and fitted him for the first place in his profession. It has won for him a lucrative practice and placed him among the most influential and successful attorneys of Bel Air. When a young man he selected the law for his life work, and to master its intricacies gave months of arduous study. Nor did he cease to be a student when he entered upon active practice; on the contrary, he has maintained the custom of thoughtful investigation into laws, rulings, judicial decisions and jurisprudence in its entirety, the result being that , he has become one of the best informed attorneys Harford County.
The Van Bibber family is one of the oldest in America. When William Penn returned to Europe front his first visit to America, he set about forming a colony of Hollanders to make settlement upon his grant of land. One of those whom he secured as a settler was Jacob Isaac Van Bibber, and thus it was that the family took root upon American soil. This pioneer, in i68o, secured a grant to the property where now stands the suburban town of Germantown, Pa. About 1700, as nearly as can be ascertained from records extant, he removed to Cecil County, Md. Little is known concerning his personal characteristics, but the fact that he made the then perilous trip to America and endured all the hardships of pioneer life, would seem to indicate that he was a man of great courage, persistence and determination. There are indications that he was very influential and took a leading part in the affairs of his day.
Isaac Van Bibber, a native of Cecil County, was throughout much of his life a resident of Baltimore, where he amassed a fortune in business. His son, Washington, a native of Baltimore, was largely interested in farming lands, and died in Carroll County. Next in line of descent was George L., our subject's father, who was born either in Baltimore County or Carroll County, Md. (the exact place is unknown), and removed in early life to New Orleans, where for many years he was engaged in the mercantile business. He returned to Baltimore and there he died in 1855. His wife, Hannah C., was a daughter of Stevenson Archer, and a member of one of the most prominent of Harford's old families. One of her ancestors, Dr. John Archer, was the first graduate from a medical college in America, receiving a diploma and the degree of M. D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Stevenson Archer was a man of much prominence, and among other responsible positions held that of chief judge of the court of appeals. Our subject is an only son, and had one sister, Lucretia, wife of Frank M. Doan, who is superintendent of a gas plant at Jacksonville, I11.
Noting the principal facts in the life of George L. Van Bibber, Jr., he was born near Churchville, Harford County, Md., December 14, 1845, and, being the only son, he was given the best educational advantages the country afforded, and in justice to him it should be said that he availed himself of these opportunities to the utmost. The knowledge acquired at the public school was supplemented by a course of study at Princeton, from which he graduated in 1865, with the degree of A. B. Under the preceptorship of his uncle, Stevenson Archer, he carried on his legal studies in Bel Air. where he was admitted to the bar.
His home, situated one and one-half miles from Bel Air, is presided
over by his wife, who prior to her marriage in 1871 was Miss Adele
Franklin, of Sumner County, Tenn. Their family consists of three
children, namely: Dr. A. F., a young physician; Harriet L. and
Lena C., who have been educated in the leading schools of the
country.
Bruce Logan
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VAN BIBBER AND BOONE DEED
By Bruce Logan ([email protected])
Boone to Van Bibber - Book H - pages 155, 156 Greenup Co., KY
Deed Book
This Indenture made and entered into this 18th day of April 1842, between Lilburn W. Boggs and Panthen his wife, James L. Henderson and Emily his wife, James M. Boone and Mary his wife, Minerva S. Warner, Van D. Boone, Albert G. Boone and Ann Reed Boone his wife, being the lawful heirs of Jesse B. Boone deceased by Alphonzo Boone their attorney in fact and the said Alphonzo Boone in his own right being one of the heirs of said Jesse B. Boone deceased of the first part and Cyrus Van Bibber of the County of Greenup and State of Kentucky of the second part. Witnessth that the parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred and twenty dollars to them in hand paid the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged have given, granted, bargained and sold, and by these presents do give, grant, bargain and sell unto the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever, all that lot or parcel of Land known as in lot number thirty five in the town of Greenupsburg supposed to contain one fifth of an acre lying between Main Street and Elizabeth Street and fronting the public square in said town together with the applliances there unto belonging or in any wise appertining, To have and to hold the same to the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns forever, and the said parties of the first part both warrant and forever defend the title to the aforesaid lot of land unto heirs the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns against the claim of all and every person or persons whatsoever.
In Testimony whereof the parties of the first part here unto set their hand an affix their seals this day and year above mentioned.
Lilburn W. Boggs
Attest Parthea G. Boggs
Sam Seaton James S. Henderson
Creed Smith Emily Henderson
James M. Boone
Mary Boone
Minerva L. Warner
Van D. Boone
Albert G. Boone
Ann Reed Boone
By Alphonzo Boone their attorney in fact
Alphonzo Boone
I William Corum Clerk of the County Court of Greenup County in the State of Kentucky, do certify that this deed given Jesse B. Boone Heirs to Cyrus Van Bibber was this day produced to me in my office, and proven to be the act and deed of Lilburn W. Boggs and Panthea G. Boggs his wife, James L. Henderson and Emily Henderson his wife, James M. Boone and Mary Boone his wife, Minerva L. Warner, Van D. Boone, Albert G. Boone, and Anne Reed Boon by their Attorney in fact Alphonzo Boone and the act and deed of the said Alphonzo Boone by the oath of Samuel Seaton and Creed Smith his subscribing witnesses there to, Wherefore the said deed together with the foregoing certificate hath been duly recorded in my office, Given under my hand this 20th day of April 1844.
William Corum Clerk
Bruce Logan
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QUERIES
From Sandi K. Van Bibber ([email protected])
Am searching for any information on my husbands father, William
Noah Van Bibber, born in Missouri around 1900. Think William Noah's
mother was Sara or Sarah Jane (maiden name unknown). William Noah's
siblings were Bert, Clyde, Harry Thomas, Harold, Elizabeth, Esther,
and Russell. Fathers name unknown. The family moved to California
early 1900's as my husband was born in California in 1938. Appreciate
any info you may have.
Sandi Van Bibber
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From Marie Bourell ([email protected])
I have the lineage starting with Jacob Isaacs Van Bibber from Holland and ending with a Thomas Van Bibber b. abt. 1867 in IN. Do you already have this line?
I am trying to make this line link up with a Thomas J. Van Bibber b. July 1865 who married a Mary J. Lumsden in Big Prairie Twp., New Madrid Co., MO on January 24, 1893. Do you have any good news for me? Is this one and the same Thomas Van Bibber?
Mary J. Lumsden b. August, 1871 was the daughter of Green Lumsden and a Jane or Lizzie. I am also looking for the parents of these folks.
Thank you very much,
Marie Bourell
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From Gerry Peterson ([email protected])
I am currently getting started on my Master's Degree Theses on
Olive VanBibber Boone. I have been told that Missouri Historians
have commented that there has not been anything substantial done
on her so I hope to add to the information in the state in her
favor. If anyone could lend a hand in regard to her life I would
greatly appreciate it. I've already been referred to the Draper
Manuscripts and Guide which I plan to tackle shortly however,
as a historian I recognize that much more information can be found
through family history. Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!! :)
Gerry Peterson
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From Julie McGrew-Ayres (jmcgrew@)
Does any one have the e-mail address of one Lee M. Estep from
the Oak Hill / Fayetteville, WV area? Lee and I lost contact over
the last couple of years and I can't seem to locate him. He was
researching the Moses Hill-Felicity Vanbibber lines and I was
hoping he was among the recipients of the VB newsletter. Thanks
for your time and attention to this matter. I certainly appreciate
your help.
Julie McGrew-Ayres
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From Gary Anderson ([email protected])
I understand that Jacob Schumacher (b. March 31, 1708) married
Susanna Ziegler (February 19, 1718/19-November 20, 1789) in 1740.
I am trying to determine if her father is Michael Ziegler Sr.,
an early settler in the Skippack region, in southeastern Pennsylvania.
I would also like to details regarding her maternal ancestry.
Thank you in advance.
Gary Anderson
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From Pat Heydt ([email protected])
(Not a subscriber)
I would like to exchange with anyone researching the family of Chlordinda "Chloe" Standifer who married John Van Bibber, b 1740 Cecil Co, MD. Apparently John was brother of Isaac and Peter. Chloe or Chlorinda was born 23 Apr. 1737, St. John's Parish, Baltimore, Harford Co., MD. She was the daughter of James and Martha (Watkins) Standifer who moved to what is now Franklin Co., VA, between 1747 and 1756.
I am trying to "round out" my Standifer line. They lived
in what is now Franklin Co, VA.
Pat Heydt
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From Betty Valance ([email protected])
I am seeking info on the family of Sarah Miller (1776-1843)
that married Jacob VanBibber, Sr. (1775-1836). I will be glad
to trade & swap any info I have.
Thanks,
Betty Vallance
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From Lori Hogan ([email protected])
Searching for parents & siblings of Moses Haney. Moses Haney married Nancy VanBibber - Jan. 13, 1827 in Greenup, KY. Moses's was born about 1803 in Pennsylvania he died approximately 1886?
The following is what I know about him at this time:
He was born in Pennsylvania, moved to Greenup, Kentucky (where
he married Nancy and then moved to Lawrence County Ohio and then
to Iowa and finally we think to Dallas County Missouri where he
lived with his granddaughter Georgia Ann Wicks. We had found him
on a census in Van Burn County Iowa living next to another Haney
who could possibly be his brother. His name was James (their ages
were close).
Thank you,
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