Van Bibber Pioneers Electronic Newsletter
Volume 2, Number 9   ·   July 1998

Greetings:

It has been a long hot summer, but a busy and productive one for the Van Bibber researchers as you can see below.

Some of you may wonder why I am including queries from the Van Bibber-L e-mail list. The answer is simple. There are many subscribers to the newsletter that have chosen not to subscribe to the e-mail discussion list and I want them to be able to see and hopefully answer queries to list.

I am about to catch up on the newsletters and will do so this month if you will assist me. I need more articles and queries just as soon as you can make time for them. I want to get the August issue out by the end of the month and can do it with your help. Let us continue to make the Van Bibber Pioneers a success.

We now have two hundred and sixteen subscribers.

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CONTENTS

New Members, Address Changes, And Corrections

Family Tree

The Price They Paid

Van Bibber �Liford Line

Will Of John Hoover

Will Of Henry Hoover

Will Of James Van Bebber

Addition Information On James Rentfroe And Esther Vanbibber

Obituary Of Daisy Irene Campbell Bargo

Germantown Mennonite Church

Boone Book

Obituary Of Cora Lucille King

Descendants Of Richard Adams And Gertien Op Den Graeff

George Armstrong Custer

Success Story

Van Bibbers In The Census Of Stoddard County Missouri

An Answer To A Query

Queries

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NEW MEMBERS

Philip Johnson ([email protected])

Barb Locker ([email protected])

Steve L. Turner ([email protected])

Peggy Mayfield ([email protected])

Billie Hall ([email protected])

ADDRESS CHANGE

Jim Boals ([email protected])

Doris Phelps ([email protected])

ADDRESS CORRECTION

Earl H. Taylor ([email protected])

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FAMILY TREE

By Linda Zirkle Jones ([email protected])

Dear Bruce,

I have really been enjoying your newsletters. I have only received four months worth and have learned more about the Van Bibber Family than I ever imagined I would able to find. I was very interested to see Catherine Ridenour in this family line as we have some Ridenours in our Zirkle family line also that comes from the same area... No telling how many times our family tree vines together. Thanks!

I don't know if you will find this interesting but I will give you our branch of the family. I know I have it right back through Olive Van Bibber but you may have to correct her ancestors - I think they are correct.

Also, I have most of the details - birth dated, death, marriages, stories etc. of the descendants of Olive - if anyone wants that information I would be happy to send that to them.

I have posted our family tree on the Internet if you would like to peruse. Go to:
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/j/o/n/Linda--J-Jones/tree1.html . Be sure to put the two -- between Linda & J - there is another Linda J. Jones that has posted a family tree.....

Linda Jane Zirkle Jones

My Van Bibber Line:

Isaac Jacobs Van Bebber - Hester Op den Graeff
Jacob Isaac Van Bebber - Christina
Isaac Jacob Van Bebber - Veronica Schumacher
Peter Van Bibber - Ann Gooding
Issac Michael Van Bibber, Sr. - Sarah Davis
Peter Van Bibber, Sr. - Eleanor "Nellie" Van Bibber
Peter Vanbebber - Catherine Ridenour

1 Olive Van Bibber (1816-1913) - m. Thomas Ives Fulfer (1827 - )
2 Jacob S. Fulfer, Jr (b1847)
2 John Fulfer (b1848) - m. Sarah Ann Davis (b1856)
3 Virgia Sue Flufer 1895-
2 Isaac John Fulfer 1850-1912 - m. Margaret Elizabeth Ledbetter 1832-1951
3 William "Willie" Thomas Fulfer 1870-1957 - m. Mary Annie Gordon (1874-
4 Lora Hazel Fulfer 1895-
4 Rosa Lee Fulfer 1900 -
4 Tess Fulfer 1913 - (Male)
4 Luther Fulfer 1907-
3 William Penn Fulfer 1871 - 1939
3 Mollie "Wylie" Fulfer 1872- 1944
3 Joseph Suttle Fulfer 1873 - 1950 1m. Mattie Wallace 1880 -
4 Sam Henry Fulfer 1903 -
2m. Ora Lee Darris
4 Ruth Josephine Fulfer 1898 -
4 Elmer Suttle Fulfer 1900 -
3 George Columbus Fulfer 1875 - 1935 m. Lillie Kate Wyatt 1881 -
4 Camilla Eucile Fulfer 1900 -
3 Martin Andrew Fulfer 1879 - 1922 m. Gertrude Thornton
4 Richard Ruby Fulfer 1900 -
3 Lillie Gertrude Fulfer 1881 - 1977
3 Cora Mae Fulfer/Crain 1884 - 1969 m. Crain
3 Nancy Bessie Fulfer/Edwards 1886 - 1980
3 Nathan Streeter Fulfer 1889 - 1962
3 Mamie Rivers Fulfer 1892 - 1892
3 Madison Jenkins Fulfer 1894 - 1895
2 George W. Fulfer 1851 -
2 James Fulfer 1860 -
2 Jefferson Davis Fulfer 1863 - m. Alabama Caroline Brown
2 Texanna Fulfer/Traylor 1866 -
2 Thomas Ives "Coon" Fulfer 1868 - 1943 m. Martha "Mattie" L. Robertson
3 Infant son Fulfer 1888 - 1888
3 Effie Ann Fulfer/ Hollis 1889 - 1966 m. James Franklin "Frank" Hollis 1888 - 1961
4 Ina Mae Hollis/Zirkle - 1914 - 1994 m. William "Bill" Clarence Zirkle 1910 - 1989
5 Dr. Larry Don Zirkle 1936 - m. Nelda Kay Brooks 1939 -
6 Laurie Dawn Zirkle 1962 - m. Kevin Nigel Jumper 1958 -
7 Augustus "Gus" McCrae Jumper 1992 -
7 Leah Jumper 1996 -
6 Jill Donette Zirkle 1966 - m. Mark Allen Prather 1966 -
7 Ty Gregory Prather 1992 -
7 Liesl Brooke Prather 1995 -
6 Jami Brook Zirkle 1969 - m. Manny Cervantes
7 Micayla Cervantes 1996 -
5 David Wayne Zirkle 1939 - 1940
5 Judith "Judy" Ann Zirkle 1945 - m. Dr. James Thomas Cail, II 1938 -
6 James "Trey" Thomas Cail III 1971 -
6 Melinda "Mindy" Jane Cail 1974 -
6 Elizabeth Elaine Cail 1981 -
5 Linda Jane Zirkle 1946 - m. Col. Jimmy Lee Jones 1931 -
6 Kristy Lynne Jones 1974 -
4 Thomas Harvey "Mutt" Hollis 1918 - 1978 1m. Maxine Barnes
5 Thomas Harvey Hollis 1943 - m. Karen Lyons
6 Tomi Kaye Hollis 1964 -
6 Timmy Hollis
2m. Annabelle Therrell 1927 -
5 Jim Edward Hollis 1951-1986 m. Brenda Darlene Young 1951-
6 Sharla Ann Hollis/Sheffield 1971 -
6 Shelli Denise Hollis 1975 - m. Michael Wayne Bradshaw 1974-
7 Jenna Rashell Bradshaw 1995 -
5 Lee Therrell Hollis 1947 - 1m. Loan Thi Huynh 1947 -
6 Johnny Tom Hollis 1971 -
2m. Kathleen Marie Krocsek 1950 -
6 Cassandra Annette Hollis 1982 -
3m. Carolyn Dorene ? 1956 -
3m. Virginia "Cletis" Hukill 1931 -
5 James Ray "JR" Hollis 1955 - m. Debbie Scheller 1956 -
6 Wesley "Wes" Hollis 1984 -
3 Johnnie Barto Fulfer 1893 - 1896
3 Thomas Barto Fulfer 1895 - 1897
3 Willie Alice Fulfer 1898 - 1975 m. Frank Earl Hobbs 1883 - 1970
4 Doris Lee Hobbs 1921 - m. Elvin Carl Welch
5 Mark Arnold Welch 1945 -
5 Douglas Frank Malcolm Welch 1950 - 1972
5 Audrey Luellen Welch 1955 - m. Eric Carl Pearson 1954 -
6 Seth Carl Pearson 1987 -
3 Benjamin Franklin "Uncle Jackie" Fulfer 1903 - 1969
3 Verna Laura "Bunnie" Fulfer 1910 - c1992

I would like to hear from some of my "cousins" in this line of the Van Bibber - Fulfer - Hollis - Zirkle family.

Linda Jane Zirkel Jones

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THE PRICE THEY PAID
By Charles Ross ([email protected])

Have you ever wondered what happened to those men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the Revolutionary Army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or the hardships of the Revolutionary War.

What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners, men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.

They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward. Vandals or soldiers or both looted the properties of Ellery, Clymer, Hall, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge and Middleton.

At the Battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis, had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. The owner quietly urged General George Washington to open fire, which was done. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their thirteen children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home after the war to find his wife dead, his children vanished.
A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.

Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. They were not wild-eyed rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: "For the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of the Divine Province, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor".

Source: Illiana Genealogist (The Illiana Genealogical & Historical Society, Vermilion Co., IL) Vol. 29:3, p. 57

Charles Ross

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VAN BIBBER �LIFORD LINE

By Stephen L. Turner ([email protected])

Mr. Logan:

I wish to subscribe to the VanBebber/VanBibber newsletter. I am a direct descendant of Luvicy VanBebber and her husband John Liford. I have been in contact with a Gary R. Hawpe and have learned a lot about my VanBebber/VanBibber lineage. I have given him some information on my family starting with John Liford on down to my grandmother, Fern May Liford (1894 - 1944). I was informed by Mr. Hawpe, that I am descended from TWO different branches of the VanBebber/VanBibber family tree. You
might say that I got a "double dose" of the VanBebber/VanBibber lineage.

If you desire any further information concerning my family line, feel free to ask.

Steven L. Turner
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WILL OF JOHN HOOVER

By Steve Smith ([email protected])

Lee County, VA Courthouse
Jonesville, Virginia
Deed Book 1, Page 54

Last Will and Testament of John HOOVER

In the presence of Almight God Item; my dear and loving wife Christinah HOOVER to be my Executor and to keep all my property together till such times, as my Dear and loving Son Samuel HOOVER comes of age, and then for it all to be equally divided
among all my children provided that my son George HOOVER keeps one mare that I gave him when it was young, given under my hand this third day of March, 1794.
Witness - Robert HOWARD
Peter VAN BEBBER

At a Court held for LEE County the 145h day of July 1795 The last will and Testament of John HOOVER deceased was produced in Court and sworn to by Christeneh HOOVER administrix with the will annexed and proven by the oath of Peter VAN BEBBER.

QUERY: What was the relation of this John HOOVER to James VAN BEBBER, Sr., son of Isaac VAN BEBBER, I., and Sarah DAVIS. James VAN BEBBER, Sr., married
Hannah HOOVER in LEE County, Virginia around 1793.

Thank You
Steve Smith

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WILL OF HENRY HOOVER

By Steve Smith ([email protected])

LEE County Virginia Courthouse
Jonesville, Virginia
Deed Book 2, page 102

Know all men by these presents that I Henry HOOVER of LEE County and State of Virginia for and in Consideration of the natural love & Affection, which I bear to Jacob HOOVER my Son of the County and State aforesaid, Have Bargained Given &etc. before the sealing and delivery of these Presents the Receipt Whereof is hereby acknoweledged, have bargained sold and Delivered, unto Jacob HOOVER, my son, (to wit) four Negros One Name Agg, One Named Tom, one Squier, and one named
Amy; also five head of horst beasts, one mare and three Horses, also Twelve head of Cattle, also one hundred head of Hoggs and also about fifty head of Sheep, and all my household furniture to wit
Three beds and furniture, also all Debts due to me. to have and to hold the said property from me my heirs Executors administrators and assigns unto the sd. Jacob HOOVER, his heirs Executors and assigns forever

In Witness Whereof my hand this 17th day of March 1806

his
Henry "H" HOOVER (Seal)
mark
Signed Sealed and
Delivered in witness of
James HOFF (HUFF)
Joseph KOGER
John HOOVER

At a Court held for LEE County the 25th day of March 1806
This deed of gift from Henry HOOVER to Jacob HOOVER was proven in court by the Oaths of James HOFF and Joseph KOGER two of the witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded.
Test. C Carter C.C.C.

QUERY: What was the relationship of Henry HOOVER to John HOOVER who made
his will in 1794 in LEE County?

Thank You
Steve Smith
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WILL OF JAMES VAN BEBBER

By Steve Smith ([email protected])

Identity:
Isaac VAN BEBBER and Hester Op Den GRAEFF
Jacob Isaac VAN BEBBER ca 1640-ca1704)and Christena
Isaac Jacob VANBEBBER (1661-1728) and Veronica SCHUMACKER
Peter VAN BEBBER (1695- ca 1769) and Ann
Isaac VAN BIBBER, I., (ca 1728-1774) and Sarah DAVIS
James VAN BEBBER, Sr. (ca1767- ca1834 ) and Hannah HOOVER
Isaac Hoover VAN BIBBER, Jr. (1794-1886) and Hannah LONG
John VAN BEBBER, Sr. (ca 1765-1818) and Margaret CHRISMAN
Isaac VAN BEBBER, Sr., Esquire (1790-1866) and Mary MARTIN
(Isaac VAN BEBBER being the ancestor of this researcher)

Source: Last Will and Testament of James VAN BEBBER
State Archives of Tennessee
Claiborne County, Tennessee, June 16, 1833

I, James VAN BEBBER, of the County of CLAIBORNE, State of Tennessee, being weak of body but of sound mind and disposing memory, and believing my resolution is not far distant, do hereby make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament, offer my decease, to be executed by my friends John SHARP, Sr., and Major David ROGERS, who are hereby appointed my executors to execute this my Will after my decease, in the following manner:
And first I bequeath the tract of land on which I now reside to my beloved wife Hannah VAN BEBBER to be enjoyed by her during her natural life, with liberty to dispose of the same at her death equally amongst all my children except my son Isaac VAN BEBBER and my duaghter Hannah OWENS, and should be disposed to remove, she is at liverty to sell this land, and to make the same disposition of the proceeds as above directed at her decease.
I also give a twenty acre teract of land, which I own at the Rich Gap, to my said wife Hannah, with full power to dispose of the same at any time. It is also my will that my said wife shall have all my household furniture and kitchen ware, farming tools of every discreption. It is my will that my daughter Elizabeth have my young chestnut sorrell mare and one cow. It is also my will that my Grandson James Moss VAN BEBBER have my roan mare and one white cow.
I give to my Grandson John OWENS my red cow, known by the name of Frosty. It is my will that my said executors shall pay my just debts out of the balance of my personal property and pay son Isaac VAN BEBBER twenty five cents and my son-in-law James OWENS twenty five cents. My daughter Hannah twenty five cents, and that my said wife Hannah have the balance of my personal property of every kind and description and at the death of my said wife, Hannah, that my estate shall be equally divided between my daughters Polly SHARP, Peggy ROSS, Sarah WHEALER, Patsy VANBEBBER, Robert VAN BEBBER, Elizabeth VANB EBBER, and my Grandson James Moss VAN BEBBER.

In conformatin of this my last will, I hereby revoke all former wills of every description.
In testimony whereon I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal this 16^th day of June in the year of Our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three

(signed)
James VAN BEBBER
Test:
R.B. ROGERS
John CARR, Snr.
John ROGERS

State of Tennessee - CLAIBORNE County

Be it remembered that on the 11th day of March 1835, was filed in the circuit Court of the County a record from the County Court in the following words and figures, to wit:

State of Tennessee - Claiborne County

Be it remembered that at a Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, began and held at the County Court House in Tazewell in said County, on the third Monday of March 1834, it being the 17th day, the Last Will and Testiment of James VAN BEBBER, deceased, was presented for probate, and contested in the following words and figures, to wit:
John SHARP, Sr., and David ROGERS, Sr., produced in Open Court a paper purporting to be the Last Will and Testiment of James VAN BEBBER, Sr., Deceased, and offered the same for probate, and thereupon came into open court Isaac VAN BIBBER, Jr., a son and heir at law of James VAN BEBBER, and contests the said paper as not being the Last Will and Testiment of said deceased, and prays that an issue of devisat vel non, may be made up in this cause, Thereupon it is ordered by the Court that the following issues be
made up, to wit:
Is the paper produced by the said John SHARP and David ROGERS in open court purporting to be the Last Will and Testiment of James VAN BEBBER, and thereupon came Isaac VAN BEBBER, Esquire, into open court and assumed and taken upon himself, with the said Isaac VAN BEBBER, the payment of the costs if he be cast underassist??? and thereupoon, it is ordered that a jury come to try said issue will, to wit:

NOTE BY THIS RESEARCHER: The events set into place by this will and the fact that Isaac VAN BEBBER, Jr., son of James VAN BEBBER, Sr., contested the Will, brought about a long and complicated court trial that eventually ended up in Tennessee State Supreme Court. Needless to say, this researcher was very happy with the amount of family history that was brought about in this trial.

Steve Smith
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ADDITION INFORMATION ON JAMES RENTFROE AND ESTHER VANBIBBER �
By Gary R. Hawpe ([email protected])

In the following book: Dillinghams of Big Ivy, Buncombe County, N.C. and Related Families by Margaret Wallis Haile, 1979.

I will quote you a couple of paragraphs from page # 11:

"On 20 May 1762, Vachel Dillingham received a grant of six hundred acres of land from the Commonwealth of Virginia in the county of Halifax.

Vachel Dillingham was probably married by that time. His first wife was named Ann, but her surname is unknown. He had at least one child, a daughter, Patience, born about 1760, by his first wife, and possible two of his sons, but Ann was deceased prior to 1765 when Vachel married Hester Rentfro, daughter of James and Esther (Van Bibber) Rentfro. In July 1765, James Rentfro conveyed one hundred acres in Halifax County, Virginia, to Vachel Dillingham, and it is assumed that this was Hester's dower."

Gary R. Hawpe.......Las Vegas, NV - Four more days in the 110 degree heat!
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OBITUARY OF DAISY IRENE CAMPBELL BARGO

By Gary R. Hawpe ([email protected])

The following obituary of Daisy Irene Campbell Bargo appeared in the Claiborne
County, Tennessee Discussion List today. Daisy was a VanBebber descendant and her lineage is as follows:

Isaac VanBibber and Hester Op den Graeff
Jacob Isaacs VanBibber and Christina _____________
Isaac Jacobs VanBibber and Frances Schumacher
Peter VanBibber and Anna _______________
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
Martha VanBebber and George Yoakum Sr.
Robert Yoakum and Parkey Berry
Ewing B. Yoakum and Martha Elizabeth VanBebber
Letitia Yoakum and James Campbell
Charles B. Campbell and Byrdie McBee
Daisy Irene Campbell and Bernard Bargo

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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
John VanBebber and Margaret Chrisman
Isaac VanBebber and Mary Martin
Martha Elizabeth VanBebber and Ewing B. Yoakum
Letitia Yoakum and James Campbell
Charles B. Campbell and Byrdie McBee
Daisy Irene Campbell and Bernard Bargo

From The Knoxville News Sentinel 5 August 1998

BARGO, DAISY IRENE CAMPBELL - age 82, of Lone Mountain, Tenn., was born
September 22, 1914, in Lone Mountain and passed away August 3, 1998, at Hudson
Valley Hospital in Peekskill, N.Y. She was a member of the Lone Mountain Baptist Church. Preceded in death by her husband, Bernard Bargo; parents, Charlie and Byrdie McBee Campbell; brothers, J.C. and Fred Campbell; sister, Kate Breeding Riley. She is survived by daughter and husband, Jean and Bob Dent of Killeen, Texas; son and wife, Thomas and Kathy Bargo of Pleasant Valley, N.Y.; brothers, Archie Campbell of Victorville, Calif., John and wife, June Campbell of Acton, Calif.; sister and husband, Mary Lou and John T. Reynolds of LaFollette, Tenn.; grandchildren, Sandra Kay Cosby of New Orleans, La., Larry Charles Cosby of Maitland, Fla., Dawn Michell Sullo of Austin, Texas; Stacy Sherow, Kristine Bargo, Kevin Bargo of Pleasant Valley, N.Y.; a
host of nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the Claiborne Funeral Home.

Funeral services 2 p.m. Friday in the Claiborne Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Lawrence Fultz officiating. The body will lie in state 30 minutes before services. Burial in the Fairview Cemetery. Claiborne Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Gary R. Hawpe.......Las Vegas, NV
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GERMANTOWN MENNONITE CHURCH

By Bruce Logan ([email protected])

Source: The Internet.

Up-to-date News from the General Conference Mennonite Church. You may read news releases from July 24, 1998 directly below, go to the July 3, 1998 news releases, or go to the June 19, 1998 news releases.

July 24, 1998For immediate release:

Germantown congregation receives building grant from Mennonite Men.by George Hatzfeld

Philadelphia (GCMC)--The oldest continuously meeting Mennonite congregation in

North America has become the newest recipient of a building grant from Tenth Man, the charitable arm of Mennonite Men, an auxiliary of the General Conference Mennonite Church in Newton, Kan. David Linscheid, GC communications director, presented a check for $25,000 to the congregation at its worship service on Sunday, July 12. The grant will be used to continue refurbishment of the building at 21 West Washington Lane,

Germantown's place of worship since 1994.

The Mennonite church in North America traces its origins to a small group of German immigrants who heeded William Penn's call for craftsmen and mill operators to join him in Philadelphia in 1687. They began worshipping in a log building in Germantown by 1696. A Mennonite congregation has met regularly in this community ever since.

In accepting the grant, Germantown congregation chair Susan Moyer said, "We are

very grateful for the sense of purpose this award conveys to us as a congregation, for helping us continue Christ's work in Germantown."

Tenth Man grants are awarded to congregations working to build or make capital improvements to their houses of worship. Linscheid told the Germantown congregation that its effort to remain in the community, close to the historic roots of the Mennonite movement, was an important reason for this Tenth Man grant. He noted several urban issues that confront congregations like Germantown--housing revitalization, hunger, race, social justice, moral and ethical family concerns, and both cultural and sexual diversity--are easier to deal with if the church community has the security of its own building in place.

The grant represents the wider church's recognition that the Germantown congregation deserves support in addressing these issues, he said. The Washington Lane building stands less than two blocks from the historic 1770 meeting house--on the site of the original log church--where the descendants of the earliest Mennonites worshipped.

Until the late 1980s, the congregation met in the 1770 meeting house. For many years, there had been a period of decline. Then in the 1970s, energy began to flow back into the struggling congregation, bringing young Mennonite professionals and their growing families to Philadelphia and the Germantown church, and attracting members of non-Mennonite background who were inspired by the congregation's Christ-centered message and its peace and justice witness.

By 1987, the congregation had outgrown the 1770 meeting house. Over the next seven years, they met in two different temporary quarters as they worked to find a permanent church home. After evaluating a dozen sites and after bids on two distant buildings fell short, the congregation learned of the availability of the former home of the Germantown Women's Club, nearby at 21 West Washington Lane. Church leaders were able to purchase the building in March 1994 with a mortgage from Brotherly Aid Fire & Storm, a Mennonite insurance company in Lancaster, Pa.

The Germantown congregation used its available savings and a dedicated effort by its 100-plus members to raise the money needed to renovate the building's first floor community room for its initial worship area, install new rest rooms and a gas/hot-water furnace. Space for Christian education came next, and again, congregational challenge funds were matched to create three partitioned rooms for Sunday school classes. In 1997, the church offices were renovated, and handicapped access ramps to the worship area were installed. Current projects include making the kitchen capable of supporting the work of the church and community events.

Mennonite workers from suburban Philadelphia and beyond volunteered their labor in assisting early renovation efforts, including help from the Mennonite Disaster Service. The building had suffered some interior water damage over the years, and from its role as a showroom for fireplace fixtures.

On the building's second floor, the original auditorium built for the Germantown Women's Club will seat 300. Surviving members of the Women's Club confirm that

Grace Kelly performed on the stage during her debutante year in Philadelphia. Tenth Man grant proceeds are expected to play an important role in the auditorium's makeover into a worship space.

The congregation has provided a part of its building to Germantown Women's Educational Project, an organization whose mission is to help young mothers complete the education they need to re-enter the workforce. It is evaluating other community needs and partners such as child and adult day-care organizations as potential weekday tenants of a fully renovated building, ready to serve both the mission of the congregation and community interests.

The congregation is a founding member of Urban Resources Development Corporation, a consortium of congregations in the Germantown section, which buys derelict homes, then renovates and re-sells them. It partners with a nearby Catholic church to provide meals to homeless and jobless persons in the community, and it regularly demonstrates its stands on peace and justice issues throughout the city.

For more information about Mennonites or the General Conference Mennonite Church contact Communications Office, General Conference Mennonite Church, 722 Main Street, P.O. Box 347, Newton, KS 67114-0347, phone (316) 283-5100, fax (316) 283-0454, e-mail [email protected]

Bruce Logan

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BOONE BOOK

By Martha Everman Jones ([email protected])

Yesterday I was in Houston researching in the Clayton Public Library when I found a true gem, at least I think it is a gem. Perhaps you will want to share the information with the Van Bibber group.

I found a book, BOONE--THE OREGON TRACE by Philip C. Biddle, privately published, December 1981 and revised 1986, Library of Congress Cat. Card No. 82-112118 (Address: Gladys Boone Biddle, 1111 North 2000 West #345, Ogden, UT 84404.)

Now the good news--it has documentation! In the supplement, readers will find documented family group sheets along with "The Van Bibber History." It begins with a two-page narrative and is followed with 13 family group sheets and a picture of Isaac Van Bibber's Tavern at Mineola, MO.

In the Boone family portion, pp. 54-57, covers the Jesse Bryan Boone and Chloe Van Bibber line.

Are you familiar with this work?

Martha Everman Jones

Editor�s note:

Normally, I don�t allow advertising, but this is such a good resource for Boone researchers that I thought it would be a good idea to let you know about it if you don�t already have the book. I borrowed the book from Gladys Boone Biddle several years ago and thought it was a good resource. I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the book, but I have not found any major discrepancies from the material I have seen from other sources.

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OBITUARY OF CORA LUCILLE KING

By Sandra Quinn ([email protected])

Hi Bruce,

I found this obituary in the Athens county Obituary book, 1940-1944, compiled by Mildred Bleigh and Mary A. Davis 1997.

Cora King
Nelsonville Ohio Jan. 20, 1941

The body of Mrs. Cora Lucille King, age 28, who was killed in an automobile accident near Mansfield, Ohio, Saturday, was brought to the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Jesse VanBibber, at Laurel Run, Sunday.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Locke Church with burial at Clarks Chapel.

She is survived by her parents and the following brothers and sisters, James and Harold VanBibber of Haydenville, Ohio; Mrs. Zelma Appleman, Logan; and Charles, Clem and Ralph VanBibber at home.

Sandra Quinn~volunteer lookup person for Athens County on Ohio Gen Web, Member of First Families of Athens County, Ohio, Member of Athens County Genealogical Society

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DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD ADAMS AND GERTIEN OP DEN GRAEFF
By Barb Locker ([email protected])

Identification:

Abraham op den Graeff

Herman Isaacs op den Graeff m. Greitjen Pletjes

Isaac op den Graeff and Greitjen Peters

Abraham Isaac op den Graeff and Trintgen/Katharina Jensen

Gertien op den Graeff

1 Richard Adams b: Bef. 1670 in Wales d: 1747 in Philadelphia Co PA
.. +Gertien Op-Den-Graeff b: 1680 in Krefeld Germany d: 1770
....... 2 Susannah Adams b: Abt. 1699 in Montgomery Co Providence Tp PA d: Abt. 1740
........... +Conrad Kuster/Custard b: Abt. 1695 in GER/PA m: 1714 in Montgomery Co PA d: 1772
................ 3 Charity Custer b: Abt. 1715 d: Unknown
.................... +Uriah Humble m: 1735 in Philadelphia PA d: 1773 in Westmoreland Co PA
................ 3 Arnold Custer/Custard b: Abt. 1718 in Germantown PA d: March 1759 in Brock's Gap Augusta Co VA
.................... +Bridget Strauder m: 1740 d: Aft. 1759
......................... 4 Conrad Custer/Custard b: 1742 d: February 10, 1828 in Paris KY
............................. +Elizabeth Lair m: February 10, 1776 in VA
......................... 4 George Custer b: Abt. 1745 d: Abt. 1850 in Reeds Crk. Grant/Pendleton Co WV
......................... 4 Susannah Custer b: April 25, 1748 d: September 12, 1823 in Clark Co OH
............................. +John Runyan m: Abt. 1770

......................... 4 Jacob Custer/Custard b: February 1749/50 in VA d: August 17, 1833 in Perry Co OH bur Fairfld -Rich. Tp OH Custard Cem
............................. +Catherine ----- b: 1754 d: December 01, 1831 in Perry Co OH bur Fairfld-Rich. Tp OH Custard Cem
.................................. 5 Joseph Custard b: August 10, 1768 in Rockingham Co VA d: January 16, 1860 in Fairfield Co Richland Tp OH Custard Cem
...................................... +Rosannah Parrett b: 1781 in VA d: 1871 in Fairfield Co Richland Tp OH Custard Cem
.................................. *2nd Wife of Joseph Custard:
...................................... +Catharine "Catey" Drum b: 1776 in Loudoun Co VA m: September 19, 1799 in Shenandoah Co VA d: December 03, 1832 in Fairfield Co Richland Twp OH Custard Cem
........................................... 6 Elizabeth Ann Custard d: Bef. 1850 in Fairfield Co OH
............................................... +Moses Grubb b: August 17, 1804 in DE m: December 1824 in Fairfield Co OH d: June 30, 1876 in Allen Co Jkson Tp OH Fisher Cem
........................................... 6 Nancy Ann Custard d: in Fairfield Co OH
............................................... +----- Grubb
........................................... 6 Sarah Ann Custard d: in Fairfield Co OH
............................................... +----- Grubb
........................................... 6 William Custard d: in Fairfield Co OH
............................................... +Diane Grubb
........................................... 6 Joseph Custard b: 1797 d: July 13, 1820 in Fairfield Co Richland Twp OH Custard Cem
........................................... 6 Jacob Custard b: 1799 in Rockingham Co VA d: December 08, 1875 in Auglaize Tp Allen Co OH bur Ridge
Cem
............................................... +Margaret " Peggy " Binkley b: Abt. 1804 in OH m: June 12, 1823 in Perry Co OH d: September 04, 1874 in Auglaize Tp Allen Co OH bur Ridge Cem
........................................... 6 Peter Custard b: April 02, 1802 in VA d: May 02, 1887 in Fairfield Co Richland Twp OH Custard Cem
............................................... +Rebecca Fox b: 1810 m: March 29, 1829 in Perry Co OH d: July 01, 1834 in Fairfield Co Richland Twp OH Custard Cem
........................................... *2nd Wife of Peter Custard:
............................................... +Sarah Rader b: 1810 in OH m: May 10, 1840 in Fairfield Co OH d: March 05, 1882 in Fairfield Co Richland Twp OH Custard Cem
........................................... 6 Anna Custard b: 1805 in VA d: July 13, 1820 in Fairfield Co Richland Twp Oh Custard Cem
............................................... +Philip Dupler b: Abt. 1804 in PA d: Unknown
........................................... 6 Catharine Custard b: August 10, 1806 d: September 06, 1872 in Fairfield Co OH Drum Cem

............................................... +Richard H. Grubb
........................................... 6 Barbara Custard b: May 01, 1811 d: December 23, 1881 in Fairfield Co OH Custard Cem New Reading
............................................... +Samuel Roberts b: December 04, 1810 d: June 11, 1854 in Fairfield Co OH Custard Cem New Reading
........................................... 6 George Custard b: 1815 d: August 01, 1834 in Fairfield Richland Twp OH Custard Cem
........................................... 6 Mary C. Custard b: July 17, 1815 in Fairfield Co OH d: 1894 in Fairfield Co OH
............................................... +Joseph Howell Reid b: in MD d: April 29, 1889 in Fairfield Co OH
........................................... 6 John Wesley Custard b: December 16, 1818 in Fairfield Co OH d: October 28, 1900 in Fairfield Co Richland Twp OH Custard Cem
............................................... +Mary Ann Tabler b: May 03, 1819 in Perry Co OH d: November 01, 1901 in Fairfield Co Richland Twp OH Custard Cem
.................................. 5 Hetscbel/Rachel Custard b: Bef. 1806
...................................... +David Rader m: December 30, 1824 in Fairfield Co OH
.................................. 5 Henry Custard b: Bef. 1775 in VA d: Aft. 1820 in OH
......................... 4 Elizabeth Custer b: 1751 in Augusta Co VA d: August 10, 1818 in Adams Co OH
............................. +James A. Cain m: Bef. 1770
......................... 4 Mary Custer b: Abt. 1752
............................. +John Trumbo m: Abt. 1770
......................... 4 Arnold Custer/Kester b: Abt. 1755 d: Aft. 1840 in Holmes Co OH
............................. +Margaret Lair/Lear m: November 28, 1781 in Rockingham Co VA
......................... 4 Bridget Custer b: 1756 d: October 1815 in Shelby Co KY
............................. +John Robinson m: July 28, 1787 in Bourbon Co VA/KY
......................... 4 Noah Custer b: Abt. 1758
................ 3 Richard Custer b: 1722-1725 d: Abt. 1781 in Chester Co PA
.................... +Elizabeth Bateman' m: Aft. 1748
................ *2nd Wife of Richard Custer:
.................... +Elizabeth Brumbach m: January 17, 1747/48
................ 3 William Custard b: 1729 in Philadelphia PA d: 1826 in Northampton/Pike Co PA bur Swartout Cem
.................... +Sarah Swartout/Swartwood m: August 05, 1754
................ 3 Paul Kustar Custer b: Abt. 1730 in PA? d: 1820 in Brock's Gap VA
.................... +Lucinda Malone
................ *2nd Wife of Paul Kustar Custer: .................... +Margaret Malone
................ 3 Nicholas Custer b: 1732 d: in PA
.................... +Mary Morris
................ 3 Conrad Custard b: 1735
................ 3 Joseph Kester/ Custard b: 1753 in PA d: Aft. 1837 in OH
.................... +Mary Morrison

Barb Locker ([email protected])

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GEOGRE ARMSTRONG CUSTER

By Barb Locker ([email protected])

General/Colonel George Armstrong Custer is of the same group of Custers. My line is from Arnold and Doors, and his is from Arnold & Nuzom(believed by most to be the second spouse of Arnold-there is some confusion on this by Custer researchers) My data prior to Virginia on the Custer line is from the book "Descendants of Paulus and
Gertrude Kustes:" edited by Jean White. ERRORS ARE MINE. Anyone working on
Custer should buy this book! I also acquired some data on GAC's family from researchers of his line, and from the GAC Museum in Monroe MI. During the Civil War in Shenandoah Co VA ,GAC fought against his southern Custer cousins.

Descendants of Rebecca (Nuzom)

1 Rebecca (Nuzom)
.. +Arnold/Aret Kuster b: 1669 in Kaldenkirchen Germany m: Abt. 1700 in PA d: 1739 in Philadelphia Co Hanover Tp PA Manatawney Cem
....... 2 Katherine Custer b: Abt. 1700
........... +John Jenkins d: June 15, 1736 in Philadelphia Co PA
....... 2 George Custer b: Abt. 1704 d: 1756 in Philadelphia Co PA
........... +Mary Rhodes m: June 28, 1731
....... 2 Nicholas Custer b: December 04, 1706 d: December 10, 1784 in Philadelphia Co Limerick Tp PA
........... +Susannah Margarethy Hoppin/Hoppe b: 1714 m: 1732
................ 3 Emanuel Custer b: September 29, 1754 d: 1833
.................... +Mary Fedele b: 1759 m: 1778 d: 1799
......................... 4 John Custer b: February 26, 1782 d: December 16, 1830
............................. +Catherine Valentine b: 1783 m: 1802 d: 1877 in Cresaptown MD
.................................. 5 Emanuel Henry Custer b: December 10, 1806 in Cresaptown MD d: November 17, 1892 in Monroe MI
...................................... +Matilda P. Viers b: March 04, 1804 m: August 07, 1828 in New Rumley OH d: July 18, 1835 in New Rumley OH Ridge Ch Cem
........................................... 6 Hannah Custer
........................................... 6 Brice William Custer
........................................... 6 John Custer
.................................. *2nd Wife of Emanuel Henry Custer:
...................................... +Maria Ward b: May 31, 1807 in Burgettstown PA m: February 23, 1836 d: January 14, 1882 in Monroe MI
........................................... 6 George Armstrong Custer, Gen b: December 05, 1839 in New Rumley OH d: June 25, 1876 in Little Big Horn MT
............................................... +Elizabeth "Libby" Bacon b: April 09, 1842 m: February 09, 1864 d: April 04, 1933
........................................... 6 James Custer
........................................... 6 Samuel Custer
........................................... 6 Boston Custer
........................................... 6 Nevin Johnson Custer
........................................... 6 Thomas Ward Custer
........................................... 6 Margaret Emma Custer
.................................. 5 Ann Custer
.................................. 5 George W. Custer
.................................. 5 James Cresap Custer
.................................. 5 Alexander S. Custer
.................................. 5 Ella Custer
......................... 4 Emmanuel Custer
......................... 4 Susanna Custer
......................... 4 Catherine Custer
......................... 4 Peter Custer
......................... 4 Jacob Custer
......................... 4 Mary Custer
......................... 4 Edgar Harry Custer
................ 3 John Custer
................ 3 Elizabeth Custer
................ 3 George Custer
................ 3 Samuel Custer
................ 3 Paul Custer
................ 3 Susanna Custer
....... 2 Paul Custer b: Abt. 1710 in Germantown PA d: November 10, 1783
........... +Sarah Ball m: 1740
....... 2 Hannah Custer b: Abt. 1715
....... 2 Arnold Custer, Jr. b: Abt. 1720
........... +Barbara -----
....... 2 Dorothy Custer b: Abt. 1724
........... +Daniel Tool m: February 08, 1743/44 in Philadelphia PA

Barb Locker ([email protected])

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SUCCESS STORY

From Barb Locker ([email protected]) and Brenda Keenan ([email protected])

Hi Barb,

"Can anyone tell me the children of James VAN BIBBER , s/o Hendrick VB & Catherine BOUGARD, who married Anna ?"

Here are the children of James and Ann as I have them. I have gathered my information by subscribing to this list over a few months, and copying anything and everything that looked interesting.

Identification:

Isaac Van Bebber and Hester op den Graeff

Jacob Issacks Van Bebber and Christina

Hendrick/Henry Van Bebber and Catherine Bougard

James Van Bibber

Descendants of James Van Bibber
1 James Van Bibber

+Ann Laroun m: 1720 Father: Mother:
2 Isaac Van Bibber b: February 25, 1735 in Cecil Co., MD d: April 21, 1825

+Ann Chew m: November 27, 1768 in Cecil Co., MD Father: Benjamin Chew Mother: Sarah Bond
3 Washington Chew Van Bibber b: February 15, 1778 in Baltimore, MD d: April 08, 1848
+Lucretia Emory m: May 28, 1807 Father: Thomas Emory Mother:
4 George Lindenberger Van Bibber I b: March 17, 1814 d: July 24, 1855
+Hannah Catherine Archer m: November 05, 1839 Father: Mother:
5 George Lindenberger Van Bibber II
+Adele Franklin Father: Mother:
6 Armfield Franklin Van Bibber b: June 18, 1872 in Harford Co., Maryland
4 Isaac Van Bibber b: January 27, 1810 d: September 1847
4 Thomas Emory Van Bibber b: January 26, 1812 d: January 15, 1882
+Elizabeth Carter Garreston Father: Mother:
4 Lucretia Emory Van Bibber b: July 20, 1816 d: February 08, 1896
4 Abraham Van Bibber b: May 21, 1821 d: February 13, 1861
Fact 1: Abraham VanBebber was living in New Orleans, LA in 1850.
4 Washington Chew Van Bibber b: July 24, 1824 d: December 14, 1892
+Josephine Chatard m: February 07, 1848 in Baltimore Co., MD Father: Mother:
4 Nancy Van Bibber b: August 05, 1826 d: June 14, 1889
3 Isaac Van Bibber b: January 04, 1783
3 Anne Van Bibber b: December 25, 1786 d: January 17, 1834
+Hugh Neilson Father: Mother:
2 Abraham Van Bibber b: 1744 d: August 23, 1805 Fact 1: In the shipping firm with his brother, Isaac
+Sarah Chew Father: Mother:
*2nd Wife of Abraham Van Bibber:
+Mary Polly Young m: March 10, 1795 in Baltimore Co., MD Father: Mother:
3 Abraham Van Bibber b: 1796 d: December 08, 1801
2 Mary Ann Van Bibber
+Enoch David Father: Mother: Fact 1: Will mentions that slaves already in possession of Enoch David will be given to Mary Ann David

2 Stephen Van Bibber
2 Catherine Van Bibber b: April 17, 1721 in Cecil Co., MD
2 Ann Van Bibber b: January 02, 1722 in Cecil Co., MD
2 Henry Van Bibber b: 1725 in Cecil Co., MD Fact 1: Will of Henry Van Bibber, Yeoman, St. Geo. Hd., New Castle Co., DE, 5 Jan. Fact 2: Mentions wife Hester, two sons Andrew and James Van Bibber
+Hester Gooding Father: Mother:
3 Andrew Van Bibber b: 1768
4 Augusta Van Bibber
4 Hester Van Bibber b: 1800
4 Henry Peterson Van Bibber
3 James Van Bibber
+Elizabeth Dorsey Father: Mother:
3 Henry Van Bibber
2 Haybartus Van Bibber b: July 22, 1729
2 Jacob Van Bibber b: July 01, 1731 in Cecil Co., MD d: Bef 1785 in SC

"Is anyone working on the family of Peter VAN BIBBER that had a Land Patent in 1759 on the PIGG River in Lunenburg Co VA? I would like to know ALL about him. Especially, names of his children."

I don't know WHICH Peter this is; there are many. Any more to go on? Wife's name, etc.?

"I am trying to find someone that knows about a possible marriage for Martha VAN BIBBER and Swinfield HILL..."

There are many Martha Van Bibbers, but I have marriages for all of them. None married Swinfield Hill.

I also don't have a Rachael Van Bibber. Hope this has helped some.

I don't profess to be a Van Bibber expert, just an interested by-line. My Robert Keenan married Olive Boone Van Bibber, daughter of Matthias and Margaret Robinson Van Bibber.

Let me know if I can be of more help.

Brenda Keenan ([email protected])

Barb Locker ([email protected])

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VAN BIBBERS IN THE CENSUS OF STODDARD COUNTY MISSOURI

By Pam Miller ([email protected])

Thought I would post this: On the 1900 census for Stoddard County Missouri, I
found several Van Bibber households. So, if you are wondering where in Missouri your branch of the tree landed, you may want to check them out. One family (in Bloomfield) was:
James H. born 1873 in Il (parents b. in TN) married 1898 (97?) to Bettie born 1876 in IL (parents b. KY and TN)
Children: Clarence born Nov 1890 born in IL
Francis A. born Mar 1893 in IL
James Bird born May 1900 in MO
Thought I'd pass this on in case someone is looking for them!

Just to add to the census information. In Ward 2 Bloomfield, Stoddard
County, Missouri (1900 Census) households 316 , 317, and 318 are also Van
Bibber.

Pam Miller

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AN ANSWER TO A QUERY

By Evelyn Pfingston Dismore ([email protected])

My Rachel Vanbibber was born abt 1810 marr Samuel VB 23 Dec 1828 Ripley Co. IN. I do not have any real proof of this, but many puzzle pieces fit.

I misplaced the EMail on a Rachel ??? A. Jackson.

Andrew Jackson's wife was according to History Mrs Rachel Donelson Robards 15 June 1767- 22 Dec 1828. Her husband was a Capt Lewis Robards in Jackson's Army.

Andrew Jackson live in the Nashville boarding house of Mrs John Donelson, widow. He became attracted to her daughter. They married in Natchez Aug 1791, only to learn later she had not had a divorce until Sept. so they married again 17 Jan 1794 in Nashville.

The reason I am interested - I have a Web page with a small history of Andrew Jackson & if there is any proof of Rachel (his wife) being a VB I would like to know of it.
http://www.vci.net/jackpurchase/genealogy/

Evelyn Pfingston Dismore

Editors note: See the query below by Barb Locker.

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QUERIES

From Richard and Teresa Renfro ([email protected]) � non-subscribers.

Hi,

We are Renfros searching Renfros, Rentfroes and etc. Do you have any idea when your Samuel was born and where? That would help us to locate him or people with him at that time.

Our ancestor is Samuel Houston Renfro b. 4 Feb. 1828 Roane Co., TN and came to Knox Co. , KY when he was about eight years old. He married there in 1848 to Elizabeth Hensen. No he did not name any of his children Samuel.

The Renfros, Van Bibbers and Coles seems to be related by marriage. James Cole, Sr. (s/o Stephen b. ca. 1661, and Elizabeth "Temple" Cole b. 1662) made his intention to marry Susannah Renrtroe in Chester Co., PA. in 1719 at the New Garden Monthly Meeting.(found at the Swathmore College in PA) We have no idea when they married, but know they did as she was on Land Records until 1752 in VA. The only other Renfro found in PA was a John Renfro and Elizabeth who could be Susannah's parents.
(Not confirmed) They had witnessed some legal papers together there at the meetings. We are not sure of the maiden for Stephen Cole 's wife Elizabeth, Temple, although a grandson was named William Temple Cole.

James Cole, Jr. m. Mary Rentfroe, d/o James Rentfroe b.1698 and Ester Van Bibber, d/o Isaac Van Bibber and (Fronica,or Veronica or Frances) Schumacker. Anyone have any information to add to or correct?

Richard and Theresa
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From Barb Locker (Swinfield(@aol.com)

Seeking any data on a possible connection or marriage of :
Martha VanBibber to Swinfield Hill b. abt 1749 Chester Co PA d. 1826 Franklin Co VA.
Martha was believed to be the d/o of James & Anna Van Bibber James the s/o Hendrick & Catherine Bougard Van Bibber Hendrick the s/o Isaac Jacobs Van Bibber.

Does anyone know the children of James and Anna Van Bibber?

Thanks,
Barb Locker
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From Barb Locker ([email protected])

Hi Van Bibber group,

I am trying to find someone that knows about a possible marriage for Martha
VAN BIBBER and Swinfield HILL b. bef 1749 Chester Co PA d. 1826 Franklin Co., VA. Martha has been given a lot of different surnames but no proof of any of them as yet. Recently I was told her name may have been VAN BIBBER. Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Barb Locker

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From Barb Locker ([email protected])

Can anyone tell me the children of James VAN BIBBER , s/o Hendrick VB &
Catherine BOUGARD, who married Anna ?

Thanks
Barb Locker

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From Barb Locker ([email protected])

Is anyone working on these/this VAN BIBBER family:
VAN BIBBER that lived in 1749 in Lunenburg Co VA:
Peter ~ Jacob ~ Isaac ~ Peter Jr (On Hailes list of Goose Crk and upwards)
VAN BIBBER that lived in 1750 in Lunenburg Co VA:
Peter ~ Peter Jr ~ Isaac (On Phleps tithe list /from Falling Riv. to Goose Crk)
OR VAN BIBBER that lived in 1767 Pittsylvania Co VA:
Peter Jr ~ Isaac (Hugh Innes list)

I am looking for the children of these people and their spouses. Especially
interested in a connection with Swinfield HILL:
Peter Van Bibber, all I know:
1749 Lunenburg Co VA Titheables list of Haile- online src
VAN BIBBER pg 96
Peter ~ Isaac ~ Peter Jr 3 tithes
on same pg.:
John Hill & Wm Hill 2
Robert Hill 1 <<< my ancestor

1750 Lunenburg Co VA Titheables from "Sunlight on Southside" -online src list of John Phleps ( from Falling Riv. to Goose Crk) VAN BIBBER pg 151
Peter ~ Peter Jr ~ Isaac 3 tithes

List of Nicholas Haile ( from Goose Crk & upwards)
HILL pg. 137
Robert Hill and John Beard 2 (Hill my ancestor)
THOUGHT MAYBE THE HILLS & VB LIVED ACROSS GOOSE CRK FROM EACH OTHER-THIS MIGHT BE ABOUT THE TIME SWIN HILL IS almost MARRYING AGE

1767 Titheables of Pittsylvania Co VA -online src-sorry I did not note the
page numbers
List of Hugh Innes
HILL
Robert - Swinfield - Thomas 3 (Swin counted in tithes)
Swinfield 0
VAN BIBBER
Peter Jr
Isaac
VB's still in area

1790 Russell Co VA Personal Property Tax- from "Sunlight on Southside"-online
src
NO HILL-VB MOVE SOUTH AND HILLS STAY PUT it seems VAN BIBBER-all in the lower district
James
John
Peter

Seems a Peter VB Jr was in the Battle of Point Pleasant as was Robert Hill

1759 Lunenburg Co VA
Peter VB owned 130 acres on PIGG River
Swinfield Hill lived on the PIGG River.
NO VB IN DATA BELOW-JUST ADDING THIS FOR BACKGROUND
1774 Pittsylvania Co VA
Robert & Swinfield Hill on deed of trust to John Wilkinson of Bedford Co VA
re land on Pigg Riv. signed Rbt Hill wit. Swin Hill, Henry Conway, and John Donnelson Jr.

1775 Pittsylvania Co VA
From Swin Hill and his wife Martha to Thomas Hill (Swin's bro.)
Wit: Peter Sanders, John Danelson, David (mark) Butler, John Danelson Jr.

Just trying to find anything to fit together that makes what Phil Powers says work! He got his data from a cousin (evidentially not online, but I did not ask him specifically), who got it from another researcher. He is trying to get proof from these 2 people, and says he will let me know. Instead of just sitting and waiting, I thought I would check out what I can. Thought maybe some VB researcher would have on their data a Martha VB as a daughter without knowing she married Swinfield Hill. Then I could check the will for that VB with a Martha daughter, for Martha Hill.

Thanks
Barb Locker
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From Joe Ann Nanney ([email protected]) � Subscriber to the e-mail list.

Do you happen to have anything on the Thomas Cole family. He was born 1794 Va. He married Martha Wilkinson first and then married Rebecca Brittain. He is
buried in Marshall Co. Ky. They were from Virginia. I would like to know who his
parents were. I have looked everywhere and I have found nothing on his parents.

He and Martha were married Feb 25, 1825 in Chesterfield Co. Virginia, If you can help me in any way, I would appreciate it a lot.

Joe Ann
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From Barb Locker ([email protected])

Thanks for the VB data! Nothing showing a Martha as a daughter of James and
Anna, but the wide range in the birth dates of their children, doesn't rule her out.

Do you know the name Donelson in relation to VB? I thought I remembered seeing The name when I scanned so much VB data. Then ran across the signature of John Donelson on papers also signed by Swinfield Hill. Now I learn this John Donelson was the first spouse of Rachel ?, who later married (Pres.) Andrew Jackson. She found out that the divorce with Donelson was not kosher, AFTER marrying Jackson. Point: could Rachel have been Rachel VB? Have you come across the name Rachel VB?

Thanks again.
Barb Locker

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From Earl K. Harvey ([email protected])

Hi Bruce,

In your listing in response to Barb Locker I did not have as a child of James VB and Anna Laroun one Mary Ann Van Bibber who married Enoch David. Is there any chance that this Mary Ann is one and the same person as the listed Ann Van Bibber b. 2 Jan1722/23, Cecil Co, Maryland?
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From Carol McCoy (CJMcCoy2prodigy.net)

I sent this message in a few weeks ago, but have not seen it posted so I'll try again...

I recently received some info. regarding the marriage of my great-aunt Mary HARRISON to Claude VAN BEBBER in Richmond, Ray Co. MO.

Included was an obit for Claude which has me somewhat confused. It states that Claude was survived by his daughter Ruby (Mrs. W. E. BARBER) from his first marriage to Grace PRYOR. Then listed his second wife, Mary HARRISON, a step-daughter, Mrs. J. R. Kays of Sullivan, MO, and two step-sons, David E. HARRISON of Jefferson City and Marshall E. HARRISON of Kansas City.

My great-aunt's maiden name was HARRISON, so either she never married and had three children which I find unlikely, or she married a HARRISON, or whoever gave the obit info was just wrong.

If anyone is familiar with this family, I would appreciate hearing from you.

Carol HARRISON McCoy

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