Van Bibber Pioneers Electronic Newsletter
Volume 3, Number 1   ·   November 1998

Greetings:

I want to wish all of you a very happy holiday season. The next issue will not be out until after Christmas and I want to take this opportunity to give you my best wishes for the holidays. May all of you have several inches of snow for Santa and then have it melt for the drive to the parties on New Year�s Eve.

Again, I appeal to all of you for articles and queries. I had a difficult time getting material for this issue. Much of it came from the Internet and the newsletter ended up being one of the shortest to date. Please take a little time before Christmas and send me your queries and material. I know this is a busy time of the year for all of us, but it only takes a few minutes to do and if you have your material computerized then it only takes a few seconds. Please help. I am running out of material.

We now have two hundred and thirty-one subscribers.

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CONTENTS

New Members, Address Changes

Bryant Family And Andrew D. Van Bibber

Cemetery At Keslers Crossroads, WV

Lazarus Van Bibber Family

Answer To A Query

Battle Of Point Pleasant

Pineville Cemetery

Wagon Train To Oregon 1845

Wagon Train To Oregon 1846

Manuscript Collections

Visitors From The Yukon

Queries

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NEW MEMBERS

Craig Van Bibber ([email protected])

David J. Brown ([email protected])

Roxie Wheeler ([email protected])

Elaine Blackman ([email protected])

Jessica Van Bibber ([email protected])

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BRYANT FAMILY AND ANDREW D. VAN BIBBER

From the Internet

William H. Bryant

William was born September 05, 1809. William was a farmer. His first marriage was in 1835 to Jane Groves. Jane was born May 12, 1816, the daughter of John Roger Groves III and Jane McClung. Jane died June 17, 1846. She was buried at the Southern Methodist Church Cemetery in Summersville, WV. William's second marriage was before 1849 to Ruth McClung. Ruth was born November 04, 1839, the daughter of Edward "Little Ned" McClung and Lettie Cottle. Ruth died December 16, 1881. She was buried at the Southern Methodist Church Cemetery in Summersville, WV. William died May 09, 1889 at the residence of William G. Graves, on Bryant Branch. William was buried at the Southern Methodist Church Cemetery in Summersville, WV. William died of pneumonia.

Children by Jane Groves:

1) Harrison Bryant fought for the South in the civil war. He died May 23, 1862, in battle of Lewisburg and was buried at the confederate cemetery in Lewisburg, WV. Harrison served in the 22nd VA Inf Regt, company D. He enlisted May 30, 1861 in Summersville, VA (now WV) and is buried in the confederate cemetery in Lewisburg, WV.

2) Mary Ann Bryant married Andrew D. Vanbibber. Mary died July 08, 1871 and was buried at the Donnally/Van Bibber Cemetery.

3) John Groves Bryant:

Children by Ruth McClung

1) Leticia Bryant was born 1849. She married W. G. Graves, who was a sheriff.

2) Richard Mansfield Bryant was born in 1851.

3) Catherine C "Cassie" Bryant married L. N. Alderson.

4) Edward Furgeson "Pomp" Bryant was born September 21, 1852.

5) Elizabeth A "Lizzie" Bryant was born August 26, 1854 in Enon, Nicholas Co., WV. Lizzie married Joseph H. Copenhaver. Lizzie died June 08, 1925.

6) Charles Bryant was born November 18, 1859 in Nicholas Co, WV. He died February 03, 1927 in Akron, KS and was buried at the Mount Vernon Cemetery, Akron, KS.

7) Andrew D. Bryant was born in 1863.

8) Robert Cottle Bryant was born in 1865.

Bruce Logan

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CEMETERY AT KESLERS CROSSROADS, WV

From the Internet

George Van Bibber � 24 May 1879 � 16 Sept. 1961

Jackie Van Bibber � 24 Dec. 1901 � 11 Sept. 1902

Lemma Van Bibber � 15 Oct. 1881 � 24 Mar. 1963

Bruce Logan

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LAZARUS VAN BIBBER FAMILY

From the Internet (http://www.open.org/leegent/indes.htm)

Husband: Lazarus VAN BEBBER

Born: 27 FEB 1807, Died: 20 FEB 1899

Wife: Martha

Died: 3 NOV 1883

CHILDREN

Name: Almeda Jane VAN_BEBBER

Born: ABT 1834 at: ,,IL

Married: 22 MAR 1847, Benton Co.,OR

Spouses: Isaac KING and Andrew Jackson ZUMWALT

Bruce Logan

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ANSWER TO A QUERY

Found on the Mathews Co., VA GENWEB

Posted by Bonnie <[email protected]> on Mon, 14 Sep 1998, in response to VanBIBBER, VanBEBBER, posted by Paul [RoseAnn] Kirby on Sun, 10 May 1998

Surnames: Van Bibber, Tabb, Emory

Dear Rose,

The following info. was found in our Tombstones of Mathews Co.,Va. on page 98 -North End Cemetery (Between the Branches of North River)

Perhaps of interest is the fact that John Page, of North End, who served as a member of the Council & General Court in 1768, died in 1774. (1) In 1782, Abraham Van Bibber was taxed on 550 acres & Isaac Van Bibber was taxed on 500 acres the same year. (2) In 1791, when the first tax list was made for the new county of Mathews, Abraham Van Bibber was taxed on 925 acres. (3) The home was named North End.

The Vestry of Ware Episcopal Church in Gloucester Co., gave to the Joseph Bryan Branch of the Association for the Preservation of Va. Antiquities a section of the Ware Church Cemetery for isolated & uncared for gravestones.

The following stones have been moved to Ware Church & are in lots 148 and 149:

Here rests the mortal remains

of Mrs. Elizabeth Oakes

who departed this life

October 2nd 1824

Aged 57 years.

HESTER VAN BIBBER TABB

HESTER D...(T)ABB

WIFE OF DOCTOR HEN (T)AB

AND ONLY (DAUGHTER)

OF ANDREW AND SARAH VAN

BIBBER/Born 2nd (?)1800/(Died) 4 Feb. 1823

(Abraha?) m VAN BIBBER

2d son of

(And?)rew and Sarah E. Van Bibber

departed this life

Jan 27th,1802

Aged 9 months

Ad Tranquier

Here rests the remains of

ANDREW VAN BIBBER,ESQ.

who departed this life

Aug 4th, 1808

Aged 40 years.

And underneath this same stone

are deposited at her own request

the mortal remains of his relic

SARAH EMORY VAN BIBBER

who died the 15th of March 1836

Aged 67 years

With upward aim

thy wings for she was born from heav'n

Fufill'd her visit and return'd on high.

HESTER VAN BIBBER

relic of Capt. Henry van Bibber

mother of Andrew Van Bibber, Esq.

departed this lif (sic)

Nov 16,1802

Aged 65

DEPARTED THIS LIFE

FEBRUARY 28,1842

ANDREW A. VAN BIBBER

YOUNGEST SON OF

ANDREW AND SARAH VAN BIBBER

Notes: (1) Polly Cary Mason,, "Records of Colonial Gloucester County VA", 1946, Vol 1.

pg. 120 (2) Ibid., p. 117 (3) Loc. cit

I have a book "History And Progress Mathews County, Virginia" written by the Mathews County Historical Society, that mentions - Adam, Andrew, Hester E.H., Isaac and Sarah E. Van Bibber.

Bruce Logan

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BATTLE OF POINT PLESANT

By Gary R. Hawpe ([email protected])

Reference: History of Kanawha County, from its organization in 1789 until the present time; embracing accounts of early settlements, and thrilling adventures with the Indians, derived from history and aged citizens. Also biographical sketches of a large number of the early settlers of the Great Kanawha Valley. Illustrated by numerous engravings. By Geo W. Atkinson, A.M. --- Charleston: Printed at the office of the West Virginia Journal --- 1876.

CHAPTER III

BATTLE OF POINT PLEASANT

Formation of the Army--Lord Dunmore and General Lewis to form a junction at the Mouth of the Kanawha--Lewis' March from Fort Union--Captain Arbuckle as Guide--Lord Dunmore moves towards the Shawnee Towns on the Scioto--Two Soldiers fired upon by the Indians--The Beginning of the Battle--The 10th of October, the Great Field Day--Death of Colonel Charles Lewis and Colonel Fleming--Tactics of General Lewis--Plan of the Battle--Consternation and Defeat of the Indians--The Dead and Wounded--Cornstalk, the Great Chief, in Command of the Indians--VanBibber's Account of the Battle--The Centennial Celebration--A monument to be erected--The Old Fort.

The battle of Point Pleasant, fought October 10, 1774, between the whites and Indians, during Dunsmore's war, was the bloodiest of all engagements fought on this continent prior to the Revolution.

The subjoined account of this action, from the work of Withers, is reproduced by Howe, from whom I copy:

The army destined for this expedition was composed of volunteers and militia, chiefly from the counties west of the Blue Ridge, and consisted of two divisions. The northern, comprehending the troops collected in Frederick, Dunmore (now Shenandoah,) and the adjacent counties, was to be commanded by Lord Dunmore in person; and the southern, compromising the different companies raised in Botetourt, Augusta, and the adjoining counties east of the Blue Ridge, was to be led on by General Andrew Lewis. These tow divisions, proceeding by different routes, were to form a junction at the mouth of the Big Kanawha, and from thence penetrate the country north-west of the Ohio river, as far as the season would admit of their going, and destroy all the Indian towns and villages which they could reach.

About the first of September, the troops placed under the command of General Lewis rendezvoused at Camp Union, (now Lewisburg,) and consisted of two regiments, commanded by Colonel William Fleming of Botetourt, and Colonel Charles Lewis of Augusta, containing about four hundred men each. At camp Union they were joined by an independent volunteer company under Colonel John Field of Culpepper, a company from Bedford under Captain Buford, and two from the Holstein settlement, (now Washington county,) under Captains Evan Shelby and Harbert. These three latter companies were part of the force to be led on the Colonel Christian, who was likewise to join the two main divisions of the army at Point Pleasant, so soon as the other companies of his regiment could be assembled. The force under General Lewis, having been thus augmented to eleven hundred men, commenced its march for the mouth of Kanawha on the 11th of September, 1774.

From Camp Union to the point proposed for the junction of the northern and southern divisions of the army, a distance of one hundred and sixty miles, the intermediate country was a trackless forest, so rugged and mountainous as to render the progress of the army at once tedious and laborious. Under the guidance of Captain Matthew Arbuckle, they succeeded, however, in reaching the Ohio river, after a march of nineteen days; and fixed their encampment of the point of land immediately between that river and the Big Kanawha. The provisions and ammunition, transported on pack-horses, and the beeves in droves, arrived after.

When the southern division arrived at Point Pleasant, Governor Dunsmore, with the forces under his command, had not reached there; and unable to account for his failure to form the preconcerted junction at that place, it was deemed advisable to await that event; as by so doing a better opportunity would be afforded to Colonel Christian of coming up with that portion of the army which was then with him. Meanwhile General Lewis, desiring to learn the cause of the delay of the northern division, dispatched runners by land in the direction of Fort Pitt, to obtain tidings of Lord Dunmore, to be communicated to him immediately. In their absence, however, advises were received from his lordship, that he had determined on proceedings across the country, directly to the Shawnee towns; and ordering General Lewis to cross the river, march forward, and form a junction with him near them. These advises were received on the 9th of October, and preparation of the troops over the Ohio river.

Early morning of Monday the tenth of that month, two soldiers left the camp, and proceeded up the Ohio river, in quest of deer. When they had progressed about two miles, they unexpectedly came in sight of a large number of Indians rising from their encampment, and who, discovered the two hunters, fired upon them and killed one; the other escaped unhurt, and running briskly to the camp, communicated the intelligence, "that he had seen a body of the enemy, covering four acres of ground, as closely as they could stand by the side of each other." The main part of the army was immediately ordered out under Colonels Charles Lewis and William Fleming; and having formed into two lines, they proceeded about four hundred yards, when they met the Indians, and the action commenced.

At the first onset, Colonel Charles Lewis having fallen, and Colonel Fleming being wounded, both lines gave way and were retreating briskly towards the camp, when they were met by a reinforcement under Colonel Field, and rallied. The engagement then became general, and was sustained with the most obstinate fury on both sides. The Indians perceiving the "tug of war" had come, and determined on affording the colonial army no chance of escape, if victory should declare for them, formed a line extending across the point, from the Ohio to the Kanawha, and protected in front by logs and fallen timber. In this situation they maintained the contest with unabated vigor, from sunrise till towards the close of evening; bravely and successfully resisting every charge which was made on them; and withstanding the impetuosity of every onset, with the most invincible firmness, until a fortunate movement on the part of the Virginia troops decided the day.

Some short distance above the entrance of the Kanawha river into the Ohio, there is a stream called Cooked creek, emptying into the former of these, from the north-east whose banks are tolerably high, and were then covered with a thick and luxuriant growth of weeds.

Seeing the impracticability of dislodging the Indians by the most vigorous attack, and sensible of the great danger which must arise to his army, if the contest were not decided before night, General Lewis detached the three companies which were commanded by Captains Isaac Shelby, George Matthews and John Stuart, with orders to proceed up the Kanawha river and Crooked creek, under cover of the banks and weeds, till they should pass some distance beyond the enemy; when they were to emerge from their covert, march downward towards the point, and attack the Indians in their rear.

The maneuver thus planned by General Lewis, was promptly executed, and gave a decided victory to the Colonial army. The Indians finding themselves suddenly and unexpectedly encompassed between two armies, and not doubting but that in their rear was the looked for reinforcement under Colonel Christian, soon gave way, and about sundown commenced a precipitate retreat across the Ohio, to their towns on the Scioto. The victory, indeed, was decisive, and many advantages were obtained by it; but they were not cheaply bought. The Virginia army sustained in this engagement a loss of seventy-five killed, and one hundred and forty wounded--about one-fifth of the entire number of the troops.

Among the slain were Colonels Lewis and Field; Captains Buford, Morrow, Wood, Cundiff, Wilson, and Robert McClanahan; and Lieutenants Allen, Goldsby, and Dillin, with some other subalterns. The loss of the enemy could not be ascertained. On the morning after the action, Colonel Christian, who had arrived after the battle was ended, marched his men over the battle-ground and found twenty-one of the Indians lying dead; and twelve others were afterwards discovered, where they had been attempted to be concealed under some old logs and brush.

From the great facility with which the Indians wither carry off or conceal their dead, it is always difficult to ascertain the number of their slain; and hence arises, in some measure, the disparity between their known loss and that sustained by their opponents in battle. Other reasons for this disparity are to be found in their peculiar node of warfare, and in the fact that they rarely continue a contest, when it has to be maintained with the loss of their warriors. It would not be easy otherwise to account for the circumstance, that even when signally vanquished, the list of their slain does nor, frequently, appear more than half as great as that of the victors. In this particular instance, many of the dead were certainly thrown into the river.

Nor could the number of the enemy engaged be ever ascertained. Their army is known to have been composed of warriors from the different nations north of the Ohio, and to have comprised the flower of the Shawnee, Delaware, Ming, Wyandotte, and Cayuga tribes; led on by men whose names were not unknown to fame, and at the head of whom was Cornstalk, sachem of the Shawnees, and king of the northern confederacy.

This distinguished chief and consummate warrior proved himself on that day to be justly entitled to the prominent station which he occupied. his plan of alternate retreat was well conceived, and occasioned the principal loss sustained by the whites. If at any time his warriors were believed to waver, his voice could be heard above the din of arms, exclaiming, in his native tongue: "Be strong! be strong!" and when one near hi, by trepidation and reluctance to proceed to the charge, evinced a dastardly disposition, fearing the example might have a pernicious influence, with one blow of his tomahawk he severed his skull. It was, perhaps, a solitary instance in which terror predominated. Never did men exhibit a more conclusive evidence of bravery in making a charge, and fortitude in withstanding an onset, than did these undisciplined soldiers of the forest in the field at Point Pleasant. Such, too, was the good conduct of those who composed the army of Virginia on that occasion, and such the noble bravery of many, that high expectations were entertained of their future distinction. Nor were those expectations disappointed. In the various scenes through which they subsequently passed, the pledge of after eminence then given was fully redeemed, and the names of Shelby, Campbell, Matthew, Fleming, Moore, and others, their compatriots in arms on the memorable 10th of October 1774, have been inscribed characters on the roll of fame.

Having buried the dead, and made every arrangement which their situation admitted, for the comfort of the wounded, entrenchments were thrown up, and the army commenced its march to form a junction with the northern division, under Lord Dunsmore. Proceeding by the way of the Slat Licks, General Lewis pressed forward with astonishing rapidity, (considering that the march was through a trackless desert;) but before he had gone far, an express arrived from Dunsmore with orders to return immediately to the mouth of the Big Kanawha. Suspecting the integrity of his lordship's motives, and urged by the advice of his officers generally, General Lewis refused to obey these orders, and continued to advance till he was met (at Kilkenny Creek, and in sight of an Indian village, which its inhabitants had just fired and deserted) by the Governor, accompanied by White Eyes, who informed him that he was negotiating a treaty of peace, which would supersede the necessity of the further movement of the southern division, and repeating the order for its retreat.

The army under General Lewis had endured many privations and suffered many hardships. They had encountered a savage enemy in great force, and purchased a victory with the blood of their friends. When arrived near the goal of their wishes, and with nothing to prevent the accomplishment of the object of the campaign, they received those orders with evident chagrin, and did not obey them without murmuring. Having, at his own request, been introduced severally to the officers of that division, complimenting them for their gallantry and good conduct in the late engagement, and assuring them of his high esteem, Lord Dunmore returned to his camp; and General Lewis commenced his retreat.

This battle--says Colonel Stuart, in his historical memoir--was, in fact, the beginning of the Revolutionary war, that obtained for our country the liberty and independence enjoyed by the United States--and a good presage of future success; for it is well known that the Indians were influenced by the British to commence the war to terrify the following year at Lexington. It was though by British politicians, that to excite an "Indian war would prevent a combination of the Colonies for opposing parliamentary measures to tax the Americans." The blood, therefore, split in this memorable battle, willing be remembered by the good people of Virginia and the United States with gratitude.

VANBIBBER'S ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE

Mr. Howe also gives the following brief account of this battle, as being related to him by Mr. Jesse Van Bibber, an aged pioneer of this county, who lived upon Thirteen-Mile creek of Kanawha:

"During the action, those troops from the more eastern part of the State, unaccustomed to fighting with the Indians, were all the day engaged in making breastwork at the junction of the Kanawha with the Ohio, so that the army, if defeated, should have a secure retreat. Ignorant of how the action would terminate, they worked as if for their lives. and before the day was finished had a strong fortification erected. When the alarm was given that the Indians were near, General Lewis deliberately lighted his pipe, and then coolly gave the orders to his brother, Colonel Charles Lewis, to advance upon them. The soldiers in Colonel Fleming's regiment used a stratagem that proved very effectual. They concealed themselves behind trees, and then held out their hats, which the Indians mistakenly shat at. The hat being at once dropped, the Indian would run out from his covert to scalp his victim, and thus met a sure death from the tomahawk of his adversary. The whites in this action being all backwoodsmen, were more successful marksmen that the savages; a fact in part owing to the want of the mechanical skill in the Indians, requisite to keeping their rifles in order. At the close of the action, the Indians went off hallooing as if coming on to renew the attack. This stratagem deceived the whites, and enabled them to retreat in more safety. They recrossed the Ohio on rafts, three miles above, near the old Shawnee town."

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE BATTLE

On the 10th of October, 1874, a grand celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the battle of Point Pleasant took place; and although not now a part of the legitimate history of Kanawha county, I know that I will be excused for giving a brief account of it, and offering it in continuation of the history of the original battle:

The day was beautiful. The sun smiled upon the vast multitude, who had assembled to witness the anniversary celebration of the last battle on the frontier, and the first battle of the Revolution. Brass bands were present; among the number was the Cornstalk band of Point Pleasant. Sweet music rolled upon the air. Able orations were delivered. The people listened as thought he words spoken were divine. The patriot sires who fell upon that field of blood one hundred years before, were appropriately extolled for their noble and manly virtues. It was a grand occasion, and an effort worthy of the noble citizens of Mason county. It will be remembered for many years in the future as having an intimate and inseparable connection with the battle itself--reviving old memories well nigh obscured by the dust of time.

A movement was then placed on foot to secure a fund sufficient to raise a monument over the graves of the heroes who fell in the battle of "the Point." This was an appropriate movement, and every good citizen should be interested in its success.

Rev. W.E. Hill, of Point Pleasant, has been recently appointed by Governor John J. Jacob, of West Virginia, to solicit the cooperation of the Legislatures of Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, in the erection of a suitable monument to commemorate the decisive battle of Point Pleasant: and he is now at work, and hopes to succeed in the accomplishment of his object.

The design of the monument indicates that it will, when completed, be an elegant structure. There will be engraves upon its walls the names of all the heroes who fell in the battle. There is also to be a slab in the basement in memoriam of the great and brave Indian Chieftain, Cornstalk, who was treacherously and brutally murdered a few years after the battle, and whose remains lie buried in the court-house yard at Point Pleasant.

FORT AT POINT PLEASANT

A fort was erected at Point Pleasant just after the battle, at the mouth of the Kanawha. It was a rectangular stockade, about eighty yards long, with blockhouses at two of its corners. It was finally destroyed, and a smaller one erected about fifty rods further up the Ohio, on the site of the store of James Capehart. It was composed of a circle of cabins, in which the settlers lived. No vestige of it now remains.

http://webpages.marshall.edu/~irby1/pleasant.html --- Point Pleasant, West Virginia

http://wvweb.com/www/POINT_PLEASANT.html --- Point Pleasant Battle -Monument State Park

Gary R. Hawpe

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PINEVILLE CEMETERY � BELL COUNTY KENTUCKY

From the Internet.

By Bruce Logan ([email protected])

Bush, Myrtle VanBever - 01/18/1912 - 06/28/1995

Bush, Elmer Vernon - 09/26/1914 - 03/15/1995

Grabruck, Hazel VanBever - 08/02/1912 - one date

VanBever, Clyde Jr. - 06/15/1946 - 07/11/1946

Van Bever, Levy C. - 01/12/1878 - 01/10/1920

Van Bever, Ralph L. - 11/17/1900 - 05/17/1973

Van Bever, Siller Lewis - 02/22/1900 - 11/11/1965

Weller, Helen Van Bever - 10/02/1909 - one date

Van Bever, Emily J. - 1849 - 1921

Van Bever, Willie G. - 07/28/1904 - 09/18/1906

Van Bever, Glenn B. - 07/29/1919 - 04/18/1997

Van Bever, Nadine C. - 11/08/1925 - 04/17/1979

Van Bever, Zelma Mae - 1909 - 1995

Van Bever, Robert Jr. - 07/29/1906 - 02/05/1956

Van Bever, Bertha B. - 06/20/1881 - 04/24/1964

Van Bever, Robert Sr. - 02/07/1870 - 12/20/1952

Bruce Logan

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WAGON TRAIN TO OREGON 1845

From: http://www.teleport.com/~sflora

BOZORTH, Christopher Columbus (1832-1913): m1. VAN BIBBER, Rhoda Mrs.; m2. 1865 GOODWIN, Olive; an account of the trip across the plains written by C.C. Bozorth appeared in the Feb 10, 1893 issue of the Cathlamet Washington Gazette (reprinted in Genealogical Forum of Oregon Monthly publication Dec 1964)

BOZORTH, Emma Caroline (1842- ): m'd 1858 THING, George M.

BOZORTH, John Shaw (1824- ): m'd 1850 LEWELLING, Asenath M.

BOZORTH, Julia Ann (1834- ): m'd 1857 STEPHENS, Benjamin

BOZORTH, Millie Willis (1838- ): m'd LEWIS, Frederick Lee

BOZORTH, Owen Willis (1820-1875): m'd 1853 WILLIAMS, Judith A.; an agriculturist; settled in southern part of Washington

BOZORTH, Sarah Ann (1825- ): m'd 1847 WALKER, Ellis

BOZORTH, Squire (1792-1853): m'd 1819 WILLIS, Mildred H.; s/o John and Sarah (Shaw) Bozorth; mentioned in "Historical and Genealogical Record of the Bozarth Family, From Landing in America to 1918"

BOZORTH, Squire Junior (1836- ): m'd 1857 JOHN, Cynthia Ann

Bruce Logan

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WAGON TRAIN TO OREGON 1846

BOGGS, Lilburn W.: m'd BOONE, Panthea; brother-in-law of Alphonso Boone; served as gov of MO; cutoff for CA and became part of Donner Party

BOONE, Alphonso D. (1796-1849): m'd 1822 BOONE, Nancy Linville; s/o Jesse and Chloe (VanBibber) Boone; g-grandson of Daniel and Rebecca (Bryan) Boone; "when they reached a canyon the family cached their goods (including Daniel Boones compass and surveying instruments) and waded about twelve miles through the water and over big boulders. The emigrants went back the next spring but the Indians had found the things cached and there was nothing left. They packed one oxen with clothing and got into the Willamette Valley at the crossing of Mary's river on Christmas day. "; went to CA mines in 1849 and drowned in Feather River Canyon, CA 28 Nov 1849; wife had died (1838) in MO as had five children; established Boone's Ferry which continued to run for 107 years (it was taken out of service in 1954 when a bridge was built across the Willamette).

BOONE, Chloe Donnely: m'd 1848 CURRY, George Law; d/o Alphonso Boone; taught school the first winter; lived in Oregon City after marriage

BOONE, George Luther (1826- ): did not emigrate with family in 1846, came to OR in 1848

BOONE, James C.:

BOONE, Jesse Van (1824-1872): m'd 1851 [], Elizabeth; s/o Alphonso Boone; operated ferry established by his father until his death

BOONE, Mary Elizabeth: m'd NORRIS, Thomas; d/o Alphonso Boone

BOONE, Panthea: m'd BOGGS, Lilburn W.; d/o Jesse Boone, sister of Alphonso; accompanied husband to CA and became part of Donner Party

BOSWORTH, John H.: m'd LOONEY, Susan

BOUNDS, John Bird (1800-1846): died on trail 13 Nov 1846

BOUNDS, John Bird: m'd 1850 LOVELADY, Sarah

BOUNDS, Jesse L. (1829- ): m'd 1853 [], Sarah Jane

BOUNDS, Nancy: m'd LINVILLE, Harrison

BOUNDS, Thomas L. (1824- ): m'd 1852 [], Elizabeth

VAN BIBBER, Lazarus (1806-1896): m'd [], Martha

Bruce Logan

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MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS IN MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Library of Maryland History

From the Internet

Guide to the Manuscript Collections

Part "V"

VAN BIBBER, IV, GEORGE L., PAPERS, MS. 2409

Diary of Van Bibber (1906-79), Harford County draftsman, architect, and local historian. Diary, 1926-79, on everyday life, meals, weather, conversations, parties, clothes, financial transactions, movies, book, radio and television programs, world affairs, travels, and writings. Also includes three volumes of poetry written by Van Bibber, a monograph on Bel Air in Harford County, and a treatise on the spelling, grammar, and pronunciation of English.

Register available; restricted until April 1999.

63 vols. and 5 boxes, 1926-79

VAN BIBBER, HENRY P., PAPERS, MS. 1666

Letter, 1793, to Andrew Van Bibber concerning land purchase in Georgia; letters, 1820-23, to Henry P. Van Bibber from William B. Taylor about the disposition of land near Milledegville, Georgia; letter, 1820, to Mrs. Sarah E. Van Bibber about the administration of the estate of Abraham Van Bibber in Washington, DC; a printed circular, 1828, directed to Isaac Van Bibber announcing the merger of the Bank of

Columbia with the Bank of the United States; miscellaneous letters, 1832 and 1834, regarding land in Washington, DC

Pedley, 1585 14 items, 1793, 1820-25

VAN BIBBER JOURNAL, MS.515

Diary of Isaac Van Bibber (1810-1847), 1844, on a journey through Maryland to collect money for the building of Ascension Church, Westminster (where the Van Bibbers of Avondale, Carroll County, are buried). Towns visited include Sykesville, Ellicotes Mills, Elkridge Landing, Annapolis, South River, Upper Marlborough, and Washington, D. C. Families mentioned (mainly clergy, landowners) include Garrett, Hewitt, Brune, Dun-

bar, Sykes, Warfield, Dorsey, Worthington, Harwood, Randall, Brice, Chase, Magruder, Gill, Cheston, Maynadier, McKubbins, Claggett, Chew, Hodges, Morsell, and Patterson. Pencil sketch of the Brice House, Annapolis, on the first page of the volume.

1 vol., 1844.

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VISITORS FROM THE YOKON

By David J. Brown ([email protected])

This is a portion of a letter I sent Linda Watson, who introduced me to your newsletter.
Parentheses items ()were added a week later when I again attempted to reach her.

[E-mail of 16 Nov. 1998]

Elaine and I had visitors yesterday, (That was a week ago, now). Dan Van Bibber, (son of Ira Van Bibber), from the Yukon and Marilyn Van Bibber, (Dan's niece, from Vancouver). Dan is (was) on his way to Ottawa to take part in the celebration of Canadian Armistice day celebrations. He was chosen to be the Yukon representative of the Yukon Indian veterans of WW ll. He will put a wreath on the Unknown Soldiers
Monument. That's quite an honor for our Van Bibbers. He is one of four such veterans in the Yukon.

Marilyn is very interested in the Van Bibber story. She and Dan have visited us a couple of times before. It has always been exciting to hear the stories of his childhood. This time he told us about being in charge, at age 13, of his (younger) brothers and sisters as they were sent on a raft down the Pelly and Yukon rivers to Dawson, where they
would go to school during the winter. The trip usually took three days. Can you imagine sending your kids on that kind of a trip! And not knowing whether they got there until the dog-sled mail was able to be sent? Well Marilyn just poured over the Van Bibber newsletters that you sent me. I gave her your E-mail address and she will probably be in
touch with you.

Dan has done a lot of work on his family's story. Transferring old home movies to tape, contributing to a CBC documentary on their family, and best of all, talking about what life was like when he was young. He triggers my memory of his father, Ira, my great uncle. Uncle Ira corresponded with me as an 8 year old. I still have one very special letter, just to me, as well as many addressed to my parents. That old letter to me came by way of dog sled, Yukon river steamer, to Seattle by boat, and train from Seattle to Winona, Minnesota, my home at that time in the early 1930's. It took nearly two months, as I recall. Summer mail was much faster. Bruce, you should see that documentary about a very unique family!

Dave Brown
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QUERIES

From Elaine Blackman ([email protected])

I have been looking for parents of Hester VAN BIBBER, b. 1724 in MD. She
married (Rev.) Tidence LANE, whose family was also in Baltimore Co., MD.

Other families connected to the LANEs in this area were TYDINGS, SPARROW,
KINSEY, CARTER, MAULDEN, BURRIDGE, and possibly DUTTON.

Isaac had a daughter by the name of Hester b. around 1700 judging by the age of the one son of Isaac whose birth is given. I think there was another VAN BIBBER who
had a daughter. named Hester. Any help appreciated.

Oh, yes. They also went to Hamblen, Washington, Jefferson Cos. area of TN. That's pretty much the same direction as the VAN BIBBERs who went to Claiborne Co., TN and MO went.

Elaine Blackman

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From Julie Koon ([email protected]) (Non-subscriber)

I am seeking more information on my Vanbebber line. This is on my maternal side.
Jacob Isaacs VanBebber and Christina _______
Isaac Jacobs VanBebber and Frances Schumacher
Peter VanBebber and Ann ________
Peter VanBebber and Margery Bounds
Saphronia VanBebber and George Dixon
Eunice Dixon and Jacob Davis
Richard Davis and Edna Thomas
Jane Davis and John Tate
Edna Tate and Arthur Cone
Della Cone and George McLean
my parents: * Janet McLean and John Bushard

Julie Koon

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From Pat Gast ([email protected])

Hi Bruce,

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned to you that I was interested in seeing the wills by the Van Bibbers in Dutch - but I had forgotten just which ones they were... well, did some digging in my notebooks & found them again.

Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. VII. Wills from 1732 to 1738. Pub. Baltimore, 1925. (Book located in Wasco County Library, The Dalles, Oregon) pg. 41 in book.
162 Maryland Calendar of Wills
Vanbebber (Van Bebber), Henry, 13th Aug., 1733;
Will in Dutch. 12th May, 1736.
Test: Matthias Vanbibber.
Memo.: For interesting proceedings in regard to estate of above
see T.P. v. 30,f 107, 154.

There are several interesting wills in these volumes, but I am assuming that you have already seen them. Do we have any connections in the family that live near the archives that could go dig us up a copy of this will & scan it? That would be great fun for everyone to see I'm sure.

Pat Gast

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