Van Bibber Pioneers Electronic Newsletter
Volume 3, Number 8 · June 1999
Van Bibber Pioneers Electronic Newsletter
Volume 3, Number 8 · June 1999
Greetings:
It has been a busy month for the Van Bibber Pioneers. We continue to grow and as we grow some of or new subscribers submit new and interesting information to the newsletter.
I apologize to the subscribers who submitted material for this issue of the newsletter and did not get published. There was simply too much material to fit into the limited amount of space. That is a pleasant problem. However, I still encourage everyone to continue to research and submit that research and queries to the newsletter.
By the way, Jack Coomans is now acting as a translator for the newsletter. Jack is from the Netherlands and there have been a few queries in Dutch. Jack has been so kind to translate for the newsletter and reply to the Dutch inquires. Thanks Jack!
Along the same line, Jack has agreed to interpret the Dutch language will of Matthias Van Bibber if someone can get a copy. At least I think it was Matthias Van Bibber. Can someone confirm or deny this assumption and tell the subscribers where this will is located? Any volunteers?
We now have two hundred and sixty subscribers.
The editor reserves the right to edit contributions to the newsletter.
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CONTENTS
New Members and Change of Address
Van Bibber Obituaries
Op Den Graeff Line
Descendants Of Soloman H. Vanbibber
Frank Van Bibber Obituary
Elizabeth Greenlee Van Bibber
Obituary Of Isaac Michael Van Bibber
Coming Out Party For Census
Queries
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NEW MEMBERS
Harold R. Wilcox ([email protected])
Charles A. Loptien ([email protected])
Ronald and Dianna Harrison ([email protected])
Bill Forest ([email protected])
Hildia K. Gibeson ([email protected])
Al and Karen Whorff ([email protected])
Bryan Starr ([email protected])
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
Linda Ames ([email protected])
Charles and Susan van Bebber ([email protected])
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VAN BIBBER OBITUARIES
By Jim Van Bibber ([email protected])
Hello all,
Just a quick note to a couple of Van Bibber deaths here in Columbus Ohio.
October 25, 1998 Robert Lee Van Bibber , son of Erastus and Maggie Van Bibber.
May 14, 1999 Paul E. Van Bibber , son of Erastus and Maggie Van Bibber.
Paul died at Louis Stokes Veterans Center, Cleveland Ohio, Veteran of WW II, US Navy, wounded at Pearl Harbor, Survived by wife Ardna of 35 years, brothers Dale and Harold, also sister Velma Wolfe.
Both are buried in Mifflin Cemetery in Gahanna Ohio.
Another brother, Donald Lee Van Bibber died in 1987 and is buried in Maplewood Cemetery in New Albany, Ohio.
They also have another sister who died in 1914 and is buried in Harkins Cemetery in Vinton County, Ohio.
These are all my Aunts and uncles as my father is Dale who is 82 and going strong
Jim Van Bibber
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OP DEN GRAEFF LINE
By Joe Patton ([email protected]
From the e-mail list, The Original 13 Germantown Settlers.
Thanks for the listing of Adolphus' line. I went and checked it out also..... looked to me to be from one of the orig. 13 lines.
Isaac son of Abraham.
Abraham Isacks OpDenGraef (Abt 1651-25 Mar 1731) & Trintgen/Katherina Jensen/Jansen (-Bef 1710)
Isaac OpDenGraef* & Mary Baisler/Basilher
**** Herman UpDeGraff (-1758) & Mary Lowden
Isaac OpDenGraef* & Charity ( )
Gertien OpDenGraef (1680 -1770 ) & Richard Addams (Bef 1670-1747)
Jacob OpDenGraeff (1687-1750) & Annecke DeHaven (Abt 1691-)
Elizabeth OpdenGraef & Daniel Rausch
Edward OpdenGraef (1720-) & Ann ___?___
Abraham Opdengraef & Christine Peters/Peterson
Catherine OpdenGraef & Richard Gabel
Margaret OpDenGraef & Edward DeHaven (1712-Before 1770)
Ennken OpdenGraef & Jacob Oberholtz
The dates on Herman and Mary L added from the web listing. others I had already.
I have more on this line if you would like it.
Joe Patton
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DESCENDANTS OF SOLOMAN H. VANBIBBER
By Ronald, Dianna, and Patrick Harrison ([email protected])
Identification:
Isaac VanBibber and Hester Op den Graeff
Jacob Isaacs VanBibber and Christinia __________
Isaac Jacobs VanBibber and Frances Schumacher
Peter VanBibber and Anna _________
Peter VanBibber and Marguery Bounds
Jacob Van Bibber and Sarah Miller
Solomon Van Bibber and Jane Bryson
Descendants of Soloman H. Vanbibber
Generation No. 1
1. SOLOMAN H.1 VANBIBBER was born March 12, 1804, and died October 06, 1870. He married JANE [Bryson].
Child of SOLOMAN VANBIBBER and JANE [Bryson] is:
2. i. NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, b. April 18, 1841.
Generation No. 2
2. NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER (SOLOMAN H.1) was born April 18, 1841. She married DAVID GARDYNE February 26, 1862, son of PETER GARDYNE and MARY.
Children of NANCY VANBIBBER and DAVID GARDYNE are:
i. ROSALIE CAROLINE CARRIE3 GARDYNE, b. February 15, 1863; m. GOSSOW.
3. ii. WALLACE ROBERT GARDYNE, b. March 17, 1865, Chillicothe, Missouri; d. February 20, 1941, Marthasville, Warren, Missouri.
iii. DAVID WALTER GARDYNE, b. September 11, 1866; d. August 01, 1867.
4. iv. SARAH JANE GARDYNE, b. August 07, 1868, Chillicothe, Missouri.
v. NATHANIEL BRISON GARDYNE, b. June 01, 1870.
5. vi. MARY ELIZABETH BETTY GARDYNE, b. May 23, 1872.
6. vii. FANNIE ADELAID GARDYNE, b. March 13, 1875; d. October 25, 1944, St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri.
viii. JAMES OLIVER GARDYNE, b. March 23, 1876.
ix. PETER GARDYNE, b. September 1879.
Generation No. 3
3. WALLACE ROBERT3 GARDYNE (NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1) was born March 17, 1865 in Chillicothe, Missouri, and died February 20, 1941 in Marthasville, Warren, Missouri. He married MARY KOCH December 24, 1895.
Children of WALLACE GARDYNE and MARY KOCH are:
i. HARVEY4 GARDYNE.
ii. BENJAMIN GARDYNE, b. February 04, 1901, Warren, Missouri; d. November 1977, Warren, Missouri; m. CATHERN MAY GARRETT, July 23, 1938, Troy, Lincoln, Missouri.
4. SARAH JANE3 GARDYNE (NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1) was born August 07, 1868 in Chillicothe, Missouri. She married THOMAS JEFFERSON GRACE.
Children of SARAH GARDYNE and THOMAS GRACE are:
i. RUBY4 GRACE, b. January 1900; m. HANCOCK.
ii. LELAND GRACE, b. May 14, 1903, Madera, California.
5. MARY ELIZABETH BETTY3 GARDYNE (NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1) was born May 23, 1872. She married SIMON WITTHAUS.
Children of MARY GARDYNE and SIMON WITTHAUS are:
7. i. RUBY4 WITTHAUS.
8. ii. MYRTLE WITTHAUS.
9. iii. CHRIS WITTHAUS.
6. FANNIE ADELAID3 GARDYNE (NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1) was born March 13, 1875, and died October 25, 1944 in St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri. She married DANIEL URICE WILLIS, son of STEPHEN WILLIS and ROSANNEH LITTON.
Children of FANNIE GARDYNE and DANIEL WILLIS are:
10. i. BERTIE MABELLE ELLEN4 WILLIS, b. May 23, 1896, Lincoln; d. June 19, 1932, St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri.
11. ii. MARION ARBIE WILLIS, b. April 15, 1902.
12. iii. GOLDIE HAZEL VIOLET WILLIS, b. March 17, 1904, Montgomery City, Montgomery, Missouri; d. December 14, 1982, St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri.
Generation No. 4
7. RUBY4 WITTHAUS (MARY ELIZABETH BETTY3 GARDYNE, NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1). She married HARRY SCHRECKENGAST.
Child of RUBY WITTHAUS and HARRY SCHRECKENGAST is:
i. HARRY5 SCHRECKENGAST.
8. MYRTLE4 WITTHAUS (MARY ELIZABETH BETTY3 GARDYNE, NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1). She married CAMERON.
Child of MYRTLE WITTHAUS and CAMERON is:
i. MARIE5 CAMERON, m. GEORGE JENKS.
9. CHRIS4 WITTHAUS (MARY ELIZABETH BETTY3 GARDYNE, NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1). He married ELDA.
Child of CHRIS WITTHAUS and ELDA is:
i. LESTER5 WITTHAUS.
10. BERTIE MABELLE ELLEN4 WILLIS (FANNIE ADELAID3 GARDYNE, NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1) was born May 23, 1896 in Lincoln, and died June 19, 1932 in St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri. She married (1) CONNIE MILLER. She married (2) FRED LORTON, son of THOMAS LORTON and STEPHEN WILLIS. She married (3) HENRY NENKOFF.
More About FRED LORTON:
Burial: Lincoln, Missouri, Old Alexandria
Children of BERTIE WILLIS and FRED LORTON are:
i. DERWOOD5 LORTON, m. MARGE.
13. ii. DOROTHEA ELLA LORTON, b. March 11, 1917; d. September 18, 1940.
Child of BERTIE WILLIS and HENRY NENKOFF is:
iii. TOOTSIE5 NENKOFF.
11. MARION ARBIE4 WILLIS (FANNIE ADELAID3 GARDYNE, NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1) was born April 15, 1902. He married VERONICA BONEFIELD.
Child of MARION WILLIS and VERONICA BONEFIELD is:
i. JAKE5 WILLIS.
12. GOLDIE HAZEL VIOLET4 WILLIS (FANNIE ADELAID3 GARDYNE, NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1) was born March 17, 1904 in Montgomery City, Montgomery, Missouri, and died December 14, 1982 in St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri. She married HARRY FRANCIS COLEMAN June 09, 1922 in St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri, son of EDWARD COLEMAN and NORA BASS.
More About GOLDIE HAZEL VIOLET WILLIS:
Burial: St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri, Oak Grove Cem.
More About HARRY FRANCIS COLEMAN:
Burial: St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri, Oak Grove Cem.
Children of GOLDIE WILLIS and HARRY COLEMAN are:
i. OLIVER CLIFTON5 COLEMAN, b. June 07, 1923, St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri; d. May 30, 1975, St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri.
More About OLIVER CLIFTON COLEMAN:
Burial: St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri, Oak Grove Cem.
14. ii. DELORES DELPHINE COLEMAN, b. September 22, 1925, St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri.
15. iii. BERNIECE KATHERINE COLEMAN, b. August 26, 1928, St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri.
iv. JANET SALINE COLEMAN, b. June 18, 1939, St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri.
16. v. JOYCE BEVERLY COLEMAN, b. September 08, 1941, St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri.
Generation No. 5
13. DOROTHEA ELLA5 LORTON (BERTIE MABELLE ELLEN4 WILLIS, FANNIE ADELAID3 GARDYNE, NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1) was born March 11, 1917, and died September 18, 1940. She married THOMAS DEWIGHT TUT DIXON, son of THOMAS DIXON and IDA ALTHOFF.
More About DOROTHEA ELLA LORTON:
Burial: Lincoln, Missouri, Old Alexandria
More About THOMAS DEWIGHT TUT DIXON:
Burial: St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri, Oak Grove Cem.
Children of DOROTHEA LORTON and THOMAS DIXON are:
i. JAMES6 DIXON, d. Infant.
ii. ROSE MARIE DIXON, b. May 23, 1939, Winfield, Lincoln, Missouri; m. (1) LESLIE WAGNER; m. (2) GUTERMUTH; m. (3) PILKINGTON.
14. DELORES DELPHINE5 COLEMAN (GOLDIE HAZEL VIOLET4 WILLIS, FANNIE ADELAID3 GARDYNE, NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1) was born September 22, 1925 in St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri. She married CLARENCE OBE SITTON May 02, 1943 in St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri, son of OBE SITTON and PATIENCE DIXON.
More About CLARENCE OBE SITTON:
Burial: Lincoln, Missouri, Highland Prairie
Children of DELORES COLEMAN and CLARENCE SITTON are:
17. i. DIANNA PATIENCE6 SITTON, b. May 11, 1944, St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri.
18. ii. DENNIS CLARENCE SITTON, b. October 28, 1945, St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri.
15. BERNIECE KATHERINE5 COLEMAN (GOLDIE HAZEL VIOLET4 WILLIS, FANNIE ADELAID3 GARDYNE, NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1) was born August 26, 1928 in St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri. She married NOLAN GEORGE ODDY June 06, 1946 in St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri, son of GEORGE ODDY and LAURETTA LAWRENCE.
Children of BERNIECE COLEMAN and NOLAN ODDY are:
19. i. MARY ELIZABETH6 ODDY, b. November 21, 1953, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona.
ii. RONALD DENIS ODDY, b. July 14, 1956, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona; m. BRENDA FOWLER, May 20, 1977, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona.
16. JOYCE BEVERLY5 COLEMAN (GOLDIE HAZEL VIOLET4 WILLIS, FANNIE ADELAID3 GARDYNE, NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1) was born September 08, 1941 in St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri. She married JAMES IRVIN METZGER January 06, 1968 in St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri, son of JAMES METZGER and MABEL HEIMER.
Children of JOYCE COLEMAN and JAMES METZGER are:
i. MICHELLE6 METZGER, b. September 04, 1974, Missouri; m. JASON MEHRTENS, June 1996, Manchester, Missouri.
ii. DAVID JAMES METZGER, b. October 12, 1977.
Generation No. 6
17. DIANNA PATIENCE6 SITTON (DELORES DELPHINE5 COLEMAN, GOLDIE HAZEL VIOLET4 WILLIS, FANNIE ADELAID3 GARDYNE, NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1) was born May 11, 1944 in St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri. She married RONALD WADE HARRISON October 12, 1963 in St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri, son of OTIS HARRISON and EVA WALKER.
Children of DIANNA SITTON and RONALD HARRISON are:
20. i. PATRICK DALE7 HARRISON, b. December 21, 1964, Richmond Heights, St. Louis, Missouri.
21. ii. KEVIN TODD HARRISON, b. December 21, 1966, Richmond Heights, St. Louis, Missouri.
iii. SEAN TIMOTHY HARRISON, b. March 02, 1970, Richmond Heights, St. Louis, Missouri.
iv. STEPHANIE ANN HARRISON, b. July 30, 1973, Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri; d. Stillborn.
v. JASON GLEN HARRISON, b. December 17, 1974, Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri; m. LESLI MARIE HARRELL, October 03, 1998, Troy, Lincoln, Missouri.
18. DENNIS CLARENCE6 SITTON (DELORES DELPHINE5 COLEMAN, GOLDIE HAZEL VIOLET4 WILLIS, FANNIE ADELAID3 GARDYNE, NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1) was born October 28, 1945 in St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri. He married (1) CAROL ANN OBERGOENNER, daughter of ELMER OBERGOENNER and FLORENCE FOSTER. He married (2) CLAUDIA JEAN CROSIER March 23, 1963 in St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri, daughter of CLARENCE CROSIER and NAOMI.
Children of DENNIS SITTON and CLAUDIA CROSIER are:
i. SCARLET JOANN7 SITTON, b. September 30, 1963, St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri; m. WILLIAM HORNBECK.
22. ii. TAMMY SUE SITTON, b. October 09, 1964, St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri.
19. MARY ELIZABETH6 ODDY (BERNIECE KATHERINE5 COLEMAN, GOLDIE HAZEL VIOLET4 WILLIS, FANNIE ADELAID3 GARDYNE, NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1) was born November 21, 1953 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona. She married (1) GARY BACKERS. She married (2) DONALD LYLE SAUTTER May 27, 1972 in Winterhaven, Imperial, California. She married (3) ELWYN WEBB 1982.
Child of MARY ODDY and DONALD SAUTTER is:
23. i. DONALD GARY7 SAUTTER, b. February 24, 1973, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona.
Child of MARY ODDY and ELWYN WEBB is:
ii. JOSHUA ELWYN7 WEBB, b. January 01, 1984, Reno, Nevada.
Generation No. 7
20. PATRICK DALE7 HARRISON (DIANNA PATIENCE6 SITTON, DELORES DELPHINE5 COLEMAN, GOLDIE HAZEL VIOLET4 WILLIS, FANNIE ADELAID3 GARDYNE, NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1) was born December 21, 1964 in Richmond Heights, St. Louis, Missouri. He married RHONDA KAY KELLER December 28, 1991 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Missouri, daughter of ROLAND KELLER and ETTA ARMOUR.
Child of PATRICK HARRISON and RHONDA KELLER is:
i. KARA BRIANNE8 HARRISON, b. March 06, 1997, N.R. Health Ctr., Kirksville, Missouri, Adair.
21. KEVIN TODD7 HARRISON (DIANNA PATIENCE6 SITTON, DELORES DELPHINE5 COLEMAN, GOLDIE HAZEL VIOLET4 WILLIS, FANNIE ADELAID3 GARDYNE, NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1) was born December 21, 1966 in Richmond Heights, St. Louis, Missouri. He married CINDY ANN ROETTGER May 13, 1989 in Troy, Lincoln, Missouri, daughter of STEVEN WALLACE and LINDA COX.
Children of KEVIN HARRISON and CINDY ROETTGER are:
i. STEPHANIE TAYLOR8 HARRISON, b. July 24, 1994, Lake St. Louis, St. Charles, Missouri.
ii. KOLTON TYLER HARRISON, b. December 13, 1998.
22. TAMMY SUE7 SITTON (DENNIS CLARENCE6, DELORES DELPHINE5 COLEMAN, GOLDIE HAZEL VIOLET4 WILLIS, FANNIE ADELAID3 GARDYNE, NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1) was born October 09, 1964 in St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri. She married RICHARD MUELLER.
Children of TAMMY SITTON and RICHARD MUELLER are:
i. CORY8 MUELLER.
ii. FELICIA MUELLER, b. September 21, 1989.
23. DONALD GARY7 SAUTTER (MARY ELIZABETH6 ODDY, BERNIECE KATHERINE5 COLEMAN, GOLDIE HAZEL VIOLET4 WILLIS, FANNIE ADELAID3 GARDYNE, NANCY ELLEN2 VANBIBBER, SOLOMAN H.1) was born February 24, 1973 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona. He married EDITH ANN WEINZINGER May 21, 1994 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona.
Children of DONALD SAUTTER and EDITH WEINZINGER are:
i. NOLAN8 SAUTTER.
ii. MARION SAUTTER.
Ronald, Dianna, and Patrick Harrison
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FRANK VAN BIBBER OBITUARY
By Anna L. Lutz ([email protected])
Identification:
Isaac VanBibber and Hester Op den Graeff
Jacob Isaacs VanBibber and Christinia __________
Isaac Jacobs VanBibber and Frances Schumacher
Peter VanBibber and Anna _________
Peter VanBibber and Marguery Bounds
Matthias VanBibber and Margaret Robinson
David Campbell Robinson VanBibber and Jane Ann Williams
Moses Hill VanBibber and Joanna Pearson
Joseph Franklin VanBibber and Nancy Arabella Drake
Lorenzo L. R. VanBibber and Lillian Miller
Frank Harlan VanBibber
Frank H. Van Bibber - Homer City, Pa. - Frank Harlan Van Bibber, 63, of Homer City, formerly of Charleston, W. Va., died Sunday (Mar 2 1986) at home after a short illness. He was an engineer with Rochester Mining Co. and was a Nazarene. He was a veteran of World War II and had lived most of his life in Charleston.
Surviving: sons, Aras Leon and Franky Lee, both of Seminole, Fla.; daughters, Mrs. Carolyn Vandergrass and Mrs. Debbie Heller, both of Seminole, Katrina Van Bibber of Webster Springs, W. Va.; stepsons, Pvt. Howard Dempsey stationed in Okinawa, Pfc. Chris Dempsey stationed in Cherry Point, N. C.; mother, Mrs. Lillian Van Bibber of Charleston; sisters, Mrs. Kay Delbart of St. Albans, W. Va., Mrs. Mildred Vincent of Bridgeton, N. J.; brother, Eugene of St. Albans; six grandchildren.
Service will be 11 a. m. Wednesday in Bartlett-Burdette-Cox Funeral Home with pastor Don Cummings officiating.
Burial will be in Markel Cemetery, Elkhurst, W. Va. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p. m. and 6 to 9 p. m. today at the funeral home. The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, W. Va.
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ELIZABETH GREENLEE VAN BIBBERBy Anna L. Lutz ([email protected])
Elizabeth Greenlee Van Bibber, was born May 29 1802, in Mason County,
West Virginia; died May 15 1883, in Mason County.
She was a daughter of Jesse (John) and Rachel (Greenlee) Van Bibber of Mason County. Elizabeth was first married to Joseph Smith, who was born October 4 1800, and died September 18 1823, in Mason County. They had three children, Cassandra Smith, born May 16 1819; married Myrtilloe E. Hart of Mason County, Van Bibber Smith, born November 30 1820, married Louisa Hart, sister of Myrtilloe E. Hart, and James Smith, born Feburary 23 1823; married first Ann Sayre, second Elizabeth Armistead.
Elizabeth Greenlee Van Bibber Smith, married second Richard Tillis of Mason County. Richard Tillis, was born January 16 1809, in Bedford County, Virginia, and died October 2 1891, in Mason County. He was a son of David and Sarah (Sinckler) Tillis of Bedford County, Virginia. The Tillis Family came to now Putnam County, after the 1815 death of David Tillis, in Bedford County. They first settled on land purchased by their
mother, Sarah, from John and Frances Oldaker, located near Oldaker's Mill on Eighteen Mile Creek. Richard and Elizabeth Tillis, were members of the Old Harmony Baptist Church of Leon, Mason County, West Virginia.
They had six children, Miles Tillis, born Feburary 7 1831, married Nancy
Kimberling, Harriet Tillis, born January 26 1834, married Nathan Smith, Jesse Tillis, born October 9 1836, married Anna "Annie" Davis, Clark Tillis, born July 20 1839, married first Eleanor Pontsler, and second Mary Margaret Priddy, Olive Boone Tillis, born January 2 1843, married Alonzo Curtis Sayre, Smith Tillis, born June 1, 1845, married Jane Ann McCoy.
Clark Tillis, was a farmer and a millwright. He purchased the Entsminger
Flouring Mill, and operated a portable saw mill. Lewis Riffle and William W. Smith bought a two-thirds interest in the Flouring Mill. Two years later, Smith and Tillis sold the mill to D. G. Decker. Clark Tillis then purchased a farm on Tribble road, Thirteen Mile Creek, Union District, Mason County.
Eleanor "Ellen" Pontsler was born March 21 1842, North Fayette Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. She was a daughter of Serick and Eleanor (Glenn) Pontsler, who came to Mason County, about 1855. Clark and Eleanor had ten children, Harriet Tillis, born May 28 1861, died young, Lewis Grant Tillis, born April 21 1863, married Emily Jane Sayre, Sara Margaret Tillis, born November 29 1864, no other
information found, Carrie Alice Tillis, born August 10 1868, married William Milroy Smith, Samuel Pontsler Tillis, born February 24 1871, married Laura Edith Kelly, Rebecca Tillis, born January 29 1874, married Sherman Tucker, Nella May Tillis, born August 25 1876, married A. Clarence Higginbotham, Richard Tillis, born September 6 1878, married Mamie Stone, Fannie Bell Tillis, born October 17 1880, married Arthur
Mitchell.
After the death of Eleanor Tillis, Clark Tillis married second Mary Margaret Priddy, who was born January 15 1863, at Buffalo, Putnam County, west Virginia. She was a daughter of Zachariah and Mary (Gray) Priddy. Clark and Mary had ten children, Olive Edith Tillis, born July 2 1884, married John Maser, Mattie Tillis, born August 27 1885, married Frank Emrich, Jesse Tillis, born March 29 1887, married Flora May Waits,
Curtis Tillis, born September 11, 1888, died young, Bradford Bell Tillis, born September 16 1889, married Meda Mae Parker, Clark Tillis Jr., born Feburary 1891, married Elizabeth Hayden, Anne Tillis, born August 16 1892, married Clinton Harris, William Bryan Tillis, born May 11897, married Goldie Harris, Millard Ray Tillis, born November 11 1898, married Glenna Landon. One other child, Charles Tillis, was born in November,
died at age ten months on September 16 18__, no year was registered on the death record, Mason County, parents, Clark and Mary Tillis, father reported. The family moved to near Clarksburg, Ross County, Ohio, about 1900. Clark Tillis died on October 11 1911, and is buried in the Deerfield Township Cemetery, Browns Chapel Road, near Clarksburg, Ohio.
Mary M. Tillis died July 31 1913, and is buried beside her husband in Deerfield Township Cemetery, with a monument marking their grave.
Anna L. Lutz
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OBITUARY OF ISAAC MICHAEL VAN BIBBER
By Harold R. Wilcox ([email protected])
Identification:
Isaac VanBibber and Hester Op den Graeff
Jacob Isaacs VanBibber and Christina_________
Isaac Jacobs VanBibber and Frances Schumacher
Peter VanBibber Sr. and Anna
Isaac Michael VanBibber Sr. and Sarah Davis
Isaac Michael VanBibber Jr. and Elizabeth Hays
I have been reading the VanBibber newsletters in the archives, and I have gathered a lot of information on the VanBibbers. I noticed that no one has submitted a copy of Isaac Michael VanBibbers obituary. I would like to contribute it for all the information I have received.
" Major Isaac VanBibber, early intrepid and enterprising pioneer, the high souled, and faithful friend, the obliging and kind neighbor, the fond and loving parent, is no more, The powerful arm that once grasped and held with an immovable steadiness and 'unerring aim' the ponderous rifle, is paralyzed forever. The noble and piercing eye, in which gleamed, indomitable spirit and proud defiance is sealed by icy impress of relentless death. Sustaining a prolonged and deprivation of health with characteristic philosophy and firmness, on the 30th ultimo, in Montgomery Co., MO, this worthy and respected man resigned his vitality to the fiat, that controls human nature. The Major was born in 1771 in Greenbrier Co., VA, removed when young to KY, and settled in 1799 on the Missouri River, 20 miles above St. Charles. He married a grand-daughter of Daniel Boone, the first white child born in the 'dark and bloody ground'. In 1816 he settled
at Loutre Lick, and though dangers of the most threatening kind, surrounded him and his family, he maintained with admirable nerve his situation, and many a subtle and larking foe has passed from time to eternity by his vigilant agency. For years, he kept public entertainment, and travelers will long remember his hospitality, his interesting colloquial powers, his thrilling accounts of things chilling to the blood. As a member of the high
and Holy institution of Masonry, he discharged without ostentation and with much liberality, his duties, and the widow and orphan, and indeed every object of charity, received his open hand, the required assistance-innumerable benedictions attend his memory."
This obituary appeared in a St. Louis Newspaper, I do not have the date, but I have a Xerox copy of a portion of the page, that included this obituary.
Identification of Harold R. Wilcox:
Isaac VanBibber and Hester Op den Graeff
Jacob Isaacs VanBibber and Christina_________
Isaac Jacobs VanBibber and Frances Schumacher
Peter VanBibber Sr. and Anna
Isaac Michael VanBibber Sr. and Sarah Davis
Isaac Michael VanBibber Jr. and Elizabeth Hays
Elgiva VanBibber and Isaac Davis
Joseph Davis and Elizabeth Hardin
Nancy Elizabeth Davis and Harvey Hamilton Wilcox
Orell Harvey Wilcox and Lelia Mary Hoag
Harold R. Wilcox
Harold R. Wilcox
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COMING OUT PARTY FOR CENSUS
By Walter O. Van Bibber ([email protected])
Since census data is so crucial for researchers, I thought the following article would interest you.
Coming Out Party for Census: The Census Bureau and several private-sector
partners yesterday held a grand opening ceremony for a data capture center in Maryland, which will be used to organize and store demographic information from an estimated 40 million questionnaires for the 2000 census.
Calling the groundbreaking "historic...a turning point in the history of the census," Census Director Kenneth Prewitt said that when future historians write about the census, "one of the chapters will certainly be [about the] data capture strategy." The cavernous center is one of four facilities nationwide that the bureau will use to handle the estimated 120 million questionnaires that Americans fill out for the census. The Lockheed Martin
Corp. system, called Data Capture System 2000, integrates scanners and computers to quickly move information on the questionnaires from paper to servers to Census Bureau databases, where the census information will be stored indefinitely. The system marks the first time the bureau has used scanners to harvest census data. Lockheed Martin system architects and engineers designed the system into 51 independent, but linked clusters, each outfitted with scanners, servers and workstations. The network of clusters keeps track of each returned questionnaire from the moment the envelopes containing the questionnaires are opened until the paper questionnaires themselves are put into storage. The bureau hired TRW Inc. to build and manage three of the centers and to renovate a permanent facility in Indiana to serve as a temporary data center. TRW contracted with Computer Sciences Corp. to hire, train and manage about 2,500 employees who will work in the Maryland center. The bureau also hired Lockheed Martin to design the
software that will be used to parse and store the demographic data on the questionnaires. The three-year, roughly $228 million contract marks the first time the bureau has outsourced a major census. (Federal Computer Week)
Walter Van Bibber
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QUERIES
From Genny Sharrah ([email protected]) and Steven L. Turner ([email protected])
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven L. Turner <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, May 16, 1999 9:42 AM
Subject: MARGUERY (VANBIBBER) BOUNDS (1740-1844)
Looking for the place of burial for Marguery (VanBibber) Bounds, mother
of Olive VanBibber who was the wife of Daniel Boone's son......Nathan.
I am of the understanding that she spent her later years living in the
home of Nathan where she died at the ripe old age of 104 sometime during
the year 1844 in Green County, Missouri.
Desire to know the name of the cemetery and where the cemetery is
located. Marguery (VanBibber) Bounds is my ggggg-grandmother.
S. L. Turner
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From Ar Stamrood ([email protected])
Geachte heer,
Ik ben op zoek naar gegevens van Jan Claesen Bebber en zijn echtgenote
Marrigje Jans.
Het echtpaar laat een zoon Aert dopen te Doorn op 20-2-1724. Mocht u over informatie beschikken dan verneem ik dat graag van u.
Met vriendelijke groeten,
Ar Stramrood
Translation by Jack Coomans
Dear Sir,
I am searching for data of Jan Claesen Bebber en his wif Marrigje Jans. The married couple have batized a son Aert in Doorn on 20-2-1724.
If you have any information about them then I am looking forward to hear of
you.
With kind regards
Ar Stramrood
I will also contact Ar and offer him to translate if necessary.
Jack
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From Martha Everman Jones ([email protected])
I have been reading, time and time again, that Isaac Van Bibber married Hester Op den Graeff. What is the documentation for this marriage? I found two sources on the Op den Graeffs, Lutz and Berger, that stated "Herman op den Graeff married (1) Hester Van Bibber, b. 11/18/1659, d. 11/22/1681 and (2) Catherine Vond der Pypen." Where does Isaac Van Bibber fit into this picture? There was no reference to him in these two books.
Can you help me clear up this confusion?
Thanks, Martha
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From Bev Gillihan ([email protected])
A quick question:
Page 5, May NL. Isaac VB -m- Walraven, who are his parents?
I have an Isaac (no info) parents, Isaac and Ann Chew, is this him? I have
birth date as 1784.
Bev Gilliham
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From Lynn Sullivan ([email protected])
This John Van Bibber is driving me nuts! The "treason" reference was from Ancestry.com on the GenPageFinder. When I tried for the suggested website "Greenbrier Queries" the screen said no longer there!
I still don't know if this "treason" refers to "my" John or not! I am going to Salt Lake City in October and can do more there with "hands on" books!
I noticed on Ancestry.com that the DAR has not completed putting ALL the lineage books online yet. I have seen other references to the following: John Van Bibber, bn Lebanon, PA 1732 mar to Chloe Staniford 1765 AND another John Van Bibber, bn MD 1740 ALSO married Chloe Staniford. Some reference John's parents as PETER and others as JAMES! Also found a reference to Chloe which said she married William ADY 1770!
The John PETER Van Bibber I am looking for was a Captain in the AR--
fought at Mt. Pleasant (as did several other Van Bibbers!) and died in Kanawah Co. VA (or WVA) ca 1820 and was mar to Chloe.
Any chance you have info to clear up these two Johns???
FamilyTreeMaker (I don't belong so only can get the freebies) had several entries that were "not available" for John!
Have tried several other sites but no clarification! Let me know if I can subscribe to your newsletter!
Lynn Sullivan
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From Peggy Mayfield ([email protected])
I have collected a lot of conflicting data and wondered if anyone has sourced answers to the following questions:
1. Re: Jacob Isaacs Van Bebber who died in 1705 in Cecil County, Maryland and was born in Krefeld. What is his birth date?
2. What is the full name and a birth date for his wife Christina?
3. When was his daughter Debra (wife of Herman Isaacs Op Den Graeff) born?
I am trying to straighten out my tree and have date problems!
Peggy Mayfield
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From Flip ten Cate ([email protected])
LS,
Via de Dutch Home Pages by familyname zie ik dat u onderzoek doet naar de genealogie van de familie Van Bebber. Dat interesseert me, vanwege mijn onderzoek naar de familie Ten Cate, en het huwelijk van Trijntje van Bebber met (ik doe het uit m'n hoofd) Abraham ten Cate, ergens in de 17e eeuw.
Indien u gegevens hebt, verneem ik dat graag van u. Ik zal zelf nog eens nagaan wat ik er zelf over heb - ik herinner me bijvoorbeeld ooit in het Amsterdamse gemeentearchief gegevens over Van Bebber te hebben gezien.
Vriendelijke groet,
Flip ten Cate
Translation by Jack Coomans
Hello Bruce ,
The translation:
Trough the dutch Home pages by Familyname I seen that you are researching
the genealogy of the van Bebber family. That interest me, because of mine researching the Ten Cate family, and the marriage of Trijntje van Bebber with (quote from memory) Abraham ten Cate, somewhere in the 17th century. In case you have any data, I would like to hear from you. I myself will ckeck what data I have myself - for example I remeber I have seen data about van Bebber in the Amsterdam municipality archives.
With kind regards,
Flip ten Cate
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