(Van Bibber Pioneers Newsletter Apr. 2001)
VAN BIBBER PIONEERS E-NEWSLETTER

A free monthly electronic newsletter for the VAN BIBBER, VANBIBER, VAN BEBBER,
VANBEBER, VANBABER, VANBEVER, and VANBEVERS families.

Vol. 4 No. 6 - April 2001

You will find out as you read this month's newsletter we are getting more people involved with contributions as we continue to cover various branches of the family. This is very pleasant to know as it shows a great amount of interest in the family newsletter. I have always said the success and quality of the newsletter depends upon its subscribers, and at this point through your efforts we are very successful. For all of those who submitted articles or queries, I highly commend you for your efforts and keep up the great work! For those of you who have been thinking about submitting, there is no better time than right now as May is right around the corner.

I am sure next month's edition will probably be submitted sometime after the middle of the month. At this time I would like to wish all the Mothers out there a very special Mother's Day on Sunday May 13th, 2001.

Your Editor,

Gary R. Hawpe
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CONTENTS:

  1. New Subscribers -- Address Changes -- Invalid Addresses
  2. Wayne Holden Family
  3. Jim Cates is Stabbed by Jno. C. Kincaid
  4. Last Will and Testament of Grace Peterson
  5. Last Will and Testament of William Alfred Yoakum
  6. Jesse Van Bibber Boone
  7. Deaths from the Family Bible of George and Martha VanBeber
  8. Family of Margaret Van Bibber and Thomas Nebergall
  9. Family Connections
  10. Determination of Birth for John Wesley Van (Bibber)
  11. The Van Bibbers of North End, Mathews County, Virginia
  12. Obituaries
  13. Recent Deaths
  14. Military News
  15. Queries
  16. Sound Off
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NEW SUBSCRIBERS:

I would like to welcome the following new cousins subscribing to the newsletter. All ten of them are descendants of the Van Bibber family and I have listed what line they descend from. We lost six due to invalid addresses so this currently puts us at 446 subscribers. If you know of anyone who would like to receive the newsletter have them send me an e-mail.

  1. Ann Snider -- [email protected] -- Thomas Hickerson and Susannah Van Bibber
  2. Gary L. Van Bibber -- [email protected] -- Noah Van Bibber and Elizabeth Carter
  3. Jerry Price -- [email protected] -- James Rentfroe and Esther Van Bibber
  4. Judy Brown -- [email protected] -- Thomas Nebergall and Margaret Van Bibber
  5. Kathy Canaday -- [email protected] -- Moses Haney and Nancy Van Bibber
  6. Kelly Sullivan -- [email protected] -- George Yoakum and Martha Van Bebber
  7. Kent Barbee -- [email protected] -- James Estill and Matilda Van Bibber
  8. Mike Hawpe -- [email protected] -- Isaac Van Bebber and Mary Martin
  9. Roberta Boyd -- [email protected] -- Calvin Van Bebber and Barthena Van Bebber
  10. Steve Samples -- [email protected] -- Moses Hill and Felicty Van Bibber

ADDRESS CHANGES:

  1. AC Hickox -- [email protected]
  2. Betty Fulfer -- [email protected]
  3. Gary Van Bibber -- [email protected]
  4. Gay Wall -- [email protected]
  5. Jack Coomans -- [email protected]
  6. Jacque Olson -- [email protected]
  7. Tom Van Bebber -- [email protected]

INVALID ADDRESSES:

The following subscribers and e-mail addresses have been removed from the newsletter distribution list. I have listed below the reason why their address has been invalid for the last two consecutive months.

  1. Brian Clark -- [email protected] -- Recipient name is not recognized.
  2. Carriger & Dillow -- [email protected] -- Message would exceed quota.
  3. Debra Doran -- [email protected] -- The address had permanent fatal errors.
  4. Donna Willis -- [email protected] -- The address had permanent fatal errors.
  5. Gary & Stacey Wendt -- [email protected] -- The address had permanent fatal errors.
  6. Jean Murphy -- [email protected] -- The address had permanent fatal errors. We know that Jean moved a couple months ago and hope she will be contacting us with her new e-mail address.
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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  John VanBebber and Margaret Chrisman
    Isaac VanBebber and Mary Martin
      Isaac C. VanBebber and Sarah McWilliams
        Louisa VanBebber and John Wesley Wilson
          Mollie Ollie Wilson and Ramon Harry Holden
            Wayne Millard Holden and Carolyn Marie Morgan

WAYNE HOLDEN FAMILY

Wayne Holden's family roots go deep into Stephens County History. Wayne's paternal grandfather, Charles Parham Holden, was born in 1853. His paternal grandmother, Lula Patience Smith, was born in 1859. They were married in Texas around 1879 or 1880, and came to what is now Stephens County for a few years. They moved back to Texas where Ramon H. Holden was born in 1895, in Brownwood. He was the youngest of their five children. Soon after his birth they returned to Oklahoma and settled around Ardmore. He was the youngest of their five children. Soon after his birth they returned to Oklahoma and settled around Ardmore. Charles moved his family to the Loco area sometime before statehood. He operated a store in Loco for several years. He was a merchant, rancher, and cattle trader for many years. For several years preceding, during, and after World War I, Charles was also a mule trader. He bought many mules throughout the country and sold many of them to "Uncle" John Ray.

Wayne's maternal grandfather, John Wesley Wilson, was born in Polk County, Arkansas, in 1859. John's family moved to Texas during the Civil War. Wayne's maternal grandmother, Louisa Van Bebber, was born in Missouri in 1865. John and Louisa were married in Montague County, Texas. They moved to what is now Stephens County long before the turn of the century. They settled east of Duncan. John freighted for merchants with oxen-drawn wagons. He worked with his team on the construction of the road bed for the railroad track that was being laid through the area. He purchased land south of present day Velma around what later became Santa Fe. He cleared and improved this land. Later oil was discovered in this area. The wells developed on the J.W. Wilson are still producing. Maudie Ollie Wilson was born east of Duncan in 1898. She was the sixth of seven children in the Wilson family.

Ramon Holden and Maudie Wilson were married north of Loco at Mountain Grove in 1917. Ramon was employed by Magnolia Petroleum Company at Santa Fe. He retired at Ada after more than 40 years service with the company. Prior to his employment with Magnolia, now Mobil Oil, he was a farmer and raised cattle. During his years with Mobil he remained active in that field.

Wayne Holden, the oldest of four children, was born on a farm five miles north of Loco in 1918. He started school at Mountain Grove. He went to school at Santa Fe and then Loco until 1935, when his father was transferred to Maud, Oklahoma. He graduated from Maud High School. He worked for a time in the oil fields and then enrolled in East Central State. He worked for an oilfield electric service company while attending college. Wayne and Carolyn Marie Morgan, also a student at East Central, were married at Ada. They moved to Duncan in 1941, when he was employed by Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company. They had four children who were born and reared in Duncan.

David Wayne was born in 1942. He is now a lawyer in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He and his wife Anita, a Duncan girl, have two sons, Jeffrey David and Gregory Jones. Douglas Michael was born in 1944. He is involved in banking and land development. He and his wife Glenda have two children, Lisa Michelle and Anthony Wayne. They live in Edmond, Oklahoma. Denise Marie was born in 1953. She is a registered dietician and lives in Oklahoma City. Deborah Lynne was born in 1956. She is a deputy court clerk in Oklahoma County and lives in Harrah, Oklahoma. She and her husband Larry Martin are expecting their first child in January of 1981.

Earle Halliburton lived two blocks from Wayne Holden. On numerous occasions he visited with Wayne urging him to run for the City Council. Mr. Halliburton kept telling Wayne that Duncan was in a rut and needed a progressive young man to pull it out. John Green, Rufus and Hubert Green's father, lived in the neighborhood. John had known Wayne all of his life. One evening they came to Wayne's home and finally convinced him to run for the City Council.

Wayne Holden was elected Mayor of Duncan in 1953. He served four terms. He resigned in 1963, when he was elected to the State House of Representatives. Wayne served one term in the House of Representatives and was then elected to the State Senate. He served four terms in the State Senate. During his tenure he was chairman of many of the major committees. He served as Chairman of the Oil and Gas Committee his freshman year in the Senate. A freshman senator has never chaired this committee before or since. He was Majority Whip for two terms and was elected by his fellow senators to serve a third term. Wayne was defeated in his bid for reelection to the State Senate. Just prior to the campaign his sister filed a lawsuit falsely accusing him of fraud in a family matter. All during the campaign his opponent and his sister campaigned together circulating these false accusations. It is now conceded by the general public that this lawsuit and the numerous rumors that sprang up because of it played a major role in his defeat. After the election the lawsuit, having no foundation, was dismissed.

Duncan and Stephens County benefited greatly from Wayne Holden's years of public service. While he was Mayor of Duncan he acquired the land and built Lake Humphrey. The land was acquired and construction started on Lake Faqua. He initiated upstream flood control measures for the protection of these lakes and to help prevent the erosion of farmland. When Wayne was elected Mayor in 1953, there was only one through street that ran all the way from north to south Duncan that was hard surface. A program of street improvement was started. During this time more streets were paved with permanent paving in the City of Duncan than any other city in the State of Oklahoma with the possible exception of Oklahoma City and Tulsa. The electric system of Duncan was changed from a secondary to a primary system and was put on a paying basis for the first time.

When Wayne was elected to the State Legislature he sought to sponsor programs that would be the most beneficial to the state and to the people of this district. One of the first measures he introduced and pushed through the legislature was a bill that exempts proceeds from profit sharing plans from the Oklahoma estate tax. This was most important to industry and working people in Oklahoma and particularly in Stephens County where Halliburton Services employees participate in a profit sharing plan.

Wayne Holden was directly responsible for creating the State Fire Marshal's Office, setting up the War Veterans Commission and creating the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. He worked tirelessly on a state-wide water development program. He sponsored legislation that built the Veterinary Diagnostic Center and the Veterinary Teaching School at Stillwater. He sponsored legislation that enlarged the Oklahoma University Medical School and created the Health Sciences Center. He sponsored the building of the School of Dentistry in Oklahoma City and the Osteopathic School in Tulsa. He sponsored and helped pass legislation that exempts the surviving spouse from the estate tax.

Duncan has many things to be proud of that Wayne Holden brought into existence. He provided funds to build a new, improved, and much larger division headquarters building for the Department of Transportation. He was responsible for building the new road to the Vo-Tech School, a new road from Highway 81 to the hospital on Elk Street, a new highway to Comanche, a new highway from Velma to Countyline, the four-lane Highway 7 across south Duncan, widened and improved Highway 81 from Comanche to Red River, and is responsible for the new highway that is under construction between Duncan and Marlow at the time of this writing. The four-lane Highway 7 across south Duncan is most important to this area as it connects Halliburton Services main offices, the Manufacturing Center, and the Research Center.

Wayne Holden was responsible for diverting the old Transportation Department building to the City of Duncan. He provided funds for building a new Armory in Duncan. He obtained the old Armory buildings for the City of Duncan. He provided the Stephens County Historical Society with the funds to set up and renovate Duncan's Historical Museum. He brought the district office for the Corrections Department (that serves 13 counties and provides jobs for many people) to Duncan. He also brought the District Corporation Commission office (that serves 19 counties) to Duncan. Wayne also provided funds for building the Red River Area Vo-Tech School in Duncan.

This is only a small partial list of the many things Wayne Holden accomplished during his tenure in office. A few of the numerous awards he received are---for outstanding service to Oklahoma Agriculture from the Oklahoma Cattlemens' Association, outstanding contribution to the law enforcement in Oklahoma from the Oklahoma Peace Officers Association, for outstanding service from the War Veterans Association, outstanding contributions in the fields of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine from Oklahoma State University and for outstanding contributions to the Health Sciences Center and other health related fields from Oklahoma Baptist University, Independent Oil Operators Association, South Central Regional Energy Board and many others too numerous to mention. Wayne received the Liberty Bell Award during the bicentennial year. This is an annual award given by the Stephens County Bar Association for Outstanding Service to Stephens County.

History of Stephen's County, Stephens County Historical Society. Pages 317 – 320.

Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe -- [email protected]
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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  John VanBebber and Margaret Chrisman
    William VanBebber and Elizabeth Barbee
      Martha Jane VanBebber and Franklin Lafayette Kincaid
        John Clayton Kincaid and Martha Elizabeth Yoakum

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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  Martha VanBebber and George Yoakum, Sr.
    Isaac Yoakum and Mary Davis
      Moses Yoakum and Elizabeth Grimes
        James Benton Yoakum and Mary Ann Shumate
          Martha Elizabeth Yoakum and John Clayton Kincaid

STABBED TO DEATH.
A DANCE WITH A TRAGIC ENDING.

Jim Cates is Stabbed by John C. Kincaid and dies in Ten Minutes
Fighting as He Bleeds to Death - A Scene of Sickening Horror.

A dance at the residence of Cal Baker, three miles northwest of town, Tuesday Night, (the 17th. of February) ended about 1 o'clock Wednesday morning in a horrible tragedy, resulting in the almost instant death of one of the festive participants. Several parties from near Taitsville, Ray County, were planned including John and Peter Holder, Jim Crawford, and John C. Kincaid, who all came together in a wager, and Gus VanBebber. These parties had a jug "hid out" as one of them testified at the inquest, and as the night wore on the bad liquor began to take effect and some of the crowd got rather disorderly. Among these was John C. Kincaid, who was becoming quite boisterous, when James Cates interfered and tried to quit him, when the two became engaged in a quarrel and soon came to blows. They were parted, however, and Kincaid put out of the house. Gus VanBebber followed him out, and states that he heard him say that "if he and Cates got into it again he (Kincaid) was going to cut him," and also saw a knife in Kincaid's hand. Cal Baker also went out and told Kincaid not to go back in the house any more. Kincaid promised that he would not, but in a few minutes went around to the east door and entered the front room, knife in hand a few steps behind VanBebber. Going up to Jim Cates, the fight was resumed, during which Kincaid dealt Cates a fearful stab in the left side and another in the neck, just above the right collar bone, severing the carotid artery and jugular vein. From this wound the hot blood spurted out in a great stream, and Kincaid made for the door followed by Cates, who struck him several heavy blows in the back of the head after receiving his fatal wound. Cal Baker, who was outside, caught Kincaid as he was running away, but as no alarm had been given, he did not know any damage had been done, and let him go, when Kincaid skipped out and escaped, leaving his team in Baker's barn. Meanwhile, the victim, bathen in gore, had been laid on the floor, where he expired in ten minutes. The above particulars were bathered from the evidence of witnesses at the inquest, which was held by Squire W.W. Thompson, Wednesday, the following verdict being rendered by the Coroner's Jury.

We, the undersigned jurors, find that deceased came to his death by violence and felony; that we find on the body of deceased the following marks and wounds, inflicted by Jno. C. Kincaid, viz: _____ which wounds were the immediate cause of the death of the deceased; and we further find that said Jno. C. Kincaid was the principal in the perpetuation of the said felony.

/s/ W.T. Forbes, and W.H. Henderson, and D.N. Sevy, and Frank Meadows, and F. Swatzer, and Chas. Kern.

The remains of James Cates were buried near Taitsville, yesterday. He was a quiet man who usually attended to his own business and had many friends. He had been parted from his wife a year or more. Kincaid who has a wife and family living near Taitsville, is still at large. He is tall and slender, light hair, and mustache and about 25 years of age.

While time forbids our offering and any extended comments on the above sad and disgraceful occurrence we would suggest that it may serve as a warning to all young men; "The Way of the Transgressor is Hard."

Reference: The same newspaper edition for 27 February 1891.

Jno. C. Kincaid, who killed Jim Cates last Tuesday night, was captured at the residence of his father-in-law, Bert Yoakum, near Taitsville, Sunday, and taken to Kingston where he is now lodging at the county expense.

March 1891 - A Light Sentence

The trial of John Kincaid, who was indited by our Grand Jury, last February, for the murder of Jim Cates, near Cowgill, Caldwell County, February 18th. was concluded at Chillicothe, last Friday. His Honor E.J. Broaddus, recently appointed as judge of this court. presiding, the jury finding defendant guilty of manslaughter, and fixing his punishment at two years in the penitentiary. We understand that Kincaid's relatives and friends will make an effort to have him pardoned by Governor Franels, but most of our citizens think him very lucky in getting with so light a sentence.

The Cowgill Star, Cowgill, Caldwell County, Missouri, February 20, 1891.

The following article was shared by Willie Parker, of Richmond, Missouri, to Earl Quintrell. Earl in turn is sharing it with the newsletter.
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Isaac VanBibber and Hester Op den Graeff
  Jacob Isaacs VanBibber and Christina __________
    Henry VanBibber and Catherine Ann Bougard
      Hester VanBibber and Andrew Peterson
        Jacob Peterson and Grace VanDyke

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF GRACE PETERSON

In the Name of God Amen, I Grace Peterson of New Castle in the State of Delaware, being weak and low in body, but of sound disposing mind & memory; thanks be to God for the same. Do make and ordain this as my last will, in manner and form following: VIZ, Upon conditions, that my Son Henry Peterson will by good and sufficient Deed make over in free to my three grand Daughters Mary Wynkoop, Hester Catholina Wynkoop, and Harriott Grace Wynkoop, all that piece of Land known by the name of Commons bought of Mr. Higgins, containing about sixteen acres more or less. Alsoa moiety ore one half of a sixty three acres Lott, formerly laid off to one of the Heirs of Andrew Peterson Esq., deceased, clear of Dower or any other incumbrance; Then in that case I give and bequeath to my said Son Henry Peterson the brick Houses he now occupies with six acres of Lands or there abouts, beginning at the corner of my sons Lot near the brick kiln and continuing to the end of my lots near Middletown supposed to contain from six to eight acres of Lands, and to his Heirs and assigns forever. After the af'd Lotts or pieces of Land are conveyed and made over to my three Grand Children, and the six acres, or there abouts, with the House is laid off to my Son Henry, then my desire is, that my Plantation with the two pieces of Land af'd be equally divided and laid off amongst my three grand Children Mary, Hester Catholina, and Harriott Grace Wynkoop's. The Division to be made by my Son & Philip Reading Esq and any juditious man that they two may choose. But in case my son should not choose to make over the above named Lands and Promises to my three Grand Children upon the Terms and conditions as above specified, Then in that case I give and bequeath to Mary Wynkoop being the eldest, the House Kitchen & well of water, that my Son now occupies, together with one acre of Land inclosing the said House, Kitchen, & well of water to her & her Heirs forever. And my Plantation to be equally and fairly divided & laid off to my other two grand Daughters Hester Catholina Wynkoop and Harriott Grace Wynkoop and to their Heirs forever, the said division to be made by persons heretofore named, for that purpose. But if all my said Grand Daughters should die without issue then all the properly willed to them to go to my Son Henry and to his Heirs & assigns forever. Nevertheless my desire is that my Son would accept of the House, kitchen & the improvements on the af'd six acres of Land as before described, and which I was about to convey to him some time ago.

I give and bequeath to my Grand Son Andrew Jacob Peterson his grand Fathers gold watch, now in the possession of his Father, as well also my two Silver Cans.

I give to my Grand Daughter Mary Wynkoop my Silver Tea Pott & Cream Pott, together with the Flanders Bed & furniture belonging thereunto, as well as all my wearing apparel of every kind & sort, and also a Negro Man called Jack, and to her heirs & assigns forever.

I give to Harriot Grace Wynkoop my mourning Ring, a large Silver soup Ladle, two old Table spoons, an old Silver pepper box, my other bed & furniture belonging to the same. The chest of drawers & dressing Table, Tea Table and Looking Glass.

The cornered cupboard now standing in my house, is to remain therein, & to go in the distribution, with the House. Anything that I may yet have & which has not yet been given, I desire it may be fairly & equally divided between my Grand Daughters Mary, & Harriot Grace Wynkoop.

I give to my Son Henry my desk and Marble Table, forever.

Whatever money may be owing to me from Mr. Maxwell or Col. Moore, I desire, in the first place the Mortgage to the Baltimore Company be paid off. And that then the two Negroes Isaac & Betty, be delivered to Mr. Hammond or his order for the use and benefit of Hester Catholina Wynkoop, as express in her late Hon. Fathers Decd of Gift; and the residue, if any, to difray my Funeral charges; which I desire may be conducted in as frugal a manner as possible avoiding sheer & superfluity of every kind which is neither consonant to my ideas of prosperity or circumstances, which I wish my Executor to adhereto.

My will is that at the moment of my death my Negro woman Rachel have her perfect Liberty & freedom, and to have the kitchen to dwell in unless it should be found inconvenient, & in that case she is to have a spot of ground alloted her in the corner of the Field near the meeting House, during her natural life.

If an administration upon my Estate can be dispensed with it is my desire it should be omitted. I do by these present constitute my Son Henry, my whole & sole Executor to this my last will & Testament, hereby making nul & void all other will or wills ~~ by me heretofore made. In Testimony whereof I have set to my hand & seal the 13th day of August in the year of our Lord X Domina, one thousand seven hundred & ninety three. 1793. ~~

In presence of us who have hereunto

(signed) Grace Peterson
(signed) Robert Maxwell
(signed) Tho. Vandyke
(mark) Wm. Price

Whereas, I Grace Peterson Have this day made and Executed my last Will & Testament, each and every part of which I do hereby fully approve of, ratify & confirm, as my last Will.

My will further is that if my Son Henry should not choose to accept of the Brick House & Land as mentioned in my will that then my Grand Daughter Mary Wynkoop, have the af'd House as in my will mention, so laid off, as to include the wells of Water & Garden, & to certain, one acre of Land, as af'd.

And the remainder of the Six or Eight acres I give & bequeath with all the improvements thereon, to my Son Henry and to his Heirs forever.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand & seal the 13th day of August One thousand seven hundred & ninety three. 1793.

Signed Sealed & deliv'd

Pronounced & declared

(signed) Grace Peterson

As in & for her last Will
In presence of Us.

(signed) Robert Maxwell
(signed) Tho. Vandyke
(mark) Wm. Price

Submitted by Jeannie B. Lane -- [email protected]
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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  Martha VanBebber and George Yoakum, Sr.
    Isaac Yoakum and Mary Davis
      Moses Yoakum and Elizabeth Grimes
        George Washington Yoakum and Julia Ann Schooler
          William Alfred Yoakum

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WILLIAM ALFRED YOAKUM

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That I, William Alfred Yoakum of the County of Caldwell, State of Missouri, being of sound mind and memory, and realizing the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death, do make and publish this my LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, in manner and form following:

FIRST: I direct that all of my just debts, including the necessary expenses of administration be first paid.

SECOND: I direct that my executor hereinafter named shall purchase a suitable monument to be erected at my grave, at a minimum cost of Five Hundred Dollars, and a maximum cost of One Thousand Dollars, as in the judgement and discretion of my said executor shall seem proper.

THIRD: All of the rest, residue and remainder of my property, real, personal and mixed and wherever situate, I give, devise and bequeath to Mert Yoakum, the widow of my deceased brother, Benton Yoakum, and to Velma Yoakum, daughter of my deceased brother, Benton Yoakum, equally, share and share alike. In making the above disposition of the residue of my estate I am not unmindful of my brother, Moses Yoakum, and my several nieces and nephews, it being my will that they receive nothing from my estate as such brother and nieces and nephews.

And, Last, I hereby constitute and appoint J. Grimes Withers, of Polo Missouri, to be the Executor of this, my Last Will and Testament, without bond, revoking and annulling all former wills be made, and ratifying and conforming this, and no other, to be my Last Will and Testament.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this the 13th day of September, A.D. 1944.
Witness to mark:

William (X) Alfred Yoakum (SEAL)

        John G. Withers
        Mrs. Grimes Withers.

The foregoing instrument consisting of two pages, was, at the date thereof, to wit: September 13th 1944, signed and declared by the said William Alfred Yoakum to be his Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who, at his request, and in this presence, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.

John G. Withers, Polo, Mo.
Mrs. Grimes Withers, Polo, Mo.

Filed August 8th 1946.
A.B. Cleveland, Judge of Probate Court.
Admitted to Probate August 8th 1946, and recorded in Book "E" at Page 531, in the record of Wills, in the records of the Probate Court of Caldwell County, Missouri.

Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe -- [email protected]
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John VanBibber and Chloe Staniford
  Chloe VanBibber and Jesse Bryan Boone
    Alphonso Boone and Nancy Linville Boone
      Jesse VanBibber Boone and Elizabeth Fudge

JESSE VAN BIBBER BOONE

Jesse Van Bibber Boone left Missouri in May 1846 with his father Alphonso and three brothers and three sisters ages twenty-two through nine.. After many hardships they arrived in the Willamette Valley at Christmas time in 1846. Alphonso acquired land on both sides of the Willamette River and decided with the help of his sons to establish ferry service. This plan was interrupted when the Boones heard that gold had been discovered in California. Jesse, his father and three brothers left for the gold fields in 1849. Alphonso died in 1850 of fever and the four sons returned to Oregon.

Jesse Van Bibber Boone and his brother Alphonso Jr. resumed the operation of the ferry from their brother-in-law George Law Curry who had temporarily taken over in their absence. However Alphonso Jr. sold his interest within a year to Jesse and went steam boating on the Willamette, Snake, Columbia, Yaquina and Coquille Rivers. Jesse had steady business for it was the only direct route in the
transportation system at that time between Portland and Salem. In 1872 he was murdered by a neighbor, farmer Jacob Engle over a dispute of shore and water rights.

On May 2, 1870, for the sum of five dollars, he deeded land to School District 23 in Clackamas County, Oregon to be held in trust for public use. Jump ahead 131 years. The Wilsonville primary school in Oregon situated on Boone's Ferry Road is being closed. A new elementary school will open in September 2001. How appropriate that it is to be named Boone's Ferry Elementary School because after intensive investigation at the County Land Office, Surveyor and Title Company we have discovered that the original school was actually built on the land that Jesse Van Bibber Boone "bargained and sold and
conveyed" to School District 23 in 1870.

Written and submitted by Arlene Curry Buschert -- [email protected]
gggrandaughter of Alphonso Boone
ggrandniece of Jesse Van Bibber Boone
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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  James VanBebber, Sr. and Hannah Hoover
    Isaac VanBebber and Hannah Long
      Robert VanBeber and Margaret Jane Susong
        George VanBeber and Martha Ann Pridemore

DEATHS FROM THE FAMILY BIBLE OF GEORGE AND MARTHA VANBEBER

Frank Van Beber died Dec. 10, 1903, buried by Aunt Jane Bailey, died Jan. 22, 1911. (She was aunt of George Van Beber and sister to his father Robert.)
Jake Van Beber died Oct.17, 1911
Chadwell Brittain Pridemore died Dec. 26, 1911
Martha Pridemore Van Beber died Feb. 4, 1913
George Van Beber died Dec. 1, 1950
Ben Morris Van Beber died Dec. 11, 1957
Willis Jefferson (Jeff) Holden died Sept. 13, 1960
Hannah Van Beber died Aug. 24, 1961
Edgar (Ed) Franklin Van Beber died Feb. 11, 1967
Gracie M. Van Beber died Feb. 13, 1967, age 74, she was sister to Walter and dau. of Frank & Sallie Van Beber.
Walter Van Beber died
Elizabeth Catherine Brown Pridemore died Nov. 6, 1936 !
Thomas Jefferson Brown died Aug. 31, 1847
Hannah Van Bebber, sister of Robert Van Beber, Bob's grand father, died Jan. 30, 1925 at Enyart, Mo. - she married Charles Poff.

Submitted by John Lassiter -- [email protected]
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Peter VanBibber and Marguery Bounds
  Matthias VanBibber and Margaret Robinson
    David Campbell Robinson VanBibber and Jane Ann Williams
      Margaret Miriam Robinson VanBibber and Thomas Washington Nebergall
        Elizabeth Jane Nebergall and Samuel Vorce Wheeler
          Rhoda Ellen Wheeler and Arthur John Brown
            Max Harlow Brown, their son, is our father

MARGARET MIRAM ROBINSON VANBIBBER
AND
THOMAS WASHINGTON NEBERGALL

MARGARET MIRIAM ROBINSON8 VANBIBBER (DAVID CAMPBELL ROBINSON7, MATHIAS6, PETER5, PETER4, ISAACS JACOB3, JACOB ISAACS2, ISAAC1 VAN BEBBER) was born December 27, 1824 in Nicholas County, Virginia (now W.Va.), and died December 27, 1901 in Gilead, Nebraska. She married THOMAS WASHINGTON NEBERGALL December 21, 1848 in Nicholas County, Va., son of JACOB NEBERGALL and ELIZABETH MASTERSON. He was born September 14, 1822 in Fayette County, Virginia (now W. Va.), and died February 23, 1896 in La Grande, Oregon. Around 1854, they moved with the rest of the Nebergall family to Blue Grass, Scott County, Iowa. They lived on a farm near the farm of Thomas' parents.

"… Thomas and Margaret (Vanbiber) Nebergall….. were natives of West Virginia. They came west at an early day, locating in Iowa. Subsequently they became pioneer residents of Hebron, Nebraska, where they resided many years. The father died in the state of Washington, the mother passing away at Gilead, Nebraska. There were six children in the Nebergall family: William and Philip, reside at Pendleton, Oregon; David, lives at Baker City, Oregon; Jennie E., the wife of Samuel Wheeler, of Carlton, Nebraska; Victoria, the wife of Robert McGee, of Providence, Rhode Island, and Mrs. Thompson, who met and married her future husband in Hall County. " From "History of Hall County" (1920): Biography of William Adelbert Thompson (husband of Harriet Frances Nebergall)

With 2 sons and their wives and a grandson (Charles Elmer Nebergall, orphaned son of John Andrew Nebergall,) Thomas Washington Nebergall made a trip on the Oregon Trail in 1888. "Then this family, (David J. Nebergall and his wife who were raising Charles Elmer) with another uncle and aunt (believed to be William Henry Nebergall and his wife) and the boy's grandfather (Thomas Washington Nebergall,) started for Oregon in covered wagons. It took them 85 days to make the journey to Baker City. Here the Nebergalls went into the freighting business, hauling supplies and machinery to the mines at Sparta. This was in 1888, Charley stated." From David W. Hazen, "Charles Elmer Nebergall Who Was Born in Iowa in 1873." (Newspaper clipping found in Bible of Margaret Miriam VanBibber Nebergall.)

Margaret was visiting her daughter in Nebraska when her husband died in Oregon. She lived with Sam and Jennie (Elizabeth Jane ) Nebergall Wheeler and died there. "That is why she is buried in Nebraska, and not with her husband." -- Mary Anna Elizabeth Brown Laflen (Granddaughter of Elizabeth Jane Nebergall Wheeler)

OBITUARY OF THOMAS W. NEBERGALL
Feb. 2( ), 1896, a newspaper clipping found in the Bible of Margaret Miriam VanBibber Nebergall:

"The demise of Thos. W. Nebergall, aged 73, occurred at the family residence in La Grande Sunday evening at a little after 5 o'clock. For several months Mr. Nebergall has been afflicted with cancer of the throat, and this was the cause of death. He leaves a wife and several children. The youngest son, Phil. Nebergall, was summoned from Baker City, and arrived on the evening train about five minutes after his father's death.
The funeral will take place from the Baptist church tomorrow afternoon at ( ) o'clock."

Thomas Washington Nebergall is buried in Block 113, Lot 1, Space 5 of the Grandview Cemetery in Union County, Oregon. (Grandview Cemetery Records, Copyright 2000 Janine M. Bork)

The following obituary has already been published in the VanBibber Newsletter:
OBITUARY OF MARGARET M. R. NEBERGALL
By David J. Brown
In loving remembrance of Margaret M. R. Nebergall nee, Van Bibber, who departed this live at the home of her daughter in Gilead, Neb., Dec. 27 1901; Was a daughter of David C. R. and Jane Van Bibber, and was born in 1824. She was converted in a meeting held at the old Edward Campbell schoolhouse, near Kesslers Cross Lanes and was baptized by the Rev. Martin Bibb, Sr. She was faithful as was shown by her taking with her a letter of recommendation from church to church as she moved from state to state. She was married to Thomas W. Nebergall. To them were born nine children. Her husband and three children preceded her. Left to mourn her departure are David J. of Lagrande, Ore., Wm. H., of Sumpter, Ore., and Phillip Nebergall, of Seattle, Washington; Mrs. Jennie Wheeler of Gilead, Neb, Hattie Thompson, of Mt. Ayr's Iowa and Victoria McGhee, of Providence, R., I. One sister, Felicity Nebergall of Davenport, Iowa. Six brothers, James, of Marshalltown, Iowa; Moses, Pekin, Kansas; Jackson, Chehalis, Washington; Nathan, Whisler, Okla.; Matthias and A. D. VanBibber of this county. Her funeral was conducted by the Baptist minister, Rev. Owens, in the Baptist church in Gilead, Neb., after which her remains were laid to rest in the Alexandria cemetery to await the resurrection of the just.
        
Children of MARGARET VANBIBBER and THOMAS NEBERGALL:

JOHN ANDREW NEBERGALL, b. December 12, 1849, Fayette County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1881, Plymouth County, Iowa; m. ROSA ELLA KIDD, October 31, 1872; d. Abt. 1881, Plymouth County, Iowa.
JACOB VASPERSIAN NEBERGALL, b. May 11, 1851; d. July 25, 1851, Fayette County, Virginia.
DAVID JAMES NEBERGALL, b. May 04, 1852, Fayette County, Virginia; m. MINNIE PELLY, December 26, 1886.
  1. GEORGE WASHINGTON NEBERGALL, b. March 06, 1855, Scott County, Iowa; d. January 20, 1860.
  2. ELIZABETH JANE (Jennie) NEBERGALL, b. June 10, 1857, Scott County, Iowa; d. February 26, 1933; m. SAMUEL VORCE WHEELER, October 19, 1876, Newton, Iowa; b. May 30, 1852; d. October 30, 1937, Washington State.
  3. VIRGINIA VICTORIA NEBERGALL, b. July 04, 1859, Scott County, Iowa; d. February 16, 1946, Providence, Rhode Island; m. ROBERT MCGHEE, July 22, 1880.
  4. HARRIET FRANCES (Hattie) NEBERGALL, b. September 08, 1861, Scott County, Iowa; m. William Adelbert (Dell) THOMPSON, March 29, 1883; b. December 28, 1858, Jasper County, Iowa.
  5. WILLIAM HENRY NEBERGALL, b. October 20, 1863, Scott County, Iowa, d. Oct. 31, 1945, Oregon; m. IDA BELLE ELLSWORTH, September 27, 1888; b. Dec. 31, 1869, Nebraska, died Sept. 16, 1892, Oregon. William Henry Nebergall and Ida Belle Nebergall are buried in Block 113, Lot 1, Spaces 10 and 8 of the Grandview Cemetery in Union County, Oregon. (Grandview Cemetery Records, Copyright 2000 Janine M. Bork)
  6. PHILLIP VAN BIBBER NEBERGALL, b. August 30, 1866, Scott County, Iowa, d. Nov. 9, 1935, Oregon; m. Jeanne Hearst, b. March 21, 1865, d. March 21, 1936, Oregon. Phillip VanBibber Nebergall and Jeanne Nebergall are buried in Block 113, Lot 1, Spaces 6 and 7 of the Grandview Cemetery in Union County, Oregon. (Grandview Cemetery Records, Copyright 2000 Janine M. Bork)

Complete text of "It's the Birthday of Charles Elmer Nebergall Who Was Born in Iowa in 1873"
By David W. Hazen
(Newspaper clipping from the Bible of Margaret Miriam Van Bibber Nebergall- no date on clipping. The picture with the article shows C. E. Nebergall in profile with white hair and dark glasses. Charles Elmer Nebergall, son of John Andrew Nebergall, son of Thomas Washington and Margaret VanBibber Nebergall, was born August 27, 1873, in Iowa, died November 23, 1959 in Multnomah County, Oregon. He married Mabel Kemp December 8, 1904, d. December 23, 1951in Portland, Oregon. Their son, Charles Elmer Nebergall, Jr., was born September 17, 1910 and died January 20, 1983 in Multnomah County, Oregon.)

"Can you tell me where I can find my husband?' she asked excitedly. "I don't know him, madam, but they have some real nice husbands over there in the sheriff's office," Mr. Nebergall replied. He is the cigar and candy dealer at the courthouse and serves as information bureau for that building. He opened his stand in the old courthouse January 1, 1905, and has been in the county structure ever since.

"Charles Elmer Nebergall was born on a farm at Adamson Grove, six miles from Newton, IA., August 27, 1873.

"When he was 8, the family moved to a farm in Plymouth county, Iowa. Here, in Charley's eighth year, his father and mother died within a few months of each other. The boy went to live with an uncle, David J. Nebergall, on a farm near Hebron, Neb. Here the lad lived five years. The boy attended country schools.

"Then this family, with another uncle and aunt and the boy's grandfather, started for Oregon in covered wagons. It took them 85 days to make the journey to Baker City. Here the Nebergalls went into the freighting business, hauling supplies and machinery to the mines at Sparta. This was in 1888, Charley stated. After about four months of this labor the youth began working in the St. Lawrence hotel, in Baker City. In 1892 he left the last named inn to work at the mill of the White Swan gold mine. Five months there, and he went to San Francisco to work a year or so in various hotels. Then he returned to the Warshauer hotel to say until 1894.

"That year Mr. Nebergall moved to Pendleton to work in the Pendleton hotel. In 1896, a soda-pop bottle exploded while he was opening it. This accident caused him to lose the sight in one eye, the other becoming blind in sympathy. He was 14 months in a Portland hospital. In 1898 the young man entered the Oregon State blind school, studying there until 1901. The following year he opened a cigar stand at Fifth and Alder streets, selling it the next year. Mr. Nebergall married Miss Mabel Kemp of Woodburn December 8, 1904, and their son is Charles E., Junior. The Nebergalls are great radio fans."

Sources:

Bible of Margaret Miriam VanBibber Nebergall (in the possession of Judith H. Brown, great great granddaughter)
Fayette County Census 1850
Blue Grass, Scott County, Iowa Census 1860
Nebergall Family Bible (Jennie Nebergall Wheeler, later entries made by Rhoda Ellen Wheeler Brown)
Grandview Cemetery Records, Copyright 2000 Janine M. Bork
Family Archive CD #403 Selected US/International Marriage Records 1340-1980
Unknown Newspaper, "Obituary." - clipping found in Bible of Margaret Miriam VanBibber Nebergall
Mary Anna Elizabeth Brown Laflen (Granddaughter of Jennie Nebergall Wheeler)
David W. Hazen, "Charles Elmer Nebergall Who Was Born in Iowa in 1873." --Newspaper clipping found in Bible of Margaret Miriam VanBibber Nebergall
History of Davenport and Scott County, Vol 2 " by Harry E. Downer - S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago
Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries
History of Hall County, Nebraska (1920)
Oregon Death Index, 1903-98

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Judy Brown -- [email protected]
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Peter Van Bibber and Marguery Bounds
  Sophronia Van Bibber and George Dixon
    Henry Dixon and Mary Massey

CLEM FAMILY CONNECTIONS

139. Samuel H. Clem was born 27 Feb 1819 in Oxford, OH. Samuel died 15 Oct 1894 in Danville, IL He married Nancy DIXON 12 Oct 1842 in Warren Co., IN. She was born 17 Jun 1820 in Butler County, OH, the daughter of Henry DIXON and Mary (Polly) MASSEY. Nancy died 27 Jan 1896 in Danville, IL. Buried 29 Jan 1896 in Masonic Cem, State Line, IN. They had nine children:
  1. Martha E. CLEM, born 1 Jan 1845.
  2. Mary Nancy CLEM, born 23 Nov 1847 in Warren Co., IN. She married Edmund Wilson ADAMS 5 Nov 1865 Warren Co., IN. He was born 6 Apr 1844, son of Samuel ADAMS and Nancy MARTIN. Mary died 9 Aug 1903, buried Masonic Cem, State Line, IN.
  3. Isabella CLEM, born 28 Jan 1849, died 22 Sep 1932.
  4. Melvina CLEM, born 16 Feb 1851, died 6 Dec 1916.
  5. Rulana CLEM, born 22 Mar 1853, died 1942.
  6. William Henry CLEM, born 18 Feb 1855, died 21 Feb 1914.
  7. Catherine (Kate) CLEM, born 30 Mar 1857.
  8. Finette CLEM, born 17 Jan 1859 in IN. She married Charles Henderson RATCLIFF 10 Mar 1884 in Kingman, IN.
  9. George W. CLEM, born 5 Aug 1861, died 1934.

Samuel H. Clem's will, dated Feb 16, 1887 and probated Nov 8, 1894 at Danville, IL names his wife, children, grandchildren, son-in-laws, and his brother Zachariah Clem.

        140. Zachariah P.D. CLEM, was born 22 Apr 1821 in Oxford, OH. Zacharia died 26 Aug 1898 in Warren Co., IN. He married Elsie Jane (Alcy) DIXON 27 Apr 1843 in Warren Co., IN. She was born 5 Apr 1828 in Butler Co., OH, daughter of Henry DIXON and Mary (Polly) MASSEY. Elsie died 10 Oct 1894 in Warren Co., IN. Both buried Upper Mound Cem, Warren Co., IN. They had 12 children:

  1. Phoebe C. CLEM, born 5 Mar 1844, died 11 Aug 1906.
  2. Peter Higard CLEM, born 5 Nov 1844, died 30 Aug 1906.
  3. Polly Ann CLEM, born 1847, died 1882.
  4. Alfred CLEM, born 1849, died 13 Jan 1895.
  5. Albert CLEM, born 1849, died 1890.
  6. Maria CLEM, born 1852, died 31 Oct 1923.
  7. Nancy Catherine CLEM, born 13 Apr 1854, died 19 Dec 1927.
  8. Welcome Ann CLEM, born 27 Oct 1857, died 14 Feb 1944.
  9. Charles W. CLEM, born 26 Oct 1858, died 26 Aug 1927.
  10. Rosa Belle CLEM, born 1 Oct 1860, died 22 Nov 1936.

Clem, Clemm, and Klem, Klemm Family History, Volume II, by Dee Clem, Tennessee Valley, 1996. Pages 348 & 349.
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James VanBibber and Sarah Bradburn
  Harvey Wesley Van

DETERMINATION OF TIME AND PLACE OF BIRTH FOR HARVEY WESLEY VAN

STATE OF MICHIGAN

The Probate Court for the County of Baraga. In the matter of the petition of Harvey Wesley Van.

ORDER OF DETERMINATION OF TIME AND PLACE OF BIRTH.

At a session of said Court held in the Court House in the Village of L'Anse on the 21st day of June 1946.

Present: Honorably Leo J. Brennan Judge.

This day there came on to be heard the petition of the said Harvey Wesley Van for an order of determination of time and place of birth and the petitioner having appeared and produced supporting evidence as follows: affidavits of competent witnesses, and it appearing to the Court that the material facts alleged in said petition are true and have been established.
Therefore, it is hereby determi , pursuant to the provisions of Act 35 of the Public Acts of the State of Michigan for the year 1931, as amended, that the said petitioner is a resident of the Village of L'Anse, County of Baraga and State of Michigan, and was born in the Village of Tygarts Valley County of Greenup and State of Kentucky, on the 4th day of March, 1881, that the petitioner is a male; that petitioner's color is white; that the period of pregnancy was 9 months; that the petitioner was the 7th child born at single birth; that petitioner's father's full name was James Van and his residence and P.O. address was Tygarts Valley, Ky., that his color was white; and he was 40 years of age at the time of this birth; that he was born at Greenup County, Ky.; that his occupation was farmer; that petitioner's mother's full name was Sarah Brabon; that her residence and P.O. address was Tygarts Valley, Ky.; that her color was white; that she was 39 years of age at the time of this birth; that she was born at Greenup County, Ky.; that her occupation was housewife; that the petitioner was the 7th child of 7 children of said mother who had 7 children living at time of petitioner's birth.

It is Ordered, that the birth of said petitioner shall be registered in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for this County as provided by Act No. 35 of the Public Acts of 1931, as amended, for the State of Michigan.


Leo J. Brennan
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Note: Harvey Wesley Van Bibber shortened his name to Harvey Wesley Van.
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Isaac VanBibber and Hester Op den Graeff
  Jacob Isaacs VanBibber and Christina __________
    Henry VanBibber and Catherine Ann Bougard
      Jacobus (James) VanBibber and Ann Laroun
        Henry VanBibber and Hester Gooding

--and--

Isaac VanBibber and Hester Op den Graeff
  Jacob Isaacs VanBibber and Christina __________
    Isaac Jacobs VanBibber and Frances Schumacher
      Hester VanBibber and Jacob Gooding
        Hester Gooding and Henry VanBibber

THE VAN BIBBERS OF NORTH END, MATHEWS COUNTY, VIRGINIA

From The Van Bibber Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2, submitted by Steve Smith -- [email protected]
now -- [email protected].

'HENDRICK/HEINRICH VAN BEBBER was a brother of Isaac Jacobs and Matthias Jacobs VAN BEBBER. He married Catherine/Katrina Ann BOUGARD.

"Henry VAN BEBBER had an oldest son names Jacobus, (James in English), that married Ann LARONS/LAROUN.

"Jacobus (James) had a son named Henry VAN BEBBER, born July 22, 1729 in Cecil Co., Maryland. He married Hester GOODING (1737 - Nov 16, 1802), the daughter of Jacob GOODING.

"Henry's will was recorded in Cecil Co., MD. Hester is buried in Northend Cemetery, Mathews Co., VA. They had children: Andrew, James, and Henry, Jr. VAN BEBBER."
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North End Cemetery

From North End Cemetery, Section 13, page 98 of a book of Tombstones of Mathews Co., Va. (also in Vol. 3, No. 1 of Van Bibber Newsletter and USGenWeb - Mathews County, Virginia):

"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 and General Court in 1768, died in 1774. In 1782, Abraham Van Bibber was taxed on 550 acres and Isaac Van Bibber was taxed on 500 acres the same year. In 1791, when the first tax list was made for the new county of Mathews, Abraham Van Bibber was taxed on 925 acres. The home was named North End.

"The Vestry of Ware Episcopal Church in Gloucester County gave to the Joseph Bryan Branch of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities a section of the Ware Church Cemetery for isolated and uncared for gravestones.

"The following stones have been moved to Ware Church and 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/ relict of Capt. Henry van Bibber/ mother of Andrew Van Bibber, Esq.,/ departed this lif / Nov. 16, 1802/ Aged 65

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/ Fulfill'd her visit and return'd on high

HESTER VAN BIBBER TABB/ HESTER D.... (T)ABB/ Wife / of Doctor Hen (T)ABB/ AND ONLY (DAUGHTER) of Andrew and Sarah Van Bibber/ Born 2d (?) 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

DEPARTED THIS LIFE/ FEBRUARY 28, 1842/ ANDREW A. VAN BIBBER/ YOUNGEST SON OF/ ANDREW AND SARAH VAN BIBBER"

New Information from Old Virginia Houses, The Mobjack Bay Country by Emmie Ferguson Farrar. Published by Bonanza Books, New York, 1955. LOC Catalog Card Number 55-11640

North End

"Adjoining Midlothian .. (built by Mr. Josiah Deans over one hundred sixty years ago, near the head of the North River).. and at the very head of the North River, used to stand North End. The house is long since gone but it was formerly a Van Bibber estate. 'Mrs. Van Bibber, of North End' was the devout congregation of one, who made the responses to Dr. William Taliaferro's readings in Ware Church during the time when there was no minister to conduct the service. Sometimes Mrs. Van Bibber would have to guard against the cold with extra wraps, and a charcoal brazier for her feet.

"On the North River in Mathews County, adjoining Green Plains, (the house named) Auburn was built in the early 1800's by Philip Tabb for his son, Dr. Henry Wythe Tabb…. Dr. Henry Wythe Tabb was married three times; first to Hester Van Bibber; from this union there was no issue….."

"Issue of Mary Mason Wythe and Philip Tabb: John, of White Marsh; Henry Wythe, of Auburn; Philip Edward, of Waverley; Thomas Todd, of Toddsbury."

Ware Church

"Near the head of the Ware River and not far from the old 'War Path' or 'Indian Road' stands Ware Church, the old brick rectangular building where citizens of Gloucester County have worshipped for nearly three hundred years. …The present building …was completed soon after 1690."

The "old Mrs. Van Bibber" who attended Ware Church as a "devout congregation of one" was probably Sarah Emory Van Bibber. "There was …almost always….(a minister), with the exception of ten years prior to 1826…..During one period, when the church had no rector, Dr. William Taliaferro went faithfully every Sunday morning to red the prayers and lessons and Psalms of the service, while the lone member of the congregation, 'old' Mrs. Van Bibber, of North End, made the responses. Bishop Meade* comments of the devout character of these two saintly people."

*Meade, William, bp. 1789-1862. Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia. Philadelphia, 1872.

Conclusion:

Capt. Henry Van Bibber born July 22, 1729, son of James Van Bibber and Ann Larons/Laroun, married Hester Gooding, 1737-Nov. 16, 1802. They lived at North End, a home on the North River, Mobjack Bay, Mathews County, Virginia. Hester Gooding Van Bibber was buried in North End Cemetery.

They had 3 children, Andrew, James, and Henry, Jr.

Andrew, born about 1768, married Sarah Emory, born about 1769, and they lived at North End. Andrew Van Bibber died August 4, 1808, age 40; and Sarah Emory Van Bibber, died March 15, 1836, age 67. Andrew and Sarah Emory Van Bibber were buried in North End Cemetery. They had (at least) 3 children. (Information from gravestones seems to indicated an oldest son, born before 1800.)

1. Hester Van Bibber, born ? 2, 1800, married Dr. Henry Wythe Tabb of Auburn, died Feb. 4, 1823. No issue. (only daughter)
2. (Abraha?)m Van Bibber, born 1801, died Jan. 27, 1802, aged 9 months. (2d son)
3. Andrew A. Van Bibber, born after 1801, died Feb. 28, 1842. (youngest son)

These three children were buried in North End Cemetery.

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OBITUARIES:

Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  Peter VanBebber and Ellinor VanBibber
    Peter VanBibber and Catherine Ridenour
      Olive VanBibber and Thomas Ive Fulfer
        Newton Fulfer and Cordelia Martin Davis
          Burton Fulfer and Dove McInrow

RITES HELD FOR BERT FULFER, 61

Funeral services were held at the Hannibal Church Wednesday afternoon, January 8 at 3 o'clock for Bert Fulfer, 61, well known resident of Erath County, who died in his home in the Hannibal community early Monday morning, January 6, following a long illness.

Rev. W. C. Ferguson, Baptist minister of Bluff Dale and Rev. W. H. Rucker, Baptist minister of Strawn, conducted the services which were attended by a large number of relatives and friends of the family.

Trewitt Funeral Home, had charge of all arrangements at the church and at the Hannibal cemetery where interment was made. Pallbearers serving at both services were Grady Miller, Montie Stewart, Dale Kay, Vance Moring, Lawerence Gordon, and Jack Stewart. Friends and relatives assisting with flowers were Mrs. Willie White, Mrs. Ross Brown, Sue Fulfer, Daisy Gordon, La Rue Murray, Kathleen Rucker, Hazel Bruce and Viola Nalley.

Bert Fulfer was born January 9, 1879 in Hunt County, Texas, the son of Newt Fulfer and Cordelia Fulfer, who moved to Erath County when he was only two years years (sic) old. His parents settled on a farm in the Hannibal community in the north part of the county, where Bert Fulfer was reared and where he had since made his home. He was married to Miss Dove McInroe 32 years ago at Exray.

His wife, Mrs. Bert Fulfer of Hannibal and their ten children survive him. The children are Elvis Fulfer of the home; Mrs. Bernice Stewart of Hannibal; Elbert Fulfer of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Mrs. Mildred Moring of Hannibal; Mrs. Barbara Kay of Wilson; Ralph Fulfer, Inez Fulfer, Henry Fulfer, Elmo Fulfer and Edna Dove Fulfer, all of the home.

He is also survived by six grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Oscar Williams, and Mrs. Henry Latimer of Stephenville; Mrs. Carrie Foster of Fort Worth; Mrs. Kate Patterson of Exray; Mrs. Dale Garrison of Portales, New Mexico, and three brothers, Clemmie Fulfer of Idalou; R. T. Fulfer and Curtis Fulfer of Exray.

The Stephenville Empire-Tribune, Stephensville, Erath Co., TX
Friday, January 17, 1941

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John VanBibber and Chloe Staniford
  Chloe VanBibber and Jesse Bryan Boone
    Emily Boone and James S. Henderson

DEATH OF A WORTHY LADY

On Sunday, August 31, Mrs. Emily Henderson, wife of our fellow-citizen, Judge James S. Henderson, died after a lingering and painful illness of several weeks. Mrs. Henderson, at the time of her death, was in her 63rd year. She was one of the oldest and most highly respected ladys in our county, and one who will be sadly missed and long and kindly remembered by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

On the 14th day of June 1835 she with James Tate, Daniel Nolley, Margaret M. Nolley, Mary Grant, Martha Buchanan, Elizabeth J. King, Elizabeth Talbot, Nancy Anderson, Jeremiah Orear, Mary Orear, Thomas Patton and Amanda Patton were organized into the First Presbyterial Church in Fulton, and we think the first in the county.

Of this number 7 are dead, leaving 6 of the original number to follow. She leaves a bereaved husband, two daughters and fours sons, two of whom, Wm. H. and Jos. C. are in Nevada.

Mrs. Henderson's funeral sermon was preached at the Presbyterian Church in this city on Monday, September 1st, by the Reverend W.W. Robertson from the last clause of the 32 verse, 14th chapter of Proverbs: "But the righteous hath hope in his death." A large number of the relatives and acquaintances of the deceased were present at the church, the great part of whom, with sorrowing hearts accompanied the procession to the Hockaday burial grounds, south of town. When the mournful cortege arrived at the grave, a prayer was offered by Reverend C.C. Hersman and a hymn sung, after which Miss Florence Price gently placed a wreath of evergreens on the coffin, which was then sadly lowered to its last resting place.

After the grave had been closed, Miss Sue Hockaday placed another wreath on it and the large concourse or relatives and friends of the deceased, returned to their various homes.

The Fulton Telegraph, Fulton, Missouri, Wednesday, September 5, 1873.

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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  Isaac VanBibber, Jr. and Elizabeth Hays
    Frances VanBibber and Cyrenus
      James Estill Cox and Mary T. Harris

CAPTAIN COX, PIONEER, DIES OF GANGRENE
Death Comes, After Two Months' Illness, to Survivor of Civil War Battles.

BOONE'S DESCENDANT

Promoted Old Union Street Car Line and Was Its First Superintendent.

After an illness dating from April 12, Captain James E. Cox, 82 years old, died at 4:33 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the family residence, 1702 Faraon street. Captain Cox's widow, two of his children and several grand children were present at the time of his death, which was from gangrene.

Captain Cox was a pioneer citizen of St. Joseph, and up until April 12 had enjoyed the best of health. Two days prior to that time, while trimming a corn with a penknife, he brought the blood. The day following, while Captain Cox was down town, a small boy, unintentionally, stepped upon the corn, and the next day Captain Cox was confined to his bed. Gangrene set in shortly afterward.

As pallbearers for Captain Cox's funeral, which will be on Thursday, a number of his old friends will serve. They will be R.L. McDonald, John A. Dolman, William McGhee, Albert McGhee, Robert W. Wheeler, John Kneer, J.T. Hardy and James B. O'Connor.

Captain Cox was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrenius Cox, a pioneer family of Missouri. He was born at Louter Lick, now Minneola, Montgomery county, Missouri, October 13, 1826. He was the second of a family of five children all of whom are now dead. In 1839 he went to St. Louis, and ten years later got the gold fever, and trekked his way to California, over the old Santa Fe trail. He returned home in 1854, and remained one year when he returned to California. He remained in the Golden Gate state until the opening of the civil war when he cast his lot with the Confederacy.

UNDER KIRBY SMITH

Enlisting in the state troops first under Colonel Guid Thompson, Captain Cox soon after the opening of the war enlisted with Colonel Kirby Smith's regiment, being assigned to Company K. Colonel Smith's regiment formed a part of Shelby's brigade under the division leadership of General Marmaduke. Henry Bert was his captain.

Captain Cox served on detached services at the battles of Springfield, Carthage and Prairie Grove, which were won by the Confederates, with General Sterling Price in command.

Captain Cox's experience in the civil war was extremely varied, while he did not engage in any of the great principal battles of the war. At the battle of Pea Ridge, which was won by the Confederates, Captain Cox was a participant. Shortly after this he was in Arkansas. He was sent from Shreveport, La., to Little Rock with some Negro slaves, in the guise of a trader. When he reached Little Rock he became frightened for fear that the federals would take the Negroes away, so he braved conditions, and forced the federal general in command to give him a pass, and an escort of federal troops to Clearcy, fifty miles away, where he could not be bothered.

In 1862 he was a witness, while stationed with his troops in Marmaduke's division, to a duel with pistols between General Marmaduke and General Walker, which originated over trouble between the Missouri and Arkansas troops, and was a result of Walker demanding full command, basing his claims on the fact that his commission dated a few hours longer than that of Marmaduke.

The duel took place six miles from Little Rock. Walker was so sure of killing Marmaduke, according to Captain Cox's version of it, that he didn't even take his surgeon along. Marmaduke, so he informed the witnesses, did not aim to kill General Walker, but rather to shoot him in the leg. He aimed a little high, however, and shot Walker in the groin. He lingered for some time, and finally forgave Marmaduke, before his death, which occurred in Little Rock.

TAKES CONFEDERATE MONEY

Shortly after this episode Captain Cox sold a large number of cattle for Kirby Smith's command, and the traders inquired as to his preference to United States and Confederate money. He loyally said Confederate money and got an entire wagon load of it. While returning to his regiment, he heard that the war was over and therefore that the Confederate money was of no value.

Following the battle of Pea Ridge the troops with which Captain Cox was serving were reorganized and the enlistments made in the Confederate States of America. It was at this battle that Captain Cox, who was given an ovation by his comrades, which almost made a hero of him. He was in charge of the commissary department of the division, and before the battle, and in order not to give the food to the federals, he took 500 head of cattle and made a detour of 150 miles, around. During this time the battle had been fought by the Confederates on empty stomachs, and when Captain Cox brought the cattle, men fell on his neck as though he were a deliverer. The men were without meat or food for nearly two whole days, and still won the battle. When he returned it was snowing, and near midnight.

It was while on detached service in Texas that Captain Cox received his commission as captain. When he rejoined his regiment he was assigned to complete command of all of the commissary department in Kirby Smith's division.

CAME HERE IN 1865.

Captain Cox came to St. Joseph in 1865, and a few months later married Miss Mary Harris, a daughter of one of the wealthiest and most prominent families in Missouri. His mother was a granddaughter of Daniel Boone, the famous scout and Indian hunter.

Captain Cox was the promoter of the old Union line street car company, together with the late Henry Krug and Adolph Steinacher. He acted as superintendent himself for seven years when he sold his interest in the company. He then joined with Joseph Corby and built the present Frederick avenue line, serving as superintendent until the lines were merged into one, and purchased by the present owners of the street railway company.

Last September Captain Cox and his wife made a trip to Louter Lick, three miles from Danville, Mo. It was Captain Cox's first visit back to his birthplace in fifty-three years. The old homestead is still standing. It was built in 1819.

Surviving Captain Cox, aside from his widow are four children, Mrs. Pierre B. Davis of Rochester, N.Y.; Mrs. William A. Dolman of St. Joseph; James E. Cox Jr., St. Joseph, and W.E. Cox of Chicago. Several grandchildren also survive him. They are Marion Estel Cox, Miss Margaret Cox, and Niel Cox of Louisville, Ky.; Miss Adabooth Dolman and Mahlon T. Dalmon of St. Joseph.

Captain John C. Landis desires all members of Cundiff Camp of the Confederate army in St. Joseph to meet at his office at 3:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon to attend the funeral of Captain Cox.

The Saint Joseph Gazette, Saint Joseph, Missouri, June 3, 1908, Wednesday.

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RECENT DEATHS:

Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  John VanBebber and Margaret Chrisman
    Isaac VanBebber and Mary Martin
      John M. VanBebber and Nancy Elizabeth Beeler
        David Isaac VanBebber and Martha Emmaline Blackburn
          William Greenberry Smith and Cora Ann VanBebber
            Maggie Belle VanBebber and Horace Tilman Smith
              David Isaac Smith and Ada Edna Evans

ADA E. SMITH, 76

SPEEDWELL, Tenn. ---- Ada Edna (Evans) Smith, 76, passed away Tuesday, March 27, 2001, at Fort Sanders Medical Center (Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee).
Born Sept. 18, 1924, in Claiborne County, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Will and Myrtle (Johnson) Evans. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, David Isaac Smith; son Billy Ray Massey; brothers, Esco, Howard, Ulyes, and Albert Evans.
Survivors include her sons and their wives, Larry and Kim Smith, Speedwell; Johnny and Sharon Smith, Knoxville, Tenn.; daughter, Faye Tinnell and her husband, Tommy, Speedwell; sister, Fannie Brummitt, Sweetwater, Tenn., and Linda Brummitt, Mendon, Ohio; and 11 grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
Services will be 8 p.m. today (Thursday, March 29, 2001) at Reece Valley Chapel with Elders Steve Jepson and Russell Figueira. The eulogy will be delivered by the Rev. "Little Vic" Graves, and a poem will be read by John Smith.
Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Hill Cemetery (Jones Ridge, Speedwell, Claiborne Co., TN). Pallbearers will be Tony Poteet, David Dosett, David Smith, Donnie Smith, Kern Myers, and Robert Cobb.
Visitation is from 6-8 p.m. today at Reece Funeral Home and Valley Chapel 869-3651 or 626-4249.

The Daily News, Middlesboro, Kentucky , Thursday, March 29, 2001, Page 5; Obituary Columns.

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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  John VanBebber and Margaret Chrisman
    Gabriel VanBebber and Barbara Carlock
      Marlena VanBebber and John McCrunnell Cawood
        Sarah Jane Cawood and William B. Ausmus
          Mary Mollie Ausmus and John Breeding
            David L. Breeding and Dailey Katherine Owens
              Charles Herbert Breeding
CHARLES HERBERT BREEDING

CHARLES HERBERT BREEDING, 67, of Dayton, Tenn. formerly of Speedwell, died on April 18, at Rhea Medical Center in Dayton, Tenn. He was a member of the White Oak Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by parents Dave and Dailey Breeding; sisters Roma Engle and Mary Helen McIntosh.
He is survived by wife Carrol Breeding; son Kenneth Herbert Breeding both of Dayton; daughter Sue Ellen Viens ; son Charles Alan Breeding both of Fla.; brothers Roy, Frank, and Dwayne Breeding all of Mich., Elzie and C.E. Breeding, both of Dayton; sisters Cleo Kelley, Maxine McWilliams both of
Dayton, and Hazel Cosby of Mich; 6 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. Funeral services were held on Friday, April 20, at Coulter Garrison Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Stanley Faulkner and Rev. Bill Braden officiating. Interment was held in Smyrna Cemetery. Announcement is courtesy of Cross Funeral Home.

The LaFollette Press, LaFollette, Tennessee - 26 Apr 2001

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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  James VanBebber, Sr. and Hannah Hoover
    James VanBebber, Jr. and Nancy Ann Ferrill
      James Henry VanBebber and Martha Jane Hicks
        Ernest VanBebber and Myrle Nighbert
          Dean VanBebber and Marian Winifred Dilley

DEAN VANBEBBER

ROSEWOOD HEIGHTS -- Dean VanBebber, 89, died at 10:35 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2001, at Rosewood Care Center in Alton.

Born Sept. 1, 1911, in Scottville, he was a son of the late Ernest and Myrle (Nighbert) VanBebber.

An operating engineer for 32 years at Shell Oil, he retired in 1975.

He and the former Marian Dilley were married Dec. 31, 1947, in Wood River. She died Jan. 11, 2000.

Surviving are a daughter, Marilyn Shotts of Salem, Oregon; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

There will be no visitation.

Memorial services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at Paynic Home for Funerals in Rosewood Heights, with the Rev. Paul Burden officiating.

Inurnment will be in Rose Lawn Memory Gardens in Bethalto.

The American Heart Association has been named as a memorial.

Alton Telegraph.com, Alton, Illinois, February 20, 2001

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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  Martha VanBebber and George Yoakum, Sr.
    Isaac Yoakum and Mary Davis
      Marcellus Yoakum and Sarah N. Cawood
        Sallie Ann Yoakum and Benjamin Bolinger
          Elouie Bolinger and John T. Fortner
            Pearl Fortner and George McDowell
              Leo Ned McDowell and Mary Frances Lackes

                
LEO NED McDOWELL

McDOWELL, MR. LEO NED - age 74, of Tazewell, Tenn., was born December 26, 1926, and passed away Monday, April 16, 2001, at his home. He was a Veteran of World War II. He was retired from Powell Valley Electric.

He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Pearl Fortner McDowell; wife, Mary
Frances McDowell; brothers, Jim, Clyde, Earl and Roy McDowell; sisters, Margaret Clark, Ella Chumley, Zula McNew, and Emma Jean McDowell. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Lillian and Jerry Justice of Tazewell, Tenn.; sons, Charlie Bob McDowell of Tazewell, Tenn., and Bruce
McDowell of Tazewell, Tenn.; special grandson, Ethen B. Tyler McDowell of Tazewell, Tenn.; granddaughter, Jeannie Justice of Florida; sisters and brothers-in-law, Opal Surber of Ewing, Va., and Lillie and Albert Chumley of Speedwell, Tenn., and Edwena and Bill Jennings of Tazewell, Tenn.;
sisters-in-law, Juanita McDowell of Tazewell, Tenn., Marilyn McDowell of Knoxville, Tenn., and Joan Logsdon of Dayton, Ohio; several nieces and nephews, and other relatives and friends.

Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, 2001, in the Claiborne Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Joe Whitaker and Rev. Travis Chumley officiating. Music by The Cupp Family. Burial will be in the Riverview Cemetery. Claiborne Funeral Home, in charge of arrangements.

The Knox News.com -- Death Notices -- April 18, 2001

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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  Peter VanBebber and Ellinor VanBibber
    Peter VanBibber and Catherine Ridenour
      Martha Eliza VanBibber and Pleasant M. Miller
        Albert Leroy Miller and Anna Bell Stephens
          William Henry Miller and Jessie Mae McColm

WILLIAM HENRY MILLER

William Henry Miller, 80, a resident of Aransas Pass, Texas since 1941, passed away March 18, 2001 at a local hospital. He was born Aug 13, 1920 in Boswell, Oklahoma to Albert and Annabelle Miller. He served in the Merchant Marines during World War II and retired from Ashland Chemical. He was a member of the Church of Christ in Aransas Pass. He is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Jessie Miller of Aransas Pass; his son and daughter-in-law, Charles L. and Vivian Miller of Ingleside; his brother, Steve Miller and his sister, Mayme Wiley, both of Aransas Pass; his granddaughter, Sandra Lynn Miller Wood of Rockport and two great granddaughters, Kayla Wood and Ansley Wood, both of Rockport. Service will be conducted Thursday, March 22 at Charlie Marshall Funeral Home Chapel, Aransas Pass with Brother Donnie D'Herde officiating. Interment will follow at Prairie View Cemetery.

The Aransas Pass Progress, Aransas Pass, Texas, Wednesday, March 21, 2001, Page 4.

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MILITARY NEWS:

Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  John VanBebber and Margaret Chrisman
    Isaac VanBebber and Mary Martin
      Isaac C. VanBebber and Margaret Catherine Frazier
        Andrew Jackson VanBebber and Nancy Elizabeth Coffey
          Charles "Charlie" VanBebber and Ina Francis Roper
            Truman Troy VanBebber and Elizabeth Lue Fritch
              Charles Wayne VanBebber and Susan Marie Pearson

CHARLES VAN BEBBER PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL

"Charles W. Van Bebber was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel on April 1, 2001 at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, The Pentagon. Lieutenant Colonel Van Bebber is a US Army Intelligence Officer/Foreign Area Officer and specialist in Europe and Eurasia, serving as the Country Director for Bulgaria, Romania and Macedonia at the Office of European and NATO Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense. He has served in that position since August 2000,
having previously served as a Balkan specialist at the Plans and Policy Directorate (J5) of the US European Command, Stuttgart, Germany and as a Deputy Commander of the US Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile inspection facility at Votkinsk, Russia. Lieutenant Colonel Van Bebber is a 1994
graduate of the Romanian National Defense College, Bucharest, Romania, and the Joint Services school of the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia."

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Peter VanBibber, Jr. and Marguery Bounds
  Jacob VanBibber and Sarah Miller
    Soloman H. VanBibber and Mary Jane Bryson
      Ezekial VanBibber and Rebecca Jane Clowers
        George Edward VanBibber and Cora Eletha Warren
          Velma Ellen VanBibber and Ben Virgin, Sr.
            Ben Virgin, Jr.

SGT. BEN VIRGIN EARNS HIGH AWARD FOR "HEROIC ACHIEVEMENT" AT ROER

WITH THE 29TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN GERMANY--For 'heroic achievement" during the Roer river assault, Sgt. Ben Virgin, ASN 38466107, was recently awarded the Bronze Star Medal. Presentation ceremonies were held in a German meadow during a short pause between jumps and the commanding officer, Lieut. Col. Lawrence W. Linderer did the honors. Sgt. Virgin was previously awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received during the same action and he also hold the Good Conduct Medal and ETO ribbon with three battle stars.

As crew chief of Gun 8, "D" brty, 554th AAA AW Bn., Sgt. Virgin is responsible for the welfare of 12 men, a Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun, a .50 caliber machine gun, and two prime movers. When you add the fact that his mission is usually providing AA protection to this front-line infantry outfit it is not hard to see that Virgin is a very busy man. Handling an ack-ack weapon as mobile as his calls for a lot of fast work…moving, digging in, shooting, pulling out and moving again at all and any hours of the day and night. A good gun sergeant in this outfit is a valuable man and Sgt. Virgin is one of the best.

During the Roer crossing Virgin's gun was one of four assigned to cover one of the bridges that were to be thrown across the swollen stream near Julich, Germany. The night before the assault, Virgin cautiously moved his gun through the boggy minefields to his site and before dawn his crew had thrown up a protecting wall of earth and blasted concrete slabs, established communications by wire with the rest of his platoon, and were ready for business. It was the hottest place they'd seen in Europe and to add to the misery of sweating out the terrific barrage of artillery, motor, and machine gun fire the Jerries poured into their area, there was a hidden sniper who kept peppering their locality with long-range rifle fire. Any movement outside of the gunpit was an 'on the double' proposition and several times Virgin heard the whine of a close one as he dashed from his gunpit to the nearby machine gun emplacement.

Meanwhile, the main assault had been successful and a bridge for heavy traffic had been completed. As was expected, the Krauts sent over some fast jet-propelled ME-262 fighter-bombers to try for a knockout punch on the bridge. But the accurate fire of Sgt. Virgin's weapons played a big part in forcing the attacking jets to hurridly jettison their bombs and seek the safety of elsewhere. Virgin claims that his section got two direct hits on the speedy target, causing it to smoke badly and limp for the German lines. The boys did a swell job of protecting the bridge…not a bomb fell within a hundred yards of it.

That same day, during one of his trips to check the constantly torn communication wire, Virgin was bowled over by a motor shell which hit directly in back of him. Although he knew he was hit, he refused to be evacuated until the next day when things cooled off a bit. At the hospital they removed several pieces of shrapnel from his back and left one or two deeply-imbedded pieces in there. Now fully recovered and leading his battalion in the number of enemy planes destroyed or damaged, Virgin quietly commented..."We really found out what it was like up there that day...the boys took everything they could throw at us, from railroad artillery down to those damned Screaming Meemies. Hell, it go so that a shell landing more than fifty yards away wasn't even close! Never did locate that lousy sniper, though…no matter, he was a bum shot anyway…"

Sgt. Virgin, whose home is in R.F.D. No. 1 Idabel, Okla., has been overseas for 14 months and has seen services in England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. When asked about what he thought about the chances of seeing action in the Pacific area he just shrugged his shoulders and said…"Might as well do a good job of seeing this world and besides, maybe we'll have better hunting in Japan!"

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QUERIES:

Vachel Dillingham (b. abt 1736, MD) and Hester Rentfroe (b. abt. 1740, VA) married in Halifax Co., VA in 1765. They were my 5th great-grandparents. Hester was the daughter of James Rentfroe and Esther Van Bibber. Does anyone have specific data on Esther's parents/ancestry? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Jerry in Seattle

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In the LDS records I found an individual record of Laura Fain Van Bibber Cobb, the daughter of James Van Bibber and Margaret Jane Webb. It states she was born in 1903 and that she died 21 Oct 1961 in Jessamine Co., Ky. The cause of death was, she was killed by her husband, Bradford Cobb, and it also states that he then killed himself. They are buried in the Cobb Cemetery, Jessamine Co. Ky. Does anyone have any further information on this tragic event? Thank you.

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Does anyone out there have a picture of either Sarah (Bradburn) Van Bibber or one of James and her together? I would really like to have just one picture of my husband's great grandmother. I have pictures of James and Harvey, his son, if anyone would like copies please e-mail me.

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I'm looking for information on Simon Miller (b. 1732 Essex Co., VA; d. 1792 Bedford Co., VA) who was the father of Sarah Miller (1776-1843) who married Jacob Van Bibber (1738-1815) in 1795. Jacob Van Bibber was the son of Peter Van Bibber (1738-1815) and Margery Bounds (b. 1740). All I have been able to find is mention of Simon Miller in the DAR records, which indicate he served in the capacity of tax collector during the American Revolution. Who were his wife, siblings, parents? Did they move directly from Essex Co. to Bedford Co.?
Thank you,

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Seeking information for a Priscilla VanBiber, born in Kentucky in either 1812 or 1816. Married Elijah Johnson on July 6, 1832 in Lawerence County, Ky. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Send responses to: [email protected].

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Even though I've submitted this before, I am still searching for any information on Hannah Hoover, wife of James Vanbebber who were in Claiborne Co., TN by 1 Oct 1797. James was born in Halifax Co., VA, 8 May 1766 and died before 19 Dec 1834 in Calloway Co., MO. He helped found the Davis Creek Baptist Church in 1797 which was probably Grainger Co., TN at that time. Hannah is my concern. The 1850 census says she was born in NC in 1797 and the 1860 census says NC in 1789. She is mentioned in Deed Book E, Pages 213-215 in Campbell Co., TN records along with her brothers and sisters in 1821 and is married to James. I believe she and James were married in southwestern VA as James is on the Tax List for Russell Co., VA 1789, 1790, 1792, 1793. According to Personal Property and Land Book 1795, he is in Lee Co., VA. Does anyone know anything about the Hoover family? Where did they come from? Will answer all mail even if you only have a small clue. Thanks.

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Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files Vol III -- (copied as is)

VANBIBBER, James, VA Line & also srv in 1785-88, R18641, sol was b 8 May 1766, sol lived in Greenbrier Co VA at enl & srv undr Capt John Vanbibber (no kinship given), in 1803 sol moved from KY to MO & in 1818 settled in Callaway Co MO where he appl 20 May 1833.

VANBIBBER, Peter, VA Line, S32566, sol was b 5 Aug 1757 in Botetourt Co VA & he lived in Greenbrier Co VA at enl & he moved from there to OH where he lived for "many yrs" then moved to Ripley Co IN where he apl 11 Nov 1832, sol d 8 Oct 1838.

Does anyone know where to write for these pension records ? Where are they located ?

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My search is for any knowledge of Ernest Carl b. 1898 the grandson of Thomas Carl and Martha Van Bibber. He left Missouri approximately 1916 and wrote a few letters home. His last, approximately 1934, from San Diego, California where he was working at a horse race track. (could have been Santa Anita) He was to take several horses into Mexico and was never heard of from then on. I feel there must be living relatives in that area.

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I would appreciate any information, etc. about Jacob and Catherine Ann Guthrie VanBebber and their descendants. This family migrated from Claiborne County, TN to Linn County, Missouri. I descend from the daughter Mary, and I don't know when she died or where she is buried. Thank you.

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SOUND OFF:

From:  [email protected] (Annette Brown)
To:  [email protected] (Gary Hawpe)

Gary, Good job on the newsletter...as usual. Thank you. Annette

From: [email protected] (Charles Miller)
To: [email protected] (Gary Hawpe)

Gary, thanks so much. That was a large mountain of info introduced in this VB issue and we are all grateful for the deliberation you put into it. ...Charles

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Gary - Thank you for this hard work. I really enjoyed the newsletter and look forward to learning more. Linda

From: [email protected] (David Brown)
To: [email protected] (Gary Hawpe)

Gary,
As usual, I'm overwhelmed by what you have produced! Each Newsletter improving. Each one having items that grab me. And grab me good. Dave

From: [email protected] (Jeannie Lane)
To: [email protected] (Gary Hawpe)

Gary,
Thank you so much for all the effort on the newsletter. You've inspired me to return to my Van Bibber research. Jeannie Lane
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