A free monthly electronic newsletter for the VAN BIBBER, VANBIBER,
VAN BEBBER, VANBEBER, VANBABER, VANBEVER,
and VANBEVERS families.
Vol. 5 No. 1 - November 2001
Thanksgiving has become America’s oldest tradition what was begun by our founding fathers. For some, it's a huge family gathering with large quantities of food. Others will enjoy a nice meal in a restaurant or celebrate by serving the less fortunate at a soup kitchen. Regardless of the way you spend your day, it is a day to offer thanks for our many blessings.
For those serving in the military and fighting our nation's war against terrorism, I want to say thanks for your sacrifices. To all the cousins and friends of our Van Bibber family, I want to say thanks for your dedication and commitment in helping preserve the family history.
I also want to wish one of our subscribers, Earl Taylor, a quick recovery from his bout with pneumonia. Earl has been in the hospital and I am now told he is doing much better. Hang in there Earl, we still have a lot of research to do on the family.
May you have a safe and happy Thanksgiving.
Your Editor,
Gary R. Hawpe
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NEW SUBSCRIBERS:
I would like to welcome the following seventeen new subscribers to the newsletter. Of the seventeen, fifteen are descendants of the Van Bibber family. Four of our previous subscribers have an invalid addresses. I will have to unsubscribe them for next month if they do not get in touch with me. Best to my calculations, we now have 545 subscribers to the newsletter. For the third month in a row we have the Nathan Boone and Olive Van Bibber family leading the way in new subscribers. This month five new cousins from their branch joined us.
Gary,
Please add my name to the Van Bibber Newsletter Mailing List.
My background, which may be of use to you and some of the members, is that I have spent a number of years tracking down the factual history related to the Boone family, with some effort at including data on related and associated families. The information is not in the form of a data base, but is rather a collection that is still in files, books, and stored mentally, with the intent of sorting and assembling for the use of others in the future.
In the process of my past research, I have also sought out and located many of the Boone history related sites which still could be found from the territorial Louisiana and Missouri period (1797-1820). These sites include log cabins, water and oxen-driven mills, War of 1812 forts, burial places, Indian scrimmages, etc, plus the earliest American (Boone) trails west of the Mississippi River. One such located site is the early 1800's stone house of James Van Bibber (Olive's brother), which is
still used as a residence. My intent with the located sites is to assemble the data in a form to generate public interest, so that the public interest will lead the way to saving the sites for future generations. The groundwork in this direction is already in progress.
My background includes recognition nationally as a Daniel Boone and Boone family history authority. Recently I accepted the official role of Resident Boone Historian for the Daniel Boone/Nathan Boone Home near Defiance Missouri. This well-known open-to-the-public stone house has an adjoining Boonesfield Village of historic structures (which is in progress), and both have been obtained in the past several years by Lindenwood University of St. Charles, Missouri. My role will be to remove the myths and to inject "real" history as related to Daniel Boone, Nathan Boone, Olive Van Bibber, James Van Bibber (Lindenwood now owns the James Van Bibber stone house as part of their 1000 acre property in the Femme Osage valley), and so forth. Lindenwood University also owns the Flanders Callaway-Jemima Boone Log Home, which is to be reassembled in
the Boonesfield Village. Using my past research and perhaps some of your knowledge as well as inputs from the people associated with the Van Bibber Newsletter, I and we may be able, at some time in the future, to offer some form of real history related to the Van Bibber family at the Boone Home. With Daniel Boone's son Nathan marrying Olive Van Bibber, Daniel's son Jesse marrying Chloe Van Bibber and moving to the Missouri Territory in 1818, and Daniel's granddaughter marrying Isaac Van Bibber, Jr., who came to Upper Louisiana (Missouri) with the Boone family in 1799 and obtained a Spanish Land Grant, plus Olive's mother, and a number of Van Bibber cousins also moving to territorial Missouri during the pre-1820 period, there is a lot of background for including the Van Bibbers for family recognition purposes as part of a proposed future presentation.
Sincerely,
Ken Kamper, Historian
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INVALID ADDRESSES:
CORRECTIONS:
In September's issue of the family newsletter I included an article titled "The Boone Family Emigrants of 1846." This article was used from the website of "The End of the Oregon Trail." In this article it talks about how Alphonso Boone emigrated with his family out West to Oregon. Arlene Buschert, one of our subscribers and 2nd great granddaughter of Alphonso Boone, has informed me the picture they used with the article is not a picture of Alphonso, but a picture of his brother Albert Gallatin Boone. Arlene has been so kind to provide us with a picture of Alphonso. I am including both pictures so everyone will know the correct person.
Albert G. Boone Alphonso Boone
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
James VanBebber and Hannah Hoover
Mary Malinda VanBebber and Powell Hamilton
Elizabeth Sharp and James Monroe Youngblood
THE JAMES MONROE YOUNGBLOOD BRANCH
James and Elizabeth (Sharp) Youngblood had only been married a short time when they joined his family in their move from DeKalb County, Missouri to Arkansas. They settled on Long Creek, Carroll County, where their first four children were born. About 1855, they returned to DeKalb Co., Mo., where Elizabeth's family still lived, possibly because of her father's ailing health, and their fifth child was born there, three months before her father died in 1856.
According to a story told years ago by a descendant of the Sharp family, James and Elizabeth had another child, who died in a tragic accident occurring when a turkey feather duster caught fire in the fireplace. Elizabeth had gone to the spring for water at the time and was so traumatized by the incident, that she "went crazy." (Quite likely, the diagnosis today would be called a nervous breakdown). There does appear to be some basis to the story, as the 1860 census reflects James and the children back in the home of his parents in Carroll Co., Ark., while Elizabeth is still in DeKalb Co., Mo. with her mother and a widowed sister, and noted on the census as being "insane from grief." It is believed that she died not long after this and probably buried in the Sharp Cemetery, although there is no marker there, today, to confirm this.
There is evidence that James made visits to DeKalb County, Mo. and possibly moved back there when he left Arkansas about 1862. As the certainty of civil war drew closer, the safety and welfare of his children became a grave concern, for the advanced ages of his parents would preclude their caring for them, should he fall victim to the Confederate conscriptors now active in the area.
When James returned to Arkansas after the war was over, he brought with him a second wife and another son, who had been born in Iowa. Family tradition recalls only that this wife was an Indian women, who spoke no English, and it appears that she, too, died after the birth of their daughter, about 1868.
James remarried a third time, to a woman with several children from a previous marriage. Two of them were still living at home, one of whom later married James' son. They settled in Carrollton Township of Boone County, Ark. where James bought forty acres of land on January 1st, 1880. (SE1/4, SE1/2 Sect.5, T19N, R21W). This was located south of Burlington in a community known as Lick Branch, near a stream of the same name. James and Nancy sold this land a couple of years later, but evidently remained in the area. No headstone has been found for James, but he is likely buried in the Auman Cemetery.
Jeremiah Youngblood, A Genealogy, Compiled by: Dorothy Morris Quaife, Printed and Distributed by America Press, 18312 Ward Street, Fountain Valley, CA 92708. Pg. # 279.
Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe --
[email protected]
Ross County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 395
Chillicothe, OH 45601
January 8, 1990
Dear Mr. Quintrell:
In regards to the copy of the Sadie Manbever/Nathaniel Hurles family group sheet that has the address of our Society, without seeing a copy, I can't tell you much. We sell family group forms for our patrons that have our society address on the, so anyone can get them. This particular family has been published in our Ross County, Ohio Families Volume III, p. 153, which is listed in the enclosed pamphlet.
As for the transition from Van Bibber to Manbevers, I know that this took place, as my wife's family is distantly connected by marriage to the Manbevers family and many others have come to the same conclusion. Don't ask me how or why it happened. The mispronounced, misspelled names for the family scattered from Scioto through Pike, Jackson, and Ross Counties are numerous.
Henry Manbevers is the son of John and Permelia (Holcomb) Manbevers. Here is what I have listed in my own brief records. In 1850 in Pike Co., you can find a 20 year old John listed as John Vanbevins in the family of his parents, John and May Vanbevers. A 15 year old Permelia Holcomb is listed 20 homes away. John Vanbever and Permelia Halcomb were married Jan. 31, 1851 in Pike County. In 1870, John and Permelia Manbevers are in Jackson Twp. of Pike County. In 1880, John and Permelia McBevers are in Franklin Twp. of Ross County. After that, it is Manbevers all the way.
Pike County marriage records include the following surnames: Vanbevere (the license says Manbever!), Manbevers, Vanbever, Vanbevers, and Vanbebber.
To research this family, which moved through a number of counties, you probably need the services of a paid researcher. Several local ones are listed in the attached sheet for your possible contact.
I hope this has been of some help.
Sincerely,
Robert Casari, Corresponding Secretary
Submitted by Earl Quintrell -- Winchester, TN
Peter VanBibber, Jr. and Marguery Bounds
Olive VanBibber and Nathan Boone
Jemima Boone and Henry Zumwalt
Sarah Jane Zumwalt and John Jump, Jr.
FAMILY OF JOHN JUMP, JR. AND SARAH JANE ZUMWALT
Back Row: William "Bill", John Henry, Jemima, Nancy Ann, Lucretia Jane "Creasy"
Descendants of John Jump, Jr.
1. John2 Jump, Jr. (John1) was born November 10, 1831 in St. Louis Co., MO, and died September 02, 1901 in Goodson, Polk Co., MO. He married Sarah Jane Zumwalt May 13, 1858 in Polk Co., MO, daughter of Henry Zumwalt and Jemima Boone. She was born December 25, 1841 in Green Co., MO, and died July 04, 1916 in Polk Co., MO.
Children of John Jump and Sarah Zumwalt are:
2 i. Jemima3 Jump, born July 22, 1859 in MO; died March 17, 1938 in Polk Co., MO. She married (1) John Andrew Rentfrow October 26, 1876 in Polk Co., MO; born April 1854 in MO. She married (2) R. A. Smelser December 15, 1908. She married (3) Mr. Richardson.
3 ii. John Henry Jump, born January 12, 1861 in MO; died July 12, 1927 in Polk Co., MO. He married Narcissa Martin in Polk Co., MO; born 1870 in MO.
4 iii. William S. Jump, born 1863 in MO. He married Mary J.; born April 1867 in MO.
5 iv. Nancy A. Jump, born July 16, 1867 in Hickory Co., MO; died July 23, 1942 in Fairfax, Osage Co., OK. She married (1) William M. Hutcheson December 22, 1889 in Polk Co., MO; born October 04, 1869 in Polk Co., MO; died January 29, 1903 in Polk Co., MO. She married (2) George Newton McMahan June 12, 1904 in Polk Co., MO; born 1843 in MO; died April 13, 1908 in Niengie, Webster Co., MO. She married (3) C. J. Ashworth November 11, 1908.
6 v. Robert T. Jump, born February 1870 in MO. He married Lizzie Barker Abt. 1894 in Polk Co., MO; born July 1873 in KS.
7 vi. Lucretia Jane Jump, born December 14, 1872 in MO; died 1961 in Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO. She married John Franklin Hawkins Abt. 1890 in Polk Co., MO; born March 07, 1865 in MO; died October 10, 1939.
8 vii. Sarah Catherine Jump, born June 29, 1877 in MO; died March 16, 1954. She married (1) Mr. Sawyers. She married (2) William Thair Tirey September 30, 1894 in Polk Co., MO; born March 1872 in MO.
9 viii. Martha Ellen Jump, born 1878 in MO. She married Isaac Lem Farmer Abt. 1899; born 1875 in MO.
10 ix. Mary F. Jump, born April 20, 1878 in MO; died October 27, 1901 in MO.
11 x. Dorothy Lucinda Jump, born February 25, 1883 in MO; died May 22, 1976. She married William Jesse Hawkins November 20, 1898 in Polk Co., MO; born October 02, 1875 in Goodson, MO; died December 12, 1964 in Marshall, Saline Co., MO.
12 xi. Iva Mae Jump, born December 01, 1885 in MO; died January 23, 1977 in Polk Co., MO. She married (1) John Joseph Searls January 10, 1904 in Polk Co., MO; born July 20, 1882 in MO; died October 04, 1917. She married (2) Easley E. Farmer Aft. 1918; born 1885 in MO; died October 24, 1974 in Polk Co., MO. She married (3) Ernest F. Bugh.
Submitted by Sandra Mizirl --
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
Peter VanBebber and Ellinor VanBibber
Jacob VanBebber and Catherine Ann Guthrie
Vardaman VanBebber and Ellen Francis Dotson
--and--
Peter VanBibber, Jr. and Marguery Bounds
Ellinor VanBibber and Peter VanBebber
Jacob VanBebber and Catherine Ann Guthrie
Vardaman VanBebber and Ellen Francis Dotson
FAMILY OF VARDAMAN VAN BEBBER AND ELLEN FRANICS DOTSON
1. Vardaman8 VanBebber (Jacob7, Peter6, Isaac5 VanBibber, Peter4, Isaac Jacobs3, Jacob Isaacs2, Isaac1) was born February 07, 1825 in TN, and died January 19, 1900 in MO. He married Ellen Francis Dotson April 02, 1845 in Linn Co., MO, daughter of Jethro Dotson and Lidy ??. She was born August 22, 1826 in VA, and died February 15, 1890.
Children of Vardaman VanBebber and Ellen Dotson are:
2 i. Henry Gray9 VanBebber, born February 12, 1846 in Linn Co., MO; died September 14, 1930. He married Sarah Hannah Merrick April 25, 1868 in Linn Co., MO; born October 02, 1850 in MO; died July 24, 1920 in MO.
3 ii. Emily Ann VanBebber, born April 01, 1850 in Linn Co., MO; died June 29, 1887 in Laclede, Linn Co., MO. She married David C. Pierce December 05, 1867 in Linn Co., MO; born January 10, 1840; died October 06, 1912 in Linn Co., MO.
4 iii. George Elison VanBebber, born 1852 in MO; died Bef. 1870 in MO.
5 iv. Lucy Jane VanBebber, born August 29, 1853 in Browning, Linn Co., MO; died May 01, 1917 in Brookfield, Linn Co., MO. She married John Bennett May 23, 1873 in Linn Co., MO; born December 11, 1853 in Sullivan Co., MO; died January 20, 1943.
6 v. Nancy Elizabeth VanBebber, born September 15, 1857 in Linn Co., MO; died August 08, 1921 in Linn Co., MO. She married James Edward Merrick April 14, 1874; born November 15, 1852 in MO; died August 20, 1923 in Linn Co., MO.
7 vi. Martha E. VanBebber, born 1859 in MO. She married J.E. Tulley.
8 vii. Kitty Childers VanBebber, born December 26, 1861 in MO; died January 19, 1912 in MO. She married Jessie Winfield Scott Edens December 22, 1884 in Asotin Co., WA; born June 19, 1861 in (W)VA; died April 05, 1948.
9 viii. William T. Sherman VanBebber, born January 04, 1866 in Linn Co., MO; died August 16, 1915 in Buffalo, Wilson Co., KS. He married Mary Pavey 1892; born April 16, 1870 in IA; died July 02, 1946 in San Diego Co. CA.
10 ix. Melcina VanBebber, born October 1867 in MO; died in Norman, OK. She married Thomas Vincent April 11, 1894 in Cleveland Co., OK; born September 1867 in MO.
Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe --
OBITUARIES:
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
John VanBebber and Margaret Chrisman
James VanBebber and Elizabeth Betty Yoakum
William Henderson VanBebber and Sarah Catherine Grimes
John Franklin VanBebber and Florence Hutchings
Claude Austin VanBebber
--and--
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
Martha VanBebber and George Yoakum, Sr.
Isaac Yoakum and Mary Davis
Elizabeth Betty Yoakum and James VanBebber
William Henderson VanBebber and Sarah Catherine Grimes
John Franklin VanBebber and Florence Hutchings
Claude Austin VanBebber
CLAUDE VAN BEBBER
PASSED AWAY OCT. 15
Claude Van Bebber of Richmond, age 79, passed away Monday, Oct 15, 1962 at 5:40 p.m. at the Ray County Memorial hospital. He was a retired farmer and carpenter.
Funeral services were held the following Wednesday at the Thurman funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Harold McElwee.
Pallbearers were Lloyd Allen, Farris Thompson, George Parks, Jr., Don Thompson, Ward Wollard and Ralph Alexander.
Claude Van Bebber was born Jan 4, 1883, the son of Frank and Florence Hutchins Van Bebber, both or Ray County.
He married Grace Pryor, who preceded him in death. In 1928, he married Mary Harrison of Ray County.
Surviving are the widow, of the home, a daughter, Mrs. W.E. Barber of Richmond; a step-daughter, Mrs. J. R. Kays of Sullivan; two stepsons, David E. Harrison of Jefferson City and Marshall E. Harrison of Kansas City, and a half sister, Mrs. Maggie Banister of Kansas City.
Submitted by Willouise Parker --
[email protected]--------------------
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
Peter VanBebber and Ellinor VanBibber
Jacob VanBebber and Catherine Ann Guthrie
Vardaman VanBebber and Ellen Francis Dotson
Lucy Jane VanBebber and John W. Bennett
--and--
Peter VanBibber, Jr. and Marguery Bounds
Ellinor VanBibber and Peter VanBebber
Jacob VanBebber and Catherine Ann Guthrie
Vardaman VanBebber and Ellen Francis Dotson
Lucy Jane VanBebber and John W. Bennett
FUNERAL HELD FRIDAY FOR JOHN W. BENNETT
The funeral for John W. Bennett, who passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W.C. Brown in Brookfield, Wednesday January 20, 1943 was conducted by Rev. I. O. Hall, Friday afternoon at two o'clock at the home and interment made in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Bennett was born December 11, 1853 in Sullivan county, Missouri and had spent practically his entire life in Linn County. He was married to Miss Lucy Van Bebber, in 1873. Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bennett and those surviving are Lawrence Bennett, Mrs. Eva Brown, Mrs. Ada Deem, Vardamus Bennett, Mrs. Ida Bentz, and Mrs. Lacy Manley, all of Brookfield, and Mrs. Edna Arrington, of Forest City, Arkansas. There are ten grandchildren.
Mr. Bennett was widely known over all North Linn County and had lived to see the country grow from the primitive us of ox teams, the horse and buggy stage, to automobiles and airplanes. He was a man of many good qualities and the members of his family have the sympathy of a wide circle of friends, in the loss of their aged father.
The Linn County Budget Gazette, Brookfield, Missouri - Thursday, January 28, 1953, Page #4, Column #4.
Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe --
[email protected]--------------------
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
Peter VanBebber and Ellinor VanBibber
Jacob VanBebber and Catherine Ann Guthrie
James Henry VanBebber and Ruth Ann Hooker
Albert VanBebber and Hattie Walker
Louis Eugene VanBibber
LOUIS E. VANBIBBER
Winchester Bay - Funeral services for Louis Eugene Van Bibber, 68, of Winchester Bay, have not been set at the present time.
Arrangements are under the direction of Bollman Funeral Home in Dallas.
He was born July 6, 1924, at Westville, Oklahoma, to Burt and Hattie Walker Van Bibber, and died Monday, 30 November 1992, Dallas, Oregon.
He lived on the Oregon coast for 47 years and for the last several years at Scottsburg and Winchester. He had been a logger, yard engineer and night watchman for Weyerhaeuser. He enjoyed fishing and traveling.
Mr. Van Bibber is survived by sons, James Van Bibber of Fruita, California, Dale Van Bibber, Dallas, Oregon and David Van Bibber of Salem, Oregon. Daughters Glenda Hassett and Judy Blondell, both of Reedsport, Oregon, and three sisters and two brothers. Thirteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The World, Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon - Thursday, December 3, 1992, Page #8, Column #2.
Submitted by Earl Quintrell -- Winchester, Tennessee
RECENT DEATHS:
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
Harvey Chesley Wilson and Nora Asilene Henry
A. J. Wilson
LOCO - Service for A. J. Wilson, 84, who died Friday, Nov. 2, 2001, is pending with Don Grantham Funeral Home in Duncan.
The Duncan Banner online -- Duncan, Oklahoma, November 2, 2001.
Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe --
[email protected]--------------------
Isaac VanBibber and Mariah Walraven
Loyal VanBibber and Sarah Elizabeth Robinson
Cook VanBibber and Margaret Jane Allen
Erastus Allen VanBibber and Maggie M. Markin
Paul Eugene VanBibber and Ardna Stout
ARDNA VAN BIBBER
Ardna Van Bibber, age 82, a resident of Traditions at Stygler, died Thursday, November 1, 2001. Preceded in death by husband Paul. Survived by daughter, Lynn Doughty; grandchildren, Angie (David) Halstead, Pam (Rob) Nelson and Greg Mitchell; great-grandchildren, Jeremy Halstead, Colin and Claudia Nelson; 1 sister; 6 brothers. Funeral service 10 a.m. Monday, November 5, 2001 at the Schoedinger Northeast Chapel, 1051 East Johnstown Rd., Gahanna, where the family will receive friends 5-8 p.m. Sunday. Interment Mifflin Township Cemetery.
Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio - November 3, 2001.
Submitted by Charles Ross --
[email protected] -- and Anna Lutz -- [email protected]Note: Lynn Doughty, the daughter of Ardna, was not the daughter of Paul Van Bibber as she was from Ardna's previous marriage.
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Peter VanBibber, Jr. and Marguery Bounds
Peter VanBibber, III and Sarah Yoakum
Jacob VanBibber and ______________
Jonathan VanBibber and Nancy (__________) Creswell
Ratliff Boone VanBibber and Rachel Marquis
Elza VanBibber and Helen Ethel Luttrell
David Paul VanBibber and Lorene Barbara Rheinhardt
LORENE VAN BIBBER
Lorene (Rheinhardt) Van Bibber, 86, of Evansville, died Friday, Oct. 26, 2001, at her home. She and her late husband, David, owned and operated VanBibber's Phillips 66 service station at Riverside Drive and Governor Street from 1946 to 1974. She retired from maintenance for the Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corp, primarily at Tompkins Elementary and Harrison High School, in 1980 after 20 years. She was a longtime member of the former Trinity Nazarene
Church.
Surviving are four daughters, Ruth Best and Karen Cox, who cared for her, and Laura Jackson and Lydia Beckerle, all of Evansville; three sons, David of Hopkinsville, Ky., Stephen of Dornbirn, Austria, and Stan of San Francisco; two sisters, Irene Romine, her twin, of St. Peters, Fla., and Wilma Small of Ocala, Fla.; 19 grandchildren, Rita Schroer, who cared for her, Todd, Daniel and Andrew Best, Amy Barnett, Jay and Jessica Jackson, David and Donna Robertson, Sharon Ramos, Chad and Ryan Cox, Cara and Carl Beckerle, Dana Luttrull, Connie Wright and Carol, Jonathan and Michael Van Bibber; 16 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, David Van Bibber, in 1978; an infant daughter, Leah Lorene, in 1959; and a son, Ronald, in 1999.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Ziemer Funeral Home East Chapel, the Rev. John Hilbert officiating, with burial in Park Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 9 a.m. to service time at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Southwestern Indiana Regional Council on Aging or Vista Care Hospice.
LORENE VAN BIBBER
Lorene (Rheinhardt) Van Bibber, 86, services 11 a.m. Tuesday at Ziemer Funeral Home East Chapel, the Rev. John Hilbert officiating, burial in Park Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to service time at the funeral home. Her daughters, Ruth Best and Laura Jackson and a granddaughter, Rita Schroer, were her caregivers; and her twin sister, Irene
Romine, is of St. Peters, Mo.
Evansville Courier and Press, Evansville, Indiana.
Submitted by Evelyn Pfingston Dismore --
[email protected]--------------------
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
James VanBebber and Hannah Hoover
Mary Malinda VanBebber and Powell Hamilton Sharp
Elizabeth Sharp and James Monroe Youngblood
Ambrose J. Youngblood and Nancy J. Steele
Rebecka M. Youngblood and Leander Hopper
Alma Burmer Hopper and John Calvin Roberts
Sarah Roberts and William Peal
Lula Belle Mae Peal
LULA PEAL
ROLAND — Lula Belle Peal, 49, of Roland died Friday, Nov. 9, 2001, in Fort Smith.
Graveside service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Greenlawn Cemetery in Checotah under the direction of Agent Funeral Home of Sallisaw.
She is survived by a sister, Laverne Peal of Roland; and two brothers, Leroy Peal of Onapa, Okla., and Leon Peal of California.
The Times Record -- Fort Smith, Arkansas, Tuesday, November 13, 2001.
Submitted by Shirley Smith-Bohannon --
[email protected] -- cousin to Lula Peal.--------------------
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
Isaac VanBibber, Jr. and Elizabeth Hays
Matilda VanBibber and James Estill
William Kavanaugh Estill and Margaret Ellen Larch
George Jones Estill and Mary Emma Arnett
George William Estill and Bertie Ayers
Myron George Estill
MYRON G. ESTILL
World War II Naval Air Corps veteran, Myron G. Estill, 93, died Friday Aug. 10, in Great Falls, Mont.
Estill was born May 21, 1908 at Waterville, where he received his education.
He graduated from Washington State University in Pullman in 1933 with a bachelor's degree in agronomy.
He served with the Naval Air Corps during World War II.
After his discharge, he returned to the grain business in Great Falls until retirement in 1973.
He married Thelma Gordon in 1933 in Seattle. She died in 1940.
He married Sylvia Rolfe in 1942 in Coeur d'alene.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Elks Club, and Algeria Shrine.
Survivors include his wife, Sylvia of Great Falls; a daughter Shari Estill-Hopperatad of Great Falls; a sister, Polly Burke of Spokane, one grandchild and two great grandchildren.
He was preceded by a sister, Naomi Pinter, of Lynwood.
At his request, no services are planned.
Burial will be in Waterville.
Chapel of Chimes Funeral Home in Great Falls is handling the arrangements.
Douglas County Empire Press, 16 Aug 2001.
Submitted by Darlene Mann --
[email protected] -- niece of Myron Estill.
RECENT BIRTHS:
Peter VanBibber, Jr. and Marguery Bounds
Jesse (John) VanBibber and Rachel Greenlee
Elizabeth Greenlee VanBibber and Richard Tillis
Clark "Click" Tillis and Eleanor Pontsler
Rebecca Tillis and Sherman Tucker
Enith Mae Tucker and George Henry Bailes
Lonnie Edward Bailes and Agnes Veronica Gerow
Carl Edward Bailes and Sharon Elaine Stover
David Carl Bailes and Heather Faye Raynes
Emma Elaine Bailes
Barbara Bailes Mills would like to announce the birth of her great niece, "Emma Elaine Bailes" who was born on October 8, 2001 at 8:30 a.m. She was born at the Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia. Emma came into this world at 7 pounds and 20 inches. Mother and daughter (5th great granddaughter of Richard Tillis and Elizabeth Van Bibber) are doing fine.
Submitted by Barbara Mills -- [email protected]
MILITARY NEWS:
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
James VanBebber, Sr. and Hannah Hoover
Isaac VanBebber and Hannah Long
George VanBeber and Mary Elizabeth Tinsley
James VanBever and Mary A. Robbins
Amanda Jane VanBever and Nathan L. Willeford
Walter Willeford and Mary Edna Sunderman
Minnie Willeford and Charles Marker
Allen Marker and Jessie Baker
William A. Marker
Senior Master Chief William A. Marker is currently serving aboard the USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea.. William is the 3rd great grandson of James VanBever and Mary A. Robbins.
Submitted by Debra Crumbaker --
[email protected]
NOTICES:
The Boone Society website, which was just recently loaded to the internet, can be accessed at the following address:
www.boonesociety.orgAlrene Curry Buschert --
[email protected]
REUNIONS:
BOONE FAMILY REUNION 2002
Westward Ho the Wagons! Move 'em out! It's "Oregon or Bust"! That was the slogan 158 years ago as pioneers loaded their wagons for the trek west, and now The Boone Society, Inc. is planning it's fourth biennial Boone Family Reunion for the Beaver State.
Mark your calendar now for July 31-August 4, 2002. Join us on the Oregon Trail as we celebrate the achievements of noted Boone descendants, tour some of the spectacularly beautiful sites and engage in traditional Society genealogical information sharing. Specific programs will be decided in the coming months.
Volunteers are also encouraged to take part in this fun event. Watch for more information that will be available in coming months.
Arlene Curry Buschert, Director -- The Boone Society, Inc -
UNIDENTIFIED VAN BIBBERS:
Can anyone identify Granville P. Van Bebber? Granville and his family shows up on the 1860 census of Pulaski County, Kentucky. On this census it states Granville was 30 years old and born in the state of Kentucky. Listed in the home is Mary (wife) -28, Harry - 6, Martha - 4, Lucinda - 2, and James 4/12 months. Mary and all the children were also born in Kentucky.
I have never been able to locate Granville as a 20 year old on the 1850 census. I cannot locate them in 1870. What happened to this family? What happened to the children?
If anyone has any information or leads on this family please let us know.
Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe --
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Can anyone identify Daniel Van Bibber? Daniel and his family were recorded on the 1850 census of Mississippi County, Arkansas. Daniel is listed as 25 years of age and born in Kentucky. His wife was Rhoda - 21 (born Ohio), and children Mary J. - 4, and James 2. Mary was born in Tennessee and James was born in Arkansas.
I do not know what happened to Daniel, but Rhoda was recorded on the 1860 census of Lauradale County, Tennessee with the two children, Mary and James. James, age 11, is listed as insane. What happened to Daniel, did he die? What happened to Rhoda and the two children after 1860.
Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe --
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Can anyone identify Horatio Van Bibber? Horatio and his family were also recorded on the 1850 census of Mississippi County, Arkansas. Horatio is listed as 39 years old and born in Kentucky. Living in the home is Lucinda (wife) - 38, Sarah A. - 5, Mary J. - 2, and James - 3/12 months. Lucinda was born in Illinois while all the children were born in Arkansas. I have never been able to locate Horatio or any of his family on further census records.
Living next door to the family of Horatio Van Bibber on the 1850 census is Elizabeth Millirons. I have a marriage record for Elizabeth Van Bibber and David Millirons who were married on May 17, 1834 in Greenup County, Kentucky. Elizabeth is listed as 38 years old and born in Kentucky. David, her husband, is not listed and may very well have died by 1850. Her children are listed as follows: Mary J. - 16, Martha A. - 14, Amanda - 12, Van -10, Lucinda - 8, Olive - 6, and Nancy - 3. The four oldest children were all born in Kentucky. Olive was born in Ohio and Nancy was born in Arkansas. I have nothing further on Elizabeth and her children. I cannot find her or any of her children on the 1860 census.
It is a good possibility that Horatio, Daniel and Elizabeth were all siblings. All three were born in the state of Kentucky and living close to each other on the 1850 census of Mississippi County, Arkansas. The fact that Elizabeth was married in Greenup County, Kentucky indicates this is where all three were probably from. We all know there were numerous Van Bibber families in and around the Greenup County area. The question though, who were the parents of Horatio, Daniel and Elizabeth?
Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe --
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QUERIES:
Seeking ancestors and family of Absolum Van Bibber (1833-1878) b. Kentucky d. Pope County, IL. How does Absolum "tie in" with the many VanBibbers in Kentucky?
Submitted by Bob Lynn -- [email protected]
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If any of your families directly or collaterally run into these lines, I would appreciate any further information. My daughter married into the VanBibber descendancy last year, and I am preparing their tree for 'potential further descendants'
Isaac VanBibber ( Abt. 1610-) + Hester OpdenGraff b: 1609
Jacob Isaacs VanBibber ( Abt. 1640- Bet. September 1705 - 1711)
+ Christiana (VanBibber) (1640- September 04, 1711)
Isaac Jacobs VanBibber (1661-1723) + Veronica Frances Shoemaker
Peter VanBibber (May 25, 1695- April 06, 1769) + Anna (VanBibber)
Isaac VanBibber (1724 - October 10, 1774) + Sarah Davis (Abt. 1740-)
*Peter VanBibber, Sr (1760 -Bet. 1816 - 1817) + Ellinor VanBibber b: Aft.1760-)
Levicy Vanbibber (Abt. 1797-Aft. 1880) + John Liford (Abt. 1800 - Abt. 1838)
Lazarus Liford (1824- June 24, 1893) + Elizabeth (Betsy) Hackworth (April 1825 - November 01, 1905)
Hiram Hick Liford (January 1851-) + Sally (Sarah) Sulfridge (Abt. 1851-)
George Washington Liford (July 16, 1880-February 16, 1940) + Caldona Upton (November 28, 1886-October 21, 1954)
John Tip Liford (April 29, 1915-December 19, 1990) + Emily Jannette Ball (January 04, 1921-January 11, 1999)
Patricia Ann Liford (June 07, 1943-)*1st Husband William Joseph Cuellar (abt 1945-)
William Joseph Cuellar, Jr (January 30, 1966-) + Karen Joan Bergbower (August 22, 1970-)
Peter VanBibber, Jr (1738 -October 10, 1796) + Margery Bounds (1740-1844)
*Ellinor VanBibber (Aft. 1760-) + Peter VanBibber, Sr (1760-Bet. 1816 - 1817)
Levicy Vanbibber (Abt. 1797-Aft. 1880) + John Liford (Abt. 1800 - Abt. 1838)
Lazarus Liford (1824- June 24, 1893) + Elizabeth (Betsy) Hackworth (April 1825- November 01, 1905)
Hiram Hick Liford (January 1851-) + Sally (Sarah) Sulfridge (Abt. 1851-)
George Washington Liford (July 16, 1880-February 16, 1940) + Caldona Upton (November 28, 1886-October 21, 1954)
John Tip Liford (April 29, 1915-December 19, 1990) + Emily Jannette Ball (January 04, 1921-January 11, 1999)
Patricia Ann Liford (June 07, 1943-)*1st Husband William Joseph Cuellar (abt 1945-)
William Joseph Cuellar, Jr (January 30, 1966-) + Karen Joan Bergbower (August 22, 1970-)
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I would like to know if anyone knows anything about Laura Fain Van Bibber who was married to Bradford Cobb. It's recorded in the LDS records that he killed her and then committed suicide on Oct 21, 1961 in Jessamine Co., Ky. Laura was the daughter of James Van Bibber and Margaret Jane Webb.
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Can anyone identify the following YOKEM family:
1850 - Fulton County, Indiana (Liberty Township)
Yokem, William 38-M-W-Farmer-50 PA
Yokem, Mary 44-F-W MD
Yokem, James 15-M-W PA
Yokem, Vratilda 15-F-W OH
Yokem, William 5-M-W OH
Submitted by Kevin L. Sholder --
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Gary,
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Thank you so very much for the wonderful Van Bibber October issue ...the photos add an extra bonus to an already great newsletter.
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From: [email protected] (Vivian Van Bibber)Great newsletter Gary! The photos are great..... Thanks for all your efforts!!!
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Best,
Kristina Woods
Dublin, Ohio
(Great-granddaughter of William Nicholas Van Bebber)
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Just wanted to say...thank you for all your work on the newsletter
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I got the newsletter fine and it downloaded for me in less than 3 minutes too. It looks great and I love the pictures! I can't wait to have a minute to sit down and read.
Thanks!
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From: [email protected] (Earl K Harvey)Gary,
Another sterling effort! I enjoy plowing through each months gold mine of information. Just to let you know that we do read with as much intensity as it deserves. Thanks for a continuing good job with the newsletter.
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From: [email protected] (Jessica Matthews)Thank you Gary: I am so glad you have introduced me to my family. I always thought I was related to the Boone's through Grandpa Hosman, but, I never knew how. FYI Charles William Hosman, my grandfather, helped build the Hoover Dam and the capital building in Missouri. He was a master craftsman, and built and designed his own coffin which he is buried in at the old Ash Grove cemetery between his wife Minnie Richardson Hosman and my mother Elnora Hosman Moore. You have helped answer a lot of questions. Thank you again and the newsletter comes through clear.
Jessica
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From: [email protected] (Debra Crumbaker)I just wanted to thank you for all of the hard work you do on the newsletter. The format is so
attractive, and the photos really add that reality that is often missed in genealogy. Thanks again.
Debra
From: [email protected] (Joan Bergbower)Hello Gary,
What a wonderful Newsletter and the pictures and patriotic theme topped it off. I am so thankful for the info you put in the newsletter so guess what -- I am going to ask for one more thing!!! (No promise there won't be more requests later). How about giving us a Christmas Present -- early of course -- of the list of subscribers and their relationship. It is so interesting to see the additions, however, I would like to know who the other 400+ were before I joined the group. Any chance you could do that?
Again, Thank You so much for your research and willingness to share with the rest of us. Also, for gathering the info from others willing to share.
Best regards,
Joan
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Joan,
When I took over as editor of the newsletter this last January there were already 299 subscribers. Of those I knew a fair amount of them, but there are a lot that I don't know how they descend from the Van Bibber family or what their relationship is. I think it would be a great ideal to go back and try to get everyone's connection to the family and post for others to view. This way everyone would know if there are other subscribers (cousins) who may be researching your same branches. This is going to be a big task on top of everything else I do. I am not sure how long it will take me, but I will start working on it.
Gary
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Editor of the Van Bibber Pioneers Electronic Newsletter:
Gary R. Hawpe --
[email protected]Owner of the Van Bibber FTM database -- 40,922 names