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VANBIBER,
VAN BEBBER, VANBEBER, VANBABER, VANBEVER,
VANBEVERS and
MANBEVERS families.
Vol. 7 No. 4 - February 2004
Welcome to your Valentine's Day issue of the Van Bibber Pioneers newsletter. With the roses, chocolates, flowers and romantic cards I hope everyone enjoyed this special day.
On a genealogical point, we continue to move forward each month with new information on the Van Bibber family. I look back sixteen years ago, when I first started researching the family, at what was documented then and what has been recorded today. There has been great leaps and bounds made, but there is still a lot of work to be accomplished. Until every individual is identified the work is not complete. Please keep up the good work and keep other members of the family informed by having your findings published in the newsletter.
It is now time to pour yourself a cup of hot chocolate, sit back and enjoy reading February's issue of the newsletter.
Your Editor,
Gary R. Hawpe
CONTENTS:
NEW SUBSCRIBERS:
For the month of February we have seven new subscribers to the newsletter. I would personally like to welcome each and everyone of them. We lost three others because of invalid addresses. We currently have 626 subscribers to the newsletter.
ADDRESS CHANGES:
INVALID ADDRESSES:
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
Martha VanBebber and George
Yoakum, Sr.
Jesse Yoakum, Sr. and Anna
Berry
Catherine Yoakum and
James B.
Kesterson
James H. Kesterson and Ella J. McLaughlin
JAMES H. KESTERSON
James H. Kesterson was born in Ray County, Missouri, April 10, 1849, and he was one of the best known, most influential and most popular citizens in the southern part of Nebraska for many years. James H. Kesterson was a son of James C. and Kate Kesterson, and he was a child at the time of the family removal to Nebraska Territory. Here he received the advantages of the pioneer schools, and among his classmates was the late Paul Morton, son of Hon. J. Sterling Morton, who was one of the foremost figures in Nebraska history. In the late '60s Mr. Kesterson accompanied his parents on their removal to DeWitt, Saline County, and there he engaged in the general merchandise business. In 1879 he sold his business and property interests at DeWitt and became one of the pioneer settlers in the newly founded town of Superior, Nuckolls County, where his ability, his energy and his resources forthwith made him an influential force in the development and upbuilding of the town and in the general advancing of the interests of this section of the state. Mr. Kesterson here purchased several lots in the newly platted townsite, and he here erected several business buildings, as well as a number of houses. His first enterprise here was the implement business, and he established also the first drug store and the first jewelry business in Superior. In the early days he was compelled to bring all of his merchandise in wagons from Edgar, the nearest railroad point. His integrity, his progressiveness and his versatility well fortified Mr. Kesterson for leadership in community affairs, and he was signally prosperous in all his business undertakings. He was a prominent figure in promoting the construction of the line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad between Superior and Prosser, and it was mainly due to his influence and efforts that lines of the Chicago & North Western and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroads were brought through Superior.
Mr. Kesterson was a fancier and judge of fine horses, and brought with him several when he came to Superior. He developed many speedy standard-bred horses of the Wilkes strain, took great pleasure in racing them, and became one of Nebraska's most prominent representatives in turf events of the various racing circuits. His buoyant and generous nature won to him a host of friends, and he made his life count for much in its every relation and interest. He had no desire for political preferment, but was a loyal supporter of the principles of the Democratic party, and he was long and actively affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
At Friend, Saline County, Nebraska, on the 17th of July, 1878, Mr. Kesterson was united in marriage to Miss Ella J. McLaughlin, who was born at Zanesville, Ohio, February 28, 1856, a daughter of James R. and Elizabeth McLaughlin, who removed from Ohio to Illinois when she was a child. Mrs. Kesterson was graduated from the high school at Moline, Illinois, as a member of the class of 1873, and thereafter she taught a year in the schools of that state, whence she then came to Nebraska and became a popular teacher in the schools of Saline County, where her service was in the public schools at Friend and DeWitt. She was lured from her pedagogic activities by Mr. Kesterson, and after their marriage they continued their residence at DeWitt until their removal to Superior in 1879. Mrs. Kesterson has long been a gracious and loved figure in social and church activities at Superior, she being a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and also an influential member of the local organization of the Daughters of Rebekah. Of the two children of Mr. and Mrs. Kesterson, Mrs. Zona Berg, of this review, is the elder, and the younger, Lombard Ray Kesterson, was a resident of Lincoln, this state, and was there engaged in the automobile business at the time of his death.
Miss Zona Kesterson married Herbert Spencer Berg at Superior, Nebraska, the death of Mr. Berg occurred February 12, 1912, he having been born in Pennsylvania February 7, 1875, and having been there reared and educated. At the time of his death Mr. Berg was engaged in the mercantile business at Villisca, Iowa, his untimely death having been mourned by his wide circle of friends in Nebraska. Jack Kesterson Berg, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Berg, was born at Villisca, Iowa, May 24, 1903 and is now his mother's partner in the successful music business at Superior where they have a large stock of musical instruments and merchandise and where they control a large and representative trade. The Berg music store is known as one of the largest and most important of its kind in this section of Nebraska. After his graduation from the Superior High School Jack K. Berg was for two years a student in the law department of George Washington Law School, Washington, D. C., where his widowed mother likewise studied simultaneously, as previously noted in this context. Jack K. had previously, in 1912, been a student in Principia Christian Science Parochial School at St. Louis, Missouri. March 12, 1924, recorded his marriage with Miss Ruth Stansbury, of Superior, and they have a fine little son Bert Kesterson Berg, born January 22, 1925.
Mrs. Zona (Kesterson) Berg is indebted to the public schools of Superior for her early educational discipline which included that of the high school. Thereafter she was for two years a student in George Washington Law School, Washington, D. C., where her only son was a student at the same time, and in the national metropolis she availed herself also of instruction under the direction of leading exponents of voice culture, her musical training in this line having included also study under leading teachers in the City of Chicago. Mrs. Berg thus has a finely cultivated voice, and through her talent, as well as through her splendidly equipped music store, she has done much to advance musical art in her native city and county.
Mrs. Zona K. Berg has become a prominent representative of business enterprise as well as social and cultural activities in her native city of Superior, Nuckolls County, where she owns and conducts a well equipped music store that gives the best of service in all of its departments. Mrs. Berg was born at Superior, on the 21st of June, 1880, and is a daughter of James H. and Ella J. (McLaughlin) Kesterson, who were among the first settlers in Superior. The father died in 1922 and the mother is living on the old homestead.
Lombard Ray Kesterson, only brother of Mrs. Zona Berg, was born at Superior March 8, 1883, and his death occurred in Omaha, March 24, 1917, his home at the time having been in the city of Lincoln, where he was engaged in the automobile business. He married Miss Matilda Grigsby, of Superior, who survives him.
Saline County Nebraska, The Land and the People.
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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
James VanBebber and Hannah
Hoover
Isaac VanBebber and Hannah
Long
Robert VanBeber and
Margaret Jane
Susong
Jacob VanBeber and Ida Woodson
ARGUMENT HAS TRAGIC ENDING
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Andy Hughes, Sheriff of Claiborne County,
Tennessee kills
Jake VanBebber,
Tuesday Night.
Andy Hughes, Sheriff of Claiborne County, Tennessee, killed Jake VanBebber here last Tuesday night at 10:30. The fight took place in a saloon on the corner of Lothberry Avenue and 18th Street.
Hughes and VanBebber became involved in an argument over the killing of two Collins Boys that occurred some two weeks before in Lee County, Virginia, where they made an attempt to arrest, or kidnap, a witness that was wanted in the murder trial in Bell County Court. Just how the fight occurred and who started it reports are conflicting, but anyway "http://webclipart.miningco.com/library/Valenboth parties employed their revolvers at each other. Hughes shooting five times and VanBebber six times, only one ball taking effect, hitting VanBebber under the heart and he died from the wound within 30 minutes.
Hughes was immediately arrested by Night Chief of Police Huston Ball and was taken to Pine-ville at 2:00 0'clock Wednesday Morning on a freight train. His examining trial was set for to-day. Judge H.Y. Hughes, his brother, and a number of other citizens of Claiborne County were here yesterday on their way to Pineville to assist in the defense of Hughes.
The remains of Mr. VanBebber were laid to rest today in the Colson Cemetery. He was 38 years old and leaves a wife and two children, a brother Robert VanBebber, Chief of Police of Middles-boro, to mourn his loss. It is very quit around Middlesboro and it is hoped that there will be no more or it.
Thundersticks, a newspaper published in Middlesboro, Bell County, Kentucky -- October 19, 1911 -- Thursday -- Page #1 .
Note: Were it states Jake leaves a brother Robert VanBebber, Chief of Police of Middlesboro, to mourn his loss, this is in error as it was his brother George VanBeber who was Chief of Police. Jake did not have a brother by the name of Robert. (GRH)
From the files of the late Earl Quintrell.
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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
James VanBebber and Hannah
Hoover
Hannah VanBebber and James G.
Owens
Isaac Asbury
Owens
DESCENDANTS OF ISAAC ASBURY OWENS
1. Isaac Asbury2 Owens (James G.1) was born June 05, 1827 in TN, and died April 07, 1908 in IL. He married (1) Elizabeth Steeley November 17, 1853 in Macoupin Co., IL. She died October 1854. He married (2) Susannah Henderson November 04, 1855 in Greene Co., IL. She was born June 02, 1827 in TN, and died February 11, 1913 in IL.
Children of Isaac Owens and Susannah Henderson are:
+ 2 i. Jennie Cynthia3 Owens, born 1859 in Scottville, Macoupin Co., IL; died in IL.
+ 3 ii. Martha A. Owens, born March 01, 1862 in IL; died April 01, 1926 in IL.
+ 4 iii. James Grant Owens, born December 08, 1863 in IL; died January 10, 1941 in IL.
+ 5 iv. John Tilson Owens, born September 08, 1865 in IL; died November 26, 1938 in IL.
Generation No. 2
2. Jennie Cynthia3 Owens (Isaac Asbury2, James G.1) was born 1859 in Scottville, Macoupin Co., IL, and died in IL. She married James Marcellis Nighbert Abt. 1878, son of Joseph Nighbert and Evelyn Bandy. He was born December 19, 1856 in Harrisonville, MO, and died May 26, 1944 in Scottville, Macoupin Co., IL.
Children of Jennie Owens and James Nighbert are:
6 i. Gussie4 Nighbert, born January 31, 1879 in Scottville, Macoupin Co., IL; died November 21, 1937.
7 ii. Edna Nighbert, born November 1884 in NE. She married Charles Lynch Abt. 1908; born 1881 in IL.
8 iii. Lula Nighbert, born August 1891 in NE.
9 iv. Infant Nighbert.
3. Martha A.3 Owens (Isaac Asbury2, James G.1) was born March 01, 1862 in IL, and died April 01, 1926 in IL. She married Ernest Clifford Woolfolk February 08, 1888 in Scottville, Macoupin Co., IL, son of William Woolfolk and Martha McKnight. He was born April 19, 1860 in IL, and died September 29, 1942 in IL.
Child of Martha Owens and Ernest Woolfolk is:
10 i. Jennie Inez4 Woolfolk, born April 1897 in Macoupin Co., IL. She married Horace Butcher; born 1893 in IL.
4. James Grant3 Owens (Isaac Asbury2, James G.1) was born December 08, 1863 in IL, and died January 10, 1941 in IL. He married Anna Lee Moore March 07, 1888 in Scottville, Macoupin Co., IL. She was born August 23, 1863 in AL, and died January 09, 1944 in IL.
Children of James Owens and Anna Moore are:
11 i. Flossie Lee4 Owens, born November 29, 1888 in Greene Co., IL. She married Claude V. Nash February 25, 1914 in Greene Co., IL.
12 ii. Floyd L. Owens, born November 1889.
13 iii. Freda W. Owens, born January 1897.
14 iv. Susie M. Owens, born November 1898.
15 v. Hannah F. Owens, born 1902.
16 vi. Infant Owens.
5. John Tilson3 Owens (Isaac Asbury2, James G.1) was born September 08, 1865 in IL, and died November 26, 1938 in IL. He married (1) Frances Edwards April 16, 1890 in Macoupin Co., IL. She was born August 04, 1869, and died July 03, 1896 in IL. He married (2) Margareta Schaffer Abt. 1906. She was born September 11, 1877 in Germany, and died November 02, 1960 in IL.
Children of John Owens and Frances Edwards are:
17 i. Lloyd L.4 Owens, born 1893.
18 ii. Manning R. Owens, born 1895.
Children of John Owens and Margareta Schaffer are:
19 i. Morris T.4 Owens, born 1907.
20 ii. Lawerence R. Owens, born 1908.
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John VanBibber and Chloe Staniford
Margery VanBibber and
Andrew Donnally, Jr.
Caroline Donnally and
John Lewis
James VanBibber
Lewis and Sarah Eugenia
Austin
Caroline Donnally Lewis and Oliver S. Brand
OLIVER S. BRAND
Oliver S. Brand (1861-1919) was born in Carrollton, MO, where he resided until 1894 when he and his family moved to Mt. Grove. He was the son of Henry and Eliza Brand and in 1886 he married Caroline Donnally Lewis (1866-1928), daughter of Sarah Eugenia Austin and James Van Bibber Lewis of Carrollton. They had three sons: Lewis Henry, Oliver Haydon and John Donnell. Oliver S. Brand died in St. Francis, KS where he was employed in the carpentry profession. He was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, where his wife was later interred.
Lewis Henry Brand (1887-1945) married Ida Fraley (1889-1969), daughter of Susan Matilda Jane Huddleston and William Henry Fraley, in 1910 and was a pharmacist with a drug store on the south side of the square. Their son, Lewis Henry Brand, Jr., grew up on Maple Avenue, two doors south of his cousin, James Eugene Lewis, Jr. He attended Wentworth Military School and Missouri University. Eventually, he worked for the Commercial Appeal Newspaper in Memphis, TN. He married Joy Aline Schroyer in 1941 and had two children: Michael Lewis and Bonnye Aline.
Olive Haydon moved to Kansas City, MO and John Donnell, an actor and fine drummer, moved to New Braunfels, TX.
Written by James Eugene Lewis, Jr.
History and Families, Wright County, Missouri, 150th Anniversary 1841-1991 -- Turner Publishing Company, Paducah, Kentucky -- Page #210.
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CALIFORNIA DEATH RECORDS
The following are two deaths from the California Death Records, between the years of 1940 and 1997, who have a Van Bibber connection.
Peter VanBibber, Jr. and Marguery Bounds
Olive VanBibber and
Nathan Boone
Delinda Boone and James
Craig
Martha Ann Craig and
David
Craik
Frank Andrew Craik and Clara
Bommer
Frank Paul Craik
Last Name: Craik
First Name: Frank
Middle:
Paul
Birth Date: February 4, 1911
Mother Maiden: Bommer
Father
Last:
Sex: M
Birth Place: Kansas
Death Place: Los Angeles
County
Death Date: September 22, 1986
Age: 75 years
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Peter VanBibber and Marguery Bounds
John Jesse VanBibber and
Rachel Greenlee
Elizabeth VanBibber and
Richard Tillis
Clark Tillis
and Eleanor
Pontsler
Lewis Grant Tillis, Sr. and Emily Jane
Sayre
Lewis Grant Tillis, Jr. and Lou Elsie Allen
Raymond Allen Tillis
Last Name: Tillis
First Name:
Raymond
Middle: Allen
Birth Date: October 1, 1919
Mother
Maiden: Allen
Father Last:
Sex: M
Birth Place: West Virginia
Death
Place: Contra Costa County
Death Date: April 6, 1980
Age: 60 years
KENTUCKY DEATH RECORDS
The following are two deaths from the Kentucky Death Records, between the years of 1911 and 2000, who have a Van Bibber connection.
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
James VanBebber, Sr. and
Hannah Hoover
Isaac VanBebber and Hannah
Long
Robert VanBeber and
Margaret Jane
Susong
Margaret VanBeber and Doctor Columbus Green
Last Name: Green
First Name: Doctor
Middle Initial:
C.
Age: 79 years
Death Place: Bell County
Residence: Bell
County
Death Date: September 25, 1939
Volume: 044
Certificate:
21714
Death Volume: 1939
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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
James VanBebber, Sr. and
Hannah Hoover
Isaac VanBebber and Hannah
Long
George VanBeber and
Mary Elizabeth
Tinsley
America Jane VanBever and Samuel B. King
John C. King
Last Name: King
First Name:
John
Middle Initial: C.
Age: 66 years
Death Place: Bell
County
Residence:
Death Date: February 23, 1932
Volume:
006
Certificate: 02596
Death Volume: 1932
OHIO DEATH RECORDS
The following are two deaths from the Ohio Death Records, between the years of 1958 and 2000, who have a Van Bibber connection.
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
James VanBebber, Sr. and
Hannah Hoover
Margaret VanBebber and David
Ross, Sr.
David Ross, Jr.
and Martha
Jayne
Daniel Boone Ross and Nancy Ellen
Fannin
Doctor Joseph Ross and Eva
Phipps
Bonnie Eileen Ross and Robert Lee Webster
Name: Bonnie E. Webster
Gender: Female
Date of Death: March 7,
1993
Volume: 29312
Certificate: 014882
Marital Status: Widowed
Place
of Death: Residence
Race: White
Residence: Ohio
Age: 50
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Isaac VanBibber and Maria Walraven
Loyal VanBibber and Sarah
Elizabeth Robinson
Susan VanBibber and
Mordecia West
John Wesley
West and Mattie L.
Whitlatch
Lola B. West and Arthur Crow
Name: Lola W. Crow
Gender: Female
Date of Death: April 8,
1980
Volume: 24037
Certificate: 031992
Marital Status: Widowed
Place
of Death: Vinton County
Race: White
Residence: Vinton County
Age:
82
OBITUARIES:
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
Peter VanBebber and Ellinor
VanBibber
Peter VanBibber and Catherine
Ridenour
Olive VanBibber and
Thomas Ives
Fulfer
James K. Polk Fulfer and America Elizabeth
Cagle
Beatrice Abbie Fulfer and George Hottinger
--and--
Peter VanBibber, Jr. and Marguery Bounds
Ellinor VanBibber
and Peter VanBebber
Peter VanBibber and
Catherine Ridenour
Olive
VanBibber and Thomas Ives
Fulfer
James K. Polk Fulfer and America Elizabeth
Cagle
Beatrice Abbie Fulfer and George Hottinger
BEATRICE A. HOTTINGER
SANDY -- Beatrice Abbie Hottinger, 82, of 1224 E. 10600 South, Sandy, died May 9, 1975 at home of cancer.
Born Oct. 22, 1892, New Mexico, to James K. Polk Fulfer and America Elizabeth Cagel. Married to Dan Yates, 1908, Divorced. Married to George Hottinger 1922, New Mexico. He died 1944. Member First Christian Church.
Survivors: son, Thurman Yates, Silver City, N.M.; 1 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; sisters, brothers, Inez Wilson, Albuquerque, N.M.; Edna Vaughn, Durango, Colo.; Essie Crosser, John Fulfer, Grand Junction, Colo.
Funeral Monday, 2 p.m., 4760 S. State St. where friends call one hour before services. Burial, Memorial Gardens of the Valley.
Salt Lake City Tribune -- Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah -- May 11, 1975.
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James VanBibber and Sarah Margaret Bradburn
Charles Wesley
VanBibber
C. W. VAN BIBBER
Charles Wesley Van Bibber, 77, retired minister of the Christian church, died of jaundice, early this morning at his home in Bennett, Ky.
He is survived by his wife, Telitha, and his surviving children, H. W. Van Bibber of Sciotoville, M. A. of Sought Portsmouth, William of Greenup, Mrs. Matilda Hall of Warnock, Ky., Mrs. Lola Carter of Nicholasville, Ky., Mrs. Martha Hamilton of Carey's Run, Charles Jr. of the U. S. army, stationed at Ft. Dix, N. J, Marie Versal and Louise of Portsmouth, Edith and Robert at home and two brothers, John of Quincy and Harve of Lansing, Mich.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Felty cemetery with burial under direction of Morton funeral home.
Note: There should be a comma between Marie and Versal as they are separate people. The Adkins - Corns Cemetery must have been named the Felty Cemetery at one time. It is now known as the Adkins - Corns Cemetery. (BEL)
Portsmouth Times, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio -- August 20, 1946 -- Tuesday.
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Peter VanBibber and Marguery Bounds
John Jesse VanBibber and
Rachel Greenlee
Elizabeth VanBibber and
Richard Tillis
Miles Tillis
and Nancy
Kimberling
Peter White Tillis and Viola Victoria
Gard
John Coulter Tillis and Alma
Miller
Frank W. Tillis
FRANK W. TILLIS
FRANK W. TILLIS, 76, of Point Pleasant, died Wednesday in Pleasant Valley Hospital, Point Pleasant, after a long illness. He was a member of Christ Episcopal Church and the Loyal Order of the Moose. He was a retired employee of Vanadium Corp. of New Haven. He was a veteran of World War II and a graduate of Marshall University.
Surviving: sisters, Mrs. Garnette Stanley of Point Pleasant, Mrs. Marjorie King of New Martinsville.
Service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Wilcoxen Funeral Home, Point Pleasant, with Father Richard Casto and the Rev. Malcolm McIver III officiating. Burial will be in Lone Oak Cemetery, Point Pleasant, with military graveside rites by American Legion Post No .23 of Point Pleasant. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
The Charleston Daily Mail -- Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia -- March 21, 1985.
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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
John Henry Yoakum and Margaret Ann
Rainwater
Kelly Yoakum and Mary E. "Bird"
Campbell
Claude Yoakum and Ruth Marion
Curtis
Norman Lee Yoakum and Therese Marie
Dearborn
Joan Carol Yoakum and Jeff Pyle
--and--
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
John VanBebber and Margaret
Chrisman
William VanBebber and Elizabeth
Barbee
Julia Ann VanBebber
and Joseph
Campbell
Mary E. "Bird" Campbell and Kelly
Yoakum
Claude Yoakum and Ruth Marion
Curtis
Norman Lee Yoakum and Therese Marie
Dearborn
Joan Carol Yoakum and Jeff Pyle
JOAN CAROL PYLE
Joan Carol Pyle, 41, Overland Park, Kan., died Thursday, May 2, 2002, at the home. The Funeral Liturgy will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 7, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 13520 W. 92nd St., Lenexa, Kan. Friends may call from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Monday at the church, where the Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Burial in Resurrection Cemetery.
Joan was born Aug. 12, 1960, in KCK and was a lifetime resident. She was a 1978 graduate of Bishop Ward High School and received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Kansas Medical Center in 1982. She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic church. She was preceded in death by her father, Norman Yoakum, in 1998.
Joan is survived by her husband of 17 years, Jeff Pyle, of the home; a daughter, Christina Pyle, of the home; two sons, Jason Pyle and Justin Pyle, both of the home; her mother, Therese Yoakum, KCK; a brother, John Yoakum, Overland Park; three sisters and their husbands, Jane Yoakum, Huntsville, Ala., Jean and Jeff Manning, Olathe, Kan., Jenny and Andy Bartolac, KCK; a father-in-law and mother-in-law, Jim and Margaret Pyle, Overland Park; four brothers-in-law and their spouses, Stephen and Ruth Pyle, Ft. Lauderdale, Dan and Leta Pyle, Overland Park, Chuck and Margie Pyle, Shawnee, Kan., Ken and Mary Pyle, Lenexa, Kan.; a sister-in-law and her husband, Julie and Eric Long, Dallas; and many nieces and nephews.
Kansas City Kansan online -- Kansas City, Kansas -- May 4, 2002.
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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
Isaac VanBibber, Jr. and
Elizabeth Hays
Erretta VanBibber and George W.
Burt
Huron Burt and Sarah
Amelia Venable
Kidd
Leo Burt and Mary Elizabeth Yates
LEO BURT DIES HERE WEDNESDAY
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Funeral Services To Be Held Thursday
At Nine Mile
Church
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Leo Burt of Williamsburg died at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, at the Callaway Hospital. He was 72 years old.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Nine Mile Church near Williamsburg. Burial will be in Old Auxvasse cemetery. Services will be conducted by Dr. D.S. Gage.
The body will lie in state at the Maupin Funeral Home here until Thursday at noon, when it will be taken to the Nine Mile Church.
Mr. Burt was born November 22, 1868, near Williamsburg, the son of Huron and Sarah Kidd Burt. He had spent his entire life in Callaway county.
He is survived by his widow and four children; George Burt of St. Louis; John Burt of Little Rock, Ark.; Miss Lucille Burt of the home, and Miss Irene Burt of Chicago.
The Missouri Telegraph -- Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri -- October 23, 1941 -- Page #6 -- Column #6.
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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
Moses Edward Yoakum and Margaret Ann
Clark
Millard Clead Yoakum and Jennie Bell
Whitmer
Whitmer Wayne Yoakum
WAYNE YOAKUM
Services for Wayne Yoakum, 66, Blue Mound, Kan., were held today at the Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home, Mound City, Kan.
Burial was in the Sunny Slope Cemetery, Blue Mound. The family suggests memorials to the Federated Church of Blue Mound.
Mr. Yoakum died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2001, at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kan. He was born Jan. 16, 1935, in Dockery, Mo. He was employed at the Warehouse for Strasser of Kansas City, Kan. He was a member of the Richmond Baptist Church, Richmond, Mo., and attended the Federated Church of Blue Mound.
One brother, and one sister, preceded him in death.
Surviving are his wife of 16 years, Mary Lake Yoakum, of the home; three sons, Richard Yoakum, Jack Yoakum, and Millard Yoakum, all of KCK; two step-sons, Paul Jacobs, Blue Mound, and Garry Benton, Oakland, Ark.; two daughter, Judy Francisco and Jeni Blair, both of KCK; one brother, M. C. Yoakum, Richmond; one sister, Mildred Pike, Dallas, Texas.; 18 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Kansas City Kansan online -- January 7, 2002.
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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
Peter VanBebber and Ellinor
VanBibber
Jacob VanBebber and Catherine Ann
Guthrie
James Henry
VanBebber and Ruth Ann
Hooker
Jerry Edward VanBebber and Julie
Little
Minnie Elizabeth VanBebber and John
Kirby
William James Kirby and Mary Jane McGowen
--and--
Peter VanBibber, Jr. and Marguery Bounds
Ellinor VanBibber
and Peter VanBebber
Jacob VanBebber and
Catherine Ann Guthrie
James
Henry VanBebber and Ruth Ann
Hooker
Jerry Edward VanBebber and Julie
Little
Minnie Elizabeth VanBebber and John
Kirby
William James Kirby and Mary Jane McGowen
WILLIAM JAMES KIRBY
William James Kirby, son of John F. Kirby and Minnie E. Van Beber Kirby was born April 24, 1918 in Christie and departed this life to be with our Lord, Sunday, June 27, 1999 at his home in Westville at the age of 81 years, 2 months and 2 days.
Bill was married to Mary Jane McGowen on April 1, 1959 and to this union
were born three children, Jed, James and Melanie. He was a disabled, decorated
war veteran of World War II, having been inducted in the Army on January 10,
1941 and discharged on July 25, 1945 from Fort Chaffee, Ark. He was technical
sergeant and platoon leader serving in Europe. He was awarded the Purple Heart,
Bronze Star and Combat Infantry Badge. He was a farmer and a member of the Spade
Mountain Holiness Church.
He was preceded in death by both parents; one brother, Robert Kirby and
one nephew, Billy Wayne Kirby.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Jane of the home; two sons, Jed and
James and one daughter, Melanie, all of Okla.; two grandchildren Stephanie of
Ark., and Thera of Texas; one uncle, Fount of Colo., and one nephew, Robert of
Okla.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 30 in the Roberts Funeral Home
Chapel with Bro. Audie Vaughn officiating. Interment will follow in the
Westville City Cemetery.
Stilwell Democrat Journal -- Stilwell, Adair County, Oklahoma -- July 1, 1999.
Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe --
[email protected]--------------------
Isaac VanBibber and Mary Walraven
Merritt VanBibber and Mary
Axtell
Hariett VanBibber and James
Walters
Cora Mae Walters and
Charles
Morrow
Paul Morrow and Bessie
Carson
William Paul Morrow and Ruth Clora Smith
WILLIAM "BILL" PAUL MORROW
William "Bill" Paul Morrow, 84 of 1325 Sage St., Rock Springs, died at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, May 14, 2001, at the Sage View Care Facility.
His body is being flown to Michigan for burial.
A former resident of Michigan, Morrow had been a resident of Rock Springs and Green River for the last five years.
He was born April 18, 1917, in Detroit, the son of the late Paul Morrow and Bessie Carson.
At the age of two, his family moved to Birmingham, Michigan, where he graduated from Baldwin High School in January 1936.
He married the former Ruth Clora Smith of Oxbow Lake, Mich. on March 20, 1937, in Toledo, OH. That same year he started his career with General Motors in Pontiac, Mich., for the Fisher Body Division. He later transferred to GM Truck in the Plant Protection Department in Pontiac and retired in 1975 after over 40 years of service as sergeant. After retiring, he lived in Kalkaska, Mich. in the summer and Daytona Beach in the winter.
He served in the U.S. Army during WW II, entering military service on June 10, 1943. He was a member of the 301st Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Co. (Field Army) He served in the European Theatre of Operation from February 1945 to August 1945. When the war ended in Europe, his company was preparing to go the Pacific in the China-Burma-India Theater. Four days before setting sail on the troop transport ship, "Sea Tiger", from Marseilles, France, Japan surrendered. He earned many medal including the Bronze Battle Star.
He was a deacon and a member of Victory Baptist Church in South Boardman, MI. He attended Church of Epiphany while living in Sweetwater County. His interests included bowling, golfing, ice skating, biking, gardening and spending time with his many friends.
Survivors include two daughters, Lynne Martin and husband of Michigan, and Merrie Haynes and husband, Ken of Wyoming; one granddaughter, Stephanie Nichols of Michigan; two great-grandchildren; one sister, Elizabeth, "Bette" of AZ and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth, his parents, and a sister, Ellen Falberg.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 23, at the Dryer Funeral Home in Holly, Mich. Burial is at Lakeside Cemetery in Holly.
Rocket Miner -- Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming -- May 15, 2001.
Submitted by Merrie Haynes --
[email protected]--------------------
Isaac VanBibber and Maria Walraven
Merritt Grant VanBibber
and Mary Axtell
Taylor VanBibber and Sarah
Catherine Goodnight
Walter
Dayton VanBibber and Eva Mae
Bell
Winifred Arlene VanBibber and Marion Wesley Rowland
WINIFRED A. ROWLAND
Winifred A. Rowland, 83, former Harvey County deputy register of deeds, died Wednesday (Sept. 4, 2002) at Newton Presbyterian Manor.
She was born April 2, 1919, in Burns to Walter and Eva (Bell) Van Bibber. Her parents preceded her in death. She married Marion W. Rowland in 1940. He preceded her in death March 27, 1984. She lived in Newton nearly all of her married life. She was a homemaker and later worked at J.C. Penny in Newton.
In 1971, she began working in the Register of Deeds Office in the Harvey County Courthouse. She retired in 1986 as deputy register of deeds. She was known for her landscape and floral paintings. She was a member of Salem United Methodist Church and most recently attended St. Luke Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include: a son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Jane Rowland of Cabot, Ark.; a daughter and son-in-law, Shirley and Duane Lyon of Redding, Calif.; a daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Greg Holub of Wichita; a sister, Mildred Clower of Arlington, Texas; two grandsons, Scott Lyon of Redding, Calif., and Brian Rowland of Houston, Texas; six granddaughters, Susan Rowland of Houston, Texas; Christina Hays of Ham Lake, Minn., Catherine Cano of Houston, Texas; Megan Holub of Wichita, Ashley Holub of Wichita and Tasha Hays of Ham Lake, Minn.; three great-grandsons, Chance Rowland of Houston, Texas, Avery Cano of Houston, Texas, and Ethan Cano of Houston, Texas; several nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends.
She also was preceded in death by a sister, Genevieve Rowland.
Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Salem United Methodist Church in Newton with the Revs. Lynn Sifrit of the church and David Keazirian of St. Luke Presbyterian Church officiating.
Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. today, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, all at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home. Family will greet friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorials have been established with Hospice Care of Kansas in Newton and Kansas State University Center for Basic Cancer Research in Manhattan, both in care of the funeral home.
The Newton Kansan --
www.kansan.com -- September 5, 2002.Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe --
[email protected]
RECENT DEATHS:
Peter VanBibber, Jr. and Marguery Bounds
Matthias VanBibber
and Margaret Robinson
Felicity Brown VanBibber
and Moses Mann Hill
Joseph
VanBibber Hill and Miriam
Smith
Jonas Wilson Hill and Lucille Olive
Keenan
Guss Van Hill and Daisy Irene
Nichols
John Lee Hill
--and--
Peter VanBibber, Jr. and Marguery Bounds
Matthias VanBibber
and Margaret Robinson
Olive Boone VanBibber
and Robert Keenan
Robert T.
Keenan and Elizabeth
Garton
Lucille Olive Keenan and Jonas Wilson
Hill
Guss Van Hill and Daisy Irene
Nichols
John Lee Hill
JOHN LEE HILL
INGRAM BRANCH - John Lee Hill, 73, died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004, at his home.
Born Nov. 5, 1930, at Marting Mountain, W.Va., he was a son of the late Guss Van and Daisy Nichols Hill.
Mr. Hill was a retired laborer and handyman.
Survivors include two brothers, Bob Hill of Ingram Branch and Bill Hill of Ingram Branch; two sisters, Betty Estep of Oak Hill and Judy Daniels of Ingram Branch; and by several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services will be private.
Condolences may be e-mailed to www.tyreefuneralhome.com.
Arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill.
The Register-Herald -- Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia -- February 10, 2004 -- Tuesday.
Submitted by Lee Estep -- [email protected]
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John VanBibber and Chloe Staniford
Hannah VanBibber and
Goodrich Lightfoot Slaughter
Maria D.
Slaughter and Samuel C. Reed
Mary E. Reed and James
Putney
Henry Ruffner Putney and Lillian
Ast
Ruth Putney and Julian B.
Coghill
Julian Baxter Coghill
JULIAN BAXTER COGHILL
Julian Baxter Coghill
He was born and raised Charleston, West Virginia. In 1941, he graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During World War II he served as a Lieutenant in the navy on a Landing Craft Infantry gunboat. His group received a Presidential Unit Citation for the landing at Iwo Jima. He was transferred by E.I. Dupont to Orange, Texas where he was employed for 47 years as environmental engineer. During his life he gave generously of his time to church, civic and political activities. He was ordained as an elder in the Presbyterian Church, was Clerk of the Session, taught bible classes, served on the Presbytery Nominating Committee, the Synod permanent judicial commissions, was actively involved in the three 'courts' of Presbytery, Synod and General Assembly in 1991. During the merger of the Texas and Red River Synods, he created the new name, 'Synod of the Sun', for the newly united synod.
Among his many civic and political contributions were Councilman and Mayor of Lakeview, Texas; Chairman of the Southeast Regional Planning Commission; President, Vice President, and Secretary of the Texas Municipal League - Region 16; Texas Drainage District 7 Commissioner; member of the Texas Water Conservation Board; Board member and Chairman of the South Jefferson County American Red Cross; member of the Port Arthur Civil Rights Commission; member of the Lakeview Lions Club; and worked for housing for the elderly. He was also instrumental in the organization of the Kappa Sigma chapter at Lamar University.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Betty Coghill, who was the love of his life; and his daughters, Carole Coghill and partner Charles Walne; Kathleen Snyder and husband, Kent Snyder; and two grandchildren, Emily and John Snyder, whom he thought the world of and adored. The family will receive friends Monday at 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at Porter Loring Mortuary North Service Tuesday 9:30 a.m. San Pedro Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow in Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery. The family invites you to leave a message or memory at www.porterloring.com by selecting Visitation and Services. Select 'sign Guestbook' at the bottom of the individual Memorial. Arrangements with Porter Loring North Mortuary.
San Antonio Express-News -- San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas -- December 22, 2003 -- Monday.
Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe -- [email protected]
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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
James VanBebber, Sr. and
Hannah Hoover
Isaac VanBebber and Hannah
Long
George VanBeber and
Mary Elizabeth
Tinsley
William M. VanBever and Emily Jane
Howard
Levi Charles VanBever and Maude
Brower
Earl Albert VanBever and Alice Keith
Gloster
Keith VanBever and William
Wilson
Karen Wilson and Kerry William Brumbaugh
KAREN BRUMBAUGH
Karen Brumbaugh, 50, of Fullerton, California, passed away Tuesday, December 2, 2003, at a hospital in her hometown.
She is survived by: her husband - Kerry William Brumbaugh; her mother - Keith (Van Bever) Wilson, formerly of Carlisle; two daughters - Kandice & Karolyn Brumbaugh; and two brothers - Billy & Glen Wilson.
Services were held at Eastside Christian Church on Sunday, December 7.
Arrangements were by McAulay & Wallace Mortuary.
Donations in her memory may be made to the A.L.S. Association - Orange County Chapter, 2230 West Chapman Avenue - Suite 123, Orange, California.
The Nicolas Mountain and The Carlisle Mercury -- Carlisle, Nicholas County, Kentucky -- December 2003.
Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe --
[email protected]--------------------
Peter VanBibber, Jr. and Marguery Bounds
Matthias VanBibber
and Margaret Robinson
David Campbell Robinson
VanBibber and Jane Ann
Williams
Matthias VanBibber
and Margaret
Stephenson
John W. VanBibber and Mary E.
__________
Marguerite VanBibber and Fred W.
McIlroy
Maria L. McIlroy and Richard McLaughlin
MARIA MCLAUGHLIN
Nov. 30, 1920 - June 4,
2003
She was born in Eagle Pass, Texas, to Col. F.W. and Marguerite (Van Bibber) McIlroy. She attended high school in Port Townsend and later studied nursing.
In 1936, she was chosen Port Townsend Rhododendron Queen.
She served with the Army Nurses Corps during World War II, achieving the rank of captain.
She won the International Poet of Merit Award in 2002. She was a member of the Prince William Hospital Auxiliary in Manassas, Va., and United Methodist Church.
Her favorite pastime was bingo.
Survivors include her husband, Richard McLaughlin of Tahuya; a son, John McLaughlin of Manassas; two daughters, Catherine Fixemer of Tahuya and Christine Balesteri of Stewartstown, Pa.; two brothers, Fred McIlroy of Seattle and Bill McIlroy of Rio Vista, Calif.; two sisters, Jane Ramseur of Conway, S.C., and Mariwade Douglas of Albuquerque, N.M.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Harriet Crowder, and a brother, Van McIlroy.
A private memorial service will be held at the family home. Arrangements are under the direction of Lewis Funeral Chapel. An online memorial can be seen at www.lewischapel.com.
Memorial donations may be made to the Island Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Bloedel, 7501 NE Dolphin Drive, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110.
http://www.thesunlink.com/Submitted by Bruce Logan --
[email protected]--------------------
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
James VanBebber, Sr. and
Hannah Hoover
Isaac VanBebber and Hannah
Long
Hannah Marguarete
VanBebber and Charles Cornelius
Poff
Henry
Porter Poff and Ida
Wright
Lynn Leroy Poff and Mary Alma Standefer
MARY ALMA POFF
Nov. 19, 1910 - Nov. 21, 2003
On Nov. 21, Alma peacefully went to sleep in her home at Laguna Woods, surrounded by her family. She will rest until restored to life on a paradise earth.
Alma was born in Miami, OK, the third of five girls born to Edward and Anna Standefer. She married Lynn Poff on March 4, 1929. Their first five children were born in Miami, OK, and, in 1943, they moved to Paola, KS, where their sixth child was born. It was here that she and her husband began studying the Bible with Jehovah's Witnesses. On July 2, 1944, she dedicated her life to Jehovah by public baptism. She was a faithful witness for 58 years, until her death. Her family moved to Kansas City, MO, in 1954. From there, they moved to California and lived in Santa Ana, Garden Grove and Laguna Woods.
Alma was preceded in death by Lynn, also a faithful witness, and husband of 59 years, on November 30, 1988. A son, James Lynn Poff, and a grandson, James Lynn Hougland, preceded her also.
She is also survived by her other son, Don, her daughters, Jane Schwartz, Sally Diemer, Mary Almond, Barbara Hanneman, their spouses, and stepchildren. She leaves 12 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, one greatgreat-grandson and many nieces and nephews. Friends, spiritual brothers and sisters worldwide, will lovingly remember and miss her.
A memorial service will be held in the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, at 23051 El Toro Rd., Lake Forest, CA, on November 29, 2003, at 1 p.m.
Kansas City Star -- Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri -- November 25, 2003 -- Sunday.
Submitted by Barbara Hanneman --
[email protected]--------------------
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
Martha VanBebber and George
Yoakum, Sr.
Isaac Yoakum and Mary
Davis
Aaron Alvice Yoakum
and Lucinda Elizabeth
Duke
Sarah
Ann Yoakum and Robert Wesley
Hollingsworth
Mahala Elizabeth Hollingsworth and Alvis Vernus
Yoakum
Ray Yoakum and Beatrice
Hatfield
Mitchell Yoakum
--and--
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
Martha VanBebber and George
Yoakum, Sr.
Isaac Yoakum and Mary
Davis
William Wylie Yoakum
and Nancy Elizabeth
Poff
Alvis
Vernus Yoakum and Mahala Elizabeth
Hollingsworth
Ray Yoakum and Beatrice
Hatfield
Mitchell Yoakum
MITCHELL YOAKUM
Mitchell Yoakum - Pueblo Chieftain - May 02, 2003 - Mitchell Yoakum, 70, passed away April 30, 2003.
Survived by his wife of 38 years, Judith Ann Yoakum; children, Todd M. (Shawna) Yoakum, Pueblo, and Brenda J. Hallmon, Independence, Mo.; grandchildren, Ravyn, Megan and Colin Yoakum, Douglas, Jameson and Cory Hallmon; great-grandchild, Anita Hallmon; five sisters; three brothers; numerous nieces and nephews; and special friends, Russ Gray and Cheryl Spinuzzi.
Mitchell was born Aug. 9, 1932, in Hamilton, Mo.
As per his request there will be no viewing. Cremation, Montgomery & Steward Crematorium. Memorial service will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, May 3, 2003, at the Montgomery & Steward Chapel with Sally Foulks officiating, followed by military honors by the Pueblo Veterans Ritual Team. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to either Sangre de Cristo Hospice, American Lung Association, or Humane Society, through the funeral home.
Tri-County Obituaries -- Huerfano, Pueblo and Las Animas Counties, Colorado.
Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe --
[email protected]--------------------
Isaac VanBibber and Maria Walraven
Merritt Grant VanBibber
and Mary Axtell
Taylor VanBibber and Sarah
Catherine Goodnight
John
Everett VanBibber and Claudia
Jennings
Clare Everett VanBiber and Nellie Evelyn Menefee
NELLIE E. VAN BIBER
Nellie Evelyn Van Biber, 91, Independence, died Thursday, Oct. 2, 2003, at The Rosewood Health Center.
Mrs. Van Biber was born April 1, 1912, in Omaha, Neb., to Harvey and Anna Menefee. She was the Women's Leader at the Central Congregation for years, as well as the past president of the pasta president of the George B. Longdon PTA. She retired as a secretary from the U.S. Government. She was a member of the South Crysler Restoration Branch. She was preceded in death by an infant son, Charles Van Biber; and her husband of 53 years, Clare Van Biber.
Her survivors include two sons, Tom Van Biber, Terry and his wife, Judy Van Biber; five grandchildren, Brian Van Biber, Jay and wife, Kori, Van Biber, Todd Van Biber, Cynthia and her husband, Dale Baum, and Michelle and her husband, Wallace Ralston; and three great-grandchildren, Jackson Thomas Van Biber, Nicholas Dale Baum and Sarah Evelyn Ralston.
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Oct. 12 at the South Crysler Restoration Branch, 16101 Salisbury Road, Independence. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to any hospice or a charity of your choice. Online condolences may be expressed at
www.speakschapel.comThe Examiner -- Independence, Jackson County, Missouri -- October 4, 2003 -- Saturday.
Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe --
[email protected]
DEATH NOTICES:
SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX (SSDI)
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
James VanBebber, Sr. and
Hannah Hoover
James VanBebber, Jr. and Nancy
Ann Ferrill
George Noah
VanBebber and Mary G.
Jackson
James David VanBebber and Lettie Ann
Roberts
Leland Payne VanBebber and Lena Ethel
Spencer
Clyde Wayne VanBebber
Name: Clyde W. VanBebber
Birth: 22 Oct 1931
Death: 10 Jan
2004
Last Residence: San Diego, San Diego, CA 92128
Last Benefit: (none
specified)
Issued: Illinois
Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe --
[email protected]
IN REMEMBRANCE:
Isaac VanBibber and Maria Walraven
Loyal VanBibber and Sarah
Elizabeth Robinson
Albert VanBibber and Phebe
Eakins
Charles Edison
VanBibber and Nellie Avery
Waterman
Kenneth Carpenter VanBibber and Opal Anna
Barnes
Patricia Ann VanBibber and John W.
Anderson
Sherry Lynn Anderson
SHERRY LYNN ANDERSON
(29 Sep 1974 - 22 Feb
1991)
Thirteen years have passed. We love you dearly and miss you very much. We know that you are a guardian angel, and watching over all of us. Mom, Dad, sisters Mary and Vickie, and all of your nieces and nephews.
Submitted by Patricia Santillan -- [email protected]
RECENT BIRTHS:
Peter VanBibber, Jr. and Marguery Bounds
John Jesse 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
Teresa Bailes and Johnny
Bonecutter
Trista Bonecutter and Shannon
Jordan
Jaden Renee Jordan
I would like to announce the birth of my great grandniece, Jaden Renee Jordan, who was born to Shannon Jordan and Trista Bonecutter on February 17, 2004. Jaden was born at 8:50 p.m. in the Holzer Hospital, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. She weighed 8 lbs. 13 oz. at a length of 21 inches. Parents and daughter are doing fine. Jaden is the 6th great granddaughter of Richard Tillis and Elizabeth Van Bibber.
Submitted by Barbara Mills -- [email protected]
MARRIAGES:
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
Peter VanBebber and Ellinor
VanBibber
Jacob VanBebber and Catherine Ann
Guthrie
Calvin VanBebber and
Barthena A.
VanBebber
William Franklin VanBebber and Eliza
Ramsey
Charles Elliott VanBebber and Nina Rennison
Taylor
Dora Ellen VanBebber and William Joseph
Louwaert
Francis Frederick Louwaert and Nina Mae
Gwinn
Steven Lawrence Louwaert and Heidi
Gray
Jacob Matthew Louwaert and Mi Ra Bae
JACOB M. LOUWAERT AND MI RA BAE
MARRIED IN
TRADITIONAL
KOREAN CEREMONY
Jacob Matthew Louwaert in 2000 became an Eagle Scout in Troop 168 in Hayward, CA, and graduated from Tennyson High School, Hayward, CA. He joined the US Army February 27, 2001 as a Microwave Satellite Systems Operator/Maintainer under a five-year contract. He graduated Basic Training on May 6, 2001 from Fort Jackson, South Carolina and graduated Advanced Individual Training December 7, 2001. First duty station was Camp Walker in Daegu, South Korea and was assigned to HHD 36th Signal Battalion 1st Signal Brigade.
In October 2002 Jacob received early promotion to E-4. In December 2002, he extended his stay in Korea one more year with the same company. In November 2003, he received orders to HHC Theatre Support, Fort Gordon, Georgia. He tried to extend in Korea but it was not approved.
Mi Ra Bae was born in South Korea, as was her father Won Bong Bae, her mother Young Hee Park, and her brother Jae Woo Bae.
She graduated in 1999 from Kyeongju Art & High School. She received her degree in traditional Korean dance with minors in ballet and modern dance from Yeoungnam University in Daegu, South Korea in 2004.
Jacob and Mira met on a blind date in May 2002 in South Korea. After dating for a year and a half they decided to get married. Jacob proposed to Mira while they were on a Mexican Riviera Cruise in July 2003 with Jacob's mother Heidi and his two brothers Benjamin and Calob. Their marriage certificates were signed at the U. S. Embassy and Seoul city hall in August 2003. They had a traditional Korean ceremony in December 2003 and an American wedding reception in January 2004 in Hayward, CA.
While Jacob continues his duty in the Army, Mira plans to go back to college in the U. S. to study fashion/interior design. She would also like to open and run her own dance studio.
Note: The name of Taegu, South Korea was recently changed to Daegu, South Korea.
Written by Jacob and Mira Louwaert;
Edited and submitted by Ted Van Bebber --
[email protected]
CEMETERY RECORDS:
Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
James VanBebber, Sr. and
Hannah Hoover
Isaac VanBebber and Hannah
Long
Robert VanBeber and
Margaret Jane
Susong
Mary VanBeber and Henry C.
Painter
Edgar Frank Painter
THOMPSON CHAPEL CEMETERY
Located: 2 miles South of New Tazewell, on old 25-E.
Henry Painter -- b. Nov. 26, 1867 - d. Sept. 11, 1950
Mary V.
Painter -- b. Apr. 20, 1877 - d. Jan. 4, 1948
Edgar Frank Painter
-- b. Jan. 11, 1895 - d. July 22, 1930
Cemeteries of Claiborne County Tennessee, by Paul Johnson -- Page #210.
Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe --
[email protected]
QUERIES:
I am looking for information on my grandfather's second marriage. My grandfather was Luther E. Van Bebber, born October 07, 1902, the son of Arval Agustus Van Bebber and Julia Florence Watson. He married (1st) Myrtle May Hollingsworth on July 12, 1924 in Richmond, Ray County, Missouri. Luther and Myrtle would have six children, one being my father Bobby Luther Van Bebber. Luther and Myrtle would later divorce and both remarried. I do not know the name of my grandfather's second wife and where they were married. I do know my grandfather died on May 16, 1956 in San Francisco and is buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, California.
Anyone having information on my grandfather's second marriage please contact me.
Submitted by Donna Willis -- [email protected]
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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
Isaac VanBibber, Jr. and
Elizabeth Hays
Susannah VanBibber and Thomas
Hickerson
James
Hickerson
I am looking for that one piece of documentation that proves without a doubt, James Hickerson, the father of Virginia Catherine Hickerson Rouse, was the son of Thomas Hickerson and Susannah Van Bibber. From all the information I have it leads me to believe he was. The following is what I have:
My great grandmother, Virginia Catherine Hickerson Rouse, died in 1917. On her death certificate it states her father was James Hickerson and her mother's name was (no first name) Henley.
Thomas Hickerson and Susannah Van Bibber had a son James born about 1828 in Missouri. He is listed on the 1850 census of Montgomery County, Missouri as a 22 year old, living in the home of his parents Thomas and Susannah. In the book "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri," there is an article on Thomas that states, "Thomas moved to Montgomery County in 1818 and settled on the west bank of Loutre creek, near Loutre Lick. He soon after married Susan Van Bibber, daughter of Major Isaac Van Bibber, by whom he had thirteen children -- Melissa, Thomas A., James, Isaac V., Robert L., Alfonzo, and Susan J. the other six children died in infancy."
The Hickerson family was dwelling #461 on the 1850 census of Montgomery County. Dwelling #459 is the family of Lucy J. Henley and her eight children. One daughter listed is Mary, age 13 years. I believe this Mary became the spouse of James because they appear on the 1860 census of Linn County, Missouri. James is listed as being 31 years old while Mary is 23. Listed with them is three children; Virginia - 10, Thomas - 4 and Allen - 3.
In 1870, the family has been fragmented, I'm guessing due to Mary's death, and possibly due to the Civil War. Virginia and Allen were living in Montgomery County. Virginia, age 18, is living in the home of James and Bettie Bragg of Loutre Township. Allen, age 11, is living in the home of Abner Loomis and his wife Rosa of Danville Township. Thomas (Tom), age 14 is living in the home of S. J. Pulliam (female) in Auivre Township, St. Charles County. A search for James on the 1870 census has turned up fruitless.
On the 1880 census, James, now at the age 51 and listed as a widower, shows up living in the home of his son, Thomas, age 24, in Henry County, Missouri. Virginia married James Henry Rouse in 1874 and they were recorded in Boone County, Missouri. I have no further record of James after the 1880 census.
I have searched for other possible James Hickersons born about 1828 in the state of Missouri and have come up with none. I strongly believe James, the son of Thomas Hickerson and Susannah Van Bibber, was the husband of Mary Henley.
If anyone has any information on James Hickerson or his wife Mary Henley, I would appreciate hearing from you.
Submitted by Patricia Thomas --
[email protected]
MILITARY NEWS:
WORLD WAR I DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918
Isaac VanBibber and Maria Walraven
Merritt Grant VanBibber
and Mary Axtell
Marcus VanBibber and Mary
Melissa Grishaw
Arthur
Wesley VanBibber
Name: Arthur W. Vanbibber
City: Not Stated
County: Tipton
State: Indiana
Birthplace: Indiana
Birth Date: 10 Nov 1887
Race:
Caucasian
Roll: 1653200
DraftBoard: 0
William VanBibber and Mary Williams
John Henry VanBibber and
Carrie Ann Bauer
Fay Clinton
VanBibber
Name: Fay Clinton Vanbibber
City: Not Stated
County:
Vanderburgh
State: Indiana
Birth Date: 22 Nov 1882
Race: White
Roll: 1653180
DraftBoard: 0
Peter VanBibber, Jr. and Marguery Bounds
Matthias VanBibber
and Margaret Robinson
David Campbell Robinson
VanBibber and Jane Ann
Williams
Matthias VanBibber
and Margaret
Stephenson
John W. VanBibber and Mary E.
__________
John Robert VanBibber
Name: John Robert Vanbibber
City: Manhattan
County: New York
State: New York
Birthplace: Georgia
Birth Date: 23 Sep 1890
Race: Caucasian
Roll: 1786856
DraftBoard: 163
Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe --
[email protected]
BITS AND PIECES:
Peter VanBibber, Jr. and Marguery Bounds
James VanBibber and
Jane Irvine
Joseph VanBibber and Susan
Boone
Letitia VanBibber and
Arthur
Bolen
Cynthia Ann Bolen and Owen Franklin Forester
--and--
Peter VanBibber, Jr. and Marguery Bounds
Olive VanBibber and
Nathan Boone
Susan Boone and Joseph
VanBibber
Letitia VanBibber
and Arthur
Bolen
Cynthia Ann Bolen and Owen Franklin Forester
Owen Forester
Born 1826, Lincoln Co., Tenn.
Died 1908; probably buried in Stone Co.,
Mo.
Married (1) Elizabeth O'Quinn, 1846, Fayetteville, Lincoln Co.
Tenn.
Born 1826, possibly in N.C.
Married (2) Cyntha Bolan of
Ark.
House of Forrester, A Chronological Listing of Forrester Genealogy, by Wallace Redmond Forrester, 1966. Page #119.
Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe -- [email protected]
SOUND OFF:
From: [email protected] (David Brown)
To: [email protected] (Gary Hawpe)
To: [email protected] (Bruce Logan)
Gary and Bruce,
I no longer can accomplish the necessary things that have to be done to continue e-mail. As a result, I'm going to have to quit receiving the newsletter. I can't tell you both how much I appreciate what you have done to increase my knowledge of my ancestry. I'm sure every member can say the same thing. In addition, you have both been e-mail friends. This is a great loss for me, but it is beyond my current, and future, abilities. It has been a great pleasure getting to know you. The newsletter will always be in my memory, thanks to you two and others who are no longer with us.
Dave Brown
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Thank you for a great newsletter. I told my sister about it and she would like to subscribe.
Barbara
From: [email protected] (Alline Van Bibber)
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Gary,
You do a splendid job on the Van Bibber newsletter. Thanks so much.
Alline Van Bibber
From: [email protected] (DeVota Littrell)
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Hi Gary,
Just a few words to let you know as to how much I enjoy reading the newsletters, especially the article about "Van Bibber's Rock." It was some nice reading. Keep up the good work.
Devota Littrell
From: [email protected] (Wanda Perraut)
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Hi Gary,
I have been going through the back issues of the Newsletter and have found a ton of useful information. You have done a wonderful job in organizing and preparing the data. Keep up the good work. I enjoy reading the Newsletter monthly.
Wanda Lightner Perraut
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