For the month of June we have four new subscribers. All four descend from different branches of the family. There are six others whose e-mail addresses are no longer valid. This drops us down to 626 subscribers receiving the newsletter.

Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
   James VanBebber, Sr. and Hannah Hoover
      George VanBebber and Sally VanBebber
         James Moss VanBebber and China Minerva Yoakum
            William Marshall VanBebber and Barbara Sophia Yoakum

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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
   John VanBebber and Margaret Chrisman
      Sally VanBebber and George VanBebber
         James Moss VanBebber and China Minerva Yoakum
            William Marshall VanBebber and Barbara Sophia Yoakum

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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
   Martha VanBebber and George Yoakum, Sr.
      Isaac Yoakum and Mary Davis
         Marcellus Yoakum and Sarah Ann Cawood
            William Herden French Yoakum and Mariah Isabell Burchfield
               Barbara Sophia Yoakum and William Marshall VanBebber

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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
   Martha VanBebber and George Yoakum, Sr.
      Isaac Yoakum and Mary Davis
         George Washington Yoakum and Jane Rogers
            China Minerva Yoakum and James Moss VanBebber
               William Marshall VanBebber and Barbara Sophia Yoakum

1. William Marshall⁹ VanBebber (James Moss⁸, George⁷, James⁶, Isaac⁵ VanBibber, Peter⁴, Isaac Jacobs³, Jacob Isaacs², Isaac¹) was born September 14, 1858 in Claiborne Co., TN, and died October 06, 1941 in TN. He married Barbara Sophia Yoakum March 04, 1903 in Claiborne Co., TN, daughter of William Yoakum and Mariah Burchfield. She was born November 10, 1883 in TN, and died September 07, 1921 in TN. Both are buried in Yoakum Chapel Cemetery, Powells Valley, Claiborne County, Tennessee.

Children of William VanBebber and Barbara Yoakum are:

2 i. William Marshall¹⁰ VanBebber, Jr., born November 14, 1903 in TN; died June 18, 1984 in TN.

3 ii. Betty Minerva VanBebber, born November 08, 1904 in TN; died July 13, 1985. She married William Ralph Smelser September 08, 1929 in Claiborne Co., TN; born September 19, 1904; died February 13, 1982.

4 iii. China Mariah VanBebber, born June 28, 1907 in TN; died March 23, 1999. She married John Henderson Smelser May 15, 1975 in Knoxville, Knox Co., TN.

5 iv. Sophia Moss VanBebber, born June 28, 1909 in TN. She married James Lawrence Russell January 14, 1932 in Tazewell, Claiborne Co., TN; born April 10, 1910; died January 05, 1961.

6 v. Jim VanBebber, born March 22, 1914 in Claiborne Co., TN; died March 09, 1995. He married Ruth Estelle Sharp August 31, 1941 in Jacksboro, Campbell Co., TN; born July 06, 1918.

From the files of the late Earl Quintrell

Peter VanBibber, Jr. and Marguery Bounds
   Jacob VanBibber and Sarah Miller
      Ezekial VanBibber and Susan Rice
         Elizabeth VanBibber and (1)William Henry Nethercutt
                                                   (2) Benjamin F. Williams
            Mary Belle Williams and George W. Whitaker
               Mary Elizabeth Whitaker and William Nelson Elliott
                  Edward Herman Elliott and Eudelle Combs Dawson
                     Kenneth Allan Elliott

Ever since I've been interested in genealogy I had always heard that my 2nd great grandmother's (Elizabeth Van Bibber) first husband, William Henry Nethercutt, did not come home from the Civil War, that he hung GTT (gone to Texas) on his wagon and left the country.

The first part of this year I received an answer to an inquiry I had posted on the internet concerning what happened to William Henry Nethercutt. This individual sent me 82 pages of an U.S. Pension application filed by the widow of William, Eugenis Nethercutt, and his first wife, Elizabeth Van Bibber. All of the information is documented and sworn to as part of the pension application.

The true story begins with a Eugenis Nethercutt applying for a Widows Pension for the soldier William Henry Nethercutt.

A search was begun to find out if William Henry Nethercutt had an undivorced wife in Ohio or Kentucky.

In the meantime, Elizabeth Van Bibber had married Benjamin F. Williams, my 2nd great grandfather.

• Document # 4 - Shows no record of a marriage between Elizabeth Van Bibber Nethercutt and Benjamin F. Williams in Kentucky or Ohio. (She claimed to have been married in Ohio)

• Document #5 - Shows no record of divorce of Elizabeth Van Bibber and William Henry Nethercutt in Ohio.

• Document #6 - Shows no record of divorce of Elizabeth Van Bibber and William Henry Nethercutt in Kentucky.

• Document #9 - Elizabeth VanBibber Nethercutt Williams says she was the true wife and undivorced from William Henry Nethercutt, and on April 11, 1910 she applied for the Widows Pension and stated a wedding date of January 20, 1853.

• Document #11 - The deposition of Elizabeth VanBibber Nethercutt Williams says Nethercutt came home from the war and got in some trouble and left the country and she never heard for him or of him until 1904, when she heard he was alive and in Nebraska.  She goes on to say that Benjamin F. Williams was killed from ambush in August of 1892 and his killers were never caught or punished.  She further states that she and William Henry Nethercutt lived together as man and wife after he came home from the war, that he got jealous of a man and killed him and left the country and she never heard from him or about him for some 17 years when she got a letter from one of William Nethercutt's brothers telling her that he had been killed someplace out west and his wife had applied for a Widows Pension.

• Document #25 - Benjamin F. Williams, Jr. says his mother believed William Henry Nethercutt to be dead when she married Benjamin F. Williams.

• Document #41 - William Henry Nethercutt married and divorced two times in Nebraska before he married Eugenia.

• Document #52 - In a second deposition by Elizabeth Van Bibber Nethercutt Williams she said William Henry Nethercutt was living in adultery with another woman when a man told him he should not be doing that and should go home to Elizabeth and the kids.  He got mad and killed the man.  Nethercutt told Elizabeth (according to Elizabeth) the night he left that if she found a man who would treat her right to marry him because he had never treated her right.  Elizabeth and Williams married 2 years and 2 months after Nethercutt left.  Nethercutt gave their children to his brother to raise, as well as all of his property.  Elizabeth kept the youngest by William Nethercutt (six months old) for 2 years and then sent him to live with his siblings.

• Document #61 - Elizabeth says Ben Williams was killed by Ike and Marion Whitaker, brothers to the two Witakers that had married her daughters.

• Document #73 - Son, William Nethercutt, Jr., says that Ben Williams had some trouble with George Whitaker (my 2nd great grandfather) and there was a grudge so the Whitaker brothers (my 2nd great uncles) killed him.

Both pensions were denied. 
Pension File Claim No. # 859545

Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
   James VanBebber, Sr. and Hannah Hoover
      Isaac VanBebber and Hannah Long
         James VanBebber and Elizabeth Jane Snuffer
            Isaac Franklin VanBibber and Louisa Ellen Sharp
               Rufus Ernest VanBibber and Julia Agnes Austin

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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
   James VanBebber, Sr. and Hannah Hoover
      Mary Malinda VanBebber and Powell Hamilton Sharp
         John B. Sharp and Nancy Ann Youngblood
            Louisa Ellen Sharp and Isaac Franklin VanBibber
               Rufus Ernest VanBibber and Julia Agnes Austin

Grandpa Rufus Van Bibber, was born on August 16, 1876, one of twelve children of Isaac Franklin Van Bibber and Louisa Ellen Sharp. Rufus moved from Leona, KS. to Severance in 1903 where he worked on a thrashing crew. On November 09, 1904 he was married to Julia Agnes Austin in Troy, Doniphan Co., KS.

Rufus later ran an engine on a riverboat, which was either a tug or dredge. In 1916 he was involved in an accident that left him crippled and unable to walk. Knowing he had a family to feed he delivered ice with a team and wagon and walked on his knees. A year or so later they sent him to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota where surgery was performed, and after a rehabilitation he was once again able to walk. When it came time to go home to Kansas he started walking back. People would stop and offer him a ride but he told them he was going to walk all the way home. Once there he went back to work on the river.

In 1934, Rufus lost an eye due to a spark from a steam engine. He then turned to farming to support his family. Grandma (Julia) always said he had a mule and a lot of hope. In 1940 he received a blind reading machine from the government.

Grandpa died on April 24, 1943 in Elwood, KS and was buried in Oakhill Cemetery, Severance, Doniphan Co., KS. I didn't get to know him as I was only one year old when he died, but he must have been a special old guy - Terry Williams.

The following are two deaths from the California Death Records, between the years of 1940 and 1997, who have a Van Bibber connection.

Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
   John VanBebber and Margaret Chrisman
      Peter VanBebber and Martha Hunt
         Gabriel John VanBebber and Mary Stinnett
            John C. VanBebber and Mary Catherine Hannah
               Henry Clay VanBebber and Grace Ellen Morris

Last Name: VanBebber
First Name: Grace
Middle: Ellen
Birth Date: September 11, 1877
Mother Maiden: Grimes
Father Last: Morris
Sex: F
Birth Place: Missouri
Death Place: Los Angeles County
Death Date: July 28, 1984
Age: 106 years

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Isaac VanBibber and Mariah Walraven
   Merritt Grant VanBibber and Mary Axtell
      Neosho Valley VanBibber and Caddie Bell Hayworth
         Gilbert Hanley VanBibber

Last Name: VanBibber
First Name: Gilbert
Middle: Hanley
Birth Date: November 12, 1893
Mother Maiden: Haworth
Father Last: VanBibber
Sex: M
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Place: Los Angeles
Death Date: February 22, 1954
Age: 60 years

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
   Martha VanBebber and George Yoakum, Sr.
      Isaac Yoakum and Mary Davis
         George Washington Yoakum and Jane Rogers
            Isaac Yoakum and Emily Ann Lane
               James Pierce Yoakum

Last Name: Yoakum
First Name: James
Middle Initial: P.
Age: 76 years
Death Place: Bell County
Residence: Bell County
Death Date: March 28, 1947
Volume: 016
Certificate: 07545
Death Volume: 1947

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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
               Samuel VanBever, Sr. and Margaret Angeline Durham
                  Kermit Roosevelt VanBever

Last Name: VanBever
First Name: Kermit
Middle Initial:
Age: 62 years
Death Place: Jefferson County
Residence: Jefferson County
Death Date: January 6, 1983
Volume: 002
Certificate: 00801
Death Volume: 1983

The following are two deaths from the Ohio Death Records, between the years of 1958 and 2000, who have a Van Bibber connection.

James VanBibber and Sarah Margaret Bradburn
   Charles Wesley VanBibber and Emma Lee Lowder
      Harrison Wesley VanBibber and Nettie Josephine Williams

Name: Harrison W. VanBibber
Gender: Male
Date of Death: July 12, 1967
Volume: 18939
Certificate: 56142
Marital Status: Married
Place of Death: Portsmouth, Scioto County
Race: White
Residence: Portsmouth, Scioto County
Age: 76 years

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Isaac VanBibber and Maria Walraven
   James K. VanBibber and Amanda Malvina Rariden
      William VanBibber and Nancy Jane Brown
         Jesse Leroy VanBibber

Name: Jesse L. VanBibber
Gender: Male
Date of Death: August 28, 1963
Volume: 17386
Certificate: 61876
Marital Status: Widowed
Place of Death: Hocking County
Race: White
Residence: Hocking County
Age: 87 years

James VanBibber and Margaret Jane Webb
   Mary VanBibber and Edward Colley

SOUTH SHORE - Services for Edward Colley, 91, of South Shore, who died Friday at Mercy Hospital in Portsmouth, are planned at 1 p.m. Monday at Roberson Funeral home.

A native of Carter County, he was preceded in death by his first wife Mary Van Bibber Colley in 1964.

Surviving are his second wife, Minerva Brown Colley of Wheelersburg; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Ockerman of South Shore and Mrs. Irene Taulbee of South Portsmouth; seven stepchildren; a half brother, Jacob Loop of Sciotoville, Ohio, a half sister, Mrs. Myrtle Gifford of Quincy; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren and one great great-grandchild.

Roger Madden minister and Rev. Ronald Blevins are to officiate at services, with interment in Sunset Cemetery at Quincy.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 tonight, from noon to 9 p.m. Sunday and until the time of services Monday.

Portsmouth Daily Times -- Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio -- September 1, 1979 -- Saturday.

Peter VanBibber, Jr. and Marguery Bounds
   Matthias VanBibber and Margaret Robinson
      Olive Boone VanBibber and Robert Keenan
         Major Keenan and Moses Ocheltree
            Elizabeth Olive Ocheltree and Oliver Flannigan Skaggs
               Leota A. Skaggs and Frank Summers Cole
                  Helen Elizabeth Cole and Earl W. McHenry

GALLIPOLIS -- Helen Elizabeth McHenry, 95, of Gallipolis, went to be with the Lord Monday, July 7, 2003 at Holzer Medical Center. Born March 10, 1908 in Marvel, W. Va., she was the daughter of the late Frank and Leota Ann Skaggs Cole. In addition to her parents she was preceded by her husband Earl W. McHenry who she married September 26, 1931 in Fayetteville, W. Va., by a son Robert Lee McHenry, a daughter, Freda Mae McHenry, two brothers and three sisters.

She was a homemaker and a member of Elizabeth Chapel Church. She is survived by six children, Roy Gene (Gloria) McHenry of Trinity, N.C., Maxine (Paul) Skidmore of Asheboro, N.C., Nadine (Harold) Clark of Archdale, N.C., Russell Earl McHenry of Walkertown, N.C., Tommy Shearl (Patty Ann) McHenry of Kernersville, N.C. JoAnn (Bill) Davis of Gallipolis. She is also survived by 18 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, two great-great grandchildren, three step grandchildren, four step great-grandchildren, one brother, Harold Cole of Anstead, W. Va. and three sisters, Nell Eads, Inez Eads and Mabel Sims all of Anstead. She is also survived by a special friend and caregiver, Kyong Queen.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, 2003 at Elizabeth Chapel Church with the Rev. Alfred Holley officiating. Burial will follow in Ohio Valley Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the Waugh-Halley-Wood funeral home on today from 6-8 p.m. and at the church on Wednesday one hour prior to services.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune -- Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio -- July 8, 2003 -- Tuesday.

Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
   John VanBebber and Margaret Chrisman
      Gabriel VanBebber and Barbara Carlock
         Alexander VanBebber and Louisa Lee

Inscription:

Location: Guy Cemetery, St. Elmo, Fayette County, Illinois
                                        Date of Photo: July 24, 1992
                                        Photographer: Gary R. Hawpe

Page #73
VanBebber, Clark d. 15 May 1903, aged 59y 10m 11d
Catherine wife of A. C. VanBebber d. 10 July 1882, aged 46y 4m 6d.
Mary Eascer d. 20 Dec 1932

Page #110
VanBibber, Christiana 1848 - 1914

Page #145
VanBibber, Elizabeth 1854 - (2 Apr.) 1934 (2 Apr. 1935) American Legion Gold Star Mother
Information in parenthesis is not on the tombstone, it was added into the book by the author.

Tombstone Inscriptions, Carroll County, Illinois (Savanna Township) -- By Carroll County, Ill., Genealogical Society -- 1980.

Peter VanBibber, Jr. and Marguery Bounds
   Matthias VanBibber and Margaret Robinson
      Olive Boone VanBibber and Robert Keenan
         Edward McClung Keenan and Jane Coleman Summers
            Honore F. Keenan and Robert L. Neil
               Hazel Nina Neil and Benjamin Chapman Hughes, Sr.

You are hereby authorized to join together in the Holy State of Matrimony, according to the Rites and Ceremonies of your Church or Religious Denomination and the Laws of the State of West Virginia, Benjamin C. Hughes and Nina Hazel Neil.

Given under my hand as Clerk of the County Court of the County of Nicholas, this 17^th day of February 1915.

                                                                                                                           P. N. Wiseman
                                                                                                                           Clerk County Courts of Nicholas County

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Preliminary inquiries and answers thereto, made and ascertained by P. N. Wiseman, Clerk of the County Courts of the County of Nicholas, State of West Virginia, relative to Mr. Benjamin C. Hughes of Nicholas County, and State of West Virginia and Miss Nina Hazel Neil of Nicholas County, and State of West Virginia to whom the accompanying Marriage License is issued.

THE FULL NAMES OF THE PARTIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

His full name is: Benjamin C. Hughes
Her full name is: Nina Hazel Neil
His age is: Twenty-seven (27) years
Her age is: Eighteen (18) years
He was born in: Nicholas County, State of West Virginia
She was born in: Fayette County, State of West Virginia
His place of residence is: Nicholas County, West Virginia
Her place of residence is:

The name of the party giving the foregoing information R. L Neil of Nicholas County, State of West Virginia.

                      Given under my hand, this 17^th day of February 1915.

                                                                                                     P. N. Wiseman
                                                                                                     Clerk County Court

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MINISTER'S RETURN OR ENDORSEMENT

I Geo. B. Dever do certify on the Twenty second day of February 1915 at on the Pike near residence of Geo M. Nichols I united in Marriage the above named and described parties under authority of the foregoing License.

                                                                                                      Geo. B. Dever, Minister

Nicholas County, West Virginia Marriage Book #6, Page #44.

Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
   Peter VanBebber and Ellinor VanBibber
      Levicy VanBebber and John Liford
         Nancy Liford and George Hatfield
            William Pryor Hatfield and Nancy Jane Longworth
               Harrison Hatfield and Amanda Sutton

The 9th annual Hatfield/Sutton reunion is scheduled for Sunday, September 5, 2004. It will be held at the Berkau picnic park, down in the gap, Cumberland Gap, Claiborne County, Tennessee. Please bring lawn chairs, a covered dish and drinks for your family members who will be attending. Also, bring any pictures, names and dates to be added to the family tree.

Arrive as early as 10:00 a.m. and stay as late as you want. Lunch will be around 1-1:30 p.m.

This reunion also includes branches of the family with surnames; Cowan, Blaylock, Longworth, Brooks, Dean, Maples, Yeary, Snavley and Rosenbalm.

Please contact me if you have any questions. We hope to see you there.

I am a great granddaughter of John Phillip VanBibber and his wife Flora Obenia Stewart of the Vanderburgh County, Indiana area.. Does anyone have any information, other than just names, of his forefathers? Also, does anyone have knowledge of why John used the name of "Bevers" about 10 years prior to his death? We also found one of his uncles who was also using the "Bevers" surname, and his death certificate listed as "Bevers." My granddad, Earl, later changed the spelling from VanBibber to VanBiber, saying he was not related to the others in Evansville, Indiana. Of course, we know he was related to the other Van Bibbers.

Pelly Crossing -- Grandpa Ira Van Bibber's homestead. 

The Yukon is burning up.  We have temperatures in the 90's.  There is smoke through the whole territory, and the evening sun turns red. 

We are having our annual family reunion on July 10th here at Pelly. 

One of our cousins was medivaced to Whitehorse from Dawson this weekend.  She had a stroke.  Many of our family went to Whitehorse to see her, and I phoned this morning.  The hospital staff said she was doing better.

Something interesting happened a few weeks ago at Teslin, 100 miles south of Whitehorse, when two people on a four-wheeler saw a man standing by the side of the road.  They turned around to see if he was having any problems.  When they got within 18 feet of it and saw that it had long hair all over its body and was at least 7 ft. tall in a stooped over position, they immediately retreated and the thing cleared the Alaska highway in 3 strides.  We have sasquatch sightings every summer. 

Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
   John VanBebber and Margaret Chrisman
      Isaac VanBebber and Mary Martin
         Nancy Malinda VanBebber and Canada Hodge Rogers
            Mary Helen Rogers and Squire H. Marcum
               James Isaac Marcum and Callie Ann Lane
                  John Canada Marcum and Clara Bell Jackson
                     Jimmy Allen Marcum

Jimmy Marcum was born on June 19, 1942 in Concord, Knox County, Tennessee the son of John Canada Marcum and Clara Bell Jackson. He graduated from Karns High School in Knoxville in 1960. Jimmy was drafted into the United States Army in March 1964. He reported to Vietnam in September 1965 and was killed in action on February 4, 1966. His body was returned to the United States and burial was in Marietta Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. Jimmy would have turned 62 years old on the 19th of this month.

James VanBibber and Sarah Margaret Bradburn
   John Wesley VanBibber and Polly Jane Roe
      Timothy VanBibber and Dora Etta Shepherd
         Clara Irene VanBibber and Richard Allen Bryan, Sr.
            Richard Allen Bryan, Jr. and Treva Lori Hurst
               Dawn Marie Bryan and Robby Michael Wright
                  Caleb Joshua Wright

Clara Irene (Van Bibber) Bryan is proud to announce the birth of her second great grandson, Caleb Joshua Wright, born May 18, 2004.  Caleb arrived at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio weighing 10 lbs. 4oz. to parents Robbie and Dawn Marie (Bryan) Wright. 

To welcome him home was his big brother Elijah Michael Wright, born at the same hospital on November 16, 2001.  Grandparents are Richard Allen, Jr. and Treva Lori (Hurst) Bryan of Cincinnati, Ohio.  Great grandparents are Richard Allen, Sr. and Clara Irene (Van Bibber) Bryan, also of Cincinnati.

Caleb is the 4th great grandson of James Van Bibber and Sarah Margaret Bradburn. Mother and son are doing fine.