VAN BIBBER PIONEERS E-NEWSLETTER

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

Vol. 4 No. 5 – March 2001

This newsletter is being published a little later than normal due to my transfer from the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego to the Marine Recruiting Station, Salt Lake City. Even though I will be spending a fair amount of time on the road because our station's area of responsibilities covers the states of Utah, Idaho, Montana, and parts of Wyoming, Oregon and Nevada, I still feel I will be able to find the time to publish the monthly newsletter. My goal is to have it published by the middle of the month, but if work commitments does not allow this, it still gives me a couple of weeks to have it out before the end of the month.

I get a lot of e-mail during the month concerning the Van Bibber and related families. If you don't hear from me right off, please be patient as I will eventually get back with you.

Once again, I say thanks to those who submitted articles to this newsletter. I appreciate your contributions and I'm sure they are greatly appreciated by all. Now is the time to start thinking about your submissions for April's edition.

Your Editor,

Gary R. Hawpe


CONTENTS:

1. New Subscribers -- Address Changes -- Corrections -- Invalid Addresses
   
2. Henry Cazier of Pencader Hundred
   
3. George Law Curry
   
4. Stanhope Boal
   
5. Family of Letitia Poff Figg
   
6. Mrs. G.M. Vanbebber attempts suicide
   
7. The Mayes lineage of Richard "Dick" Mayes
   
8. New Castle County, Delaware Records
   
9. Delegates from Kanawha County
   
10. Obituaries
    
11. Recent Deaths
    
12. Military News
    
13. Reunions
    
14. Queries
    
15. Sound Off
    

NEW SUBSCRIBERS:

I would like to welcome the below twenty-eight new subscribers to the newsletter. Twenty-one of them are actual descendants of the Van Bibber family and two others are possibilities. The remaining five new subscribers have some type of connection to the Van Bibbers in their research. We currently now have 442 subscribers to the newsletter.

1. Barbara Molencupp -- jmsumc@brightok.net -- Cyrus Van Bibber and Mary Timberlake
   
2. Bob Levoy -- rlevoy@charter.net -- Boone family connections.
   
3. Cindy Dodd -- Figgite1@aol.com -- Family of Letitia Poff Figg
   
4. Connie Freriks -- constanf@juno.com -- James Estill and Matilda Van Bibber
   
5. Craig Cooper -- CoopSnyder@aol.com -- Joseph Van Bibber and Susan Boone
   
6. Dean Starr -- fourofus@adelphia.net -- Henry Van Bibber and Nancy Leisk
   
7. Glenda Britain -- Bebecatten@aol.com -- Van Bibber and Bradburn connections of Greenup County, Kentucky.
   
8. Glenn Mitchell -- G1JMITCHEL@aol.com -- Thomas Alexander and Louisa Van Bibber
   
9. Jason Yoakum -- yoakumj@hotmail.com -- George Yoakum and Martha Van Bebber
   
10. John McWilliams -- JLMcW62@aol.com -- George Yoakum and Martha Van Bebber
    
11. Kirsten Robinson -- kkellis@usa.net -- Nathan Boone and Olive Van Bibber
    
12. Linda Conner -- lindaconner@kc.rr.com -- Nathan Boone and Olive Van Bibber
    
13. Linda Gaultney -- gaultney@pond.net -- James Van Bebber and Elizabeth Yoakum
14. Linda Impastato -- limpasta@interaccess.com -- John Liford and Levicy Van Bebber
    
15. Linda Little -- lklittle1@juno.com -- Nathan Boone and Olive Van Bibber
    
16. Lisa Rickert -- lkr@eurekanet.com -- Isaac Van Bibber and Mariah Walraven
    
17. Lou Murray -- Ladymur10@aol.com -- Nathan Boone and Olive Van Bibber
    
18. Marc Herron -- Mjnjh@aol.com -- Soloman Van Bibber and Mary Bryson
    
19. Mark Samples -- Mrruss4u2@aol.com -- See his query in this newsletter.
    
20. Misty Hicks -- MisteBlu@webtv.net -- Moses Hill and Felicity Van Bibber
    
21. Moseley Putney, III -- architerra@yahoo.com -- John Reynolds and Miriam Van Bibber
    
22. Ray Faircloth -- rayfair@lcc.net -- Van Bibber and Reynolds connections of Kanawha County, West Virginia.
    
23. Renee Wright -- finafyr@email.msn.com -- Boone family connections.
    
24. Russ Beckwith -- russ@pandarealty.com -- See his query in this newsletter.
    
25. Shane Allen -- sallen102@home.com -- Nathan Boone and Olive Van Bibber
    
26. Tina Woods -- tntwoods68@aol.com -- James Van Bebber and Elizabeth Snuffer
    
27. Tom Van Bebber -- StoneCanyon@aol.com -- James Van Bebber and Elizabth Snuffer
    
28. William Van Bebber -- wvanbebber@earthlink.com -- James Van Bebber and Elizabeth Snuffer
    

ADDRESS CHANGES:

1. Ann Meadows -- m3cats@yahoo.com
   
2. Gay Wall -- t31892@wind.imbris.com
   
3. Joyce McFail -- RMcfail2@msn.com
   
4. Kathleen O'Kelley -- kathleen@okelley.org
   
5. Linda Ames -- linames@worldnet.att.net
   
6. Melody Bierwirth -- melody_bierwirth@hotmail.com
   
7. R. Paul VanBeber -- aavanbeber@dellpro.com
   
8. Sharon Wheeler -- pswheeler@mindspring.com
   

INVALID ADDRESSES:

When I sent out this month's notice for submissions to the newsletter, the following addresses were invalid. I verified them once again just to make sure. If you happen to personally know any of the below subscribers, please have them get in touch with me if they would like to continue their subscription.

1. Brian Clark -- bclark@chattem.com
   
2. Carriger & Dillow -- raven15@alaweb.com
   
3. Donna Willis -- dwillis80@clubmom.com
   
4. Gary & Stacet Wendt -- gsmwendt@win.bright.net
   
5. Jean Murphy -- mjmurphy@zoomnet.net
   
6. Terry Van Bibber -- TvanBibber@aol.com
   

CORRECTIONS:

1. In January's newsletter I erroneously listed Joetta Melton-Bennett -- jwb13@swbell.net -- as a descendant of Lowderwick Moad and Margaret Van Bebber. Lowderwick didn't marry Margaret, it was her sister Jane Van Bebber whom he married.
   
2. In February's newsletter I had Michael Ruloff -- Truloff695@aol.com -- mistakenly listed as Michael Truloff.
   
3. In February's newsletter I also had Troy Barclay -- yort@arn.net -- mistakenly listed as Troy Bartel.
   

Isaac Van Bibber and Hester Op den Graeff
  Jacob Isaacs VanBibber and Christina __________
    Matthias VanBibber and Hermana Peterson
      Rebecca VanBibber and John Cazier
        Jacob Cazier and Charity Benson
          Henry Cazier and Sarah Johnston

PENCADER FOLKS

HENRY CAZIER

He would indeed be a disloyal son of old Pencader Hundred, who in a series of articles such as these, from time to time, did not return to the community in which he first saw the light.

Compared with some of the other Hundreds of the County, Pencader has had a much less important history. Whole decades pass in which its sons and daughters receive but little notice from the historian and yet the men and women who for more than two hundred and thirty years have lived, moved and had their being there, have been sturdy folk, agriculturists mainly, of a type that can ill be spared and who in their several generations contributed in an important manner to the religious, social and political welfare of their state and of the nation.

Of such of these was Henry Cazier, through birth and inheritance a son of that Hundred, that by its name is ever a reminder of the Welsh settlers that, at the beginning of the eighteenth century, came there from abroad.

Henry Cazier was born June 14, 1799, at White Hall, on what was known later as the Homestead Farm, located on the road that paralleling the north bank of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, leads from what colored folks used to call the Upper Buck to Chesapeake City. He was the son of Jacob Cazier and Charity McCoy, a widow, born Benson. His grandfather also was named Jacob Cazier and his only son, Jacob B. Cazier, whose daughter Edna Cazier-Townsend is our fellow townswoman.

The ancestors of the Caziers were French Huguenots whose patents for land on the Bohmia Manor show them to have been in possession of large tracts in Maryland as well as in New Castle County as early as 1760.

The maiden name of the grandmother of Henry Cazier was Rebecca VanBibber, a daughter of Mathias VanBibber, who in 1714 bought a part of Augustine Manor from the doughty Augustine Herman.

On the 23rd of December, 1828, Henry Cazier was married to Sarah Johnston of New York City. At that time he still was living at White Hall and it was there that his four children were born.

Sarah Johnston-Cazier must have been a woman of rare quality and her influence upon her husband an uplifting one. According to the records of Pencader Presbyterian Church, she was received into church membership in 1832 and her husband, the year following. This was during the pastorate of Rev. Samuel Bell, whose tombstone for more than three-quarters of a century has been a landmark in the adjoining cemetery.

According to the Encyclopedia of Delaware, the conversion of Henry Cazier—"produced a marked change in his life and character. He became ardent in his attachment to every form of aggressive Christianity which he was ready at all times to sustain by liberal contributions."

In 1854 the name of Henry Cazier appears as one of the Board of Trustees of the Church. There are no known records of the meetings of the Board from 1833 to 1854, but it is believed that his membership therein began from a much earlier period than the date last mentioned. On June 18 of the same year he was elected a Ruling Elder and ordained on the following Sabbath.

Following the destruction by fire of the church at Glasgow, Henry Cazier took an active part in the erection in 1852 of the present church building. Not only did he subscribe liberally to the building fund, but also supplemented his original subscription by another substantial one when the collections fell short of the sum required to complete the construction.

He was an ardent advocate of temperance and espoused the cause of prohibition which he supported with the same earnestness that he gave to other measures calculated for the betterment of mankind, not only by public and private speeches but financially as well.

In addition to his farms in Pencader Hundred he owned two fine farms at Clayton's Corner containing together approximately six hundred acres and another large farm on the north side of the Bohemia Ricer, east of the Bohemia bridge.

The construction of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal afforded an opportunity for Henry Cazier to add to his already, for that day, extensive fortune.

Although work on the canal was begun April 15, 1824, it was not completed until October 17, 1829. Sliding banks at the deep cut at Buck Bridge where the excavation was begun presented difficulties similar to those experienced by the United States engineers at Culebra Cut in the Panama Canal, years later. Of this the Encyclopedia of Delaware says,---"This deep cut had to be excavated to the depth of seventy-six and a half feet, and of course the needed width for such depth, and when the vast masses of earth were piled on the surface in contiguity thereto, the sliding back of large portions, occasioned great expense as well as delay." My father has told me that quicksands were encountered which seemed to well up, in the bed of the cut, in inexhaustible quantities. One contractor after another undertook the task and failed because the amount of cubic yardage that he was called upon to remove so greatly exceeded the estimate; until at last others feared to bid on the work, that is, all but Henry Cazier, who undertook the contract at a price reflecting the hazard of the undertaking. As it happened the sliding had about reached the limit and Henry Cazier finished the job easily and at a handsome profit, although I was told that he was obliged to bring suit in order to enforce payment of the contract price. Some folks might call this good luck, but I would call it, exercise of good judgement.

Contiguous and to the north of the Homestead Farm is the farm that for many years has been known as Mount Vernon; the two farms including about one thousand acres. On the last mentioned farm were two sets of buildings; the tenant house and other buildings then as now located in about the center of the farm. Another set of buildings was located nearer the road leading from The Buck to Glasgow, the small brick dwelling thereon, built in 1802. To this building located about one-third of a mile back from the road, in 1844, Henry Cazier added considerably, planted the long avenue with a double row of trees and English fashion, built a small brick cottage by the roadside which he rented upon the condition that when he drove down the lane the tenant should come out and open the gate. To Mount Vernon Place he then removed and established himself for the balance of his life. However, there is a story extant that when Henry Cazier drove down the lane for the first time after the lease had been executed, out stepped the tenant, pushed back the gate and propped it open with a stick, saying, "Now my rent's paid for the year," and I never did hear the final outcome of the matter.

An old line Whig; friend of John M. Clayton, with whom he frequently debated the temperature question, as to which their opinions differed, Henry Cazier never let this difference interfere with their friendship; an admirer and a strong supporter of Henry Clay, he retired from active politics when the star of Henry Clay became dimmed and he never would consent to be candidate for public office.

Henry Cazier died November 5, 1859, at the age of sixty years and is buried in the family burial lot just back of the Pencader Church of which he was so faithful a supporter. Sarah Johnston-Cazier survived her husband nearly eighteen years, dying August 1, 1877, at the ripe age of eighty-one years, continuing her support of Pencader Church by a legacy in her will.

The portrait of Henry Cazier, owned by his granddaughter, depicts a man of about sixty years, with a somewhat narrow face, firm thin lips, Grecian nose, a quantity of iron grey hair and wearing a black stock. Sarah Johnston-Cazier, at about the same period, appears in white lace cap with ribbons, lace collar and brooch, she too has a strong somewhat thin face. Both husband and wife are said to have been thin and not very tall. The portrait of their daughter, Catharine Eugenia Cazier-Dickey, presents a sweet faced girl of eighteen, wearing a black velvet dress with a lace collar.

In the widening of the canal about ten or twelve years ago, the Federal Government, needing room for the enormous quantities of spoil taken from the deep cut, bought the Homestead Farm, incident to which White Hall and the adjacent buildings were razed or removed and now naught remains but the clump of trees in which the Mansion stood, the fertile fields nearby covered deep with dredgings from the cut.

Mount Vernon Place, remodeled again in 1878, where my brothers and I spent many pleasant evenings more than thirty years ago, presents very much the same appearance that it did then. The two story and mansard roof double front mansion with broad front porch is surmounted by a low iron fence. The fountain is gone from the front lawn, enclosed by a high picketed iron fence, but the trees and boxwood remain. The main body of the house is divided by a hall running back from the front doors to the rear and on the first floor to the north, a large parlor, on the south, two rooms, library and dining room with service rooms in the rear. The ample bedrooms above are reached by two handsome walnut stairways, beginnings at the front and the rear doorways respectively, and meeting at the top.

One cannot turn back the hands of the clock of time, but it is at least worthwhile, now and again, to recall to mind the men and women of force and character who in days gone by have done their part in old Pencader.

Little Known History of Newark, Delaware and it Environs by Francis A. Cooch With a Introduction by George H. Ryden. The press of Kells, Newark, Delaware, 1936. Pages 101 – 105.

Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe -- GRH9999@aol.com


John VanBibber and Chloe Staniford
  Chloe VanBibber and Jesse Bryan Boone
    Alphonso Boone and Nancy Linville Boone
      Chloe Donnally Boone and George Law Curry

GEORGE LAW CURRY

George Law Curry, now deceased a pioneer of 1846, and journalist, poet and one of Oregon's most efficient statesman, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1820. He was of English ancestry, his grandfather, Christopher Curry being born in England and emigrating to the United States, locating in the city of Brotherly Love, where he remained until his death, being now buried in Christ Church cemetery of that city. His son, George Curry, was a Lieutenant in the war of 1812, and commanded, during the illness of the captain, the Washington Blues of Philadelphia, in the engagement with the British preceding the capture of the city of Washington.

In 1824 the subject of our sketch accompanied his parents to South America, from where they later returned, residing at the family homestead near Homesbury, Pennsylvania, until 1829, when the father of our subject died. The son then accompanied his guardian, his uncle, William Curry, to Boston, where he passed nine years of his boyhood. While there he was apprenticed to the jewelry trade, and later became a member of the Mechanic's Apprentice Library Association, of which he was for a couple of terms elected president. This association was at that time a popular literary and educational society of Boston. Many of his addresses and poems were published, and thereby he still lives on the historical pages of that institution, to the prosperity of which he so ably contributed.

In 1843 he became a resident of St. Louis, where he formed the acquaintance of Joseph M. Field, with whom he was connected in the publication of the Reveille. In 1846 he left that city for the Pacific coast, going by way of the overland emigrant route, arriving in Oregon City, Oregon, August 30 of the same year. Here he immediately assumed editorial charge of the Oregon Speculator, the first newspaper ever published on the coast, thus exercising a marked influence on the affairs of the Territory. In 1848 he commenced the publication of the Oregon Free Press, the first weekly newspaper on the coast. The press on which this paper was printed was manufactured in the Territory, and a portion of the type, the display letters, were made of wood. This gave it a unique appearance, and was really one of its great attractions. This journal was discontinued toward the close of its first year, on account of the general rush of the population to the gold fields of California in the fall of that year.

In March, 1848, he was married to Miss Chloe Donnelly Boone, a daughter of Colonel Alphonzo Boone, a great-grandson of Daniel Boone. He emigrated from Missouri to Oregon with his family in 1846, and they were among the first to brave the dangers of the southern route to Oregon, which led them through unfriendly tribes of Indians, almost impassable canons, and over steep and perilous mountains. All who came that year by this route lost all their teams, stock and other property, barely reaching the settlements alive. Some were not so fortunate, and their bones now whiten the way.

Mr. and Mrs. Curry had six children, two daughters and four sons, all, except one daughter, still living. All reside in Portland, and are worthy citizens of their native State. They are: Mary Florence, now the wife of Mr. M.C. Webster; Ratlif Boone, Norwood Litton, Willie Lane and George L. Their mother also survives, and is highly esteemed by a large community, to whom she has endeared herself by the unostentatious practice of Christian virtues.

In May, 1853, unsolicited by Mr. Curry, he was appointed by the President, and confirmed by the Senate, Secretary of the Territory of Oregon. A few days after his induction into office he became acting Governor, by reason of the resignation of General Joseph Lane, who held that office. Mr. Curry discharged the duties of both offices in a most satisfactory manner, until the arrival of Governor Davis, he again became acting Governor, continuing in the discharge of both offices until his appointment as Governor a few months later. This office he ably filled until 1859, when the State government was inaugurated. His friends then made him a candidate for United States Senator, but he withdrew his name, and assisted in the election of the successful candidates. In 1860 his friends again made him a candidate for the same position, and after protracted ballotings he came within one vote of election, but a combination of the Republicans and a portion of the Douglas Democrats ultimately culminated in their success.

His official term as Governor, from 1853 to 1859, was a most eventful period in the history of Oregon. Its institutions were formed and developed with the rapid enlargement of the settlements and the prosperity of the people. Indian troubles were very frequent. The Rogue river Indian war occurred in the fall of 1853, and in the fall of 1855 war was waged along the whole frontier, north and south. Fully 2,500 volunteers were kept in the filed for several months, besides the United States troops stationed in the country. This was by far the most formidable conflict occurring on the northwestern coast. In these campaigns Governor Curry distinguished himself by his services in effectually establishing peace, and he received the thanks of the Legislative assemblies of both Oregon and Washington Territory for his efficiency in protecting the people of both territories against the attacks of marauding Indians. In commemoration of his services in this perilous hour of their need, a county of Oregon was afterward called by his name. He was possessed of a singularly amiable disposition, and was most scrupulously honorable. He was eminently gifted with a very great versatility of superior talents, which insured the able performance of everything he undertook. During his public life no one ever insinuated a dishonest act against him.

In 1866 he received the thanks of the directors of the Northern Pacific railroad for a speech which he made before the Board of Trade of Boston, and other efforts in their behalf. In 1845, when an editor in St. Louis, he advocated a railroad to the Pacific coast, and the next year, when on the Northwestern shore, he used his pen in favor of this great enterprise.

After an active public life in the years mentioned, he retired to his farm upon the Willamette river, located a short distance from Oregon City, where he engaged in land operations. He was afterward appointed State Land Commissioner and a member of the State Board of Equalization.

Governor Curry was eminently a self-made man, as his school facilities were meager and he commenced life without inherited means. Much of his leisure time was devoted to literary pursuits, and the products of his active mind and graceful pen are among the most valuable publications of the State. His death was attributed to the effects of a cold, his illness lasting for several months, during all of which time not a word of complaint passed his lips. It was on July 28, 1878, just as the Sabbath sun was settling in all the glory peculiar to the Northwest, that the spirit of this revered man took its flight, leaving a bereaved family to mourn the loss of a husband and father, whose loving kindness will never be forgotten, and a country to cherish the memory of this truly great and good man.

An Illustrated History of The State of Oregon, By Rev. H. K. Hines, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1893. Pages # 426 – 428.

Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe -- GRH9999@aol.com



John VanBibber and Chloe Staniford
  James VanBibber and Lois Reynolds
    James VanBibber and Naomi Barton White
        Elizabeth Naomi VanBibber and William King Boal
          William Stanhope Boal

STANHOPE BOAL, ONE OF THE CITY'S FIRST CITIZENS, IS DEAD

Personal Loss Felt By Scores in Piqua

Manufacturer, Patron of the Arts and Gentleman of the Old School Mourned Throughout this Community --- Passing Occurs Sunday Morning

Piqua lost one of its First Citizens in the death of Stanhope Boal, a leading manufacturer, patron of the arts and gentleman of the old school, who died early Sunday morning at his residence, 306 West, High Street, and whose death has brought a feeling of personal loss not only to the members of his devoted family but to scores of men and women who loved and respected him for his kindliness and many remarkable qualities.

Several serious illnesses during recent years impaired his heretofore splendid health and induced a heart condition from which he suffered an attack on Wednesday, December sixth. He was apparently recuperating until last Thursday evening when an embolism developed which caused his death at two o'clock Sunday morning.

Although his disposition was naturally retiring and quiet, no man in Piqua was more widely known or held in greater veneration than Mr. Boal. His broadmindedness, quick sympathy and faultless generosity drew acquaintances to him and transformed them into loyal and admiring friends. Children adored him.
He was the soul of hospitality and was never happier than when he could contribute to the pleasure of the guests who were welcomed with such unvarying warmth to his home.

Mr. Boal had traveled extensively, both in this country and abroad. He was a talented musician and possessed an unusually beautiful and cultured singing voice. He loved everything of an artistic nature and his stately courtesy was unfailing. The old fashioned phrase, "a man of many parts," is one which could be used aptly in describing a person of his outstanding culture, accomplishments and distinction.

No man was a greater lover of the outdoors and outdoor sports. Long hunting and fishing trips into the Canadian, Maine and Wisconsin wilderness were his hobby. He loved and understood horses and dogs.

William Stanhope Boal was born in Greenup, Kentucky, January 16, 1856, and would have celebrated his 78th birthday next month. He was the eldest of the nine children born to William King and Eliza Van Bibber Boal. While he was yet a boy, the family moved to Ashland, Ky., and from thence to New Port, Ky., where, as a young man, he was employed by William C. Davis and Co., manufactures of Favorite Stoves. He remained with this concern until it discontinued business when his father and associates organized the Favorite Stove and Range company and established the plant at Piqua which was erected in 1888-89. It was not until 1890, however, that Mr. William King Boal brought his family to Piqua, where they built the residence on West Park avenue, now owned and occupied by his youngest daughter, Mrs. W.W. Wood III, and her family. Later this home was sold and the family purchased the residence at 306 West High street, where they have resided ever since.

Mr. Stanhope Boal engaged in the manufacturing business with his father and after familiarizing himself with the various departments, decided to devote himself to the selling work of the concern in which he proved himself particularly efficient. For several years he traveled through Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan, driving in a buggy, selling the company's products.

From May 1899 until May 1901 he was president of the three leading stove associations in the country; the National Association of Stove Manufactures, the Western Association and the Gas Range Manufacturers. While acting in this capacity he formed and organized: the New England association, an association with headquarters in New York City and a southeastern association with headquarters in Baltimore. He devoted much of his time to these organizations and by his efforts they were in better conditions under his management than at any time before or since.

His father was president of the Favorite Stove and Range company here from the time of its organization until his death on January 2, 1916, at which time Mr. Stanhope Boal was made president and continued in that capacity until January 1925, when he became Chairman of the Board of Directors, continuing in that capacity until his death. He retired from active participation in the company's activities some years ago.

He was loyal member of St. James' Episcopal church of Piqua, having served as a member of the vestry and, when a younger man, sang in the choir. He was a member of the Masonic lodge, being affiliated with the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Knights Templar. He was a charter member of the Piqua Elks, being the first Exalted Ruler when the lodge was installed here. He belonged to the Piqua Club during its entire existence and acted as its president at one time. He was a charter member of the Piqua Country Club and one of the first men in this city to play golf.

Mr. Boal was always interested in anything that he believed would benefit Piqua industrially, civically or socially.

Left to mourn him are four sisters, Miss Stella Agnes Boal of Piqua, Mrs. Eliza Boal Orr of Miami Beach, Fla., Mrs. Naomi Boal Blount and Mrs. Aileen Boal Wood of Piqua. He also leaves a niece, Mrs. Louise Orr Casparis of Miami Beach; four nephews, Morrison Boal Orr of New York and Miami Beach, Stanhope Wiedemann of Lexington, Ky., William Boal Wood and Britton Boal Wood of Piqua and a number of grandnieces and Grandnephews. His mother preceded him in death on February 17, 1913; his father, three years later; his sister, Miss Nannie Louise Boal died November 13, 1932, a brother, Frederick, in infancy, and a brother, Frank, at the age of 24.

Funeral services will be held from the late residence at 3:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Mayfield Dowell, rector of St. James Episcopal church. On Wednesday morning, the family will go to Newport, Ky., where the committal service will take place in the family mausoleum at Evergreen cemetery.

Piqua Daily Call, December 18, 1933 (Monday)

Submitted by Diana Berg -- dlmb@hotmail.com


Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  James VanBebber, Jr. and Hannah Hoover
    Isaac VanBebber and Hannah Long
      Hannah Marquarete VanBebber and Charles Cornelius Poff
        Letitia Poff

FAMILY OF LETITIA POFF FIGG

        1. Letitia2 Poff (Charles Cornelius1) was born May 04, 1858 in KY. She married (1) William James Figg November 1881, son of Josiah Figg and Agnes Pollard. He was born 1847 in VA, and died February 03, 1940. She married (2) John Garrett Figg July 1896, son of Josiah Figg and Agnes Pollard. He was born February 08, 1852 in Richmond, Henrico Co., VA, and died January 07, 1934 in Omaha, Douglas Co., NE.
        
Children of Letitia Poff and William Figg are:

1. Lottie Flossie E.3 Figg, born September 24, 1878; died 1937 in Saddle, Fulton Co., AR. She married Clarence Knodle.
2. Charles Figg, born 1881 in Iowa Co. IA; died 1897 in Iowa Co. IA.
3. Bertha Figg, born 1882; died 1897 in Marengo, Iowa Co., IA.
4. John Franklin Figg, born 1887 in IA; died 1954 in Johnson Co., IA.

Children of Letitia Poff and John Figg are:

1. Dolline May3 Figg, born March 10, 1893 in Iowa Co. IA; died August 14, 1983 in Marshalltown, Marshall Co., IA. She married John Calvin Jaynes.
2. Hazel Margaret Figg, born November 13, 1894 in Iowa Co. IA; died June 10, 1976. She married (1) Alvin Kleinmeyer. She married (2) John F. Slager.
3. Elizabeth Eldora Figg.
   

Submitted by Cindy Dodd -- Figgite1@aol.com


Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  John VanBebber and Margaret Chrisman
    Peter VanBebber and Sarah Grimes
      George Marshall VanBebber and Sarepta Jane Lamb

MRS. G.M. VANBEBBER ATTEMPS SUICIDE

Mrs. Serepta (Lamb) Vanbebber, aged 66 years, wife of G.M. Vanbebber, gashed her throat horribly with a butcher knife in an attempt to commit suicide, at her home on Route 8, about 8 o'clock Sunday afternoon.

Her husband, "Marsh" Vanbebber, started to Wm Lile's early Sunday morning, and soon after his departure Mrs. Vanbebber telephoned to Sam Thomson and wife, who live one-half mile south, stating that she had cut her throat. Mr. And Mrs. Thomson and Mrs. J.G. Mohn hurried to her assistance, and Dr. I.N. Parrish of Cowgill, on arriving at the house, found that she had inflicted three deep cuts in her throat, one of which penetrated the windpipe or trachea, but fortunately had not severed a carotid artery or jugular vein, the opening of wither of which would probably have let out her life in a few minutes. One or two small arteries were taken up and tied, and the wounds, then closed with stitches and dressed. At this writing the cuts are healing nicely, the patient taking nourishment, and prospects are good for her recovery. Three of her daughters, Meads, Griffing, and Dustin, and Miss Anna Vanbebber, have been with her constantly.

Mrs. Vanbebber has lived at her present home for more than 40 years, a most excellent and faithful wife, mother, neighbor and friend. Devotedly attached to the children, the death of her son Walter, some 25 years since, was a sad blow, and the recent despondency which caused her rash act was probably due to the tragic death of her remaining son, Clayt, who was killed by a train near Boulder, Colorado, last fall. We understand that she had prepared a rope and noose, in her smokehouse, with which to hang herself, but for some reason decided to use the knife.

From a Ray County, Missouri newspaper - 1912.

Submitted by Earl W. Quintrell -- Winchester, TN


Henry Mayes and Phoebe Herrall
  Sherwood Mayes and Elizabeth Nancy Smith
    Thomas Daux Mayes and Elizabeth Bridges
      Wiley Mayes and Susannah Powell
        Thomas Dudley Mayes and Barbara VanBebber
          Wiley Mayes and Olive LaVon Hewitt
            Thomas Jewell Mayes and Mahala Lulu Polley
              Richard Dean Mayes and Maria Jesus Carrillo

THE MAYES LINEAGE OF RICHARD D. "DICK" MAYES

Richard Dean Mayes married Maria J. Carrillo, May 25,1968.

My Father was Thomas Jewell Mayes, born 6 July 1894 in Polo MO, and died September 20 1974 in Woodward OK. He is buried at Moscow Flats Cemetery south of Woodward. Married January 23, 1923 to Mahala L. Polley born in Protection KS January 16 1897, and died July 26 1952 in Woodward OK. She is buried at Moscow Flats Cemetery south of Woodward. They had four sons, Louis Charles Mayes, born October 23 1923, Robert Hugh Mayes, born January 24, 1929 died October 23 1965 in Waco TX, and is buried at Moscow Flats Cemetery south of Woodward Bill Phillip Mayes, born March 30 1932, and Richard Dean Mayes, born April 27 1938. All four were born in Woodward OK.

My Grandfather was Wiley Mayes born in Eastern MO in 1861, and died in1912 in Sharon OK. He is buried at Moscow Flats Cemetery south of Woodward. Married to Olive LaVon Hewitt born in Indiana in1871. She died in Sharon OK and is buried at Moscow Flats Cemetery south of Woodward. They had eight children. Thomas Jewell, born 1894, Carl, born 1896, Myrtle, born 1898, Orene, born 1900, LaVonne, born 1902, Wiley, born 1904, Vera, born 1907, and John, born 1909.

My Great Grandfather was Thomas Dudley Mayes, born in TN, October 30 1828, and died March 30 1900 in Caldwell CO, MO. He married Elizabeth Craven September 23 1849. She was born September 22 1831, and died July 2 1855. He married Barbara VanBebber December 6 1855 in Ray CO, MO. She was born December 6 1830 in TN, and died September 26 1904 in Caldwell CO, MO. Thomas and Barbara are buried in Prairie Ridge Cemetery, Caldwell CO, MO. They had five children. William Houston Mayes, born February 18 1857, died July 16 1897, James P. Mayes, born 1858, died February 18 1875, Wiley Mayes, born 1860, died 1912, Tom Finley Mayes, born 1862, died 1912, Prior Lee Mayes, born 1866, died 1885. All five were born and died in MO, except Wiley who died in OK.

My Great, Great Grandfather was Wiley Mayes, born July 25 1800 in Claiborne CO, TN, and died April 14 1888 in Ray CO, MO. He married Susannah Powell, born March 4 1804, They had thirteen children. Elmira, born 1824, Elizabeth, born 1826, Thomas Dudley, born 1828, Nancy Jane, born1830, Marciszus, born1832, Martha Francis, born 1834, Wiley, born 1837, William Houston, born 1838, Sultana U., born 1840, Susan Catherine, born 1842, David Thompson, born 1844, John Ellis, born 1846 and Sarah Clementine, born 1848.

My Great, Great, Great Grandfather was Thomas Daux Mayes, born about 1774 in Pittsylvania CO, VA, and died May 26 1846, and died May 26 1846. He married Elizabeth Bridges, born about 1785 in VA, and died April 16 1852, Thomas and Elizabeth are both buried in Barren Creek, Claiborne CO, TN. Thomas in Sandlick Cemetery, and Elizabeth in Mayes Cemetery. They had twelve children. Wiley, born 1800, Lucy, born 1802, Sherrod, born 1804, Rachel, born 1806, Martha Patsy, born 1807, Lucinca, born 1810, Elizabeth, born 1811, Nancy, born 1813, Milinda, born 1816, Johnson, born 1817, Sterling, born 1819, and William Houston, born 1821.

My Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather was Sherwood (sometimes spelled Sherrod) Mayes, born about in Brunswick County VA, and died 1834 in Grainger CO TN. He married Elizabeth Nancy Smith, born December 29 1752 in VA. They had ten children. Thomas Daux, born1774, William, born 1776, Patricia Jane, born 1781, Elizabeth, born 1781,Goodwin, born 1784, Dudley, born 1786, Nancy, born 1788, Jane, born 1792, Jonathan, born 1793, and Pricilla, born 1795.

My Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather was Henry Mayes, born about 1725 in Henry CO, VA, and died 1787 in Martinsville VA. He married Phoebe Herrall. They had eleven children. Liggon, Abraham, Sherwood, born about 1751, Sussanah, Elizabeth, Francis, Littleberry, Henry, Goodwin, Phebe and David.

Submitted by Richard D."Dick " Mayes -- rdmayes@cs.com


NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE RECORDS

New Castle County, Delaware Land Records 1749-1752 by Carol Garrett.

#260 Deed. 16 Sept 1749. Peter Van Bebber of the County of Lunenburg in the Colony of Virginia, Yeoman surviving brother of Jacob VanBebber, Sr., of the Town of St. Georges & Co. of Newcastle on Del., Merchant, dec'd., & also eldest uncle & heir-at-law of Jacob VanBebber, the younger, of the afsd Town of St. Georges, Sadler dec'd, for the sum of 150 pounds, sold unto Jacob Gooding of the afsd Town of St. Georges &Co., Merchant, a tract of land herein described. Whereas the afsd Jacob VanBebber, Sr., in his life time was seized of sundry house & lotts of land in afsd town & Co., located on the main road leading from St. Georges to Dragon Branch. In his Last Will & Testiment, he devised that half of all his Estate unto his wife Mary, and the other half unto his son, Jacob VanBebber. And whereas the afsd Mary VanBebber died, & by her Will, she divised 1/3 part of her Estate unto her son Jacob VanBebber. And whereas the afsd Jacob VanBebber died Intestate, then by the Common Law, his lands belong to Peter VanBebber, his uncle. Signed: Peter VanBebber. Wit: John McCoole, Ja. VanBebber. Ack: Nov. Term, 1749. Rec.: 11 Dec 1749

A Calendar of Delaware Wills of New Castle County

p.87 Henry Van Bebber. Yeoman. St. Geo. Hd. Jan, 5, 1778. Mar. 30, 1778. L. 8. Wife, Hester; two sons, Andrew and James Van Bebber. Exc., wife, Hester Van Bebber; brothers, Isaac and Abraham Van Bebber.

p. 78 William Van Bibber. Yeoman. Red Lion Hd. July 30, 1769. Dec. 5, 1774. K. 193. Unkle, Henry Van Bebber; sister, Sarah, alias Hyatt Van Bebber; nephew, Thomas Belew. Exc. unkle, Henry Van Bebber.

p.65 Jacob Van Bebber. Red Lion Hd. apr. 20, 1768. april 28, 1768. Misc. 24. Wife, Mary Van Bebber; son, William Van Bebber; dau., Sarah Van Bebber. Exc, son, William; dau., Sarah.

p. 30 Jacob Van Bebber. Merchant. St. Geo. Hd. Aug. 14, 1733. Sept 16, 1733. Misc. I 485. Wife, Mary; son, Jacob. Exc. Mary Van Bebber.

p. 30 Mary Van Bebber. Widow and exc. of Jacob Ban Bebber. St. Geo. Hd. Jan. 16, 1733. Mar. 14, 1733. Misc I 486. Son, Jacob; dau., Mary Ashton; grandson, Joseph Hart, only son of my dau., Grace hart, deceased; peter Van Bebber, brother of my dec. husband, Jacob; sister of dec. husband, to wit--Hester Gooding and Veronica Birmingham; children of my brother, Nathaniew FitzRandolph of Woodbridge, New Jersey; my sister, Experience Moor, wife of Samuel Moor.

Submitted by Merrie Haynes -- mhaynes@wyoming.com


LIST OF DELEGATES FROM KANAWHA COUNTY, 1790-1863

Compiled by Dr. J. L. Miller. (8V-414)

1791 - Daniel Boone
1806 - John Reynolds
1807 - John Reynolds
1808 - John Reynolds
1809 - John Reynolds
1810 - John Reynolds and Claudius Buster
1823 - Van Bibber Reynolds
1825 - Van Bibber Reynolds
1827 - James C. McFarland
1832 - James H. Fry
1833 - James H. Fry
1836 - Andrew Donnally, Jr.
1839 - Van Bibber Reynolds
1853 - A.P. Fry

Identifications:

1. John Reynolds was the husband of Miriam Van Bibber.
   
2. Van Bibber Reynolds was the son of John Reynolds and Miram Van Bibber.
   
3. James Clark McFarland was the husband of Alethea Reynolds who was the daughter of John Reynolds and Miram Van Bibber.
   
4. James Henry Fry was the husband of Jane Donnally the daughter of Andrew Donnally Jr. and Margery Van Bibber.
   
5. Andrew Phillip Fry was the husband of Emily Francis Reynolds the daughter of Charles G. Reynolds and Francis Dawson Slaughter. Francis was the daughter of Goodrich Lightfoot Slaughter and Hannah Van Bibber.
   

Submitted by Anna Lutz -- alutz@juno.com


OBITUARIES:

Peter VanBibber, Jr. and Marguery Bounds
   Matthias VanBibber and Margaret Robinson
    Olive Boone VanBibber and Robert Keenan
      Edward McClung Keenan and Jane Coleman "Jennie" Summers
        Honore F. Keenan and Robert L. Neil

HONORE KEENAN NEIL

Mrs. Honore Keenan Neil, 86, of Lockwood, died Tuesday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. A. Summers of Lockwood, following a long illness. Born at Drennen, W. Va. October 12, 1872, she was a daughter of the late Edward McClung Keenan and Jennie Summers Keenan. She was the widow of the late Robert L. Neil. Mrs. Neil was a lifetime resident of Nicholas County and was a member of the Fairview Baptist Church of Lockwood.

Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Hazel Hughes and Mrs. Essie Summers, both of Lockwood, Mrs. Mae Stone of Pittsburg, Pa. and Mrs. Blanche Hennegen of Vero Beach, Florida; three sons, Ray Neil of Buchannan, Va., Robert Neil of Lockwood, and Howard Neil of Belle; two sisters Mrs. Joda Grose of Dixie and Mrs. Blanche Drennen of Enon; one brother, A.R. Keenan of Nunn, Colorado; twenty two grandchildren and twenty eight great grandchildren.

Funeral services Thursday, July 30, 1959 at 2 p.m. from the Fairview Baptist Church at Lockwood with the Rev. Joe E. Brown officiating. Burial will follow in the family cemetery at Lockwood under direction of the White Mortuary of Summersville.

Submitted by Pam Wilson -- AnotherIris@aol.com


RECENT DEATHS:

Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  John VanBebber and Margaret Chrisman
    Isaac VanBebber and Mary Martin
      John M. VanBebber and Elizabeth Beeler
        David Franklin VanBebber and Martha Emmaline Blackburn
          Cora Ann VanBebber and William Greenberry Smith
            Opal Lee Smith and Albert Glenn Evans

ALBERT G. EVANS, 81

Speedwell, TN.----- Albert Glen Evans, 81, passed away Friday, Feb 23, 2001, at the Claiborne County Hospital (Tazewell, TN.)

He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and a veteran of World War II.

Preceding him in death were his parents, Will and Myrtle Evans; brothers, Howard, Esco, and Ulysses Evans; and a grandson, Brandon Elliott.

Survivors include his wife, Opal Smith Evans, Speedwell; son, Kyle Glen Evans and wife, Gretchen, Brunswick, GA.; daughter, Carolyn Evans Elliott, Kingston, Tenn.; sisters, Ada Evans Smith, Speedwell, Linda Brummett, Ohio; and Fannie Brummett, Sweetwater, Tenn.; grandchildren, Brian T., Renee, Tiffany, and Michelle; great-grandchildren, Owen Ray, Ethan and Zachary; caretaker and brother-in-law, Roger Smith.

Funeral services were conducted at 8 p.m. Sunday at Reece Funeral home and Valley Chapel with Elders Steve Jepperson and Russell Figueria officiating.

Music was provided by Cedell Riggs, Johnetta England, Wanda Elam, and Vic Graves.

Burial was to be at noon today (Monday, Feb 26, 2001) at the Hill Cemetery, with military rites by the Volunteer State Honor Guard.

Pallbearers were to be Roger Smith, James Smith, Vic Graves, Larry Martin, Brian T. Elliott, and Tom Adcox.

Reece Funeral Home and Valley Chapel, 869-3651 or 626-4249, was in charge of arrangements.

The Daily News, Middlesboro, Kentucky, Monday, Feb 26, 2001, Page 5, Obituaries.

Submitted by Steve Smith -- bgood@newageinter.net --
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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  John VanBebber and Margaret Chrisman
    Isaac VanBebber and Mary Martin
      John M. VanBebber and Manerva Jane Kincaid
        Mary Jane VanBebber and Jesse Goforth
          James Avis Goforth and Alta Vermillon Goodin
            Bennie Charlene Goforth and Elmer Wallace Bolton

CHARLENE GOFORTH - BOLTON, 85

Middlesboro, KY. -- Mrs. Charlene Goforth - Bolton passed away Wednesday, February 7, 2001, Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital.

Born May 26, 1915, she was the daughter of the late James W. and Alta Goodin - Goforth. She was a member of Covenant united Methodist Church, and had operated the Golden Bell for 30 years. She had done sewing for others all of her life, and sewing was also her hobby.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Elme W. Bolton; and a brother, Monty W. Goforth.

Survivors include her son, Wallace W. Bolton, Harrogate, Tenn.; niece, Kay Adams and husband, Jim Adams, Middlesboro; nephews, Jim W. Goforth and wife Fran, Hardyville, Calif., Billy Dan Bolton of Solana Beach, Calif.; very special friend, Virginia White, Middlesboro; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral service will be conducted at 8:00 a.m. today at Coffey Funeral Home, Harrogate Chapel with the Rev. Steve HEATH presiding.

Burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Harrogate Cemetery. Pallbearers will be the Coffey Funeral home staff.

Visitation is from 6-8 p.m. today at Coffey Funeral Home, Harrogate, TN., which is in charge of arrangements.

Submitted by Steve Smith -- bgood@newageinter.net --
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John VanBibber and Chloe Staniford
  James VanBibber and Lois Reynolds
    Cyrus VanBibber and Mary S. Rachel Timberlake
      Cyrus Van Bibber, Jr. and Sophia Baker
        Lamard VanBibber and Annie Laurie Hill
          Charles Faris VanBibber and Bessie L. Belford
            Charles Everett VanBibber
CHARLES VAN BIBBER

Alamo - April 19, 1912 - March 8, 2001

Charles Van Bibber, a naval commander who retired in 1958 after 28 years, died in Concord. He was 88.

The native of Greenup, KY lived in Alameda before moving to Alamo 47 years ago. He was a member of the Methodist church.

He is survived by his daughter, Patricia Bridges of Alamo, son Faris Van Bibber of Reno; and three grandchildren. His wife, Virginia died in 1992.

Services: Private. Burial at sea. Arrangements by the Neptune Society, Walnut Creek. Memorial gifts: Alzheimer's Association, 330 Distel Circle, Los Altos, CA 94022.

Submitted by Barbara Drew -- lbdrew@silcon.com
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James VanBibber and Sarah Molly Bradburn
  Charles Wesley VanBibber and Emma L. Lowder
    Morton Appendix VanBibber and Avis Mariah English
      Claude Charles VanBibber and Lovella Arthur

REV. CLAUDE VANBIBBER

Rev. Claude C. VanBibber, 71, of Portsmouth, died Tuesday.

Rev. VanBibber was born Oct. 2, 1929, a son of the late Rev. Morton and Avis English VanBibber.

He was pastor of Mt. Tabor United Methodist Church in Ewing, Ky. and owner of VanBibber Realty. He was retired from Cyclops Steel Corp. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War, a graduate of International Seminary, and attended Berea Bible College, Ohio University and Shawnee State University.

Surviving are his wife, Lovell Arthur VanBibber; two sons, David VanBibber and Dwight VanBibber, both of Florida; a daughter, Ruthie Haffner of Portsmouth; two sisters, Hazel Trimble of South Portsmouth and Avis Tolliver of Michigan; four brothers, Morton VanBibber of Dayton, Ray VanBibber of South Portsmouth, Harold VanBibber of Florida, and David Arthur of Mansfield; and five grandchildren.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Roberson Funeral Home in South Shore, Ky., by the Rev. James Loy. Burial will be in Collier Memorial Gardens with military rites by James L. Flannery American Legion Post 276.

Friends may call from 6 to 9 tonight and after 9 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Contributions may be made to Diabetes Foundation and American Cancer Society.

The Daily Independent on line - Ashland, Ky. March 7, 2001.

Submitted by Bruce Logan -- blogan@zoomnet.net
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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  Peter VanBebber and Ellinor VanBibber
    Levicy VanBebber and John Liford

The exact lineage of Monroe Liford has not been established at this time.

MONROE LIFORD, JR.

MONROE LIFORD JR, 71, of Williamsburg, Kentucky passed away Saturday, January 13, 2001 at Marymount Medical Center in London.

He was a retired engineer for the L&N Railroad, a member of Star Baptist Church and a U.S. Air Force Veteran. He is survived by his wife, Gertie Liford of Williamsburg; his stepmother, Dicy Liford of Florence; three daughters, Kathy Bryant and husband Michael of Louisville, Tammy MacEachron and husband Scotty of Louisville and Patty Noe of Williamsburg; four sons, Larry E. Liford and wife Lisa of Shelbyville, Del Monroe Liford of Louisville, Rodney Bert Liford of Louisville and Elbert Douglas and wife Renee of Williamsburg; eight grandchildren, Scooter MacEachron, Amanda MacEachron, Blair Liford, Griffin Liford, Amy Liford and Eric Douglas; one great-grandchildren, Kyle Matheny; two sisters, Flora Liford of Williamsburg and Pauline Roaden of Corbin; two brothers, Talmage Liford, of Williamsburg and Leslie Paul Liford of Louisville; and one uncle, Hobert White of Williamsburg.

The funeral services will be conducted at 1pm Tuesday, January 16, 2001 at the Jones & Son Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Harmon and Rev. Bill Argiropoulos officiating. Burial will follow in the Ryan Cemetery.

Friends may call after 6 pm Monday, January 15, 2001 at the Jones & Son Funeral Home in Williamsburg.

The Jones & Son Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.

Times Tribune - Corbin, KY

Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe -- GRH9999@aol.com
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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  James VanBebber, Sr. and Hannah Hoover
    Isaac VanBebber and Hannah Long
      James VanBebber and Elizabeth Jane Snuffer
        William Nicholas VanBebber and Bertha Osborn
          Roy Vest VanBebber and Anne Lavinia Wenner
            Virginia Anne VanBebber and Ward Henry

VIRGINIA HENRY

ROBINSON -- Virginia Henry, 79, Robinson, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2001, at a Hiawatha nursing home.

She was born July 27, 1921, in St. Joseph, Mo., to Roy and Anne Wenner Van Bebber. She attended grade and high schools in Troy and graduated from Highland Community College in Highland.

She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Hiawatha and the choir and Esther Circle at the church where she assisted with chili suppers and bazaars.

She was a charter member of Chapter HU of PEO Sisterhood and a life member of Gray Ladies of Community Hospital, both in Hiawatha. She was a member of Bithiah Chapter No. 454 of Order of Eastern Star in Robinson and received a 50-year pin in October 1993. She played with several bridge groups in the Hiawatha area.

She married Ward Henry on Aug. 23, 1941, in Troy. He survives.

Other survivors include two sons, Robert G. Henry, Robinson, and William Henry, Hiawatha; two daughters, Jane Dunning, Mesa, Ariz., and Nancy Lindenmuth, Geneva, Ill.; three brothers, Greg Van Bebber, Hot Springs, Ark., William Van Bebber, Denver, and George T. Van Bebber, Overland Park; and eight grandchildren.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church in Hiawatha. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery in Hiawatha. Mrs. Henry will lie in state after 9 a.m. Wednesday at Framke Casselman Meek Funeral Home in Hiawatha where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church in Hiawatha or American Diabetes Association.

The Topeka Capital-Journal - January 15, 2001

Submitted by William G. "Bill" Van Bebber -- wvanbebber@earthlink.com

Bill tells me where it states Vivian was born in St. Joseph, Mo. is incorrect, as she was born in Troy, Ks.
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John VanBibber and Chloe Staniford
  Miriam VanBibber and John Reynolds
    Minerva B. Reynolds and Philip Garland Todd
      Aletha Elizabeth Todd and Richard Ellis Putney, Jr.
        Alexander Moseley Putney and Alberta Rebecca Littlepage
          Moseley Littlepage Putney and _________ _________
            Moseley Littlepage Putney, Jr. and Virginia Bickel

MRS. STUART B. DALTON

Mrs. Stuart B. Dalton, 66, died Sunday at her home. She was the former Virginia Bickel Putney, former secretary/treasurer of Kentucky State Fox Hunters Association, a former member of Junior League of Louisville, secretary/treasurer of Long Run Hounds and a member of the Shelby County Cattleman's Association, the Filson Club, River Fields and Oxmoor Steeplechase Association.

Survivors: sons Moseley L. Putney III and Stuart B. Jr. and John Barker Dalton; brothers Paul Jr. and Henry Bickel; her companion, George A. Nightingale; and two grandchildren.

Funeral: 11 a.m. Thursday, Second Presbyterian Church, 3701 Old Brownsboro Road. Burial: Cave Hill. Visitation: Pearson's, 149 Breckenridge Lane, 2-7 p.m. Wednesday. Memorial gifts: American Heart Association, American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Research or charity.

The Courier-Journal Louisville, Ky. -- Courier-Journal.com -- January 9, 2001

Submitted by Moseley Putney, III -- architerra@yahoo.com


MILITARY NEWS:

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
          Charley Monroe Wilson and Maggie Lee Ashton
            Joy Opal Wilson and Cleburn Monroe Brown
              Betty Jean Brown and Allen Lee Hawpe
                Gary Ray Hawpe and Norma Navarro Magday
                  George Montgomery Hawpe

HAWPE REPORTS TO BASIC

Airman First Class George M. Hawpe reported to Air Force basic training at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas on March 21, 2001. After completion of basic training he will report to Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, Texas for seventeen weeks of aviation electronics school. Upon completion of his formal schooling, A1C Hawpe will be assigned to the 419th Combat Logistics Support Squadron, Hill AFB, Utah.

Submitted by Gary R. Hawpe -- GRH9999@aol.com
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Isaac VanBibber and Sarah Davis
  John VanBebber and Margaret Chrisman
    Peter VanBebber and Sarah Grimes
      George Marshall VanBebber

PENSION APPLICATION OF GEORGE M. VAN BEBBER

February 15, 1887 - George Marshall Van Bebber submitted his declaration for original Invalid Pension. He appeared before the Clerk of the Caldwell County Court and stated that he lived in Polo, Caldwell County; that he enrolled on the 1st of September 1862 in Company G of the 51st Regiment of Missouri Militia, Commanded by Captain W. Milstead. He gave his age as being 49 years. While in the line of duty on September 1, 1863, he incurred injury to his right eye from exposure which resulted in the total loss of his right eye. He was treated at Saint Louis Sister's Hospital from September 1 to September 10, 1863.

Since the end of the Civil War, he had lived in Caldwell County, Missouri. He was a farmer. George signed his Declaration in his own handwriting. The Declaration was witnessed by David A. Glenn and John F. McNew. It was stamped "received" in the Pension Office on February 21, 1887. It had been filed by R.L. Dodge, Attorney, Kingston, Caldwell County, Missouri.

August 4, 1887 - The Bureau of Pensions requested the War Department to provide a full report as to the service, disability, and hospital treatment of George M. Van Bebber. His Invalid Application was given number 598,773.

April 12, 1888 - Examiner William S. Fitch, submitted Invalid Application number 598,733 in the case of George M. Van Bebber, to the Board of Review for "rejection," the reason being that the 51st Regiment, of Missouri Militia was a State organization and the disabilities incurred therein were not pensionable under existing law.

April 17, 1888 - The Board of Review "rejected" Invalid Pension Application number 598, 733 in the case of George M. Van Bebber.

Submitted by Earl W. Quintrell -- Winchester, TN


REUNIONS:

VANBEVER REUNION

Last call for rooms at the VanBever Reunion Aug 30 - Sept 1, 2001.

On March 31st the block on the rooms at Pine Mountain State Park (Pineville, Ky) will be released and available to the public. If you haven't called already, please call and reserve your room at 1-800-325-1712.

If you need assistance call me at 252-492-0547.

Thanks,
Cindy Robinson -- ctrofnc@hotmail.com


QUERIES:

I have searched for a long time for the last name of Felicity V......., who married William C. Chapman. William was born abt. 1810 in Webster County, VA(WV), Felicity abt. 1827. My mother always told me that her grandmother (Felicity V.) was a Vanbibber, but I can find no proof. William and Felicity V. had a daughter named Felicity Alice. Other children: Henry C., Hugh V., William A.C., Matilda Caroline, Moses Finley, Marian Dorcas, born 10 Dec. 1858, Naoma, Mary Isabell, Ezra Clark, John, Alpheus, and Jacob. This family was recorded on the 1870 census of Clay Co., WV.

Any help in identifying Felicity V. would be greatly appreciated.

Submitted by Mark Samples -- Mrruss4u2@aol.com
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I am trying to learn if my great grandmother, Phoebe Magdelena JEFFORDS , was a
VAN BIBBER descendent. She was born 1847-1848 in Portsmouth, Scioto Co, Ohio as best I know. There is a possible connection through Ezra JEFFORDS and Elizabeth VAN BIBBER. They lived in that area and Elizabeth may have had a daughter shortly before her death in 1849. The 1850 census indicates several young children living with Ezra, one a daughter, first initial 'M'. Were they his children or grandchildren? Was one my great grandmother? Phoebe Magdelena married my great grandfather Charles John BECKWITH in Patriot, Indiana in 1868. They moved to Louisville, Kentucky and on to Tulare Co., California before 1880. That census identifies her as Magdelena, age 33 of Ohio. If anyone knows who the young children living with Ezra Jeffords in 1850 were, please call me: Russ 650 692-8784; or write: Russ Beckwith, 113 El Camino Real, Millbrae, CA 94030; or email: russ@pandarealty.com. I am a bit of an amateur at this research; but would appreciate any help that can be provided. Thank you.

Submitted by Russ Beckwith -- russ@pandarealty.com
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Looking for information on South Carolina VanBIBBERS.

Here is what I have so far:

Jacob VanBebber, son of Jacobus and Ann Larons (Laroun) VanBebber, was born about 1731 in Cecil Co., MD and died in South Carolina before 1785.

The earliest record I have found of a Jacob VanBebber in South Carolina is a 1767 deed to purchase land in Craven Co. between the Wateree and Little Rivers. Later deed records (between 1770 and 1781) show a Jacob VanBebber purchasing and leasing land in St. Luke's Parish and St. Helena's Parish in Granville Co., SC. Jacob VanBebber also appears on 1778-1779 Jurors list for Prince William's Parish, Granville Co., SC. (Granville Co. is now part of Beaufort and Jasper Counties, SC)

In 1773 I find a Jacob and Margaret VanBebber as co-witnesses to the will of Mary Ferguson in Prince William's Parish, Granville Co., SC. This is a possible indication that Jacob and Margaret were married.

On 12 Dec 1785 Mrs. Margaret VanBebber of Pocotaligo, SC, widow of the deceased Jacob VanBebber, marries Mr. William Smith a merchant from Coosawhatchie. This event is the source of the death of Jacob.

Pocotaligo was the location of VanBibber's Tavern. In an article George Washington Tours South Carolina 1791 it says "Before the war, VanBibber's Tavern at Pocotaligo was a well known stop on the road and tradition says that this tavern was the place where parishioners of Prince Williams Parish (now Jasper Co.) entertained Washington for dinner in 1791."

Between the years of 1785 and 1801 I find South Carolina land transactions attributed to a second Jacob VanBebber. This could be the son of Jacob and Margaret and the husband of Ann (b: 1769 and d: 3 Jun 1851). Ann is known to be the mother of Henry VanTromp VanBibber.

In the 9 Jan 1809 issue of the Charleston, SC Times it is noted that a Mrs. Ann VanBibber of Goose Creek married Mr. Robert Davis Eckert of Charleston. If this is Ann, wife of the second Jacob VanBebber and mother of Henry V. VanBibber, this could mean that the second Jacob died before 1809. Ann died 3 Jun 1851 in Shreveport, LA.

Henry VanTromp VanBibber, son of Mrs. Ann VanBibber, was born 8 Feb 1798 in Charleston, SC. He married Nancy E. LEISK (b: 27 Nov 1799-Laurens Co., SC and d: 7 Nov 1853-Shreveport, LA.) on 9 Apr 1817.

There maybe a possibility that Ann's (Henry's mother) maiden was VanTromp. I know that Henry was her only son by the epitaph on her grave at the Old Oakland Cemetery in Shreveport, LA. I also know by the epitaph that Henry was a citizen of Shreveport in 1851.

Thomas H. VanBibber, son of Henry and Nancy, was born 14 Dec 183(1) in Charleston, SC. He married Sarah J. LEISK (b: 5 Jan 1834-d: 23 Nov 1908) on 3 Nov 1854. He died 25 Jan 1861 in Houston, TX of typhoid fever.

From the forgoing information we can surmise that some of the VanBibbers migrated from Maryland to South Carolina as early as 1767 and remained in the area until at least the 1830's.

The daughter of Thomas and Sarah, Nancy Jessie VanBibber, married James Knox THROWER on 26 Sept 1883. She was born 7 Nov 1859 and died 21 Dec 1931 in Atlanta, GA.

If anyone is researching this line or would like any additional information, please contact me at BryanStarr@juno.com. Thanks, Bryan Lawrence Starr, Atlanta, GA.

Submitted by Bryan Starr -- BryanStarr@juno.com
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The following information is provided in reference to the query submitted by Sara Patton in last months newsletter pertaining to the Van Bibber , Yoakum, and See/Zeh families.

Sarah,

Hi. I'm sure you have read my "George YOAKUM of Powell Valley" biography. In this I tried to do the best job I could to document the identity of George YOAKUM, I, and his parents, wife, and children.. It is a known fact and is documented in the Bible Record of George's grandson, that George married the daughter of Isaac VAN BIBBER, I., who fought at the Battle of Point Pleasant. For the last 100 years it seems that YOAKUM descendants have been calling her Margaret VAN BIBBER in error. I think I have established the fact that she has to be Martha VAN BEBBER, and that she was also called "Patty". The marriage record, as far we know must no longer exist. Since the oldest child, Isaac YOAKUM, was born in Feb 1778, we can only estimate that the marriage took place in about 1776 or 1777. Records show that Isaac DID NOT have a daughter named Margaret, but it appears the Margaret YOAKUM remembered by YOAKUM descendants may have been the mother of George, rather than his wife. They had confused his wife, Martha, as being the wife of the oldest son, Isaac YOAKUM. His wife turned out to be Mary DAVIS..... not Martha...as I have documented. In the below explanations please observe that all suffix titles I have given to these men are merely my way of keeping track of them on my paper record and in my mind.. :)

George and Martha had a possible twelve children between 1778 (Isaac YOAKUM) and 1800 (Matthias YOAKUM). They removed from Greenbrier County, Virginia to Washington County, Virginia in early 1786 and arrived in time to be there for the formation of RUSSELL County, in which county they fell living in on the banks of the Powell River in Powell Valley, near present day Dryden, LEE County, Virginia. They lived here along with other siblings of Martha (Peter, James and John VAN BEBBER, and sister Nancy VAN BEBBER that married Robert HOWARD), until about 1796, when they moved further down this same Valley (the Powell Valley, part of the greater Tennessee Valley) and into what was then HAWKINS County, Tennessee. They probably moved about the time of statehood for Tennessee (June 1, 1796) and the formation of GRAINGER County (June 1796), in which they lived until 1801, when that part became CLAIBORNE County, Tennessee (Oct 1801). George YOAKUM, I., died in October 1800 in the Cumberland Mountains in some type of Bear hunting accident. His oldest son, Isaac, and his widowed wife, Martha YOAKUM, were named administrators of his estate by the GRAINGER County Court. He died intestate, and they were named administrators by right.
Martha continued to live in CLAIBORNE County until about 1810, when she and several of her children moved to Southwest Illinois near Edwardsville. She soon thereafter moved to MADISON County Illinois, and then by 1819 settled in SANGAMON County. It is said she fell into the bounds of MENARD County upon its formation near the Salisbury township, where several of her children lived in MENARD and SANGAMON Counties. She died there, apparently at an old age and is buried in an unknown gravesite. She is found listed in the 1817 BOND County Census (this later became MONTGOMERY County).

All of the above can be documented by me. Information concerning this can be found at Greg Brown's YOAKUM Website. I can scan and send you any documentation you would life to see concerning these facts.

NOW, concerning the Lois SEE and Peter VAN BEBBER marriage, I am like you and doubt that the marriage even existed. No one can even document the existence of Lois SEE and she appears to be like the Eleanor SEE, that no one has been able to document. I'm not going to say she doesn't exist but I'm just saying that I'm like you, and no one has shown me evidence.

Peter VAN BEBBER, I., married Anna ______ (last name unknown). This Peter was born in 1695 in Pennsylvania, the son of Isaac Jacobs VAN BEBBER and wife Veronica SCHUMACHER. He later lived in Maryland with his parents and met and married his wife Anna there. They later moved to LUNENBURG County, Virginia about or before 1750. They had a son who is referred to as Peter VAN BIBBER, II., and another son named Isaac VAN BIBBER, I., and another son, whom you see in the Revolutionary period was Captain John VAN BIBBER. I descend from Isaac VAN BIBBER, I, and his wife Sarah DAVIS. Remember that she later married William GRIFFEE/GRIFFITH after the death of Isaac in the Battle of Point Pleasant. By the time the War began, all these children seem to be in the GREENBRIER County area of Virginia, and most later removed to the Point Pleasant area.

Now to explain the two Peter VAN BEBBER's you questioned... coz this does get a little tricky:
Peter VAN BIBBER, II., (wife Margery BOUNDS) had a son named Peter VAN BEBBER, III., born in 1757 and also fought at Point Pleasant with his father and also in other Revolutionary War battles. He is the Peter that married Sarah YOAKUM, daughter of Valentine YOAKUM. This couple can be later found in RIPLEY County, Indiana. A pension file exists for this Peter for his Military service during the Revolution.

This Peter VAN BIBBER, III., had a sister named Eleanor VAN BIBBER. She married her first cousin, Peter VAN BEBBER, Sr., who was the son of Isaac VAN BIBBER, I., and Sarah DAVIS. This Peter VAN BEBBER, Sr., was born about 1760, or thereabout as best as we can estimate, and apparently was the oldest son of Isaac. He was declared guardian of his younger siblings in March of 1786 by GREENBRIER County Court in preparation for their move to WASHINGTON County. Also, this Peter VAN BEBBER, Sr., was the brother of my ancestor, John VAN BEBBER, Sr., born about 1765. Soooooo, Eleanor was the daughter of Peter VAN BIBBER, II., and the granddaughter of Peter VAN BIBBER, I., and her brother was Peter VAN BIBBER, III., and her husband was Peter VAN BEBBER, Sr. Did you catch that... I'm sure, without looking, they must have had a son named Peter VAN BEBBER, also.

Peter VAN BEBBER, Sr., died in CLAIBORNE County in late 1816 or early 1817. John VAN BEBBER, Sr., his younger brother, died in CLAIBORNE County in 1818. They also had brother James VAN BEBBER, Sr., that died there in 1834. He was born about 1767. Another brother, Isaac VAN BIBBER, II., moved to Missouri with the BOONE families and married a granddaughter of Daniel BOONE. Eleanor VAN BEBBER had a sister named Olive VAN BEBBER that married Nathan BOONE, son of Daniel. John VAN BEBBER, I., and wife Chloe STANDIFORD, had a daughter named Olive that married Jesse BOONE, another son of Daniel. After the death of Peter VAN BEBBER, Sr., in CLAIBORNE County, Eleanor removed to Missouri and lived with some of her family there and is referenced by Nathan BOONE in a letter to his wife's brother in Virginia.

Most of the West Virginia VAN BEBBER's are descendants of Peter VAN BEBBER, II. and wife Margery BOUNDS., married in 1756.

John VAN BEBBER, I., (Capt. John VB) has many, many descendants there in WV, but his children were mostly daughters so they don't carry the VAN BEBBER name.

Gary HAWPE and I both descend from John VAN BEBBER, Sr. and wife Margaret CHRISMAN, in CLAIBORNE County, TN, thru their son Isaac VAN BEBBER, Sr., born 1790, and first wife, Mary MARTIN.

I'll close this before I totally confuse you even more. I've wrote this all from memory and I hope I haven't left too many dangling participles of confusion in my wording.

Sarah, I DOOO appreciate all you send me on these early YOAKUM's and SEE's. Keep up the good work. Thank you sooo much.

Steve Smith -- bgood@newageinter.net
Claiborne County, TN.


SOUND OFF:

From: pweaver@arn.net (Pat Weaver)
To: GRH9999@aol.com (Gary Hawpe)

Gary,

Don't know if I told you; but thanks to you I got in touch with a cousin, Troy Barclay, who lives in Perryton, TX (if you hadn't put where he lived I wouldn't have contacted him). I was born in Perryton in my grandparents' house. Well, Troy's grandparents lived just across an open field from that house, his uncle lived next-door to my grandparents, and his aunt lived the next house over. Some of his relatives are listed in my baby book as some of the first visitors I had and I remember visiting them as a child. Imagine, all those "VanBibber kin" lived in a cluster and had no idea they were related!

We discovered that Troy's mother worked for my dad in his cafe. His relatives were some of my relatives best friends. That is on both sides of my family, not just the kin that lived near each other.

Troy & I both belong to Panhandle Professional Writers yet neither of us have attended a meeting in several years. We hope to attend a meeting sometime soon and then visit afterwards. He lives around 100 miles from here.

Thanks for the wonderful job you do with the rootsweb list and the newsletter!

Pat
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From: Goldenhands77@aol.com (Gayle Davis)
To: GRH9999@aol.com (Gary Hawpe)

Gary, I really enjoyed the February and January newsletters. All the information was so interesting to read. I don't mind the length at all. Thanks for taking all the time it must take to care enough to keep up with the VanBebbers. Will talk with Della Vae this weekend. Till later, Gayle Davis
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From: gmorin@televar.com (Gail Morin)
To: GRH9999@aol.com (Gary Hawpe)

Hi Gary,

Thank you for the newsletter. The story about Brigetta Van Bibber is wonderful. It makes the family seem more "real" and "alive".

Gail Morin
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From: necleveland@clearwater.net (Nicky Cleveland)
To: GRH9999@aol.com (Gary Hawpe)

KUDOS!!!! Excited to see the newsletter revived. Well presented...informational. Appreciate the line of new subscribers. Every facet of the newsletter gives better insight into the lives and times of our ancestors and that's what it is all about!!

Thanks for your willingness to undertake the newsletter project and keep the ties growing.

With Appreciation, Nicky Cleveland
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From: posumpete@netzero.net (Pat Gay)
To: GRH9999@aol.com (Gary Hawpe)

Hi Gary

Thank you for the newsletter. I find it very interesting. Hopefully I will be able to get the information that I have to you real soon. Thank you. You are doing a wonderful job. Pat Gay
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From:        njmurphy@zoomnet.net (Jean Murphy)
To:        GRH9999@aol.com (Gary Hawpe)

Hi, Gary, Thank you, thank you for our Feb. issue of the V.B. Newsletter! It's terrific! I, especially like your recognition of 'New Members', and your coverage of the many varied topics.

Jean (Van Bibber) Murphy
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From: Rebecca.Dyer@ee.doe.gov (Rebecca Dyer)
To: GRH9999@aol.com (Gary Hawpe)

What a nice job! Thank you so much! Rebecca Dyer
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From: luhash@c-zone.net (LuAlison Hash)
To: GRH9999@aol.com (Gary Hawpe)

Gary, I can't begin to tell you how much I enjoyed the newsletter. The hours you must have put into writing it must be unbelievable and I'm certain I am only one of a multitude who appreciate it so very much. I am just starting to get into the family history and am a little overwhelmed by the amount of history available. Thank you. LuAlison
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From: Ljzj@aol.com (Linda Jones)
To: GRH9999@aol.com (Gary Hawpe)

Thank you Gary for all your hard work. Linda Jones
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From: jwb13@swbell.net (Joetta Bennett)
To: GRH9999@aol.com (Gary Hawpe)

Gary, I am enjoying the newsletter! What a big job you are doing and doing it well.
JWBennett
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From: cramer@cameron.net (Karen Cramer)
To: GRH9999@aol.com (Gary Hawpe)

Hello again Gary,
Congratulations on another great VanBebber newsletter. I really enjoy them.

Thanks very much,
Karen Whitmer Cramer
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From: mhaynes@wyoming.com (Merrie Haynes)
To: GRH9999@aol.com (Gary Hawpe)

Dear Gary,

Thanks for putting the Feb. newsletter in HTML format for me. You are doing a great job. Enjoyed the story of Brigetta. I had read a shorter version before, but getting all the details of her ordeal was mind boggling. And sometimes we think we have it rough!!!

Merrie
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From: knorris@springnet1.com (Keith Norris)
To: GRH9999@aol.com (Gary Hawpe)

Gary,

I got the newsletter the second time around. Thank you so much. I really enjoy receiving the newsletters and updates that you send.

Keith
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From: edwbusch@open.org (Arlene & Ed Buschert)
To: GRH9999@aol.com (Gary Hawpe)

Dear Gary,

We have been overwhelmed with the wonderful letters we've received from the Van Bibbers that have read our calendars that were sent to them. Here are a couple of comments:

I received your wonderful calendar today along with your personal notes. I cannot tell you how wonderful this is. To be able to see the old pictures is just incredible but I wasn't prepared for the tremendous amount of information included on each calendar page. This is a beautiful valuable project and I feel so fortunate that Gary Hawpe mentioned it in the Van Bibber Newsletter and that I was able to obtain one. Sincerely, Jean Morford.

The Calendar arrived in today's mail. It was in excellent shape. What a beautiful calendar! Thank you, Doris Phelps.

I received the Calendar today and have briefly looked through it. Thank you. What a wonderful project! I will be sharing the calendar with other family members when I see them again. Again, thanks for a great addition !! Nicky Cleveland.

Our thanks to you again Gary for having publicized our project, so far we have sold 9 and have orders for 8 more. We still have 91 calendars left.

Sincerely,
Arlene and Ed Buschert
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From: lbdrew@silcon.com (Barbara Drew)
To: GRH9999@aol.com (Gary Hawpe)

Gary, Your last newsletter was better than the first one. I enjoyed it immensely and will e-mail some of those who are working on my lines. Thanks for putting my query in. I learn from what other people have to say. Of course I know it has to be proven.

Thanks again, Barbara Drew
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From: alutz@juno.com (Anna Lutz)
To: GRH9999@aol.com (Gary Hawpe)

Gary,

The February Issue in two parts arrived today. It is a great newsletter but I think it is too large with the added Sound Off.

A suggestion, the Sound Off which has queries and remarks could be sent out separately to the VanBibber List. That would take care of the attachments that are later added to the newsletter. The newsletter can be so many pages and any articles that arrive afterward in the same month
hold them over for the first part of the next issue.

The Rick Steelhammer's article about John Reynold's home being excavated at Marmet, did not appear in the Charleston Gazette last December, I missed seeing this. The people who lived near the site objected to the project that would take their home. They finally settled with them.

Anna
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Dear Anna,

I am glad you finally received February's edition of the newsletter even though Bruce had to wind up sending it to you in two sections almost a month late. I am not sure what level of service you have from "juno.com" but I'm assuming it is the basic dial-up Internet access -- which is provided to the end user for free. I say this because I would hate to be paying a monthly fee for an internet provider and not be able to access an attachment through e-mail.

I feel that you believe the newsletter is too long because you are not able to receive it when I send it out as an attachment through AOL. When I took over as editor, I started the "Sound Off" section to allow subscribers to express how they feel about the newsletter, as you are doing, and to make any recommendations for what they feel would make it better. You suggest that I delete the "Sound Off" section and post them to the Van Bibber Discussion List. You must realize that not all subscribers to the newsletter are subscribers to the "List." We currently have over 440 for the newsletter and there is but a little over 160 for the "List." Of those who subscribe to the "List," not all are subscribers to the newsletter. I want the subscribers to be able to express their opinions about the newsletter if they desire, and if I posted them to the "List," almost two thirds of our newsletter subscribers would never see them. I appreciate your recommendation but plan to continue to using the newsletter for the "Sound Off" section.

I do have a couple of suggestions which may elevate your problem in receiving the newsletter. First, I recommend you might look into another service provider which allows you to receive attachments through e-mail or upgrade your services provided by "juno.com." We all know the old saying, "you get what you pay for." If your desires are to remain with what you currently have as an IP, then my second suggestion would be to wait until Bruce posts the newsletter to the website and go down to your local library to access it. Other than this Anna, I am not sure what else to tell you. Bruce and I will do what ever we can to get the newsletter to you.

Gary R. Hawpe


The editor reserves the right to edit contributions to the newsletter.
Editor of the Van Bibber Pioneers Electronic Newsletter:
Gary R. Hawpe -- GRH9999@aol.com
(Owner of the Van Bibber FTM database - 38,112 names)