| ST. SIMON CEMETERY
LINCOLN CEMETERY - LINCOLN CATHOLIC CEMETERY HANCOCK COUNTY, ILLINOIS |
| Andrew Wybrant's tombstone at St. Simon Cemetery, also known as the Lincoln Catholic Cemetery, provides his birth and death dates: December 20, 1820 - March 6, 1861. Early census records indicate he was born in Ireland, although the 1880 listings for two of his children, Margaret and James, report that he was born in Scotland.
Andrew Wybrant's wife was Mary A. (maiden name undetermined). The inscription on her tombstone at St. Mary's Cemetery, Tennessee Township, McDonough County, Illinois, indicates she was born August 15, 1820, died July 13, 1887. Census records consistently show she was born in Ireland. Enumerated in Andrew's household in 1850 was another Andrew Wybrant, age 60, born in Ireland. Perhaps this was the younger Andrew's father. Also in 1850, within a few census pages, was the household of The known children of Andrew and Mary A. Wybrant were:
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enumerated September 21, 1850, dwelling #602
Andrew, Wybrant, 30, male, farmer, born "Ierlund"
page 841, enumerated July 25, 1860, dwelling #3420
A Wybrant, 40, male, farmer, value of real estate 800, value of personal estate 200, born Ireland
page 503, enumerated July 30, 1870, dwelling #217 Wybrant, Mary A, 50, female, white, keeps house, value of real estate 500, value of personal estate 300, born Ireland, both parents foreign born
enumerated June 15, 1880, dwelling #155
Wybrant, Mary A, white, female, [age hard to make out, perhaps 59), widow, keeping house, born Ireland, both parents born Ireland
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