Mr. Sibbitt was of Scotch lineage, and was born in the State of New Jersey on the 14th day of February, 1793, being therefore, at the time of his death, which occurred from paralysis, on the 25th of November, 1877, at the ripe old age of eighty-four years. He was one of a family of six sons and one daughter of Aaron Sibbitt and Elizabeth (Marlen) Sibbitt. Aaron Sibbitt by occupation was a farmer and is entitled to the distinction of having been a soldier of the Revolutionary war. Richard Sibbitt came to Carroll County in 1830, and, excepting two years lived from 1837 to the end of his life on the farm in Tippecanoe Township, where he died, following, during all these years, the business of a farmer. His labors, however, were not restricted to the county of Carroll, for in addition, he managed farms in Tippecanoe County, and in the State of Illinois, owning and controlling at the date of his decease, more than sixteen hundred acres of land. This body of land Mr. Sibbitt successfully operated by brain work alone rarely, if ever putting his hand to the plow.
In Politics, he was an ardent Republican; in religion a Universalist. He was a soldier of the war of 1812. As a citizen of Carroll County, he took an active interest and participation in all public enterprises. In his own private affairs, he was a shrewd, careful and judicious manager. As a husband and father, he was kind, generous, temperate and indulgent. Twice married he left surviving him a widow and two sons, Marlen Richard and Albert Clifton. His long life bespoke him as he was in reality, a man of abstemious habits. In his death, the county lost a good citizen and his community an excellent neighbor.
County Coordinator: Suzy Sprague suzyq.wa@worldnet.att.net