John L. Tibbens and Jane Smith

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Husband John L. Tibbens ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1815 - Centre Co, PA
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           Died: 1901 - Findlay, Hancock Co, OH
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

       Marriage: 26 Jul 1838 4

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Wife Jane Smith ²

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           Born: Jan 1820 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
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           Died: 20 Jan 1904 - Findlay, Hancock Co, OH 4
         Buried:  - Congress Hill Cemetery, Sandy Creek Twp, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: David Smith (1781-1880) 5 6 7
         Mother: Sarah Lane (1785-1825) 2 5

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Tibbens ⁸

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2 F Sarah Tibbens ⁸

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3 M Charles Andrew Tibbens ⁸

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           Born: 6 Mar 1843
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           Died: 21 Apr 1864 - Belle Isle, near Richmond, VA
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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4 M John Tibbens ⁸

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5 M George Randolph Tibbens ¹

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            AKA: George Stebbins
           Born: 1849 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 1
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           Died: 19 Dec 1917 8
         Buried:  - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Margaret Ann "Maggie" Gordon (1853-      ) 8 9 10

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6 F Louise Tibbens ⁸

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7 F Emma Tibbens ⁸

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8 M [Infant] Tibbens

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           Died: 17 Oct 1861
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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General Notes: Husband - John L. Tibbens

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He was a young man when he came to Franklin. He had learned shoemaking, and here followed that trade in company with his brother-in-law, Adam Weber, the two keeping shop together. Later John L. Tibbens bought a farm on Bully Hill, Venango County, PA, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits for many years, moving thence to Erie County, PA, where he also bought a farm. After a few years there he went to Findlay, Ohio, where he spent his closing days, dying at the age of eighty-six years. [CAB, 1041]

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General Notes: Wife - Jane Smith

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She had a total of at least nine children. [DKM, 245]
She is buried in Graham Cemetery. [VCCR, 27]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1040.

2 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 129.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Plum Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 2000), Pg 27.

4 D. Kipp Melat, The Ancestry and Descendents of John Carner and his Wife Susan Stroup Carner, Pioneer Settlers of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1985), Pg 245.

5 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 482.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 844.

7 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 130.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1041.

9 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1028.

10 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 86.