Jackson Tibbits
Jackson Tibbits was born on January 22, 1813, in Boonville, New York. He married Lydia Phelps on September 20, 1836, and they had at least two children: Catherine, born around 1839; and Sarah, born around 1841. They moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, around 1842, and Tibbits worked as a farmer there. They moved to Appleton, Wisconsin, around 1851. By 1860, he was working as a “lumber factor,” and he owned $17,000 of real estate and $1,000 of personal property.
He became a prominent member of Appleton society. He served as a deacon in the Congregational Church, chief engineer of the local fire department, and a United States Deputy Assessor. He moved to Antigo, Wisconsin, around 1881 and reportedly “organized the first Christian church in the place, and raised most of the money for its church building.” He was ordained as a minister in December 1886. He lived in Antigo for the rest of his life, and he died there on December 29, 1892.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (3926) | Tibbits, Jackson | 1813-01-22 | 1892-12-29 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 8
- (10942) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Phelps to Friends, 2 December 1863
- (10991) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Phelps to Catherine P. Tibbits et al., 29 April 1864
- (10992) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Phelps to Jackson Tibbits, 31 May 1864
- (10993) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Phelps to Jackson Tibbits et al., 15 July 1864
- (10995) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Phelps to Jackson Tibbits et al., 5 August 1864
- (11010) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Phelps to Jackson Tibbits, 15 September 1864
- (11037) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Phelps to Jackson Tibbits, 21 January 1865
- (11038) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Phelps to Jackson Tibbits, 8 February 1865
People - Records: 4
- (3926) Tibbits, Jackson is the [aunt/uncle of] (3304) Phelps, Francis Marion
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Minutes of the Fiftieth Annual Meeting of the Congregational Convention of Wisconsin (Madison, WI: Tracy, Tibbs & Co., 1890).
