Catherine P. Tibbits
Catherine P. Tibbits was born around 1839 in New York to Jackson Tibbits and Lydia Phelps. Her father was a “lumber factor” who owned $17,000 of real estate and $1,000 of personal property by 1860. The family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, around 1842 and then to Appleton, Wisconsin, around 1851. She enrolled in the Preparatory Department at Lawrence University around 1854 and became an undergraduate student there in 1856. She remained there until at least 1859. By 1860, she was serving as a “housemaid.” A decade later, she was working as a dress maker. She remained in her parents’ household until at least 1880. She apparently never married, and she died sometime after 1894.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (3940) | Tibbits, Catherine P. | 1839 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 8
- (8911) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Phelps to Friends, 24 July 1863
- (8912) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Phelps to Friends, 1 August 1863
- (10942) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Phelps to Friends, 2 December 1863
- (10991) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Phelps to Catherine P. Tibbits et al., 29 April 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
- (11024) [recipient] ~ Francis M. Phelps to Catherine P. Tibbits, 15 December 1864
People - Records: 4
Places - Records: 1
- (78) [birth] ~ New York City, New York
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; School Catalogs, 1765-1935, available from Ancestry.com; Appleton (WI) Post, 24 May 1894.
