Sarah L. Tibbits
Sarah L. Tibbits was born around 1841 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 remained there until at least 1859. By 1860, she was serving as a “housemaid,” and a decade later, she was working as a dressmaker. She apparently never married, and she remained in her parents’ household until at least 1880. She eventually moved to Antigo, Wisconsin, and she died there of epilepsy and “exhaustion” on August 26, 1905.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (3941) | Tibbits, Sarah L. | 1841 | 1905-08-26 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 5
- (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
People - Records: 4
- (3942) Tibbits, Lydia Curtiss is the [parent of] (3941) Tibbits, Sarah L.
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; School Catalogs, 1765-1935, available from Ancestry.com; Wisconsin Death Records, 1959-2004, available from Ancestry.com.
