Lydia Curtiss Tibbits
Lydia Curtiss Tibbits (maiden name: Phelps) was born on April 3, 1815, in Paris, New York. She married Jackson Tibbits 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 1841, then to Appleton, Wisconsin, around 1851. Her husband worked as a farmer and “lumber factor,” and by 1860, they owned $17,000 of real estate and $1,000 of personal property. A local writer described her as a “genial, lady-like person [and] a great church worker.” They moved to Antigo, Wisconsin, around 1881, and her husband died there on December 29, 1892. She passed away on May 12, 1894.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (3942) | Tibbits, Lydia Curtiss ~ Phelps, Lydia Curtiss | 1815-04-03 | 1894-05-12 |
- 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 [aunt/uncle of] (3304) Phelps, Francis Marion
- (3942) Tibbits, Lydia Curtiss is the [wife of] (3926) Tibbits, Jackson
- (3942) Tibbits, Lydia Curtiss is the [parent of] (3940) Tibbits, Catherine P.
- (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; Minutes of the Fiftieth Annual Meeting of the Congregational Convention of Wisconsin (Madison, WI: Tracy, Tibbs & Co., 1890); Appleton (WI) Post, 24 May 1894.
