Cathy,
This is your family, but I typed in Lola's mother's surname in place of Lola Garrett JAMES. Sorry about that......... another booboo, didn't notice until I reread my e-mail. The date of marriage for Ira Kneeland Hibbett and Mary Lucinda Alexander was NOT 1847, that's when she was born! Beat me with a soggy tea leaf. I do believe that Eugene was first born ca 1861 as he is recorded in the 1880 Davidson Co Census as age 19, he would not be living on his own if he was 11 years old. You can solve the date & maybe his middle name by writing to the, TN State Library & Archives, 403 7th Ave. North, Nashville, TN 37243. Give them the date of his death and what county he was living in at the time of his death. Tell them he is your __ grandfather and you need a copy for family history. Also, send them a check or money order for five dollars [unless they have gone up on the price]. If you live near & can go to the Library yourself, you can find it on microfilm and it will cost you twenty-five cents.
Ella WHITE b. 04 Jul 1853, d. 04 Jan 1923 d/o Richard H WHITE, b. 25 Jul 1811, d. 21 Sept 1854 and M.A.E. NELSON, b _____ died 30 May 1884.
Ella White married 06 June 1872 Garrett JAMES, their dtr Lola Garrett JAMES b. 11 Mar 1873 married 22 June 1892, E. A. HIBBETT.
The children of Lola Garrett James and E. A. HIBBETT are:
1. Garrett J. Hibbett, b. 22 Jul 1893.
2. J. K. Hibbett, b. 01 Sept 1895.
3. E. A. Hibbett, Jr., b. 16 Sept 1897.
4. Horace I. Hibbett, b. 01 July 1900.
5. Ella Mary Hibbett, b. 01 Dec 1902.
6. Hoffman Hibbett, b. 04 Jan 1909.
7. Lola D. Hibbett, 08 Jan 1913.
The above information taken from Bible Records recorded in the book, "TN Records, Bible Records and Marriage Bonds." Complied by Jeannette T. Acklen, pages 35 & 36. Bible records are the best source you can find, parents or family members would not make false statements in the family Bible. But, there could be typos when transferred.
Also, see the DeWITT Family Bible, same book as above, page 179. I notice you show Hoffman DeWitt Hibbett as a s/o Eugene & Lola. Mary Elizabeth HIBBETT ma 13 Feb 1860 Marcus B. DeWitt. I believe she is the d/o John Johnston Hibbett who ma Nancy Caroline PARKER in 1829. John Johnston Hibbett, b. 1806, Joseph Frankin Hibbett, b. 1804 and David Crawford Hibbett, b. 1795 are sons of James Hibbett and Nancy Crawford. Marcus B. DeWitt and Mary Elizabeth Hibbett had a son named John Hibbett DeWitt. The Hibbetts and the DeWitts were cousins & these Hibbetts loved to name their children after each other. The name Ira Kneeland is the husband of Margaret R. Sharp d/o Major John Sharp [more cousins]. I guess the Hibbetts like that name, it's still being passed around to this day in the Hibbett family.
The Bible listed E. A. Hibbett, there is no doubt that E. A. Hibbett is the s/o Ira Kneeland Hibbett and Mary Lucinda ALEXANDER. If his name is Arthur, that's OK, I guess Mrs Robertson recorded her cousin as Eugene Alexander because his mother was an Alexander. This is not a problem, any way you look at him, he is still Eugene A. Hibbett.
I hope I have cleared this up, if not let me know. Sorry about the booboos.
Donna
2nd Message:
Haven't seen NC, but I looked again in my HIBBETT file and I found you. In fact I found you three generations back beginning with Eugene.
1880 Davidson Co Census, page 355 [microfilm]
Hibbett, Eugine age 19
The father of Eugene Alexander Hibbett is Ira Kneeland Hibbett b. 08 Dec 1837, married 1847 Mary Lucinda ALEXANDER, she was b. 02 Apr 1847, d. 04 Dec 1927. They had the following children; [not in birth order]
1. Eugene Alexander Hibbett ma Lola WHITERER [sp]
2. Joseph Cannon Hibbett ma Mary Ellen MOORE
3. Mary Elizabeth Hibbett ma _____PEARSON
4. Annie Hibbett ma Nat SWEENEY
5. Sue Alice Hibbett ma ________ESKRIDGE
6. Nancy Ellen Hibbett ma James ESKRIDGE
7. Grace Lee Hibbett
8. Robert Easley Hibbett, did not marry
9. Bassy Kimbroe
The parents of Ira Kneeland Hibbett are; Joseph Franklin Hibbett born 1804, d. 01 Dec 1867, married 30 April 1833 Martha Louise CANNON, she was born 28 Apr 1809, d. 1867, she is the d/o Theophilus A Cannon s/o James and Margaret ALEXANDER and Jeminia A SHARP, who was the d/o Maj. John Sharp and Martha YOUNG From the 1850 Davidson Co TN Census, page 439.
1. Theophilus Cannon Hibbett, age 16
2. James Hibbett, age 14
3. Ira Kneeland Hibbett, age 12
4. Jemima Hibbett, age 10
5. Margaret Hibbett, age 08
6. Joseph Hibbett, age 06
7. Martha Hibbett, age 04
8. John Hibbett, age 4/12
The parents of Joseph F. Hibbett are; James Hibbett and Nancy CRAWFORD. They were married 28 Dec 1792, Mecklenburg, NC. Nancy is the d/o David and Mary Crawford
See the book, TN Records, Bible Records and Marriage Bonds, by Jeanette T. Acklen, page 179-180, DeWitt Family Bible, White family Bible, pages 34 - 40 and the Cannon Bible on page 354-355. Also, the bk, TN Records, Tombstone Inscriptions and Manuscripts, by Jeanette T. Acklen, page 467. James Hibbett was a Revolutionary Soldier. Also, page 309, David Crawford Hibbett ma Rebecca RUCKS, he is a brother to James Hibbett.
Cuz NC's line is 1. James Hibbett, 2. Joseph Franklin Hibbett, 3. James Reese Hibbett Sr., 4. Ira Kneeland Hibbett II, 5. Neland Carver Hibbett, 6. Neland Carver Hibbet Jr. [NC].
Joseph Franklin Hibbett's granddtr Maggie Caroline Hibbett d/o James Reese Hibbett Sr, married my g-g uncle Herschel Cawthon. It is through the CARVER line that NC and I have a common ancestor, Wily Alford and Sophia Valentine Drake. I live on a part of the Alford place that was purchased in 1816 & if you have been in one place that long, you are related to everyone in the area ;-) nice......................
A lot of this information I found in the Robertson-Hibbetts papers. When Mrs Robertson died a few years ago, her sons brought me her papers to copy for the Mt. Juliet Library, so if you are ever in Mt. Juliet, check out the Robertson-Hibbett papers located in our Archives. The Historical Society collects family histories and maintain the Archives.
There is another Hibbett-Beaumont line that descends via David Cawford Hibbetts, b/o Joseph Franklin Hibbett. I helped a lady in Australia who was looking for William H Beaumont [from England] who married Penelope Hibbetts in Wilson Co TN in 1859. Found them, they removed first to Dyer Co TN, then settled in KY. NC didn't know about this set, but he does now ;-)
Good luck & happy hunting,
Donna Graves Ferrell
Wilson Co TN