Vibber Russell LaFayette b. 07 APR 1832 Little Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio d. 10 MAY 1898 Dubuque, Iowa, USA

1832 - 1898

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Birth	07 Apr 1832	Little Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio [1, 2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
_UPD	20 SEP 2009 01:13:35 GMT-5
Died	10 May 1898	Dubuque, Iowa, USA [3, 4]
Person ID	I1165	Alan Donald Vibber
Last Modified	08 Dec 2009

Father	Vibber Russell, b. 26 Nov 1788, Montville, New London, Connecticut, USA , d. 10 Jan 1839, Little Sandusky, Ohio
Mother	Zabriske Mary, b. 11 Feb 1800, Sussex County, New Jersey , d. 18 Feb 1873, Grandview, Louisa, Iowa, USA
Married	09 Jan 1825	Tianocco, Ohio
Family ID	F529	Group Sheet

Family	Miller Lydia, b. Abt 1831, New York or Pennsylvania , d. Jan 1898
Married	1876	Farley, Dubuque, Iowa, USA [3, 4]
Family ID	F537	Group Sheet

Notes	By 1869 there were at Farley the following improvements: Norling & Fitzgerald, store; A. C. Walker & Co., store; Vibber & Co., store; McGee Brothers, store; A. Maryatt, store; Catholic and Methodist churches, pastor of the former, Rev. Fr. McGauran, and of the latter, Rev. Mr. Houghton, from Epworth; three hotels; A. Gillespie, teacher; W. B. Dubois and W. H. Tuthill, lumber dealers; Samuel J. Thompson, agricultural implements; H. Stoll, elevator; Smith & Kephart, cheese factory, etc. A very destructive fire at Farley in January, 1896, caused the loss of over $25,000 in property. Among the losers were Loomis, Vibber & Heald, Ransom, Newton, Ewen, Cattron, Plunkett, Asquitt, Bank of Farley and several societies. The Loomis opera house block was almost wholly destroyed. From 1860 to 1865 the following were at Epworth: Shoe store by Benjamin Goodrich, mill owned by Mr. Kidder, academy, two or three churches, excellent public schools, a moral atmosphere superior to any in the county; the big store of Robert Wilmott, another by Metcalf & Vibber, another by P. Keagy, blacksmiths, carpenters, stone and brick masons, milliner, etc. In 1867 a large co-operative union store was established, owing to the high prices and hard times. In 1861 Silas Moore was postmaster. He conducted a hotel, the Graffort house having been destroyed by fire in 1859. J. D. Graffort, of Dubuque, had owned this house, which was conducted by Mr. Osborn at the time of the burning. It was very difficult trying to find his 1880 census record, but i finally had a clue when i stubled upon his 1885 iowa census. This led me to look through the Farley records. I almost missed him because his name looks like Vilbrr R. S and his wifes S. M. Although Ruth (Staples) Vibber and John Russell Vibber list 3 children, Charles, Carrie and Unknown. I have found no evidence of any children throught the census records that cover his entire life. (ADV 9/19/09).

Sources

[S3] A ROUGH OUTLINE OF THE VIBBER FAMILY of Montville, Connecticut from 1711 to 1975, Ruth Williams (Staples) Vibber, 111 (Reliability: 3).
[S77] Family Bible, Mrs. Katherine (Airhood) Dill (Reliability: 3).
[S173] Family Tree of Russell Vibber 1788-1839 and Allied Families, John Russell Vibber, (Name: 8/12/1988;), 5 (Reliability: 3).
[S3] A ROUGH OUTLINE OF THE VIBBER FAMILY of Montville, Connecticut from 1711 to 1975, Ruth Williams (Staples) Vibber, 120 (Reliability: 3).