Oliver Whitfield Tibbetts

1853 - 1941  (87 years)

• Name	Oliver Whitfield Tibbetts
  Birth	28 Dec 1853	Mt. Vernon, Linn County, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1920
  	Lists age as 66.
  _UID	B717611D44A14EE3874A7800903619AA347E
  Burial	1941	New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village, Wilson Cemetery
  Death	27 Dec 1941	New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I451	Larry and Jane's Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2013

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah Whitfield Tibbetts,   b. 11 Jul 1830, Acton, Marion County, Indiana, USA d. 25 Jan 1899, New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Catherine Isabelle Menard,   b. 12 Apr 1832, Ottawa, , Ontario, Canada, Bytown d. 29 Mar 1903, Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	21 Mar 1853	Dresbach Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Mary Wilson,   b. 27 Sep 1855, New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village d. 24 Sep 1885, New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	27 Dec 1874  [1]
  Children	1. Ethel May Tibbetts,   b. 9 Oct 1875, New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA d. 18 Feb 1943, Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa, USA (Age 67 years)   2. Edith Cicel Tibbetts,   b. 12 Dec 1877, New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA d. 1 Jan 1975, La Crescent, Houston County, Minnesota, USA (Age 97 years)   3. George Whitfield Tibbetts,   b. 18 Oct 1879, New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA d. 30 May 1956, , Winona County, Minnesota, USA (Age 76 years)   4. Alice Mabelle Tibbetts,   b. 24 Mar 1885, New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village d. 2 Nov 1885, New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F94	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - 1941 - New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village, Wilson Cemetery Death - 27 Dec 1941 - New Hartford Township, Winona County, Minnesota, USA, Dakota Village  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Excerpt from PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, Winona County, Minnesota. Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Biographies and Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States. Lake City Publishing Co. Chicago, Chapman Publishing Company, Printers and Binders, 1895. (Volume located in Minnesota Historical Society) Page. 379 Oliver W. Tibbetts. OLIVER W. TIBBETTS is one of the enterprising, wide-awake and valued citizens of Dakota, Winona County. He is engaged in contracting, also operates a stone-quarry for the Government, and carries the mail from Ridgeway to Dakota. Mr. Tibbetts is a western man by birth, for he claims Linn County, Iowa, as the place of his nativity. He was born December 28, l853, and is a son of Jeremiah W. and Catherine (Mainard) Tibbetts, the father a native of Indiana, the mother born near Ottawa, province of Ontario, Canada. The father was a farmer by occupation, and in 1849 emigrated to Minnesota, locating in Dresbach, where he engaged in business as an Indian trader for a time. He then removed to Iowa, but after a year spent in the Hawkeye. State, took up his residence in the village of Dakota, this county. For several years he spent much time going back and forth between the two places, but at this writing, in the fall of 1894, he is located in the city of Winona. Oliver W. Tibbetts was reared under the parental roof, remaining at home until the day before he attained his majority. At that time, December 27, 1874, he was united in marriage with Miss Alice Wilson, daughter of J.G.and Sarah (Brown) Wilson, both of whom were natives of New York, but now reside upon a farm in this county. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Tibbetts, three of whom are yet living. Ethel May, born October 9, 1875, and Edith C., born December 12, 1877, are still at home; George W., born October 18, 1879, is the only son and the pride of the family. Alice M., born March 24, 1885, died on the 2d of November of the same year. Mr. Tibbetts had no capital at the time of his marriage, but possessed a young man's bright hope of the future, and a determination to succeed, and with a resolute purpose began farming on rented land. He worked hard, and practiced economy, and at the end of a year was enabled to purchase forty acres of land, to which he removed. With characteristic industry lie began its development, and five years later purchased another tract of forty acres. He then sold out, paid off all indebtedness, and began work at day labor. He now owns some property in the village, besides his stone quarry, all of which has been acquired through perseverance, industry and good management. He also owns an imported Clydesdale, which has taken more prizes than any other horse ever took in the show ring, being one of the finest heavy draft horses in the United Stales. Mr. Tibbetts manifests a commendable interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the community, and the cause of education finds in him a warm friend. He had no special school privileges himself, but resolved that his children should not lack in that direction, and is giving them good advantages. He is now serving as Constable of Dakota, a position he has filled for about six years with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He votes with the Republican party, and in his religious views is an Episcopalian.

  
  

• Sources

  [S33] Portrait & Biographical Record. [S453] Gravestone, Wilson Cemetery, Dakota, MN. [S451] Minnesota Historical Society, 30 May 2004 (Reliability: 3). [S64] Pam Coulson, Coulson, Pam, (e-mail address is pjcoulson@shaw.ca), 7 Nov 2002, March 21, 1853 (Reliability: 3).