Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Hibs, Catherine Vickers 1826 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Mrs. Catherine Hibs, farmer, Veedersburg, was born in 1826, in Ohio, and is
the daughter of Elias and Tabytha Vickers, both natives of Ohio, and emigrated
to Fountain county in 1830, and settled in Troy township. Her father officiated
as minister in the New Light Christian church prior to his coming to Fountain
county. After he came here he united with that branch of the church known as the
Disciples. He died in 1848, aged sixty-seven years; the latter died in Ohio.
Mrs. Hibs has been married three times: first, to Alexander Sower, who died in
1842, aged twenty-eight; second, in 1844, to James Richardson, native of Ohio,
son of Daniel and Nancy Richardson, early settlers of Van Buren township, who
died in 1859, aged forty-eight, leaving ten children: Nora, Daniel, Emiline,
James A., Rachel C., Sarah A., Mary J. (deceased), William H. (deceased),
Margaret (deceased), and Anna (deceased), to mourn the loss of a kind and
affectionate father. His last named child departed this life in June, 1880, in
her twentieth year. Her loss was deeply felt by her many friends, relatives and
classmates. She was a student at Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mrs. Hibs was married to
Henry Hibs, of Ohio, son of Joseph and Bythana Hibs, who died in 1876, aged
sixty-two years. Mrs. Hibs now has a beautiful home one mile southwest of
Veedersburg, and a fine farm of 150 acres near Perrysville, Indiana. She and all
her family are members of the Christian church, but one.

Additional Comments:
Van Buren Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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