Johnson County KS Archives Biographies.....Tibbetts, William M. 1852 - 
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Author: Ed Blair (1915)

  William M. Tibbetts, a leading farmer and business man of Spring Hill, is one
of Johnson county's representative citizens. Mr. Tibbetts was born in Dearborn
county, Indiana, in 1852, and was the only child of O. H. and Elizabeth
(Ketcham) Tibbetts, natives of Dearborn county, Indiana. In 1854 the Tibbetts
family, consisting of the parents and W. M., the subject of this sketch, removed
from Indiana to Madison county, Illinois, locating thirty miles northeast of St.
Louis. Here the father followed farming until 1868, when the family came to
Kansas, locating in Johnson county. The father filed on a half a section of land
on the Black Bob land, a part of the Shawnee Indian reservation. During the
succeeding few years the Tibbetts family acquired by purchase and entry nearly
1,000 acres of Johnson county land, and W. M. Tibbetts still owns the first
piece of land which his father bought in Johnson county. O. H. Tibbetts was a
capable business man and one of the prosperous men of Johnson county during his
time. He died in 1908, aged seventy-seven years. His wife passed away April 20,
1915. W. M. Tibbetts, from the time he was sixteen years old, was associated
with his father in all his undertakings and is one of the successful farmers and
stock raisers, especially the latter, in Johnson county. He is an extensive
breeder of Hampshire hogs and feeds and raises a great many mules and often has
on hand a carload of mules at a time. He owns about 240 acres of land where he
has one of the finest modern residences in the county. In addition to his
farming and stock business he is engaged in a special line of contract work in
hauling and delivering pipe for oil and gas companies to the points where it is
to be used for pipe line construction. This work is technically known as
"stringing pipe." This business is conducted by the firm of Tibbetts, Tibbetts &
Tibbetts, and W. M. Tibbetts is the senior member, the other two members being
O. A. Tibbetts, his son, and A. E. Tibbetts, a nephew. They do a large amount of
work in this line, amounting to about $50,000 per year. Mr. Tibbetts was united
in marriage in 1871 to Miss Rachael Cantrall, a daughter of Jesse and Eliza Jane
Cantrall, natives of Sangamon county, Illinois. The Cantrall family settled in
Johnson county, Kansas, in 1868. To Mr. and Mrs. Tibbetts have been born three
children: Jessie M., married Dr. E. P. Mills, Ogden, Utah; Oliver A., associated
with his father in business and resides at home, and Charles M., deceased. Mr.
Tibbetts is a stanch Republican and is one of the wheel horses of his party in
Johnson county and always takes an active interest in local and State politics.
He is public spirited and progressive and a leader in any movement for public
improvement.

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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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