BIO:  PHILBERT, Joel, s/o Luke & Nancy (Lane) Philbert

Submitted by: ivie@tima.com   (Diana Flynn)

PHILBERT,   LANE,   BOWEN,   HANEY

"HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF
INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC." CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS.
& CO.,  PUBLISHERS. 1884.GREENE CO., IN.

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JOEL PHILBERT, farmer, was born in Washington County, Ind., November 24, 1825,
a son of Luke and Nancy (Lane) Philbert, who were natives of Kentucky, where
they were reared, married and resided a number of years. They came to
Washington County, this State, at an early day, but after a few years moved to
Owen County, where they passed the remainder of their days engaged in
agricultural pursuits.  Joel Philbert was reared on the farm of his parents,
his youthful years being passed in the pioneer pursuits which fell to the lot
of the sons of early settlers.  While in Owen County, he was married to Miss
Ruth Bowen, and previous to the rebelliion removed to Greene County, where he
engaged in farm ing, and from where, in August, 1862, he enlisted in Company F,
Ninety-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry.  He served his country with
fidelity, participating in the battles of Jackson, Mission Ridge, all through
the Atlanta campaign, with Sherman on his memorable march to the sea, and was
finally dischared in June, 1865.  After the war he returned to his home in
Greene County, where he has since resided, and where his wife died July
12,1876, after bearing a family of six children, as follows: Charles L., James
B., George F., Florence M. and two that died in infancy. July 18, 1877, Mr.
Philbert married for his  second and present wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Haney who was
born in Ohio in the year 1833.  The greater portion of Mr. Philbert's life has
been passed in farming, although previous to the late war he made ten tripto
New Orleans on flat-boats with grain, produce, etc.  He began life a poor boy,
and although not a man of great wealth, yet he has, by hard work and frugality,
secured a good farm of 180 acres.  In politics, he is a Democrat, although
liberal in his views on all things. He is deeply interested all matters of
public welfare, and is one of the county's well-known and useful citizens.