Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Tibbitts, Mary Dexter 1893
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The Ionia Standard
Friday, August 11, 1893 

Mrs. Jonathan Tibbitts died at Greenville Wednesday. Her maiden name was Mary
Dexter, and she was the eldest daughter of Samuel Dexter, the founder of Ionia.
She lived in Ionia and Berlin until about a year ago, when she took up her
residence with her daughter in Greenville. She was 78 years of age. Services
will be held at residence in Greenville this morning, and the remains will
arrive on the 11:05 a.m. train. Interment will be in Balcom cemetery, Berlin,
about noon, where services will be conducted by Rev. A. Cornell.
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The Greenville Independent
Thursday, August 17, 1893

Mrs. Jonathan Tibbits died Aug. 9 at her home in Greenville at the age of 78
years. Mrs. Tibbits' maiden name was Mary Dexter, and she was the eldest
daughter of the late Samuel Dexter, leader of the colony which settled Ionia.
Mr. and Mrs. Tibbits have been for more than fifty years redidents of Ionia and
vicinity, having come to Greenville in their old age to make their home with a
son and daughter. The body was taken for interment to Balcom cemetery in Ionia,
where Rev. A. Cornell conducted the services. Mrs. Tibbits was mother of A. H.
Tibbits, Mrs. Jennie Tibbits and Mrs. T. M. Benedict of Greenville, and of other
children elsewhere. The Ionia Sentinel says: "Mrs. Tibbits was a most amiable
and estimable lady whose many excellent qualities made her greatly beloved and
respected by a wide circle of friends and acquaintances."


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