Sketch of John Bybee, Audrain County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** James Bybee, of England, came to America and settled in Clark County, Kentucky. His children were: Alfred, James, Thomas, Louis, John and two daughters. Alfred and John came to Missouri. The former settled in Cass County, and the latter in Howard County. John was married six times; first to Polly Adams, of Kentucky, by whom he had six child- ren; second to Nancy Adams - 2 children; thrid to Mary Myers - one child; fourth to Mary Kyle - 4 children; fifth to Nannette Creed - nine children; sixth to the widow McGee. He had twenty two children in all. He settled in Audrain County in 1833, and two of his sons, Martellus and John, are still living there. One of his daughters, Mrs. Bloom, a widow, also lives in that county. Martellus is a great wit and humor- ist. He was the principal witness for the defence in the celebrated Boggs breach of promise suit that came off in Mexico, MO., many years ago, and created a great deal of fun. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================