KIBBEY BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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KIBBEY, H. N. - b: 1869 Abington, IL
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 673
residence: Clinton, Clinton Twp

H. N. Kibbey, a prominent merchant of Clinton, Missouri, is a native of Illinois. He 
was born in Abington in 1869, a son of W. H. and Mary (Briggs) Kibbey, both 
natives of Clinton County, Ohio. W. H. Kibbey served in the 17th Ohio Infantry for 
three and one-half years during the Civil War. He was engaged in the mercantile 
business in Illinois after the war and later went to Nebraska, and in 1894 came 
to Clinton, Missouri, where he was engaged in the restaurant business for nine 
years. He died at Clinton in 1906 and his wife departed this life in 1916, and 
their remains were buried in the Englewood Cemetery. They were the parents of 
the following children: H. N., the subject of this sketch; H. W., an engineer, lives 
at Kearney, Nebraska; and Etta, now the wife of William Smith, Omaha, Nebraska. 
H. N. Kibbey received his education in the public schools of Illinois and when a 
boy worked in his father's store, and when the family moved to Nebraska he went 
with them. In 1894 when they came to Clinton he also came here. Shortly after 
coming to Clinton he entered the employ of W. H. Bledsoe, who conducted a 
harness store on North Main street. He remained with Mr. Bledsoe for nine years, 
and in 1906 purchased Mr. Bledsoe's business and moved to his present location 
on the northeast corner of the square. In addition to the harness business Mr. 
Kibbey also carries a complete stock of shoes and trunks and leather goods. In 
October, 1917, Mr. Kibbey sold his harness department to Bristell & VanWinkle, 
and since that time has devoted his attention to shoes, trunks and leather goods, 
and is the leading dealer in Clinton in these general lines. He is a progressive 
merchant and has built up an extensive trade. His policy is square dealing. He 
believes in the time honored precept of the mercantile business that a satisfied 
customer is the best advertisement. Mr. Kibbey was united in marriage January 8, 
1900, with Miss Bine Strain of Carney, Nebraska. Her mother, Mrs. Sarah Strain, 
now resides at Clinton, Missouri, at the age of eighty-four. Mrs. Kibbey is one of 
the following children born to her parents: R. C., Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Edward, 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Lizzie, now the wife of Herbert Sanburn, Ft. Scott, 
Kansas, and Bine, the wife of H. N. Kibbey. To Mr. and Mrs. Kibbey have been born 
two children: Fay, now the wife of W. A. Snell, Florence, Louisiana; Nannie, now 
the wife of Rollen Blakemore, Clinton, Missouri. Mr. Kibbey is one of the 
substantial business men of Clinton, and the Kibbey family are prominent in the 
community. 

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