Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Hibbs, Joseph R.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Middletown Township


   JOSEPH R. HIBBS proprietor of the stage line at 
Langhorne, P.O. Langhorne, was born at Columbus, O., January 
8, 1841, and is a son of Isaac G. and Mary (Hawk) Hibbs.  
His parents were of English descent and natives of Bucks 
county.  Isaac G. Hibbs was a carpenter by trade and a 
member of the Society of Friends.  He had seven children 
that lived to maturity.  Of these Joseph R. is the fourth.  
He was reared on a farm, receiving his education in the 
common schools and at the Friends' school at Langhorne, and 
learned the carpenter's trade with his father.  He also had 
three brothers who learned the same trade and worked at it 
many years.  He worked in Langhorne in company with his 
father, and in 1881 embarked in his present business, which 
has proved successful.  February 2, 1866, he married Hannah 
A., daughter of Nathan and Rebecca (Hillings) Harding, and a 
sister of Joseph Harding, of Langhorne.  They are the 
parents of two children:  Ella R. and Emma M.   Mrs. Hibbs 
died in 1886.  In 1862 Mr. Hibbs enlisted in company B, 
119th Pa. Vols.  He was a non-commissioned officer, was 
discharged at the close of the war and returned to 
Langhorne, where he has since resided.  He has been a school 
director, a member of the council, and is one of Langhorne's 
best citizens.