Limestone Co. TX - OBIT:  Andrew J. Tibbs

Submitted by Anna Penny   alp@vvm.com


                      Mr. Tibbs, Dead--March 1st 1910
                                      
                                      
   Groesbeck Journal-March 10, 1910---Vol.51
   
   Mr. Tibbs, Dead
   
   On March 1st 1910, after an illness of some weeks, Mr. Andrew J. Tibbs
   died at his home in the Shiloh community, surrounded by his wife and
   children and a large circle of friends and neighbors who had gone to
   be with him in his illness.
   
   The deceased was born in Alabama, October 24th 1840, and was 69 years,
   4 months and 5 days old.
   
   He served 4 years in the confederate army as a member of Company F, in
   26th Alabama Regiment, with Captains Clemons and Burguain.
   
   In the battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn., he was seriosly wounded and
   borne from the battle field. This wound affected his entire after
   life, and was apparent in his final sickness.
   
   Strangely enough, the bullet that wounded him passed through his body
   and dropped into his pocket. It is still in the possession of his
   family.
   
   One more brave defender of southern rights has "passed over the river
   to rest under the shade of trees" with war comrades of other days.
   
   There were five Tibbs brothers that went into the war, but two of them
   never returned.
   
   In October 1866, Mr. Tibbs professed a hope in Jesus and joined the
   Missionary Baptist Church, of which he was a memeber more than 43
   years, and in which he was an ordained deacon more than 20 years.
   
   He was married to Miss Louisa Herring on December 20, 1866 and is
   survived by her and nine children-three sons and six daughters. Two
   daughters preceeded him to a better land.
   
   As a testimony to his christian character and influance, all of his
   children are members of the Baptist Church and have a hope of meeting
   their father in the great beyond.
   
   The body was buried at Prairie Grove on the afternoon of March 2nd,
   1910, in the presence of a large crowd of relatives, neighbors and
   friends. F.F.Bledsoe, the associational missionary conducting the
   service.
   
   The wife has lost a loving husband, the children a kind father, the
   church a faithful member and the community a good citizen.
   
   Many friends sympathize with the family, in their bereavement, "but
   they sorrow not as those who have no hope."
   
   "Soldiers, rest, they warfare o'er. Sleep the sleep that knows no
   breaking. Dream of battle fields no more. Days of danger, nights of
   waking."
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   This in same paper but differnet section.
   
   "Prairie Grove Section"
   
   "Mr. Tibbs of Shiloh was laid to rest at this place on Wednesday
   afternoon before a large concourse of friends and relatives, The
   funeral services were conducted by Rev. F.F. Bledsoe.

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