BIOGRAPHIES: Thomas W. BIBBY, Gale Township, Trempealeau Co., WI

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Thomas W. Bibby, who is engaged in agriculture in sections 22 and 26, Gale 
Township, was born on his present farm, Nov. 7, 1869, son of Joshua and Jane 
(Allan) Bibby, who were natives of Scotland.  Joshua Bibby was born at 
Airdrie, Scotland, Aug. 5, 1838, and his wife in Lanarkshire, Jan. 22, 1840.  
After marrying in their native land, they came to America in 1859, settling 
in Gale Township, this county, and soon afterwards locating on the farm now 
owned by their son Thomas, which, however, then contained but 100 acres of 
land.  Here Joshua Bibby died May 15, 1889, having made fair progress in the 
development and cultivation of his farm.  His wife survived him nearly nine 
years, passing away Jan. 9, 1898.  They had a family of 11 children, born in 
the following order:  Janet (1), Janet (2), Margaret Allan, Jemima, Thomas 
W., Alexander, Mary Fauls, Agnes Janet, Ruth Ora, Joshua and Ross.  All are 
now deceased except Thomas W., and his sister Jemima, who resides with him.  
Thomas W. Bibby attended school at Glasgow, Gale Township.  When he was 20 
years old his father died and he took charge of the estate and has since 
resided on it, carrying on general farming and dairying.  The farm now 
contains 240 acres, and is well prived with good buildings and all necessary 
equipment, Mr. Bibby having made many improvements on it since his father's 
death.  He is also a stockholder in the Arctic Springs Creamery and the 
Independent Harvester Company of Plano, Ill., also in a company operating a 
threshing machine.  In politice he is an independent Democrat, but has not 
participated in local government affairs.  He and his sister Jemima attend 
North Bend Presbyterian Church.  The latter was also educated in the Glasgow 
school, and afterwards attended Trempealeau high school and Gale University.  
She presides over the domestic arrangements of the farm and she and her 
brother are popular members of the community of Gale Township, and for ten 
years was a proficient teacher in the rural schools in Trempealeau County, 
teaching mostly in her own district, where she attended when a girl.

--From the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917," page 360.