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Descendants of Thomas T. Bybee
Generation No. 1
1. THOMAS T.4 BYBEE (JAMES3, DAVID2, JOHN1) was born September 20, 1798
in Clark County Kentucky, and died October 4, 1877 in Fullton County,
Illinois. He married (1) RACHEL HAGAN April 2, 1818 in Clark County
Kentucky, daughter of DAVID HAGAN and JANE BYBEE. She was born in Clark
County Kentucky, and died Abt. 1822 in Clark County Kentucky. He married
(2) DEBORAH WILCOXEN May 15, 1823 in Estill Co. Kentucky Marriage
records, daughter of SAMUEL WILCOXEN and ANNA JORDAN. She was born
March 3, 1801 in Ashe County, North Carolina, and died April 8, 1872 in
Fulton County Illinois. He married (3) MATILDA S. SMITH August 24, 1873 in
Tazewell Co., Il. or Fulton County Illinois, daughter of HENRY SMITH and
NANCY. She was born December 1837 in Virginia, and died August 10, 1912
in Canton Illinois.
Notes for THOMAS T. BYBEE:
1870 Census Index listings for Bybee in Fulton County
356b 17 Bybee Deborah 70 North Carolina pg0353a.txt
361a 39 Bybee Evaline 3 Illinois pg0358a.txt
361a 40 Bybee John C 1 Illinois pg0358a.txt
361a 35 Bybee Mary J 30 Illinois pg0358a.txt
356b 16 Bybee Thomas 71 Kentucky pg0353a.txt
361a 34 Bybee William 26 Arkansas pg0358a.txt
This Obit copied from the old files of Fulton County Illinois Historical and
Genealogical Society at the Parlin Library Canton Illinois
Obit- Fulton County Ledger
Oct 12, 1877
Died at his residence in Buckheart township, Thursday afternoon, Oct 4 1877
of Plura Pneumonia and old age Mr. Thomas T. Bybee, aged 79 years and 14
days.
Mr Bybee, was born in Clark county Kentucky, Sept 20 1798. Married Rachel
Hagans, by whom he had two children, David and James. Married his second
wife in Estell County, Kentucky- Debby Willcoxen, sister of the late Capt.
Elijah Willcoxen. By her he had two children, Lavina and Polly Ann, the
former the first wife of W.H Smith Esq. of Banner Township.
Mr. Bybee came to Fulton County Illinois in the fall of 1829, and camped on
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the bluff in Liverpool township, near where the road runs down to Jacob
Maus. The next spring he settled on the south end of the premises on which
he has since lived, and where he died. On the 8th day of April 1872 his
second wife died and in August 1873 he married Miss Matilda Smith of
Virginia, a half sister of W.H. Smith(William) Esq,. who with two children
David and Polly Ann survive him. Mr. Bybee commenced the world a poor
man; but managed, by industry and economy, to amass a handsome property-
supposed to be worth nearly $200,000.00. And for a number of years many
persons in Financial difficulty or those desirous of securing loans have gone
to Mr. Bybee to obtain his aid. He was taken a few weeks since with
Diarrhea, which weakened him very much. He then took cold, which settled
in Plura- pneumonia. He partially overcame this; but from his feeble
condition from disease and old age, he was not able to rally and died on the
day above named.
And thus has another of the prominent men of Fulton County (Illinois) gone
from among us. One by one they are taken by Death, he is no respecter of
persons or condition in life.
Kentucky
Clark County
Bybee, Thomas married Hagans, Rachel on 02 April 1818 in Clark County,
Kentucky
Kentucky
Estill County
Bybee, Thomas married Wilcoxon, Debbie on 14 May 1823 in Estill County,
Kentucky
James Bybee, son of David and Nancy Ann Bybee, was born about 1766 in
Fluvanna County, Virginia. Family records mention that he married Margery
Emerson, but we doubt this. The marriage records of Amherst County,
Virginia, indicate that James Bybee, bachelor, married Margery Baber,
spinster, on September 30, 1786. Richard Burnett provided the surety, and
David Witt stated that Margery Baber was his wife’s sister. James Bybee was
listed in the 1787 tax list for Fluvanna County. He indicated that he was of
the age 16-21. He and Margaret moved to Kentucky in 1792, when the rest of
the family moved, and continued to live and farm there until their deaths. On
November 9, 1831, he bought a tract of land from Alexander McKinney for
$77.50. On September 27, 1832, James bought more land from Travis
Adams. James died on December 28, 1837. Here are the children:
1. Henrietta Bybee, “daughter of James Bybee,” married John Brown on
November 17, 1803, in Clark County. Joseph Thomas signed the surety.
According to the law suit, she died before her father and left two children:
David and Sally Brown.
2. Elizabeth Bybee, “daughter of James Bybee,” married John Witt on March
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24, 1806. John Brown posted the surety. Pat Sengstock, a descendant,
believes that Elizabeth had two daughters: Polly, “granddaughter of James
Bybee” married David Hagan on September 30, 1822. Nancy married Sidney
Adams on June 14, 1826. Elizabeth probably died between the 1810 census
and February 1813. The two daughters had died before their grandfather,
James Bybee, died in 1837. John married Lucinda Muir on February 8, 1813,
in Clark County. They moved to Franklin County by 1820, and presumably
live and died there. They had one daughter, Lucretia.
3. Nancy A. Bybee was born in 1792. “Daughter of James Bybee,” she married
John Ballard on August 21, 1810. Elisha Witt was witness, and John Witt
posted the surety. Nancy died on February 20, 1858, according to the death
records, aged 66. The record notes that she was born in Clark County, and
her parents were James and Margert Bybee.
4. Thomas T. Bybee married Rachel Hagan on April 2, 1818. David Hagan
posted the surety. They moved to Fulton County, Illinois, in the winter of
1830-1831. According to the history there, “Thomas was described as a ‘wild
lad.’ On the occasion of his marriage to Rachel Hagan he found himself short
of the necessary means to get the license. His father refused to loan him the
five dollars saying he had little confidence in his son. But upon his death on
April 8, 1872, Thomas left property estimated at $300,000.”
5. John Sag (or South) Bybee was born in 1796. He married Polly Adams on
June 10, 1817. John Adams posted the surety. By this marriage they had six
children. John married five more times, finally settling in Howard County,
Missouri. John Bybee died in 1859.
6. James Bybee, Jr., was born on June 7, 1801. He married (1) Jane “Jinny”
Adams, daughter of John Adams, Sr. The marriage bond was signed on
December 29, 1821. She was born on November3, 1806, and died on January
10, 1876. Later James married (2) Sally Haggard on June 16, 1878. The
marriage record notes that he was 77 years old, and this was his second
marriage. Sally was 58, and this was her third marriage. James died on July
10, 1884, and is buried in the Bybee cemetery on Bybee Road, along with his
first wife.
7. Lewis Bybee married Hannah Lampton, daughter of Obed Lampton, the
bond being posted on January 8, 1822. James Baber signed the surety. Lewis
died before his father, and left one child, Lewis Bybee, Jr.
8. Milly Bybee was born about 1806. She married (1) Joseph Mourning Oliver
on November 19, 1828. Thomas Bybee signed the surety. After the death of
Joseph in 1833, Milly married (2) Jesse McChristy, the bond being posted on
February 2, 1837. Milly and Joseph are ancestors of this writer.
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9. Polly Bybee died before her father, who died in 1837.
10. Alfred Bybee was born in 1810. He married Orah Railsback on July 6,
1837. Edward Railsback signed the surety. Alfred served in the Black Hawk
War, and for that received a grant of land in Cass County, Missouri. This is
where they eventually settled.
James Bybee 1765-1837 was born in Fluvanna County, Virginia and moved
to Clark County, Kentucky and had four sons, John S. Bybee 1796-1859,
moved to Santa Fe, Missouri Abt 1830 married six times and was father of 22
children. James Bybee Jr. stayed in Clark County, Kentucky and is buried
near the old Bybee home near Winchester 1801-1884. Alfred Bybee 1810-
1888 moved to Cass County, Missouri was in the Black Hawk War and a
Quartermaster in the Confederate Army during the Civil War with two of his
sons. Thomas T. Bybee 1798-1877 moved to Fulton County< Illinois Abt
1830. He was married twice. April 2, 1818 he married Rachel Hagans in Clark
County, Kentucky and fathered two sons, David Bybee 01-30-1819 and
James Bybee 04-02-1821 and died 04-22-1859. David married twice
Margaret "Peggy" Spencer born 1821 and died February 25, 1865 his second
wife Margery Ann Ballard 04-17-1821 and died 08-05-1887. David and both
wives are buried at the Bybee-Hipple Cemetery. James is buried in the
Banner Township. James Bybee married Catherine Clem. The Bybee-Hipple
Cemetery is located in the middle of a wheat field, there's an iron gate and
lots of weeds. Don't have any more information on the children of David and
James, as my family branched off in the John S. Bybee of Santa Fe, Missouri.
Hope this helps. Regards, Don Bybee
1860 census, Thomas 61, Debbee 59, Henry Snyder, John Snyder next
page, next door Peter Bauman,family
More About THOMAS T. BYBEE:
Date born 2: Maybe born in 1789 ?
Census 1: 1830, 5th census, Estill Co. KY
Census 2: 1820 one son <5 in Estill Co., KY census
Census 3: 1820, Kentucky > Estill > Ravenna
Census 4: 1820, Same page as Thomas Brineger
Census 5: 1830, Kentucky > Estill > Not Stated
Census 6: 1850, Buckheart November 15 1850
Census 7: 1860, Buckheart, June 27, Fulton Co Illinois
Census 8: 1860, Henry and John Snyder farm hands
Census 9: 1860, Living next to Peter Bauman
Census 10: 1870, Buckheart, Fulton County Illinois
Fact 1: 1820, Also same page as Elijah and Samuel Wilcoxen
Fact 2: Bet. 1829 - 1831, Thomas and Debbie and kids came to Fulton
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County Illinois
More About THOMAS BYBEE and RACHEL HAGAN:
Marriage: April 2, 1818, Clark County Kentucky
Notes for DEBORAH WILCOXEN:
Deborah is a grand niece to Daniel Boone.
This Obit was transcribed from the old files of Fulton County Historical and
Genealogical Society at Parlin Library in Canton Illinois
Fulton County Ledger, Canton Illinois page 2 April 19,1872
Died
BYBEE- In Buckheart, April 8th Mrs. Debie Bybee, wife of Thomas T. Bybee,
aged 71 years 9 Days and 12 hours.
Deceased was born March 30, 1801 in the state of North Carolina, and
was married to Thomas T. Bybee about the year 1826 , in the state of
Kentucky. In company with her husband she moved to Fulton County Illinois
about 1830, and settled on the farm on which she died, where she continued
to live until her death. She was known and respected by a large circle of
friends and acquaintances.
Because Thomas T. was living in Estill County Kentucky at the same time
and on the same page as Deborah's father and brother I wonder if she was
living with them in the 1920 era. James Jennings is said to have been born
in April of 1821 so it is still a mystery when and where Daniel Jennings died.
More About DEBORAH WILCOXEN:
Age: March 30, 1801, On Gravestone I think
Burial: Salem-Wilcoxen Cemetery Section 5, Liverpool township
Census 1: 1850, Buckheart Fulton County Illinois
Census 2: 1820, Kentucky > Estill > Ravenna Probably living in the home of
her father with Daniel and Elijah
Census 3: 1870, Living 3 farms from James Sylvester Jennings her grandson
Marriage Notes for THOMAS BYBEE and DEBORAH WILCOXEN:
Thomas T. Bybee came to Fulton county in the winter of the deep snow(1830-
31)
and commenced with 1/4 sec. of land. He died April 8, 1872, leaving
property estimated at $300,000.00, which he made at farming, dealing in
stock, etc. He was a Democrat. (Taken from Chapman's history of Fulton
County) 1879.
More About THOMAS BYBEE and DEBORAH WILCOXEN:
Fact: From Pat Burke-Bybee ~ Burke Family Ancestry.com
Marriage: May 15, 1823, Estill Co. Kentucky Marriage records
Notes for MATILDA S. SMITH:
Matilda was the 1/2 sister to William H. Smith who handled all of Thomas T.
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Bybee's business matters when Thomas was ill and after his death, Smith
settled The Bybee Estate. Copies of all 130 pages of Probate are in the files of
Karen R. Morlan.
More About MATILDA S. SMITH:
Name 2: Matilda S. Smith
Burial: Murphy Sedgwick Mortuary Book notation. buried in Greenwood
Cemetery, Canton Illinois
Census 1: 1880, Canton, Fulton County Illinois with new husband
Census 2: 1900, Illinois > Fulton > Canton Ward 1 > District 8
Census 3: 1910, Illinois > Fulton > 1-Wd Canton > District 70
Census 4: 1910, Living on North Third St. Canton Illinois
Mother of: 1900, No Children born or living
Residence: 1912, North Third Ave. Canton Illinois
More About THOMAS BYBEE and MATILDA SMITH:
Marriage: August 24, 1873, Tazewell Co., Il. or Fulton County Illinois
Children of THOMAS BYBEE and RACHEL HAGAN are:
2. i. DAVID C.5 BYBEE, b. January 30, 1819, Clark County Kentucky;
d. December 10, 1883, Fulton County Illinois.
3. ii. JAMES H. BYBEE, b. April 2, 1821, Kentucky; d. April 22, 1859,
Banner, Fulton County Illinois.
Children of THOMAS BYBEE and DEBORAH WILCOXEN are:
iii. LAVINA5 BYBEE, b. February 12, 1824, Clark County Kentucky; d.
October 3, 1839, Fulton County Illinois; m. WILLIAM H. SMITH,
May 23, 1839, Fulton County, IL; b. February 4, 1819,
Smithfield, Jefferson Co., Virginia; d. March 1, 1894, Fulton
County Illinois.
Notes for LAVINA BYBEE:
Smith, Lovina (Bybee) Oct 03 1839 15 years 7 months 21 days
Wife of William H. Smith;
Dau of T. & D. Bybee
More About LAVINA BYBEE:
Burial: Salem - Cholera Cemetery, Buckheart Fulton County
Illinois
Residence: Banner Twn, Illinois
Notes for WILLIAM H. SMITH:
This gentleman enters greatly in the family history in Fulton
County Illinois. He runs Thomas T. Bybee's estate after his
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death and the estate is huge. He married women who except for
Abby Mason were intricately related in the family lines.
I have great confusion as to William H. Smith's wives and
children. Marriage dates of Debbee Jennings and William and
his marriage to Abby Mason just don't match up right with the
children. I need to clarify some of these facts. It was also
difficult at his grave stone to tell what wife was most important
or ?
SMITH, WILLIAM H JENNINGS, DEBBEE
FULTON 02/27/1862 00D/0008 00000041
SMITH, WILLIAM H BYBEE, LAVINA
FULTON 05/23/1839 00A/0054 00000051
On 19 Nov 1840 when Elizabeth Caroline was 16, she married
William H. SMITH,1 son of Henry SMITH (4 Jul 1777-) & Mary
FRY (5 Jun 1783-14 February 1829), in Fulton Co., Ilinois.1
William H. was born on 4 February 1819 in Smithfield, Jefferson
Co., Virginia.1 Occupation: He held positions as Supervisor,
Town Clerk, Trustee and Justice of the Peace.1
William H Smith
Residence: Fulton, Illinois Occupation:
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Chaplain on 12 September 1862 ?
Commission in Company S, 75th Infantry Regiment Illinois on
12 September 1862.
Mustered out Company S, 75th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 05
March 1864
Their marriage license is listed in the online Illinois state records
as:5
SMITH, WILLIAM H WILLCOCKSON, ELIZABETH CAROLINE
FULTON 11/19/1840 00A/0074 00000113
They had the following children:
65 i. Henry
66 ii. John
67 iii. Mary Virginia
68 iv. Frances
69 v. Lavina
70 vi. Louise Jane
71 vii. Elizabeth Anna
72 viii. Marshall W.
73 ix. Charlotte
74 x. James D.
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75 xi. William Henry
From-Mary Kay Armstrong Ancestry.com
His Parents
Henry SMITH was born 4 JUL 1777.
Mary FRY was born 5 JUN 1783, and died 14 FEBRUARY 1829.
Child of Mary FRY and Henry SMITH is:1. i. William H.
SMITH was born 4 FEBRUARY 1819 in Smithfield, Jefferson Co.,
VA. He married Elizabeth Caroline WILLCOXEN 19 NOV 1840 in
Fulton county, Illinois, daughter of Elijah WILLCOCKSON and
Charlotte CALLOWAY. She was born 3 AUG 1824, and died 15
APRIL 1862 in Fulton Co., Illinois.
William H. Smith, farmer, Banner township; P. O., Canton. His
father, Henry, a native of Prussia, 1777, emigrated to this
country in 1799, and married Mary Fry, a native of the United
States, who died in Fulton County, the February 14, 1829; he
died December 4, 1865. William H. was born February 4, 1819,
in Jefferson County, Virginia; married May 24, 1839, Mary
Bybee, who died October 3, same year; November 19, 1840,
Elizabeth Wilcoxen, who died April 4, 1863; lastly, Abby Mason
May 6, 1866. Children: Henry, John, Mary V., Frances, Lavina,
Louisa J., Elizabeth A, Marshall, Charlotte, James D., William
Henry, Elizabeth C., Charlie, Hattie and Marcus. Mary V.
married G. R. Cobleigh: Frances, C. N. Coykendall; Louisa J.,
James R. Ellis; Elizabeth, G. C. Glassford, and Marshall was
married to Rettie Spencer. William H. is a Democrat, and has
been Supervisor, Town Clerk, Trustee, Justice of the Peace, etc..
His father fought against Great Britain in the War of 1812, and
was a prominent man in Fulton County during his life. (History
of Fulton County, C. C. Chapman, 1879, page 474, Banner
Township section, submitted by Janine Crandell)
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William H. Smith, owner and occupant of a fine farm in Banner
Township, and of much other valuable property, was born in
Smithfield, Jefferson County, Va., February 4, 1819. His father,
Henry Smith, born in Brandenburg, Prussia, July 4, 1777,
landed at Baltimore, Md., July 4, 1779. He was a shoemaker,
and in accordance with the customs of those days, went from
house to house with his kit of tools, making up shoes for an
entire family. On one of these trips he made the acquaintance of
Mary Fry, with whom he was afterwards united in marriage, and
who bore him nine children. The family consisted of six
daughters and three sons, named respectively, John F.,
Catherine, Phoebe, Frances, Mary Eliza, Harriet, William H.,
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Elizabeth and Braxton D.
The mother was born in Jefferson County, Va., June 5, 1783,
and died February 14, 1829, at the age of forty-five years, three
months and nineteen days. The father subsequently married a
second wife, by whom he had two children--Mary, who married a
Mr. Homer, and Matilda S., who married Thomas T. Bybee, and
after his death, Lucian B. Farnsworth. The father, mother and
step-mother of our subject lived and died in the same house, it
having been built by Mr. Smith when first married. The father
took part with the American Army in the last war with Great
Britain, and died December 4, 1865, at the age of eighty-eight
years and five months.
During the boyhood of our subject free schools were
unknown in Virginia, instruction being obtained from a teacher
who would secure patrons by subscription. Our subject began
his attendance at one of these schools when seven years old, and
freely confesses that while his parents were anxious for and did
all in their power to secure his advancement in his learning, he
did not see the importance of it, and secured but a limited
education. When fourteen years old he went to the home of his
brother-in-law, Samuel League, a tailor, from whom he intended
to learn the trade, but his eyesight being impaired by the loss of
one of his eyes a few years before, he abandoned the idea.
After a short time he went to another brother-in-law, George
F. Ludwig, with whom he learned the milling business. The
agreement was made between Mr. Ludwig and the father of our
subject that the boy should have $2.50 per month, but the
account being kept between the older parties it was seldom that
he had money to handle. Needful clothing was bought for him by
Mr. Ludwig, and he had little use for spending-money, without
which he enjoyed life, there being plenty of company about the
mill, and the days passing happily.
In the fall of 1836, there being much talk of the West, our
subject encouraged by his father, determined to set forth. His
greatest difficulty was money, but Mr. Ludwig gave him the
privilege of buying a shoat and feeding it with his hogs, and
when fattened the animal was sold for $12.18. An old smooth-
bore rifle had been given to young Smith by his father, and
having it stocked up new he was able to sell it for $12. He
managed to get together about $30, with which he left his native
soil on the 1st of May, 1837, to seek his fortune in the West.
Our subject was obliged to economize, and so started out on
foot for Wheeling, at which place he was to meet his brother-in-
law, George Glassford, and his sister Elizabeth, who journeyed
thither by stage, and with whom he was to continue his journey
to Peoria, Ill., where a brother of Glassford was living. Over hills
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and mountains the youth of eighteen trudged manfully on,
passing through Maryland, Pennsylvania, and his native State,
having no trouble to find his way after reaching the National
road. His feet were soon blistered by walking over the hard
roads, which were an almost continuous bed of beat-up stone,
making his journey one ever to be remembered. His expenses
were very light, as he could obtain a cold lunch at a cost of nine
pence, and lodging at the taverns along the route was
proportionately cheap. By securing a deck passage and helping
to carry in wood (there were no coal mines along the river then),
the young man paid low rate for his fare from Wheeling to Peoria.
This being the first trip of any note which our subject had
taken, it opened up a new life to him, and impressions were
made upon his mind never to be obliterated. No incident of
special importance occurred until they were ascending the
Mississippi River when they attempted to pass another boat. The
channel being near the right shore, the boats ran close together.
Just as the "Swiss Boy" was passing her opponent, the latter
swung around, and being heavily loaded, her guards came under
the wheel of the "Swiss Boy," breaking the buckets and doing
some damage to her own guards. Becoming interlocked it took
some time to separate the boats. There was much profanity
among the officers, with threats of having satisfaction before
they reached St. Louis, but as the "Swiss Boy" was compelled to
lay by for some time to put on new buckets, it did not again
overtake the other boat.
Peoria, which was reached about the middle of May, was but
a small place, the principal buildings being on Lake and Water
Streets, above Main, the old court-house back of the town, and
the surrounding country almost in a state of nature. An
occasional house was to be seen along the bluff, but wild grass
had possession of the soil, and the scenery was wild and
beautiful. Our subject had about $7 in money, from which he
paid fifty cents for lodging the first night, much troubled at the
price, but not all by the hard bed upon which he lay. He made
an eager search for employment at his trade, but found none in
the few rude mills in that section.
While talking with a Pennsylvanian named Rinehardt, a
blacksmith by trade, a few days after his arrival, Mr. Smith was
approached by a Mr. Davis, who run a brick yard back on the
bluff. He wanted to hire two hands and agreed to give the young
men $25 a month each and board. Mr. Smith was not certain
whether he could stand the work, but feeling the necessity of
having some employment, accepted the offer and was set to work
tending one of the molders. He soon blistered his hands, but
kept his table full of mortar. Two sets of hands were run, each
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