Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 2 Aug 2005

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THOMAS TIBBALS, retired farmer; P. O. Springboro; born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, Nov. 5, 1808; is a son of Noah and Jemima (Kellogg) Tibbals, natives of Connecticut, who were born, raised and married in their native State, and, in the year 1800, emigrated to Ohio and located in Washington Township, Montgomery Co., where they were among the early settlers of that section; purchased a farm which was mostly in the woods; wolves, wild game and Indians were quite plentiful; there they spent their entire lives and died on the farm where they first located. They had eight children; three sons and three daughters grew to maturity, and all but one daughter married and raised families, but all are now deceased except Thomas, the subject of this sketch. The maternal grandparents were Seth and Eunice Kellogg, natives of Vermont, but who became residents of Connecticut; thence became settlers of Montgomery Co., Ohio, about the same time with the Tibbals family, and there they lived and died. Thomas was married, Feb. 15, 1838, to Catharine A., daughter of Robert and Rebecca Silver, he a native of New Jersey and she of Pennsylvania. The maternal grandparents were William and Jemima Stretch; he was born in Ireland and came to America when 9 years of age, grow to manhood and married in Pennsylvania, and subsequently emigrated to Kentucky; thence, after several years' residence there, they removed to Champaign Co., Ohio, where they lived and died. Robert Silver, when a young man, left his native State and went to Kentucky, where he was married, and thence came to Ohio and located in Greene County, where he died; his wife survived him several years died in Warren County in 1862, while living with our subject, aged 82 years. They were parents of six children, who grow to maturity; three now survive - Catharine A.; Margaret, now Mrs. Baird, and Mahettable, now Mrs. Murry. Catharine was born in Greene County May 27, 1816. Mr. Tibbals and wife have had thirteen children, four sons and nine daughters; six now survive-Wallace, born Dec. 20, 1841, married Adella Stokes, daughter of Benjamin Stokes; Frances A., born April 30, 1844, married James Barkalow; Laura M., born May 29,1847, married Charles Young; Alice J., born July 30, 1849, married Rush Stokes; Clara E., born Dec. 23, 1852, married Mason Hatfield, and Rachel J., born May 28, 1858. Mr. Tibbals after his marriage resided on the farm where he was born and raised, till 1853, when he purchased a farm in Warren County, Clear Creek Township, where he resided till in February 1876, when he removed to his present location, in Springboro, where he has since resided, retired from any regular or active business. Mr. Tibbals has been a very industrious, hard-working farmer-one who has attended strictly to his business, never holding or desiring office or public notoriety, but, as a farmer, has been very successful; has accumulated a good competency and given his children a good start in life, and has an ample sufficiency reserved for his own comfort the balance of his life. Mr. Tibbals and wife are worthy members of the Baptist Church, to which they have belonged for twenty years.