John McKibbin (1789 - 1827)

Born 5 Aug 1789 in Newton Township, Cumberland, Co., Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Isabella (Mitchell) McKibbin — married 3 Mar 1814 in Newville, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 4 Apr 1827 at age 37 in Sangamon River, Illinois, United States

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Biography

John was the son of Jeremiah McKibbin and Mary Chambers, born 5 August 1789 at Newton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.^[1]

John served as a soldier in the War of 1812 as a member of the First Regiment Artillery, Pennsylvania Volunteers.^[2]

John married Isabella Mitchell 3 March 1814 at the Big Spring Presbyterian Church at Newville.^[3] The David Dickinson Family Bible notes: "John McKibbin and Isabelle Mitchell were married March 3rd, 1814, on the day the Cumberland Volunteers marched from Newville to the lines between the United States and Canada." They were the parents of seven children: Mary, Alfred, Hannah, Alfred, Adeline, James, and John.^[4]

The family is listed in the U..S. Census of Lurgan Township, Franklin County, PA, in 1810. John, with wife, one male under 10, and a female under 10 , and another woman aged 16 to 25 years.^[5].

By 1820, the family had moved back to West Pennsborough Township in Cumberland County. In the census of that year, John and wife have two sons and one daughter. ^[6]

John was drowned in the Sangamon River, Illinois, on April 4, 1827.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Jeremiah McKibbin Bible Records.
2. ↑ U.S. War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815; John McKibbin, 1 Reg't Art'y (Prevost's), Pennsylvania Volunteers, rank, private, roll box 140; microfilm publication M602.
3. ↑ Records of the Big Springs Presbyterian Church, Newville, PA.
4. ↑ David Dickinson Family Bible Records. David Dickson was the husband of Mary McKibbin Dickinson.
5. ↑ 1810 U.S. Federal Census, Lugran Township, Franklin Co., PA, page 168.
6. ↑ 1820 United States Federal Census. 1820 U S Census; Census Place: West Pennsboro, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Page: 87; NARA Roll: M33_102; Image: 38 .
7. ↑ Jeremiah McKibbin Bible Records.