John Dandridge Bibb (1892 - 1951)

Born 11 Feb 1892 in Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA

Ancestors

Son of William Crawford Bibb and Martha Bibb Shepherd

Husband of Phebe Mosgrove (Colwell) Bibb — married 9 Nov 1912 in Grace Episcopal Church, Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, USA

Descendants

Died 25 Feb 1951 at age 59 in Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, USA

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Biography

John Dandridge Bibb was born February 11, 1892, in Montgomery, Alabama. He is the son of William Bibb and Martha Shepherd.^[1]

His father died when he was eleven and left his family in disgrace because of his alcoholism. John was the only surviving male in his household so he got a paper route and was able to give his mother $12 a week to help take care of the family.^[2]

John attended Starkes University School where he was admired for his scholastic work and good character. He never attended college but was quite a scholar nonetheless.^[2]

John worked in Montgomery as clerk of the Supreme Court because he knew shorthand. He left Montgomery and moved to Anniston, Alabama, where he worked in the office of Judge Agee, his uncle-in-law. John took an International Correspondence Course and passed the bar exam on his first attempt with the highest grade his year.^[2]

John married Phebe Mosgrove Colwell on November 9, 1912^[3], at Grace Episcopal Church in Anniston. They met singing in the choir and had three children.^[2]

John Bibb died February 25, 1951, in Anniston.^[2]

DNA

• Erin Cole and two other cousins share a triangulated aDNA match, inherited from John Bibb (abt.1703-) or Susanna (Bigger) Bibb (abt.1711-abt.1786). The Mary line descends from the first wife of William Bibb (abt.1735-bef.1796) and the other two, the Thomas and this John line, descend from William's second wife, which means that the shared aDNA must have come from one of William's parents.

Sources

1. ↑ Ingersoll Page 257.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} JDBibb
3. ↑ Alabama, Select Marriages, 1816-1957

• Beers, J. H.. "Armstrong County, Pennsylvania: Her People Past and Present, Embracing a History of the County and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families, Volume 2", Chicago, J. H. Beers & Company, 1914. On Google Books, original from the New York Public Library.
• Ingersoll, Louise. Lanier, Goetz Printing Company, Washington, 1965. Free on DCMS
• Bibb, John D.. "Notes for Erin Cole", 1997.