Jesse Lee Tibbetts Sr. (1796 - 1856)

Born 3 Mar 1796 in Boothbay, Lincoln County, Maine

Ancestors

Husband of Christiana Havilla (Dunton) Tibbetts — married 9 Apr 1818 in New Sharon, Lincoln County, Maine

Descendants

Died 3 Sep 1856 at age 60 in Brownville, Piscataquis County, Maine

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Biography

He was a graduate of the academy at Belfast, Maine. He was a farmer, a school teacher, and a literary man of considerable note. He served as a musician in the War of 1812. In the 1850 census record for Brownville, he was listed as Isaac L. Tibbetts, a farmer with real estate worth $1200.^[1] The rest of the family names proved it waas Jessie L. Tibbetts, converted his father Nathaniel, who had been a Baptist. They had a brick making area on the river so it has been told. In October 25, 1835, Jessie was a Justice of the Peace in New Sharon and performed marriages, New Sharon town records. Therefore, the move was between 1835 and 1840

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 U. S. Federal Census, Maine, Piscataquis County, Town of Brownville, pg. 366.

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Source: ^[3] (ancestry.com - Images Online Viewer #61 of 177), citation date: 12 September 2003.

Source: 1850 U. S. Federal Census, Maine, Piscataquis County, Town of Brownville, Page 366, on the 21st day of August 1860, (ancestry.com - Images Online Viewer #18 of22), Line 4, Dwelling 111, Visitation 111, at the age of 55 years old, occupation; farmer, born in Maine. Citation date: 12 September 2003.