James Alexander Sibley, son of Elijah "Elijah M Sibley" Sibley and Eliza K Ingram. Born Dec 15, 1830 at Anson County, North Carolina, died Aug 7, 1901 at Lee County, Texas, 70 years [SibleyClay49139.ftw] James A. Sibley paid $1,000 to E.G. Knight in 1858 for 200 acres of land on the head waters of Buffalo Creek in Anson County, North Carolina. He built a house and moved his family there. H e enrolled in the Confederate States Army at Wadesborough, North Carolina, 10 May 1862 and joined Captain L.. A. Johnson's Company of the 4th North Carolina Cavalry, 59th State Troops, at Camp Vance, near Kittrell's, North Carolina. He was furloughed home in July and August 1864. It is possible that his first wife died at this time. The circumstances of her death are not documented, but he, in later life, claimed she had been murdered by a rebellious slave. After the war James returned to home to find his livestock gone and his buildings burned, except for the house. Wheeler's Cavalry had passed through the area requisitioning all food stuffs and livestock, followed closely by Sherman's army which destroyed everything else of value to an army. James married his second wife, a school teacher and widow, after the war,but for reasons no t clear to his descendants, he left his family in North Carolina and went to Texas where he apparently intended to obtain land and begin a new life. He never communicated with his family again and they assumed that he had died. The Federal Census in 1880 lists Jane Sibley as "widowed" and in 1909 she applied for a widow's pension on the service of James A. Sibley in the Confederate States Army. In fact, he arrived safely in Texas, acquired land in Lee County and lived there the rest of his life, marrying for a third time and raising a third family. He is buried at Sam Smith Springs Cemetery near Beaukiss, Texas, now called Lawhon Springs. The inscription on his gravestone reads, "Farewell my wife and children all/ From you a father Christ doth call". Married 1852 (12 or 13 years married) to: Children: 1. George William SibleyBorn 1853, died Oct 18, 1920, 66 or 67 years 2. Ella SibleyBorn 1854, died 1869, 14 or 15 years 3. Fannie SibleyBorn 1855, died 1944, 88 or 89 years 4. Emma SibleyBorn 1857 5. Sallie Davis SibleyBorn Jun 18, 1860, died Mar 3, 1957, 96 years |
2nd marriage James Alexander Sibley, son of Elijah "Elijah M Sibley" Sibley and Eliza K Ingram. Married 1866 (34 or 35 years married) to: Jane Jordan Born at Montgomery County, North Carolina, died 1912 at Albemarle, North Caroline, 1st married/ related to: Nat Knight, 2nd marriage to: James Alexander Sibley Children: 1. Katherine SibleyBorn 1867 2. Robert Lee SibleyBorn Apr 1, 1868, died Dec 11, 1955, 87 years 3. Thomas Henry SibleyBorn Nov 4, 1869, died Jun 19, 1938, 68 years |
3rd marriage James Alexander Sibley, son of Elijah "Elijah M Sibley" Sibley and Eliza K Ingram. Married May 9, 1871 at Texas (30 years married) to: Willena Ara Pharr Born Jun 10, 1849 at New Dublin, Kentucky, died Nov 11, 1931 at Houston, Texas, 82 years [SibleyClay49139.ftw] James Alexander had three wives. The First was Ellen George. The second wife was Jane Jordan Knight born in Montgomery County, North Carolina in 1842. The third was Willena Ara Pharr born in New Dublin, Kentucky in 1849. Children: 1. Ida Sibley PRIVACY FILTER2. Addie Sibley PRIVACY FILTER3. Minta Sibley PRIVACY FILTER4. Lillie Sibley PRIVACY FILTER5. Henry Clay SibleyBorn Feb 28, 1872, died Aug 18, 1937, 65 years 6. Frank Johnson SibleyBorn Jul 25, 1874, died Nov 26, 1948, 74 years 7. Minnie Ida SibleyBorn Oct 30, 1876, died Sep 5, 1952, 75 years 8. Walter Wirt SibleyBorn Aug 13, 1879 at Lee County, Texas, died Apr 8, 1952 at Dallas, Texas, 72 years [SibleyClay49139.ftw] 1 _FA1 2 DATE 15 OCT 1919 2 PLAC Walter was ordained a Baptist minister at Elm Mott Baptist Church. Walter was a baptist minister in Texas. He was considered a very strict,regimented father . He was also known to be very vain and believed himself to be very much the ladies man. 9. Mary Addie SibleyBorn Mar 17, 1882, died Apr 28, 1970, 88 years 10. Emerson Scarborough SibleyBorn Mar 21, 1884 11. James A SibleyBorn Aug 13, 1886, died Jan 17, 1887, 0 years 12. Araminta Myrtle SibleyBorn Dec 28, 1888, died Mar 30, 1978, 89 years 13. Lillie Belle SibleyBorn Mar 13, 1890, died Jan 13, 1980, 89 years |