man 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
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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:

woman Ellen George‏‎, daughter of Jesse George and N.N.‏.
Born ‎ 1836, died ‎ 1865‎, 28 or 29 years

Children:

1.
man George William Sibley‏‎
Born ‎ 1853, died ‎ Oct 18, 1920‎, 66 or 67 years
2.
woman Ella Sibley‏‎
Born ‎ 1854, died ‎ 1869‎, 14 or 15 years
3.
woman Fannie Sibley‏‎
Born ‎ 1855, died ‎ 1944‎, 88 or 89 years
4.
woman Emma Sibley‏‎
Born ‎ 1857‎
5.
woman Sallie Davis Sibley‏‎
Born ‎ Jun 18, 1860, died ‎ Mar 3, 1957‎, 96 years


2nd marriage
man James Alexander Sibley‏‎, son of Elijah "Elijah M Sibley" Sibley and Eliza K Ingram‏.

Married ‎ 1866 (34 or 35 years married) to:

woman 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.
woman Katherine Sibley‏‎
Born ‎ 1867‎
2.
man Robert Lee Sibley‏‎
Born ‎ Apr 1, 1868, died ‎ Dec 11, 1955‎, 87 years
3.
man Thomas Henry Sibley‏‎
Born ‎ Nov 4, 1869, died ‎ Jun 19, 1938‎, 68 years


3rd marriage
man James Alexander Sibley‏‎, son of Elijah "Elijah M Sibley" Sibley and Eliza K Ingram‏.

Married ‎ May 9, 1871 at Texas (30 years married) to:

woman Willena Ara Pharr‏‎
Born ‎ Jun 10, 1849 at New Dublin, Kentucky, died ‎ Nov 11, 1931 at Houston, Texas‎, 82 years
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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.
woman Ida Sibley‏‎ PRIVACY FILTER
2.
woman Addie Sibley‏‎ PRIVACY FILTER
3.
woman Minta Sibley‏‎ PRIVACY FILTER
4.
woman Lillie Sibley‏‎ PRIVACY FILTER
5.
man Henry Clay Sibley‏‎
Born ‎ Feb 28, 1872, died ‎ Aug 18, 1937‎, 65 years
6.
man Frank Johnson Sibley‏‎
Born ‎ Jul 25, 1874, died ‎ Nov 26, 1948‎, 74 years
7.
woman Minnie Ida Sibley‏‎
Born ‎ Oct 30, 1876, died ‎ Sep 5, 1952‎, 75 years
8.
man Walter Wirt Sibley‏
Born ‎ Aug 13, 1879 at Lee County, Texas, died ‎ Apr 8, 1952 at Dallas, Texas‎, 72 years
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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.
woman Mary Addie Sibley‏‎
Born ‎ Mar 17, 1882, died ‎ Apr 28, 1970‎, 88 years
10.
man Emerson Scarborough Sibley‏‎
Born ‎ Mar 21, 1884‎
11.
man James A Sibley‏‎
Born ‎ Aug 13, 1886, died ‎ Jan 17, 1887‎, 0 years
12.
woman Araminta Myrtle Sibley‏‎
Born ‎ Dec 28, 1888, died ‎ Mar 30, 1978‎, 89 years
13.
woman Lillie Belle Sibley‏‎
Born ‎ Mar 13, 1890, died ‎ Jan 13, 1980‎, 89 years