Noah Davis Vanbibber [7028]

  General Notes:

Noah never married.
From an obituary appearing in the Nicholas County Chronicle:

Noah VanBibber was born in Nicholas County on the Camp Fork off Peter's Creek on June 26, 1844, and departed this life April 19, 1899 at the age of 54 years, 9 months and 23 days. He spent his youthful days, early manhood and the prime of his life in Nicholas County during which he secured for himself a host of friends, who learned to love him because of the kind and general manner of his loving, sympathizing, sacrificing spirit. At the age of 22 years he had the responsibility of providing for and taking care of his mother and father. In the year 1872, death called his mother to leave these transient scenes to join the blessed in the pure heaven of rest, leaving him and his father alone; but boldly and patiently he bore the task of caring for him. He ministered to the wants of his father from the death of his mother up to 1887 when his brother, Nathan, relieved him of his burden. In the year 1891 he purchased a farm in Oklahoma territory ar which place he resided up to the time of his death. Notwithstanding the kind of care of Mr. Hickman and family with whom he was staying at the time, . . . the death messenger called upon him . . .