Obituary

The Wellsville Globe

Friday, December 5, 1913

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A. J. Kibler.

The death of A. .J. Kibler occurred Tuesday morning, at six o'clock, after a long illness.

Mr. Kibler celebrated his seventy-third birthday August 11th. He was born in Virginia, and served in the southern army during the Civil War.  With his family he came to Wellsville in 1887, and had made his home here since.

His wife and seven children survive.

The funeral services will be held the Methodist church at half past one Friday afternoon, and will be conducted, by the Rev. J. C. Wilson. Interment will be at the Wellsville cemetery, and the members of Lookout Post, G. A. R will have charge of the exercises the grave.

The Wellsville Globe

Friday, December 12, 1913

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Andrew Jackson Kibler

Andrew Jackson Kibler, son of Phillip and Margaret Kibler, was born August 11, 1840, in Shenandoah county, Virginia; died at Wellsville, Kans., December 2, 1913, aged 73 years, 3 months and 20 days.

During the Civil War he served with the Thirty-third Virginia Infantry, in the Southern army. He was in the battle of Gettysburg, and saw many of his comrades and neighbors wounded and killed. A fragment of a flying shell struck him in the head during that battle and he was compelled to go to the hospital.

December 21, 1865, after the close of the war, he was married to Caroline Burner. To this union there were nine children, two dying in infancy.

The family moved from Virginia to Illinois, and later to Kirksville, Mo. In 1887 they came to Wellsville where they have made their home since. Mr. Kibler was engaged in the watch repairing and jewelry business until recently, when his health gave way.

His health and strength gave way gradually, and his death occurred Tuesday morning, December 2d, at 5:56. The funeral services were held at the Methodist church Friday afternoon, at two o'clock, and were conducted by the Rev. J. C. Wilson. Members of Lookout Post G. A. R. gathered at the home and acted as escort, to the body, and accompanied it to the church.

Interment was in the Wellsville cemetery. The weather was inclement, and many who had expected to attend the funeral services at the church and at the grave were kept at home on account of the rain.

The deceased is survived by the widow and seven children: Mrs. E. E. Appleton, of Louisville, Ky.; Miss Mattie Kibler, Wellsville, Kans., Dr. J. B. Kibler, Kansas City, Mo.; Dr. H. B. Kibler, Frankfort, Kans.; Miss Georgia Kibler, Ottawa, Kans.; Mrs. C. C. Fields, Winnipeg, Canada; Mrs Eugene Bice, Omaha, Nebr. Besides there are seven grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Mary E. Brunk, of Breckenridge, Mo., and Mrs. B. Clem, Lantz Mills, Va. and one brother, J. C. Kibler, Woodstock, Va.