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TIBBETTS, Oran D. 1858-1949

TIBBETTS, ADAMS, GILLETTE, HILLIARD

Posted By: County Coordinator (kermit)
Date: 5/12/2012 at 00:12:33

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Aged Mitchell
Resident Dies

OSAGE, IOWA — Orin Tibbetts, 91, among the oldest native born residents of Mitchell county, died at a hospital in Mason City Wednesday evening.

Funeral services have been tentatively set for Friday afternoon at the Champion Funeral Home.

Mr. Tibbetts was born in Mitchell County to James and Amanda Tibbetts and farmed until his retirement 30 years ago.

He is survived by the widow who is a patient in a convalescent home at Manly and a brother, L. P. Tibbetts of Osage.

[Mason City Globe-Gazette - Friday, November 11, 1949] (Credit: S. Bell)
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LAST RITES WERE
HELD SATURDAY FOR
ORAN D. TIBBETTS

Funeral services were held at the Champion Funeral Home Saturday, November 12, 1949, for Oran D. Tibbetts of Mitchell, who died November 9, 1949, at the Mercy Hospital in Mason City. H.F. Risse was in charge of services. Interment was at the Mitchell cemetery.

Oran Tibbetts was born on April 16, 1858, to James L. and Amanda Adams Tibbetts. His parents were pioneer settlers in Mitchell, where Oran was born and lived his entire life.

On January 6, 1881, he was united in marriage to Hattie E. Gillette. One daughter, Bertha, was born to this union.

Oran Tibbetts spent the greater share of his life farming near Mitchell, until he retired about thirty years ago. Since that time he has resided in Mitchell. A life-long member of the Congregational church, he was always active in his church and community affairs.

A daughter and a grandson preceded him in death in 1919. Survivors include his wife, who is a patient in a nursing home in Manly; his only brother, Lloyd, of Osage; two nephews, Ellsworth Tibbetts of Chickasha, Oklahoma, and Merle Tibbetts of Osage.

Mitchell County Press-news, November 17, 1949
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Oran D. Tibbetts

Birth: April 1858, Mitchell County, Iowa

Death: November 9, 1949, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

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1900 US Census: Mitchell, Mitchell, Iowa
Oran D. Tibbetts 42 born April 1858 Iowa
Hattie M 41 born March 1859 Iowa
Betha Ethel born December 1888 Iowa
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1930 US Census: Mitchell, Mitchell, Iowa
Oran D Tibbetts, 71, born Iowa
Harriet G., 71, born Iowa
Elizabeth Gillette, 94, mother-in-law, born abt 1835

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Parents:
James L. Tibbetts (1831-1920)
Amanda K. Adams Tibbetts (1842-1890)

Spouse:
Harriet Gillette Tibbetts (1859-____)

Children:
Bertha Ethel Tibbetts Hilliard (1888-1919)

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Burial was in the Oak Grove Cemetery at Mitchell, Iowa.

(Research Credit: DM Scott)

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