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Ephraim Kibbey | |
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| Born | November 20, 1756 |
| Died | April 22, 1809 (aged 52) Deerfield, now South Lebanon, Ohio |
| Resting place | Deerfield Cemetery, South Lebanon, Ohio |
Ephraim Kibbey (1754 or 1756 – 1809) was a United States soldier in the American Revolution, a frontiersman and early settler of Ohio, the leader of Mad Anthony Wayne's Famous Forty Scouts in the Northwest Indian War and Battle of Fallen Timbers, and a member of the 1st Ohio General Assembly.[1] He was a contemporary of Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton, and Simon Girty, and what Daniel Boone was for Kentucky, Kibbey and his fellow pioneer, Benjamin Stites, were to early southwest Ohio.[2]
Family and early life[edit]
Ephraim Kibbey was a descendant of Edward Kibbe (born 1597 or 1611, died November 1694), an early settler of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who immigrated from England about 1639.[3]
Noted activities[edit]
Ephraim enlisted in 1777 at Essex, New Jersey in the Continental Army. He endured the brutal winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge with George Washington under the command of Capt. Jacob Martin in General William Marshall's 4th New Jersey Regiment[4] and was eventually assigned to Capt. Seth Johnson's company of the 3rd New Jersey Regiment under Col. Elias Dayton.[5]
Following the American Revolution, Kibbey spent time in the frontier of southwestern Pennsylvania before proceeding, with Benjamin Stites and several other pioneers, to settle the Symmes Purchase with the establishment of Columbia, Ohio, just upriver from the future location of Cincinnati, in 1788. All that remains today of this settlement is the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, Cincinnati,including a large monument erected in 1879 dedicated "To the First Boat-Load."[6]
Anthony Wayne, in reorganizing the fight against the Western Confederacy, relied heavily on his scouts, led by Kibbey. The scouts were selected from among the finest frontiersmen and Indian fighters, and had several notable forays leading to victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.[7]
Kibbey was later elected to the Legislature of the Northwest Territory in 1798 and 1802[8] and the 1st Ohio General Assembly and served from 1803-1804,[9] and passed away at Deerfield, now South Lebanon, Ohio in 1809.
Marriage and family[edit]
Kibbey and his wife, Phebe Ann Crane, had 7 children.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ Griffiths, George R (August 1991). Edward Kibbe, New England colonist and Ephraim Kibbey, frontiersman. Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library. pp. 5–23. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ Baer, Bro. Henry (November 1927). "Pioneer Masonry in the Northwest Territory, The Story of Nova Caesarea Harmony Lodge, No. 2, Cincinnati". The Builder Magazine. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ Griffiths, George R. Ibid. pp. 1–5.
- ^ The Friends of Valley Forge Park. "The Valley Forge Muster Roll". ValleyForgeMusterRoll.org. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ Bassett, Mary Cooley; Johnston, Sarah Hall (1901). Index of the Roles of Honor (Ancestor's book, Lineage book) (XXXVII ed.). National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. p. 68. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ Howe, Henry (1908). Historical Collections of Ohio... An Encyclopedia of the State (Vol 1 ed.). Ohio: State of Ohio. p. 809.
- ^ Nelson, S.B. History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio: Their Past and Present, Including...biographies and Portraits of Pioneers and Representative Citizens, Etc, Volume 1. Cincinnati, Ohio: S.B. Nelson & Co. p. 339. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ Griiffiths, George R. Ibid. p. 11.
- ^ Ohio General Assembly (1920). Legislative Manual of the State of Ohio. State of Ohio. p. 283.
- ^ Griffiths, George R. Ibid. p. 12.
External links[edit]
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Category:Northwest Territory House of Representatives