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- An American Family History
Martin Luther Kibler
The First Barbary War (1801–1805) was between the United States and the Barbary States of Tripoli and Algiers.
Martin Luther Kibler was born on June 24, 1772 in Luray, Shenandoah County, Virginia. It is now in Page County. His parents were Henry and Mary Kibler. Martin was a farmer and remained in Page County for his entire life.
He married Mary Comer on May 8, 1794. Mary was born in Frederick County, Virginia in 1772. Her parents were Johann Martin and Magdalene Gaumer.
They made their life on a 300 acre farm, given to him by his parents, on Pass Run, three miles from Sandy Hook and three and a half miles from Luray. They were Lutheran.
Martin and Mary's children included:
Jacob Kibler (1795),
Vincent Kibler (1797),
Philip Kibler (1799),
Catherine Kibler Skelton (1801),
Susanna Kibler Shenk (1802),
David Kibler (1803),
Isaac Kibler (1807), and
William Kibler (1809).
Mary died in 1816.
Dorothy (Dolly) Rickard (Richard?) was Martin's second wife. They married April 4, 1817. Dorothy was born on October 15, 1792. Her parents were Benjamin Rickard and Margaret Packert.
Martin and Dorothy's children included:
Jeremiah Kibler (1818),
Abraham Kibler (1819),
Salome Anna (Sarah Ann) Kibler Strole (1822, married William Asher Strole),
Andrew Jackson Kibler (1824),
Asher M. Kibler (1826),
Benjamin Henry Kibler (1829), and
Louisa A. Kibler Yates Good (1831).
In 1848, the Kibler home burned down. A woman they had enslaved rescued their grandson from the fire.
In 1850 the household consisted of Martin age 77, Dorothy age 58, Benjamin age 20 and Louisa age 17. Martin had five people enslaved. Two were men aged 27 and 25, one was a 24 year old woman and there were two boys age one and two.
Martin died on September 5, 1852 in Virginia. Dorothy passed away on July 19, 1860.
Children of Henry Kibler and
Mary Amelia Pierce
Magdalene Kibler Baker
Barbara Kibler Pence
Adam Kibler
John Kibler
Philip Kibler
Martin Luther Kibler
Many settlers in the Shenandoah Valley were Germans from Pennsylvania called the "Shenandoah Deitsch."
In 1607 the London Company established Virginia as the first permanent New World English colony.
Source: http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Kibler%20Family/KiblerMartin1772.html
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