James Warren TIBBETTS

1826 - 1905  (79 years)

• Name	James Warren TIBBETTS
  Born	1 Sep 1826	New Sharon, Franklin, Maine
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Farming, Lumber; Aitkin County sheriff
  Military Event	Civil War
  Served Civil War?	Y
  Military Flag	Y
  Buried	Nov 1905	Aitkin, Aitkin, Minnesota
  Died	11 Nov 1905	Aitkin, Aitkin, Minnesota
  Person ID	I32535	Main
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2010

  
  

  Father	Jesse Lee TIBBETTS,   b. 3 Mar 1796, Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine ,   d. 3 Sep 1856, Brownville, Piscataquis, Maine  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Christiana Havilla DUNTON,   b. 15 Nov 1794, Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine ,   d. 30 Jul 1888, Brownville, Piscataquis, Maine  (Age 93 years)
  Married	9 Apr 1818	New Sharon, Franklin, Maine
  Family ID	F11012	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Maria HEATH,   b. 30 Sep 1826, Brownville, Piscataquis, Maine ,   d. 16 Feb 1921, Aitkin, Aitkin, Minnesota  (Age 94 years)
  Married	1852	Aitkin, Aitkin, Minnesota
  Children	+ 1. Christiana Havilla TIBBETTS,   b. 30 Jun 1852, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota ,   d. 28 Aug 1919, Duluth, St Louis, Minnesota  (Age 67 years)   2. Thomas J. TIBBETTS,   b. 1860, Minnesota ,   d. 1874  (Age 14 years)   3. Sarah E. TIBBETTS,   b. 1853, Minnesota ,   d. 1925, Aitkin, Aitkin, Minnesota  (Age 72 years)   4. Amy B. TIBBETTS,   b. 1870, Minnesota ,   d. 1881, Minnesota  (Age 11 years) + 5. Cassius William TIBBETS,   b. 31 Jan 1857, Elk River, Sherburne, Minnesota ,   d. 14 Feb 1925, Aitkin, Aitkin, Minnesota  (Age 68 years)   6. Rutherford B. TIBBETTS,   b. 1877, Aitkin, Aitkin, Minnesota ,   d. 1883, Aitkin, Aitkin, Minnesota  (Age 6 years)   7. Miriam TIBBETTS,   b. 1858, Minnesota + 8. Margaret TIBBETTS,   b. 1 May 1858, Elk River, Sherburne, Minnesota ,   d. 5 Jun 1933, Opportunity, Spokane, Washington  (Age 75 years) + 9. James Giles TIBBETTS,   b. Jul 1862, Aitkin, Aitkin, Minnesota ,   d. 1930, Minnesota  (Age ~ 67 years)   10. Anise Aitkin TIBBETTS,   b. 1864, Aitkin, Aitkin, Minnesota ,   d. 1950, Aitkin, Aitkin, Minnesota  (Age 86 years)   11. Bartimus W. TIBBETTS,   b. 1868, Minnesota ,   d. 1919  (Age 51 years)   12. Bertha Grace TIBBETTS,   b. 1872, Aitkin, Aitkin, Minnesota ,   d. 1935, Minnesota  (Age 63 years)
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F11066	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 1852 - Aitkin, Aitkin, Minnesota Buried - Nov 1905 - Aitkin, Aitkin, Minnesota Died - 11 Nov 1905 - Aitkin, Aitkin, Minnesota  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  James W. Tibbetts was raised on a farm in Maine and attended a country school three months each year. He went to Wisonsin at the age of 22 and worked in the woods there for a year, and then went to St. Louis on a raft of lumber. He became ill and returned to his home and remained one year. In 1846 he located on a farm in Elk River, Minnesota, remaining there about 15 years in farming and lumbering. He aided in driving the Winnebago and Sioux Indians from that part of the country and did considerable Indian fighting in Minnesota and Montana. On August 13, 1862 he enlisted in Company A, Eighth Minnesota Regiment, and was sent to the plains in Dakota and Montana. He spent two and one-half years on the frontier, and in September, 1864 was sent to the South. He was in several engagements and was discharged July 11, 1865. He returned to his home in Minnesota and resided there until 1871, when he moved to Aitkin County, bringing the first white family to the county. He traveled to Brainerd by stage and then by rail to Aitkin County. His wife Hannah Heath, was born in Brownsville, Maine and was of an old American family. Four of her brothers served in the Civil War and her maternal grandfather served in the Revolutionary War. James Tibbetts was the first sheriff of Aitkin County and served nine years. He was United States deputy marshal three years. He served on the school board 22 years and was active in organizing both county and village governments. He was a Democrat.