The Sibert Family of South Carolina and Alabama

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I-B-1. FADEVA ITALY SIBERT (1847 – 1918), daughter of Henry Sibert³ (David², John David¹)

Fadeva Italy Sibert was born on 23 March 1847 in Alabama. [1][2] She died on 27 May 1918 and is buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Boaz, Marshall County, Alabama. [1][2] She married Asbury Woodville Beavers on 6 January 1867. [1][2] They divorced by 1900. Asbury was the son of Allen and Sarah Beavers. He was born on 5 May 1845 [3] or 1846 [1][2]. He died on 10 August 1910, probably in Tarrant County, Texas. [1][2] He is buried in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County. [2]

This family spelled their name both as Beavers and Beaver. Asbury was spelled in a variety of ways.

According to the census, in 1860 Asbury W., aged 14, lived with his parents, Allen and Sarah, in Lebanon, DeKalb County, Alabama. [3]

In 1870, Asbury Beavers, aged 22, and "Fidebia," aged 21, lived with their children, Rufus C., aged one and "Josephine," aged three months (the census was enumerated in June), in Collinsville, DeKalb County. Asbury was a farmer with real estate worth 200 dollars and a personal estate of 300 dollars. Fideva was "keeping school." [3]

In 1880, Woodville, aged 33, and Fideva, aged 32, lived in DeKalb County, Alabama with their children, Rufus C., aged 12; Ada E., aged ten; Christa, aged eight; Vida E., aged six; Lemuel A., aged four; and Bertha B., aged two, all born in Alabama. Woodville was a blacksmith and the three oldest children were students. [3] Woodville had 45 acres of improved land and 55 acres of woodland and forest, together valued at 500 dollars. He had two horses, two working oxen, two milch cows, two other cattle, seven swine and 20 poultry. He grew Indian corn, wheat, cotton, and sorghum and produced butter and eggs. [4]

In 1900, Fideva, born in March 1847, lived in Albertville, Marshall County, Alabama with her children, Ada E., born in December 1869, and Ernest E., born in October 1885. Fideva was a farmer and Ernest was a farm laborer. Fideva had had nine children and one [Veda] had died. In 1910, Fadeva, aged 63 and described as widowed, lived with daughter Ada, aged 36 and single, in Red Apple, now a ghost town, in Marshall County. They were seamstresses. Two of Fadeva's children [probably Veda and Ernest] had died. [3]

In 1900, Asberry, born in May 1845 in Alabama, was divorced and a patient at the Alabama State Hospital for the Insane in Tuscaloosa. In 1910, Asbery, aged 66, lived in Tarrant County, Texas, with his brother and sister, Wiley C. Beavers, aged 62, and Mahaly Crump, aged 70, who also appear with him in the 1860 census. All three of them are referred to as "widowed." Wiley and Asbery were farmers. [3]

Children of Asbury Woodville Beavers and Fadeva Italy Sibert:

I-B-1-a. Rufus Cornelius Beavers was born on 2 March 1868 in DeKalb County. [1][2] He died on 5 September 1938 in Boaz, Marshall county, Alabama, age 70. [2][5][6] He married first Mary F. Nunnally on 1 June 1898 in Spalding County, Georgia. [7] Mary was born on 23 June 1866 and died on 23 December 1902, aged 36. [2] She is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Griffin, Spalding County. [2] Rufus married second, as her second husband, Helen (Kirby) Wright on 18 April 1905 in Etowah County, Alabama. [8] Helen was the daughter of William and Jarusa (Melton) King. [9] She was born on 17 November 1867 in Greensport, Alabama. [2][9] Helen Kirby Beaver of Orange, Texas, died on 15 July 1952, aged 84, in Orange. [2][9] She married first J.W. Wright on 4 November 1903. [10] Rufus and Helen are buried together in the Hillcrest Cemetery. [2]

In 1910 Rufus C, aged 43, and Helen, aged 43, lived in Red Apple, with their children [Helen's step-children], Anna, aged ten and born in Alabama, and Crandall, aged eight and born in Georgia. They had been married for five years; Helen had never had children. Rufus was a rural mail carrier. In 1920, Rufus C., aged 52, and Helen, aged 52, lived in Red Apple with their children, Anna N. aged 20, and R. Crandall, aged 18. Rufus was a rural mail carrier. In 1930 Rufus C., aged 62, and Helen, aged 63, lived in Red Apple. Rufus was a farmer. [3]

Rufus's obituary says he was survived by his wife, son Crandall, and daughter Anne. [5]

In 1850 Helen K. Beaver lived with her daughter Annie B. Bradley's family in Orange. [3]

Children of Rufus C. Beavers and Mary F. Nunnally:

• Anne "Annie" N. Beavers was born on 19 June 1899 in Alabama. [2][11] She died on 22 January 1994. [11] She married Charles L. Bradley. [2][3] Charles was born on 19 June 1895 in England. [2] He died on 14 October 1979, aged 84. [2][12] Annie and Charles are buried together in the Hillcrest Cemetery.
  
  In 1950, Charles L., aged 53 and born in England, and Annie B., aged 49 and born in Alabama, lived in Orange, Orange County, Texas with their daughter and Annie's [step] mother Helen. [3]
  
  Charles's obituary says he was an engineer for DuPont. He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie B. Bradley, and a daughter. [12]
  
  
• Rufus Crandall Beavers was born on 21 September 1901 in Georgia. [2] He died on 27 July 1982. [2] He married Velma R. Mitchell. Velma was the daughter of Alfred J. and Minnie E. Mitchell. [13] She was born on 20 July 1909 in Pratt County, Kansas and died on 3 May 2003. [2][13] Rufus and Velma are buried together in the White Chapel Memorial Gardens in Wichita. [2]
  
  In 1940, Rufus, aged 39 and born in Georgia, and Velma, aged 31, lived in Wichita, Kansas with their children. Rufus was a mechanic in the aircraft industry. They had lived in California in 1935. [3]

I-B-1-b. Ada Elonza Beaver was born on 31 December 1869. [1][2] She died on 25 August 1918 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. [2][14] She is buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery. [2]

On 5 July 1918 Ada was declared insane and sent to the Alabama State Hospital for the Insane in Tuscaloosa. Her brothers L.A. and C.C. Beavers were witnesses. [15] She died soon after admission.

I-B-1-c. Flora Christina Beaver was born on 25 February 1872. [1] She died on 14 August 1947 in Boaz. [14] She married Walter Theodore Hicks on 28 April 1897 in Fulton County, Georgia. [7] Walter was the son of M.L. and Lizzie (Morris) Hicks. [16] He was born on 30 May 1871. [16] He died of cancer of the esophagus on 2 December 1934, age 63, in Atlanta. [16] He is buried in the Oxford Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Oxford, Calhoun County, Alabama. [2]

According to his death certificate, Walter was a bookkeeper. [16]

In 1910, Walter T., aged 38, and Christina, aged 37, lived in Atlanta with their two children and Frances Sebert, aged 38, and born in Alabama. In 1930, Walter T., aged 58, and Christine F., aged 57, lived in Atlanta. Walter was a bookkeeper and Christine was a saleswoman at a corset company. [3]

I-B-1-d. Davida "Veda" Ella Beavers was born on 16 February 1874. [1][2] She died on 6 March 1896 and is buried in the Bangor Cemetery in Hayden, Blount County, Alabama. [2] She married Isaac Windsor on 28 September 1894 in Lincoln County, Tennessee. [17][18] Isaac was born on 15 March 1866 and died on 22 April 1933. [2] He is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, McLennan County, Texas. [2] He married first Oley J. McCleod. [2][19] He married third Nettie Washburn Tanner. [2]

Veda's gravestone says: [2]

Veda's obituary says her sister Miss Bertha Beaver was with her during her final illness, and her father, uncle, and sister, Miss Christine Beaver, arrived soon after. [18]

I-B-1-e. Lemuel Asbury Beaver was born on 12 August 1876 in Collinsville. [1][20, son of Woodville A. and Fadevia I. (Sibert) Beaver.] He died on 10 November 1947 in Alabama City. He married Hattie Virginia Parrish. She was born on 5 November 1878 in Dallas Pauld, Georgia. [20] She died on 15 or 21 April 1972 in Gadsden. [14][20] Lemuel and Hattie are buried together in the the Hillcrest Cemetery.

Lemuel and Hattie attended school through the sixth grade. [3]

Lemuel was short and stout with black hair and gray eyes. He was a farmer and a brick mason. [21]

In 1910, Lemuel, aged 33, and Hattie, aged 31 and born in Georgia, lived in Red Apple with their children Margie L., aged ten; Illa May, aged seven, Marthin A., aged four, and Nettie R., aged one. Lemuel and Nettie had had four children, and all were living. The children were born in Alabama. Lemuel was a contractor for brickwork. [3]

Lem Beavers and John W. Aldredge of Boaz argued over the interpretation of some bible passages, and then over the sawing of a plank. Lem struck John over the head with a hammer and was sent to jail, to be held until it was seen whether John would survive. [22]

In 1920, Lemuel, aged 22, and Hattie, aged 42, lived in Boaz with their children, Margaret; aged 21; Atla Mae, aged 17; Marvin, aged 14; Mittie, aged 11; Frances, aged nine; and Eugenie, aged five. All the children were born in Alabama. Lemuel was a bricklayer. In 1930 Lemuel, aged 54, and Hattie V., aged 53, lived in Boaz with their daughters France I., aged 18, and Virgina A., aged 15. Lemuel was a retail lumber merchant. In 1940, Lemuel, aged 63, and Hattie, aged 61, lived in Gadsden with their grandson Beaver Morgan. Lemuel was a carpenter, looking for work. [3]

Children of Lemuel Asbury Beaver and Hattie V. Parrish:

• Margaret L. Beaver was born on 10 July 1899 in Alabama and died in January 1985. [2] She married Irby Olin Crump on 10 July 1925 in Marshall County. [19] He was born on 10 December 1898 and died on 26 October 1976. [2] Margaret and Irby are buried in the Crestwood Cemetery in East Gadsden. [2]
  
  Children:
  
  
  • Harriet Sue Crump was born in 1931 and died on 26 October 1993. [2] She married Kenneth D. Croley. [2] He was born on 7 April 1930 and died on 7 January 1999. [2] Harriet and Kenneth are buried in the Crestwood Cemetery.
    
    
• Ila Mae Beaver was born about 1903 in Alabama. She died of asthma on 22 January 1935, aged 33, in Walnut Grove, Etowah County, Alabama. [14][23] She married B.C. Morgan on 20 June 1925 at the house of her father, L.A. Beaver. [24] He died in an automobile accident four years before his wife's death. [23]
  
  Ila's death record says she was the daughter of L.H. and Hattie (Parris) Beaver. [14] Her obituary says she was survived by her children Beaver and Mary Frances Morgan. [23]
  
  Children:
  
  
  • Beaver C. Morgan was born on 25 July 1926 and died on 9 August 1994. [2] He married Flora B. Unknown. [2] She was born on 16 October 1923 and died on 14 January 2010. [2] Beaver and Flora are buried in the Fort Moore Main Post Cemetery in Fort Moore, Muscogee County, Georgia. [2] Beaver was a chief warrant officer and a veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. [2]
    
    
  • Mary Frances Morgan was born on 22 October 1927 in Gadsden and died on 15 August 2005. [2] She married Farris Cecil Hill. [2] Farris was born on 29 August 1921 and died on 13 April 1995. [2] Mary and Farris are buried in the Crestwood Memorial Cemetery in East Gadsden. [2]
    
    
• Marvin Asberry Beaver was born on 18 February 1906 in Alabama. [2] He died "from an attack of Meningitis caused from stomach trouble" on 18 February 1925—his 19th birthday—at his parents' home in Boaz. [2][14][25] He is buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery. [2] His obituary says he was survived by his parents and five sisters, Margaret, Ila Mae, Nettie Ruth, Frances, and Virginia. [25]
  
  
• Nettie Ruth Beaver was born about 1909 in Alabama. She died from injuries sustained in a car accident on 5 January 1963 in Lincoln, Talladega County, Alabama. [2][14] She was buried in the Crestwood Memorial Garden in Etowah County. [2]
  
  Nettie's death record says she was the daughter of L.H. and Hattie (Paris) Beaver. [14]
  
  
• Frances Irene Beaver was born on 12 June 1911. Frances B. Stout died on 27 June 2009. [11] Lemuel and Hattie announced the engagement of their daughter Frances Irene to Henry N. Stout of Gadsden on or shortly before 25 March 1945. [26] Henry Nathaniel Stout was the son of William Newman and Cora E. (Childress) Stout. [14] He was born on 9 February 1909 in Round Mountain, Alabama. [27] He died on 28 October 1969, age 60, in Gadsden. [14]
  
  In 1950, Henry, aged 40 and born in Alabama, and Frances I., aged 38 and born in Alabama, lived in Gadsden. Henry was a clerical worker in a steel plant. [3]
  
  
• Virginia Adeline Beaver was born on 4 April 1914 in Boaz. [20] Virginia, the daughter of Lemuel Asberry and Harriett (Parish) Beaver, died on 7 March 1997. [20] She married Thomas Ray Alexander by a license of 13 June 1939 in Alabama. [19] Thomas, the son of Thomas Archer Alexander and Lila Estell Alexander, was born on 11 April 1911 in Altoona, Alabama. [19] He died on 4 July 1986, age 76, leaving a wife and son. [28]
  
  In 1950 Thomas R., aged 40, and Virginia A., aged 36, lived in Jacksonville with their son. Alexander was the manager of a soft-drink bottling plant. [3]

I-B-1-f. Bertha Blanche Beaver was born on 22 November 1878. [1][2] She died on 27 August 1913, age 34, and is buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery. [2] She married Thad ["Jack"?] Lloyd Dorsey, Sr.. [2][29] He married second Mattie D. ___.

In 1920, Jack Lloyd, aged 42, and Mattie B., aged 37, lived in Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee with their children Thad L., aged 17 and born in Alabama, and Vela D., aged 15 and born in Alabama. [3]

Children of Bertha Blanche Beaver and Thad Lloyd Dorsey, Sr.

• Thad Lloyd Dorsey, Jr. was born on 17 August 1902 in Alabama and died on 5 September 1991. [2] He married Mary Aletha Hathaway on 18 January 1931 in Petersburg, Lincoln County, Tennessee. [29] Aletha was born on 1 June 1903 and died on 29 March 1982. [29] Thad and Aletha are buried in the Old Orchard Cemetery in Petersburg. [2]
  
  
• Vela Dean Dorsey was born about 1905 in Alabama. She died on 6 March 1981, aged 76. [30] She married Carl C. Martin on 2 April 1932 in Chattanooga. [30] He died on 22 August 1944, aged 51, in Chattanooga, apparently leaving no children. [30]

I-B-1-g. Beatrice Vivian Beaver was born on 20 October 1880. She may have died young, as she does not show up with her parents in the 1880 census. However, the 1900 census says only one of Fadeva's children had died.

I-B-1-h. Cullen Crandall Beaver was born on 5 May 1883 in Collinsville. [1][21] He died on 27 September 1948 in Fulton County, Georgia. [31] He is buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery. [2]

According to his World War I draft registration card, on 12 September 1918, Cullen was an a 35-year-old unemployed carpenter living in Birmingham. He was of medium height and build with brown hair and blue eyes. He said his brother R.C. was his nearest relative. [21] Cullen was a soldier in World War I. [32]

In 1930, Cullen, aged 45 and single, was living in the National Military House in Leavenworth, Kansas. [3]

I-B-1-i. Ernest Earl Beaver was born on 19 October 1885. [1] He died on 17 February 1910, age 24, and is buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery. [12]

Ernest, a printer, formerly of Albertville, died of tuberculosis at his mother's house in Boaz. The Guntersville Democrat reported on 24 February 1910 that his sister Mrs. Bertha Dorsey had been called to Boaz to attend his funeral. [33]

Endnotes:

1. J. Luther Beeson, The Sibert Family of South Carolina and Alabama (n.p.: the author, 1928).

2. "Find a Grave," database and images, FindaGrave (accessed 14 April 2024), memorial pages for

3. "U.S. Federal Census Collection," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/usfedcen) >

4. "U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850–1860," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276) >AL > Agriculture > 1880 > DeKalb > Township 9, image 3, line 5, entry for Woodville Beavers.

5. "Rufus C. Beaver Retired Carrier Died Monday A.M.," Boaz Leader (Boaz, AL), 5 September 1938, p. 1.

6. "Alabama, U.S., Death Index, 1908–1959," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5188), entry for Rufus C Beavers.

7. "Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828–1978," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4766) > Spalding > Record of Marriages (White), Book D, 1891-1901, image 143, entry for Rufus C. Beavers; Fulton > Record of Marriages, Book I, 1895-1897, image 431, entry for Flora Christine Beaver.

8. "Alabama, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1814–1935," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60922), entry for R. C. Beaver.

9. "Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903–1982," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2272) > Orange > 1952 > Jul-Sep, image 12, entry for Helen Kirby Beaver.

10. Notice, The Gadsden Times, 6 November 1903, p. 2.

11. "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3693), entry for Annie B. Bradley, Frances B. Stout.

12. "Charles Bradley," Birmingham Post-Herald (Birmingham, AL), 16 October 1979, p. 20.

13. "Beaver, Velma R.," Wichita Eagle, 5 May 2003, p. 10.

14. "Alabama, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1881–1974," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2543) . Includes details from family records. Entries for Ada E Beaver, Christine Beaver Hicks, Ila Mae Morgan, Nettie Ruth Floyd, Hattie Virginia Beaver, Marvin A Beaver, Henry Nathaniel Stout.

15. "Alabama, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1753–1999," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8799) > Marshall > Probate Files Index, Box 30, Insane Multiple Listing–Smith, Elphy, images 297–8, entry for Ada E Beaver.

16. "Georgia, U.S., Death Records, 1914–1940," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2562), entry for Walter T. Hicks.

17. "Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1169) > Lincoln > 1888–1898, image 452, entry for Veda Beaver.

18. "Sad Death at Bangor," Birmingham News, 10 March 1896, p. 8.

19. "Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805–1967," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61365) > Marshall > 1810–1950, image 2569, entry for Isaac Windsor, Virginia Adeline; Marshall > 1813–1950, image 2631, entry for Irby O. Crump, Margaret Beaver.

20. "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901), entries for Lemuel Asberry Beaver, Hattie V. Beaver, Virginia Adeline Beaver.

21. "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6482) > AL > Marshall County > ALL > Draft Card B, image 180, entry for Lemuel Asbery Beaver; AL > Birmingham County > 1 > Draft Card B, imge 198, entry for Cullen Beaver.

22. "Skull Crushed With Hammer," Guntersville Advertiser (Guntersville, AL), 23 March 1915, p. 3.

23. Mrs. John R. Greer, "Mrs. Ila Mae Morgan Dies in Altoona," Southern Democrat, 27 June 1935, p. 1.

24. "Morgan-Beaver," Boaz Leader, 18 June 1925, p. 1.

25. "Prominent Boaz Youth Passes Away on 19th Birthday," Boaz Leader, 20 February 1925, p. 1.

26. "Beaver-Stout," Birmingham News, 25 March 1945, p. 40.

27. "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2238), entry for Henry Nathaniel Stout.

28. "Thomas Ray Alexander," Birmingham Post Herald, 5 July 1986, p. 18.

29. "Miss Hathaway Weds Mr. Dorsey," Chattanooga News, 17 January 1931, p. 11.

30. "Miss Dorsey Bride of Carl C. Martin," Advertixer-Gleamer (Guntersville, AL), 6 April 1932, p. 1. "Vella Martin," Lexington Herald, 6 March 1981, p. 28. Obituary, Chattanooga Daily Times, 23 August 1944, p. 7.

31. "Georgia, U.S., Death Index, 1919–1998," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5426), entry for Cullen C. Beaver.

32. "U.S., Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798–1914," database with images, Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1198), entry for Cullen Beaver.

33. Notice, Guntersville Democrat, 24 February 1910, p. 3. "Death of E.C. Beaver," Birmingham News, 25 February 1910, p. 8.

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