The Sibert Family of South Carolina and Alabama

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I-J-9. OLIN WARD SIBERT, son of William Joshua Sibert³ (David², John David¹) (1878 – 1941)

Olin Ward Sibert, the son of William Joshua Sibert and Marietta Ward, was born on 23 December 1878 in Alabama. [1][2][3] He died on 27 February 1941, aged 62, in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. [1][2][4][5] He married Emily Walker on 20 December 1905 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. [1][3] Emily, the daughter of Thomas P. and Frances (Jones) Walker was born on 18 May 1881 in Pennsylvania. [1][2][3] She died on 17 June 1969, aged 88, in Gadsden. [1][2][5][6] Olin and Emily are buried in the Forrest Cemetery in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama. [2]

Olin was a soldier in the Spanish-American War. He enlisted in Company C of the First Alabama Infantry on 8 August 1898 and was discharged on 31 October 1898. He filed for a pension on 26 June 1930. [7]

In June 1900, Olin W. was living with his parents in Gadsden and working as a salesman. [8]

At the time of their marriage, both Olin and Emily lived in Elizabeth, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Olin was a clerk. [3]

Olin bought what was said to be the largest home furnishings establishment in Alabama in August 1907. [9]

On 18 April 1910, Olin W., aged 30, and Emily, aged 25, lived in a rented house in Gadsden with the son William, aged two, and their daughter Nancy, aged two months. They had been married for four years, and had had two children. Emily was born in Pennsylvania; everyone else was born in Alabama. Olin was a hardware merchant. [8]

In 1912, Olin and Emily lived at 933 Third Avenue in Gadsden. They had a store that sold china and glassware on 429 Broad Street. [10]

According to his 18 September 1918 draft registration card, Olin was tall and stout, with brown eyes and hair. He and Emily lived at 933 Third Avenue and he worked at 302 Broad Street. [11]

On 2 January 1920, "Olem," aged 41, and Emily, aged 34, lived in their own house at 933 Third Avenue in Gadsden with their son William, aged 11, and their daughter Nancy, aged nine. The children attended school and Olem was a hardware merchant. [8]

On 3 April 1930, Olin W., aged 50, and Emily W., aged 45, were living in the same house in Gadsden. Olin was a hardware merchant. [8]

On 11 April 1940, "Olen" Ward, aged 60, and "Emlie" W., aged 60[!], lived in the same house in Gadsen. Their son and his family lived with them, and so did Olen's widowed sister-in-law Evelyn B. Sibert [the widow of William L. Sibert]. The widow Eliz. Bairnsfather was visiting. Olen was the owner of a hardware company. [8]

Olin was apparently a member of the Episcopalian Church of the Holy Comforter in Gadsden. [5]

Olin was found dead—apparently of a heart attack—in bed in a hotel room in Selma. He was survived by his wife Emily Walker Sibert and his son W.J. Sibert, both of Gadsden. [4]

On 8 April 1950, Emily, a 68-year-old widow, lived with her son William J. and his family in the family house on 933 Third Avenue. [8]

Photo: 933 Grand Street, build 1916.

Children of Olin Ward Sibert and Emily Walker:

I-J-9-a. William Joshua Sibert was born on 10 February 1908 in Alabama. [2][6] He died on 1 April 1990, aged 82. [2][6] He married Billie Louise Shute on 8 July 1934 in Etowah County. [2][12] Billie, the daughter of William Haile and Isabel (Wilson) Shute, was born on 22 September 1913 in Mississippi. [2] She died on 24 October 1997, aged 84. [2] William and Billie are interred in the Holy Comforter Columbarium in Gadsden. [2]

On 11 February 1908, the Gadsden Times reported, "An 11 pound son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Olin W. Sibert last night." [13]

On 11 April 1940, William J., aged 32, and Billie Shute, aged 26, lived at 933 Grand Street in Gadsden with William's parents. They had a daughter Nancy Louise, aged four, and a possibly living child. Billie was born in Mississippi; the rest of the family was born in Alabama. William was the manager of a hardware company. [8]

According to his 16 October 1940 World War II draft registration card, William had blue eyes, brown hair, and a light complexion. He was employed by [his father] O.W. Sibert and he lived at 933 Third Avenue. His contact was his wife, Mrs. Billie Shute Sibert. [14]

On 8 April 1950, William J., aged 42, and Billie S., aged 36, lived with their daughter Nancy L., aged 14, and two possibly living children at 933 Grand Street. William's widowed mother and never-married sister-in-law, Doris Shute, lived with them. William was the proprietor of a hardware store. [8]

Children of William Joshua Sibert and Billie Shute:

I-J-9-b. Nancy Olin Sibert was born on 9 February 1910 in Alabama and died on 21 February 1925, aged 15. [2] She is buried in the Forrest Cemetery. [2]

Nancy died, unexpectedly, of pneumonia, after being sick for two days. [15]

Endnotes:

1. "Alabama, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1881–1974," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2543) . Includes details from family records., entrres for Olin Ward Sibert, Emily Walker Sibert.

2. "Find a Grave," database with images, Find9ave (accessed 24 May 2024), memorial pages for

3. "Pennsylvania, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1845–1963," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61324), entry for Olin W. Sibert and Emily Walker.

4. "Olin W. Sibert," Montgomery Advertiser, 1 March 1942, p. 2. "Gadsden Merchant Found Dead in Bed at Hotel Thursday," Selma Times-Journal, 28 February 1941, p. 1.

5. "Alabama, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of Alabama Church Records, 1837–1970," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61748), entries for Olin Ward Sibert, Emily Walker Sibert.

6. "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3693), entries for Emily W. Sibert, William J. Sibert.

7. "U.S., Spanish-American War Service Record Index" and "U.S. Civil War Pensions Index, 1861–1900," databases with images, Fold3.com, entries for Olin W. Sibert.

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

9. "Agricola Store Sold to Olin Sibert," Gadsden Times, 30 August 1907, p. 1.

10. "U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2469), entry for Olin W. Sibert.

11. "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6482), entry for Olin W. Sibert.

12. "Alabama, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1814–1935," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60922), entry for William J. Sibert.

13. "Dots of the Day," Gadsden Times, 11 February 1908, p. 4.

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

15. "Nancy Sibert, Gadsden," Birmingham News, 22 February 1925, p. 49.

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