The Sibert Family of South Carolina and Alabama

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I-J-1. CHARLSIE E. SIBERT (1859–1915), daughter of William Joshua Sibert³ ( David², John David¹)

Charlsie E. Sibert was born on 15 April 1859 in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama. [1][2] She died on 8 August 1915 in Gadsden, aged 56. [1][2][3][4] Charlsie married first William W. Wright on 29 April 1875 in Etowah or Cherokee county, just after she turned 16. [5][6] William was born about 1845 in Alabama. Miss Charlsie Sibert married second Andrew J. Blair on 17 February 1885 at the home of her parents in Gadsden. [7][8] A.J. was born on 29 April 1850 and he died on 25 April 1889, aged 48.

William Wright seems to disappear from the records after 1880, and Charlsie is referred to as Miss Charlsie Sibert when she remarries.

Charlsie and A.J. are buried together in the Forrest Cemetery in Gadsden. The inscription on their gravestone says: [2]

According to her obituary, Mrs. C.S. Blair, the sister of General W.L. Sibert, died "following a stroke of paralysis." [9]

According to the census, on 7 June 1880, Wm. W., aged 35, and Charlsie, aged 21, lived in Gadsden with their daughter Mary, aged ten months, and a servant. William was a bookkeeper. William, Charlsie and Mary were born in Alabama. On 15 June 1900, Charles S., a widow born in April 1859, lived with her daughters, Bessie, born in June 1888; Evelyn, born in August 1890; and Nell, born in January 1893, and a servant. Charles had had seven children, and three were living. Bessie, Evelyn and Nell were born in Alabama. In 1910, Charlsie, a 50-year-old widow, lived with her daughters, Bessie, aged 21; Evelyn, aged 19; and Nell, aged 17. Bessie was a music teacher and Nell was a college student. [10]

Children of William W. Wright and Charlsie Sibert:

I-J-1-a. Mary Wright was born on 23 July 1879 in Alabama and died on 7 July 1880.

Mary is buried in the Forest Cemetery. The inscription on her gravestone says: [2]

Children of A.J. Blair and Charlsie Sibert:

I-J-1-b. William Sibert Blair was born on 6 December 1885. He died on 19 September 1887.

William is buried next to his parents and sister Addie in the Forrest Cemetery. The inscription on his gravestone says: [2]

I-J-1-c. Elizabeth "Bessie" Blair was born on 28 June 1888 in Alabama.[1] She died on 7 May 1963 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. [4][11] She married Guy Louis Chamberlin on 11 June 1912 in the Church of the Holy Comforter in Gadsden. [5][12] Guy, the son of George Boyd and Mary Virginia (Weaver) Chamberlin, was born on 12 January 1885 in LaFayette, Indiana. [13][14] He died of a heart attack on 9 May 1964, aged 79, in Springfield, Pennsylvania. [14]

Elizabeth's wedding announcement refers to her as the daughter of Mrs. C.S. Blair, the granddaughter of Major W.J. Sibert, and the niece of Col. W.L. Sibert. It says that she was a graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Guy was a mining engineer of Birmingham. [12]

Guy applied for a passport to go to Europe with his wife on 10 May 1912. This was probably for a honeymoon. He said he was a civil engineer whose usual residence was Maylene, Alabama. [13]

According to the census, on 9 April 1930, Guy L., aged 46, and Elizabeth, aged 41, lived in Montevallo, Shelby County, Alabama with their son Gary W., aged 16, and daughter Lyle, aged 14. Guy L. was born in Indiana; the others were born in Alabama. Guy was a civil engineer at a coal mine and a veteran of World War I. On 9 April 1950, G.L., aged 65, and Elizabeth B., aged 62, lived in Montevallo. Elizabeth was an associate professor of music at the state college. [10]

According to her obituary, at the time of her death, Elizabeth was an emeritus associate professor of music at Alabama College. She was survived by her husband; Guy Louis Chamberlin; her son, G.W. Chamberlin, her daughter, Mrs. Lyle Wilson; and her sister, Mrs. A. Wilson Hobbs. [11]

Children of Guy Chamberlin and Elizabeth Blair:

I-J-1-d. Addie Blair (twin) was born on 10 August 1890 and died on 4 October 1890. [2] She is buried in the Forrest Cemetery. [2]

I-J-1-e. Evelyn Blair (twin) was born on 10 August 1890 in Alabama. [1] She died on 10 June 1916, aged 25 in Gadsden. [1, 11 June][2] She is buried in the Forrest Cemetery. She married Kirby Smith on 20 April 1911 in the Methodist Episcopal Church in Gadsden. [18]

According to a transcription of her 12 June 1916 obituary in the Gadsden Daily Times News, Evelyn was the daughter of J.A. Blair, the granddaughter of the late W.J. Sibert, and the wife of Kirby Smith, a "well known traveling salesman." She died of uremic poisoning, leaving a baby son. She was survived by her sisters, Mrs. Guy Chamberlain of Mayline, Alabama, and Miss Nell Blair of San Francisco. [2]

Children of W. Kirby Smith and Evelyn Blair:

I-J-1-f. Nell Blair was born on 15 January 1893 in Gadsden. [1, 16 January] She died on 31 December 1980 in Moore county, North Carolina. She married Allan Wilson Hobbs on 4 September 1924 in Montevallo. Allan, the son of Lewis Lydon and Mary (Mendenhall) Hobbs, was born on 12 July 1885 in Guilford College , North Carolina and died on 20 October 1960 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. [19][20]

Alan and Nell are buried in the New Garden Friends Cemetery in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The inscriptions on their gravestones say: [2]

Mr. and Mrs. Guy Louis Chamberlain announced that their sister Nell Blair married Mr. Wilson Hobbs on 4 September 1924 in Montevallo. Mr. Hobbs was a professor of mathematics at the University of North Carolina. [21]

Allan was six feet, four inches tall with dark hair, dark eyes, and a light complexion. [20]

Hobbs was a brilliant athlete and played professional baseball with the New York Yankees. He received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins in 1917. He was appointed full professor of mathematics at the University of North Carolina in 1925. He served as dean of the College of Liberal Arts from July 1930 until his retirement in 1955. [20]

Read his Ph.D. dissertation.

Endnotes:

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

2. "Find a Grave," database with images, FindaGrave (accessed 21 May 2024),

3. "Alabama, U.S., Death Index, 1908–1959," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5188), entry for Mrs. Charlsie Blair.

4. "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 Mrs. Charlsies Blair, Elizabeth Blair Chamberlin.

5. "Alabama, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1814–1935," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60922), entries for Carlsey E. Sibert, Elizabeth Blair.

6. "Alabama, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800–1969," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7838), entry for Charlsie Sibert.

7. "Alabama, U.S., Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809–1920," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4192), entry for Charlsie Blair.

8. "Married," Gadsden-Times News, 20 February 1885, p. 3.

9. "Mrs. C.S. Blair," Birmingham News, 10 August 1915, p. 11.

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

11. "Mrs. E. Chamberlain," Birmingham Post-Herald, 9 May 1963, p. 63.

12. "Society Notes," Gadsden Times, 12 June 1912, p. 3.

13. "U.S., Passport Applications, 1795–1925," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1174), entry for Guy L. Chamberlin.

14. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906–1970," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164), entry for Guy L. Chamberlin.

15. "Elizabeth M. Peet Bride of Officer," Montclair Times (Montclair, New Jersey), 23 August 1945, p. 15.

16. "Elizabeth Marie Chamberlin (Peet)," News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware), 7 October 2002, p. 14.

17. "Delaware, U.S., Marriage Records, 1750–1954," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61368), entry for Lyle Chamberlin.

18. Notice, Tuscaloosa News, 5 April 1911, p. 5

19. "Dr. Allen W. Hobbs," Fort Lauderdale News, 21 October 1960, p. 10.

20. "U.S., Passport Applications, 1795–1925," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1174), entry for Allen W. Hobbs.

21. "News and Record," (Greensboro, North Carolina), 14 September 1924, p. 33.

22. Henry Hood, "Hobbs, Allan Wilson," online article, 1988, NCPEDIA.

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