The Sibert Family of South Carolina and Alabama

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I-B-6 REVEREND JEFFERSON DAVIS SIBERT (1864 – 1931), son of Henry Sibert³ (David², John David¹)

Jefferson Davis Sibert was born in April 1862 in Collinsville, DeKalb County, Alabama. [1, 1864] He died on 27 July 1931. [1] Jefferson Davis of Walcott County Arkansas married Victoria Virginia Crowley of Walcott by a 12 May 1887 marriage bond. [2][3] Victoria was the daughter of Brigadier General Benjamin H. Crowley. [4][5] She was born on 1 October 1866 in Miami, Florida. [1, 1867][2] She died in 1942 in Miami. [1] Jefferson and Victoria are buried in the Miami City Cemetery in Miami. [1]

Jefferson earned an M.D. at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where he was valedictorian of his class. [4][6] He practiced medicine for 12 years. He then earned a D.D. degree and entered the ministry. [4]

According to the census, in 1900, Jefferson, born in April 1862 in Alabama, and Victoria, born in March[!] 1868 in Arkansas[!], lived in Junction, Lane County Oregon, with their children, Elna, born in March 1888 in Arkansas; Olin, born in March 1893 in Arkansas; and Cecil, born in April 1897 in Arkansas. Jefferson and Victoria had been married for 13 years. Victoria had had five children and three were living. Jefferson was a clergyman. [7]

In 1908, Reverend J.D. Sibert became the pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Miami. [8] His daughter Elna's obituary says the family moved to Miami in the hope the climate would improve her health. [9]

In 1910, Jefferson D., aged 48, and Victoria D., aged 42, lived in Miami with their children, Olin D., aged 17; Williamette D., aged ten; and J.[illegible]., aged seven. Jefferson and Victoria had been married for 22 years. Victoria had had seven children and three were living. Jefferson was a minister. In 1930, J.D., aged 67, and Victoria, aged 63, lived in Miami with their son, J.D., Jr., aged 26; their son-in-law Archie J. Miller, aged 30 and born in Georgia; their daughter Bilye Miller, aged 28; and their granddaughter Archylean, aged four and born in Florida. J.D., Jr. was a lawyer, Archie was a lumber salesman, and Bilye was an artist. [7]

According to his obituary, Jefferson was survived by his wife and three children, J.D. Sibert, Jr., a Miami lawyer; Dr. Olin D. Sibert of Atlanta; and Mrs. Archie J. Miller of Atlanta. [4]

Children of Jefferson Davis Sibert and Victoria Virginia Crowley:

I-B-6-a. Elna M. Sibert was born on 12 March 1890 in Arkansas. [2] She died of tuberculosis on 10 February 1910 in Miami. [9] She is buried in the Miami City Cemetery. [1]

I-B-6-b. Unknown Sibert was born say 1892 and died by 1900.

I-B-6-c. Doctor Olin Davis Sibert was born on 10 February 1894 in Arkansas. [2][10] He died on 25 July 1964, aged 70, in Atlanta. [1][10][11][16] He married Martha May Ballard on 30 May 1919 in Fulton County, Georgia. [2][10][12] Martha was born on 4 September 1890. [13] She died on 29 October 1967 in Baldwin, Georgia. [1][16] Olin, Martha, and their son Olin, Jr. and his wife are buried together in the Crest Lawn Cemetery in Atlanta. [1]

In 1920, Olin D., aged 24, and Martha M., aged 25 and born in Georgia, lived in Grantville, Coweta County, Georgia. Olin was a dentist. In 1930, Olin D., aged 25[!], and Martha M., aged 28[!], lived in Atlanta with their son Olin D., aged nine and born in Georgia. Olin was a dentist. In 1940, Olin D., aged 46, and Martha M., aged 49, lived in Atlanta with their son Olin D., aged 19. Olin was a dentist. In 1950, Olin D., aged 56, and Martha M., aged 60 lived in Atlanta with their son Olin, Jr., aged 29. Olin was a dentist; Olin, Jr. had never married and did not work. [7]

According to his obituary, Dr. Olin Sibert, Sr. was survived by his wife, Martha Ballard; a son, Olin S. Sibert, Jr. of Atlanta; a sister, Miss Billye Sibert of Miami; and a brother, J.D. Sibert, Jr. of Miami. [11]

Children:

• Olin Davis Sibert, Jr. was born on 25 August 1920 in Griffen, Georgia. [14][15] He died on 1 July 2009 in Decatur, Georgia. [1][15] He married Sarah Oslin. She was born in 1923 and died in 2004. [1] Olin apparently had no children.
  
  On 16 February 1942, Olin was 21 years old and a student at Tech High in Atlanta. [14]
  
  According to his obituary, Olin served in the army in World War II. He worked for Atlanta Gas Light Company. He was survived by his wife, Sarah Oslin Sibert. [15]

I-B-6-d. Unknown Sibert was born say 1896 and died by 1900.

I-B-6-e. Cecil C. Sibert was born on 15 Apr 1897 in Arkansas and died there on 11 Nov 1902. [1] He is buried in the Old Harrisburg Cemetery, in Harrisburg, Poinsett County, Arkansas. [1]

I-B-6-f. Williametta "Billye" Orieta Sibert was born on 19 February 1902 in Junction City, Oregon. [2][10][17] She died on 7 December 1996. [10] She married first Archie Joshua Miller on 27 December 1922 in Palatka, Putnam County, Florida. [18][19] Archie was born about 1900 in Georgia. Archie and Billye divorced in 1933 in Dade County, Florida. [20] Billye married second Dr. Royal Bartlett Saalfrank on 24 June 1933 in Norfolk, Virginia. [17][21] Royal, the son of John and Nina (Bartlett) Saalfrank, was born on 2 January 1893. [20][21] He died on 10 June 1974 in Pinellas, Florida. [20]

Billye studied art at the Art Students league in New York City and the Academy Collorossi in Paris. [5]

Children:

• Archyleen Virginia Miller was born on 5 February 1926 in Florida. [1][2] She died on 8 December 2005, aged 79. [1][22] She married Charles L. Miller on 4 November 1942 in Florida. [1][18] He was born on 5 February 1926 and died on 8 December 2005. [1] Archyleen and Charles are buried in the Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. [1]
  
  Archyleen's obituary refers to her as Archyleen Virginia Miller-Dunn. [22]
  
  Charles served in the navy in World War II and Korea. [1]

I-B-6-g. Jefferson Davis Sibert was born on 27 March 1903 in Arkansas. [2, 1904][1, 1902][13][20] He died on 29 June 1990 in Miami. [1][13][20] He married Annie Lane Cail on or shortly before 26 November 1938. [23] Annie, the daughter of Robert and M. Bertha Cail was born on 22 September 1907. [1] She died on 15 August 1991, age 83, in Miami. [1][24] Jefferson and Annie are buried in the Miami City Cemetery. [1]

Jefferson was a lawyer in Miami. [2]

According to her obituary, Annie left a son and a daughter. [24]

Endnotes:

1. "Find a Grave," database and images, FindaGrave (25 April 2024), memorial pages for

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

3. "Arkansas, U.S., County Marriages Index, 1837–1957," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2548), entry for Jefferson D Sibert.

4. "Former Leader of Methodism is Dead Here," Miami News, 28 July 1930, p. 10.

5. "Mrs. Miller Weds Dr. Saalfrank in Norfolk, Virginia," Miami News, 12 November 1933, p. 14.

6. "Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804–1929, database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7833), entry for Jefferson D. Sibert.

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

8. "Rev. E.F. Ley Will Again Be Presiding Elder of the Miami District and Rev. J.D. Sibert Will Be Pastor of the First M.E. Church South," Miami News, 21 December 1909, p. 1.

9. "Miss Elna Sibert," Miami Morning News-Record, 11 February 1910, p. 1.

10. "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901), entry for Olin D. Sibert, Billye Sibert [Willametta Oneta Sibert].

11. "Dr. Olin Sibert, Sr.," Atlanta Constitution, 27 July 1964, p. 29.

12. "Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828–1978," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4766), entry for Olin D. Sibert.

13. "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3693), entries for Martha Sibert, Jefferson D. Sibert.

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 Olin D. Sibert.

15. "Sibert, Olin," Atlanta Constitution, 5 July 2009, p. B9.

16. "Georgia, U.S., Death Index, 1919–1998," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5426), entries for Olin D. Sibert, Martha B. Sibert.

17. "Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785–1940," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60214), entry for Williametta Orieta Miller [Williametta Orieta Sibert].

18. "Florida, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1823–1982," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61369), entry for Williametta Oneta Sibert, Archlynne V Miller..

19. "Miller-Sibert Marriage," Palatka Daily News (Palatka, FL), 28 December 1922, p. 5.

20. "Florida, U.S., Divorce Index, 1927–2001," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8837), entries for Archie Joshua Miller, Royal Bartlett Saalfrank, Jefferson Davis Sibert.

21. "Virginia, U.S., Marriage Registers, 1853–1935," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62154), entry for Royal Bartlett Saalfrank.

22. Notice, Austin American-Statesman, 10 December 2005, p. 30.

23. Notice, Palm Beach Post 26 November 1938, p. 5.

24. "Annie Lane Cail Sibert," Tallahassee Democrat, 19 August 1991, p. 19.

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