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From the notes of Shelia Lyon:
Joseph, a native of Mississippi, and Delilah (Walker) Hibbard, a native of Tennessee, were married in Tennessee, but made their home in Mississippi until their son, William E., was a small lad, at which time they moved to Independence County, Arkansas, from there to Fulton County, and in 1865, came to Randolph County, where the widow and her children have since lived, the father having died in St. Louis, in 1862. He was a teacher and a farmer by occupation, a Democrat in politics, and while a resident of Fulton County, Arkansas, served several years as Justice-of-the-Peace. The mother is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and she and Mr. Hibbard became the parents of nine children.
Joseph was a red-headed school teacher, farmer and Justice-of-the-Peace in Fulton Co., Arkansas. In the 1850 Federal Census of Tishomingo Co., MS, Joseph's mother, Ann, is living with the family. Joseph and Delilah are living in Independence County, AR in 1857 and 1858 according to Bureau of Land Management records. Ann moves with the family to Fulton County, Arkansas prior to the 1860 census where she and Joseph both purchase farms in Fulton County. There are estate settlement papers in Tishomingo County of a Joseph Hibbard who died prior to 1850. This may be Ann's husband. Also, a Joseph Hibbard is shown as a land owner in Hardin County, TN 1837.
Joseph is buried in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, MO., Section 21, Grave 5032. It lists him as a civilian. He died in a prisoner-of-war camp there at the post on the Mississippi River.
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