Mary and Mary, I was right that Dr. Libby joined from PA. I didn't know about Maine. Each time he would have gained a $300 bounty, big money then. PA started the draft in 1863 and listed the drafted men and those drafted who did not serve, and the reasons why. My grandparents, Lucretia Woods and Ambrose Charles Feighner, were still arguing about the draft in the 1950s. Grandma would say her father was a poor widow's only son [#10 child] and couldn't afford to pay the substitution, while Charles Feighner' father was a "rich German. Not quite accurate. James Woods would have been exempt as the only support of his mother, but the bounty gave him money to marry Lucretia. Charles' father had only the one son, too, but I think his father, John Feighner, was under 45 and could also be drafted on his own. More recently, I found that my dad's grandfather, Joseph Holtz, an emigrant was drafted, but I know he never served. If the dates are correct, Joseph would have missed the age 45 cutoff for the draft by a few months. Marilyn Kline Washington -----Original Message----- From: Mary Hoffherr <mho4@comcast.net> To: 'Mary McMonegal' <okmac3@yahoo.com>; pacambri <pacambri@rootsweb.com>; 'Marilyn Washington' <marilynkwash@aol.com> Sent: Tue, Sep 17, 2013 5:50 pm Subject: David Libby For David Libby 171st Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (Drafted Militia), Company E, private on 02 Nov 1862. Mustered out on 07 Aug 1863 12th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (113th Volunteers). Company M, private on 29 Feb 1864.Mustered out on 29 May 1865 -----Original Message----- From: pacambri-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pacambri-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary McMonegal Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 4:29 PM To: pacambri@rootsweb.com; Marilyn Washington Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 129 Marilyn, Here's what I found. family tree on Ancestry David Libby Birth 14 MAR 1842 in Bridgeport, Me Death 03 FEB 1921 in Spangler Hospital, Spangler, Pa married Elizabeth Riffle, one child William A Libby married Sarah Jane Ashcraft 1892, two children Fred and Gertrude Libby Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922 Name:David Libby Birth Date:14 Mar 1842 Birth Place:Bridgton Registration Place:Bridgton, Cumberland Father:Joseph M Libby Mother:Eunice P 1850 census, Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine Joseph M Libby, 40 Eunice Libby, 41 Adolphus D Libby, 13David Libby, 8 1850 census, Loretto, Cambria, PA John Riffle, 64 Jane Riffle, 54 John Riffle, 23 Catherine Riffle, 17 Emily Riffle, 14 Elizabeth Riffle, 11 1860 census, not found for David Libby or Joseph Libby 1860 census, Summitville, Cambria, PA Jane Riffle, 64 Elizabeth Riffle, 18 Thomas A Humphries, 1 John Humphries, 37 U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 Name:David Libby Residence:Maine Age at enlistment:20 Enlistment Date:2 Oct 1864 Rank at enlistment:Private State Served:Maine Survived the War?:Yes Service Record:Enlisted in Company A, Maine 1st Sharp Shooter Battalion on 27 Oct 1864.Mustered out on 10 Nov 1864 at Augusta, ME. Birth Date:abt 1844 Sources:Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine 1870 census, Chest, Cambria, PA Joseph Libby, 60 Unice Libby, 62 Mariah Libby, 18 David Libby, 28 1870 census for Elizabeth Riffle, can 't find anything 1880 census, Elder, Cambria PA Joseph Libby, 69 Eunice Libby, 71 David Libby, 39 another family tree on Ancestry Elizabeth Riffle born Loretto died in 1890 (source Sheehan - no info on who/what this is) 1900 census, Hastings, Cambria PA David Libby, 58 Sadie Libby, 30 Elmer Libby, 1 1910 census, Hastings, Cambria PA David Libby, 68 Sarah J Libby, 40 Fred Libby, 9 1920 census, Hastings, Cambria PA David Libby, 77 (widowed) Fred J Libby, 19 Vitta Libby, 18 That's all I found. Mary ________________________________ From: "pacambri-request@rootsweb.com" <pacambri-request@rootsweb.com> To: pacambri@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 12:00 AM Subject: PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 129 Today's Topics: 1. Re: Conrad burials (eflad@comcast.net) 2. Dr. David Libby from St. Boniface and Hastings (marilyn) ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 22:54:23 -0400 (EDT) From: marilyn <marilynkwash@aol.com> Subject: [PACAMBRI] Dr. David Libby from St. Boniface and Hastings To: pacambri@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8D0809F2EF161B7-15E0-277E0@webmail-d225.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi, I need some help. The Libby family, which has died out, came from Maine with the loggers and lumbermen who cut the timber along the Susquehanna. Most of the loggers left, but a few families stayed. The Libby family consisted of a father and two sons. I think the father and one son were named Adolph or Dolph. The other son was Dr. David Libby. The family was basically Protestant and the father is buried at the United Methodist Cemetery in Chest Springs. Chest Springs was a lumbering town and Protestant in the beginning. Some of the other family members were buried at East Ridge Cemetery in Burnside Township, Clearfield County, which is much nearer to the Libby farm. I believe the the wife of one of the Adolph's, named Eunice, became a Catholic and is buried at St. Benedict Cemetery, Carrolltown. There was a Libby School and a local road is still called Libby Road. This is in Elder Township. along Rt 36, near the Clearfield Line. North Cambria News, Thursday, February 10, 1921. Dr David Libby. Veteran of Civil War Dies. Dr. David Libby, a veteran of the Civil War, died at the Spangler Hospital at 7:15 last Thursday at age 79. He was born March 14, 1842 in Bridgeton, Maine. He was a son of Adolph and Eunice Libby. He moved in 1860 to the Libby Farm in Elder Township. In 1872 he married Elizabeth Riffle of Loretto. They had a son, William A. Libby, now living in Clarion. She died in 1890. In 1892, Dr. Libby married Sara Jane Ashcraft, who died on January 3, 1917. They had two children, a daughter, Gertrude who died in 1906 of typhoid; and Fred, married to Vitta, an living in Akron, Ohio. Dr. Libby served two enlistments in the Civil War, one as a substitute for his brother, A.D. Libby, who survives. Dr. Libby did not attend Medical School until after the war. Dr. Libby attended Medical School and established his first practice in St. Boniface. In 1892 he moved his practice to Hastings, where he served until his death. The funeral was held at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Hastings and burial was at East Ridge Cemetery. NOTE; The obit leaves out some details, especially that he divorced his first wife. Does anyone know any details about her family? I noticed postings on the Riffle family in the last month or so. Dr. Libby built the house at 1253 Spangler Street, next to the former Cunningham Garage, presently occupied by the Jack Haggerty family. 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