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Aaron R Libby
Rank: Private Company: D Age: 44 Residence: Kennebunkport
Height: 5' 10" Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Brown Complexion: Light
[enlisted 13 Sept 1862, must in 24 Nov '62 at Augusta]
AARON RICKER LIBBY was the son of Nathaniel and Anna (Ricker) Libby, born in Limerick, ME on 5 Feb, 1818 [Libby Family, p423]. He died on 21 May, 1876 in Kennebunkport,ME [Libby, p423-4].

He married, date not known but likely prior to 1846, to
ROSINA JAQUETH, the daughter of David and Sally (Sawyer) Jaqueth of Jaffrey,NH [Libby, p423-4]. She died on 13 Sept, 1880.

According to The Libby Family in America 1602-1881 (pp 423-4), Aaron was born in Limerick,ME, the family moving to Lyman,ME in 1826. "In Lyman (Aaron) was deacon of the Baptist Church and lieutenant in the militia. In 1852 he removed to Kennebunkport and there bought a farm on which he lived until his death".

The following list of children from The Libby Family in America:

I.
LEWIS NATHANIEL was born 23 Jan, 1846. He died 24 Nov, 1870 in Kennebunkport of consumption. He was married on 8 May, 1870 to AURIANNA SARGENT, the daughter of the Rev William A Sargent of Vineland,NJ. He spent his (short) life between Jaffrey,NH and Vineland,NJ. After his death, his widow returned to NJ. One child was born to Lewis, though born after he passed away.
1. Lewis Wayland

II.
CHARLES CHESTER, born 10 Apr, 1849. Unmarried in 1880, living Kennebunkport as a farmer [census].

III.
EDMUND DORMAN, born 1 Nov, 1851. Graduated Dartmouth College in 1879, studying civil engineering in Hanover,NH. 1880 Hanover,Grafton,NH census shows him in h.h. of Emily Jewett, he was a student in college.Rec says he is her 'step-son', but must be an error by enumerator.

IV.
WILLIE HOWARD was born on 15 Jan, 1855. Living with mother and brother Charles in 1880, a farm laborer, unmarried [census].

V.
LIZZIE ANNA [Lizzy Anna on birth rec] was born 7 Aug, 1857 in Kennebunkport [VR]. She died on 20 Mar, 1877 aged 19 yrs,7 mos and is buried in Greenwood Cem, Biddeford,ME [YCCI,p319] in her husband's parents plot. She married in Oct, 1876 [intents filed 28 Sept,cert issues 2 Oct, no marr date seen in VR] to DANIEL H. CLEAVES, the son of Daniel and Narcissa (Lunt) Cleaves. Lizzie had one child born to her, the complications from this likely the cause of her death on the following day [her death not mentioned in Libby book]
1. Daniel Lunt, born 19 Mar, 1877. He removed to Missouri by 1910, seen in census there with wife Flora E.H. and daughter Isabel. In St.Louis during WWI [draft card-1918], he afterwards moved with family to Newark,NJ, where he worked as a chemist [1920].




Additional Source Data:
1850
1860 Kennebunkport census (pg 48-9): hh 382/390
1870
1880 Hanover,Grafton,NH census (pg 6): hh 71/71 - data on Edmund
1880 Kennebunkport (pg 30): hh 281/297; Charles listed as head, w/ bro Willie, and mother Rosina
1880 Kennebunkport (pg 6): hh 62/63 - Daniel Cleaves w/brother Howard, mother Narcissa, and Daniel L, aged 3
1900 Boston wrd-24 (pg 1B): Daniel Cleaves, age 23, a patient in city hospital, at school
- York County Cemetery Inscriptions - MOCA c1995 Picton
- Kennebunk and Kennebunkport Vital Records Prior to 1892 LM+GW Yerkes c2005 cd
- The Libby Family in America 1602-1881 by Charles T Libby
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