Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameLaura Belle Van Bibber 
Birth23 Jan 1866, Randolph Co., North Carolina
Death24 Dec 1956, Missouri
Alias/AKAIsabelle
FatherJames D. Van Bibber (1828-1909)
MotherCaroline Staley (1837-1934)
Notes for Laura Belle Van Bibber
another source says d. 1931
552From Jim Staley (jstaley@goodbuysweetprints.com)
Thank you for the email and offer. You certainly have a wealth of information on the V-B line. I am not sure on the protocol I am supposed to use so believe I will briefly state my query and relate the small amount of info I know. I would appreciate it if you, or a subscriber, could tell me the relationship (however tenuous) of James D. Van Bibber b.
May 3 ,1828 d. July 30, 1909 to that of D Boone. James is buried in the cemetery NW of Willard MO (near Ash Grove). He was married to Caroline Staley b July 6, 1837 d. March 17, 19?? (cant even read my own handwriting) who is also buried there as are their two children, Alfred Hoke, b 5/17/1858, d 3/20/1950, and Laura Belle, b 1/23/1866, d 12/24/1956. Caroline was my grandfather's sister. I lived in Springfield with my grandfather and 4 of my aunts in 1943-44. My grandfather was born in 1846 and was in the Civil War. Neither Belle nor Hoke ever married and lived in a small farmhouse
between Springfield and Willard when I was there. My aunts would take groceries to them and see to their well being and I would go along. These 4 old ladies and I would cruise out in this 1928 Peerless Sedan. Because this is in the Boone Township and so near Ash Grove it seems most probable that James was more closely related to Nathan Boone's wife Olive. My aunts told me Hoke and Belle were related to the Boones. There was a small barn in back of their (the Van Bibbers) house and they said there was a saddle in it that belonged to D. Boone. He was supposed to have left it when he visited the family one time. There is no way that this could be proved but when Belle died and they disposed of the property my aunts took the saddle (my sister still has it). I don't have much more but this might be of some interest to someone. Thank you again. Jim
Jim Staley552
27. . . To Mr. and Mrs. Van Bibber two children were born, namely: Alfred H., a sketch of whom appears on another page of this volume; and Laura Belle, who has remained unmarried and is living on the old homestead with her mother, the latter being now advanced in years. . . .
another source says d. 1918
552From Jim Staley (jstaley@goodbuysweetprints.com)
Thank you for the email and offer. You certainly have a wealth of information on the V-B line. I am not sure on the protocol I am supposed to use so believe I will briefly state my query and relate the small amount of info I know. I would appreciate it if you, or a subscriber, could tell me the relationship (however tenuous) of James D. Van Bibber b.
May 3 ,1828 d. July 30, 1909 to that of D Boone. James is buried in the cemetery NW of Willard MO (near Ash Grove). He was married to Caroline Staley b July 6, 1837 d. March 17, 19?? (cant even read my own handwriting) who is also buried there as are their two children, Alfred Hoke, b 5/17/1858, d 3/20/1950, and Laura Belle, b 1/23/1866, d 12/24/1956. Caroline was my grandfather's sister. I lived in Springfield with my grandfather and 4 of my aunts in 1943-44. My grandfather was born in 1846 and was in the Civil War. Neither Belle nor Hoke ever married and lived in a small farmhouse
between Springfield and Willard when I was there. My aunts would take groceries to them and see to their well being and I would go along. These 4 old ladies and I would cruise out in this 1928 Peerless Sedan. Because this is in the Boone Township and so near Ash Grove it seems most probable that James was more closely related to Nathan Boone's wife Olive. My aunts told me Hoke and Belle were related to the Boones. There was a small barn in back of their (the Van Bibbers) house and they said there was a saddle in it that belonged to D. Boone. He was supposed to have left it when he visited the family one time. There is no way that this could be proved but when Belle died and they disposed of the property my aunts took the saddle (my sister still has it). I don't have much more but this might be of some interest to someone. Thank you again. Jim
Jim Staley552
27. . . To Mr. and Mrs. Van Bibber two children were born, namely: Alfred H., a sketch of whom appears on another page of this volume; and Laura Belle, who has remained unmarried and is living on the old homestead with her mother, the latter being now advanced in years. . . .
another source says d. 1918