Indiana Family Group Sheet for the Ratliff Boone Van Bibber Family *********************************************** Copyright Beverley Gillihan. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Beverley Gillihan Email address: Husband: Ratliff Boone Van Bibber Birthdate: 1848 Birthplace: Indiana Death date: Jan.uary 5, 1900 Place of death: Vanderburg Co. Indiana Burial: James Cemetery Father: Jonathan Van Bibber Mother: Nancy Criswell Marriage date: May 6, 1867 Marriage place: Warrick Co. Indiana Wife: Rachel Marquis Birthdate: Birthplace: Death date: Place of death: Burial: Father: Mother: CHILDREN Child No. 1: Elza Curtis Van Bibber Sex: M Birthdate: December 14, 1874 Birthplace: Indiana Death date: October 12, 1942 Place of death: Indiana Burial: Parl Lawn Cemetery Marriage date: January 8, 1900 Marriage place: Alexandria, Virginia Spouse's name: Helen Ethel Luttrell Documentation: Ratliff Boone Van Bibber, served in the 143rd Regiment of Indiana Volunteers during the Civil War as follows: Volunteer Enlistment, February 1, 1865, at Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, for period of three years(muster records list one year enlistment), as a private: Ratliff B. Vanbibber, born Vanderburgh County, Indiana, 18 years old, farmer. He was listed on Company Muster Rolls as present in Company I, 143 Regiment Indiana Infantry, from that date until he was listed as having deserted from Ft Donaldson on 9/13/65, along with a U.S. Springfield rifle and accoutrements valued at $23.32. The Descriptive Roll identified him physically as gray eyes, light hair, fair complexion and 5 ft, 5 inches in height.