Beaverton Historical Society Gladwin County Obituary/Death Notice
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Robert Irvine McKibbin
Our esteemed friend and neighbor R. S. McKibbon
died on the 15th inst. The remains were interred in
the Tobacco cemetery. A large number of relatives and
friends attended the funeral services conducted by
Rev. E. H. Bradfield, of Gladwin. The late R. S.
McKibbon was a man of cultivated intellect and good
judgement. He came to this place about 12 years ago,
bought a piece of wild land and hewed out a
comfortable home which could only be accomplished by
perserverance and hard toil.
He was a soldier of the war of the rebellion and it
was the hardships, fatigues and exposures of this
terrible campaign that sowed the seeds of the disease
which slowly but surely undermined his constitution
and ended in an attack of total paralysis and caused
his death in a few hours. It was not till he was so
broke down by ill health that most of the time he was
unable to work he applied for a pension and that was
28 years after the war and which it was granted. The
remains were conveyed to their last resting place
under old glory, the flag he fought to preserve, the
usual honor paid to a soldier's funeral. All honor to
his memory.
{Note: Surname most used is: McKibbin. Also find McKibbon. The S. above is a typo!}.
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Personal Information
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Death Date
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Burial/Final Location
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Service
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11/15/1895
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Tobacco
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CO K 38TH OH INF
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Publication Information
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Pub. Date
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Publication
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Pub. Page
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11/22/1895
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Gladwin County Record, Gladwin, MI
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P:8 C:3
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Transcription Information
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Date
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Transcribed by
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Source Media
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January 2005
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Tom Ladner
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Microfilm
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