West Virginia Pioneers
Mary Dovie Bibbee
1896 - 1970 (73 years)-
Name Mary Dovie Bibbee Born 12 Oct 1896 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA 
[1] Gender Female Died 12 Mar 1970 Long Beach, CA [1] Buried Forest Lawn Cemetery, Los Angeles, California Notes
Dovie Bibbee Barton, 74, daugher of the late Elmer and Ida Brown Barton,deid March 12, in Long Beach, California where she had reside the past twenty years.
A native of Kenna, Jackson county, she was born and spent her youth on Divide Ridge near Kenna. Three sisters, Ida, Nola and Hamie precdeded her in death, as did her parents and a baby daughter. All are buried in the Emma Chapel Cemetery at Divide, but Mrs Barton chose to be buried in the beautiful and nationally known cemetery, Forest Lawn, near Hollywood.
The Bibbees are an old and established family in Jackson county, settling first at Millwood about 100 years ago. The Bibbees are of German descent, fine farmers and solid pillars of their separate communities.
On her mother's side, Mrs Barton descended from John Bonnett, a victim of the religious persecutions in France some 200 years ago. The Bonnetts first went to Holland, then, like many others of their fate, embarked for America. Coming first to Philadelphia where the immigrant Bonnetts are buried. The descendants came into West Virginia, first to Harrison County, then William Bonnett Sr, became an early settler in Jackson County. Through various marriages of the Bibbees and Bonnetts, Mrs Barton was related to the Parsons, Castos, Harpolds, Browns and Van Dynes. So she leaves many relatives in Jackson County and the state.
In 1924 she married Charles W Ball of Barboursville at Ripley and they went to Akron, Ohio to live and work, coming back to the Jackson County farm to weather out the depression. They were living in Chesapeake, West Virginia, and Mr Ball was working at Belle when he died suddenly in 1948. Mrs Ball's health failed and doctors advised her to leave the Kanawha valley. She sold out going to live with a sister in Long Beach where she met and married George Barton, a retired railroad man. He survives her. Mrs Adams Keller Jr of Charleston is a cousin.
Funeral services were held in Long Beach Methodist Church before interment in Forest Lawn, Monday, March 16.
Person ID I74607 WVPioneers Last Modified 11 Dec 2012
Father Elmer Ellsworth Bibbee, b. 11 May 1865, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 18 Dec 1940 (Age 75 years) Mother Susan M Brown, b. 6 Oct 1861, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 3 May 1947, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA (Age 85 years) Married 24 Oct 1889 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [2] Notes
Marriage Record
Date: 10/24/1889
Place: Jackon, West Virginia, United States
Elmer E Bibbee, Jackson co; Kenna, Jackson co, WV
Susie Brown, 24, Jackson co; Edgar, Jackson Co WV
1900 Ripley, Jackson, WV #484-488 all WV WV WV
Bibbee, Elmer 5/1865 m 9y
Susan M 10/1861 m 9y 5-4 children
Ida M da 8/1891
Louhamie da 8/1893
Mary D da 10/1896
Nolie da 12/1898
1910 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 161-162 all WVWVWV
Bibbee, Elmer E 44 m1- 20y
Susan M 47 m1- 20y 5-4 children
Ida da 18
Hamey da 16
Dovie da 13
Nolie da 11
1920 Ripley, Jackson, WV
Bibbee, Elmer E 54 m WVWVWV
Susan M 58 WVWVWV
Hamie dau 26 s
Dovie da 23 s
Nola da 21 s
1930 Ripley, Jackson, WV
Bibbee, EE 65 md age 23
Susan 67 md age 25
Nola da 31 s
Ball, Dovie da 33 md age 27
Charles sil 31 md age 26
Family ID F19724 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Charles Wirt Ball, b. CA 1898, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA , d. 1948 (Age ~ 50 years) Married 17 Sep 1924 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [2] Notes
Marriage Record
Date: 9/17/1924 at Ripley
Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States
Charles Wirt Ball, 26, Mercer, Barboursville WV
Mary Bibbee, 27, Jackson, Given WV
1930 Ripley, Jackson, WV
Bibbee, EE 65 md age 23
Susan 67 md age 25
Nola da 31 s
Ball, Dovie da 33 md age 27
Charles sil 31 md age 26
Family ID F25338 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Died - 12 Mar 1970 - Long Beach, CA 
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