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Lybarger Linkages NewsletterSpring, 2003 . . . . . Vol. XIX No. 1 . . . . . ISSN 0887-9354Official Newsletter of the Lybarger Memorial AssociationLee H. Lybarger, editor llybarger@columbus.rr.com LYBARGER
ANNUAL MEETING & REUNION The
2003 annual meeting of the Lybarger Memorial Association and family reunion will
be held on Saturday and Sunday July 19‑20, 2003. As is the custom it will
be held at the Lybarger Church in Madley, PA. For those arriving Friday the 18th
there will be an informal gathering after dinner around the pool at the Best
Western Motel in Bedford, PA. The schedule of events are as follows: Sat. July 19: Lunch: 12 noon, Clara's Place, Best Western Motel Trustees
meeting :1:45 pm, Lybarger Lutheran Church Annual
meeting: 2:30 pm, same place Dinner
: 6:30 pm, The Apple Bin Restaurant, east of Bedford (directions will be
provided) Sun. July 20 Breakfast: 8:00 am, Clara's Place Church
service : 10 am, Lybarger Church nondenominational service of remembrance Group
photo opportunities : 11 am Reunion picnic : 12 noon, Lybarger Grove Twelve
rooms have been reserved at the Best Western Motel for Lybarger relations. Call
814‑623‑9006 for reservations. To get the group rate mention that
you are part of the Lybarger reunion. The deadline to receive this rate is July
1. No reservations are required for meals at the Best Western or at the Apple
Bin. Coming
by car via the PA Turnpike, exit at Bedford. After the tool booth turn left
going uphill. You will quickly see the Best Western on your left. There are many
excellent motels in Bedford but our group rates are only available at the Best
Western. If you have the equipment you can camp under the trees at the Lybarger
Picnic Grove. Call Jack Lybarger at 814‑266‑7919 for details. Any
other questions? Call John H. Lybarger, the LMA president, at
740‑342‑3110. DNA
COMES TO GENEALOGY We
have all read about DNA and how it is used to identify the perpetrators of
serious crimes. It is also coming into use as a way to trace one's family
lineage. But just what is DNA and how can it be used in genealogy? The
bodily tissues of all organisms, dead or alive, are made up of cells within
which there are nuclei called chromosomes. They contain DNA which comprises the
particular genes of that organism. They are the distinctive markers, or genetic
codes, which are passed on from one generation to the next. In
England, geneticists Brian Sykes and George Redumonds have begun to investigate
whether surnames in the United Kingdom (L1K) can be traced genetically back to
the original individual who used that name. Last names did not come into use in
England until between 1250 and 1450 when questions of property and inheritance
made it important for people to establish their family connections. Since
the Y chromosome is transmitted from father to son, it is possible to establish
a positive paternal line of descendants. Sykes wanted to know if he and other
people with that name in England shared a common genetic marker that would mean
that they all descended from one individual. To
test his theory he searched the voter registration rolls in the UK and found
10,000 Sykes registered to vote. He selected a random sample of males from this
group and contacted them by letter, asking each to swab the inside of his cheek
with Q‑tip and send it to him. Sykes found that there was only one DNA
masker that was shared among this group of men. This means that there was only
one original person named Sykes and that the others were descended from him. The
first records of people named Sykes appear in the 13th century in the villages
of Flockton, Slaithwaite and Saddleworth which are close to the village of
Hudderfield, where many of the modem‑day Sykeses live. About 50% of the
people that he tested did not share this genetic marker. The reason for this is
called a "non‑paternity event", meaning that while a child might
have been born to the wife of a man named Sykes, the biological father was, in
fact, someone else. Dr.
Sykes has tested his theory that surnames can be linked by DNA back to an
original name holder on three other surnames in the UK and has found similar
results. It is his hope that he will be able to begin a type of genetic library
of surnames that can be used to establish common ancestry, especially for people
who do not have the historical documents needed to prove kinship. What
can DNA testing do for Lybargers? According to Family Tree DNA, testing could be
done to determine if distant Lybarger cousins did actually descend from a common
ancestor and it might be done to match US and Canadian Lybargers to a. line in
.Germany, While testing cannot identify a specific ancestor, it can verify
existing research that has already been done and might extend what is known
about the Lybarger lines. 50TH
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED Warren
and Edna (Cordova) Lybarger of Fort Collins, CO celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary on Aug. 18, 2002 with a Catholic Mass of thanksgiving and a buffet
reception hosted by their children, Warren, Stephen, Timothy, Suzanne and their
families at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Warren and Edna met in the fall, 1951
at J.M. McDonald's department store in Ft. Collins. Warren was attending
Colorado A&M (now Co. State Univ.). He
was a public accountant and tax preparer for more than 20 years before becoming
a business administrator for St. Joseph Church and School. He is also a deacon
in the Archdiocese of Denver. Edna has worked as a clerk at McDonalds, a lab
technician at Fishback Photo Lab and a nutritionist at CSU Food Services. They
have 16 grandchildren and one great‑grandchild. Warren, born Dec. 12,
1933, is the third of six children of Willis Charles and Helen (Ilow Stark)
Lybarger. LYBARGER
VS. THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY Remember
the editor recounting how he saw a billboard in Las Vegas for a personal injury
lawyer named Charles Lybarger? It turns out that he is representing 12 Nevada
residents in a law suit in which his clients state "We allege in the
complaints that these were huge multinational and national companies that lied
to the American public for years about the dangers of smoking. They did so to
make a profit, knowing, full well the dangers", Lybarger said. According
to the Las Vegas Review‑Journal of Sept. 28, 2002, "Lybarger has a
long road ahead of him. Nevada has always been a smoker friendly state even
though the state took part in litigation against the companies in the late
1990'x. But that settlement had nothing to do with individual smokers, and it
provides no relief for them, Lybarger said. Lybarger said it is unknown yet just
how many lawsuits he will end up filing on behalf of Nevada smokers. He
eventually hopes to obtain class‑action status for the litigation." LYBARGER
RESTORES OLD TRACTORS On
July 16, 2002 a major story in the business section of the "South Bend
(Ind.) Tribune" appeared about restoring farm tractors. Included was a
photo of Jeremy Lybarger, a body and paint specialist, working on an old John
Deere tractor for a collector. A typical restoration job can cost up to $5,000
but some have cost $10,000 or more. Steve Mellott, owner of the business in
Bourbon, IL said that most of the collectors are well‑to‑do
professionals such as business owners, doctors, lawyers, accountants ‑
those not interested in using them for farm work. Jeremy
is the son of Jon Courtland and Judy (Payne) Lybarger and the grandson of
Courtland Waldo Lybarger both of Madison County, IL TAMI
TAE LYBARGER MARRIAGE We
are happy to announce that Tami Tae Lybarger was married to Chad Ruhl on Nov. 2,
2002 in Mt. Vernon, OH. Tami, the second child of Beryl and Janice (Haldeman)
Lybarger, was born on July 3, 1968 in Arcadia, CA. She is the granddaughter of
Merle and Margaret (Coe) Lybarger. E.
L. LYBARGER CANAL BOAT The
editor acquired from his cousin, Nancy L. Rhoades, of Dublin, OH, a photo of the
canal boat named for her grandfather, Edwin Lewis Lybarger. He was born in
Coshocton County, on Sept. 19, 1845 and died in Warsaw (Cosh. Co.) on June 27,
1924, He had a long distinguished career beginning as a lieutenant in Union Army
during the Civil War and that later included a three term as a legislator in the
State of Ohio General Assembly. His biography may be found in the 1997 edition
of The Lybarger Descendants. The
original photo was taken in 1896 on the Ohio Canal at Navarre (Stark County),
OH. To put it in context it is helpful to recall that a system of canals linking
Lake Erie with the Ohio River was critical to Ohio's economic development. So it
was that the Ohio and Erie Canals were completed in 1845. However, with the rise
of the railroad canal business soon declined beginning in 1851. By 1860 business
on the canals was only one‑third of what it was in 1851. Their efficient
operation also suffered from political wrangling on the Board of Public Works. In
1896 nineteen miles of the Walhonding (Coshocton County) Canal were abandoned.
By 1900 only two canals remained in the system, In 1898, The Ohio Historical
Society's history of Ohio recorded that "In 1898, some of the reservoirs
belonging to canals now in disuse were made into state parks and recreation
spots." Today, one can take a nostalgic ride on a canal boat in Coshocton
(Roscoe Village) and catch the flavor of life on the canals as those seen in the
photo. But ladies, you don't have to dress as they did. LYBARGERS
ARE A COOKIN' The
following continues the series of Lybarger recipes that was begun by Kathleen
Romstedt in the last issue. Grandma's Pineapple Upside Cake (circa 1930)
Melt
butter in cast iron skillet (or heavy frying pan), add brown sugar and stir
until entirely melted. Let cool while mixing batter. Beat egg until light, add
sugar and beat well. Sift flour and baking powder, and add alternately with
milk. Beat well and add shortening and vanilla. Arrange pineapple slices on
brown sugar mixture. Cover with batter and bake in moderate over (350 degrees)
30 minutes. Serves 6. Apricots,
peaches, cherries or apples may be substituted for the pineapple. Submitted by
Nellie Lybarger Skordahl, Anoka, MN. MORE
NEWS FROM COUNTRY MUSIC BAND The
last issue of "Lybarger Linkages" reported on the Lybarger country
music band. "Blazing Country". It brought a response from Don
Lybarger, the band's leader. Here is part of what he said: "We
have been offered the opportunity to come to Nashville and record a
10‑song CD. It will then be distributed to retail music stores in 5
selected states. They will release 2 songs from the CD to major radio stations
in those states. We will film a video of one of the songs to be aired on GAC
country music video network. "CD
sales are down this year so the big boys are reluctant to sign up an act that
hasn't been tried and tested. But our contact feels that the time is right for a
family act and he believes that we have a product that people will buy." "It
is an independent label that is behind us for this project. Since they don't
have the capital that the big companies do they require us to make an investment
in the project. We are trying to raise $25,000 to cover our share of the
project, which will probably run between $125,000 to $150,000 before it's all
through. So far we've raised $3,000 of the initial $10,000 that we need to get
in the recording studio. WHO
IS FAMILY? That
seems like a no-brainer question until you peer beneath the surface. It was a
question raised in "Reunions" magazine last September. They could see
many ways to answer the question. They stated that "there is no one
guideline unless a family chooses to set rules to exclude rather than include
members." Lets
face it, today families may not only consist of mom, dad, and the kids. They may
be single parent families, or blended families that bring two divorced persons
and their children together. They may include interreligious, interracial and
gay couples. Reunions"
thought that “we are at a time. in history when family is where you find it or
where it finds you. It can be everyone descended from one ancestor or everyone
who knows and cares about a descendant. Some families include persons too
distant to really have a fix on the relationship, or even have so much fun at
reunions that they want to include friends." "Most
families "deal with" how they relate to one another from the nuclear
to the extended family. If the nuclear family accepts significant others or
people living together without benefit of marriage, why shouldn't the extended
family accept it?" The
writer of the "Reunions" article said "My personal preference is
to be as all‑inclusive as you possibly can". So we ask, should this
include the spouses of Lybarger relations who are a different race, or religion,
or ethnic group? What if the partner happens to be of the same sex? What you
think? Please send your opinions, pro, con or otherwise, to the newsletter
editor. A
POET'S REFLECTION ON FAMILY The
greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended ‑
and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.
-Robert Frost 1874‑1963 NAMES
STARTING WITH LY Have
you ever wondered how many different names starting with the letters LY come
after your name? We all know of the common ones like Lyle, Lynch, Lyndon, and
Lyons. Would you believe that there are at least 132 names that follow Lybarger
starting with the letters Ly? That excludes Lyberger and Lybyer. If your name is
Lyberger there are 129 such names. And if your surname is Lybyer there are 126
names that follow yours beginning with the same two letters. There are only
About 4 names the precede "Lybarger". They are Ly, Lyall, Lyan and
Lyatuu There
are six names where the first three letters are LYB. They are Lybeck. Lybecker.
Lyboualan& Lybrand, and Lybrook. Here are some of the more interesting
spellings starting with LY that follow ours: Lycyniak, Lyendecker, Lykkehoy,
Lyngaard, Lyrenmann, Lyskawa, Lysohirk, Lystvedt, Lythgoe, Lynthacumand Lyzun.
They come from many nationalities including Japan. The
editor found the 132 names by checking the telephone directories of two major
cities and a daily listing of death notices that he receives over the internet. FINDING
THE LIVING IN THE CEMETERY The
above caption was the title of an article in "Reunions" magazine of
June/July 2002 It went said that by visiting a cemetery on Memorial Day you
might meet living relatives of your ancestors. If not, do what one person did.
She put a note explaining who she was, how she was related to the person in
question, and how she could be contacted. She put the note in a zip lock bag and
attached it to an inexpensive flower and left it at the grave. Very soon after
that she got a call from a relative. LYBARGER
MAKES THE HONOR ROLL The
Patriot Ledge of Quincy, MA reported on Jan. 3, 2003 that Megan Lybarger was one
of 22 senior students to make the Honor Roll in her high school. Congratulations
to Megan. LARRY
LEE LYBARGER 1938-2002 Larry
Lee Lybarger of Ceres, CA died on Aug. 9. 2002 Born on Sept. 24, 1938 in
Coffeyville, KS, he was the second child of Lawrence Elijah and Bessie Treva (Townson)
Lybarger. He
was a sanitation crew leader for General Foods from which he received a safety
award. As "leadman" he was in charge of 1,000 women and 70 men. Due to
health problems he took early retirement. He served in the Army in the Nike
Missile Battalion. He
is survived by his second wife, Joyce D. Bargewell, and by children from his
first marriage, Linda and Barbara and by six grandchildren and two great
grandchildren. A son James preceded him in death THOMAS
E. LYBARGER 1942-2003 Thomas
Emanuel Lybarger, of Mt. Vernon, OH died on Jan. 18, 2003 at his residence in
Allenhurst, GA. Born in Mt. Vernon on Feb. 24. 1942, he was the first of five
children of Clarence H. and Sara (Garr) Lybarger. Thomas was married to Deborah
Goldstein in Bronx, N.Y. who survives him. He
was a Navy veteran, serving 9'/i years as a radar man. We was a master gardener,
an amateur photographer, a gourmet chef, and had a strong interest in genealogy. His
three children include Alicia Mara Gregory, Justin Cyn Lybarger, and Deva Braden
Lybarger; three grandchildren, brothers Chris and Michael and a sister Bonnie
Harper. Rabbi Arnold Belzer officiated. Burial was at sea with full military
honors. GEORGE
A. LENZ 1967-2002 We
are sad to report that George Lenz, 35, of Cozad, Neb. died on Dec. 14, 2002.
For the past 16 years he had been employed at Cozad Alfalfa. Survivors include
his parents, Henry and Carolyn Lenz, two sisters Dora and Anita, a brother Henry
and two nieces. George's grandparents included George A. Lenz and Nettie
Blakeslee who was the daughter of Mary M. Lybarger (1880‑1970). WILLIS
CHESTER LYBARGER 1920-2003 Willis
Chester Lybarger died in Newark. Oh on Jan. 12. 2003. Born on Mar. 5, 1920 in
Saskatchewan, Canada, he was the sixth child of eight known children of John
Andrew and Carrie E. (McCamon) Lybarger. By occupation he was a painter. He
served in the Navy doting World War II from 1941‑47. Douglas E. Judith E.,
Ellen D., Sue A., and Gregory A. Lybarger are their five known children. ADDITIONAL
DEATH NOTICES The
Social Security Death Index records the following additional deaths in 2002 (b.
= born, d. = died). Nothing else is known about these persons other than place
of last residence which is here noted. Lelia G. Lybarger, b. Apr. 21,1941, d. Apr. 23, (place unknown) Josephine Lybarger, b. May 5, 1907, Apr. 6, Poplar Bluff, MO Pauline J. Lybarger, Dec. 26, 1910, d. Jan. 9, Carson City, NV. Dorothy R. Lybarger, Aug. 2, 1902, d. Jan. 14. Redmond, WA. Mary L. Lybarger, b. Sep. 19, 1944, d. Jul. 4, (place unknown). Virginia
C., b. Aug. 12,1909, d. Nov. 12, Wayne, IN Charles E.. b. Oct. 4, 1929, d. Sep. 6„ Carrolton, MO. Harold P., b. May 6, 1926, d. Sep. 16, Florissant MO Francis
A Lybarger, b. July 19, 1914, d. Mar 15, Plymouth, County, OH Patrician
A. Lybarger, b. Mar. 10, 1944, d. Jun. 17, 2002. Greenbriar. AR. The
following deaths were recorded in 2003: Lemuel O., b. Mar. 3, 1918, d. Jan. 1, 2003, Shelby, OH Dorothy A., b. Mr. 13, 1920, d. Jan. 2, 2003 Hanna City, IL. William
K., b. Apr. 7, 1927, d. Jan. 20, 2003, Clinton, MO. LYBARGER
RECEIVES OKLAHOMA AWARD Stanley
Alvin Lybarger, of Tulsa, OK, was one of the first of three recipients to
receive the "Champions for Student Success" award that was presented
by the Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education. According to a report in the Dec.
9, 2002 issue of The Journal Record (Okla. City) this award is a way the
"State Regents can honor members of the Oklahoma community who have
demonstrated a high commitment to student success during the past year.
Chancellor Hares Brisch said, "These three individuals routinely go above
and beyond the call of duty... to promote excellence in education throughout our
state." Stan
is president and CEO of the Bank of Oklahoma with assets of $12.2 billion. Their
net income in 2002 was a record $150.4 million which compared with a net income
of $116.3 million the year before. In
2002 Stan was the co‑chairman of the Tulsa Area United Way fund raising
campaign with a goal of $25 million. So, we Lybargers can be proud of a relation
who is bringing honor to our family name in an important city in our country. Stan,
born in 1950, is the son of Sanford Alvin Lybarger (1898‑1990) and the
grandson of Alvin M. Lybarger. Stan is married to Marcia S. Holland. they have
two children, Stacey Ann and Brooke Elizabeth. He is a Presbyterian and enjoys
golf and tennis. BURN
CARE EXPERT IN THE NEWS Patricia
M. Lybarger was in the news for her work as a nurse at the Shriners Burn
Institute in Boston. She was the staff development coordinator for 16 years and
has written and taught extensively on burn care. This came to light in a story
about the Station Nightclub disaster that appear6d_.in The Providence-(RI).
Journal Bulletin on Feb. 22, 2003. Patricia said that first and second decree
burns will heal on their own, because structures in the skin are able to
instigate the process of cell growth. In third degree burns those structures
(hair follicles, sweat glands) have been destroyed, and regrowth cannot occur. She
further said, as reported in the newspaper, "Sometimes burn victims don't
have enough healthy skin to provide their own grafts. Doctors can use cadaver
skin and some artificial skin products in those cases. Meanwhile, other trouble
is brewing beneath the skin. For unknown reasons, the heart pumps less blood, a
weakening unrelated to the loss of fluids." Patricia said. "What we're
trying to do is support the body in its healing process." She is now in
charge of the content side of information technology where which is a more
comprehensive rather than an immediate hands‑on position. Born
in Newburgh, N.Y, in 1947, Patricia, lives with her sisters Barbara and Linda in
a two‑story home that they own jointly in Roslindale, MA a suburb of
Boston. They are the daughters of Clarence and the granddaughters of Samuel H.
Lybarger of Johnstown, PA. 6 BUILDING
HOUSES ON OHIO FRONTIER The
following is a continuation of the early history of Knox County, Ohio where so
many of our Lybarger ancestors migrated in the early 1800's. Earlier issues of
"Lybarger Linkages" have described various aspects of life in those
early settlements based on the History of Knox County. compiled by N.N.
Hill in 1881. In this newsletter we tell how the early homes were built. Hill's
description that follows on pg. 216‑217 could as easily apply to Lybarger
relations who pioneered on the Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois frontiers. "The
houses, or huts, in which these pioneers lived ... were built of round logs with
the bark on, and side clapboard roof with and without a loft or second floor.
and all put together without a nail or particle of iron from top to bottom.
These buildings stood many a year after the original inhabitants moved into
better quarters. They served for stables, sheep-pens, hay‑houses,
pig-pens, smith‑shops, hen‑houses, loom-shops, schoolhouses, etc.
Some of them are yet standing in this county, and occupied, to some extent. "A
second grade of log cabin, built later, was quite an improvement on the first,
being made of hewn logs, with sawed lumber for door and window frames and
floors. Glass also took the place of paper windows of the old cabin: nails were
also sparingly used in these better cabins. It was sometimes built near the old
one and connected with it by a covered porch. When nails were first used, for a
few years a pound of them was exchanged for a bushel of wheat. They were a
precious article, and were made by hand on a blacksmith's anvil. out of odds and
ends of old worn‑out sickles, scythes, broken clevis‑pins, links of
chains, broken horse‑shoes, etc., all welded together to eke out the nail
rods from which they were forged. "The first cabins were often erected ready for
occupation in a single day. In an emergency, the pioneers collected together,
often going eight or ten miles to a cabin‑raising, and in the great woods,
where not a tree had been felled or a stone turned, begin with dawn the erection
of a cabin. Three or four wise builders would set the cornerstones, lay with the
square and level the first round of logs; two men with axes would cut the trees
and logs; one with his team of oxen, a "lizard" and a log‑chain
would "snake" them in; two more, with axes crosscut saw and frow [a
cleaving tool] would make the clapboards; two more, with axes, "Often the
chinking and daubing of the walls, putting in crosscut saw and broad‑axe
would hew out the windows and hanging the door were left until fall or puncheons
[large casks] and flatten the upper side of some leisure time after the corn
crop and the contents the sleepers and joists. Four skillful axemen would carry
up the corners. and the remainder with skids and forks or hand‑spikes
would roll up the logs. "As
soon as the joists were laid on, the cross‑cut saw was brought from the
woods, and two men went to work cutting out the door and chimney place; and
while the corner men were building up the attic and putting on the roof, the
carpenters and masons of the day were putting down the puncheons, laying hearth
and building the chimney high enough to keep out the beasts, wild or tame. "In
one corner at a distance of six feet from one wall, and four from the other the
bed post was placed ‑ only one being needed. A hole was bored in the
puncheon floor for the purpose of setting this post in (which was usually a
stick with a crotch or fork in the upper end) or if an augur is not. at hand, a
hole is cut in the puncheon floor and the fork sharpened and driven into the
ground beneath; rails were laid from this fork to the wall and usually nice,
straight hickory poles formed the bottom, upon which straw or leaves were placed
and the blanket put on. This made a comfortable spring bed and was easily
changed and kept clean. A QUOTATION WORTH CONSIDERING Every
family has a history rife with struggle and heartache, but also often rich with
joy and triumphs. Searching for that legacy is an emotional cathartic process.
Ultimately it is also a process of discovery, as you begin to understand
yourself as a lint: to the past and to the future.
Pat Shapiro, April, 199 LYBARGER
RECIPES REQUESTED Favorite
recipes are urgently needed especially those that have been in your Lybarger
extended family for more than one generation. Please send them to Mrs. Kathy L.
Romstedt. American Language Program. Ohio State Univ., 65 Arps Hall, 195 N. High
St., Columbus. OH 432110. Or you can e‑mail her at kromstedt@hotmail.com
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