1. | Hiram Watson Sibley was born 2 Mar 1845 (son of Hiram Sibley and Elizabeth Maria Tinker); died 28 Jun 1932; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York. Notes: Emily Sibley Watson's brother, son of Hiram Sibley and Elizabeth Maria Tinker. He was named after Hiram Sibley's partner Don Alonzo Watson. He was a business man, and served as a trustee of the Rochester Savings Bank, Security Trust Co, and the Rochester Homeopathic Hospital (now Genesee Hospital), which his mother Elizabeth Sibley helped found. Hiram married Margaret Durbin Harper 1873. Margaret (daughter of Fletcher Harper, Jr. and Margaret Cook Durbin) was born 14 Feb 1852; died 28 May 1939. [Group Sheet] Children:
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2. | Hiram Sibley was born 6 Feb 1807, North Adams, MA (son of Benjamin Sibley and Zilpha Davis); died 12 Jul 1888, Rochester, New York; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery. Notes: Entrepreneur and capitalist, nurseryman and founder of Western Union, Hiram Sibley was born in North Adams, Massachusetts. He moved to Western New York around 1829-1830, and by 1835 he and his lifelong friend and partner Don Alonzo Watson had opened a machine shop in Sibleyville (now Mendon). He was elected Monroe County Sheriff in 1843 and began to invest in local nurseries in 1844. Hiram married Elizabeth Maria Tinker 24 Jan 1833, North Adams, MA. Elizabeth (daughter of Giles Tinker and Zilpha Knight Tinker) was born 11 Aug 1815; died 11 Jul 1903, Rochester, New York ; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York . [Group Sheet] |
3. | Elizabeth Maria Tinker was born 11 Aug 1815 (daughter of Giles Tinker and Zilpha Knight Tinker); died 11 Jul 1903, Rochester, New York ; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York . Notes: Wife of Hiram Sibley; Emily Sibley Watson’s mother. She was one of the founders and early benefactors of Genesee Hospital, and a quiet philanthropist who helped many individuals.
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4. | Benjamin Sibley was born 29 Apr 1768, Sutton, MA (son of Timothy Sibley and Anna Waite); died 2 Oct 1829, Mendon, NY. Benjamin married Zilpha Davis. Zilpha (child of Samuel Davis) was born 13 Apr 1771, Oxford, MA; died 10 May 1824. [Group Sheet] |
5. | Zilpha Davis was born 13 Apr 1771, Oxford, MA (child of Samuel Davis); died 10 May 1824.
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8. | Timothy Sibley was born 2 Nov 1727; died 6 Dec 1818. Notes: Grandfather of Hiram Sibley Timothy married Anna Waite 16 Oct 1753. Anna (daughter of Benjamin Waite and Elizabeth Holland) was born 14 Oct 1733, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; was christened 21 Oct 1733; died 12 Mar 1791, Sutton, MA. [Group Sheet] |
9. | Anna Waite was born 14 Oct 1733, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; was christened 21 Oct 1733 (daughter of Benjamin Waite and Elizabeth Holland); died 12 Mar 1791, Sutton, MA. Notes: Grandmother of Hiram Sibley
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10. | Samuel Davis died Yes, date unknown.
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