WILLIAM B. LIBBEY, a dentist, born in Columbiana county, Ohio, is a son of Bennett and Agnes (Littell) Libbey, the former a native of Vermont, the latter of Beaver, Penn. Mathias Libbey, grandfather of William B., was also a native of Vermont, where he died. He was the father of three sons and one daughter---Bennett, William, Haines and Alvira, all now deceased except Haines, who resides at Lynn, Mass. Bennett Libbey was a machinist, who moved to Pittsburgh in youth, where he married Agnes Littell, whose father emigrated from Ireland and settled in the southern part of Beaver county, where he married Mary Walker. The couple lived at Pittsburgh for a number of years, then moved to Columbiana county, Ohio, where William B. Libbey was horn; five years later, the family returned to Beaver county, Penn., where Bennett Libbey died December 19, 1856, aged fifty-two years. His widow, Agnes, died at Pittsburgh, November 15, 1888, in her eightieth year. Their children are: Alice, William B., John E. and James A., all residents of Pittsburgh except William B., who lives at Washington, Penn. Bennett Libbey was a Presbyterian in religious opinion. In 1854 or 1856 he abandoned the Democratic and united with the Republican party. William B. Libbey was reared in Beaver county, Penn., his education being secured at the common schools of the neighborhood, and at Beaver academy. For some years he was a traveling salesman for a wholesale house, but abandoning commercial life commenced the study of dentistry in the office of Dr. J. G. Templeton, Pittshurgh, Penn., attending also the Dental College at Ann Arbor, Mich., and the Pennsylvania Dental College, where he graduated. In 1880 he came to Washington, and engaged in the active and successful practice of his profession. At Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Dr. Libbey was united in marriage, April 11, 1882, with Adelaide, daughter of Charles and Phoebe (Lockwood) Sutton, of Fairfax C. H., Va., whose ancestors were Quakers from Dutchess county, N. Y. Mr. Sutton had eight children-Mariana, Alice, Josephine, Adelaide, John and Charles (twin brothers), Jennie and Ella. To this union two children were born, Helen and Florence. The family residence in Washington is on the corner of Wade avenue and Wheeling street. In 1863 the Doctor enlisted in the one hundred days' service, and in 1864 re-enlisted, this time in Company H, Fifth P. V. A., was promoted second lieutenant of his company, with which he served until the close of the war, being mustered out June 30,1865, at Vienna, Virginia.

Text taken from page 1079 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed August 1997 by Jean Suplick Matuson of Plano, TX as part of the Beers Project. Published August 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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