George Gibbs Dibrell
Born: April 12, 1822
Birthplace: Sparta, White County, Tennessee
Father: Jenkins Anthony Dibrell 1788 – 1875
(Buried: Old Sparta Cemetery, Sparta, Tennessee)
Mother: Millie Carter 1790 – 1873
(Buried: Old Sparta Cemetery, Sparta, Tennessee)
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Leftwich 1824 – 1894
(Buried: Old Sparta Cemetery, Sparta, Tennessee)
Children:
Waymon Leftwich Dibrell 1842 – 1932
(Buried: Old Sparta Cemetery, Sparta, Tennessee)
Lt. Joseph Anthony Dibrell 1845 – 1913
(Buried: Old Sparta Cemetery, Sparta, Tennessee)
Jefferson Leftwich “Jeff” Dibrell 1856 – 1910
(Buried: Highland Cemetery, Sparta, Tennessee)
Frank Simpson “Anthony” Dibrell 1858 – 1914
(Buried: Highland Cemetery, Sparta, Tennessee)
Sydney Stanton Dibrell 1860 – 1921
(Buried: Highland Cemetery, Sparta, Tennessee)
Education:
1843: Graduated from East Tennessee University
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Sparta, Tennessee
Justice of the Peace for White County, Tennessee
White County, Tennessee, County Clerk
1861: Tennessee State Representative
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 25th Tennessee Infantry
1862 – 1865: Colonel of 8th Tennessee Cavalry
1864: Participated in Battle of Saltville, Virginia
1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1865: Division Commander during the Battle of Bentonville
1865: Presidential Escort for President Jefferson Davis
1865: Captured at Paroled at Washington, Georgia
Occupation after War:
President of Southwestern Railroad Company
1870: Delegate to Tennessee State Constitution Convention
1875 – 1885: United States Congressman from Tennessee
1875 – 1879: Member of House Manufactures Committee
1875 – 1877: Member of House Public Expenditures Committee
1877 – 1881: Member of House Military Affairs Committee
1879 – 1885: Member of House Agriculture Committee
1879 – 1881: Member of House Revolutionary Pensions Committee
1883 – 1885: Member of House Military Affairs Committee
Businessman in Tennessee
Developer of Several Coal Mines
Died: May 9, 1888
Place of Death: Sparta, Tennessee
Cause of Death: Rheumatoid endocarditis & Pulmonary Edema
Age at time of Death: 66 years old
Burial Place: Old Sparta Cemetery, Sparta, Tennessee
General Dibrell's grave, overlooking an area of downtown Sparta, Tennessee
by Bryanlion23, March 2019.
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