Felicity Brown VanBibber

     Felicity Brown VanBibber was born on 14 February 1836 at Nicholas County, Virginia. She was the daughter of David Campbell Robinson VanBibber and Jane Ann Williams. Felicity Brown VanBibber married, at age 22, Presley Vespicious Nebergall, age 26, son of Jacob Nebergall and Elizabeth Masterson, on Thursday, 27 January 1859 at Scott County, Iowa. Felicity Brown VanBibber died on 13 March 1917 at Blue Grass, Scott County, Iowa, at age 81 years and 27 days. She was buried in the Blue Grass Cemetery, located in Scott County, Iowa.
     From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and Jerry, Jim and Judy Brown, comps., 'Family of Jacob Nebergall and Elizabeth Masterson,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 7 (May 2001), pp. 10 - 13.

From History of Scott County, Iowa, Interstate Publishing Co.: Chicago, IL, 1882.

Mrs. Felicity B. Nebergall, nee Van Bibbor, was born near Summerville, Nicholas Co., W. Va., Feb. 14, 1836. She was reared and married there to Presly V. Nebergall, now deceased, Jan. 27, 1859. By this union there were six children - John Franklin, born Dec. 15, 1859; Jacob Andrew, Sept. 21, 1861; Lavinia, Oct. 17, 1865; Edward Lee, March 13, 1871; Grace, March 7, 1876; and George, Jan. 1, 1878. The family came to Scott County, March 20, 1859, and have resided on their present farm in Blue Grass Township since. It contains 155 acres of good land. Mrs. Nebergall also owns a fine farm of 240 acres in Jasper Co., IA., which she rents. She and her sons manage the farm in Blue Grass Township, and raise grain and stock for the market. Mr. Presly Nebergall died Sept. 22, 1878, and in his death Scott County lost one of her most highly esteemed and influential citizens.

In 1870, their Real Estate in Scott County was valued at $9,000.

The Scott County, Buffalo Township 1882 Plat shows No. 77 N. Range No. 2 East of the 5th Meridian Section 9 belonging to F. V. Nebergalt

Farmers of Scott County, Iowa 1892, Scott County Farm Directory Blue Grass.
Garlock, H. S.
Nebergall, F.