Son of James Allen Kibler and Amanda Louisa Fravel (Hoover) Kibler. Husband of Lydia Frances (Siple)Kibler (17 May 1871 - 15 Nov 1958). Milton and Lydia were married in Doe Hill, Pendleton Co., WV on 12 May 1892. They had five Kibler children: J.W. Damron; Lucinda Alice; Evelyn Rebecca; Carl Jennings S.; Martha Lee.
In infancy William Milton Kibler became a member of the Lutheran Church through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism administered by the Rev. H. Wetzel on October 17, 1869. At the proper age he was instructed in the fundamentals of the Lutheran faith and was confirmed there - by the Rev. D. E. Snapp, in Mt. Calvary Church, May 10, 1884. In the confirmation class at this time were his sister Sarah Catharine - destined to become the wife of a minister - J. H. Rexrode - and Charles F. Hamrick, both afterword's, his classmates at Hickory, N. C.
William Milton Kibler's boyhood days were spent in the vicinity of his parental home on Narrow Passage Creek, three mile west of Woodstock, Virginia, where he attended the one-room Mt. Calvary public school. One of his teachers here was the cultured Christian gentleman, Prof. J. Monroe Hottel, and about one year later, at no one's suggestion, he expressed his desire to study for the ministry.
He then in 1887, with his brother James Luther Kibler, became the first two students of the new institution of the Joint Synod of Ohio, established (first in a private residence) with the Rev. Emanuel Greenwald Tressel, of Washington, D. C., and Rev. Luther Melanthon Hunt as temporary professors, and later located in Hickory, North Carolina as the St. Paul Practical Seminary.
William Milton Kibler graduated from this school in 1890, and thereafter served mission stations at (St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church - aka Wilfong Church until Aug 1894) Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, West Virginia, Greensboro, North Carolina, Youngstown and Chippewa Lake, in Ohio, and as pastor of St. Paul's Congregation Highlandtown, Baltimore County, Maryland. (Highlandtown was later incorporated with Baltimore City). During the over five years of his pastorate of St. Paul's, his congregation built a church and a parsonage, - evidence of his success as a conscientious shepherd of his flock.
Rev. William Milton Kibler was married to Lydia Frances Siple, on May 12, 1892 at Doe Hill, Pendleton Co., West Virginia, by the Rev. Jonas M. Senter, a former classmate at Hickory, North Carolina. She was born May 17, 1871, the daughter of a soldier of the Confederacy, George Damron Siple, (b.Sept. 16, 1838 - d.June 26, 1920) and his wife Lucinda Frances Bowers (b.January 17, 1841 - d.December 6, 1924. Lydia's grandfather was George Siple, a native of Scotland who settled in Highland County, Virginia. He is described as having had a white Van Dyke beard and a man who stood "straight as a flagpole", had rosy cheeks, possessed "lots" of slaves, of whom he never sold any, and when given their freedom, he sent them on their way with gifts. He died in 1867 or 1877, aged over 80 years. His wife had been Mahala Hiner. Lydia's mother, Lucinda Frances (Bowers) Siple was a daughter of John Bowers, a blacksmith (b.1816 - d.1901) and Polly Ann Bowers. Lydia was confirmed at the age of 17 years as a member of the Lutheran Church by the Rev. G. A. Wannamaker, pastor of the Sugar Grove Charge on the South Fork, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
Several years before his death, Rev. William M. Kibler received the degree of Bachelor of Divinity through a correspondence course from the Chicago Lutheran theological Seminary at Maywood, Illinois. He manifested, by the improvement of his natural talents - of no mean quality - such ability as a preacher theologian, as well. He preached at least once in Patmos Church, the home church of his parents and relatives. At different times during his active ministry, he had published two small book of religious gems: Grains of Wheat and Kernels of Truth, and a devotional booklet on the Lord's Supper.
LAST DAYS OF REV. WILLIAM MILTON KIBLER
His ministerial life was not an easy one; he was called on to make many sacrifices and to endure hardships at the various mission stations which he served. Little or nothing did the church-at-large know at one time what discouragement he experienced because of his fidelity in the practice of true Lutheranism.
Then early in 1905, after suffering from a heavy cold, he developed a severe tuberculosis condition which laid hold of his entire system. the best medical treatment failed to effect any lasting improvement, and he sought to benefit by a sojourn in Ashville, North Carolina. While there, fortunately, he was befriended by a former member of his home church in Shenandoah County, Samuel Hamrick, who has been an instructor in the secular school of the Seminary at Hickory while his brother, Charles Hamrick, and Milton Kibler were classmates under the professorship of Rev. H.K.G. Doremann. After a while in Ashville, Pastor Kibler returned to his St. Paul Congregation to confirm a class of catechumens, and then promptly returned to Ashville. But his condition did not improve and he came home, and on Easter Sunday, 1905, resigned his pastorate in Highlandtown. Next his father visited him, as did his brother Ben, and shortly thereafter, accompanied by his family, Rev. William Milton Kibler returned to the home of his parents, James A., and Amanda Kibler, on the bank of the historic Narrow Passage Creek at Calvary, west of Woodstock, Virginia. there in the home of his boyhood his soul peacefully took its flight to God who gave it, at 9 o'clock on th evening of Jun 8, 1905, in the 26th year of his age. "He was too good for this world" wailed his beloved widow. His funeral service held on the 10th was conducted at this birthplace by the Rev. J. H. Lutz, pastor of Patmos congregation. The Rev. J. F. Mueller, of St. Marks', Baltimore officiated at the altar and graveside' and the Rev. J.E.A. Doerman of Grace Lutheran Church in Washington, D. C. preached the funeral sermon, using for his text, 2nd Timothy IV, 7-8; "I have fought a good fight, etc." The pallbearers were the Reverends J. H. Lutz, R. E. Gollady, A. G. Schultz and R. M. Carpenter. He rests in the Cemetery of Patmos Lutheran Church.
(Lutz and Golladay, and perhaps Carpenter had been students in the Seminary at Hickory while the deceased pursued his theological course there.)
Other Classmates of William M. KIbler at Hickory were L.J.S. Carpenter and Lawrence P. Propes, of North Carolina, and August Hufnagel of Baltimore. None of the above named Hickory Seminarians are living today (1951) except Rubertus M. Carpenter, James Harry Rexrode who married his sister "Sally Kate" in 1894, while he was pastor at Claremont, North Carolina, and his brother J. Luther Kibler, Virginia Research Historian.
In infancy William Milton Kibler became a member of the Lutheran Church through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism administered by the Rev. H. Wetzel on October 17, 1869. At the proper age he was instructed in the fundamentals of the Lutheran faith and was confirmed there - by the Rev. D. E. Snapp, in Mt. Calvary Church, May 10, 1884. In the confirmation class at this time were his sister Sarah Catharine - destined to become the wife of a minister - J. H. Rexrode - and Charles F. Hamrick, both afterword's, his classmates at Hickory, N. C.
William Milton Kibler's boyhood days were spent in the vicinity of his parental home on Narrow Passage Creek, three mile west of Woodstock, Virginia, where he attended the one-room Mt. Calvary public school. One of his teachers here was the cultured Christian gentleman, Prof. J. Monroe Hottel, and about one year later, at no one's suggestion, he expressed his desire to study for the ministry.
He then in 1887, with his brother James Luther Kibler, became the first two students of the new institution of the Joint Synod of Ohio, established (first in a private residence) with the Rev. Emanuel Greenwald Tressel, of Washington, D. C., and Rev. Luther Melanthon Hunt as temporary professors, and later located in Hickory, North Carolina as the St. Paul Practical Seminary.
William Milton Kibler graduated from this school in 1890, and thereafter served mission stations at (St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church - aka Wilfong Church until Aug 1894) Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, West Virginia, Greensboro, North Carolina, Youngstown and Chippewa Lake, in Ohio, and as pastor of St. Paul's Congregation Highlandtown, Baltimore County, Maryland. (Highlandtown was later incorporated with Baltimore City). During the over five years of his pastorate of St. Paul's, his congregation built a church and a parsonage, - evidence of his success as a conscientious shepherd of his flock.
Rev. William Milton Kibler was married to Lydia Frances Siple, on May 12, 1892 at Doe Hill, Pendleton Co., West Virginia, by the Rev. Jonas M. Senter, a former classmate at Hickory, North Carolina. She was born May 17, 1871, the daughter of a soldier of the Confederacy, George Damron Siple, (b.Sept. 16, 1838 - d.June 26, 1920) and his wife Lucinda Frances Bowers (b.January 17, 1841 - d.December 6, 1924. Lydia's grandfather was George Siple, a native of Scotland who settled in Highland County, Virginia. He is described as having had a white Van Dyke beard and a man who stood "straight as a flagpole", had rosy cheeks, possessed "lots" of slaves, of whom he never sold any, and when given their freedom, he sent them on their way with gifts. He died in 1867 or 1877, aged over 80 years. His wife had been Mahala Hiner. Lydia's mother, Lucinda Frances (Bowers) Siple was a daughter of John Bowers, a blacksmith (b.1816 - d.1901) and Polly Ann Bowers. Lydia was confirmed at the age of 17 years as a member of the Lutheran Church by the Rev. G. A. Wannamaker, pastor of the Sugar Grove Charge on the South Fork, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
Several years before his death, Rev. William M. Kibler received the degree of Bachelor of Divinity through a correspondence course from the Chicago Lutheran theological Seminary at Maywood, Illinois. He manifested, by the improvement of his natural talents - of no mean quality - such ability as a preacher theologian, as well. He preached at least once in Patmos Church, the home church of his parents and relatives. At different times during his active ministry, he had published two small book of religious gems: Grains of Wheat and Kernels of Truth, and a devotional booklet on the Lord's Supper.
LAST DAYS OF REV. WILLIAM MILTON KIBLER
His ministerial life was not an easy one; he was called on to make many sacrifices and to endure hardships at the various mission stations which he served. Little or nothing did the church-at-large know at one time what discouragement he experienced because of his fidelity in the practice of true Lutheranism.
Then early in 1905, after suffering from a heavy cold, he developed a severe tuberculosis condition which laid hold of his entire system. the best medical treatment failed to effect any lasting improvement, and he sought to benefit by a sojourn in Ashville, North Carolina. While there, fortunately, he was befriended by a former member of his home church in Shenandoah County, Samuel Hamrick, who has been an instructor in the secular school of the Seminary at Hickory while his brother, Charles Hamrick, and Milton Kibler were classmates under the professorship of Rev. H.K.G. Doremann. After a while in Ashville, Pastor Kibler returned to his St. Paul Congregation to confirm a class of catechumens, and then promptly returned to Ashville. But his condition did not improve and he came home, and on Easter Sunday, 1905, resigned his pastorate in Highlandtown. Next his father visited him, as did his brother Ben, and shortly thereafter, accompanied by his family, Rev. William Milton Kibler returned to the home of his parents, James A., and Amanda Kibler, on the bank of the historic Narrow Passage Creek at Calvary, west of Woodstock, Virginia. there in the home of his boyhood his soul peacefully took its flight to God who gave it, at 9 o'clock on th evening of Jun 8, 1905, in the 26th year of his age. "He was too good for this world" wailed his beloved widow. His funeral service held on the 10th was conducted at this birthplace by the Rev. J. H. Lutz, pastor of Patmos congregation. The Rev. J. F. Mueller, of St. Marks', Baltimore officiated at the altar and graveside' and the Rev. J.E.A. Doerman of Grace Lutheran Church in Washington, D. C. preached the funeral sermon, using for his text, 2nd Timothy IV, 7-8; "I have fought a good fight, etc." The pallbearers were the Reverends J. H. Lutz, R. E. Gollady, A. G. Schultz and R. M. Carpenter. He rests in the Cemetery of Patmos Lutheran Church.
(Lutz and Golladay, and perhaps Carpenter had been students in the Seminary at Hickory while the deceased pursued his theological course there.)
Other Classmates of William M. KIbler at Hickory were L.J.S. Carpenter and Lawrence P. Propes, of North Carolina, and August Hufnagel of Baltimore. None of the above named Hickory Seminarians are living today (1951) except Rubertus M. Carpenter, James Harry Rexrode who married his sister "Sally Kate" in 1894, while he was pastor at Claremont, North Carolina, and his brother J. Luther Kibler, Virginia Research Historian.
Son of James Allen Kibler and Amanda Louisa Fravel (Hoover) Kibler. Husband of Lydia Frances (Siple)Kibler (17 May 1871 - 15 Nov 1958). Milton and Lydia were married in Doe Hill, Pendleton Co., WV on 12 May 1892. They had five Kibler children: J.W. Damron; Lucinda Alice; Evelyn Rebecca; Carl Jennings S.; Martha Lee.
In infancy William Milton Kibler became a member of the Lutheran Church through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism administered by the Rev. H. Wetzel on October 17, 1869. At the proper age he was instructed in the fundamentals of the Lutheran faith and was confirmed there - by the Rev. D. E. Snapp, in Mt. Calvary Church, May 10, 1884. In the confirmation class at this time were his sister Sarah Catharine - destined to become the wife of a minister - J. H. Rexrode - and Charles F. Hamrick, both afterword's, his classmates at Hickory, N. C.
William Milton Kibler's boyhood days were spent in the vicinity of his parental home on Narrow Passage Creek, three mile west of Woodstock, Virginia, where he attended the one-room Mt. Calvary public school. One of his teachers here was the cultured Christian gentleman, Prof. J. Monroe Hottel, and about one year later, at no one's suggestion, he expressed his desire to study for the ministry.
He then in 1887, with his brother James Luther Kibler, became the first two students of the new institution of the Joint Synod of Ohio, established (first in a private residence) with the Rev. Emanuel Greenwald Tressel, of Washington, D. C., and Rev. Luther Melanthon Hunt as temporary professors, and later located in Hickory, North Carolina as the St. Paul Practical Seminary.
William Milton Kibler graduated from this school in 1890, and thereafter served mission stations at (St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church - aka Wilfong Church until Aug 1894) Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, West Virginia, Greensboro, North Carolina, Youngstown and Chippewa Lake, in Ohio, and as pastor of St. Paul's Congregation Highlandtown, Baltimore County, Maryland. (Highlandtown was later incorporated with Baltimore City). During the over five years of his pastorate of St. Paul's, his congregation built a church and a parsonage, - evidence of his success as a conscientious shepherd of his flock.
Rev. William Milton Kibler was married to Lydia Frances Siple, on May 12, 1892 at Doe Hill, Pendleton Co., West Virginia, by the Rev. Jonas M. Senter, a former classmate at Hickory, North Carolina. She was born May 17, 1871, the daughter of a soldier of the Confederacy, George Damron Siple, (b.Sept. 16, 1838 - d.June 26, 1920) and his wife Lucinda Frances Bowers (b.January 17, 1841 - d.December 6, 1924. Lydia's grandfather was George Siple, a native of Scotland who settled in Highland County, Virginia. He is described as having had a white Van Dyke beard and a man who stood "straight as a flagpole", had rosy cheeks, possessed "lots" of slaves, of whom he never sold any, and when given their freedom, he sent them on their way with gifts. He died in 1867 or 1877, aged over 80 years. His wife had been Mahala Hiner. Lydia's mother, Lucinda Frances (Bowers) Siple was a daughter of John Bowers, a blacksmith (b.1816 - d.1901) and Polly Ann Bowers. Lydia was confirmed at the age of 17 years as a member of the Lutheran Church by the Rev. G. A. Wannamaker, pastor of the Sugar Grove Charge on the South Fork, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
Several years before his death, Rev. William M. Kibler received the degree of Bachelor of Divinity through a correspondence course from the Chicago Lutheran theological Seminary at Maywood, Illinois. He manifested, by the improvement of his natural talents - of no mean quality - such ability as a preacher theologian, as well. He preached at least once in Patmos Church, the home church of his parents and relatives. At different times during his active ministry, he had published two small book of religious gems: Grains of Wheat and Kernels of Truth, and a devotional booklet on the Lord's Supper.
LAST DAYS OF REV. WILLIAM MILTON KIBLER
His ministerial life was not an easy one; he was called on to make many sacrifices and to endure hardships at the various mission stations which he served. Little or nothing did the church-at-large know at one time what discouragement he experienced because of his fidelity in the practice of true Lutheranism.
Then early in 1905, after suffering from a heavy cold, he developed a severe tuberculosis condition which laid hold of his entire system. the best medical treatment failed to effect any lasting improvement, and he sought to benefit by a sojourn in Ashville, North Carolina. While there, fortunately, he was befriended by a former member of his home church in Shenandoah County, Samuel Hamrick, who has been an instructor in the secular school of the Seminary at Hickory while his brother, Charles Hamrick, and Milton Kibler were classmates under the professorship of Rev. H.K.G. Doremann. After a while in Ashville, Pastor Kibler returned to his St. Paul Congregation to confirm a class of catechumens, and then promptly returned to Ashville. But his condition did not improve and he came home, and on Easter Sunday, 1905, resigned his pastorate in Highlandtown. Next his father visited him, as did his brother Ben, and shortly thereafter, accompanied by his family, Rev. William Milton Kibler returned to the home of his parents, James A., and Amanda Kibler, on the bank of the historic Narrow Passage Creek at Calvary, west of Woodstock, Virginia. there in the home of his boyhood his soul peacefully took its flight to God who gave it, at 9 o'clock on th evening of Jun 8, 1905, in the 26th year of his age. "He was too good for this world" wailed his beloved widow. His funeral service held on the 10th was conducted at this birthplace by the Rev. J. H. Lutz, pastor of Patmos congregation. The Rev. J. F. Mueller, of St. Marks', Baltimore officiated at the altar and graveside' and the Rev. J.E.A. Doerman of Grace Lutheran Church in Washington, D. C. preached the funeral sermon, using for his text, 2nd Timothy IV, 7-8; "I have fought a good fight, etc." The pallbearers were the Reverends J. H. Lutz, R. E. Gollady, A. G. Schultz and R. M. Carpenter. He rests in the Cemetery of Patmos Lutheran Church.
(Lutz and Golladay, and perhaps Carpenter had been students in the Seminary at Hickory while the deceased pursued his theological course there.)
Other Classmates of William M. KIbler at Hickory were L.J.S. Carpenter and Lawrence P. Propes, of North Carolina, and August Hufnagel of Baltimore. None of the above named Hickory Seminarians are living today (1951) except Rubertus M. Carpenter, James Harry Rexrode who married his sister "Sally Kate" in 1894, while he was pastor at Claremont, North Carolina, and his brother J. Luther Kibler, Virginia Research Historian.
In infancy William Milton Kibler became a member of the Lutheran Church through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism administered by the Rev. H. Wetzel on October 17, 1869. At the proper age he was instructed in the fundamentals of the Lutheran faith and was confirmed there - by the Rev. D. E. Snapp, in Mt. Calvary Church, May 10, 1884. In the confirmation class at this time were his sister Sarah Catharine - destined to become the wife of a minister - J. H. Rexrode - and Charles F. Hamrick, both afterword's, his classmates at Hickory, N. C.
William Milton Kibler's boyhood days were spent in the vicinity of his parental home on Narrow Passage Creek, three mile west of Woodstock, Virginia, where he attended the one-room Mt. Calvary public school. One of his teachers here was the cultured Christian gentleman, Prof. J. Monroe Hottel, and about one year later, at no one's suggestion, he expressed his desire to study for the ministry.
He then in 1887, with his brother James Luther Kibler, became the first two students of the new institution of the Joint Synod of Ohio, established (first in a private residence) with the Rev. Emanuel Greenwald Tressel, of Washington, D. C., and Rev. Luther Melanthon Hunt as temporary professors, and later located in Hickory, North Carolina as the St. Paul Practical Seminary.
William Milton Kibler graduated from this school in 1890, and thereafter served mission stations at (St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church - aka Wilfong Church until Aug 1894) Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, West Virginia, Greensboro, North Carolina, Youngstown and Chippewa Lake, in Ohio, and as pastor of St. Paul's Congregation Highlandtown, Baltimore County, Maryland. (Highlandtown was later incorporated with Baltimore City). During the over five years of his pastorate of St. Paul's, his congregation built a church and a parsonage, - evidence of his success as a conscientious shepherd of his flock.
Rev. William Milton Kibler was married to Lydia Frances Siple, on May 12, 1892 at Doe Hill, Pendleton Co., West Virginia, by the Rev. Jonas M. Senter, a former classmate at Hickory, North Carolina. She was born May 17, 1871, the daughter of a soldier of the Confederacy, George Damron Siple, (b.Sept. 16, 1838 - d.June 26, 1920) and his wife Lucinda Frances Bowers (b.January 17, 1841 - d.December 6, 1924. Lydia's grandfather was George Siple, a native of Scotland who settled in Highland County, Virginia. He is described as having had a white Van Dyke beard and a man who stood "straight as a flagpole", had rosy cheeks, possessed "lots" of slaves, of whom he never sold any, and when given their freedom, he sent them on their way with gifts. He died in 1867 or 1877, aged over 80 years. His wife had been Mahala Hiner. Lydia's mother, Lucinda Frances (Bowers) Siple was a daughter of John Bowers, a blacksmith (b.1816 - d.1901) and Polly Ann Bowers. Lydia was confirmed at the age of 17 years as a member of the Lutheran Church by the Rev. G. A. Wannamaker, pastor of the Sugar Grove Charge on the South Fork, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
Several years before his death, Rev. William M. Kibler received the degree of Bachelor of Divinity through a correspondence course from the Chicago Lutheran theological Seminary at Maywood, Illinois. He manifested, by the improvement of his natural talents - of no mean quality - such ability as a preacher theologian, as well. He preached at least once in Patmos Church, the home church of his parents and relatives. At different times during his active ministry, he had published two small book of religious gems: Grains of Wheat and Kernels of Truth, and a devotional booklet on the Lord's Supper.
LAST DAYS OF REV. WILLIAM MILTON KIBLER
His ministerial life was not an easy one; he was called on to make many sacrifices and to endure hardships at the various mission stations which he served. Little or nothing did the church-at-large know at one time what discouragement he experienced because of his fidelity in the practice of true Lutheranism.
Then early in 1905, after suffering from a heavy cold, he developed a severe tuberculosis condition which laid hold of his entire system. the best medical treatment failed to effect any lasting improvement, and he sought to benefit by a sojourn in Ashville, North Carolina. While there, fortunately, he was befriended by a former member of his home church in Shenandoah County, Samuel Hamrick, who has been an instructor in the secular school of the Seminary at Hickory while his brother, Charles Hamrick, and Milton Kibler were classmates under the professorship of Rev. H.K.G. Doremann. After a while in Ashville, Pastor Kibler returned to his St. Paul Congregation to confirm a class of catechumens, and then promptly returned to Ashville. But his condition did not improve and he came home, and on Easter Sunday, 1905, resigned his pastorate in Highlandtown. Next his father visited him, as did his brother Ben, and shortly thereafter, accompanied by his family, Rev. William Milton Kibler returned to the home of his parents, James A., and Amanda Kibler, on the bank of the historic Narrow Passage Creek at Calvary, west of Woodstock, Virginia. there in the home of his boyhood his soul peacefully took its flight to God who gave it, at 9 o'clock on th evening of Jun 8, 1905, in the 26th year of his age. "He was too good for this world" wailed his beloved widow. His funeral service held on the 10th was conducted at this birthplace by the Rev. J. H. Lutz, pastor of Patmos congregation. The Rev. J. F. Mueller, of St. Marks', Baltimore officiated at the altar and graveside' and the Rev. J.E.A. Doerman of Grace Lutheran Church in Washington, D. C. preached the funeral sermon, using for his text, 2nd Timothy IV, 7-8; "I have fought a good fight, etc." The pallbearers were the Reverends J. H. Lutz, R. E. Gollady, A. G. Schultz and R. M. Carpenter. He rests in the Cemetery of Patmos Lutheran Church.
(Lutz and Golladay, and perhaps Carpenter had been students in the Seminary at Hickory while the deceased pursued his theological course there.)
Other Classmates of William M. KIbler at Hickory were L.J.S. Carpenter and Lawrence P. Propes, of North Carolina, and August Hufnagel of Baltimore. None of the above named Hickory Seminarians are living today (1951) except Rubertus M. Carpenter, James Harry Rexrode who married his sister "Sally Kate" in 1894, while he was pastor at Claremont, North Carolina, and his brother J. Luther Kibler, Virginia Research Historian.
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