History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 445-446, Astoria Township
Solomon Lybarger, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 9; P. O.,
Astoria. Mr. L. is a native of Knox Co., O., where he was born Aug. 5,
1820. His father, Daniel Lybarger, was a native of Bedford Co., Pa.; he
was a farmer by occupation, married Anna Geary, and had a family of 9
children, of whom Solomon was the eldest son. Daniel Lybarger moved to
Ohio in an early time, and while living there, 1844, Solomon married
Miss Rosanna Frey, and the following year he came west and located in
Fulton Co., where he has since been a prominent resident. He first
worked as a farm hand and two years later purchased a farm, which is
one of the best improved farms in Astoria township. The marriage of Mr.
and Mrs. Lybarger has been blessed with 11 children, 9 of whom are
living, - Daniel, Walter R., Amelia, Delos, Marion, Edmond, Emma,
Amanda and Elmer.
submitted by Carla Finley
