Ephraim Kibbey

Ephraim Kibbey
Born(1756-11-20)November 20, 1756
Somers, Connecticut
DiedApril 22, 1809(1809-04-22) (aged 52)
Deerfield, now South Lebanon, Ohio
Resting placeDeerfield Cemetery, South Lebanon, Ohio

Ephraim Kibbey (1754 or 1756 – 1809) was a United States soldier in the American Revolution, a frontiersman and early settler of Ohio, the leader of Mad Anthony Wayne's famous forty scouts in the Northwest Indian War, and a member of the 1st Ohio General Assembly.[1] He was a contemporary of Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton, and Simon Girty, and what Daniel Boone was for Kentucky, Kibbey and his fellow pioneer, Benjamin Stites, were to early southwest Ohio.[2]

  1. ^ Griffiths, George R (August 1991). Edward Kibbe, New England colonist and Ephraim Kibbey, frontiersman. Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library. pp. 5–23. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  2. ^ Baer, Bro. Henry (November 1927). "Pioneer Masonry in the Northwest Territory, The Story of Nova Caesarea Harmony Lodge, No. 2, Cincinnati". The Builder Magazine. Retrieved 24 December 2014.