Clarence Joseph Tibbet was born December 31, 1894, in New Haven, the son of Barney Tibbet, born in 1842 in Indiana, and Caroline J. (Renille) Tibbet, born in May 1865. The couple was married August 15, 1890, in Fort Wayne.
By 1900, the Tibbet family was living in Adams, Allen County, Indiana. Barney and Caroline were farmers raising their children: John J., born September 28, 1891; Clarence, born December 31, 1894; Alice M., born in 1897; and Ann W., born May 17, 1899. A daughter, Helena, was born April 12, 1893, and passed away in 1895. Barney’s father, Herman Tibbet, was living with the family, as well as a servant named Alice Gremaux.
By 1910, the family was still living in Adams, Indiana. Barney continued farming, while Clarence had quit school to help on the farm. The family had grown with the addition of Edward Fred, born in 1901; Eugene B., born June 2, 1905; and twins Agnes and Helen, also born June 2, 1905. Clarence’s father, Barney, passed away in 1912…