Thomas Henry Tibbles

Background

Tibbles, Thomas Henry was born on May 22, 1838 in Washington County, Ohio, United States. Son of William and Martha (Cooley) Tibbles.

Education

Educated Mount Union College, Alliance, O.

Career

Member John Brown’s Company in Kansas, 1856. Guide and scout on plains. In secret service and newspaper correspondent during Civil War.

On staff Omaha Bee, 1873-1874, Omaha Herald and World-Herald, 1876-1879.

Washington correspondent Nonconformist, 1893-1894. Founded The Independent at Lincoln, Nebraska, 1895.

Lecturer and Indian reformer. Candidate for Vice-President on People's ticket, 1904.

Editor The Investigator, 1905-1910.

Editorial and feature writer, Omaha World-Herald, since 1910. Author: Hidden Power, 1880. Ponca Chiefs, 1881; The American Peasant, 1890.

Home: Omaha, Nebraska

Achievements

• Thomas Henry Tibbles has been listed as a noteworthy newspaperman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member John Brown’s Company in Kansas, 1856.

Connections

Married Amelia Owen, 1861 (died 1879). Married second, Susette LaFlesche, 1882 (died 1903).

Father:

William Tibbles

Mother:

Martha (Cooley) Tibbles

Spouse:

Susette LaFlesche

Spouse:

Amelia Owen