He enlisted under the alias 'James Clarke' (3).
He was born in England (2). He was born in May 1837 (4). He was 28 years old when he was enlisted (2, 4 [63 in 1900]).
He was a mine[r] when he was enlisted (2).
He was 5 feet 6 inches tall, and had a fair complexion, blue eyes, and dark hair (2).
He may have served in company F of the 6th New Jersey Infantry (5, 6). He may have served from 13 September 1861 through 13 September 1864 (5). He may have deserted on 22 January 1863, at Falmouth, Virginia (6).
He was a substitute (1). He was enlisted and mustered into service on 25 March 1865 (1, 2, 3). He was enlisted for one year, at Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, by Captain Lloyd (2). He served as a private in company I (1).
He mustered out with his company on 10 July 1865 (1, 2, 3).
In 1890, he was living at 3337 Kensington Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (5).
On 17 July 1891, he applied successfully for a pension (3).
In 1900, he was living at 3153 Kensington Avenue, ward 25, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (4). He was living with his wife Annie, and nine children (4). He was a loom fixer (4).
On 29 March 1907, he again applied for a pension (3).
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster) (James Clark)
2 company I, descriptive roll, #51 (James Clark)
3 pension index, by regiment, 91st PA Infantry, company I (William Bibby alias James Clarke)
4 1900 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ward 25, supervisor's district 1, enumeration district 601, microfilm series T623, film 1467, page 109 A = 5 handwritten (William Bibby)
5 1890 US census, veterans' schedule, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, supervisor's district 1, enumeration district 567, page [blank] (William Bibby)
6 'New Jersey volunteers', from the NJ Civil War record, page 285, transcribed at New Jersey State Library (accessed 23 December 2009) (William Bibby)
| line | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| street | Kensington Av | ||||||||||
| house number | 3153 | ||||||||||
| dwelling number | 93 | ||||||||||
| family number | 93 | ||||||||||
| name | Bibby William | " Annie | " Charles | " John | " Mary | " James | " Annia [sic] | " Egbert | " Ellen | " Hugh | " Kattie [sic] |
| relationship | Head | Wife | Son | Son | Daughter | Son | Daughter | Son | Daughter | Son | Daughter |
| color | " [sc. W] | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " |
| sex | M | F | M | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| birth date | May 1837 | June 1847 [?] | Sep 1867 | Dec 1871 | June 1873 | Sep 1876 | July 1880 | Oct 1883 | Dec 1885 | Aug 1888 | April 1892 |
| age | 63 | 52 [?] | 32 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 8 |
| married? | M | M | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| # years married | 34 | 34 | |||||||||
| mother of how many children? | 13 | ||||||||||
| # of children living | 9 | ||||||||||
| birthplace | England | " | Pennsylvania | " | " | New Jersey | Pennsylvania | " | " | " | " |
| father's birthplace | England | Ireland | England | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " |
| mother's birthplace | England | Ireland | England | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " |
| immigration year | Un | ||||||||||
| ['Un' is written across three columns] | |||||||||||
| # years in USA | |||||||||||
| naturalized citizen? | |||||||||||
| occupation | Loom Fixer | Weaver | Twister | Seamstress | Boss [?] Spinner | Winder | Spinner | At School | " " | " " | |
| # months not employed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| # months in school | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||
| can read | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| can write | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| speaks English | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| owned/rented | R | ||||||||||
| free or mortgaged | |||||||||||
| farm/house | H | ||||||||||
| # of farm schedule | |||||||||||