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F. W. WIBKING, born June 8, 1842, in Jackson Township, Spencer Co., Ind., is the youngest but one in a family of three children born to Frederick and Louisa Wibking, who were natives of Germany. In 1838 the family braved the perils of a long ocean voyage, and leaving kindred and native land behind, immigrated to the United Stated, where they found a home and abundance of friends. The subject of this memoir, F. W. Wibking, was educated in the country schools of the neighborhood in which his father resided, and on the breaking out of treason in the Southern States in 1861, bravely volunteered his services in his country’s cause, and August 25, was enrolled. He participated in several pitched battles and numerous lesser engagements without receiving a wound, and was honorably discharged October 17, 1864. With the exception of about three years, while in Missouri, Mr. Wibking has resided in Spencer County, Ind., since the war, and the greater part of his time has been devoted to farming and milling, the latter especially, which is his present occupation, occupying the greater part of his attention. In politics he has always been a stanch Republican, is a member of the G. A. R. and Masonic fraternities, and is the present Trustee of Jackson Township, having been elected in the spring of 1884. He was married, March 6, 1868, to Miss N. Cook, and by her is the father of three children— O. H., L. B. and C. H.