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William R. Hibler was born in Osage County, Mo., August 26, 1844, and is a son of Samuel S. and Pantha A. (Thornton) Hibler, natives, respectively of St. Louis County, Mo., and Pittsylvania County, Va. The parents became settled in Osage County, Mo., when quite young, and there were married and spent the remainder of their lives. Samuel S. Hibler was a carpenter and farmer, and volunteered in the Mexican War, but saw no active service; he died in 1870, at the age of fifty-three years. Mrs. Hibler died in 1853, at the age of twenty-six years. William R., the eldest in the family of three children, was reared a farmer, and attended the common schools until about fifteen years of age, when he began doing for himself. In 1864 he enlisted in the Confederate army, Company E, Tenth Missouri Cavalry, and served until the close of the war. Returning to Osage County he engaged in farming until 1868, and then went to Jasper County, Mo. In 1870 he returned to his native county and was married to Mary Lameth, who died in 1883, leaving three children: Eugene A., Martha D. and Dollie A. In 1884 Mr. Hibler married Missouri J. Britton. Two children have been born to the latter union, Flora L. and Amy P. After his first marriage he returned to Jasper County, and remained until 1872, and then with his wife returned to Osage County, and in 1874 settled on his present farm of 337 acres in Crawford County. In 1884 Mr. Hibler was a delegate to the State convention. In 1886 he was elected presiding justice of the county court, of which office he is the present incumbent. He is a Democrat in politics and a member of the I. O. O. F. He belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.