John Libby (son of Wiilliam F. Libby and Julia Collins) was born 31 Mar 1876 in Marlborough, Middlesex Co., MA, and died Dec 1969 in Marlborough, Middlesex Co., MA. He married Ellen Fitzgibbons.
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He looked like an Indian...the one on the nickel...he had arrow straight posture until his 90's. His eyes were royal blue. He was close to 6 feet in height...tall for a man of the 19th century. He had a hooked nose that thankfully, rarely appears in his descendants. Of a ruddy complexion, his skin maintained the fine-leather sheen and crackle of a lifelong farmer .His mind far outlasted his body. His children in their 70's practically saluted when he spoke. No matter how big the gathering, he was the only person in the room you saw. I was a child of painful quiet (truly) He yelled at me once. Uncharacteristically, instead of crying, I yelled back. He said he had waited all his life for a child with spunk.(Bunk...he'd have killed any child that spoke back...he must have been aging or desperate to escape the women) He became my friend. I think he didn't like crowds and used me as an excuse to walk. I didn't talk much. He probably liked that too. He told me a lot about plants and people who planted and why some combo's worked and some didn't. I wish I had been older on those walks. My tomatoes might not be such a sorry sight.
John Libby (b. 31 Mar 1876, d. Dec 1969)
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