MRS. GEN. SIBLEY DEAD
The failure of Congress to Pass Her Bill
Washington Feb. 8--Mrs. Sibley, widow of the late Gen. John H. Sibley, is dead at Fredericksburg, Va., as a result, it is said, of disappointment over the failure of Congress to pass her bill which was before the house last Friday. Gen. Sibley, her husband, while in the regular army before the war, invented an army tent upon which he obtained a patent. At the beginning of the war he joined the Confederate Army, while the government used the Sibley tent. The bill allowing Sibley's partner $100,000 for the government use of the was passed by congress, but no payment was made to Sibley because of the claim that he was disloyal and because the patent was obtained during the time he was in the service of the government. The bill which was before the house to pay Mrs. Sibley $100,000 was opposed on the same grounds and no action was taken on it. When the news of its failure reached Mrs. Sibley, who was in advanced life, she became ill and never recovered.
The Daily Tribune Feb 8, 1889
Greensburg, Westmoreland County, PA
The failure of Congress to Pass Her Bill
Washington Feb. 8--Mrs. Sibley, widow of the late Gen. John H. Sibley, is dead at Fredericksburg, Va., as a result, it is said, of disappointment over the failure of Congress to pass her bill which was before the house last Friday. Gen. Sibley, her husband, while in the regular army before the war, invented an army tent upon which he obtained a patent. At the beginning of the war he joined the Confederate Army, while the government used the Sibley tent. The bill allowing Sibley's partner $100,000 for the government use of the was passed by congress, but no payment was made to Sibley because of the claim that he was disloyal and because the patent was obtained during the time he was in the service of the government. The bill which was before the house to pay Mrs. Sibley $100,000 was opposed on the same grounds and no action was taken on it. When the news of its failure reached Mrs. Sibley, who was in advanced life, she became ill and never recovered.
The Daily Tribune Feb 8, 1889
Greensburg, Westmoreland County, PA
MRS. GEN. SIBLEY DEAD
The failure of Congress to Pass Her Bill
Washington Feb. 8--Mrs. Sibley, widow of the late Gen. John H. Sibley, is dead at Fredericksburg, Va., as a result, it is said, of disappointment over the failure of Congress to pass her bill which was before the house last Friday. Gen. Sibley, her husband, while in the regular army before the war, invented an army tent upon which he obtained a patent. At the beginning of the war he joined the Confederate Army, while the government used the Sibley tent. The bill allowing Sibley's partner $100,000 for the government use of the was passed by congress, but no payment was made to Sibley because of the claim that he was disloyal and because the patent was obtained during the time he was in the service of the government. The bill which was before the house to pay Mrs. Sibley $100,000 was opposed on the same grounds and no action was taken on it. When the news of its failure reached Mrs. Sibley, who was in advanced life, she became ill and never recovered.
The Daily Tribune Feb 8, 1889
Greensburg, Westmoreland County, PA
The failure of Congress to Pass Her Bill
Washington Feb. 8--Mrs. Sibley, widow of the late Gen. John H. Sibley, is dead at Fredericksburg, Va., as a result, it is said, of disappointment over the failure of Congress to pass her bill which was before the house last Friday. Gen. Sibley, her husband, while in the regular army before the war, invented an army tent upon which he obtained a patent. At the beginning of the war he joined the Confederate Army, while the government used the Sibley tent. The bill allowing Sibley's partner $100,000 for the government use of the was passed by congress, but no payment was made to Sibley because of the claim that he was disloyal and because the patent was obtained during the time he was in the service of the government. The bill which was before the house to pay Mrs. Sibley $100,000 was opposed on the same grounds and no action was taken on it. When the news of its failure reached Mrs. Sibley, who was in advanced life, she became ill and never recovered.
The Daily Tribune Feb 8, 1889
Greensburg, Westmoreland County, PA
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