Source: Peter Gillett
Mr. Irving A. Sibley, president of the Malleable Steel Range Manufacturing Company, and dealer in hardware, is a native of the Empire State, and was born at Collins, Erie County, June 27, 1852. He was a son of Dr. William A.
Sibley and Margery Jane Churchill. When but eight years of age his father died, and two years later the boy went to Boston, a village near Buffalo, where he resided with his grandparents for three years. Young Sibley received his education in the district schools at Collins and Boston, and attended school one year in the City of Buffalo. When fourteen years of age he began his actual career as a shoe
salesman in a Buffalo store, and at the age of seventeen started on the road selling goods for a Buffalo house. In November, 1871, Mr. Sibley engaged in the manuacture of shirts at Buffalo, where he built up a large and successful business. January 1, 1875, he engaged with the wholesale boot and shoe house of C. M. Henderson & Co., of
Chicago, as a traveling salesman, and for ten years toured through Minnesota and Dakota.
In 1882 be bought a three-quarter interest in the Deuel County Bank, at Gary, South Dakota, and three years later sold his interest in the bank, resigned as a traveling salesman and came to South Bend and purchased the hardware business of France & Gish, which he still conducts, and which has grown largely under his able direction. The premises occupied are a large double store and three- story building, the stock including everything in the line of light and heavy hardware cutlery, stoves, ranges, tools, etc.
Mr. Sibley is one of our most progressive and active business men and enterprising citizens. He was one of the organizers and first vice president of the Citizens
National Bank. January 1, 1899, the Malleable Steel Range
Manufacturing Company of this city was organized, with Mr. Sibley as president. He is a gentleman of the highest standing and integrity, and is widely known. Mr.Sibley was married in 1872 at Buffalo, New York, to Miss Cora E. Curtis, of that city, and resides in a handsome home at No. 1018 East Jefferson street.
Mr. Irving A. Sibley, president of the Malleable Steel Range Manufacturing Company, and dealer in hardware, is a native of the Empire State, and was born at Collins, Erie County, June 27, 1852. He was a son of Dr. William A.
Sibley and Margery Jane Churchill. When but eight years of age his father died, and two years later the boy went to Boston, a village near Buffalo, where he resided with his grandparents for three years. Young Sibley received his education in the district schools at Collins and Boston, and attended school one year in the City of Buffalo. When fourteen years of age he began his actual career as a shoe
salesman in a Buffalo store, and at the age of seventeen started on the road selling goods for a Buffalo house. In November, 1871, Mr. Sibley engaged in the manuacture of shirts at Buffalo, where he built up a large and successful business. January 1, 1875, he engaged with the wholesale boot and shoe house of C. M. Henderson & Co., of
Chicago, as a traveling salesman, and for ten years toured through Minnesota and Dakota.
In 1882 be bought a three-quarter interest in the Deuel County Bank, at Gary, South Dakota, and three years later sold his interest in the bank, resigned as a traveling salesman and came to South Bend and purchased the hardware business of France & Gish, which he still conducts, and which has grown largely under his able direction. The premises occupied are a large double store and three- story building, the stock including everything in the line of light and heavy hardware cutlery, stoves, ranges, tools, etc.
Mr. Sibley is one of our most progressive and active business men and enterprising citizens. He was one of the organizers and first vice president of the Citizens
National Bank. January 1, 1899, the Malleable Steel Range
Manufacturing Company of this city was organized, with Mr. Sibley as president. He is a gentleman of the highest standing and integrity, and is widely known. Mr.Sibley was married in 1872 at Buffalo, New York, to Miss Cora E. Curtis, of that city, and resides in a handsome home at No. 1018 East Jefferson street.
Source: Peter Gillett
Mr. Irving A. Sibley, president of the Malleable Steel Range Manufacturing Company, and dealer in hardware, is a native of the Empire State, and was born at Collins, Erie County, June 27, 1852. He was a son of Dr. William A.
Sibley and Margery Jane Churchill. When but eight years of age his father died, and two years later the boy went to Boston, a village near Buffalo, where he resided with his grandparents for three years. Young Sibley received his education in the district schools at Collins and Boston, and attended school one year in the City of Buffalo. When fourteen years of age he began his actual career as a shoe
salesman in a Buffalo store, and at the age of seventeen started on the road selling goods for a Buffalo house. In November, 1871, Mr. Sibley engaged in the manuacture of shirts at Buffalo, where he built up a large and successful business. January 1, 1875, he engaged with the wholesale boot and shoe house of C. M. Henderson & Co., of
Chicago, as a traveling salesman, and for ten years toured through Minnesota and Dakota.
In 1882 be bought a three-quarter interest in the Deuel County Bank, at Gary, South Dakota, and three years later sold his interest in the bank, resigned as a traveling salesman and came to South Bend and purchased the hardware business of France & Gish, which he still conducts, and which has grown largely under his able direction. The premises occupied are a large double store and three- story building, the stock including everything in the line of light and heavy hardware cutlery, stoves, ranges, tools, etc.
Mr. Sibley is one of our most progressive and active business men and enterprising citizens. He was one of the organizers and first vice president of the Citizens
National Bank. January 1, 1899, the Malleable Steel Range
Manufacturing Company of this city was organized, with Mr. Sibley as president. He is a gentleman of the highest standing and integrity, and is widely known. Mr.Sibley was married in 1872 at Buffalo, New York, to Miss Cora E. Curtis, of that city, and resides in a handsome home at No. 1018 East Jefferson street.
Mr. Irving A. Sibley, president of the Malleable Steel Range Manufacturing Company, and dealer in hardware, is a native of the Empire State, and was born at Collins, Erie County, June 27, 1852. He was a son of Dr. William A.
Sibley and Margery Jane Churchill. When but eight years of age his father died, and two years later the boy went to Boston, a village near Buffalo, where he resided with his grandparents for three years. Young Sibley received his education in the district schools at Collins and Boston, and attended school one year in the City of Buffalo. When fourteen years of age he began his actual career as a shoe
salesman in a Buffalo store, and at the age of seventeen started on the road selling goods for a Buffalo house. In November, 1871, Mr. Sibley engaged in the manuacture of shirts at Buffalo, where he built up a large and successful business. January 1, 1875, he engaged with the wholesale boot and shoe house of C. M. Henderson & Co., of
Chicago, as a traveling salesman, and for ten years toured through Minnesota and Dakota.
In 1882 be bought a three-quarter interest in the Deuel County Bank, at Gary, South Dakota, and three years later sold his interest in the bank, resigned as a traveling salesman and came to South Bend and purchased the hardware business of France & Gish, which he still conducts, and which has grown largely under his able direction. The premises occupied are a large double store and three- story building, the stock including everything in the line of light and heavy hardware cutlery, stoves, ranges, tools, etc.
Mr. Sibley is one of our most progressive and active business men and enterprising citizens. He was one of the organizers and first vice president of the Citizens
National Bank. January 1, 1899, the Malleable Steel Range
Manufacturing Company of this city was organized, with Mr. Sibley as president. He is a gentleman of the highest standing and integrity, and is widely known. Mr.Sibley was married in 1872 at Buffalo, New York, to Miss Cora E. Curtis, of that city, and resides in a handsome home at No. 1018 East Jefferson street.
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