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The Decatur Daily (Decatur, Alabama), 10 February 1915, Wednesday 
FUNERAL SERVICES CAPT PORTER BIBB
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REMAINS LAID TO REST AT ANCESTRAL ESTATE "BELLE MINA."
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Funeral services for the late Capt. Porter Bibb, who died yesterday afternoon at the ancestral home of the family "Belle Mina," were held this afternoon from the residence. Interment was at the family cemetery on the estate.
Capt. Bibb, who was 77 years of age had been ill for several months and his death was not unexpected. His desperate illness had brought to his bedside all of his living children, as well as Mrs. Bibb.
Six children and the widow survive him, among the children being Mrs. E. P. Garrett of Limestone county, Bradley Bibb, Benager Bibb, W. J. Bibb and Robert Bibb of Leighton. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. L. B. Greet, who makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. C. M. Stanley, of Birmingham.
Captain Bibb was a son of Porter Bibb and a grandson of Gov. Thomas Bibb, who with his brother, William Wyatt Bibb, were the first two governors of Alabama. Governor Thomas Bibb built the home, "Belle Mina," which is regarded as one of the finest specimens of colonial architecture in the south, nearly a century ago. In his will he requested that the homestead always remain in possession of the male hairs (sic), and it accordingly passed to his eldest son, Thomas Bibb, then to his next son. Porter Bibb, then to Porter Bibb's eldest son, Capt. Porter Bibb, who died yesterday.
The family connection is one of the most extensive in the state.
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The Decatur Daily (Decatur, Alabama), 10 February 1915, Wednesday 
FUNERAL SERVICES CAPT PORTER BIBB
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REMAINS LAID TO REST AT ANCESTRAL ESTATE "BELLE MINA."
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Funeral services for the late Capt. Porter Bibb, who died yesterday afternoon at the ancestral home of the family "Belle Mina," were held this afternoon from the residence. Interment was at the family cemetery on the estate.
Capt. Bibb, who was 77 years of age had been ill for several months and his death was not unexpected. His desperate illness had brought to his bedside all of his living children, as well as Mrs. Bibb.
Six children and the widow survive him, among the children being Mrs. E. P. Garrett of Limestone county, Bradley Bibb, Benager Bibb, W. J. Bibb and Robert Bibb of Leighton. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. L. B. Greet, who makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. C. M. Stanley, of Birmingham.
Captain Bibb was a son of Porter Bibb and a grandson of Gov. Thomas Bibb, who with his brother, William Wyatt Bibb, were the first two governors of Alabama. Governor Thomas Bibb built the home, "Belle Mina," which is regarded as one of the finest specimens of colonial architecture in the south, nearly a century ago. In his will he requested that the homestead always remain in possession of the male hairs (sic), and it accordingly passed to his eldest son, Thomas Bibb, then to his next son. Porter Bibb, then to Porter Bibb's eldest son, Capt. Porter Bibb, who died yesterday.
The family connection is one of the most extensive in the state.
Family Members
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Mary Porter "Mamie" Bibb Lindsay
1865–1940
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Bradley N Bibb
1865–1955
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Kate Lockhart Bibb
1867–1883
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Luke Pryor Bibb
1869–1871
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Augusta Bibb Duncan
1871–1949
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Thomas Bibb
1873–1905
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Elmira Bradley Bibb
1875–1885
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Robert Chambers Bibb
1875–1928
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Benajah A Bibb
1877–1975
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David Watkins Bibb
1879–1884
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Allen Dandridge Bibb
1886–1901
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