John Lee Dibrell
 

Above: Signature of John Lee Dibrell as witness on
1817 document


Left: Picture of John Lee Dibrell (1777-1861)


Right: Wilmoth Watson Dibrell (1808-1888),
daughter of John Lee Dibrell & Ellender Cocke,
and her daughter Martha Ellen Hayden (1838-1906)
 

The Family of John Lee Dibrell
  
John Lee Dibrell
Son of Charles Lee Dibrell, Sr. and Martha Burton
b. 04 Jun 1777 in Buckingham County, VA
d. ca 1861 in Whitley County, KY
m1 Ellender Cocke, 05 Feb 1805 in Wayne County, KY
   Daughter of Charles Cocke and Eleanor Ewing
   b. 26 Nov 1788, Fincastle County, VA
   d. 13 Feb 1825, Wayne County, KY
   Children of John Dibrell and Ellender Cocke are:
    1. Martha Burton Dibrell
       b. 22 Aug 1805
       m. Augustus Hayden, 13 Oct 1825, Wayne County, KY
    2. Wilmuth Watson Dibrell
       b. 22 Oct 1808, Wayne County, KY
       d. 24 Jan 1888, near Williamsburg, Whitley County, KY
       m. James Madison Hayden, 08 Feb 1833, Wayne County, KY 
    3. Charles Cox Dibrell
       b. 12 Dec 1810, Wayne County, KY
       d. 29 Nov 1882, Seguin, Guadalupe County, TX
       m. Harriet Rose Gates, Jun 1844, TX
    4. Anthony Wayne Dibrell
       b. Apr 1814, Wayne County, KY
       d. 09 Dec 1875, Seguin, Guadalupe County, TX
    5. Joseph Burton Dibrell, Sr
       b. 13 Oct 1818, Wayne County, KY
       d. 27 Jun 1883, Seguin, Guadalupe County, TX
       m. Margaret Jane Brawner, 04 May 1839, Williamsburg, Whitley County, KY 
    6. Elizabeth Dibrell
       b. 1824
       m. Samuel Cope, cir 1845
m2 Lavina Reagan, bef 1835
   b. 13 Aug 1793, TN d/o Henry Reagan & Phoebe Harrison
   d. aft 1880
 
Source Documents
 

Observations:

As the use of middle names became more commonplace, the Dibrells took full advantage of this new custom to name their children after relatives. For example, Martha Burton Dibrell was named after her paternal grandmother, Martha Burton; Wilmuth Watson Dibrell was named after her paternal aunt Wilmuth Watson; Charles Cox Dibrell was named after his maternal grandfather Charles Cocke; Joseph Burton Dibrell was named after a brother of Martha Burton. Presumably Anthony Wayne Dibrell was not named after a relative, but was named after General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, under whom John's father Charles Lee Dibrell served during the Indian Wars.

Source Materials:

DIBRELL, John L. and Nelly Cox, Cock-Cook (?).
Married 5 Feb 1805 by Rev. W. Shrewsbury.
[June Baldwin Bork, Wayne County Marriages and Vital Records, 1801-1860 (1973), Vol 1, p. 89]

Note: I have viewed the original document and Ellender's name is listed as Nelly Cocke.

1850 Census- District #2, Whitley County, KY (p. 422, dn/fn 486):
John L. Dibrell- m, age 73, b. [1777] VA
Levina Dibrell- f, age 57, b. [1797] KY
Elizabeth Dibrell- f, age 26, b. [1824] KY
Levinia Dibrell- f, age 4, b. [1846] KY
[These last two must be Elizabeth Dibrell, his daughter, and Levinia Cope, his grand-daughter]