William O. Sible
3rd great-grandfather of Aryelle Paige Sible
Private Co. E 25th MI Infantry
Dates of Service: 11 Aug 1862 - 12 July 1865
William O. Sible was born November 1, 1829, in New York, the 2nd oldest of 9 children to Solomon and Anna (Taylor) Sible. He married Mary Jane Aldrich, the daughter of Arcturus and Catherine (Artlip) Aldrich, in 1854. They had 11 children in 31 years.
By 1860 William and his young family had moved along with his parents and quite a few extended family and neighbors from Williamson, Wayne Co., New York to Berlin, Ionia Co., Michigan, where they all farmed. On August 11, 1862, William enlisted in Co. E 25th Michigan Infantry for 3 years, and mustered in September 11, 1862. [William enlisted, mustered in, served with and mustered out with his wife's cousin Alanson Youngs of Saranac. See Alanson's bio for details of regiment's service history.] Transferred to Co. I 244th Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps. Discharged at Knoxville, Tennessee, July 12, 1865.
Following the war, William farmed in Berlin. He was a member of the Hiel P. Clark Post 153 GAR. William died on February 10, 1902, at the age of 72, and was buried in Saranac, Michigan.
Compiled from Federal Census Records, pension cards, vital records, 25th Regiment of Michigan Infantry records, family trees, findagrave.
GRAVESITE: Saranac Cemetery, Saranac, Ionia Co., MI