Eleanor E. J., daughter of James A. and Mary A. (Tyner) Hibbs, was born in the Cherokee Nation March 18, 1882, educated in the Cherokee Nation normal Schools.
Married Nov. 4, 1900, James B., son of Elkanah and Margaret Hendricks. They are the parents of: Zilph, born Nov. 2, 1901; Lonnie, born June 11, 1903, is at present in the U. S. Coast Artillery in California; Mamie, born August 25, 1904, married Harry Cook; Ray, born July 31, 1906; Jessie, born February 26, 1908; Jay born April 25, 1909; Marie, born May 1, 1910; Lawrence, born January 26, 1912; Nina, born May 1, 191.4; Cecil born September 9, 1915; Elkana, born September 11, 1917, and Margaret Hendricks, born February 1, 1919.