From the Farmington Valley Herald, 29 March 1951:
Unionville
Mr. and Mrs. John Knibbs of Bristol have announced the birth of a son, John Edward, at the Bristol Hospital. The chikd is a grandson for Mr. and Mrs. Milton Knibbs of West District and a great-grandson of John Edward Knibbs also of West District, and for whom the child was named.
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From the Lowell Sun, May 12, 1973:
Monoxide kills 3 men in Maine GILEAD, Maine (UPI) A medical examiner has ruled that three persons found in a car Friday on U.S. 2 near here died of carbon monoxide poisoning. The dead have been identified as John L. Knibbs, 22, of Unionville, Conn., Alooway W. Groulcn(sic), 25, of Farmington, and Harry C. Brown, 39, of West Burke, Vt. Dr. Harry Brinkman ruled the three died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. Officers said they apparently had pulled off the highway to sleep.
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From the Farmington Valley Herald, May 17th , 1973:
JOHN EDWARD KNIBBS
UNIONVILLE
John E. Knibbs, 22, of 100 West District Road, died May 9, 1973, in Gilead, Maine as a result of carbon moinoxide poisoning.
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John's sister wrote the following poem to preserve the memory of John Edward:


John Edward Knibbs

At a tender young age
he was taken from life,
leaving behind him
two sons and a wife.

Two sisters and a brother
were also bereft;
now father and mother
had only three left.

I never had time
to know him as a friend
for much, much too soon
his life came to an end.

We learned to go on,
his sons became men,
and the circle of life
starts over again.

Betty K. Houle
Copyright ©2007 Betty K. Houle