William Crapon Sibley

William Crapon Sibley (1832–1902) was a 19th-century American business executive in the American South. He served as president of the Sibley Manufacturing company of Augusta, Georgia.

Early life and education William Crapon Sibley was born in Augusta, Georgia, May 3, 1832. He is the ninth in lineal descent from John Sibley of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, who in 1629 settled in Salem, Massachusetts and later in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Josiah Sibley, of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, removed to Augusta, Georgia, in 1821, and died there in 1888. His mother was Sarah Ann, daughter of William Crapon of Providence, Rhode Island.

Career Although prepared for college at the age of sixteen, he clerked in the general store of his father, at Hamburg, South Carolina, continuing in that capacity for five years, when he was made a partner. In 1856, the cotton and commission house of J. Sibley & Son was formed in Augusta, Georgia; his brother, Samuel H., being added two years later, the style of the firm was changed to Josiah Sibley & Sons.