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| 4201 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Research summary on the Hartwich family by Rose Green, a Stoker/Roemer descendant and excellent German researcher. Rose provided the following by email "I read original German records. My husband is a German professor and we lived in Germany for a number of years, so I learned German. When I was working on the Roemers, I ran into a guy who was born in Birkenau. He isn't blood related to us, but a number of his family members married a number of ours, so we had common interests. He picked up a number of historical booklets for me from the city that had articles about our family in them. Yes, I could get the bare bones out of the church records, but it was so interesting to read about these people. Apparently Johannes Roemer was a tanner and also owned a mill (which is still there). He was quite well respected (a ton of people came to his funeral) and he had the mixed-religion marriage. When issues came up later in town with mixed-religion marriages, he was sort of held up as a standard of, well, he managed to do it, so it must be possible. Schooling was compulsory from 1705(?). Joh. Michael Roemer who came to America was quite literate -- his signature on his will is in lovely perfect German script. Joh. Michael Roemer and his wife Charlotta Amalia Hartwich were apparently the first people from Birkenau to emigrate to America. Charlotta Amalia comes from a really interesting family. The earliest record we can find of her dad, Georg/Jurgen Andreas Hartwig/Hartwich, is that he was a lieutenant in Wolfenbüttel (then part of the country of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) in 1701. In 1703, Georg hired on as a Rittmeister [Cavalry Captain] for Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, which was then part of Denmark, to command a regiment in this War of Spanish Succession. (It had something to do with Hapsburgs and was fought all across modern Germany.) He served until 1715, and then moved down to the Odenwald in southern Hessen, first to Michelstadt, then Reichelsheim, and finally Birkenau. In Reichelsheim, he was asked to move because he was training soldiers at a barracks and was apparently too violent with them. His wife, Dorothea Sophia Schumacher -- I had someone search a series of printed marriage registers for northern Germany for me once, and they did not find a marriage for these people. I have read about a couple of Schumacher families that was sort of middle class in Schleswig-Holstein (i.e. a similar class that Georg was part of -- commissioned army officer, owning land, getting an education), but Schumacher is an awfully unspecial name ... I would really love to nail these people down and find out where they ultimately came from. With a lack of personal records on him, I turned to the people he knew and where they came from, which is how I traced him to northern Germany. One such person is the Graf (Count) von Erbach. He was a student at the Ritterakademie (Knight's Academy) in Wolfenbüttel at the same time Georg was in town, and he was also I think in the cavalry in this same war. I think he's the one who got the Hartwigs [aka Hartwichs] down to Hessen after the war. His wife, the countess Charlotta Amalia von Erbach, was the godmother of Charlotta Amalia Hartwich (who married Johann Michael Roemer). The other interesting northern connection is a professor by the name of Johann Justus Bode. He was from Bodenburg (again, up in the Wolfenbüttel area), the inventor of a traveller's sundial and a math and religion professor in Coburg, which is quite far away in today's Thuringen north of Nurnberg. He was the godfather for Charlotta's next older brother, Johann Justus. He didn't show up for the christening, but had a proxy stand in his stead. Why did these people know each other? I don't know. When Georg came to Birkenau, he bought the Carlebach mill, which is also still standing. It had formerly belonged to the von Bonn family (Lords of Birkenau), but the Lord died and his sisters ended up with it, and they decided to sell it. The new Lord, by the way, was not Lutheran but Catholic, which apparently caused instant friction with the Lutheran Georg Hartwich. (That, or Hartwich's er..."friendly" personality.) (Remember, this was not horribly long after the 30 Year's War--a war between Catholic Hapsburgs and northern Lutherans, devastated the area.) Georg Hartwich started selling I think alcohol without a permit, or else was fishing without a permit, or something -- essentially, he was baiting the lord, who tried to fine him. Georg's oldest son, Georg Ernst Andreas, went to complain, and got to spend a night in jail to cool his heels over it. Things escalated until all the Hartwichs holed up in a mill in an armed standoff. Charlotta was nine. Things did eventually cool down, but let's just say the Hartwigs were not quiet, unassuming people. When Georg died, his funeral text was the hymn "Auf Christenmensch, auf auf zum Streif" (something about, good Christian men, to the fight! to the fight!). Appropriate, I think. We have no record of the births of the other children, but judging from marriage records, they must have been born during this war. Here is who I've found: 1. Georg Ernst Andreas, b. about 1700? When living in Reichelsheim, he produced an illegitimate child, Johann Peter, with Anna Elisabetha Friedrich of Brensbach. They did not marry, and the child died at age 5. Georg Ernst suffered from depression ("melancholie") and actually shot himself inside the mill. The entry is quite sad; it explains that they knew he had had deep bouts of depression, but that lately he'd been doing better. It also said he was a law student, but I have not found his matriculation records. My husband says that university matriculation records often have gaps, though, and it's quite possible to be true, even if they didn't write him down. In any case, it was believable to the people at the time that he would be in college. 2. Nicholas Adolph married Maria Sophia Hedwich Mettenius in 1739. She was a widow from Rimbach. I found a couple of children for them. 3. Johanna Friderica married Johann Ernst von Hitzacker in 1730, had a child in 1732, and died in 1735. The von Hitzackers were from up north, and they were a lesser branch of the Welf dynasty that ruled Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel. They were a big military family, with holdings in Ascherode and Luneburg. Their child's christening record reads: "The 22nd of October was born and the 24th baptized the son of well-born Mr. Johann Ernst von Hitzacker, royal Prussian officer, and his wife, Mrs. Johanna Friderica. The son, named Andreas Christoph Wilhelm Otto, was lifted from the holy baptism by [the father's] father-in-law, [cavalry] Captain Georg Andreas Hartwig, as well as Mr. Christoph von Hitzacker, royal Prussian Hauptmann (a military title of some kind of leader) in the Litauisch regiment and heir of Ascherode, and also by Mr. Otto von Hitzacker, heir and Lehnsherr of Lüneburg." Unfortunately, this family has since died out; I've been trying to pursue them and find out what their connection to the Hartwigs might be. And to find out whatever happened to husband and son after Johanna died. 4. There's a Peter Hartwich living in Birkenau in 1741. Hartwich is a northern name and I haven't found anything more about him other than I think paying taxes that year. Is he a relative? Possibly/probably. In 1741, Peter Hartwig contributed money to build a new gallows in Birkenau. (Source: Einwohnerlisten der Zent Birkenau 1439-1841, by Rudolf Kunz and Karl-Ludwig Schmitt, published in 1988) This is the only mention of this person I can find. There are no other Hartwigs in the area, so I assume he is part of our family. 5. Conrad Friedrich married Maria Cordula Walter in 1735 and had children. She was Catholic. 6. Franz Christian married a Maria Magdalena. I don't have a marriage date, but they had a child in 1742. 7. Anton Joachim. Anton's death record lists his age as 62 at time of death; however, this seems to be an estimate, since most entries give the age to the day. Since he was not from the area originally, it would be understandable that his age be only approximated. According to this estimate his birth would have occurred in 1710. He was confirmed in 1727 in Reichelsheim. Lutheran confirmations tend to occur between 12 and 14 years of age, which would move his birth year up to 1713-15, at the end of his father's military service, and in any case, probably predating the family's move to the Odenwald. Anton was a tanner's apprentice, according to his marriage record, but he also ran the family mill (Carlebachmuehle, today Firma Frank on Weinheimerstr. 6). This mill he ran until December 1742 (1200 Jahre Birkenau, p. 241). He also was in charge of the Donels or Nikolai-Muehle (mill) on Lindenstr. 3 jointly with Hans Michael Nikolai (1762 -- see p. 244 of 1200 Jahre Birkenau). Anton also shows up in historical archives because he tried to convince the pastor's daughter to elope with him when she was only 16. The pastor took out a restraining order on him. Later, he married Eva Katharina Romer, the sister of Joh. Michael Roemer. Their kids' christening records play hopscotch in the Catholic-Lutheran records, but Anton actually grew up to be quite respectable. He became a Lutheran church elder. Later, there was a case of a teenage girl whose family was Lutheran and she wanted to be Catholic, or Catholic and she wanted to be Lutheran. At any rate, she actually tried to run away so she wouldn't be forced into the religion not of her choice. Anton intervened, calmed everyone down, pointed out that his father-in-law Johannes Roemer managed to deal with the whole two-religions-under-one-roof thing just fine, and that the girl should be free to follow her own conscience. Anton had a hairy start to life, but it sounds like he grew up to be a wise and respected kind of guy. 8. Johann Justus, b. 16 Oct 1717 in Michelstadt: "On the 16th of October (1717) a little son was born to Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved wife Dorothea Sophia, born Shumacherin, and the ____ ____ (a date, unreadable) was Johann Justus baptized. The godfather was Mr. Johann Justus Boden, a theology professor in Coburg. In his place stood Mr. Buttner, former chamberlain in Fuerstenau." He d. there 2 Aug 1720: "The 2 day of August (1720), Johann Augustus, age 2 years and 9 months, little son of Mr. Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved Dorothea Sophia, was buried in the still of the morning at 5 o'clock." 9. Charlotta Amalia (and BTW there is no Maria in her name in any document except for Familysearch): "Steinbach (an area in Michelstadt), 1720: On the first day of July, a little daughter was born to Mr. Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved [wife] Sophia, nee Shumacher, and on the 5th Charlotta Amalia was baptized. The godmother was Lady Countess Charlotta Amalia, noble wife of Count Philip Carl in Fuerstenau." Anyway, they were all very interesting people -- and a little notorious sometimes too. I keep coming back to take a stab at the Hartwigs. There were a ton of Hartwig families paying taxes in a printed record in 1678, but I don't know if Georg was attached to any of them. Part of the problem is simply access to the records. I'm sure that if I was in Wolfenbüttel, I could go to the archive and spend a year searching, and find him ... much of the information in these articles about the Hartwich family antics came from the Archiv des Freiherrn Wambolt von Umstadt, apparently..." | Hartwich, Johan Justus (I3346)
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| 4202 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Research summary on the Hartwich family by Rose Green, a Stoker/Roemer descendant and excellent German researcher. Rose provided the following by email "I read original German records. My husband is a German professor and we lived in Germany for a number of years, so I learned German. When I was working on the Roemers, I ran into a guy who was born in Birkenau. He isn't blood related to us, but a number of his family members married a number of ours, so we had common interests. He picked up a number of historical booklets for me from the city that had articles about our family in them. Yes, I could get the bare bones out of the church records, but it was so interesting to read about these people. Apparently Johannes Roemer was a tanner and also owned a mill (which is still there). He was quite well respected (a ton of people came to his funeral) and he had the mixed-religion marriage. When issues came up later in town with mixed-religion marriages, he was sort of held up as a standard of, well, he managed to do it, so it must be possible. Schooling was compulsory from 1705(?). Joh. Michael Roemer who came to America was quite literate -- his signature on his will is in lovely perfect German script. Joh. Michael Roemer and his wife Charlotta Amalia Hartwich were apparently the first people from Birkenau to emigrate to America. Charlotta Amalia comes from a really interesting family. The earliest record we can find of her dad, Georg/Jurgen Andreas Hartwig/Hartwich, is that he was a lieutenant in Wolfenbüttel (then part of the country of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) in 1701. In 1703, Georg hired on as a Rittmeister [Cavalry Captain] for Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, which was then part of Denmark, to command a regiment in this War of Spanish Succession. (It had something to do with Hapsburgs and was fought all across modern Germany.) He served until 1715, and then moved down to the Odenwald in southern Hessen, first to Michelstadt, then Reichelsheim, and finally Birkenau. In Reichelsheim, he was asked to move because he was training soldiers at a barracks and was apparently too violent with them. His wife, Dorothea Sophia Schumacher -- I had someone search a series of printed marriage registers for northern Germany for me once, and they did not find a marriage for these people. I have read about a couple of Schumacher families that was sort of middle class in Schleswig-Holstein (i.e. a similar class that Georg was part of -- commissioned army officer, owning land, getting an education), but Schumacher is an awfully unspecial name ... I would really love to nail these people down and find out where they ultimately came from. With a lack of personal records on him, I turned to the people he knew and where they came from, which is how I traced him to northern Germany. One such person is the Graf (Count) von Erbach. He was a student at the Ritterakademie (Knight's Academy) in Wolfenbüttel at the same time Georg was in town, and he was also I think in the cavalry in this same war. I think he's the one who got the Hartwigs [aka Hartwichs] down to Hessen after the war. His wife, the countess Charlotta Amalia von Erbach, was the godmother of Charlotta Amalia Hartwich (who married Johann Michael Roemer). The other interesting northern connection is a professor by the name of Johann Justus Bode. He was from Bodenburg (again, up in the Wolfenbüttel area), the inventor of a traveller's sundial and a math and religion professor in Coburg, which is quite far away in today's Thuringen north of Nurnberg. He was the godfather for Charlotta's next older brother, Johann Justus. He didn't show up for the christening, but had a proxy stand in his stead. Why did these people know each other? I don't know. When Georg came to Birkenau, he bought the Carlebach mill, which is also still standing. It had formerly belonged to the von Bonn family (Lords of Birkenau), but the Lord died and his sisters ended up with it, and they decided to sell it. The new Lord, by the way, was not Lutheran but Catholic, which apparently caused instant friction with the Lutheran Georg Hartwich. (That, or Hartwich's er..."friendly" personality.) (Remember, this was not horribly long after the 30 Year's War--a war between Catholic Hapsburgs and northern Lutherans, devastated the area.) Georg Hartwich started selling I think alcohol without a permit, or else was fishing without a permit, or something -- essentially, he was baiting the lord, who tried to fine him. Georg's oldest son, Georg Ernst Andreas, went to complain, and got to spend a night in jail to cool his heels over it. Things escalated until all the Hartwichs holed up in a mill in an armed standoff. Charlotta was nine. Things did eventually cool down, but let's just say the Hartwigs were not quiet, unassuming people. When Georg died, his funeral text was the hymn "Auf Christenmensch, auf auf zum Streif" (something about, good Christian men, to the fight! to the fight!). Appropriate, I think. We have no record of the births of the other children, but judging from marriage records, they must have been born during this war. Here is who I've found: 1. Georg Ernst Andreas, b. about 1700? When living in Reichelsheim, he produced an illegitimate child, Johann Peter, with Anna Elisabetha Friedrich of Brensbach. They did not marry, and the child died at age 5. Georg Ernst suffered from depression ("melancholie") and actually shot himself inside the mill. The entry is quite sad; it explains that they knew he had had deep bouts of depression, but that lately he'd been doing better. It also said he was a law student, but I have not found his matriculation records. My husband says that university matriculation records often have gaps, though, and it's quite possible to be true, even if they didn't write him down. In any case, it was believable to the people at the time that he would be in college. 2. Nicholas Adolph married Maria Sophia Hedwich Mettenius in 1739. She was a widow from Rimbach. I found a couple of children for them. 3. Johanna Friderica married Johann Ernst von Hitzacker in 1730, had a child in 1732, and died in 1735. The von Hitzackers were from up north, and they were a lesser branch of the Welf dynasty that ruled Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel. They were a big military family, with holdings in Ascherode and Luneburg. Their child's christening record reads: "The 22nd of October was born and the 24th baptized the son of well-born Mr. Johann Ernst von Hitzacker, royal Prussian officer, and his wife, Mrs. Johanna Friderica. The son, named Andreas Christoph Wilhelm Otto, was lifted from the holy baptism by [the father's] father-in-law, [cavalry] Captain Georg Andreas Hartwig, as well as Mr. Christoph von Hitzacker, royal Prussian Hauptmann (a military title of some kind of leader) in the Litauisch regiment and heir of Ascherode, and also by Mr. Otto von Hitzacker, heir and Lehnsherr of Lüneburg." Unfortunately, this family has since died out; I've been trying to pursue them and find out what their connection to the Hartwigs might be. And to find out whatever happened to husband and son after Johanna died. 4. There's a Peter Hartwich living in Birkenau in 1741. Hartwich is a northern name and I haven't found anything more about him other than I think paying taxes that year. Is he a relative? Possibly/probably. In 1741, Peter Hartwig contributed money to build a new gallows in Birkenau. (Source: Einwohnerlisten der Zent Birkenau 1439-1841, by Rudolf Kunz and Karl-Ludwig Schmitt, published in 1988) This is the only mention of this person I can find. There are no other Hartwigs in the area, so I assume he is part of our family. 5. Conrad Friedrich married Maria Cordula Walter in 1735 and had children. She was Catholic. 6. Franz Christian married a Maria Magdalena. I don't have a marriage date, but they had a child in 1742. 7. Anton Joachim. Anton's death record lists his age as 62 at time of death; however, this seems to be an estimate, since most entries give the age to the day. Since he was not from the area originally, it would be understandable that his age be only approximated. According to this estimate his birth would have occurred in 1710. He was confirmed in 1727 in Reichelsheim. Lutheran confirmations tend to occur between 12 and 14 years of age, which would move his birth year up to 1713-15, at the end of his father's military service, and in any case, probably predating the family's move to the Odenwald. Anton was a tanner's apprentice, according to his marriage record, but he also ran the family mill (Carlebachmuehle, today Firma Frank on Weinheimerstr. 6). This mill he ran until December 1742 (1200 Jahre Birkenau, p. 241). He also was in charge of the Donels or Nikolai-Muehle (mill) on Lindenstr. 3 jointly with Hans Michael Nikolai (1762 -- see p. 244 of 1200 Jahre Birkenau). Anton also shows up in historical archives because he tried to convince the pastor's daughter to elope with him when she was only 16. The pastor took out a restraining order on him. Later, he married Eva Katharina Romer, the sister of Joh. Michael Roemer. Their kids' christening records play hopscotch in the Catholic-Lutheran records, but Anton actually grew up to be quite respectable. He became a Lutheran church elder. Later, there was a case of a teenage girl whose family was Lutheran and she wanted to be Catholic, or Catholic and she wanted to be Lutheran. At any rate, she actually tried to run away so she wouldn't be forced into the religion not of her choice. Anton intervened, calmed everyone down, pointed out that his father-in-law Johannes Roemer managed to deal with the whole two-religions-under-one-roof thing just fine, and that the girl should be free to follow her own conscience. Anton had a hairy start to life, but it sounds like he grew up to be a wise and respected kind of guy. 8. Johann Justus, b. 16 Oct 1717 in Michelstadt: "On the 16th of October (1717) a little son was born to Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved wife Dorothea Sophia, born Shumacherin, and the ____ ____ (a date, unreadable) was Johann Justus baptized. The godfather was Mr. Johann Justus Boden, a theology professor in Coburg. In his place stood Mr. Buttner, former chamberlain in Fuerstenau." He d. there 2 Aug 1720: "The 2 day of August (1720), Johann Augustus, age 2 years and 9 months, little son of Mr. Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved Dorothea Sophia, was buried in the still of the morning at 5 o'clock." 9. Charlotta Amalia (and BTW there is no Maria in her name in any document except for Familysearch): "Steinbach (an area in Michelstadt), 1720: On the first day of July, a little daughter was born to Mr. Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved [wife] Sophia, nee Shumacher, and on the 5th Charlotta Amalia was baptized. The godmother was Lady Countess Charlotta Amalia, noble wife of Count Philip Carl in Fuerstenau." Anyway, they were all very interesting people -- and a little notorious sometimes too. I keep coming back to take a stab at the Hartwigs. There were a ton of Hartwig families paying taxes in a printed record in 1678, but I don't know if Georg was attached to any of them. Part of the problem is simply access to the records. I'm sure that if I was in Wolfenbüttel, I could go to the archive and spend a year searching, and find him ... much of the information in these articles about the Hartwich family antics came from the Archiv des Freiherrn Wambolt von Umstadt, apparently..." | Hartwich, Franz Christian (I3342)
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| 4203 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Research summary on the Hartwich family by Rose Green, a Stoker/Roemer descendant and excellent German researcher. Rose provided the following by email "I read original German records. My husband is a German professor and we lived in Germany for a number of years, so I learned German. When I was working on the Roemers, I ran into a guy who was born in Birkenau. He isn't blood related to us, but a number of his family members married a number of ours, so we had common interests. He picked up a number of historical booklets for me from the city that had articles about our family in them. Yes, I could get the bare bones out of the church records, but it was so interesting to read about these people. Apparently Johannes Roemer was a tanner and also owned a mill (which is still there). He was quite well respected (a ton of people came to his funeral) and he had the mixed-religion marriage. When issues came up later in town with mixed-religion marriages, he was sort of held up as a standard of, well, he managed to do it, so it must be possible. Schooling was compulsory from 1705(?). Joh. Michael Roemer who came to America was quite literate -- his signature on his will is in lovely perfect German script. Joh. Michael Roemer and his wife Charlotta Amalia Hartwich were apparently the first people from Birkenau to emigrate to America. Charlotta Amalia comes from a really interesting family. The earliest record we can find of her dad, Georg/Jurgen Andreas Hartwig/Hartwich, is that he was a lieutenant in Wolfenbüttel (then part of the country of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) in 1701. In 1703, Georg hired on as a Rittmeister [Cavalry Captain] for Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, which was then part of Denmark, to command a regiment in this War of Spanish Succession. (It had something to do with Hapsburgs and was fought all across modern Germany.) He served until 1715, and then moved down to the Odenwald in southern Hessen, first to Michelstadt, then Reichelsheim, and finally Birkenau. In Reichelsheim, he was asked to move because he was training soldiers at a barracks and was apparently too violent with them. His wife, Dorothea Sophia Schumacher -- I had someone search a series of printed marriage registers for northern Germany for me once, and they did not find a marriage for these people. I have read about a couple of Schumacher families that was sort of middle class in Schleswig-Holstein (i.e. a similar class that Georg was part of -- commissioned army officer, owning land, getting an education), but Schumacher is an awfully unspecial name ... I would really love to nail these people down and find out where they ultimately came from. With a lack of personal records on him, I turned to the people he knew and where they came from, which is how I traced him to northern Germany. One such person is the Graf (Count) von Erbach. He was a student at the Ritterakademie (Knight's Academy) in Wolfenbüttel at the same time Georg was in town, and he was also I think in the cavalry in this same war. I think he's the one who got the Hartwigs [aka Hartwichs] down to Hessen after the war. His wife, the countess Charlotta Amalia von Erbach, was the godmother of Charlotta Amalia Hartwich (who married Johann Michael Roemer). The other interesting northern connection is a professor by the name of Johann Justus Bode. He was from Bodenburg (again, up in the Wolfenbüttel area), the inventor of a traveller's sundial and a math and religion professor in Coburg, which is quite far away in today's Thuringen north of Nurnberg. He was the godfather for Charlotta's next older brother, Johann Justus. He didn't show up for the christening, but had a proxy stand in his stead. Why did these people know each other? I don't know. When Georg came to Birkenau, he bought the Carlebach mill, which is also still standing. It had formerly belonged to the von Bonn family (Lords of Birkenau), but the Lord died and his sisters ended up with it, and they decided to sell it. The new Lord, by the way, was not Lutheran but Catholic, which apparently caused instant friction with the Lutheran Georg Hartwich. (That, or Hartwich's er..."friendly" personality.) (Remember, this was not horribly long after the 30 Year's War--a war between Catholic Hapsburgs and northern Lutherans, devastated the area.) Georg Hartwich started selling I think alcohol without a permit, or else was fishing without a permit, or something -- essentially, he was baiting the lord, who tried to fine him. Georg's oldest son, Georg Ernst Andreas, went to complain, and got to spend a night in jail to cool his heels over it. Things escalated until all the Hartwichs holed up in a mill in an armed standoff. Charlotta was nine. Things did eventually cool down, but let's just say the Hartwigs were not quiet, unassuming people. When Georg died, his funeral text was the hymn "Auf Christenmensch, auf auf zum Streif" (something about, good Christian men, to the fight! to the fight!). Appropriate, I think. We have no record of the births of the other children, but judging from marriage records, they must have been born during this war. Here is who I've found: 1. Georg Ernst Andreas, b. about 1700? When living in Reichelsheim, he produced an illegitimate child, Johann Peter, with Anna Elisabetha Friedrich of Brensbach. They did not marry, and the child died at age 5. Georg Ernst suffered from depression ("melancholie") and actually shot himself inside the mill. The entry is quite sad; it explains that they knew he had had deep bouts of depression, but that lately he'd been doing better. It also said he was a law student, but I have not found his matriculation records. My husband says that university matriculation records often have gaps, though, and it's quite possible to be true, even if they didn't write him down. In any case, it was believable to the people at the time that he would be in college. 2. Nicholas Adolph married Maria Sophia Hedwich Mettenius in 1739. She was a widow from Rimbach. I found a couple of children for them. 3. Johanna Friderica married Johann Ernst von Hitzacker in 1730, had a child in 1732, and died in 1735. The von Hitzackers were from up north, and they were a lesser branch of the Welf dynasty that ruled Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel. They were a big military family, with holdings in Ascherode and Luneburg. Their child's christening record reads: "The 22nd of October was born and the 24th baptized the son of well-born Mr. Johann Ernst von Hitzacker, royal Prussian officer, and his wife, Mrs. Johanna Friderica. The son, named Andreas Christoph Wilhelm Otto, was lifted from the holy baptism by [the father's] father-in-law, [cavalry] Captain Georg Andreas Hartwig, as well as Mr. Christoph von Hitzacker, royal Prussian Hauptmann (a military title of some kind of leader) in the Litauisch regiment and heir of Ascherode, and also by Mr. Otto von Hitzacker, heir and Lehnsherr of Lüneburg." Unfortunately, this family has since died out; I've been trying to pursue them and find out what their connection to the Hartwigs might be. And to find out whatever happened to husband and son after Johanna died. 4. There's a Peter Hartwich living in Birkenau in 1741. Hartwich is a northern name and I haven't found anything more about him other than I think paying taxes that year. Is he a relative? Possibly/probably. In 1741, Peter Hartwig contributed money to build a new gallows in Birkenau. (Source: Einwohnerlisten der Zent Birkenau 1439-1841, by Rudolf Kunz and Karl-Ludwig Schmitt, published in 1988) This is the only mention of this person I can find. There are no other Hartwigs in the area, so I assume he is part of our family. 5. Conrad Friedrich married Maria Cordula Walter in 1735 and had children. She was Catholic. 6. Franz Christian married a Maria Magdalena. I don't have a marriage date, but they had a child in 1742. 7. Anton Joachim. Anton's death record lists his age as 62 at time of death; however, this seems to be an estimate, since most entries give the age to the day. Since he was not from the area originally, it would be understandable that his age be only approximated. According to this estimate his birth would have occurred in 1710. He was confirmed in 1727 in Reichelsheim. Lutheran confirmations tend to occur between 12 and 14 years of age, which would move his birth year up to 1713-15, at the end of his father's military service, and in any case, probably predating the family's move to the Odenwald. Anton was a tanner's apprentice, according to his marriage record, but he also ran the family mill (Carlebachmuehle, today Firma Frank on Weinheimerstr. 6). This mill he ran until December 1742 (1200 Jahre Birkenau, p. 241). He also was in charge of the Donels or Nikolai-Muehle (mill) on Lindenstr. 3 jointly with Hans Michael Nikolai (1762 -- see p. 244 of 1200 Jahre Birkenau). Anton also shows up in historical archives because he tried to convince the pastor's daughter to elope with him when she was only 16. The pastor took out a restraining order on him. Later, he married Eva Katharina Romer, the sister of Joh. Michael Roemer. Their kids' christening records play hopscotch in the Catholic-Lutheran records, but Anton actually grew up to be quite respectable. He became a Lutheran church elder. Later, there was a case of a teenage girl whose family was Lutheran and she wanted to be Catholic, or Catholic and she wanted to be Lutheran. At any rate, she actually tried to run away so she wouldn't be forced into the religion not of her choice. Anton intervened, calmed everyone down, pointed out that his father-in-law Johannes Roemer managed to deal with the whole two-religions-under-one-roof thing just fine, and that the girl should be free to follow her own conscience. Anton had a hairy start to life, but it sounds like he grew up to be a wise and respected kind of guy. 8. Johann Justus, b. 16 Oct 1717 in Michelstadt: "On the 16th of October (1717) a little son was born to Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved wife Dorothea Sophia, born Shumacherin, and the ____ ____ (a date, unreadable) was Johann Justus baptized. The godfather was Mr. Johann Justus Boden, a theology professor in Coburg. In his place stood Mr. Buttner, former chamberlain in Fuerstenau." He d. there 2 Aug 1720: "The 2 day of August (1720), Johann Augustus, age 2 years and 9 months, little son of Mr. Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved Dorothea Sophia, was buried in the still of the morning at 5 o'clock." 9. Charlotta Amalia (and BTW there is no Maria in her name in any document except for Familysearch): "Steinbach (an area in Michelstadt), 1720: On the first day of July, a little daughter was born to Mr. Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved [wife] Sophia, nee Shumacher, and on the 5th Charlotta Amalia was baptized. The godmother was Lady Countess Charlotta Amalia, noble wife of Count Philip Carl in Fuerstenau." Anyway, they were all very interesting people -- and a little notorious sometimes too. I keep coming back to take a stab at the Hartwigs. There were a ton of Hartwig families paying taxes in a printed record in 1678, but I don't know if Georg was attached to any of them. Part of the problem is simply access to the records. I'm sure that if I was in Wolfenbüttel, I could go to the archive and spend a year searching, and find him ... much of the information in these articles about the Hartwich family antics came from the Archiv des Freiherrn Wambolt von Umstadt, apparently..." | Hartwich, Joanna Friderica (I3340)
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| 4204 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Research summary on the Hartwich family by Rose Green, a Stoker/Roemer descendant and excellent German researcher. Rose provided the following by email "I read original German records. My husband is a German professor and we lived in Germany for a number of years, so I learned German. When I was working on the Roemers, I ran into a guy who was born in Birkenau. He isn't blood related to us, but a number of his family members married a number of ours, so we had common interests. He picked up a number of historical booklets for me from the city that had articles about our family in them. Yes, I could get the bare bones out of the church records, but it was so interesting to read about these people. Apparently Johannes Roemer was a tanner and also owned a mill (which is still there). He was quite well respected (a ton of people came to his funeral) and he had the mixed-religion marriage. When issues came up later in town with mixed-religion marriages, he was sort of held up as a standard of, well, he managed to do it, so it must be possible. Schooling was compulsory from 1705(?). Joh. Michael Roemer who came to America was quite literate -- his signature on his will is in lovely perfect German script. Joh. Michael Roemer and his wife Charlotta Amalia Hartwich were apparently the first people from Birkenau to emigrate to America. Charlotta Amalia comes from a really interesting family. The earliest record we can find of her dad, Georg/Jurgen Andreas Hartwig/Hartwich, is that he was a lieutenant in Wolfenbüttel (then part of the country of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) in 1701. In 1703, Georg hired on as a Rittmeister [Cavalry Captain] for Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, which was then part of Denmark, to command a regiment in this War of Spanish Succession. (It had something to do with Hapsburgs and was fought all across modern Germany.) He served until 1715, and then moved down to the Odenwald in southern Hessen, first to Michelstadt, then Reichelsheim, and finally Birkenau. In Reichelsheim, he was asked to move because he was training soldiers at a barracks and was apparently too violent with them. His wife, Dorothea Sophia Schumacher -- I had someone search a series of printed marriage registers for northern Germany for me once, and they did not find a marriage for these people. I have read about a couple of Schumacher families that was sort of middle class in Schleswig-Holstein (i.e. a similar class that Georg was part of -- commissioned army officer, owning land, getting an education), but Schumacher is an awfully unspecial name ... I would really love to nail these people down and find out where they ultimately came from. With a lack of personal records on him, I turned to the people he knew and where they came from, which is how I traced him to northern Germany. One such person is the Graf (Count) von Erbach. He was a student at the Ritterakademie (Knight's Academy) in Wolfenbüttel at the same time Georg was in town, and he was also I think in the cavalry in this same war. I think he's the one who got the Hartwigs [aka Hartwichs] down to Hessen after the war. His wife, the countess Charlotta Amalia von Erbach, was the godmother of Charlotta Amalia Hartwich (who married Johann Michael Roemer). The other interesting northern connection is a professor by the name of Johann Justus Bode. He was from Bodenburg (again, up in the Wolfenbüttel area), the inventor of a traveller's sundial and a math and religion professor in Coburg, which is quite far away in today's Thuringen north of Nurnberg. He was the godfather for Charlotta's next older brother, Johann Justus. He didn't show up for the christening, but had a proxy stand in his stead. Why did these people know each other? I don't know. When Georg came to Birkenau, he bought the Carlebach mill, which is also still standing. It had formerly belonged to the von Bonn family (Lords of Birkenau), but the Lord died and his sisters ended up with it, and they decided to sell it. The new Lord, by the way, was not Lutheran but Catholic, which apparently caused instant friction with the Lutheran Georg Hartwich. (That, or Hartwich's er..."friendly" personality.) (Remember, this was not horribly long after the 30 Year's War--a war between Catholic Hapsburgs and northern Lutherans, devastated the area.) Georg Hartwich started selling I think alcohol without a permit, or else was fishing without a permit, or something -- essentially, he was baiting the lord, who tried to fine him. Georg's oldest son, Georg Ernst Andreas, went to complain, and got to spend a night in jail to cool his heels over it. Things escalated until all the Hartwichs holed up in a mill in an armed standoff. Charlotta was nine. Things did eventually cool down, but let's just say the Hartwigs were not quiet, unassuming people. When Georg died, his funeral text was the hymn "Auf Christenmensch, auf auf zum Streif" (something about, good Christian men, to the fight! to the fight!). Appropriate, I think. We have no record of the births of the other children, but judging from marriage records, they must have been born during this war. Here is who I've found: 1. Georg Ernst Andreas, b. about 1700? When living in Reichelsheim, he produced an illegitimate child, Johann Peter, with Anna Elisabetha Friedrich of Brensbach. They did not marry, and the child died at age 5. Georg Ernst suffered from depression ("melancholie") and actually shot himself inside the mill. The entry is quite sad; it explains that they knew he had had deep bouts of depression, but that lately he'd been doing better. It also said he was a law student, but I have not found his matriculation records. My husband says that university matriculation records often have gaps, though, and it's quite possible to be true, even if they didn't write him down. In any case, it was believable to the people at the time that he would be in college. 2. Nicholas Adolph married Maria Sophia Hedwich Mettenius in 1739. She was a widow from Rimbach. I found a couple of children for them. 3. Johanna Friderica married Johann Ernst von Hitzacker in 1730, had a child in 1732, and died in 1735. The von Hitzackers were from up north, and they were a lesser branch of the Welf dynasty that ruled Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel. They were a big military family, with holdings in Ascherode and Luneburg. Their child's christening record reads: "The 22nd of October was born and the 24th baptized the son of well-born Mr. Johann Ernst von Hitzacker, royal Prussian officer, and his wife, Mrs. Johanna Friderica. The son, named Andreas Christoph Wilhelm Otto, was lifted from the holy baptism by [the father's] father-in-law, [cavalry] Captain Georg Andreas Hartwig, as well as Mr. Christoph von Hitzacker, royal Prussian Hauptmann (a military title of some kind of leader) in the Litauisch regiment and heir of Ascherode, and also by Mr. Otto von Hitzacker, heir and Lehnsherr of Lüneburg." Unfortunately, this family has since died out; I've been trying to pursue them and find out what their connection to the Hartwigs might be. And to find out whatever happened to husband and son after Johanna died. 4. There's a Peter Hartwich living in Birkenau in 1741. Hartwich is a northern name and I haven't found anything more about him other than I think paying taxes that year. Is he a relative? Possibly/probably. In 1741, Peter Hartwig contributed money to build a new gallows in Birkenau. (Source: Einwohnerlisten der Zent Birkenau 1439-1841, by Rudolf Kunz and Karl-Ludwig Schmitt, published in 1988) This is the only mention of this person I can find. There are no other Hartwigs in the area, so I assume he is part of our family. 5. Conrad Friedrich married Maria Cordula Walter in 1735 and had children. She was Catholic. 6. Franz Christian married a Maria Magdalena. I don't have a marriage date, but they had a child in 1742. 7. Anton Joachim. Anton's death record lists his age as 62 at time of death; however, this seems to be an estimate, since most entries give the age to the day. Since he was not from the area originally, it would be understandable that his age be only approximated. According to this estimate his birth would have occurred in 1710. He was confirmed in 1727 in Reichelsheim. Lutheran confirmations tend to occur between 12 and 14 years of age, which would move his birth year up to 1713-15, at the end of his father's military service, and in any case, probably predating the family's move to the Odenwald. Anton was a tanner's apprentice, according to his marriage record, but he also ran the family mill (Carlebachmuehle, today Firma Frank on Weinheimerstr. 6). This mill he ran until December 1742 (1200 Jahre Birkenau, p. 241). He also was in charge of the Donels or Nikolai-Muehle (mill) on Lindenstr. 3 jointly with Hans Michael Nikolai (1762 -- see p. 244 of 1200 Jahre Birkenau). Anton also shows up in historical archives because he tried to convince the pastor's daughter to elope with him when she was only 16. The pastor took out a restraining order on him. Later, he married Eva Katharina Romer, the sister of Joh. Michael Roemer. Their kids' christening records play hopscotch in the Catholic-Lutheran records, but Anton actually grew up to be quite respectable. He became a Lutheran church elder. Later, there was a case of a teenage girl whose family was Lutheran and she wanted to be Catholic, or Catholic and she wanted to be Lutheran. At any rate, she actually tried to run away so she wouldn't be forced into the religion not of her choice. Anton intervened, calmed everyone down, pointed out that his father-in-law Johannes Roemer managed to deal with the whole two-religions-under-one-roof thing just fine, and that the girl should be free to follow her own conscience. Anton had a hairy start to life, but it sounds like he grew up to be a wise and respected kind of guy. 8. Johann Justus, b. 16 Oct 1717 in Michelstadt: "On the 16th of October (1717) a little son was born to Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved wife Dorothea Sophia, born Shumacherin, and the ____ ____ (a date, unreadable) was Johann Justus baptized. The godfather was Mr. Johann Justus Boden, a theology professor in Coburg. In his place stood Mr. Buttner, former chamberlain in Fuerstenau." He d. there 2 Aug 1720: "The 2 day of August (1720), Johann Augustus, age 2 years and 9 months, little son of Mr. Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved Dorothea Sophia, was buried in the still of the morning at 5 o'clock." 9. Charlotta Amalia (and BTW there is no Maria in her name in any document except for Familysearch): "Steinbach (an area in Michelstadt), 1720: On the first day of July, a little daughter was born to Mr. Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved [wife] Sophia, nee Shumacher, and on the 5th Charlotta Amalia was baptized. The godmother was Lady Countess Charlotta Amalia, noble wife of Count Philip Carl in Fuerstenau." Anyway, they were all very interesting people -- and a little notorious sometimes too. I keep coming back to take a stab at the Hartwigs. There were a ton of Hartwig families paying taxes in a printed record in 1678, but I don't know if Georg was attached to any of them. Part of the problem is simply access to the records. I'm sure that if I was in Wolfenbüttel, I could go to the archive and spend a year searching, and find him ... much of the information in these articles about the Hartwich family antics came from the Archiv des Freiherrn Wambolt von Umstadt, apparently..." | Hartwich, Nicholas Adolph (I2836)
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| 4205 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Research summary on the Hartwich family by Rose Green, a Stoker/Roemer descendant and excellent German researcher. Rose provided the following by email "I read original German records. My husband is a German professor and we lived in Germany for a number of years, so I learned German. When I was working on the Roemers, I ran into a guy who was born in Birkenau. He isn't blood related to us, but a number of his family members married a number of ours, so we had common interests. He picked up a number of historical booklets for me from the city that had articles about our family in them. Yes, I could get the bare bones out of the church records, but it was so interesting to read about these people. Apparently Johannes Roemer was a tanner and also owned a mill (which is still there). He was quite well respected (a ton of people came to his funeral) and he had the mixed-religion marriage. When issues came up later in town with mixed-religion marriages, he was sort of held up as a standard of, well, he managed to do it, so it must be possible. Schooling was compulsory from 1705(?). Joh. Michael Roemer who came to America was quite literate -- his signature on his will is in lovely perfect German script. Joh. Michael Roemer and his wife Charlotta Amalia Hartwich were apparently the first people from Birkenau to emigrate to America. Charlotta Amalia comes from a really interesting family. The earliest record we can find of her dad, Georg/Jurgen Andreas Hartwig/Hartwich, is that he was a lieutenant in Wolfenbüttel (then part of the country of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) in 1701. In 1703, Georg hired on as a Rittmeister [Cavalry Captain] for Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, which was then part of Denmark, to command a regiment in this War of Spanish Succession. (It had something to do with Hapsburgs and was fought all across modern Germany.) He served until 1715, and then moved down to the Odenwald in southern Hessen, first to Michelstadt, then Reichelsheim, and finally Birkenau. In Reichelsheim, he was asked to move because he was training soldiers at a barracks and was apparently too violent with them. His wife, Dorothea Sophia Schumacher -- I had someone search a series of printed marriage registers for northern Germany for me once, and they did not find a marriage for these people. I have read about a couple of Schumacher families that was sort of middle class in Schleswig-Holstein (i.e. a similar class that Georg was part of -- commissioned army officer, owning land, getting an education), but Schumacher is an awfully unspecial name ... I would really love to nail these people down and find out where they ultimately came from. With a lack of personal records on him, I turned to the people he knew and where they came from, which is how I traced him to northern Germany. One such person is the Graf (Count) von Erbach. He was a student at the Ritterakademie (Knight's Academy) in Wolfenbüttel at the same time Georg was in town, and he was also I think in the cavalry in this same war. I think he's the one who got the Hartwigs [aka Hartwichs] down to Hessen after the war. His wife, the countess Charlotta Amalia von Erbach, was the godmother of Charlotta Amalia Hartwich (who married Johann Michael Roemer). The other interesting northern connection is a professor by the name of Johann Justus Bode. He was from Bodenburg (again, up in the Wolfenbüttel area), the inventor of a traveller's sundial and a math and religion professor in Coburg, which is quite far away in today's Thuringen north of Nurnberg. He was the godfather for Charlotta's next older brother, Johann Justus. He didn't show up for the christening, but had a proxy stand in his stead. Why did these people know each other? I don't know. When Georg came to Birkenau, he bought the Carlebach mill, which is also still standing. It had formerly belonged to the von Bonn family (Lords of Birkenau), but the Lord died and his sisters ended up with it, and they decided to sell it. The new Lord, by the way, was not Lutheran but Catholic, which apparently caused instant friction with the Lutheran Georg Hartwich. (That, or Hartwich's er..."friendly" personality.) (Remember, this was not horribly long after the 30 Year's War--a war between Catholic Hapsburgs and northern Lutherans, devastated the area.) Georg Hartwich started selling I think alcohol without a permit, or else was fishing without a permit, or something -- essentially, he was baiting the lord, who tried to fine him. Georg's oldest son, Georg Ernst Andreas, went to complain, and got to spend a night in jail to cool his heels over it. Things escalated until all the Hartwichs holed up in a mill in an armed standoff. Charlotta was nine. Things did eventually cool down, but let's just say the Hartwigs were not quiet, unassuming people. When Georg died, his funeral text was the hymn "Auf Christenmensch, auf auf zum Streif" (something about, good Christian men, to the fight! to the fight!). Appropriate, I think. We have no record of the births of the other children, but judging from marriage records, they must have been born during this war. Here is who I've found: 1. Georg Ernst Andreas, b. about 1700? When living in Reichelsheim, he produced an illegitimate child, Johann Peter, with Anna Elisabetha Friedrich of Brensbach. They did not marry, and the child died at age 5. Georg Ernst suffered from depression ("melancholie") and actually shot himself inside the mill. The entry is quite sad; it explains that they knew he had had deep bouts of depression, but that lately he'd been doing better. It also said he was a law student, but I have not found his matriculation records. My husband says that university matriculation records often have gaps, though, and it's quite possible to be true, even if they didn't write him down. In any case, it was believable to the people at the time that he would be in college. 2. Nicholas Adolph married Maria Sophia Hedwich Mettenius in 1739. She was a widow from Rimbach. I found a couple of children for them. 3. Johanna Friderica married Johann Ernst von Hitzacker in 1730, had a child in 1732, and died in 1735. The von Hitzackers were from up north, and they were a lesser branch of the Welf dynasty that ruled Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel. They were a big military family, with holdings in Ascherode and Luneburg. Their child's christening record reads: "The 22nd of October was born and the 24th baptized the son of well-born Mr. Johann Ernst von Hitzacker, royal Prussian officer, and his wife, Mrs. Johanna Friderica. The son, named Andreas Christoph Wilhelm Otto, was lifted from the holy baptism by [the father's] father-in-law, [cavalry] Captain Georg Andreas Hartwig, as well as Mr. Christoph von Hitzacker, royal Prussian Hauptmann (a military title of some kind of leader) in the Litauisch regiment and heir of Ascherode, and also by Mr. Otto von Hitzacker, heir and Lehnsherr of Lüneburg." Unfortunately, this family has since died out; I've been trying to pursue them and find out what their connection to the Hartwigs might be. And to find out whatever happened to husband and son after Johanna died. 4. There's a Peter Hartwich living in Birkenau in 1741. Hartwich is a northern name and I haven't found anything more about him other than I think paying taxes that year. Is he a relative? Possibly/probably. In 1741, Peter Hartwig contributed money to build a new gallows in Birkenau. (Source: Einwohnerlisten der Zent Birkenau 1439-1841, by Rudolf Kunz and Karl-Ludwig Schmitt, published in 1988) This is the only mention of this person I can find. There are no other Hartwigs in the area, so I assume he is part of our family. 5. Conrad Friedrich married Maria Cordula Walter in 1735 and had children. She was Catholic. 6. Franz Christian married a Maria Magdalena. I don't have a marriage date, but they had a child in 1742. 7. Anton Joachim. Anton's death record lists his age as 62 at time of death; however, this seems to be an estimate, since most entries give the age to the day. Since he was not from the area originally, it would be understandable that his age be only approximated. According to this estimate his birth would have occurred in 1710. He was confirmed in 1727 in Reichelsheim. Lutheran confirmations tend to occur between 12 and 14 years of age, which would move his birth year up to 1713-15, at the end of his father's military service, and in any case, probably predating the family's move to the Odenwald. Anton was a tanner's apprentice, according to his marriage record, but he also ran the family mill (Carlebachmuehle, today Firma Frank on Weinheimerstr. 6). This mill he ran until December 1742 (1200 Jahre Birkenau, p. 241). He also was in charge of the Donels or Nikolai-Muehle (mill) on Lindenstr. 3 jointly with Hans Michael Nikolai (1762 -- see p. 244 of 1200 Jahre Birkenau). Anton also shows up in historical archives because he tried to convince the pastor's daughter to elope with him when she was only 16. The pastor took out a restraining order on him. Later, he married Eva Katharina Romer, the sister of Joh. Michael Roemer. Their kids' christening records play hopscotch in the Catholic-Lutheran records, but Anton actually grew up to be quite respectable. He became a Lutheran church elder. Later, there was a case of a teenage girl whose family was Lutheran and she wanted to be Catholic, or Catholic and she wanted to be Lutheran. At any rate, she actually tried to run away so she wouldn't be forced into the religion not of her choice. Anton intervened, calmed everyone down, pointed out that his father-in-law Johannes Roemer managed to deal with the whole two-religions-under-one-roof thing just fine, and that the girl should be free to follow her own conscience. Anton had a hairy start to life, but it sounds like he grew up to be a wise and respected kind of guy. 8. Johann Justus, b. 16 Oct 1717 in Michelstadt: "On the 16th of October (1717) a little son was born to Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved wife Dorothea Sophia, born Shumacherin, and the ____ ____ (a date, unreadable) was Johann Justus baptized. The godfather was Mr. Johann Justus Boden, a theology professor in Coburg. In his place stood Mr. Buttner, former chamberlain in Fuerstenau." He d. there 2 Aug 1720: "The 2 day of August (1720), Johann Augustus, age 2 years and 9 months, little son of Mr. Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved Dorothea Sophia, was buried in the still of the morning at 5 o'clock." 9. Charlotta Amalia (and BTW there is no Maria in her name in any document except for Familysearch): "Steinbach (an area in Michelstadt), 1720: On the first day of July, a little daughter was born to Mr. Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved [wife] Sophia, nee Shumacher, and on the 5th Charlotta Amalia was baptized. The godmother was Lady Countess Charlotta Amalia, noble wife of Count Philip Carl in Fuerstenau." Anyway, they were all very interesting people -- and a little notorious sometimes too. I keep coming back to take a stab at the Hartwigs. There were a ton of Hartwig families paying taxes in a printed record in 1678, but I don't know if Georg was attached to any of them. Part of the problem is simply access to the records. I'm sure that if I was in Wolfenbüttel, I could go to the archive and spend a year searching, and find him ... much of the information in these articles about the Hartwich family antics came from the Archiv des Freiherrn Wambolt von Umstadt, apparently..." BIRTH: 1. Death records held by the Evangelische Kirche Birkenau, on LDS microfilm #1340344, state that she was about 58 years old at time of death on 28 January 1740. DEATH: 1. Microfilm, Evangelische Kirche Birkenau (Kreis Heppenheim), LDS film # 1340344, Archive, LDS Family History Library; Church Death record: (1740) Dorothea Sophia Hartwichin, Buerkenau. "25/den 28 Jan isst gestorben und den 31 ejusd. bey Haltung einer Leichpredigt gegraben worden des auf hiesiger Muehl gewohnten, und ao 1734 verstornbenes Hn. Rittmeisters Hartwichs nachgelassene Wittwe aetat ohngefuehr 58 Jahre. Text: Kohelet 3 & 21. Sie hat geheissen Dorothea Sophia eine geborene Schumacherin." Translation: "25/On the 28 of January [1740] the widow of the cavalry captain Mr. Hartwich, who lived at the mill in this place and who died in 1734, died, aged about 58 years, and was buried on the 31st of the same month following a funeral sermon. The sermon text was Ecclesiastes 3:21. She was named Dorothea Sophia nee Schumacher." | Schumacher, Dorothea Sophia (I2747)
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| 4206 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Research summary on the Hartwich family by Rose Green, a Stoker/Roemer descendant and excellent German researcher. Rose provided the following by email "I read original German records. My husband is a German professor and we lived in Germany for a number of years, so I learned German. When I was working on the Roemers, I ran into a guy who was born in Birkenau. He isn't blood related to us, but a number of his family members married a number of ours, so we had common interests. He picked up a number of historical booklets for me from the city that had articles about our family in them. Yes, I could get the bare bones out of the church records, but it was so interesting to read about these people. Apparently Johannes Roemer was a tanner and also owned a mill (which is still there). He was quite well respected (a ton of people came to his funeral) and he had the mixed-religion marriage. When issues came up later in town with mixed-religion marriages, he was sort of held up as a standard of, well, he managed to do it, so it must be possible. Schooling was compulsory from 1705(?). Joh. Michael Roemer who came to America was quite literate -- his signature on his will is in lovely perfect German script. Joh. Michael Roemer and his wife Charlotta Amalia Hartwich were apparently the first people from Birkenau to emigrate to America. Charlotta Amalia comes from a really interesting family. The earliest record we can find of her dad, Georg/Jurgen Andreas Hartwig/Hartwich, is that he was a lieutenant in Wolfenbüttel (then part of the country of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) in 1701. In 1703, Georg hired on as a Rittmeister [Cavalry Captain] for Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, which was then part of Denmark, to command a regiment in this War of Spanish Succession. (It had something to do with Hapsburgs and was fought all across modern Germany.) He served until 1715, and then moved down to the Odenwald in southern Hessen, first to Michelstadt, then Reichelsheim, and finally Birkenau. In Reichelsheim, he was asked to move because he was training soldiers at a barracks and was apparently too violent with them. His wife, Dorothea Sophia Schumacher -- I had someone search a series of printed marriage registers for northern Germany for me once, and they did not find a marriage for these people. I have read about a couple of Schumacher families that was sort of middle class in Schleswig-Holstein (i.e. a similar class that Georg was part of -- commissioned army officer, owning land, getting an education), but Schumacher is an awfully unspecial name ... I would really love to nail these people down and find out where they ultimately came from. With a lack of personal records on him, I turned to the people he knew and where they came from, which is how I traced him to northern Germany. One such person is the Graf (Count) von Erbach. He was a student at the Ritterakademie (Knight's Academy) in Wolfenbüttel at the same time Georg was in town, and he was also I think in the cavalry in this same war. I think he's the one who got the Hartwigs [aka Hartwichs] down to Hessen after the war. His wife, the countess Charlotta Amalia von Erbach, was the godmother of Charlotta Amalia Hartwich (who married Johann Michael Roemer). The other interesting northern connection is a professor by the name of Johann Justus Bode. He was from Bodenburg (again, up in the Wolfenbüttel area), the inventor of a traveller's sundial and a math and religion professor in Coburg, which is quite far away in today's Thuringen north of Nurnberg. He was the godfather for Charlotta's next older brother, Johann Justus. He didn't show up for the christening, but had a proxy stand in his stead. Why did these people know each other? I don't know. When Georg came to Birkenau, he bought the Carlebach mill, which is also still standing. It had formerly belonged to the von Bonn family (Lords of Birkenau), but the Lord died and his sisters ended up with it, and they decided to sell it. The new Lord, by the way, was not Lutheran but Catholic, which apparently caused instant friction with the Lutheran Georg Hartwich. (That, or Hartwich's er..."friendly" personality.) (Remember, this was not horribly long after the 30 Year's War--a war between Catholic Hapsburgs and northern Lutherans, devastated the area.) Georg Hartwich started selling I think alcohol without a permit, or else was fishing without a permit, or something -- essentially, he was baiting the lord, who tried to fine him. Georg's oldest son, Georg Ernst Andreas, went to complain, and got to spend a night in jail to cool his heels over it. Things escalated until all the Hartwichs holed up in a mill in an armed standoff. Charlotta was nine. Things did eventually cool down, but let's just say the Hartwigs were not quiet, unassuming people. When Georg died, his funeral text was the hymn "Auf Christenmensch, auf auf zum Streif" (something about, good Christian men, to the fight! to the fight!). Appropriate, I think. We have no record of the births of the other children, but judging from marriage records, they must have been born during this war. Here is who I've found: 1. Georg Ernst Andreas, b. about 1700? When living in Reichelsheim, he produced an illegitimate child, Johann Peter, with Anna Elisabetha Friedrich of Brensbach. They did not marry, and the child died at age 5. Georg Ernst suffered from depression ("melancholie") and actually shot himself inside the mill. The entry is quite sad; it explains that they knew he had had deep bouts of depression, but that lately he'd been doing better. It also said he was a law student, but I have not found his matriculation records. My husband says that university matriculation records often have gaps, though, and it's quite possible to be true, even if they didn't write him down. In any case, it was believable to the people at the time that he would be in college. 2. Nicholas Adolph married Maria Sophia Hedwich Mettenius in 1739. She was a widow from Rimbach. I found a couple of children for them. 3. Johanna Friderica married Johann Ernst von Hitzacker in 1730, had a child in 1732, and died in 1735. The von Hitzackers were from up north, and they were a lesser branch of the Welf dynasty that ruled Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel. They were a big military family, with holdings in Ascherode and Luneburg. Their child's christening record reads: "The 22nd of October was born and the 24th baptized the son of well-born Mr. Johann Ernst von Hitzacker, royal Prussian officer, and his wife, Mrs. Johanna Friderica. The son, named Andreas Christoph Wilhelm Otto, was lifted from the holy baptism by [the father's] father-in-law, [cavalry] Captain Georg Andreas Hartwig, as well as Mr. Christoph von Hitzacker, royal Prussian Hauptmann (a military title of some kind of leader) in the Litauisch regiment and heir of Ascherode, and also by Mr. Otto von Hitzacker, heir and Lehnsherr of Lüneburg." Unfortunately, this family has since died out; I've been trying to pursue them and find out what their connection to the Hartwigs might be. And to find out whatever happened to husband and son after Johanna died. 4. There's a Peter Hartwich living in Birkenau in 1741. Hartwich is a northern name and I haven't found anything more about him other than I think paying taxes that year. Is he a relative? Possibly/probably. In 1741, Peter Hartwig contributed money to build a new gallows in Birkenau. (Source: Einwohnerlisten der Zent Birkenau 1439-1841, by Rudolf Kunz and Karl-Ludwig Schmitt, published in 1988) This is the only mention of this person I can find. There are no other Hartwigs in the area, so I assume he is part of our family. 5. Conrad Friedrich married Maria Cordula Walter in 1735 and had children. She was Catholic. 6. Franz Christian married a Maria Magdalena. I don't have a marriage date, but they had a child in 1742. 7. Anton Joachim. Anton's death record lists his age as 62 at time of death; however, this seems to be an estimate, since most entries give the age to the day. Since he was not from the area originally, it would be understandable that his age be only approximated. According to this estimate his birth would have occurred in 1710. He was confirmed in 1727 in Reichelsheim. Lutheran confirmations tend to occur between 12 and 14 years of age, which would move his birth year up to 1713-15, at the end of his father's military service, and in any case, probably predating the family's move to the Odenwald. Anton was a tanner's apprentice, according to his marriage record, but he also ran the family mill (Carlebachmuehle, today Firma Frank on Weinheimerstr. 6). This mill he ran until December 1742 (1200 Jahre Birkenau, p. 241). He also was in charge of the Donels or Nikolai-Muehle (mill) on Lindenstr. 3 jointly with Hans Michael Nikolai (1762 -- see p. 244 of 1200 Jahre Birkenau). Anton also shows up in historical archives because he tried to convince the pastor's daughter to elope with him when she was only 16. The pastor took out a restraining order on him. Later, he married Eva Katharina Romer, the sister of Joh. Michael Roemer. Their kids' christening records play hopscotch in the Catholic-Lutheran records, but Anton actually grew up to be quite respectable. He became a Lutheran church elder. Later, there was a case of a teenage girl whose family was Lutheran and she wanted to be Catholic, or Catholic and she wanted to be Lutheran. At any rate, she actually tried to run away so she wouldn't be forced into the religion not of her choice. Anton intervened, calmed everyone down, pointed out that his father-in-law Johannes Roemer managed to deal with the whole two-religions-under-one-roof thing just fine, and that the girl should be free to follow her own conscience. Anton had a hairy start to life, but it sounds like he grew up to be a wise and respected kind of guy. 8. Johann Justus, b. 16 Oct 1717 in Michelstadt: "On the 16th of October (1717) a little son was born to Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved wife Dorothea Sophia, born Shumacherin, and the ____ ____ (a date, unreadable) was Johann Justus baptized. The godfather was Mr. Johann Justus Boden, a theology professor in Coburg. In his place stood Mr. Buttner, former chamberlain in Fuerstenau." He d. there 2 Aug 1720: "The 2 day of August (1720), Johann Augustus, age 2 years and 9 months, little son of Mr. Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved Dorothea Sophia, was buried in the still of the morning at 5 o'clock." 9. Charlotta Amalia (and BTW there is no Maria in her name in any document except for Familysearch): "Steinbach (an area in Michelstadt), 1720: On the first day of July, a little daughter was born to Mr. Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved [wife] Sophia, nee Shumacher, and on the 5th Charlotta Amalia was baptized. The godmother was Lady Countess Charlotta Amalia, noble wife of Count Philip Carl in Fuerstenau." Anyway, they were all very interesting people -- and a little notorious sometimes too. I keep coming back to take a stab at the Hartwigs. There were a ton of Hartwig families paying taxes in a printed record in 1678, but I don't know if Georg was attached to any of them. Part of the problem is simply access to the records. I'm sure that if I was in Wolfenbüttel, I could go to the archive and spend a year searching, and find him ... much of the information in these articles about the Hartwich family antics came from the Archiv des Freiherrn Wambolt von Umstadt, apparently..." | Hartwich, Georg Ernst Andreas (I2720)
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| 4207 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Research summary on the Hartwich family by Rose Green, a Stoker/Roemer descendant and excellent German researcher. Rose provided the following by email "I read original German records. My husband is a German professor and we lived in Germany for a number of years, so I learned German. When I was working on the Roemers, I ran into a guy who was born in Birkenau. He isn't blood related to us, but a number of his family members married a number of ours, so we had common interests. He picked up a number of historical booklets for me from the city that had articles about our family in them. Yes, I could get the bare bones out of the church records, but it was so interesting to read about these people. Apparently Johannes Roemer was a tanner and also owned a mill (which is still there). He was quite well respected (a ton of people came to his funeral) and he had the mixed-religion marriage. When issues came up later in town with mixed-religion marriages, he was sort of held up as a standard of, well, he managed to do it, so it must be possible. Schooling was compulsory from 1705(?). Joh. Michael Roemer who came to America was quite literate -- his signature on his will is in lovely perfect German script. Joh. Michael Roemer and his wife Charlotta Amalia Hartwich were apparently the first people from Birkenau to emigrate to America. Charlotta Amalia comes from a really interesting family. The earliest record we can find of her dad, Georg/Jurgen Andreas Hartwig/Hartwich, is that he was a lieutenant in Wolfenbüttel (then part of the country of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) in 1701. In 1703, Georg hired on as a Rittmeister [Cavalry Captain] for Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, which was then part of Denmark, to command a regiment in this War of Spanish Succession. (It had something to do with Hapsburgs and was fought all across modern Germany.) He served until 1715, and then moved down to the Odenwald in southern Hessen, first to Michelstadt, then Reichelsheim, and finally Birkenau. In Reichelsheim, he was asked to move because he was training soldiers at a barracks and was apparently too violent with them. His wife, Dorothea Sophia Schumacher -- I had someone search a series of printed marriage registers for northern Germany for me once, and they did not find a marriage for these people. I have read about a couple of Schumacher families that was sort of middle class in Schleswig-Holstein (i.e. a similar class that Georg was part of -- commissioned army officer, owning land, getting an education), but Schumacher is an awfully unspecial name ... I would really love to nail these people down and find out where they ultimately came from. With a lack of personal records on him, I turned to the people he knew and where they came from, which is how I traced him to northern Germany. One such person is the Graf (Count) von Erbach. He was a student at the Ritterakademie (Knight's Academy) in Wolfenbüttel at the same time Georg was in town, and he was also I think in the cavalry in this same war. I think he's the one who got the Hartwigs [aka Hartwichs] down to Hessen after the war. His wife, the countess Charlotta Amalia von Erbach, was the godmother of Charlotta Amalia Hartwich (who married Johann Michael Roemer). The other interesting northern connection is a professor by the name of Johann Justus Bode. He was from Bodenburg (again, up in the Wolfenbüttel area), the inventor of a traveller's sundial and a math and religion professor in Coburg, which is quite far away in today's Thuringen north of Nurnberg. He was the godfather for Charlotta's next older brother, Johann Justus. He didn't show up for the christening, but had a proxy stand in his stead. Why did these people know each other? I don't know. When Georg came to Birkenau, he bought the Carlebach mill, which is also still standing. It had formerly belonged to the von Bonn family (Lords of Birkenau), but the Lord died and his sisters ended up with it, and they decided to sell it. The new Lord, by the way, was not Lutheran but Catholic, which apparently caused instant friction with the Lutheran Georg Hartwich. (That, or Hartwich's er..."friendly" personality.) (Remember, this was not horribly long after the 30 Year's War--a war between Catholic Hapsburgs and northern Lutherans, devastated the area.) Georg Hartwich started selling I think alcohol without a permit, or else was fishing without a permit, or something -- essentially, he was baiting the lord, who tried to fine him. Georg's oldest son, Georg Ernst Andreas, went to complain, and got to spend a night in jail to cool his heels over it. Things escalated until all the Hartwichs holed up in a mill in an armed standoff. Charlotta was nine. Things did eventually cool down, but let's just say the Hartwigs were not quiet, unassuming people. When Georg died, his funeral text was the hymn "Auf Christenmensch, auf auf zum Streif" (something about, good Christian men, to the fight! to the fight!). Appropriate, I think. We have no record of the births of the other children, but judging from marriage records, they must have been born during this war. Here is who I've found: 1. Georg Ernst Andreas, b. about 1700? When living in Reichelsheim, he produced an illegitimate child, Johann Peter, with Anna Elisabetha Friedrich of Brensbach. They did not marry, and the child died at age 5. Georg Ernst suffered from depression ("melancholie") and actually shot himself inside the mill. The entry is quite sad; it explains that they knew he had had deep bouts of depression, but that lately he'd been doing better. It also said he was a law student, but I have not found his matriculation records. My husband says that university matriculation records often have gaps, though, and it's quite possible to be true, even if they didn't write him down. In any case, it was believable to the people at the time that he would be in college. 2. Nicholas Adolph married Maria Sophia Hedwich Mettenius in 1739. She was a widow from Rimbach. I found a couple of children for them. 3. Johanna Friderica married Johann Ernst von Hitzacker in 1730, had a child in 1732, and died in 1735. The von Hitzackers were from up north, and they were a lesser branch of the Welf dynasty that ruled Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel. They were a big military family, with holdings in Ascherode and Luneburg. Their child's christening record reads: "The 22nd of October was born and the 24th baptized the son of well-born Mr. Johann Ernst von Hitzacker, royal Prussian officer, and his wife, Mrs. Johanna Friderica. The son, named Andreas Christoph Wilhelm Otto, was lifted from the holy baptism by [the father's] father-in-law, [cavalry] Captain Georg Andreas Hartwig, as well as Mr. Christoph von Hitzacker, royal Prussian Hauptmann (a military title of some kind of leader) in the Litauisch regiment and heir of Ascherode, and also by Mr. Otto von Hitzacker, heir and Lehnsherr of Lüneburg." Unfortunately, this family has since died out; I've been trying to pursue them and find out what their connection to the Hartwigs might be. And to find out whatever happened to husband and son after Johanna died. 4. There's a Peter Hartwich living in Birkenau in 1741. Hartwich is a northern name and I haven't found anything more about him other than I think paying taxes that year. Is he a relative? Possibly/probably. In 1741, Peter Hartwig contributed money to build a new gallows in Birkenau. (Source: Einwohnerlisten der Zent Birkenau 1439-1841, by Rudolf Kunz and Karl-Ludwig Schmitt, published in 1988) This is the only mention of this person I can find. There are no other Hartwigs in the area, so I assume he is part of our family. 5. Conrad Friedrich married Maria Cordula Walter in 1735 and had children. She was Catholic. 6. Franz Christian married a Maria Magdalena. I don't have a marriage date, but they had a child in 1742. 7. Anton Joachim. Anton's death record lists his age as 62 at time of death; however, this seems to be an estimate, since most entries give the age to the day. Since he was not from the area originally, it would be understandable that his age be only approximated. According to this estimate his birth would have occurred in 1710. He was confirmed in 1727 in Reichelsheim. Lutheran confirmations tend to occur between 12 and 14 years of age, which would move his birth year up to 1713-15, at the end of his father's military service, and in any case, probably predating the family's move to the Odenwald. Anton was a tanner's apprentice, according to his marriage record, but he also ran the family mill (Carlebachmuehle, today Firma Frank on Weinheimerstr. 6). This mill he ran until December 1742 (1200 Jahre Birkenau, p. 241). He also was in charge of the Donels or Nikolai-Muehle (mill) on Lindenstr. 3 jointly with Hans Michael Nikolai (1762 -- see p. 244 of 1200 Jahre Birkenau). Anton also shows up in historical archives because he tried to convince the pastor's daughter to elope with him when she was only 16. The pastor took out a restraining order on him. Later, he married Eva Katharina Romer, the sister of Joh. Michael Roemer. Their kids' christening records play hopscotch in the Catholic-Lutheran records, but Anton actually grew up to be quite respectable. He became a Lutheran church elder. Later, there was a case of a teenage girl whose family was Lutheran and she wanted to be Catholic, or Catholic and she wanted to be Lutheran. At any rate, she actually tried to run away so she wouldn't be forced into the religion not of her choice. Anton intervened, calmed everyone down, pointed out that his father-in-law Johannes Roemer managed to deal with the whole two-religions-under-one-roof thing just fine, and that the girl should be free to follow her own conscience. Anton had a hairy start to life, but it sounds like he grew up to be a wise and respected kind of guy. 8. Johann Justus, b. 16 Oct 1717 in Michelstadt: "On the 16th of October (1717) a little son was born to Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved wife Dorothea Sophia, born Shumacherin, and the ____ ____ (a date, unreadable) was Johann Justus baptized. The godfather was Mr. Johann Justus Boden, a theology professor in Coburg. In his place stood Mr. Buttner, former chamberlain in Fuerstenau." He d. there 2 Aug 1720: "The 2 day of August (1720), Johann Augustus, age 2 years and 9 months, little son of Mr. Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved Dorothea Sophia, was buried in the still of the morning at 5 o'clock." 9. Charlotta Amalia (and BTW there is no Maria in her name in any document except for Familysearch): "Steinbach (an area in Michelstadt), 1720: On the first day of July, a little daughter was born to Mr. Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved [wife] Sophia, nee Shumacher, and on the 5th Charlotta Amalia was baptized. The godmother was Lady Countess Charlotta Amalia, noble wife of Count Philip Carl in Fuerstenau." Anyway, they were all very interesting people -- and a little notorious sometimes too. I keep coming back to take a stab at the Hartwigs. There were a ton of Hartwig families paying taxes in a printed record in 1678, but I don't know if Georg was attached to any of them. Part of the problem is simply access to the records. I'm sure that if I was in Wolfenbüttel, I could go to the archive and spend a year searching, and find him ... much of the information in these articles about the Hartwich family antics came from the Archiv des Freiherrn Wambolt von Umstadt, apparently..." 2. Family researcher Rose Green reports the following stories arranged by sources concerning Anton Hartwich that she gathered while living in Germany: A. Source: Die religiöse Erziehung von Nikolaus Hirschbergers Tochter, p. 87 of Beiträge zur Hornbacher und Birkenaur Geschichte, by Günter Körner and Rudolf Kunz, Birkenauer Schiften: Heft 2, Geimeinde Birkenau, under Mitarbeit des Kultur- und Verkehrsvereins Birkenau, 1991: "Religion in the Odenwald (southern Hessen) affected life in governmental ways in the 17th and 18th centuries. The area was mostly Lutheran, and was a geographic battleground for armies raging across Germany during the 30 Years' War. This was a war between the Catholic Habsburgs of Austria to the south, and the Lutheran Swedes to the north. In the early 1630s, Birkenau was decimated -- 90% of the population in this area died of war, disease, and famine. The town was left vacant for three years before they went back to rebuild, and the church records only start in 1636. Because of the vast emptiness of the land, settlers came up from the south, from places like Switzerland and Austria, and they were often Catholic. The law at the time was that an area took on the religion of the ruling lord. However, with the influx of Catholic settlers, things became a bit split. At first they shared the church building in Birkenau, with the Catholic parish administered by nearby Abtsteinach (which was very Catholic). But priests were low in numbers and the records are spotty. One issue that occurred as the two groups settled in was mixed-religion families. What religion were the children to be? Religion wasn't purely a matter of personal conviction in that time and place. There were governmental elements to it. The ruling in 1711 was that sons in a mixed marriage would follow the religion of the father, and daughters, the religion of the mother. This caused problems, and in 1749, the ruling came that they wouldn't do mixed marriages anymore (the ones in effect remained in effect, however). Well. The Hirschberger family got caught in this. Nikolaus Hirschberger was Lutheran; his wife Anna Elisabeth Heckmann was Catholic. Their unnamed 12 year old daughter was supposed to be confirmed Catholic per the law, but she'd been attending Lutheran services for six years, and considered herself Lutheran. There was an appeal to the Ortsherr (lord) Philipp Wambolt, who said that when she was 14, she could choose for herself. But the Lutheran pastor said she wanted to choose Lutheran already. Meanwhile, the girl's Catholic uncle was putting the pressure on for her to be confirmed Catholic. Things went round and round for a year, while the girl was removed from religious instruction in either one. Then in 1763, the ruling came down that she was not allowed to take communion with the Lutherans, but was to be schooled and confirmed Catholic, as per the law. Otherwise, the family would be fined. They took her to Mörlenbach to be taught her catechism, and the whole time, she kept saying, "I won't be Catholic. I want to be Lutheran." She even managed to faint, get let out for fresh air, and run away back home. Amtmann Krauß, the government agent of Lord Wambolt who was charged with making people obey the law, kept having to go after her. He brought her to Viernheim to stay with some of her mother's Catholic relatives to see if they could get through to her. The priest there let her play in the garden for a bit, not putting pressure on her. But she climbed a very high wall and ran away again. The priest told Amtmann Krauß that when he caught her, he was either going to lock her up in the asylum or the cloister, because there was nothing else to be done with her. After that, the girl's parents and the Lutheran pastor decided they needed to do what was best for the girl, no matter how high the penalties were. She got some help and some clothes from her (Lutheran) uncle Anton Hartwig, and continued to be sent to different places as they attempted to Catholicize her. Amtmann Krauß and the Catholic relatives really made a hunt of it, too, and threatened to get the archbishop involved. And then of course her two younger sisters started up, that they also refused to be Catholic. Finally, enough time passed that she turned 14 and the exhausted Lord Wambolt said that she was of age to choose for herself. But, the family still had to pay 20 Reichstaler." B. Source: Verbotenes Liebeswerben in Birkenau, p. 95 of Beiträge zur Hornbacher und Birkenaur Geschichte, by Günter Körner and Rudolf Kunz, Birkenauer Schiften: Heft 2, Geimeinde Birkenau, under Mitarbeit des Kultur- und Verkehrsvereins Birkenau, 1991: "In 1736, Sophia Benedicta Hallenbauer, daughter of Johann Heinrich Hallenbauer, the Lutheran pastor, fell wildly in love with Anton Hartwig. When her parents found out that the pair had secretly gotten engaged, they flipped out. But of course, that only spurred the couple on. Meanwhile, the enraged father took out a restraining order on Anton, and threatened to help out the law himself: "if he doesn't quit stalking my house, he will get his feet full of bullets." Anton got mad and started haunting the next door house, and then was forbidden to set foot there, either. Amtmann Krauß, the law enforcer for the Lord Wambolt, agreed with the girl's father. He called Anton in to his office and told him very sternly that he was in no way allowed to sit next door and wait for the girl. Anton was not the kind of guy to back down. He refused. He went over to the next door house that night to wait, and so Krauß came and actually beat him with a stick and forced him to leave. "And if his back is black and blue, it's his own fault." Anton had to take a "cure" for several days to recover, after which he went to Lord Wambolt to complain. The doctor, however, said that while yes, he treated him, he didn't know about any bedrest. Anton gave up his fight in March 1736, and in July, he married Eva Katharina Römer. Pastor Hallenbauer performed the wedding. And then in 1739, Anton's old flame married Johann Heinrich Wenitzky of Mannheim." MARRIAGE: 1. The following two entries are back to back in the Lutheran church record of Birkenau, Kreis Heppenheim, Hessen. They represent a brother and a sister in one family marrying a brother and a sister in another: "143. Den 18 Jul. [1736] hat sich copulieren lassen Anton Joachim Hartwich, des Rothgerbers Handwerks mit Eva Catharina Römerin, des __ Joh. Römers Rothgerbers u. Gerichtmannes allhier nachgelassene Tochter." [Translation: On the 18th of July [1736] was married Anton Joachim Hartwich of the tanner's craftsmanship (specifically, he's a leather dyer), with Eva Catharina Römerin, the surviving daughter of Joh. Römer, red tanner and judge of this place.] "144. Eodem sind auch copuliert worden Joh. Michael Römer des Rothgerbers Handwerks, und Charlotta Amalia Hartwichin, des Ehr? Rittmeisters Hartwichs nachgelassene Tochter." [Translation: On the same day [18 Jul 1736] were also married Joh. Michael Römer of the tanner's craftsmanship (also specifically a leather dyer), Charlotta Amalia Hartwichin, the surviving daughter of Captain Hartwich.] | Hartwich, Anthon Joachim (I2684)
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| 4208 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Research summary on the Hartwich family by Rose Green, a Stoker/Roemer descendant and excellent German researcher. Rose provided the following by email "I read original German records. My husband is a German professor and we lived in Germany for a number of years, so I learned German. When I was working on the Roemers, I ran into a guy who was born in Birkenau. He isn't blood related to us, but a number of his family members married a number of ours, so we had common interests. He picked up a number of historical booklets for me from the city that had articles about our family in them. Yes, I could get the bare bones out of the church records, but it was so interesting to read about these people. Apparently Johannes Roemer was a tanner and also owned a mill (which is still there). He was quite well respected (a ton of people came to his funeral) and he had the mixed-religion marriage. When issues came up later in town with mixed-religion marriages, he was sort of held up as a standard of, well, he managed to do it, so it must be possible. Schooling was compulsory from 1705(?). Joh. Michael Roemer who came to America was quite literate -- his signature on his will is in lovely perfect German script. Joh. Michael Roemer and his wife Charlotta Amalia Hartwich were apparently the first people from Birkenau to emigrate to America. Charlotta Amalia comes from a really interesting family. The earliest record we can find of her dad, Georg/Jurgen Andreas Hartwig/Hartwich, is that he was a lieutenant in Wolfenbüttel (then part of the country of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) in 1701. In 1703, Georg hired on as a Rittmeister [Cavalry Captain] for Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, which was then part of Denmark, to command a regiment in this War of Spanish Succession. (It had something to do with Hapsburgs and was fought all across modern Germany.) He served until 1715, and then moved down to the Odenwald in southern Hessen, first to Michelstadt, then Reichelsheim, and finally Birkenau. In Reichelsheim, he was asked to move because he was training soldiers at a barracks and was apparently too violent with them. His wife, Dorothea Sophia Schumacher -- I had someone search a series of printed marriage registers for northern Germany for me once, and they did not find a marriage for these people. I have read about a couple of Schumacher families that was sort of middle class in Schleswig-Holstein (i.e. a similar class that Georg was part of -- commissioned army officer, owning land, getting an education), but Schumacher is an awfully unspecial name ... I would really love to nail these people down and find out where they ultimately came from. With a lack of personal records on him, I turned to the people he knew and where they came from, which is how I traced him to northern Germany. One such person is the Graf (Count) von Erbach. He was a student at the Ritterakademie (Knight's Academy) in Wolfenbüttel at the same time Georg was in town, and he was also I think in the cavalry in this same war. I think he's the one who got the Hartwigs [aka Hartwichs] down to Hessen after the war. His wife, the countess Charlotta Amalia von Erbach, was the godmother of Charlotta Amalia Hartwich (who married Johann Michael Roemer). The other interesting northern connection is a professor by the name of Johann Justus Bode. He was from Bodenburg (again, up in the Wolfenbüttel area), the inventor of a traveller's sundial and a math and religion professor in Coburg, which is quite far away in today's Thuringen north of Nurnberg. He was the godfather for Charlotta's next older brother, Johann Justus. He didn't show up for the christening, but had a proxy stand in his stead. Why did these people know each other? I don't know. When Georg came to Birkenau, he bought the Carlebach mill, which is also still standing. It had formerly belonged to the von Bonn family (Lords of Birkenau), but the Lord died and his sisters ended up with it, and they decided to sell it. The new Lord, by the way, was not Lutheran but Catholic, which apparently caused instant friction with the Lutheran Georg Hartwich. (That, or Hartwich's er..."friendly" personality.) (Remember, this was not horribly long after the 30 Year's War--a war between Catholic Hapsburgs and northern Lutherans, devastated the area.) Georg Hartwich started selling I think alcohol without a permit, or else was fishing without a permit, or something -- essentially, he was baiting the lord, who tried to fine him. Georg's oldest son, Georg Ernst Andreas, went to complain, and got to spend a night in jail to cool his heels over it. Things escalated until all the Hartwichs holed up in a mill in an armed standoff. Charlotta was nine. Things did eventually cool down, but let's just say the Hartwigs were not quiet, unassuming people. When Georg died, his funeral text was the hymn "Auf Christenmensch, auf auf zum Streif" (something about, good Christian men, to the fight! to the fight!). Appropriate, I think. We have no record of the births of the other children, but judging from marriage records, they must have been born during this war. Here is who I've found: 1. Georg Ernst Andreas, b. about 1700? When living in Reichelsheim, he produced an illegitimate child, Johann Peter, with Anna Elisabetha Friedrich of Brensbach. They did not marry, and the child died at age 5. Georg Ernst suffered from depression ("melancholie") and actually shot himself inside the mill. The entry is quite sad; it explains that they knew he had had deep bouts of depression, but that lately he'd been doing better. It also said he was a law student, but I have not found his matriculation records. My husband says that university matriculation records often have gaps, though, and it's quite possible to be true, even if they didn't write him down. In any case, it was believable to the people at the time that he would be in college. 2. Nicholas Adolph married Maria Sophia Hedwich Mettenius in 1739. She was a widow from Rimbach. I found a couple of children for them. 3. Johanna Friderica married Johann Ernst von Hitzacker in 1730, had a child in 1732, and died in 1735. The von Hitzackers were from up north, and they were a lesser branch of the Welf dynasty that ruled Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel. They were a big military family, with holdings in Ascherode and Luneburg. Their child's christening record reads: "The 22nd of October was born and the 24th baptized the son of well-born Mr. Johann Ernst von Hitzacker, royal Prussian officer, and his wife, Mrs. Johanna Friderica. The son, named Andreas Christoph Wilhelm Otto, was lifted from the holy baptism by [the father's] father-in-law, [cavalry] Captain Georg Andreas Hartwig, as well as Mr. Christoph von Hitzacker, royal Prussian Hauptmann (a military title of some kind of leader) in the Litauisch regiment and heir of Ascherode, and also by Mr. Otto von Hitzacker, heir and Lehnsherr of Lüneburg." Unfortunately, this family has since died out; I've been trying to pursue them and find out what their connection to the Hartwigs might be. And to find out whatever happened to husband and son after Johanna died. 4. There's a Peter Hartwich living in Birkenau in 1741. Hartwich is a northern name and I haven't found anything more about him other than I think paying taxes that year. Is he a relative? Possibly/probably. In 1741, Peter Hartwig contributed money to build a new gallows in Birkenau. (Source: Einwohnerlisten der Zent Birkenau 1439-1841, by Rudolf Kunz and Karl-Ludwig Schmitt, published in 1988) This is the only mention of this person I can find. There are no other Hartwigs in the area, so I assume he is part of our family. In 1741, Peter Hartwig contributed money to build a new gallows in Birkenau. (Source: Einwohnerlisten der Zent Birkenau 1439-1841, by Rudolf Kunz and Karl-Ludwig Schmitt, published in 1988) This is the only mention of this person I can find. There are no other Hartwigs in the area, so I assume he is part of our family. 5. Conrad Friedrich married Maria Cordula Walter in 1735 and had children. She was Catholic. 6. Franz Christian married a Maria Magdalena. I don't have a marriage date, but they had a child in 1742. 7. Anton Joachim. Anton's death record lists his age as 62 at time of death; however, this seems to be an estimate, since most entries give the age to the day. Since he was not from the area originally, it would be understandable that his age be only approximated. According to this estimate his birth would have occurred in 1710. He was confirmed in 1727 in Reichelsheim. Lutheran confirmations tend to occur between 12 and 14 years of age, which would move his birth year up to 1713-15, at the end of his father's military service, and in any case, probably predating the family's move to the Odenwald. Anton was a tanner's apprentice, according to his marriage record, but he also ran the family mill (Carlebachmuehle, today Firma Frank on Weinheimerstr. 6). This mill he ran until December 1742 (1200 Jahre Birkenau, p. 241). He also was in charge of the Donels or Nikolai-Muehle (mill) on Lindenstr. 3 jointly with Hans Michael Nikolai (1762 -- see p. 244 of 1200 Jahre Birkenau). Anton also shows up in historical archives because he tried to convince the pastor's daughter to elope with him when she was only 16. The pastor took out a restraining order on him. Later, he married Eva Katharina Romer, the sister of Joh. Michael Roemer. Their kids' christening records play hopscotch in the Catholic-Lutheran records, but Anton actually grew up to be quite respectable. He became a Lutheran church elder. Later, there was a case of a teenage girl whose family was Lutheran and she wanted to be Catholic, or Catholic and she wanted to be Lutheran. At any rate, she actually tried to run away so she wouldn't be forced into the religion not of her choice. Anton intervened, calmed everyone down, pointed out that his father-in-law Johannes Roemer managed to deal with the whole two-religions-under-one-roof thing just fine, and that the girl should be free to follow her own conscience. Anton had a hairy start to life, but it sounds like he grew up to be a wise and respected kind of guy. 8. Johann Justus, b. 16 Oct 1717 in Michelstadt: "On the 16th of October (1717) a little son was born to Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved wife Dorothea Sophia, born Shumacherin, and the ____ ____ (a date, unreadable) was Johann Justus baptized. The godfather was Mr. Johann Justus Boden, a theology professor in Coburg. In his place stood Mr. Buttner, former chamberlain in Fuerstenau." He d. there 2 Aug 1720: "The 2 day of August (1720), Johann Augustus, age 2 years and 9 months, little son of Mr. Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved Dorothea Sophia, was buried in the still of the morning at 5 o'clock." 9. Charlotta Amalia (and BTW there is no Maria in her name in any document except for Familysearch): "Steinbach (an area in Michelstadt), 1720: On the first day of July, a little daughter was born to Mr. Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved [wife] Sophia, nee Shumacher, and on the 5th Charlotta Amalia was baptized. The godmother was Lady Countess Charlotta Amalia, noble wife of Count Philip Carl in Fuerstenau." Anyway, they were all very interesting people -- and a little notorious sometimes too. I keep coming back to take a stab at the Hartwigs. There were a ton of Hartwig families paying taxes in a printed record in 1678, but I don't know if Georg was attached to any of them. Part of the problem is simply access to the records. I'm sure that if I was in Wolfenbüttel, I could go to the archive and spend a year searching, and find him ... much of the information in these articles about the Hartwich family antics came from the Archiv des Freiherrn Wambolt von Umstadt, apparently..." BIRTH: 1. Estimated age based only on a date that seems to fit with the other siblings. | Hartwich, Peter (I1620)
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| 4209 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Research summary on the Hartwich family by Rose Green, a Stoker/Roemer descendant and excellent German researcher. Rose provided the following by email "I read original German records. My husband is a German professor and we lived in Germany for a number of years, so I learned German. When I was working on the Roemers, I ran into a guy who was born in Birkenau. He isn't blood related to us, but a number of his family members married a number of ours, so we had common interests. He picked up a number of historical booklets for me from the city that had articles about our family in them. Yes, I could get the bare bones out of the church records, but it was so interesting to read about these people. Apparently Johannes Roemer was a tanner and also owned a mill (which is still there). He was quite well respected (a ton of people came to his funeral) and he had the mixed-religion marriage. When issues came up later in town with mixed-religion marriages, he was sort of held up as a standard of, well, he managed to do it, so it must be possible. Schooling was compulsory from 1705(?). Joh. Michael Roemer who came to America was quite literate -- his signature on his will is in lovely perfect German script. Joh. Michael Roemer and his wife Charlotta Amalia Hartwich were apparently the first people from Birkenau to emigrate to America. Charlotta Amalia comes from a really interesting family. The earliest record we can find of her dad, Georg/Jurgen Andreas Hartwig/Hartwich, is that he was a lieutenant in Wolfenbüttel (then part of the country of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) in 1701. In 1703, Georg hired on as a Rittmeister [Cavalry Captain] for Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, which was then part of Denmark, to command a regiment in this War of Spanish Succession. (It had something to do with Hapsburgs and was fought all across modern Germany.) He served until 1715, and then moved down to the Odenwald in southern Hessen, first to Michelstadt, then Reichelsheim, and finally Birkenau. In Reichelsheim, he was asked to move because he was training soldiers at a barracks and was apparently too violent with them. His wife, Dorothea Sophia Schumacher -- I had someone search a series of printed marriage registers for northern Germany for me once, and they did not find a marriage for these people. I have read about a couple of Schumacher families that was sort of middle class in Schleswig-Holstein (i.e. a similar class that Georg was part of -- commissioned army officer, owning land, getting an education), but Schumacher is an awfully unspecial name ... I would really love to nail these people down and find out where they ultimately came from. With a lack of personal records on him, I turned to the people he knew and where they came from, which is how I traced him to northern Germany. One such person is the Graf (Count) von Erbach. He was a student at the Ritterakademie (Knight's Academy) in Wolfenbüttel at the same time Georg was in town, and he was also I think in the cavalry in this same war. I think he's the one who got the Hartwigs [aka Hartwichs] down to Hessen after the war. His wife, the countess Charlotta Amalia von Erbach, was the godmother of Charlotta Amalia Hartwich (who married Johann Michael Roemer). The other interesting northern connection is a professor by the name of Johann Justus Bode. He was from Bodenburg (again, up in the Wolfenbüttel area), the inventor of a traveller's sundial and a math and religion professor in Coburg, which is quite far away in today's Thuringen north of Nurnberg. He was the godfather for Charlotta's next older brother, Johann Justus. He didn't show up for the christening, but had a proxy stand in his stead. Why did these people know each other? I don't know. When Georg came to Birkenau, he bought the Carlebach mill, which is also still standing. It had formerly belonged to the von Bonn family (Lords of Birkenau), but the Lord died and his sisters ended up with it, and they decided to sell it. The new Lord, by the way, was not Lutheran but Catholic, which apparently caused instant friction with the Lutheran Georg Hartwich. (That, or Hartwich's er..."friendly" personality.) (Remember, this was not horribly long after the 30 Year's War--a war between Catholic Hapsburgs and northern Lutherans, devastated the area.) Georg Hartwich started selling I think alcohol without a permit, or else was fishing without a permit, or something -- essentially, he was baiting the lord, who tried to fine him. Georg's oldest son, Georg Ernst Andreas, went to complain, and got to spend a night in jail to cool his heels over it. Things escalated until all the Hartwichs holed up in a mill in an armed standoff. Charlotta was nine. Things did eventually cool down, but let's just say the Hartwigs were not quiet, unassuming people. When Georg died, his funeral text was the hymn "Auf Christenmensch, auf auf zum Streif" (something about, good Christian men, to the fight! to the fight!). Appropriate, I think. We have no record of the births of the other children, but judging from marriage records, they must have been born during this war. Here is who I've found: 1. Georg Ernst Andreas, b. about 1700? When living in Reichelsheim, he produced an illegitimate child, Johann Peter, with Anna Elisabetha Friedrich of Brensbach. They did not marry, and the child died at age 5. Georg Ernst suffered from depression ("melancholie") and actually shot himself inside the mill. The entry is quite sad; it explains that they knew he had had deep bouts of depression, but that lately he'd been doing better. It also said he was a law student, but I have not found his matriculation records. My husband says that university matriculation records often have gaps, though, and it's quite possible to be true, even if they didn't write him down. In any case, it was believable to the people at the time that he would be in college. 2. Nicholas Adolph married Maria Sophia Hedwich Mettenius in 1739. She was a widow from Rimbach. I found a couple of children for them. 3. Johanna Friderica married Johann Ernst von Hitzacker in 1730, had a child in 1732, and died in 1735. The von Hitzackers were from up north, and they were a lesser branch of the Welf dynasty that ruled Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel. They were a big military family, with holdings in Ascherode and Luneburg. Their child's christening record reads: "The 22nd of October was born and the 24th baptized the son of well-born Mr. Johann Ernst von Hitzacker, royal Prussian officer, and his wife, Mrs. Johanna Friderica. The son, named Andreas Christoph Wilhelm Otto, was lifted from the holy baptism by [the father's] father-in-law, [cavalry] Captain Georg Andreas Hartwig, as well as Mr. Christoph von Hitzacker, royal Prussian Hauptmann (a military title of some kind of leader) in the Litauisch regiment and heir of Ascherode, and also by Mr. Otto von Hitzacker, heir and Lehnsherr of Lüneburg." Unfortunately, this family has since died out; I've been trying to pursue them and find out what their connection to the Hartwigs might be. And to find out whatever happened to husband and son after Johanna died. 4. There's a Peter Hartwich living in Birkenau in 1741. Hartwich is a northern name and I haven't found anything more about him other than I think paying taxes that year. Is he a relative? Possibly/probably. In 1741, Peter Hartwig contributed money to build a new gallows in Birkenau. (Source: Einwohnerlisten der Zent Birkenau 1439-1841, by Rudolf Kunz and Karl-Ludwig Schmitt, published in 1988) This is the only mention of this person I can find. There are no other Hartwigs in the area, so I assume he is part of our family. 5. Conrad Friedrich married Maria Cordula Walter in 1735 and had children. She was Catholic. 6. Franz Christian married a Maria Magdalena. I don't have a marriage date, but they had a child in 1742. 7. Anton Joachim. Anton's death record lists his age as 62 at time of death; however, this seems to be an estimate, since most entries give the age to the day. Since he was not from the area originally, it would be understandable that his age be only approximated. According to this estimate his birth would have occurred in 1710. He was confirmed in 1727 in Reichelsheim. Lutheran confirmations tend to occur between 12 and 14 years of age, which would move his birth year up to 1713-15, at the end of his father's military service, and in any case, probably predating the family's move to the Odenwald. Anton was a tanner's apprentice, according to his marriage record, but he also ran the family mill (Carlebachmuehle, today Firma Frank on Weinheimerstr. 6). This mill he ran until December 1742 (1200 Jahre Birkenau, p. 241). He also was in charge of the Donels or Nikolai-Muehle (mill) on Lindenstr. 3 jointly with Hans Michael Nikolai (1762 -- see p. 244 of 1200 Jahre Birkenau). Anton also shows up in historical archives because he tried to convince the pastor's daughter to elope with him when she was only 16. The pastor took out a restraining order on him. Later, he married Eva Katharina Romer, the sister of Joh. Michael Roemer. Their kids' christening records play hopscotch in the Catholic-Lutheran records, but Anton actually grew up to be quite respectable. He became a Lutheran church elder. Later, there was a case of a teenage girl whose family was Lutheran and she wanted to be Catholic, or Catholic and she wanted to be Lutheran. At any rate, she actually tried to run away so she wouldn't be forced into the religion not of her choice. Anton intervened, calmed everyone down, pointed out that his father-in-law Johannes Roemer managed to deal with the whole two-religions-under-one-roof thing just fine, and that the girl should be free to follow her own conscience. Anton had a hairy start to life, but it sounds like he grew up to be a wise and respected kind of guy. 8. Johann Justus, b. 16 Oct 1717 in Michelstadt: "On the 16th of October (1717) a little son was born to Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved wife Dorothea Sophia, born Shumacherin, and the ____ ____ (a date, unreadable) was Johann Justus baptized. The godfather was Mr. Johann Justus Boden, a theology professor in Coburg. In his place stood Mr. Buttner, former chamberlain in Fuerstenau." He d. there 2 Aug 1720: "The 2 day of August (1720), Johann Augustus, age 2 years and 9 months, little son of Mr. Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved Dorothea Sophia, was buried in the still of the morning at 5 o'clock." 9. Charlotta Amalia (and BTW there is no Maria in her name in any document except for Familysearch): "Steinbach (an area in Michelstadt), 1720: On the first day of July, a little daughter was born to Mr. Georg Andreas Hartwig, cavalry captain, and his beloved [wife] Sophia, nee Shumacher, and on the 5th Charlotta Amalia was baptized. The godmother was Lady Countess Charlotta Amalia, noble wife of Count Philip Carl in Fuerstenau." Anyway, they were all very interesting people -- and a little notorious sometimes too. I keep coming back to take a stab at the Hartwigs. There were a ton of Hartwig families paying taxes in a printed record in 1678, but I don't know if Georg was attached to any of them. Part of the problem is simply access to the records. I'm sure that if I was in Wolfenbüttel, I could go to the archive and spend a year searching, and find him ... much of the information in these articles about the Hartwich family antics came from the Archiv des Freiherrn Wambolt von Umstadt, apparently..." | Hartwich, Conrad Friedrich (I1619)
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| 4210 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Researched 13 Feb 2010 entire online NEHGS database without results. 2. Daughters of William Tyler and Abigail Terrill in this database: Mary, Elizabeth, and Abigail. 3. NEHGS, article "Miscellanea, Milford, Conn., Land Records," vol. 5, contributed by Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., of New Haven, Conn. It would appear that the Mary and Abigail are sisters and daughters of William Tyler: "Page 195. 21 Feb. 1712/13. Will'm Palmer of Greenwitch [sic] in ye County of ffairfield, to James Prime Jun'r of Milford, all my Right in land [being] one seventh part of ye Right that doth belong unto ye heirs of Will'm Tyler late of sd. Milford dec'd w'ch sd. land doth acrrue to me by ye Right of my wife formarly Mary Tyler. [Palmer's wife signed with him both by mark. Witnesses: Joshuah Knapp, thom's Marshall.]" "Page 195. 23 Feb 1712/13. [Deed almost identical with above, from William Rundal of Greenwich in right of wife formerly Abigail Tyler. Both signed with mark. Witness Sam'l Peck, Thomas Marshall.]" 4. Miscellaneous comments from Worldconnect: A. "Will from Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield Co., CT; Publication: Fairfield County GenWebsite: "Rundall, William, late of Greenwich, will dated Oct. 22, 1714, probated Jan. 6, 1717, mentioned his wife Abigail, and eldest son John, daughters Sarah Knap, Mary Finch, Abigail Finch, Patience, Hannah, Elizabeth, sons Samuel, William, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, and grandson John Downs. Executors his wife and son Abraham. Witnessed Daniel Smith, Thomas Marshall, and Samuel Finch, page 10. Inventory taken Nov. 23, 1717.... and filed Nov. 26, 1717, page 11." B. A variant on the will dates: "Note: Will of William Rundle, dated 22 Oct 1714, probated, 16 Jan 1714/15. Probate file #5348 on file in the Connecticut State Library." 5. FHL book 929.273 R871rg "Ancestry of Long Island and Greenwich 1667-1992," by Rundall, Austin, Brownhill, Parker (poorly punctuated), pp. 1-21: "William [Rundle]'s earliest documentation in America appears in two separate land records. The first is a recorded document dated May 7, 1674 referring to a land gift from his father-in-law William Edwards. The property mentioned was located at the Puritan settlement of Easthampton, Long Island. It states, "...Hannah Rundle, now deceased, was the wife of William Rundle and daughter of William Edwards, grantor..." No deed citing the precise date of the transaction has been found for the above-mentioned property. It is assumed he arrived on Long Island ca 1664. The second document dated Dec. 23, 1667 is a land grant from the town of Greenwich, CT to William Rundle. It provides a clue that this transaction occurred close to his 21st birthday. One had to be a freeholder to own land while a freeholder had to be 21 yrs of age... William married first ca 1670 Hannah Edwards. She was the daughter of William Edwards & Anna Cole, emigrants to America from Hadlow near Maidstone, Kentshire, England. They settled at Lynn, MA ca 1635 and removed to Easthampton, Long Island by 1653. Hannah Rundle's death occurred prior to 1674. She may have been the mother of John Rundle, first known living child of William Rundle. John may have been named after his presumed paternal grandfather, John Randoll of Tonbridge, Kentshire, England. It is not known if William first knew the Edwards family in England, at, or at Easthampton. William married second ca 1675 Abigail Mills, daughter of Samuel Mills & Susannah Palmer. Susannah Palmer Mills was the niece of the Palmer men who were neighbors of William Rundle. Abigail Mills is credited with being the mother of the next seven children: Sarah, Mary, Abigail, Deborah, Samuel, Patience, and William. Patience was named for her aunt, Patience Mills Smith, wife of Thomas Smith who resided at Horseneck (West Greenwich). Samuel was named probably for his maternal grandfather, Samuel Mills of Jamaica, Long Island. Abigail died ca 1689 at Greenwich. William married third ca 1689 Abigail Tyler, youngest daughter of William Tyler & Abigail Terrill, residents of Milford, CT. Abigail Tyler was a sister to Mary Tyler Palmer & Elizabeth Tyler Palmer, wives of Lt. William Palmer & Joseph Palmer. They were brothers of John Palmer who was listed as a partner in William Rundle's first land transaction. The Palmer family played an influential role in the life of William Rundle. (See Chapter 11.) Abigail Tyler is credited with the last six siblings of William1 Rundle's fourteen children. In order of birth they were Hannah, Abraham Elizabeth, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph whose names appear to be biblical choices from the old testament... Married 1st: ca 1670 Ref: East Hampton Town Records Vol. 5; to: Hannah Edwards; died: ca 1674; Ref: pg. 377 Edwards Family in Genealogies of L. I. by Dr. Arthur Adams; parents: William (Goody) Edwards / Ann Cole. Married 2nd: ca 1675 to: Abigail Mills; born: ca 1658 probably, L.I., NY; died: ca 1689? Greenwich, Fairfield Co. NY; parents: Samuel Mills / Susannah Palmer. Married 3rd: ca 1689 to: Abigail Tyler; born: ca. 1664 bpt Sep. 19 1669 Milford, CT; died: before 1722 Greenwich, CT; buried: probably Greenwich, CT; parents: William Tyler / Abigail Terrill... Children: Possible child of Hannah Edwards, wife 1: John, b. ca. 1673, d. aft. 1742, m. Amy (Elizabeth?) Knapp. Believed children by Abigail Mills, wife 2: Sarah, b. ca 1677, m. Caleb Knapp 4-1-1697. Mary, b. ca 1679, m. Isaac Finch 4-27-1704. Abigail, b. ca 1681, m. Joseph Finch. Deborah?, b. ca 1683, d. pre 10-22-1714; m. John Downs, Sr. (?). Samuel, b. ca 1685, d. 1761, m. Hannah Hardy 3-1-1715. Patience, b. ca 1687, unm. at father's will; m. -?- Reynolds ? William, d. May 19 1733; m. Sarah Knapp 4-12-1722. Believed children by Abigail Tyler, wife 3: Hannah, b. July 16 1690, m. Samuel Brown. Abraham, ca 1691, d. ca 1750, m. Rebecca Mead 3-31-1721. Elizabeth, b. ca 1695. Isaac, b. ca 1697, m. Hannah Close. Jacob, b. ca 1699, d. 1733, m. Rebecca Knapp 4-1-1728. Joseph, b. ca 1701, d. ca 1778, m. 1: Mindwell Ferris; m. 2: Experience Peck. Note: Ann Edwards, mother of Hannah, was ordered to pay a fine of 3 pounds or have her tongue put in a "cleft sticke" as the result of a dispute with another lady over Ann's petticoat in 1651. Having a fiery temper she lashed out at all concerned when charged, including William. She created quite a scene. Note: William Edwards, father of Hannah, was Town constable at East Hampton in 1654. Ann was Irish, and William was Welch, but they came together to Lynn, MA from Maidstone, England. He d. 1685; she d. 6/3/1700. Hannah Edward's siblings: John2 d 1693; Thomas2 d April 16 1698; Ephraim2 d. y.; Sarah2 m1 Nathaniel Dominy; m2 Robert Moore; Ann2 in John Squires; Elizabeth2 in -?- Baker; plus East Hampton Town Records. v. 5 lists "William2 (by marriage 2) bp 1705; Ebenezer2 bp May 2 1708. (Wm1 died 1685 so ??) Note: Abigail Tyler had sisters: Mary who married William Palmer of Greenwich; and Elizabeth who married Joseph Palmer of Greenwich; as well as Sarah, Hannah, and Ruth Tyler. Her brothers were William, John, Thomas, and Ephraim Tyler. It is probable that Abigail met William Rundle while visiting her sisters at Greenwich... References... 8. GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY, Vol. 4 pg. 356 Will of Thomas Tyler..." 8. The book "Families of Ancient New Haven," by Donald L. Jacobus (New Haven, 1981), 7 vols., p. 1922: "William Tyler, d. 1693; res. M.; m. Abigail da. of Roger & Abigail (Ufford) Terrill, bp. Aug. 1644 MC (Congregational Society, Milford). [Children - lists 12 children of which the first three are in my database:] 1. Mary, b. c. 1660; m. William Palmer of Greenwich. 2. Elizabeth, b. c. 1663; m. Joseph Palmer of Greenwich. 3. Abigail, b. c. 1664; m. ___ Rundle..." | Tyler, Abigail (I30)
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| 4211 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reuben was also a sea captain like his brothers George and Jonathan. He shows up often as Reuben H. Winner. I believe his middle name is Haines since there was Reuben Haines that was prominent in Toms River as a merchant who maintained an account for Reuben's father. Reuben Haines was also involved in the probate of Naomi Johnston's father in 1812. 2. US Census: 1830 US: Dover, Monmouth, New Jersey: Aaron Bennett, males: 1@5, 1@20-29, 1@30-39, 1@70-79; females: 1@20-29, 1@30-39, 1@50-59. [Aaron and Naomi would be the two oldest and Reuben could be the 1820-9 male.] 1840 US: New Jersey, Monmouth County, Dover Twp., FHL film 016518: Reuben Winner, inland sailor, males: 2@under 5, 1@10-15, 1@20-30; females: 1@5-10, 1@30-40. [Listed in same township as George at the same time.] 1850 US: Raritan, Monmouth, New Jersey, 25 Sep 1850, 712/747: Rubin H. Winner, 40, lime burner, NJ. Melrina, 40, NJ. Lucinda, 17, NJ. Ben'n, 14, NJ. George H., 8, NJ. 1860 US: New Jersey, Monmouth County, Matawan Twp., Middleton Post Office, p.359, 10 Jul 1860, FHL film 0803066: Dwelling no. 270, family no. 264: Reuben Winner, 49, M, Capt. of Vessel, $500 real estate value, $100 personal property value, birthplace New Jersey Lavenia Winner, 49, F, birthplace New Jersey Lucinda Winner, 26, F George Winner [possibly named after "uncle George K."], 18, M, boatman Charles Patterson, 16 M, boatman Ann M. Patterson, 9, F. 1870 US: Matawan, Monmouth, New Jersey, 1 Jun 1870: 429/435: Rueben Winner, 59, waterman, $3000/300, NJ. Levina Winner, 59, keeping house, NJ. 430/436: George Winner, 28, waterman, $1000/200, NJ. Caroline, 24, keeping house, NJ. Mary, 5, NJ. Benjamin, 1, NJ. 1880 US: Matawan, Monmouth, New Jersey, Levina Winner, 72, widow, keeping house, NJ NJ NJ. A summary of all Winners: A. 1830 US census index for all Winne/Winners in NJ: -Dr. Henry Winne, Bernards Twp., Somerset. -Martin Winne, Bernards Twp., Somerset. -Abby Winner, Egg Harbor Twp., Gloucester. -George N. [K.] Winner, Dover Twp., Monmouth. -Isaac Winner, Green Twp., Sussex. -Samuel Winner, Evesham Twp., Burlington. B. 1840 US census index for all Winne/Winners in NJ: -Cornelius Winne, Bernards, Sommerset. -Hannah Winne, Bernards, Somerset. -Margaret Winne, Bellevil., Essex. -Martin Winne, Bernards, Somerset. -Charles P. Winner, Newkirk, Essex. -George K. Winner, Dover Twp., Monmouth. -Harriet Winner, Egg Harbor, Atlantic. -Isaac Winner, Hannover, Burlington. -Jesse Winner, Harmony, Warr. -John S. Winner, Bergen Twp., Hudson. -Nicholas Winner, Bergen Twp., Hudson. -Reuben Winner, Dover Twp., Monmouth. -Thomas Winner, Orange Twp., Essex. -William Winner, Piles Gr., Sale. 3. Land deed in Monmouth County Archives, Vol.Z5, p. 432: Purchase of land from Nicholas Cottrell and wife to Lavina Winner, wife of Reuben H. Winner of the township of Raritan in the County of Monmouth. Date: 24 Feb 1853. Land is in Raritan. BIRTH: 1. See death information. DEATH: 1. Ancestry.com's "New Jersey, Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971": "Reuben Winner, age 63, b. at Toms River, d. Dec 1870 at Matawan, Monmouth, NJ, waterman, married, parents Isaac and Aarmie Winner." Source: FHL film 584591. Note: I suspect "Aarmie" is poorly transcribed from "Naomie." 2. "Matawan Journal Index, 1879-1888," by Joseph Douglas Alt, 1996: -Winner, Mrs. Lavinia, 80y, husband Capt. Reuben Winner, death, published 7 Jul1888, page 2, column 5, Matawan, NJ. -Winner, Caroline C., 72y3m10d, husb. George H. Winner, death, published 22 Jan 1914, page 4, column 1, Westwood, NJ. -Winner, George H., death, publ. 11 Apr 1918, page 1, column 3, Ridgewood, NJ. -Winner, Capt. Reuben, 60y, death, publ. 10 Dec 1870, page 3, column 2, Matawan, NJ. | Winner, Reuben Haines (I660)
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| 4212 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 13 Feb 2010 all NEHGS online entries for Samuel Mills. 2. NEHGS Register, vol. 156, April 2002: "Samuel Mills3, Sadler, of Jamaica, New York, and Greenwich, Connecticut" Helen Schatvet Ullmann (Helen Schatvet Ullmann, CG, is Associate Editor of the Register. She may be reached at hsu@world.std.com or 713 Main Street, Acton, MA 01720-4802.) During the early eighteenth century there were two cousins named Samuel Mills, grandsons of George1 Mills of Jamaica, Long Island, New York (1). One was living in Greenwich, Connecticut, and the other in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Some electronically-compiled genealogies have merged them into one individual (2). Therefore, to those of us who feel that paper is a more permanent medium, (3) it seems wise to state clearly in print that they were two different men. The following account, focusing principally on Samuel Mills of Greenwich, should eliminate any confusion. While there are some large collections of material on this family, (4) no serious work on the descendants of George1 Mills has existed in print until the publication of a small book by this author, A Mills and Kendall Family History: American Ancestry of Herbert Lee Mills and Bessie Delano Kendall, expected to be published by Newbury Street Press by the end of 2002. This includes a line from George1 through his son Jonathan and treats the Samuel of Elizabethtown in more detail than appears here. The earliest evidence of a Samuel Mills in Elizabethtown was in a quit-rent list compiled in 1696 (5). Then on 9 June 1702 Eliphalet "Frasey" of Elizabethtown and his wife Margaret sold to Samuel "Miles" of Elizabethtown four acres of meadow near the mouth of the Rahway river (6). On 1 August 1724 Samuel Mills of Elizabethtown bought 100 acres in Elizabethtown from Joseph Morse, and on 31 May 1728 Samuel Mills sold land of the same description "unto my...son," Joseph Mills (7). Finally, on 7 August 1744 Samuel Mills of Elizabethtown, "far advanced in years" signed his will, naming, among many Children, his sons Samuel and Joseph. The will was proved in Essex County, New Jersey, on 16 March 1744/45 (8). This was clearly not the Samuel Mills of Greenwich, Connecticut, during the same period of time, who was: Samuel3 MILLS, son of Samuel2 and Susannah (Palmer) Mills, and grandson of George1 Mills of Jamaica, Long Island, New York, was born by 1673 [based on his marriage about 1693] and probably earlier, possibly even as early as 1660 (9). Samuel3 Mills married about 1693 Sarah Denton, daughter of Samuel and Mary (___) Denton of Jamaica (10). On 13 March 1698 Samuel Denton of Jamaica, planter, aged about 43, named in his will his wife Mary and children including son Samuel Denton and daughter Sarah Mills (11). Dated 25 April 1718, her brother Samuel's will includes bequests to the children of "my sister Sarah Mills," Samuel, Clement and Sarah (12). In Palmer Families in America (13), Horace Wilbur Palmer makes the claim that Samuel3 Mills married his first cousin, Susannah Palmer, daughter of Ephraim Palmer. However, no evidence has been found for this claim, and a second marriage for Samuel3 Mills seems unlikely. Even if it did take place, there probably were no surviving children as the voluminous will of his daughter, Sarah (Mills) Mead, mentions only descendants of her brother Samuel and sister Clemence (14). Samuel3 Mills was living on 5 August 1751 when his grandson, referred to as Samuel Mills, Jr., along with Denton Mills and Ebenezer and Lydia Fitch quitclaimed on some land to their grandfather, Samuel Mills of Greenwich (15). On 12 July 1754 Samuel Mills, Jr. signed a petition in Greenwich (16), the "Jr." suggesting that his grandfather was still living. However, Samuel3 had died, probably by 12 March 1757, but surely by 19 April 1758 when Samuel5 was referred to without the appellation, "Jr." in deeds with his sister, Sarah Close (17). Samuel in Jamaica Samuel3 Mills lived at first in Jamaica. On 6 April 1697 Samuel2 and "Sewzannah Milles" made their marks on a deed to Samuel Mills, Jr. of Jamaica. It included four or five acres of land with house, gardens, orchards, fruit trees, fencing, privileges and appurtenances plus half of a ten-acre lot of meadow at the further East Neck, "south to ye bay" and ten more acres of upland in the middle division at Jamaica (18). Called "Jr." or "sadler" and sometimes both, Samuel bought and sold much land in Jamaica and some in neighboring Hempstead (19). On 1 April 1703, 6 April 1708, and 5 April 1709 Samuel Mills, Jr. was chosen constable of Jamaica (20). On 13 March 1711 Samuel Clowes of Jamaica quitclaimed to Samuel Mills of the same, sadler, "a certaine slipe of land... whereon halfe ye wall of ye west end of the house & lento of ye said Samuell Mills now stands... allso one certaine parcell of land" in Jamaica, part of which Samuel Mills had lately sold to Clowes (21). On 29 March 1711 Samuel Mills of Jamaica, sadler, and wife Sarah sold "certain tracts" to Samuel Clowes (22). These two deeds would seem to relate to Samuel's final sale of his property in Jamaica, but the year is uncertain. It might be regarded as 1711/12, but the next recorded transaction, dated four days after New Year's Day (25 March) also says 1711. Was the latter simply a case of forgetting to write the new year, or were the deeds both in 1711, not 1712? On 19 March 1711/12 Samuel Mills, Jr. of Jamaica, paid £33-15 "on account of a bond being given by the said Samuell Mills unto Daniell Deane of Maidenhead in west New Jersey which bond beare date ye first day of May 1710 and was given by ye said Samuell Mills unto the said Daniell Dean for money in pay for a little island being sold by the said Daniell Dean unto the said Samuell Mills (23)..." The location of the island is not given. Although this was in Jamaica records, it probably relates to the Philadelphia County deeds mentioned below. Samuel in Greenwich In the last-mentioned deed, dated in March 1712, Samuel Mills was still said to be of Jamaica. But on 27 February 1710[/11?] Samuel Mills was "chosen to keep a house of publick entertainment and retail strong drinks" in Greenwich (24). Thus Samuel may have moved to Greenwich by February 1710, but it was more likely by February 1711. That the date was actually 1711 is reinforced by deeds in the early "Common Place Book" of Greenwich records. In an indenture dated 10 November 1710, Caleb Peck of Newtown in Queens County sold land in Greenwich to Samuel Mills of Jamaica, sadler, and in another indenture Jonathan Renalls of Greenwich and his wife Rebecca sold land to Samuel Mills of the same place [Greenwich], sadler, on 29 October 1711. Samuel Mills was also called "sadeler" of Greenwich in a 28 December 1711 deed from Daniel Mead (25). Nevertheless, the deed from Samuel Clowes, above, shows that Samuel still had property in Jamaica in March 1711 and perhaps later. In another deed, dated 11 June 1712, Samuel Mills, sadler, was said to be "late of Jamaica," when he sold 300 acres in Pasayunk Township in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, to Thomas Thurston (26). Finally he was called "Samuel Mill of Greenwitch in the colony of Connecticut sadle maker" on 14 December 1713 when he bought two houses and land in Jamaica from Abraham Row for £200 (27). It seems likely this transaction was a mortgage. Thus by 1711 and possibly by 1710, Samuel was living at Greenwich -- at least some of the time. While his father, Samuel2 Mills, appears to have stayed in Jamaica where he died on 10 March 1727 (28), it is unclear whether some of the early Greenwich deeds, in which land was laid out to Samuel Mills, refer to the son or the father. On 16 April 1712 Joseph Palmer of Greenwich deeded to Samuel Mills of the same, land "formerly the right of John Palmer." (29) In a Greenwich deed dated 19 March 1716, Samuel Mills, Senior, and his wife Susanna of Jamaica made their marks on a deed to their son Samuel MIls of Greenwich, "in consideration of a mare," conveying one sixth of the right granted by the town to "our brother John Palmer deceased of Greenwich." (30) Could Samuel2 have lived in Greenwich at least some of the time? Probably not. Samuel3 Mills is never called "Jr." in Greenwich records. The first time a Samuel Mills, Jr. appears in Greenwich deeds is on 10 August 1722, and this reference is almost certainly to Samuel4 Mills. Occasionally Samuel3 is referred to as "Sam Mills of Horseneck, Fairfield Co.," as for example when on 1 February 1716 he sold land to Isaac German of "Hamsted" [Hempstead] in Queens County (31). Horseneck is the area at the head of Greenwich Harbor and was the name used for the West or Second Society in Greenwich. At a town meeting on 31 December 171 the town granted "liberty to sett a saw mill on byrum river where they shall see convenient" to Samuel Mills, Gershom Lockwood, Caleb Knap and James Reynolds. However, on 4 February 1717/18 they relinquished the grant. Then on 1 February 1720/21 Justus Bush of the City of New York, merchant, Capt. Caleb Knapp, Left. James Reynalls and Ensign Samuel Mills, all of Greenwich, sold for £20 to Jonathan Jagger of Stamford, a sawmill and half of the millstream, iron work and wooden ... belonging to said mill (32). So apparently Samuel and others did build a sawmill in spite of having relinquished the earlier grant in 1718. However, it is not clear which Samuel this is. Since Samuel3 seems not to have had a military title, the ensign may have been his son. Samuel3 Mills bought land in Orange County, New York, from Richard Coomes of Jamaica on 13 April 1721. This purchase was for several parcels "in a Patin called Camat alias New Hemstid in Ainy [sic, Orng for Orange?] County" (33). More correctly spelled, the Kakiat Patent and New Hempstead are in what is now Rockland County, New York. On 7 September 1727 Samuel MIlls, Sr. of Greenwich sold a third of the 1000 acres in "caceat" patent that he had purchased from Richard Coomes of Jamaica to [his son-in-law] "Jabesh" Mead, as recorded in Greenwich records (34). Samuel Mills "Sener" gave another third of this land to his son, Samuel Jr. on 19 February 1729/30, calling it the "Caccoutt patent in Oring County" (35). On 30 October 1730 Samuel Mills of Greenwich sold another 200 acres of this "land at Cabeat" to Ebenezer Whiting of Greenwich, and then on the next day he sold a third of 400 acres to Ebenezer, the deed witnessed by Samuel Mills, Jr. (36) Samuel H Mills says that Samuel3 also gave a share of the Orange County land to his daughter Clements and her husband Caleb Knapp, and that Caleb, in his 1762 will, returned his interest in the land to the children of Samuel4 Mills (37). However, there is no mention of such land in Caleb's will dated 28 October 1762 (38). No reference to Caleb or to a younger Samuel Mills or Denton Mills appears in the index to Orange County deeds. Nor is such a deed found in Greenwich records. On 29 April 1724 we see the first deed using the term "Samuel Mills Sen." (39) On 17 March 1726/27 Samuel Mills witnessed the deed of Joshua Renalls and Nathan Smith to Joseph Renalls, Jr. and Samuel Mills, Jr. concerning a sawmill (40). During the 1720s almost all deeds refer to either Sr. or Jr. On 24 February 1731[/32] Samuel Mills, Senior of Greenwich, for £1400, deeded land to his loving and dutiful son Samuel Mills, Jr. (41) There are quite a few more deeds during the 1730s. By this time Samuel, Sr., was selling more than he was buying. He may have met financial troubles because on 19 April 1736 he sold all his lands in Greenwich, Bedford and Bedford New Purchase to [his son-in-law] Jabez Mead for £500 (42). By this time Samuel was at least sixty and perhaps even seventy. On 30 August 1735 Samuel3, as administrator of the estate of his deceased son, Samuel Mills, Jr., gave a power of attorney to Mr. John Lyon of Rye, New York, referring to "Lydea Mills Relique of my deceased son" (43). Then on 10 February 1742 Samuel Mills of Greenwich, administrator of the estate of Mr. Samuel Mills Junior of Greenwich, deceased, Left. David Reynalls, Mr. Thomas Johnson and Sargent David Reynols Junior, all of Greenwich, agreed concerning lands laid out on the right of Mr. John Reynals deceased (44). Clearly this deed relates to land inherited by Samuel, Jr.'s wife, Lydia Reynolds. Further evidence for the dead of Samuel's son Samuel appears in other land records. A series of deeds in 1751 and later show the children of Samuel4 Mills selling and exchanging land with each other, with Samuel5 Mills referred to as Samuel Mills, Jr. (45) The knowledge that Samuel4 Mills had died nearly twenty years earlier clarifies the transactions. Samuel H. Mills, in his monograph, clearly did not know of the early death of Samuel4 and was understandably confused. If all the preceding land transactions are not convincing evidence that Samuel3 Mills remained in Greenwich and did not also live in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, surely this last-mentioned series of deeds is determinative. Since Samuel of Elizabethtown had a son Samuel living in 1744, he cannot also be the Samuel of Greenwich whose son Samuel had died by 30 August 1735. Children of Samuel and Sarah (Denton) Mills: (46) i. Samuel4 MILLS, b. say 1695; d. before 30 Aug. 1735; m. Lydia Reynolds, daughter of John and Lydia (Ferris) Reynolds. (47) Children of Samuel and Lydia (Reynolds) Mills: 1. Sarah5 Mills, b. probably 29 Jan. 1722; (48) d. by 28 June 1786; (49) m. (1) 21 June 1742 (50) Jonathan Close of Greenwich, son of Benjamin Close. (51) She possibly m. (2) after 3 Aug. 1762 Jacob Smith, probably of Ridgefield; (52) however, the 1786 will of her aunt, Sarah (Mills) Mead, names "sons of my deceased niece Sarah Close who was wife of Jonathan Close of Greenwich, deceased." 2. Samuel Mills, b. Greenwich 23 Dec. 1724; (53) m. by 1747 Abigail Holmes, b. 6 March 1730, daughter of Isaac and Abigail (Mead) Holmes. (54) 3. Susannah Mills, b. 1726; d. 27 July 1815; said to have m. (1) ca. 1751 Jonathan Knapp, son of Jonathan and Mary (Husted) Knapp; (55) m. (2) Benjamin Close, son of Benjamin Close, and brother of Jonathan Close who m. Sarah Mills (see above). (56) She was not mentioned as mother of any of the Knapp or Close kin in Sarah (Mills) Mead's will. Nelson Close speculates that Sarah (Mills) Mead may have left SUsannah out of her will because Benjamin Close was a Tory. (57) 4. Denton Mills, bp. Second Congregational Church, Greenwich, 5 June 1729; (58) d. Ridgefield, Conn., 9 Nov. 1791; (59) m. Ridgefield 29 Feb. 1760 Sarah Cornwall. (60) On 7 July 1747 Denton Mills, son of Samuel Mills late of Greenwich, chose his brother Samuel Mills as guardian. (61) 5. Lydia Mills, b. say 1731; d. by 28 June 1786; (62) m. Norwalk, Conn., 20 Dec. 1750 Ebenezer Fitch (63) of Norwalk, son of Gov. Thomas and Hannah (Hall) Fitch. (64) 6. Clemence/Clements Mills, b. ca. 1733; d. Ridgefield, Conn., 13 March 1828 age 95; (65) m. Ridgefield 29 Oct. 1751 John Smith, (66) b. Ridgefield 14 June 1730, d. there 28 Feb. 1779 age 48, son of Ebenezer and Sarah (Collins) Smith. (67) ii. CLEMENT[S] MILLS, named for her mother's sister, Clement[s] (Denton) (Smith) Gregory, b. say 1698; d. by 28 June 1786; (68) m. by 1720 Caleb Knapp, (69) son of Caleb and Sarah (Rundle) Knapp (70). Sarah (Mills) Mead's will refers to many kinsmen and kinswomen who were almost certainly Clement's descendants, but sorting them out is beyond the scope of this article. iii. Sarah MILLS, b. ca. 1704; d. 4 April 1787 age 83, bur. Union Cemetery, Greenwich; (71) m. by 6 Feb. 1730 (72) JABEZ MEAD, b. Greenwich 10 June 1700 (73), son of Ebenezer Mead (74). Jabez Mead's will, dated 27 Feb. 1769 and proved 3 April 1769, named his wife Sarah, mentioned land which he had purchased of his father-in-law Samuel Mills, deceased, and gave bequests to numerous nephew (75). Sarah's own will, dated 28 June 1786 and proved 3 May 1787, names a long list of kinsmen, kinswomen, nieces and nephews which confirms that she was a daughter of Samuel3 Mills (76). Footnotes 1. One of the few accounts of the first generations of this family in print is a short line through this Samuel3 Mills of Greenwich by Josephine C. Frost, "Ancestry of Evelyn Wood Keller, wife of Willard Underhill Taylor" (Brooklyn, N.Y.: n.p., 1939), 90-93. 2. The current edition of the LDS Ancestral File is one example, at www.familysearch.org, but the error is also found on the Ancestry World Tree at www.ancestry.com. 3. John Hughes, publisher and editor, writes, "What about the latest Ohio State University study that suggests writing is more believable when seen on paper rather than on a computer screen?" (Christian Science Monitor, 16 August 2000, 10). 4. An extensive collection by James H. Mills, compiled mostly in the 1890s, is at the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society in Buffalo, New York. Another collection is that of Dr. Edward C. Mills, compiled between about 1890 and 1905. It is at the Ohio Historical Society, call number FLM 28, accession no. M90-789, available on two microfilms. A third collection, by William Heidgerd, is at the Orange County Historical Society in Goshen, New York. Lewis D. Cook's typescript is discussed below [note 9]. 5. "New Jersey Quit Rent Book, 1683-1696," a document at the New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, N.J., 32, [FHL 0,946,001]. This first reference to a Samuel in Elizabethtown could possibly refer to Samuel2 Mills of Jamaica. 6. East Jersey Deeds, C:218. 7. East Jersey Deeds, G3:516, 518. 8. Essex County, New Jersey, Probate, Document 1331 [FHL 0,545,457], recorded in Book D, p. 246; abstracted in "Calendar of New Jersey Wills, 13 vols., New Jersey Archives, First Series (1880-1930), vols. 23, 30, 32-42, at 30:340. 9. Until this year, the best, indeed the only, documented treatment of this family was in Lewis D. Cook's excellent "Documentary History of the Family of Mills" (1939), a typescript at the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society [FHL 1,697,455]. However, Cook did not follow Samuel3 in Greenwich records. The only lengthy treatment of Samuel of Greenwich is in a typescript by Samuel H. Mills, "Samuel Mills Ancestry or George Mills and the Samuel Mills Line of Jamaica, Long Island, New York, and Greenwich, Connecticut," (1958-60), copies of which are at the Greenwich Public Library, the Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich, and the Connecticut State Library. While this is probably quite reliable for later generations in Greenwich, the earlier part evidently copies from various secondary materials, which contain errors. Samuel H. Mills clearly consulted Greenwich land records to some extent, but he must not have read all of the early deeds. Most importantly, he missed the daughter Sarah who married Jabez Mead. 10. Walter C. Krumm, "Descendants of the Rev. Richard Denton," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 120 (1989):10-17, 93-97, 159-64 at 161, 222-25; 121 (1990):22-24, 144-49, 221-25, et seq. 11. Krumm, "Rev. Richard Denton" [note 10], 120:161, citing Record 65 (1934):248. 12. New York County Wills, Liber 9, p. 42 [FHL 0,874,518]; Abstracts of Wills in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York 17 vols. Collections of The New-York Historical Society for 1892-1908, 2:187, erroneously calls the third child "Susannah." Krumm, "Rev. Richard Denton," [note 10], 120:161, cites the original will as well. 13. Horace Wilbur Palmer, Palmer Families in America: Vol. 1, Lt. William Palmer of Yarmouth, Mass., and His Descendants in Greenwich, Conn. (Neshanic, N.J.: Neshanic Printing Co., 1966), 20, 24. Pages 9-14, 19-26, need to be read carefully by any researcher. 14. Stamford District Probate, 7:8. The original will was missing from the file in the Connecticut State Library in January 2002, but a handwritten abstract supplied by Donald Lines Jacobus, dated 26 June 1941, is filmed with the Stamford District Probate packet [FHL 1,018,472]. An abstract appears in Nelson A. Close, "The Will of Sarah Mills Mead," Connecticut Ancestry 6 (Dec. 1963):32-38. Close's article reconstructs this family but without documentation and without recognizing the commonly-accepted errors discussed in the present article. 15. Greenwich Deeds, 7:285. 16. Spencer P. Mead, "Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich" (New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1911), 61. 17. Greenwich Deeds, 8:43, 142. 18. Josephine C. Frost, ed., "Records of the Town of Jamaica, Long Island, New York, 1656-1751," 3 vols. (Brooklyn: Long Island Historical Society, 1914), 2:196-98. 19. Frost, "Jamaica" [note 18], 2:16, 21, 85-87, 400; 3:49, 95, 98-99, 99-101, 101, 103-05, 106-08, 481, 483; Alexander Lobel, "Abstracts of Deeds in the Queens County, New York, Register's Office" [FHL 0,017,873], B2:8, from the original B2:17; B2:24, from the original B2:59-60; B2:27, from the original B2:69-71, B2:149, from the original B2:406-07. 20. Frost, "Jamaica" [note 18], 2:36, 3:418, 430. 21. Frost, "Jamaica" [note 18], 3:103-04. 22. Lobel, "Abstracts of Deeds," [note 19], C:114, from C:332, recorded 15 February 1722. 23. Frost, "Jamaica" [note 18], 3:136-7. 24. Mead, "Historie of Greenwich" [note 16], 50. 25. Greenwich land records, Common Place Book, 1:27, 28, 29 [FHL 0,185,372]. 26. Lobel, "Abstracts of Deeds," [note 19], B2:312, from the original B2:640-41. Three other deeds for Pennsylvania land appear in Philadelphia County Deeds (E7:233, F5:538, 540), showing that "Samuel Mills of Jamaica on Long Island, Sadler" bought there on 4 September 1705, probably mortgaged 500 acres of it on 4 December 1705 and, still called of Jamaica, sadler, sold it to Thomas Hanlocke on 10 May 1712. 27. Frost, "Jamaica" [note 18], 3:134-6. 28. Cook, "Mills" [note 9], 10, from "Boston News Letter," 1727, No. 14; reprinted in "Register" 14 (1860):106. Cook added by hand, "The original Gazette is dated 'from March 6 to Monday, Mar 13th 1726,' i.e., 1726/7- examined in N.Y.C. Public Library, 5th Ave & 42d St L.D.C." A similar obituary notice in the "New York Gazette" was reprinted in Benjamin F. Thompson, "History of Long Island." (New York: E. French, 1839), 164, and in subsequent editions. 29. Greenwich Deeds, 2:66. Another deed from Joseph Palmer, this time with his wife Elizabeth, to Samuel Mills was for several pieces of land in Bedford, Westchester County, including a right in the West New Purchase, dated 23 March 1719/20 ("Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Historical Records," vol. 3, Land Records, v. II, 1687-1741 [Bedford Hills, N.Y.: by the town, 1969], 182). There are three other deeds from Samuel Mills of Greenwich in this volume. 30. Greenwich Deeds, 2:236, acknowledged at Queens County the same day, witnesses Jeremiah Smith and Samuel Denten, recorded 6 February 1717/18. Samuel's mark resembled a backwards S and Susannah's a little pie with a piece cut out. 31. Greenwich Deeds, 2:231. 32. Greenwich Deeds, 2:92, 3:60. 33. Orange County Deeds, B:271-72. 34. Greenwich Deeds, 3:347. 35. Greenwich Deeds, 5:438; Samuel H. Mills, "Samuel Mills Ancestry" [note 9], 10. 36. Orange County Deeds, B:346-49. 37. Samuel H. Mills, "Samuel Mills Ancestry" [note 9], 10. 38. Stamford District Probate, 3:92. 39. Greenwich Deeds, 3:74, not, of course, counting the 1716 deed from his parents. 40. Greenwich Deeds, 3:255. 41. Greenwich Deeds, 3:360. 42. Greenwich Deeds, 4:324. 43. Greenwich Deeds, 4:200. 44. Greenwich Deeds, 5:144. 45. Greenwich Deeds, 7:285, 286, 316, 438. 46. See Close's article in "Connecticut Ancestry" [note 14] for information on many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. 47. Marion H. Reynolds, "The History and Descendants of John and Sarah Reynolds" [Brooklyn, N.Y.: Reynolds Family Association, 1924], 49; Captain James S. Ferris, "A Ferris Genealogy," 5 vols., typescript at NEHGS (1980), vol. 2 #12, #129. The will of John Reynolds, cooper, late of Greenwich, dated 11 November 1732 and proved 26 March 1732, mentions his daughters, including Lydia, and son-in-law Samuel Mills (Stamford District Probate, 1:30; annotations to gravestone records in Francis F. Spies, "Greenwich, Conn., Epitaphs, Part I," typescript [Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1931], 95). The will does not make it clear which daughter married Samuel; the Reynolds genealogy says it was Judith. However, Samuel's father's power of attorney, detailed above, makes it clear that his son's wife's name was Lydia. Arthur K. Gibson also discusses this in his article, "7 Generations of Judiths," "Connecticut Ancestry" 29:1 (Sept. 1986):1-3. 48. Samuel H. Mills, "Samuel Mills Ancestry" [note 9], 13. 49. Will of Sarah (Mills) Mead [note 14]. 50. Josephine C. Frost, "Keeler" [note 1], 93, which does not give a source. 51. Mead, "Historie of Greenwich" [note 16], 527. 52. Samuel H. Mills, "Samuel Mills Ancestry" [note 9], 1, 13. Greenwich Deeds, 7:286, 8:142 and 9:130, confirm her first marriage, but not the second. This Jacob Smith was probably the Jacob Smith of Ridgefield who was a widower after 6 June 1759 ("Sergt. John Smith of MIlford," "The American Genealogist" 25 [1949]:102-16 at 112). 53. Samuel H. Mills, "Samuel Mills Ancestry" [note 9], 13-14, says 28 December. The Greenwich "Book of Early Records, 1640-1754," 233, as extracted in the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, says he was born 23 December, as does Spies, "Greenwich, Conn., Epitaphs," [note 47], 95. 54. Samuel H. Mills, "Samuel Mills Ancestry" [note 9], 13-14, says she was born in 1730, Spies, "Greenwich, Conn., Epitaphs" [note 48], 95, says 1736, which is too late, considering the birth of the first child. The marriage date is based on the birth of their first child Abigail on 12 February 1747[/48?] (Barbour Collection, from "Book of Early Records" [note 53], 233). For the Holmes family, see Paul W. Prindle, "Ancestry of Elizabeth Barrett Gillespie" (New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1976), 283. 55. Samuel H. Mills, "Samuel Mills Ancestry" [note 9], 1, 13, probably from Alfred Averill Knapp, "Nicholas Knapp Genealogy" (Winter Park, Fla.: by the author, 1953), 45-46. 56. Knapp, "Knapp" [note 55], 46; Mead, "Historie of Greenwich: [note 16], 526. 57. Close, "Will of Sarah Mills Mead" [note 14], 36. 58. Spencer P. Mead, "Abstract of Church Records of the Town of Greenwich," manuscript at the Connecticut State Library (1913), 38. 59. Barbour Collection, from Ridgefield Vital Records 1:206. 60. Barbour Collection, from Ridgefield Land Records 1:252 and Vital Records 1:155; "Records of the Church of Christ in Salem, Westchester Co., N.Y.," "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 31 (1900): 86. 61. Stamford District Probate, 1:310. 62. Sarah (Mills) Mead's will says her niece Lydia Fitch of Norwalk was to pay Sarah's nephew Denton Mills of Ridgefield a certain sum, but later in the will she names sons of "my deceased niece Lydia Fitch." There are many nieces named in the will, some of whom must be grandnieces. Thus the living niece Lydia Fitch must be a grandniece. 63. Barbour Collection, from Norwalk Land Records 4:0 [sic}, which says she was the daughter of Samuel, Jr. of Greenwich, deceased. 64. Samuel H. Mills, "Samuel Mills Ancestry" [note 9], 1, 13; Greenwich Deeds, 7:285-86, 309, confirm her marriage; Roscoe Conkling Fitch, "History of the Fitch Family," 2 vols. (Haverhill, Mass.: Record Publishing Co., 1930), 2:131-32. 65. Barbour Collection, from Ridgefield Vital Records, 1:226. 66. Samuel H. Mills, "Samuel Mills Ancestry" [note 9], 1, 13; Greenwich Deeds, 7:15 and 9:83, confirm her marriage which is found in the Barbour Collection, from Land Records 1:234; called "niece Clemence Smith, widow of John Smith, late of Ridgefield" in Sarah (Mills) Mead's will. 67. "Sergt. John Smith" [note 52], 104-05, 113. 68. Sarah (Mills) Mead's will named many children and grandchildren but not Clement herself. 69. Samuel H. Mills, "Samuel Mills Ancestry" [note 9], 10-11; Knapp, "Knapp" [note 55], 12. Greenwich vital records, as in the Barbour Collection, contain the births of three children, Sarah, Clemens and Amy, to Caleb and Clemens Knapp in 1720, 1722 and 1726 ("Book of Early Records" [note 53], 144. 70. Knapp, "Knapp" [note 55], 6, 12. 71. Charles R. Hale, "Charles R. Hale Collection [of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices of Marriages and Deaths]," (1933-34), Greenwich, 199, at the Connecticut State Library. 72. Mead, "Abstract of Church Records" [note 58], 9. 73. Barbour Collection, from Greenwich Land Records 1:450 and "Book of Early Records" [note 53], 144. 74. Ebenezer Mead's wife is shown as Sarah Knapp in several sources cited here, but she is not mentioned in Knapp, "Knapp" [note 55]. 75. Stamford District Probate, 3:354. 76. Stamford District Probate, 7:8. 3. "Nicholas Knapp Genealogy," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D. "This Genealogy of the Descendants of Nicholas Knapp, first found mentioned at Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630, is the result of the work and research of many individuals. The four principal collectors of data were Charles Ruggles Knapp, Henry Eno Knapp, Ezra Fred Knapp and the author, Alfred Averill Knapp, but they were assisted through correspondence by a large number of individuals who furnished much valuable family and local information..." Fourth Generation: "D-32. Caleb Knapp, son of C-8. Caleb and Sarah (Rundell) Knapp. B. Nov. 11, 1698, Greenwich, Conn. D. ca. 1762/63. M. Clemens Mills about 1720 or before, dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Weston) Mills." 4. "Nicholas Knapp Genealogy," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D. "This Genealogy of the Descendants of Nicholas Knapp, first found mentioned at Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630, is the result of the work and research of many individuals. The four principal collectors of data were Charles Ruggles Knapp, Henry Eno Knapp, Ezra Fred Knapp and the author, Alfred Averill Knapp, but they were assisted through correspondence by a large number of individuals who furnished much valuable family and local information...": Caleb Knapp, son Caleb and Sarah (Rundell) Knapp, has the following mentions of names in wills and land transactions, which include some Mills - his father-in-law Samuel and possible brothers-in-law Samuel and Denton. "His will was made Oct. 28, 1762. Proved July 12, 1763, mentioned wife, Clemens, children: Caleb-Titus-Amos-Sarah Hobby-Clemens Bush-Amy Mead-Charity Lockwood-Lydia Reynolds-Hannah Close and Mary. Capt. Joseph Hobby was executor. Inventory May 6, 1763. Probated May 12, 1763. Recorded in Vol. III, p. 92. Stamford, Conn. Caleb deeded land to his son, Caleb, "for Love" "land below the half mile line" in 1752, page 325. Also, same to same, land within ye mile and half line in 1753, Vol. VII, p. 392. He bought land of his brother, Charles, in 1729-1747-1748, "the bottom lot." Bought land of John Howe, Aug. 2, 1722 and from his brother Charles Oct. 17, 1729. Deeded land to his son Caleb Nov. 30, 1749. Jabez Mead of Greenwich, deeds to Samuel Mills, Denton Mills of Ridgefield, Sarah Close, widow of Jonathan Close, late of Greenwich, deceased, Lydia, wife of Eben Fitch, of Norwalk, Clements, wife of John Smith, of Ridgefield, Conn. Also, Caleb Knapp of Goshen, N.Y., Titus Knapp, Amos Knapp, Sarah, wife of Capt. John Bush, Amy Mead, wife of Eben Mead, Jr., Charity, wife of Joseph Lockwood, Hannah, wife of Nathaniel Close, Lydia, wife of Norton Reynolds, Mary Knapp, daughter of Caleb Knapp, all of Greenwich (meaning all those whose place of residence is not given). To the above named Samuel Mills, Denton Mills, Sarah Close, Lydia Fitch, Clemens Smith and to their heirs, one half of my title to land lying in Cakeat potent (or Cakes at Patent) in Orange Co., N.Y. bounded east by Haverstraw Patent, which I had of my father-in-law, Samuel Mills, deceased. (See his will.) And do release the other half to Caleb Knapp, Titus Knapp, Amos Knapp, Sarah Hobby, Clemens Bush, Amy Mead, Charity Lockwood, Hannah Close, Lydia Reynolds and Mary Knapp. Dated Mch. 21, 1761. Signed Jabez Mead. Apr. 10, 1761, appeared said Jabez Mead and acknowledged his free act and deed. Greenwich Land Records, Vol. IX, p. 387." 5. The periodical "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 120[1989]:10-17, 94-97, 160-163; 121[1990]:221-225, etc., "Descendants of the Rev. Richard Denton," by Walter C. Krumm. I have divided up this article and included each generation with the individual detailed (see notes of Rev. Richard Denton for summary of all other publications and researchers prior to this publication): "Sarah4 [Denton], b. c1677; m. c.1693 [aged c.16] to Samuel Mills Jr.; he was a saddler of Jamaica, moved in 1712 to Greenwich, Conn., and was living there 1729. They had three children: Samuel, Clement, and Susannah (Lewis D. Cook, "A Documentary History of the Family of Mills" [typescript, 1939], pp. 24-7)." 6. The obituary of Samuel Mills notes he had 16 children from one wife. Another source, Ancestry.com's "A Documentary history of the family of Mills: descended from George Mills of Hempstead and Jamaica...," by Lewis D. Cook, 1937 22 Jan 1682/3 to "son in law John Smith" inhabitant of Jamaica; 25 Feb 1685/6 to "son in law John Smith and his wife Elizabeth." 6 Apr 1697 to Samuel Mills, Jr.; 23 Feb 1718 to Samuel Mills, Jun., sadler. 6 Jul 1698 to "our son John Mills". 8 May 1718, Samuel and Susannah with Ephraim Mills and Susannah his wife convey land. 11 Jun 1705 to Hope Mills, both of Jamaica. This same Ancestry source lists the 16 children as follows: 1. Samuel Mills, Jr., mar. Sarah Denton, rem. to Greenw. 2. John Mills, mar. Susannah ____, rem. to Stamford. 3. Andrew; 4. Martha; 5. Zebulon; 6. Ephraim. 7. Alexander Mills of New York City and Jamaica, L.I. 8. Rebecca (?) 9. George (?) 10. Clemence 11. Elizabeth Mills, mar. bef. 22 Jan 1682/3, John Smith. 12. Hope Mills, mar. Martha ___, d. 1737. 13. Aurelius Mills (?) (Perhaps the Aurelius Mills of Flushing, L.I., "joiner" whose will dated 10 May 1758, pr. 18 Apr 1759, names daughter Elizabeth as legatee and appts. Thomas Thorne as exec. Abstract of this will published in "Calendar of Wills" at Albany, 1626-1836, pub. N.Y. 1896, p. 258.) 14. Mills; 15. Mills; 16. Mills. MARRIAGE: 1. Citation Information: "Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700." (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001: "Mills, Samuel & Sarah [Denton]; ca 1693; Jamaica, LI (see Timothy Mills record below); {Keeler-Wood 81, 92}" SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed: -NEGHR, v. 14, p. 106. -Typescript, Greenwich P.L., Greenwich, CT. -Samuel Mills and Descendants, by Samuel Mills IX. -Rundle Fam. of Amer. 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| 4213 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 17 Aug 2003 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Need to research whether Mahala Hill and Amanda Hill were sisters. They both married Graybill brothers in Jackson Co., OH and both died in Adams County, IL. Nothing in Family Search nor Worldconnect. BIOGRAPHY: 1. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 17-24, note that this book has some downline of the children of this couple: "David Graybill, b. 24 Sep 1812, Jefferson, Ashe, NC; d. 1848, Quincy, Adams Co., IL; md. to Mahala Hill. She was b. abt 1815; d. 1848, Quincy IL; bur Quincy, IL." [Note: I am unsure if they died and were actually buried in Quincy since this same author notes in David's father's biography that the Graybill-Stoker families lived 11 miles southeast of Quincy. Note also that the other Graybills were in Iowa by about 1848 - so they must have come later: see next quote from same book about David's brother, Simeon Peter Graybill, which would seem to confirm both David and Mahala had died in 1848: "In 1837, Simeon moved from Jackson Co., OH to Caldwell Co., MO. They moved to Adams Co., IL in 1839 and remained there until 1848. Simeon travelled by covered wagon in Dec 1848, bringing his three children and his brother's four children to Kanesville (later named Council Bluffs), IA. His youngest Child, Aaron, was but three years old. Simeon's wife, Amanda, and daughter, Rachel, had recently died in 1848 near Quincy, IL. Simeon's and Amanda's children were Rachel, William A., Andrew Jackson and Aaron George. Simeons's and Frances' children were George Alvin, Emily Jane, Willis Meredith, Amanda M., Almeda and Mary Ellen." [His brother's children must be the children of David and Mahala (Hill) Graybill, both of whom died in 1848. I wonder if both Mahala Hill and Amanda Hill were sisters.]" Note: see notes for David's father Michael Graybill and brother Simeon Peter Graybill for David's children in Iowa in the 1850 census. BIRTH: 1. 1880 Census for three of her sons and 1900 census for one son mentions this individual born in Ohio. MARRIAGE: 1. FHL Film #301,043 "Jackson County, Ohio Marriages 1831-1843" has the following entry in Marriage Book, Vol. B (1831-1843), page 50: "David Graybill to Mahaly Hll, June 11, 1835 (license date). Geo. McAdams performed the marriage 14 Jun 1835. Her name in his certification is rendered "Mahala Hill" DEATH: 1. She may have remarried after death of David Graybill in 1846 but the 1850 and 1860 censuses for her children don't show her which would make one think she may have died before 1850. LDS Family Search Pedigree File compact disc #47, pin #987092 indicates death for her in 1849 in Hope, IL, but without documentation. The date sounds likely but the place sounds possibly unlikely since I believe the Graybills were in Iowa by that date - unless this family stayed on longer in Illinois. The Pitt book quoted above seems to generally agree with a reported death date of 1848 in Quincy, Adams, IL. I use 1848 because of the quote in the Pitt book of David's brother taking his children to Iowa in 1848. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per Ancestral File 4.19 (28 May 2001). 2. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 97. | Hill, Mahala (I289)
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| 4214 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 24 Nov 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":ag1640": Sidney Pitt, b. 12 Feb 1847 at Luce, Spencer, Indiana, parents are Rodney Pitt and Sarah Edwards, married Patience E. Graybill 25 Dec 1871. 2. Reviewed LDS Ancestral File Oct 2003. 3. Censuses: 1850 US: Cannot find even though Levi in his biography says he was in Iowa by 1846. Did a page by page search of Decatur and Pottawattamie Counties which in 1850 appear to be larger than they are now. They possibly could have lived away from the others in an area that may not have received a census taker. 1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household and their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Census return: Grabill: Levi [can't read age - 33?], Patience 25, Abigail 9, Selathiel 4, Patience 2, Levi infant. [Note that the following related families are in this census and very close neighbors: Simeon P. Graybill, Michael/Polly Graybill with Polly's mother Catherine Eller Stoker, Eller/Margaret Stoker, Jacob/Catherine Stoker, Philip/Catherine Gatrost, David/Barbara Stoker, Edward/Sarah Davis, and William/Almira Stoker. Other relatives in same county but separated by several pages of census include the following families: Thomas/Hannah Pilling whose daughter Hannah, later marries William Lenore Graybill, Levi/Patience Graybill, John W./Sarah Stoker, Hannah Ford whose son Martin later marries Zibiah M. Stoker, and John/Sarah Smith.] 1856 Iowa: (From Ancestry.com) Macedonia, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 2 of 4: Levi Grabill, 38, 10 years in Iowa, OH, farmer. Patience, 31, 10, IN. Abbigail, 14, 10, IL. Selatha, 9, 9, IL. Patience, 7, 7, IL. Levi, 5, 5, IL. John, 3, 3, IL. Michael, 1, 1, IL. 1860 US: Macedonia P.O., Grove Twp., Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 416, entry 847, 14 Jul: Levi Graybill, 42, farmer, Ireland. Patience, 36, IN. Abigail, 18, IL. Salathiel, 13, IA. Patience, 11, IA. Levi, 8, IA. John, 6, IA. Joseph B., 3, IA. George W., 5/12, IA. 1880 US: Macedonia, Pottawattamie, Iowa, FHL 1254362, T9-0372, p. 423A: Sidney Pitt, marr., 33, PA [son Sidney in 1900 indicates father is from Indiana], farmer. Patience, wife, 30, IA, keeping house. David, son, 7, IA. Sidney, son, 6, IA. Rodney, son, 4, IA. Berdie, son, 3, IA. Grandie, son, 1, IA. ___ Pitt, uncle, 1, IA. 1895 Iowa: Cass, Harrison, IA: Sidney Pitt, 48, IN. Patience, 46, IA. Levi, 20, IA. Milton Pitt, 48, IA. Patience, 12, IA. Jessie, 9, IA. Mary, 5, IA. David, 22, IA. Sidney, 21, IA. 1900 US: Cass Twp., Harrison, Iowa, p. 85B: Sidney Pitt, Mar 1847, 53, m. 28 years, IN VT KY, farmer. Patience E., wife, Dec 1848, 51, m. 28 years, 10 total children with 7 living, IA OH IN. Patience L., dau., Dec 1882, 17, IA IN IA. Jesse A., son, Dec 1885, 14, IA IN IA. Mary C., dau., Apr 1888, 12, IA IN IA. Rodney, nephew, Apr 1184, 16, TX IN TX. Frank Ducheney, boarder, Jan 1882, 18, IL Unk ___. 1910 US: Cass Twp., Harrison, Iowa, p. 37b, entry 7: Sidney Pitt Sr. 63, m. 38 years, IN VT KY. Patience E., wife, 61, m. 38 years, 11 total children with 7 living, IA OH IN. Mary C., dau. 20, IA IN IA. 1920 US: Cass Twp., Harrison, Iowa, p. 43a, entry 122: Sidney S. Pitt, 72, IN VT ??. Pasence E., wife, 71, IA OH IA. Alma P. Walker, 6, IA IA IA. Minnie Moldty?, boarder, 60, IL Ire Ire. 1930 US: Cass Twp., Harrison, Iowa, p. 158b, entry 70: Jesse A. Pitt, 44, m. 21 years, IA IN IA. Lily Bell, wife, 48, m. 25 years, IA NY PA. Harry A., son, 22, IA IA IA. Harol W., son, 20, IA IA IA. Ada B., dau., 18, IA IA IA. Alvin R., son, 6, IA IA IA. Patience E., mother, 81, widow, IA PA PA. Alma P. Walker, adopted son, 16, IA IA IA. 4. Iagenweb for Harrison County: A. Www. rootsweb.com/~iaharris/directories/1905Persia.htm: 1905 Telephone Directory for Persia, Harrison, Iowa lists Sidney Pitt in the countryside. B. Www. rootsweb.com/~iaharris/probate/p-probates.htm: 1853-1980 Probate Index for Harrison County: Sidney Pitt, Sr., docket 20, page 135, case 5670, year 1924. Patience E. Pitt, docket 15, page 84, case 4023, year 1934. C. Www. rootsweb.com/~iaharris/directories/1905_Residents_Cass.htm: 1905 residents of Cass Township: Sidney Pitt, farmer, RR. 1-Persia. Mrs. Patience Pitt. D. Www. rootsweb.com/~iaharris/1902/1902p.htm: 1902 Harrison County Iowa Landowners: Sidney Pitt, Cass Township, T.79, S.28, R.41, 240 acres, House, Pigeon Creek. E. Www. rootsweb.com/~iaharris/bio/1981index.htm: Sidney Pitt listed in biography index of "1981 History of Harrison County Iowa." F. Www. rootsweb.com/~iaharris/directories/1916Logan.htm: 1916 Telephone Directory for Logan, Harrison, Iowa: Sidney Pitt, Sr., Persia. 5. From the book "1891 Harrison County Iowa History," pp. 762-763, IAGenWeb for Harrison County: "Sidney Pitt, who came to Harrison County, in April, 1883, located on the present site of Yorkshire, and his present residence is his farm on section 28, Cass Township, which place he purchased as wild land, some time previous. He has four hundred acres, three hundred and seventy-five acres of which are under the plow. Like most of the prosperous farmers of Iowa, our subject is an extensive raiser of corn, and feeder of cattle, usually keeping about eighty head. Mr. Pitt was born February 12, 1847, in Spencer County, Ind., and is the son of Rodney and Sarah (Edwards) Pitt. Rodney Pitt was born midst the mountain scenes of Vermont, September 25, 1800, and left the Green Mountain State in 1818, emigrating to Indiana. He was married in 1823. His wife, Sarah Edwards, was born in Grayson County, Ky., July 12, 1805, and died December 16, 1857, in Indiana. They reared a family of thirteen children, of whom our subject was the twelfth. His father died when he was about three years old, and the mother when he was eleven, after which his home was with his brother until he was fifteen years of age, when he commenced working out at $6 per month, continuing for six years. In 1865 he went to Seward County, Neb., and commenced farming for himself. He remained there until December, 1870, then came to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, where he purchased a farm of eighty-five acres, and remained until the time of his coming to this county. He was untied in marriage, Christmas day, 1871, in Pottawattamie County, to Patience Graybill. Their family consists of ten children, all of whom are at home: David W., born October 14, 1872; Sidney, November 20, 1873; Rodney Levi, December 12, 1874; Milton B., June 2 1876; LeRoy and LeGrande (twins) born September 4, 1877. LeRoy died January 16, 1879, and LeGrande April 15, 1881; Sarah, born November 14, 1879, died April 13, 1881; Patience L., born December 19, 1882; Jesse A., December 19, 1885; Mary C., April 18, 1889. Mr. Pitt enlisted in Company K, Seventeenth Kentucky Cavalry, September 15, 1864, served one year, receiving his discharge September 20, 1865. His four older brothers served most of the time for four years. Politically, Mr. Pitt is a stanch supporter of the Republican party." 6. Per FHL film 934944 "History of Harrison Co., Iowa," 1915, pp. 207, 208: "Spring Creek branch of the Latter-Day Saints (reorganized) was formed October 19, 1876... In 1891 the membership had reached 108. A neat frame building was erected for church purposes in 1884, costing $2,400. This branch of the church is situated in Washington township, and is within the village of Persia. The present total membership of this branch is 145. The presidents of this branch have been... Sidney Pitt, Sr., 1904... Sidney Pitt, Sr., 1910... Sidney Pitt, Sr., 1913..." 7. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 55-60, note that this book has a very detailed downline of this family: "Patience Elizabeth Graybill, b. 29 Dec 1848, Macedonia, Potta. Co., IA; d. 12 Jan 1934, Persia, IA; bur. in Valley View Cemetery, Union Twp., Harrison Co., IA; md. 25 Dec 1871, Wheeler's Grove, Pottawattamie Co., IA to Sidney Pitt. He was b. 12 Feb 1847, Luce Twp., Spencer Co., IN; d. 26 Apr 1924, Omaha, Douglas Co., NE; bur. in Valley View Cemetery. He was the s/o Rodney Pitt and Sarah Edwards of Spencer Co., IN. Sidney's and Patience's children were David William, Sidney Jr., Levi Rodney 'Rod', Milton Bird, LeRoy, LeGrand, Sarah A., Patience Lovey, Jesse Albion, George Emery and Mary Celestia." BIRTH: 1. Susan Easton Black, compiler, "Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints," (Religious Studies Center, BYU, 1993, copy in Family History Library in Salt Lake City): "Graybill, Patience E.; Birth: 21 Dec 1848, Macedonia, Pottawattamie, Iowa. Source: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1852-71, book A, p. 647." 2. Cemetery record has variant of 29 Dec 1848. 3. Website: iagenweb.org/pottawattamie/hist-RLDS-wheelersgrove.htm: Members of the RLDS Church of the Wheeler's Grove Branch: Patience E. Graybill, b. 29 Dec 1848 in Potta. Co, IA, baptized 17 Oct 1865 at Potta. Co., d. unknown. MARRIAGE: 1. Per Ancestry.com cited above and 1880 census. LDS Pedigree Resource File by Joan Yvonne Winegar has marriage dated 25 Dec 1871 in Montgomery Co., IA. 2. Per FHL book 977.77 H2b "Settlers of Western Iowa of Council Bluffs, Macedonia, Wheelers Grove..." which is a few pages of oral history transcribed 29 Mar 1936 from an interview with Mr. Frank Shinn. He recounts: "I will tell you who were the first white settlers here. There was Levi Graybill, he came with Brigham Young, and was the first settler anywhere around here. And John Winegar and Uncle John Smith. Those three were the first... Then there was Milton Pitt, who was a politician; he was Speaker of the House of Representatives and was a state senator. Milton Pitt married the daughter of Levi Graybill. She is alive yet, or was the last I heard..." DEATH: 1. LDS Pedigree Resource File by Joan Yvonne Winegar has death dated 12 Jan 1934 in Harrison Co., IA. 2. LDS Pedigree Resource File by Earl Flowers has death dated 12 Jan 1934 in Persia, Harrison, IA. BURIAL: 1. From Vicki King Sidney Pitt, Feb. 12, 1847 - Apr. 26, 1924, Grand Army of the Republic. Patience Pitt, Dec. 29, 1848 - Jan. 12, 1934. Many other Pitts as well. SOURCES_MISC: 1. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91. 2. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 149. | Graybill, Patience Elizabeth (I554)
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| 4215 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 24 Oct 2003 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. 1870 census shows middle initial as W and not H. Some Ancestral File entries show middle name of Henry. 3. Censuses: 1850 US: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 97b, household 532: George Grabill, 29, farmer, OH. Mary, 27, OH. Hannah, 8, IL. Brigham, 7, IL. George, 4, IA. Polly, 1, IA. 1856 Iowa: (From Ancestry.com) Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 10 of 63, 59/60: George W. Graybill, 35, 9 years in Iowa, OH, farmer. Mary, 32, 9, IN. Hannah, 13, 9, IL. Brigham, 11, 9, IL. Geo., 9, IA. Polly, 7, IA. John, 5, IA. Isaiah, 3, IA. Massey, 1, IA. Mary C., 0, IA. [Same person as Sarah A.] 1860 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 362, dwelling 469, family 412, living next door to Simeon P. Graybill: George W. Graybill, 38, farmer, $1650 real estate, $400 personal property, OH. Hannah, 17, housekeeper, IL. Brigham, 16, farmhand, MO. George, 13, IA. Polly, 10, IA. John, 9, IA. Wm. P., 7, IA. Massie J., 5, IA. Catharine, 2, IA. Lydia J., 4/12, IA. 1870 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 172b, dwelling 58, family 59; the following families were neighbors: Simeon Graybill, Margaret Stoker, George Graybill, William L. Graybill, Phillip Gatrost: Geo. Graybill, 47, farmer, $9600 real estate, $2200 personal property, OH. Hannah, 44, keeping house, IN. Geo. W., 23, farmer, $200 personal property, IA. Isaac, 17, IA. Massie, 15, IA. Cathrin, 11, IA. Lydia J., 10, IA. Julia, 6, IA. Samuel, 4, IA. Zenas, 2, IA. Hannah Sexton, 15, IA. Emily J. Sexton, 14, IA John Sexton, 11, IA. George Sexton, 10, IA. John Graybill, 19, IA. Possible alternate 1870 US: Crescent City, Crescent Twp., Pottawattamie, IA, p. 153b, entry 187, next door neighbors include: William and Almeda Graybill Holman, Wayne and sister Polly Graybill Downs, and older brother Brigham "Grabill": Geor. Grabill, 20, farmer, $1000 real estate, IA. 1880 US: Garner, Pottawattamie, Iowa; NA film T9-0361, p. 23A: George Graybill, farmer, self, 55, OH NC NC. Hannah, wife, 52, IN NC SC. George, son, single, farmer, 33, IA OH IN. Isaah, son, single, farmer, 25, IA OH IN. Catherine, dau, 22, IA OH IN. Julia, dau, 16, IA OH IN. Samuel, son, 14, IA OH IN. Zenas, son, 11, IA OH IN. John Sexton, single, stepson, farmer, IA IL IN. Margett Graybill, gdau, 4, IA IA UT. Birdie Graybill, gdau, 2, IA IA UT. 4. Susan Easton Black, compiler, "Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints," (Religious Studies Center, BYU, 1993, copy in Family History Library in Salt Lake City): "Graybill, George H.; Birth: 23 Dec 1846, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. George H. Graybill was expelled from the [RLDS] on 5 Sep. 1869. Source: Reorganization Minutes, 1852-71, book A, p. 325." 5. "George H. Graybill, of section 14, Garner Twp., was born Dec 23, 1846 in Pottawattamie Co. and was one of the first white children born in this county. His father was George W. Graybill, a native of Jackson Co, Ohio, son of Michael Graybill, who was born in North Carolina; and the mother, nee Polly Stoker, was born in North Carolina. The parents were married in Indiana, but afterward moved to Missouri, and thence to Hancock Co, Illinois. They were members of the Church of the Latter Day Saints and followed the Mormon leaders to this county where they were early pioneers. The father settled in Pottawattamie County in 1846 near Wheeler's Grove, and afterward near the place where his son, George, now lives. He now resides at Underwood. The mother died when our subject was 13 years of age, leaving 9 children. The father afterward married a widow who had three children. George H., our subject, was reared in Pottawattamie Co in the pioneer days, and passed his youth upon a farm, receiving his education in the district schools. He now owns 150 acres of valuable bottom land situated five miles from the city limits of Council Bluffs. December 8, 1887, he was married to Mrs. Flora Brower, who was born in Marion Co, Iowa, the daughter of Moses and Nancy (Jones) Doty; she has one child, Lucy. Her father was born in Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Graybill have two children: George and Lee. Politically Mr. Graybill is a Republican and is yet in the prime of life, intelligent, frank and cordial in his manner and address." Source: 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County Iowa, by the Lewis Publishing Company. 6. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 72-75, extensive downline of this family is in the book: "George Henry Graybill, b. 23 Dec 1846, Potta. Co., IA; d. 26 Nov 1912/13, Potta. Co. IA; md. to Flora Ann Doty. She was b. 24 Mar 1863. Their children were Lucy Bower, George, Lee, Roy, Etta, Mabel, Walter and Alice." The author of this book seems unaware of Flora's first marriage to a Bower/Brower and her marriage date to Geo. Graybill in 1887. Lucy Bower was born 24 Feb 1885 and is actually a step-daughter to Geo. Graybill. BIRTH: 1. Per RLDS records cited above. 2. Per death record cited below. MARRIAGE: 1. Ordinance Index shows a possible marriage to Flora Ann Doty about 1887. Ancestral File shows 8 Dec 1887 of Pottawattamie Co. Also shows middle name of Henry. 6 Jun 2002 Ancestry.com database "doigk" indicates Flora or Laura (Brower) Doty married 8 Dec 1887 of Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. Internet site www.genexchange.org for Pottawattamie IAGenExchange marriage records indicate: "George H. Graybill, Mrs. Flora Brower, 8 Dec 1887." James Hook notes wife as Laura Doty without more information. 2. See also Ordinance Index cited below. 3. World Connect 24 Oct 2003 database ":2655376" reports two children: George and Lee. Database "doigk" reports five children: George, Lee, Etta, Mabel, and Alice. DEATH: 1. FHL film 1477205 "Pottawattamie Death Records, 1898-," register entry #207: "George H. Graybill, near Gilliat in Garner township, born Dec. 23, 1846, 66 years old, married, born in Iowa, father is George Graybill born in Ohio, mother is Mary Kontz, died Nov. 26, 1912 by suicide by hanging, physician was L.H. Cutler, coroner, who signed Nov. 29, 1912, buried at Nov. 29, 1912, at Underwood Cem., Iowa, undertaker was Lewis Cutler and Son of Council Bluffs." [Note: Mary Kontz {Koons} was not his mother but was his mother Mary Smith's mother.] 2. Tombstone says 1912 with no month noted. BURIAL: 1. Per copy "Cemetery Book, Vol. II, Book 2" of the "1980 Botna Valley East Pottawattamie County Iowa Genealogical Society" booklet provided by the Council Bluffs Library of Pottawattamie Co., Iowa which lists burials of the H.G. Fisher Cemetery which is located on the west edge of the town of Underwood, Norwalk Township, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. In this cemetery are several related Graybills as follows: Row 2 in the following sequential stone order: Sexton, Nellie Fern 1910-1973 (Sexton), Fannie 1872-1937 Mother (Sexton), John 1857-1934 Father [probably son of James and Hannah (Smith) Sexton - Hannah later marries Geo. W. Graybill and is also buried here] Row 5 in the following sequential stone order: Graybill, Hazel E. 15 Oct 1892-4 Sept 1893 dau/o J. & A.E. Graybill "We love her" Graybill, Guy Everett 2 Aug 1883-17 Nov 1954 AmLeg-mm Wisconsin 1st Lt 39 Infantry WWI [son of John and Annes Graybill] Graybill, Glen E. 1899-1935 [son of John and Annes Graybill] (Graybill), Mother [probably refers to next stone] Graybill, John 12 May 1851-10 May 1919; Annes Ervin 12 May 1858-3 Oct 1927 his wife [son of George W. Graybill] (Graybill), Father [probably refers to previous stone] Graybill, Maude E. 1881-1952 [dau. of John and Annes Grabill] Fay, Pearl Graybill 1889-1977 [dau. of John and Annes Grabill] Wilson, Florence Graybill 1894-1974 [dau. of John and Annes Grabill] Wilson, William J. 22 Nov 1890-25 Aug 1964 Nebr. Pvt. 3 Bn 55 Engineers WWI [husband of Florence] Row 9 in the following sequential stone order: Graybill, Alice 1904 [daughter of George H. and Flora A. Graybill] (Graybill), Mother [probably refers to B.Y. Graybill stone] Graybill, Family Stone Graybill, B.Y. 1844-1931 and Theresa S. 11 Aug 1842 - 8 Mar 1900 [son of George W. Graybill] (Graybill), Father [probably refers to previous stone] Graybill, William I. 1854-1941 [son of George W. Graybill] Graybill, Zenas 1868-19__ [son of George W. Graybill] Graybill, Samuel F. 1865-1939 [son of George W. Graybill] Hegarty, Eva F. 29 Sept 1901-23 May 1919 [dau. of Patrick Hegarty and Julia Ann Graybill] (Graybill?), Mother [probably refers to next stone] Graybill, George W. 26 June 1821-5 Mar 1900; Hannah 27 Dec 1826-6 Nov 1903 Wife (Graybill?) Father [probably refers to previous stone] Row 10 in the following sequential order: Hegarty, Patrick 1863-1944 [Husband to Julia Ann Graybill] Hegarty, Julia A. 1863-1938 [Julia Ann Graybill, dau. of George W. Graybill with Patrick as husband] Graybill, Flora A. 1863-1933 Mother; George H. 1846-1912 Father [son of George W. Graybill] Row 11 in the following sequential stone order: Fisher Family Stone Aney, Allie Fisher 1886-1972 Daughter Fisher, Hannah 1842-1907 Mother [Hannah Grabill] Fisher, Henry 1836-1926 SOURCES_MISC: 1. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91. Note the book uses an erroneous birth date of 1847. 2. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 98. | Graybill, George Henry (I614)
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| 4216 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 24 Oct 2003 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Censuses: 1856 Iowa: (From Ancestry.com) Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 10 of 63, 59/60: George W. Graybill, 35, 9 years in Iowa, OH, farmer. Mary, 32, 9, IN. Hannah, 13, 9, IL. Brigham, 11, 9, IL. Geo., 9, IA. Polly, 7, IA. John, 5, IA. Isaiah, 3, IA. Massey, 1, IA. Mary C., 0, IA. [Same person as Sarah A.] 1860 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 362, dwelling 469, family 412, living next door to Simeon P. Graybill: George W. Graybill, 38, farmer, $1650 real estate, $400 personal property, OH. Hannah, 17, housekeeper, IL. Brigham, 16, farmhand, MO. George, 13, IA. Polly, 10, IA. John, 9, IA. Wm. P., 7, IA. Massie J., 5, IA. Catharine, 2, IA. Lydia J., 4/12, IA. 1870 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 172b, dwelling 58, family 59; the following families were neighbors: Simeon Graybill, Margaret Stoker, George Graybill, William L. Graybill, Phillip Gatrost: Geo. Graybill, 47, farmer, $9600 real estate, $2200 personal property, OH. Hannah, 44, keeping house, IN. Geo. W., 23, farmer, $200 personal property, IA. Isaac, 17, IA. Massie, 15, IA. Cathrin, 11, IA. Lydia J., 10, IA. Julia, 6, IA. Samuel, 4, IA. Zenas, 2, IA. Hannah Sexton, 15, IA. Emily J. Sexton, 14, IA John Sexton, 11, IA. George Sexton, 10, IA. John Graybill, 19, IA. 1880 US: Jefferson, Harrison, Iowa, NA T9-0343, FHL 1254343, p. 173A [note next door is the Ervin family]: John Graybill, marr., 29, OH OH OH, farmer. Elizabeth A., wife, 22, IA VA VA, keeps house. 1895 Iowa: Hanwalk [Norwalk], Pottawattamie, IA: John Graybill, 44, Potta. Co. IA. Annus E., 37, Harrison Co. IA. Mawde E., 13, Harrison Co. IA. Guy, 11, Harrison Co. IA. Pearle, 5, Potta. Co. IA. Florence, 0, Potta. Co. IA. 1900 US: Norwalk Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 249A: John Graybill, b. May 1851, 49, m. 20 years, IA IN IN. Annes, wife, b. May 1858, 42, m. 20 years, 5 total children - 3 living, IA VA VA. Maud, dau., b. June 1882, 17, S, IA IN VA, schoolteacher. Guy, son, b. Aug 1884, 15, S, IA IN VA. Glen, son, b. Dec 1899, 6/12, IA IN VA. 1910 US: Underwood Town, Norwalk Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 139a, entry 56 [neighbor to sister Julia Hegarty, brothers Zenos, Samuel, Brigham, and bro. in law Henry Fisher]: John Graybill, 59, m. 1 for 30 years, IA OH IN, meatcutter. Annis E., wife, 52, m. 1 for 30 years, IA VA VA. Pearl E., dau., 19, IA IA IA, public school teacher. Florence E., dau., 15, IA IA IA. Glen E., son, 10, IA IA IA. 3. 19 May 2002 Ancestry.com database ":ah4907b" gives death as 10 May 1919, wife as Annes Elizabeth Erwin b. 1858 and m. 24 Mar 1880 with four children: Florence Eva, Anaud, Guy, and Glenn. Database "doigk" has variant on wife's name as Ervin. 4. Per FHL book 977.747 H2n "History of Harrison County, Iowa," 1891, p. 447, has the following biography of James Ervin, the father to Annes who married John Graybill: "James Ervin first settled in La Grange Township in June, 1857, where he rented two years and in the spring of 1859, went to Reeder's Mills, farmed one year then returned to La Grange Township, where he opened up a new farm. He built a log cabin sixteen feet square, which was provided with a cottonwood floor. He now has a fine farm house which was erected in 1879. Upon coming to the county he had $100 and a span of horses. Our subject was born in Monroe County, W. Va., in March, 1831, and is the son of John and Elizabeth (Moorhead) Ervin, who came to Harrison County in the fall of 1856, and lived with his children until his death in 1862. The mother died in June, 1868. Our subject remained at home until he was nineteen years of age and then learned the cabinetmaker's trade at Rocky Point, W. Va. He followed the cabinet business five years prior to his coming to Harrison County, on his own account. In December, 1852, he married Sarah Higginbotham, who is the third child of a family of five children. Mr. and Mrs. Ervin are the parents of a family of seven children - Eliza J., Annis, Alcesta, Etta, James, Verna and John." 5. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 72-75, extensive downline of this family is in the book: "John 'Jack' Graybill, b. 12 May 1851, Potta., Co., IA; d. 10 May 1919; md. 24 Mar 1880 to Annes Elizabeth Ervin (or Erwin?). She was b. 12 May 1858, Logan, Harrison Co., IA; d. 4 Oct 1927. Their children were Anaude (or Maude?) E., Guy Everett, Glen, Pearl Etta, Hazel Edna, Florence Eva and Glen Ervin." BIRTH: 1. Conflict between date of 12 May 1850 in death record and 12 May 1851 on tombstone. I use the tombstone date which coincides with 1900 census which also reports May 1851. The death record was reported to county officials second hand by someone from Underwood, Iowa. MARRIAGE: 1. Www.rootsweb.com/~iaharris/marriage/ba.htm has an 1853-1905 Marriage Index for Harrison County: "No. 406, John Graybill and Annice E. Ervin, 24 Mar 1880." 2. FHL film 1513296 "Marriage Records Harrison County": "Mr. John Graybill, age 28, and Miss Annes E. Erven, age 21. Issue of License. Application being made this day by John Graybill for license for the marriage of Mr. John Graybill aged 27 years, and Miss Annes E. Erven age 21 years, and it appearing by acquaintance of clerk that the said parties are of competent age and condition to marry, license is therefore issued. C.L. Hyde, Clerk of the Circuit Court. Certificate of Marriage. To the Circuit Court of Harrison County: This certifies, that on the 24th of March A.D. 1880 at residence of James E. Ervin in said county, according to law and by authority, I duly joined in marriage John Graybill and Annes E. Ervin. Given under my hand the 25 day of March, 1880. (Signed) J.A. Sanders." [Note: variance in John's ages and in Erven/Ervin.] 3. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 99: "Annes Elizabeth Ervin, b. 12 May 1858, near Logan, Iowa, d. 4 Oct 1927. She was the daughter of James and Sarah (Higgenbotham) Erwin, who came to Iowa in 1856 from Va. It was their dau., Florence Eva Graybill (Wilson), who supplied the family data [that James Hook uses] pertaining to George Washington Graybill." DEATH: 1. Tombstone shows 10 May 1919. 2. FHL film 1477205 "Pottawattamie Death Records, 1898-," register entry #847: "John Graybill, farmer, Underwood in Norwalk Twp., male, white, married, born May 12, 1850 in Iowa, 68 years 11 months 28 days old, father is John Graybill born in Ohio, mother is Mary Smith born in South Carolina, informant was Florence Casey of Underwood, died May 10, 1919 of cirrhosis of liver, physician was H.B. Moorehead of Underwood, buried May 12, 1919, in Fisher Cemetery, undertaker was Woodring and Jackson of Council Bluffs." [Obvious error: father was Geo. W. Graybill and not John Graybill; mother is correct.] BURIAL: 1. Per death record citation above. 2. Per copy "Cemetery Book, Vol. II, Book 2" of the "1980 Botna Valley East Pottawattamie County Iowa Genealogical Society" booklet provided by the Council Bluffs Library of Pottawattamie Co., Iowa which lists burials of the H.G. Fisher Cemetery which is located on the west edge of the town of Underwood, Norwalk Township, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. In this cemetery are several related Graybills as follows: Row 2 in the following sequential stone order: Sexton, Nellie Fern 1910-1973 (Sexton), Fannie 1872-1937 Mother (Sexton), John 1857-1934 Father [probably son of James and Hannah (Smith) Sexton - Hannah later marries Geo. W. Graybill and is also buried here] Row 5 in the following sequential stone order: Graybill, Hazel E. 15 Oct 1892-4 Sept 1893 dau/o J. & A.E. Graybill "We love her" Graybill, Guy Everett 2 Aug 1883-17 Nov 1954 AmLeg-mm Wisconsin 1st Lt 39 Infantry WWI [son of John and Annes Graybill] Graybill, Glen E. 1899-1935 [son of John and Annes Graybill] (Graybill), Mother [probably refers to next stone] Graybill, John 12 May 1851-10 May 1919; Annes Ervin 12 May 1858-3 Oct 1927 his wife [son of George W. Graybill] (Graybill), Father [probably refers to previous stone] Graybill, Maude E. 1881-1952 [dau. of John and Annes Grabill] Fay, Pearl Graybill 1889-1977 [dau. of John and Annes Grabill] Wilson, Florence Graybill 1894-1974 [dau. of John and Annes Grabill] Wilson, William J. 22 Nov 1890-25 Aug 1964 Nebr. Pvt. 3 Bn 55 Engineers WWI [husband of Florence] Row 9 in the following sequential stone order: Graybill, Alice 1904 [daughter of George H. and Flora A. Graybill] (Graybill), Mother [probably refers to B.Y. Graybill stone] Graybill, Family Stone Graybill, B.Y. 1844-1931 and Theresa S. 11 Aug 1842 - 8 Mar 1900 [son of George W. Graybill] (Graybill), Father [probably refers to previous stone] Graybill, William I. 1854-1941 [son of George W. Graybill] Graybill, Zenas 1868-19__ [son of George W. Graybill] Graybill, Samuel F. 1865-1939 [son of George W. Graybill] Hegarty, Eva F. 29 Sept 1901-23 May 1919 [dau. of Patrick Hegarty and Julia Ann Graybill] (Graybill?), Mother [probably refers to next stone] Graybill, George W. 26 June 1821-5 Mar 1900; Hannah 27 Dec 1826-6 Nov 1903 Wife (Graybill?) Father [probably refers to previous stone] Row 10 in the following sequential order: Hegarty, Patrick 1863-1944 [Husband to Julia Ann Graybill] Hegarty, Julia A. 1863-1938 [Julia Ann Graybill, dau. of George W. Graybill with Patrick as husband] Graybill, Flora A. 1863-1933 Mother; George H. 1846-1912 Father [son of George W. Graybill] Row 11 in the following sequential stone order: Fisher Family Stone Aney, Allie Fisher 1886-1972 Daughter Fisher, Hannah 1842-1907 Mother [Hannah Grabill] Fisher, Henry 1836-1926 SOURCES_MISC: 1. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91. This book uses an undocumented birth date of 12 May 1850. | Graybill, John (I612)
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| 4217 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 24 Oct 2003 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Censuses: 1856 Iowa: (From Ancestry.com) Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 10 of 63, 59/60: George W. Graybill, 35, 9 years in Iowa, OH, farmer. Mary, 32, 9, IN. Hannah, 13, 9, IL. Brigham, 11, 9, IL. Geo., 9, IA. Polly, 7, IA. John, 5, IA. Isaiah, 3, IA. Massey, 1, IA. Mary C., 0, IA. [Same person as Sarah A.] 1860 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 362, dwelling 469, family 412, living next door to Simeon P. Graybill: George W. Graybill, 38, farmer, $1650 real estate, $400 personal property, OH. Hannah, 17, housekeeper, IL. Brigham, 16, farmhand, MO. George, 13, IA. Polly, 10, IA. John, 9, IA. Wm. P., 7, IA. Massie J., 5, IA. Catharine, 2, IA. Lydia J., 4/12, IA. 1870 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 172b, dwelling 58, family 59; the following families were neighbors: Simeon Graybill, Margaret Stoker, George Graybill, William L. Graybill, Phillip Gatrost: Geo. Graybill, 47, farmer, $9600 real estate, $2200 personal property, OH. Hannah, 44, keeping house, IN. Geo. W., 23, farmer, $200 personal property, IA. Isaac, 17, IA. Massie, 15, IA. Cathrin, 11, IA. Lydia J., 10, IA. Julia, 6, IA. Samuel, 4, IA. Zenas, 2, IA. Hannah Sexton, 15, IA. Emily J. Sexton, 14, IA John Sexton, 11, IA. George Sexton, 10, IA. John Graybill, 19, IA. BIRTH: 1. See burial citation. James Hook in the book referenced below uses 3 Apr 1855 without documentation; however, I believe the burial citation to be the better source. MARRIAGE: 1. Married Thomas McGrew per info on tombstone. Marriage confirmed by FHL book 977.771 V22p "Index to the 1869-1874 Marriage Records, Pottawattamie County, Iowa": "Mattie N. Graybill and Thomas McGrew, 11 Oct 1871. FHL book 977.771 V2p "Potta. Co. Marriages, Book A-B" shows application for marriage for same couple dated 3 Oct 1871. After Mattie died, FHL book 977.771 V2p "Potta. Co. Marriages, Book A-B" shows marriage application for Thomas McGrew and Julia Lyttle dated 12 Jan 1874. 1880 census for Neola, Pott., IA shows Thomas, age 35, IL, butcher, remarried to Julia, age 24, with a daughter Cora aged 7, Sarah aged 6, and two more even younger. Possibility that Cora may have been from first marriage and perhaps it was at her childbirth that Massie died. BURIAL: 1. The following name is found on a new memorial stone with 33 other related family members at Graybill/Stoker Cemetery: "Massie McGrew 1855-1872." It is 3 miles east of Council Bluffs, Iowa in Garner Township on old Highway 6 (also known as McPherson Highway - not to be confused with the new Highway 6), then a right (south) on State Orchard Road for 9/10ths of a mile, then left (east) on Cedar Lane to the first driveway on the left (north). The address is 21090 Cedar Lane and the cemetery is in their backyard. Get permission from the homeowner first. These directions were corrected from previous directions after my visit May 8, 2007. 2. Tombstone at Graybill Cemetery, Garner Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa: "Mattie McGrew, wife of Thomas McGrew, dau. of Geo. and Mary Graybill, d. 29 Sep 1872, 17 y 7m 26d." SOURCES_MISC: 1. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91. 2. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 72-75. 3. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 99. | Graybill, Mattie (I610)
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| 4218 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 24 Oct 2003 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Censuses: 1856 Iowa: (From Ancestry.com) Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 10 of 63, 59/60: George W. Graybill, 35, 9 years in Iowa, OH, farmer. Mary, 32, 9, IN. Hannah, 13, 9, IL. Brigham, 11, 9, IL. Geo., 9, IA. Polly, 7, IA. John, 5, IA. Isaiah, 3, IA. Massey, 1, IA. Mary C., 0, IA. [Same person as Sarah A.] BIRTH: 1. Rootsweb.com Worldconnect, LDS Ancestral File, and James Hook's book uses a date of 16 Oct 1856 with no documentation. I use May 1856 due to information with tombstone quoted below. 2. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91: "Sarah Graybill, b. Apr 1856." No documentation is given for this variant date. BURIAL: 1. Tombstone at Graybill Cemetery, Garner Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa: "Sarah A. Graybill, daughter of Geo. W. and Mary Graybill, d. 13 Sep 1857, 1 yr. 3 mo." SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 72-75. 2. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 99. | Graybill, Sarah A. (I609)
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| 4219 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 24 Oct 2003 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Censuses: 1860 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 362, dwelling 469, family 412, living next door to Simeon P. Graybill: George W. Graybill, 38, farmer, $1650 real estate, $400 personal property, OH. Hannah, 17, housekeeper, IL. Brigham, 16, farmhand, MO. George, 13, IA. Polly, 10, IA. John, 9, IA. Wm. P., 7, IA. Massie J., 5, IA. Catharine, 2, IA. Lydia J., 4/12, IA. 1870 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 172b, dwelling 58, family 59; the following families were neighbors: Simeon Graybill, Margaret Stoker, George Graybill, William L. Graybill, Phillip Gatrost: Geo. Graybill, 47, farmer, $9600 real estate, $2200 personal property, OH. Hannah, 44, keeping house, IN. Geo. W., 23, farmer, $200 personal property, IA. Isaac, 17, IA. Massie, 15, IA. Cathrin, 11, IA. Lydia J., 10, IA. Julia, 6, IA. Samuel, 4, IA. Zenas, 2, IA. Hannah Sexton, 15, IA. Emily J. Sexton, 14, IA John Sexton, 11, IA. George Sexton, 10, IA. John Graybill, 19, IA. 1880 US: Garner, Pottawattamie, Iowa; NA film T9-0361, p. 23A: George Graybill, farmer, self, 55, OH NC NC. Hannah, wife, 52, IN NC SC. George, son, single, farmer, 33, IA OH IN. Isaah, son, single, farmer, 25, IA OH IN. Catherine, dau, 22, IA OH IN. Julia, dau, 16, IA OH IN. Samuel, son, 14, IA OH IN. Zenas, son, 11, IA OH IN. John Sexton, single, stepson, farmer, IA IL IN. Margett Graybill, gdau, 4, IA IA UT. Birdie Graybill, gdau, 2, IA IA UT. 1895 Iowa: Did not find. 1900 US: Spring Valley, Dallas, Iowa: T D Cook, 40, IA Catharine, 42 Flossie, 15 Bessie, 11 1930 US: Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa: Charles A. Mattison, 48 Bessie Mattison, 42 Mabel Mattison, 18 Mildred Terry, 21 Ernest O. Terry, 21 Thomas D. Cook, 70, father-in-law. 3. BIRTH: 1. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91: "Catherine Graybill, b. 25 Dec 1858." No documentation is given. MARRIAGE: 1. Internet site www.genexchange.org for Pottawattamie IAGenExchange marriage records indicate: "Catherine Graybill, Thomas Cook, 21 Nov 1880." Middle name may be David per LDS Pedigree Resouce File entry. According to Online Ordinance Index, they had two children: Flossie, b. Aug 1884, and Bessie, b. Nov 1888, both in Potta. Co. IA. James Hook in the book referenced below also mentions Thomas Cook as the husband; he also notes that William Cook, a brother of Thomas Hook, married Catherine's sister Lydia. 2. Jacqueline Cook 3. Jackie Cook DEATH: 1. Per Online Ordinance Index. BURIAL: 1. Checked indexes for H.G. Fisher, Hardin Township, and York Township cemeteries and there are no records of any Cooks buried therein even though parents and several siblings are in Fisher Cemetery. SOURCES_MISC: 1. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91. 2. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 72-75. 3. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 99. | Graybill, Catherine (I608)
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| 4220 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 24 Oct 2003 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. I originally had this individual named Isaiah Graybill based on the early censuses; however, there is the following strong case that this individual is William Isaiah or W.I. Graybill who was married to Mary Ann Williams. Here are some considerations: a. Webside "iagenweb.org/pottawattamie/cem-jones.htm" is a listing of burials in the Jones-Williams Cemetery in York Township in Pottawattamie County, IA. It's located approximately 1-3/4 miles east of Bentley in York Township on Highway G-30. Listed is Mary A. (Williams) Graybill, wife of W.I. Graybill with no other information given. No other Graybills listed. b. LDS Pedigree Resource File indicates Mary Ann Williams married 7 Jan 1875 in Pottawattamie Co. and died 1 Jun 1879 in York Twp. Cemetery in Pottawattamie Co. This would perhaps explain why Isaiah shows up as a widower living with his parents in the 1880 census. The two granddaughters listed are probably William's daughters since their birthdates fall within the marriage dates with Mary Ann and it does not appear that his brothers were married in that time frame making him the only candidate for having any children surnamed Graybill. c. 1900 census has a William living as a brother to Brigham Young Graybill. I suspect the niece listed with Brigham may be William's daughter. d. Next door neighbors in the 1880 census is the family of Thomas, age 53, and Ann Williams, age 49, both born in Wales, with 7 children aged 7 through 22 and father of Thomas: Daniel M. Williams. A search of other Williams buried in the small Jones-Williams Cemetery where Mary Ann is buried, shows Daniel. Thomas and Ann probably are Mary Ann's parents. None of the other children show birth in Utah; the oldest shows MO, next KS, and the others IA. Mary Ann would be dead by 1880 census. Ordinance Index and LDS Ancestral File confirm Mary Ann's parents as Thomas Williams and Ann T. Jones. e. 1870 US census for Council Bluffs, Kane Township, Potta., IA, p. 170b, entry 32, has the same family as above in the 1880 census with the addition of an older child: M.A. Williams, female, 15, b. in UT. Next oldest child is born in MO. Family evidently went to Utah and for whatever reason came back to the Midwest. This certainly confirms Mary Ann Williams as born in UT and this confirms the children with William in 1880 and 1900 censuses are his since their mother is noted as born in UT. This also ties William and Isaiah together as the same person. 3. Censuses: 1856 Iowa: (From Ancestry.com) Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 10 of 63, 59/60: George W. Graybill, 35, 9 years in Iowa, OH, farmer. Mary, 32, 9, IN. Hannah, 13, 9, IL. Brigham, 11, 9, IL. Geo., 9, IA. Polly, 7, IA. John, 5, IA. Isaiah, 3, IA. Massey, 1, IA. Mary C., 0, IA. [Same person as Sarah A.] 1860 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 362, dwelling 469, family 412, living next door to Simeon P. Graybill: George W. Graybill, 38, farmer, $1650 real estate, $400 personal property, OH. Hannah, 17, housekeeper, IL. Brigham, 16, farmhand, MO. George, 13, IA. Polly, 10, IA. John, 9, IA. Wm. P., 7, IA. [Isaiah?] Massie J., 5, IA. Catharine, 2, IA. Lydia J., 4/12, IA. 1870 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 172b, dwelling 58, family 59; the following families were neighbors: Simeon Graybill, Margaret Stoker, George Graybill, William L. Graybill, Phillip Gatrost: Geo. Graybill, 47, farmer, $9600 real estate, $2200 personal property, OH. Hannah, 44, keeping house, IN. Geo. W., 23, farmer, $200 personal property, IA. Isaac, 17, IA [Isaiah?]. Massie, 15, IA. Cathrin, 11, IA. Lydia J., 10, IA. Julia, 6, IA. Samuel, 4, IA. Zenas, 2, IA. Hannah Sexton, 15, IA. Emily J. Sexton, 14, IA John Sexton, 11, IA. George Sexton, 10, IA. John Graybill, 19, IA. 1880 US: Garner, Pottawattamie, Iowa; NA film T9-0361, p. 23A: George Graybill, farmer, self, 55, OH NC NC. Hannah, wife, 52, IN NC SC. George, son, single, farmer, 33, IA OH IN. Isaah [Isaiah], son, widower, farmer, 25, IA OH IN. Catherine, dau, 22, IA OH IN. Julia, dau, 16, IA OH IN. Samuel, son, 14, IA OH IN. Zenas, son, 11, IA OH IN. John Sexton, single, stepson, farmer, IA IL IN. Margett Graybill, gdau, 4, IA IA UT. [Most likely dau. of Isaiah; may be also same individual as listed by the name Anna in 1900 census cited below.] Birdie Graybill, gdau, 2, IA IA UT. [Most likely dau. of Isaiah.] 1900 US: Norwalk Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 249A: Brigham Graybill, b. May 1844, 56, m. 28 years, IL OH IN, farmer. Theresa, wife, b. Aug. 1842, m. 28 years, 3 total children - 2 living, NY NY FrenchCan. Anna, niece, b. Oct 1875, 24, S, IA IA UT, housekeeper. [Most likely dau. of Isaiah.] William, brother, b. Dec 1855, 44, widower, IA OH IN, carpenter. [Assumed to be the same William even though birth date doesn't match.] 1910 US: Can't find in Norwalk Township of Pottawattamie Co., IA. 1920 US: Can't find in Norwalk and York Townships of Pottawattamie Co., IA. 1930 US: Underwood, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 1b, entry 30: Willie I. Graybill, divorced, 77, machiner, IA. MARRIAGE: 1. LDS Ancestral File reports spouse as Mary Ann Williams. James Hook in his book below uses the same name but without in further information. 2. See Ordinance citatation below. 3. Email from Mona Sarratt Knight 26 Oct 2003 BURIAL: 1. Per copy "Cemetery Book, Vol. II, Book 2" of the "1980 Botna Valley East Pottawattamie County Iowa Genealogical Society" booklet provided by the Council Bluffs Library of Pottawattamie Co., Iowa which lists burials of the H.G. Fisher Cemetery which is located on the west edge of the town of Underwood, Norwalk Township, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. In this cemetery are several related Graybills as follows: Row 2 in the following sequential stone order: Sexton, Nellie Fern 1910-1973 (Sexton), Fannie 1872-1937 Mother (Sexton), John 1857-1934 Father [probably son of James and Hannah (Smith) Sexton - Hannah later marries Geo. W. Graybill and is also buried here] Row 5 in the following sequential stone order: Graybill, Hazel E. 15 Oct 1892-4 Sept 1893 dau/o J. & A.E. Graybill "We love her" Graybill, Guy Everett 2 Aug 1883-17 Nov 1954 AmLeg-mm Wisconsin 1st Lt 39 Infantry WWI [son of John and Annes Graybill] Graybill, Glen E. 1899-1935 [son of John and Annes Graybill] (Graybill), Mother [probably refers to next stone] Graybill, John 12 May 1851-10 May 1919; Annes Ervin 12 May 1858-3 Oct 1927 his wife [son of George W. Graybill] (Graybill), Father [probably refers to previous stone] Graybill, Maude E. 1881-1952 [dau. of John and Annes Grabill] Fay, Pearl Graybill 1889-1977 [dau. of John and Annes Grabill] Wilson, Florence Graybill 1894-1974 [dau. of John and Annes Grabill] Wilson, William J. 22 Nov 1890-25 Aug 1964 Nebr. Pvt. 3 Bn 55 Engineers WWI [husband of Florence] Row 9 in the following sequential stone order: Graybill, Alice 1904 [daughter of George H. and Flora A. Graybill] (Graybill), Mother [probably refers to B.Y. Graybill stone] Graybill, Family Stone Graybill, B.Y. 1844-1931 and Theresa S. 11 Aug 1842 - 8 Mar 1900 [son of George W. Graybill] (Graybill), Father [probably refers to previous stone] Graybill, William I. 1854-1941 [son of George W. Graybill] Graybill, Zenas 1868-19__ [son of George W. Graybill] Graybill, Samuel F. 1865-1939 [son of George W. Graybill] Hegarty, Eva F. 29 Sept 1901-23 May 1919 [dau. of Patrick Hegarty and Julia Ann Graybill] (Graybill?), Mother [probably refers to next stone] Graybill, George W. 26 June 1821-5 Mar 1900; Hannah 27 Dec 1826-6 Nov 1903 Wife (Graybill?) Father [probably refers to previous stone] Row 10 in the following sequential order: Hegarty, Patrick 1863-1944 [Husband to Julia Ann Graybill] Hegarty, Julia A. 1863-1938 [Julia Ann Graybill, dau. of George W. Graybill with Patrick as husband] Graybill, Flora A. 1863-1933 Mother; George H. 1846-1912 Father [son of George W. Graybill] Row 11 in the following sequential stone order: Fisher Family Stone Aney, Allie Fisher 1886-1972 Daughter Fisher, Hannah 1842-1907 Mother [Hannah Grabill] Fisher, Henry 1836-1926 SOURCES_MISC: 1. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91. 2. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 72-75. 3. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 99. | Graybill, William Isaiah (I611)
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| 4221 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 24 Oct 2003 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. Two WC entries show middle initial as J., a birth of approx. 1860, and a marriage to William Cook with very little other info. James Hook in his book referenced below mentions name as Adelaide which may be a long version of Lydia; however, I have not seen the name Adelaide used in my documentation below. 2. Censuses: 1860 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 362, dwelling 469, family 412, living next door to Simeon P. Graybill: George W. Graybill, 38, farmer, $1650 real estate, $400 personal property, OH. Hannah, 17, housekeeper, IL. Brigham, 16, farmhand, MO. George, 13, IA. Polly, 10, IA. John, 9, IA. Wm. P., 7, IA. Massie J., 5, IA. Catharine, 2, IA. Lydia J., 4/12, IA. 1870 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 172b, dwelling 58, family 59; the following families were neighbors: Simeon Graybill, Margaret Stoker, George Graybill, William L. Graybill, Phillip Gatrost: Geo. Graybill, 47, farmer, $9600 real estate, $2200 personal property, OH. Hannah, 44, keeping house, IN. Geo. W., 23, farmer, $200 personal property, IA. Isaac, 17, IA. Massie, 15, IA. Cathrin, 11, IA. Lydia J., 10, IA. Julia, 6, IA. Samuel, 4, IA. Zenas, 2, IA. Hannah Sexton, 15, IA. Emily J. Sexton, 14, IA John Sexton, 11, IA. George Sexton, 10, IA. John Graybill, 19, IA. 1880 US: Garner, Pottawattamie, Utah, NA T9-0361, FHL 1254361, p. 23A [lives next door to Cooks]: W.H. Cook, marr., 22, IA Eng Eng, farmer. Lydia, wife, 19, IA OH IN, keeping house. Katie M., dau., 1 mo., IA IA IA. 1900 US: Boomer Twp., Pottawattamie, Utah, p. 23A: William Cook, Oct 1857, 42, m. 20 years, IA Eng Eng, farmer. Lydia J., wife, Jan 1860, 40, m. 20 years, IA OH IN. Claud, son, Aug 1881, 18, IA IA IA. Mary, dau., Sep 1883, 16, IA IA IA. Valarie, dau., Apr 1885, 14, IA IA IA. Lulu, dau., Feb 1891, 9, IA IA IA. Jarome, son, Feb 1896, 4, IA IA IA. 1910 US: Garner Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 66a, entry 240: William G. Cook, 53, m. 30 yrs., IA Eng Eng, farmer. Lidda J., wife, 50, m. 30 yrs., 7 total children with 6 living, IA OH IN. Kattie M. Forman, dau., 29, m. 9 yrs., 5 total children with 4 living, IA IA IA. Mary E. Morgan, dau., 26, m. 6 yrs., no children, IA IA IA. Lulu F. Woods, dau, 19, m. 0 yrs., 0 Children, IA IA IA. Jerome F. Cook, son, 14, IA IA IA. 1920 US: Don't find in Garner. 3. Utah State Historical Society Burials Database online has an entry for Lydia A. Cook, b. 1861, d. 1945, bur. Garden City Cemetery, Garden City, Rich, UT. I don't suspect this is the correct Lydia but I cannot totally rule it out either. BIRTH: 1. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91: "Lydia Graybill, b. 31 Jan 1860." No documentation is given. MARRIAGE: 1. Internet site www.genexchange.org for Pottawattamie IAGenExchange marriage records indicate: "Lydia Graybill, William Cook, 5 Oct 1879." 2. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 99: "Adelaide Graybill. The same probably as Lydia J. Graybill, aged 4 months in 1860 census. She m. William Cook, a brother of Thomas Cook, who m. her sister Catherine." 3. Jackie Cook DEATH: 1. Per Online Ordinance Index. BURIAL: 1. Checked indexes for H.G. Fisher, Hardin Township, and York Township cemeteries and there are no records of any cooks buried therein even though parents and several siblings are in Fisher Cemetery. SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 72-75. | Graybill, Lydia Jane (I677)
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| 4222 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 24 Oct 2003 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. Variant name may be Purley or Mary. Pitt book cited below uses Polly Purley Graybill which seems redundant. 2. Censuses: 1850 US: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 97b, household 532: George Grabill, 29, farmer, OH. Mary, 27, OH. Hannah, 8, IL. Brigham, 7, IL. George, 4, IA. Polly, 1, IA. 1856 Iowa: (From Ancestry.com) Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 10 of 63, 59/60: George W. Graybill, 35, 9 years in Iowa, OH, farmer. Mary, 32, 9, IN. Hannah, 13, 9, IL. Brigham, 11, 9, IL. Geo., 9, IA. Polly, 7, IA. John, 5, IA. Isaiah, 3, IA. Massey, 1, IA. Mary C., 0, IA. [Same person as Sarah A.] 1860 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 362, dwelling 469, family 412, living next door to Simeon P. Graybill: George W. Graybill, 38, farmer, $1650 real estate, $400 personal property, OH. Hannah, 17, housekeeper, IL. Brigham, 16, farmhand, MO. George, 13, IA. Polly, 10, IA. John, 9, IA. Wm. P., 7, IA. Massie J., 5, IA. Catharine, 2, IA. Lydia J., 4/12, IA. 1870 US: Crescent City, Crescent Twp., Pottawattamie, IA, p. 153b, entry 187, next door neighbors include: William and Almeda Graybill Holman and her two older brothers Brigham and George "Grabill": Wayne Downs, 21, $3000 real estate, $100 personal property, IA. Polly, 19, keeping house, IA. 3. FHL film 934962 "History of Pottawattamie Co., Iowa," by Field and Reed, 1907, p. 226, contains the following reference to Wayne Downs: "Neola... In 1882 the town receive its charter and became a city, and elected the following officers: J.P. Organ, Mayor; C.M. Crippen, recorder; O.L. Davis, marshal. The city council was composed of T. Rishton, W. Downs, J.W. Butler, and R.F. Lowell." MARRIAGE: 1. Per tombstone, widow of Wayne Downs. 2. Marriage confirmed by FHL book 977.771 V22p "Index to the 1869-1874 Marriage Records, Pottawattamie County, Iowa": "Polly Graybill and Wayne Downs, 30 Dec 1869." Application was made 28 Dec 1869 per FHL book 977.771 V2p "Potta. Co. Marriages, Book A-B." 3. Online Ordinance Index notes birth 16 Jun 1850 at Neola, Pottawattamie, IA, and death 9 Nov 1916 with parents as Asa Downs and Drucilla Johnson. BURIAL: 1. The following name is found on a new memorial stone with 33 other related family members at Graybill/Stoker Cemetery: "Polly P. Downs 1849-1872." It is 3 miles east of Council Bluffs, Iowa in Garner Township on old Highway 6 (also known as McPherson Highway - not to be confused with the new Highway 6), then a right (south) on State Orchard Road for 9/10ths of a mile, then left (east) on Cedar Lane to the first driveway on the left (north). The address is 21090 Cedar Lane and the cemetery is in their backyard. Get permission from the homeowner first. These directions were corrected from previous directions after my visit May 8, 2007. 2. Tombstone at Graybill Cemetery, Garner Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa: "Polly Jane Downs, wife of Wayne Downs, dau. of Geo. and Mary Graybill, d. 30 Sep 1872, 23 y 3 m 9 d." 3. One entry in LDS Pedigree Resource File has death as 30 Sep 1872 and burial as 3 Oct 1872 both in Underwood, Pottawattamie, IA. SOURCES_MISC: 1. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91. 2. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 72-75. 3. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 99. | Graybill, Polly Jane (I613)
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| 4223 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 27 Apr 2003 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. The 1860 census has Elmina, age 11, born in Mississippi, which strongly links at least the mother Arta to Mississippi. LDS Ancestral File has Elmina Druzella Mangum marrying Joshua Twitchell on 20 Aug 1865. It also gives the following: birth as 11 Nov 1848 in Ittwomba[sic] County, Mississippi; death 29 Apr 1897 in Viola [or alternately La Barge], [Lincoln], Wyoming. Her husband: b. 20 May 1842 at Springcreek, McDonough, IL; d. 25 Apr 1931 at Green River, Sweetwater, WY. No parents are listed for her. There are as 27 of Apr 2003: 39 ordinance index entries, 3 Pedigree Resource files, and one Ancestral File for Elmina Drucilla/Druzilla Mangum; only one in 2000 lists parents as noted per sealing to parents below. The dates and places given in Ordinance Index and Ancestral File are consistently birth 11 Nov 1848 at Itawamba County, Mississippi, marriage 20 Aug 1865 at Beaver, Beaver, Utah, and death 28 Apr 1897 at Viola, Wyoming. The most revealing Ordinance Index entry is when the endowment which took place at the time of the marriage and is under the name Elmina Drucilla Twitchel, b. 11 Nov 1848 at Itawamba Co., Mississippi, baptized 1865, endowed 26 Jul 1869 EHOUS with parents listed as Joseph Eastland Mangum and Arta Emiline Hannah. Also the places of death for Joshua and Elmina are in or near Sweetwater Co., Wyoming where her stepfather and mother also died. 3. One problem to solve is sequencing of dates: the daughter Elmina's birth of 11 Nov 1848 is problematic since it would put Arta and child in Mississippi in late 1848 when she should have been in Iowa since a son I ascribe to them, Beely Franklin Mangum (see his notes) dies and is buried in Winter Quarters, Nebraska across the river from western Iowa in Oct 1847. The rest of the Mangums and Adairs are generally in Mt. Pisgah halfway back across Iowa; however, James Richey, in his autobiography does place Joseph Mangum in Winter Quarters per this quote: "When we arrived at Winter Quarters it was late in season. We built a log cabin and then my brother-in-law and myself went to Missouri for supplies. We got a load of corn meal and pork. I was taken sick and had to be hauled home. After we got home Joseph Mangum took the cattle to the mouth of the Soldier to winter on the rushes. Sometime afterwards I went there on a visit and while there, there came a heavy snow and I started for home the next morning on foot and was two days and one night on the road. When I got home, my feet were badly frozen so that I was laid up in bed for quite awhile. While I was in this situation, my mother in law, (Rebecca Canida Knowles [Mangum]) who was living with us was taken sick and died from exposure in travelling so long a journey. She was buried in the graveyard at Winter Quarters." Her death was Feb 1847 which would help date Richey's statement. So again the question of when and who were in Winter Quarters, NE or Mississippi in the 1846 to 1849 period needs further research. Could the family have been partially split with Joseph having gone ahead of Arta and one of the relatives caring for Beely who went with his father with Arta following later with Elmina? I think the family was probably together in Iowa and that the reported birth entries for Elmina in Mississippi are not correct even though Elmina seems to consistenly report is as such. 4. Censuses: 1850 US: Dist. 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 137b, dwelling and family 1190, neighbor with John Mangum: Emaline Mangum, 26, AL. Almira, 2, MS. [Elmina] 1860 US: Tonaquint [Santa Clara post office], Washington, Utah, p. 1045, household 1305, family 1124: Michall Stephens, 30, farm laborer, $300 real estate, $650 personal property, b. TN. Arta A., 34, AL. Elmina, 11, Miss. Michall M., 8, Iowa Mary E., 5, UT. Wm. A., 3, UT. Geo. M., 1, UT. 1870 US: Beaver, Beaver, Utah, p. 9b, family 73, household 81 and 82 [lives with George Washington Adair, bro. of Samuel Jefferson Adair, and next door to George Washington Adair, son of Samuel Jefferson Adair, who is family 74 and household 73]: Family Joshua Twitchell, 28, lumberman, $200 real estate, $100 personal property, IL. Elmina, 22, keeps house, Mississippi. Philetus P., 4, M, UT George W. Adair, 54, shepherd, $1200 real estate, $200 personal property, Mississippi. Miriam, 41, keeps house, TN. Emaline R., 23, IA Elijah, 13, UT. Jedediah, 11, UT. Wm. W., 9, UT. Edw. R., 5, UT. Ruha??, ?/12, UT. [Unclear] 1880 US: Can't find. Couldn't find her stepfather nor mother either. Maybe they were living close to each other in a location in which a census wasn't taken. 1900 US: Election District 13, Uinta, Wyoming, p. 194a, household and family 74 [note family just before is Philetus P. Twichel, b. Aug 1866, UT IL MS, with wife and two children; there is also another Twichel male with first name unreadable in the next household, Jan 1871, 29, UT IL MS]: Joshua Twichel, May 1842, 58, W, IL VT VT. BIOGRAPHY: 1. LDS Church History Department, Iowa Branch Index, 1839-1859, Shirts Branch (except as noted), 1848-1851: Rebecca F. Mangum, dau. of John. Sarah Mangum, wife of Wm. Sarah F. Mangum, dau. of Wm. Siras Mangum, son of Wm. William Mangum, bro. of John. Caroline Mangum, dau. of Wm. Elmina D. J. Mangum (blessed). Elmina Drucila (Buoyo Branch, 1850) with the Michel Stephens family. Emaline Mangum, ?wife of Joseph Mangum. John Mangum. Mary Ann Mangum. Murthey L. Mangum (possibly Martha Elizabeth, 4th child of John) SOURCES_MISC: 1. Nauvoo LDS Land and Records Office research file (copy in my possession as of 2 Jun 2007 and also partially viewable at www.earlylds.com). Includes family group sheet from Ancestral File. | Mangum, Elmina Drucilla (I3542)
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| 4224 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 28 Nov 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Censuses: 1851 Iowa: No Henry Fisher in index. 1860 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 364, dwelling 476, family 419, living in close proximity to the Simeon P. Graybill and George W. Graybill families: Phillip Gatrost, 49, farmer, $1300 real estate, $535 personal property, Hesse Damstadt Germany. Catharine, 46, housewife, OH. Elizabeth, 16, housework, IL Henry, 11, IA. Michael, 10, IA. Lizzie J., 5, IA. Henry Fisher, 22, carpenter, PA. 1870 US: Council Bluffs, Boomer Twp., Pottawattamie, IA, p. 1b, dwelling 10: Henry Fisher, 33, farmer, $2500, $200, PA. Hannah, 27, IL. George, 6, IA. Edmund, 5, IA. Lucenda, 2, IA. Mary, 2/12, IA. 1880 US: Norwalk, Pottawattamie, Iowa, NA film T9-0361, p. 47C: H.G. Fisher, farmer, self, Married, 42, PA Ger Ger. Hannah Fisher, wife, 37, IL OH IN. George, 16, IA PA IL. Emanuel, 15, IA PA IL. Lucinda, 12, IA PA IL. Mary, 10, IA PA IL. Anna, 6, IA PA IL. Jacob Martingeir, Laborer, other, single, 21, Ger Ger GER. 1895 Iowa: Hanwalk [Norwalk], Pottawattamie, IA: Henry G. Fisher, 58, PA. Hannah Fisher, 52, IL. Lacinda Fisher, 26, Potta. Co. IA. Henry, 11, Potta. Co. IA. Sally, 8, Potta. Co. IA. 1900 US: Norwalk, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 254A: Henry Fisher, June 1837, 62, m. 36 years, PA NY Ger, farmer. Hannah, wife, Aug 1842, 57, m. 36 years, 11 total children-7 living, IL OH IN. Henry, son, Mar 1883, 17, IA PA IL. Allie, dau, May 1885, 15, IA PA IL. 1910 US: Underwood Town, Norwalk Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 139a, entry 47 (next door neighbors to John, Samuel, Zenos, and Brigham Graybill, and Julia Graybill Hagerty): Henry G. Fisher, 74, widower, 74, PA NY Ger. Alberta, dau, 24, sing., IA PA IL, teacher. 1920 US: Underwood Town, Norwalk Township, Pottawattamie, p. 265a, entry 10: Henry G. Fisher, 84, marr., PA NY Ger. Eliza Ann, wife, 75, marr., Eng Eng Eng., emigrated/naturalized 1874/1875. 3. Email 25 Jan 2003 from Frontier Heritage Library, PCGS, PO Box 394, Council Bluffs, IA 51502-0394, email Geo. E. and Anna Currie Fisher Linda E. Fisher and Isaac Carlile Mary Fisher and Adolph Klopping 4. Undocumented children per PAF file sent 3 Jul 2003 by John P. Fisher, a descendant of Henry Fisher and Hanna Graybill Edward Emanual Edmond D. Fisher, b. 15 Feb 1865 at Pottawattamie Co., IA, d. 8 Mar 1928, m. 30 Dec 1889 Bertha (Burthy) E. Cook, b. 5 Sep 1870 at Pottawattamie, Co., IA, d. 7 Dec 1917 at Underwood, Pottawattamie, IA. John descends from this individual. George E. Fisher, b. 15 Nov 1864 at Pottawattamie, Co., IA. Lusinda E. Fisher, b. 18 Jun 1868 at Pottawattamie, Co., IA. Mary C. Fisher, b. 20 Jun 1870 at Pottawattamie, Co., IA, d. 1921, m. ___ Klopping. Anna Massa Fisher, b. 4 Oct 1873 at Pottawattamie, Co., IA. Stephen Ira Isaac Fisher, b. 23 Aug 1881 at Pottawattamie, Co., IA. Henry R. Fisher, b. 1883 at Pottawattamie, Co., IA. Alice Fisher. 5. FHL film 934962 "History of Pottawattamie Co., Iowa," by Field and Reed, 1907: Pp. 222-226: "Neola Township. This is a full township of 36 sections. It is bounded on the north by Harrison county, east by Minden, south by Norwalk and west by Boomer townships. June 10, 1872, a petition, signed by H.G. Fisher, George Remington, Fielding Steele and 78 other citizens, was presented to the board of supervisors, asking that honorable body to form a new civil township to comprise a part of the townships of York and Boomer. It was ordered by the board of supervisors that township 77, range 41, and township 77, range 42, is hereby organized into a civil township, to be known as the township of Neola..." Pp. 498, 499 has a mention of Henry Fisher in the biography of his son-in-law Adolph L. Klopping as follows: "Adolph L. Klopping. The name of Klopping is not unknown in this county. On the contrary it has figured in connection with the business and agricultural development of this portion of the state through many years, and he whose name introduces this review now ranks with the prosperous and wide-awake farmers of Norwalk township, his home being on section 2, where he has a valuable farm of 240 acres. His birth occurred in Council Bluffs, March 25, 1868, his father being August Klopping, who is mentioned elsewhere in this volume. The removal of the family to a farm enabled him to spend his days amid rural surroundings, while in the schools of Underwood he acquired his education, his time being divided between the work of tilling the soil and mastering the common branches of English learning. Through the summer months he rendered his father valuable assistance in the work of developing the fields and remained at home upon the farm up to the time of his marriage, which occurred in Underwood on the 25th of February, 1892, the lady of his choice being Miss Mary Fisher, who was born in this county and is a daughter of H.G. Fisher, also one of the well-known early settlers here. The young couple began their domestic life upon a farm in Boomer township, where they lived for a year and in 1893 removed to their present place of residence, Mr. Klopping taking up the active work of tilling and developing this place, which gives visible proof of his energy and activity in the excellent appearance which it now presents. His home is a commodious and pleasant residence which he erected and he has also built good barns for the shelter of hay and the stock. The necessary outbuildings have also been erected and well-kept fences divide the farm into fields of convenient size. Fruit has been planted and various cereals adapted to soil and climate are raised, good crops being gathered annually. About the house is a neat and well-kept lawn and altogether the farm presents a most attractive appearance. In the pastures are found high grades of stock, for Mr. Klopping is both raising and feeding stock, fattening from sixty to ninety head of cattle and shipping from four to five carloads annually and also about one carload of hogs. He is now making a specialty of the raising of shorthorn cattle, having pure blooded registered male at the head of his herd and also some pure blooded cows. His stock-raising interests constitute an important element in his success, while in the cultivation of grains he has also prospered. Unto Mr. And Mrs. Klopping have been born three children: May Leta, Zella Vera and Ray Adoph. Mrs. Klopping belongs to the Church of the Latter Day Saints at Underwood. Mr. Klopping has been a lifelong democrat but his business interests have precluded his active participation in political affairs even had he desired to put forth any effort in that direction. He has worked along lines that have produced good results in business and now derives his income from a valuable farm property." 6. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 72-75, extensive downline of this family is in the book: "Hannah Graybill, b. 5 Aug 1842, Hancock Co., IL; md. to Henry Fisher. He was b. 18 Jun 1837, York, PA. Their children were George, Manuel, Lucinda E., Massa Ann, Mary C. and Stephen Ira." BIOGRAPHY: 1. From FHL book 977.771 H2 "History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa," 1883, O.L. Baskin and Co., Historical Publishers, Chicago, p. 200: "Henry G. Fisher, farmer, P.O. Neola, was born in York County, Penn., June 18, 1837; he is the son of Robert and Catharine (Gatrost) Fisher. His father was a native of New York, and his mother of Hazen, Germany, and she was born about 1812. Our subject's education was wholly acquired in that practical school which has experience for its teacher. While a boy, he lived with his grandfather, who taught him the butcher's trade. At the age of sixteen, he apprenticed to a carpenter for three years, named Charles Neff, of Dallastown, York Co., Penn. He came West in 1856, traveling by rail from Harrisburg to Iowa City; at the latter place, he paid out his last money for a passage by stage to Des Moines. At this place, he was compelled to part with a good watch, in order to secure a stage ticket to Council Bluffs. He arrived at the latter place on a very stormy winter day, December 19, 1856. The balance of that winter he spent with his uncle Philip Gatrost [see this individual in my family history database]. For several years following, he worked at his trade - carpentering. September 25, 1862, six miles east of the Bluffs, he was married to Hannah Graybill, who was born in Hancock County, Ill., August 3, 1842. She is the daughter of George and Mary (Smith) Graybill. Her father was a native of Ohio and her mother was born near Indianapolis, Ind. They were among the first settlers in Pottawattamie County, coming here when Mrs. Fisher was only three years old. Shortly after his marriage, our subject began farming. He rented land for four years of Dr. Phillips. One year, he sub-rented the farm and 500 bushels of corn, along with the stable, was burned by the carelessness of the renters. He then purchased part or his present farm, and improved it. In 1867, he was engaged in butchering for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad while it was being constructed through this county. This adventure proved to be very successful to our subject. He owed at times as high as $3,000 for cattle, and held accounts amounting from $5,000 to $6,000. Part of this was lost, however, by the dishonesty on the part of one of the contractors. The next year, he moved to Neola and engaged in the grain business, which he followed for three years. He lost two car loads of wheat and the same in corn in the great Chicago fire. In the spring of 1873, a fire destroyed his house and effects in Neola. He went back to his farm, and after living there for two years, was again burned out, on July 3, 1875. He then bought an addition to his farm, and built the house in which he now resides. In 1881, he butchered for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad while it was in course of construction through this county. The present year, he has completed a canal for the same railroad through a portion of his own place. This was undertaken and made a success after the failure of seven other contractors. Mr. Fisher has six children - George E., born November 15, 1863; Manuel D., born February 15, 1865; Lucinda E., born June 18, 1868; Mary C., born June 20, 1870; Massa Anne, born October 4, 1873, and Stephen Ira Isaac, born August 23, 1881. In politics, Mr. Fisher is a Republican Greenbacker." BIRTH: 1. Per 1900 census: June 1837. This appears erroneous as to year. 2. See death entry: 1836. I will assume June 1836 assuming census taker's error on year. 3. Per biographical entry above. MARRIAGE: 1. Per "History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa," 1883, O.L. Baskin and Co., Historical Publishers, Chicago, p. 200, entry for Henry G. Fisher: "September 25, 1862, six miles east of the Bluffs, he was married to Hannah Graybill, who was born in Hancock County, Ill., August 3, 1842. She is the daughter of George and Mary (Smith) Graybill. Her father was a native of Ohio and her mother was born near Indianapolis, Ind. They were among the first settlers in Pottawattamie County, coming here when Mrs. Fisher was only three years old." 2. Per FHL book 977.771 V2p" Pottawattamie Co., IA Early Marriages 1848-1869" and Internet site www.genexchange.org for Pottawattamie IAGenExchange marriage records: "Hannah M. Graybill, Henry G. Fisher, 24 Sep 1862." Since this date varies from the one cited above, I will use this one. 3. Per censuses, second marriage to Eliza Ann ___ between 1910 and 1920. Not in FHL book 977.771 V22 "Potta. Co., IA Marriage Records 1912-1914" DEATH: 1. Per burial information. 2. Mentioned in his wife's 1907 obituary as still living. See her notes for citation. BURIAL: 1. Per copy "Cemetery Book, Vol. II, Book 2" of the "1980 Botna Valley East Pottawattamie County Iowa Genealogical Society" booklet provided by the Council Bluffs Library of Pottawattamie Co., Iowa which lists burials of the H.G. Fisher Cemetery which is located on the west edge of the town of Underwood, Norwalk Township, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. In this cemetery are several related Graybills as follows: Row 2 in the following sequential stone order: Sexton, Nellie Fern 1910-1973 (Sexton), Fannie 1872-1937 Mother (Sexton), John 1857-1934 Father [probably son of James and Hannah (Smith) Sexton - Hannah later marries Geo. W. Graybill and is also buried here] Row 5 in the following sequential stone order: Graybill, Hazel E. 15 Oct 1892-4 Sept 1893 dau/o J. & A.E. Graybill "We love her" Graybill, Guy Everett 2 Aug 1883-17 Nov 1954 AmLeg-mm Wisconsin 1st Lt 39 Infantry WWI [son of John and Annes Graybill] Graybill, Glen E. 1899-1935 [son of John and Annes Graybill] (Graybill), Mother [probably refers to next stone] Graybill, John 12 May 1851-10 May 1919; Annes Ervin 12 May 1858-3 Oct 1927 his wife [son of George W. Graybill] (Graybill), Father [probably refers to previous stone] Graybill, Maude E. 1881-1952 [dau. of John and Annes Grabill] Fay, Pearl Graybill 1889-1977 [dau. of John and Annes Grabill] Wilson, Florence Graybill 1894-1974 [dau. of John and Annes Grabill] Wilson, William J. 22 Nov 1890-25 Aug 1964 Nebr. Pvt. 3 Bn 55 Engineers WWI [husband of Florence] Row 9 in the following sequential stone order: Graybill, Alice 1904 [daughter of George H. and Flora A. Graybill] (Graybill), Mother [probably refers to B.Y. Graybill stone] Graybill, Family Stone Graybill, B.Y. 1844-1931 and Theresa S. 11 Aug 1842 - 8 Mar 1900 [son of George W. Graybill] (Graybill), Father [probably refers to previous stone] Graybill, William I. 1854-1941 [son of George W. Graybill] Graybill, Zenas 1868-19__ [son of George W. Graybill] Graybill, Samuel F. 1865-1939 [son of George W. Graybill] Hegarty, Eva F. 29 Sept 1901-23 May 1919 [dau. of Patrick Hegarty and Julia Ann Graybill] (Graybill?), Mother [probably refers to next stone] Graybill, George W. 26 June 1821-5 Mar 1900; Hannah 27 Dec 1826-6 Nov 1903 Wife (Graybill?) Father [probably refers to previous stone] Row 10 in the following sequential order: Hegarty, Patrick 1863-1944 [Husband to Julia Ann Graybill] Hegarty, Julia A. 1863-1938 [Julia Ann Graybill, dau. of George W. Graybill with Patrick as husband] Graybill, Flora A. 1863-1933 Mother; George H. 1846-1912 Father [son of George W. Graybill] Row 11 in the following sequential stone order: Fisher Family Stone Aney, Allie Fisher 1886-1972 Daughter Fisher, Hannah 1842-1907 Mother [Hannah Grabill] Fisher, Henry 1836-1926 SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 98. ACTION: 1. Email John P. Fisher, a descendant of Henry Fisher, | Fisher, Henry George (I623)
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| 4225 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 Apr 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Alt. birth may be 24 Nov 1825 in Northumberland, Ontario, Canada. Alt. birth location may be Haldman, Newcastle, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada. 3. Can't find on Utah State Historical Society Burials Database as of 20 Apr 2002. 4. Parents per LDS Online Ordinance Index sealing entries are Isaac Davis and Sarah Saulsbury. 5. Censuses: 1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household and their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Census return: Davis: Edward 27, Sarah 24, Michael 1. [Note that the following related families are in this census and very close neighbors: Simeon P. Graybill, Michael/Polly Graybill with Polly's mother Catherine Eller Stoker, Eller/Margaret Stoker, Jacob/Catherine Stoker, Philip/Catherine Gatrost, David/Barbara Stoker, Edward/Sarah Davis, and William/Almira Stoker. Other relatives in same county but separated by several pages of census include the following families: Thomas/Hannah Pilling whose daughter Hannah, later marries William Lenore Graybill, Levi/Patience Graybill, John W./Sarah Stoker, Hannah Ford whose son Martin later marries Zibiah M. Stoker, and John/Sarah Smith.] 1870 US: 7-Dist. Summit, Iron, Utah, p. 295b, entry 13 [neighbors to Michael and Polly Stoker; Barbara Stoker; Sylvester and Catherine Hulet]: Edward H. Davis, 46, farmer, real estate $300, personal property $200, Can. Sarah, 42, housework, OH. Alexander, 17, farm laborer, IA. Catharine, 12, UT. Elma S., 10, UT. Lydia A., 7, UT. Elizabeth, 5, UT. Horace, 1, UT. 6. Ancestry.com World Tree Project 20 Apr 2002: Hulet Family; Contact: Ted Cox 7. From the book "History of Iron County Mission - Parowan, Utah," compiled by Mrs. Luella Adams Dalton, pp. 194-95. In commenting on the early days of Summit, Utah, she mentions several early pioneers to the area such as Michael Stoker and his brother-in-laws Edward Davis and Sylvanus C. Hulet. Also mentioned is the Dalley family into which a Davis daughter marries and has a daughter in 1880, Sarah Mandana Dalley, who marries in 1902 William Heber Hales, a son of Charles and Jemima Adair Hales. Various citations: "In the spring of 1859 James Dalley, William Dalley and Labon Morrell moved their families from Johnson Fort to Summit and took up squatters claims. On the 15 April, 1859 a son, Joseph B. Dalley, was born to James and Lettie Wright Dalley in their dugout home, the first child born in Summit. Others came to join them, Edward Davis, John Allen, Thomas R. Smith, John White, William White, Mike Stoker, John Winn, Oliver Pierson and William O. Orton. (Source: Lillian D. White from the 'Life of James Dalley.')" "Sylvanus C. Hulet moved his family from St. George to Summit, where he had owned a farm and lot for a number of years. Sylvanus was chosen presiding Elder of Summit, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Brother William Dalley. Summit Ward was organized 27 July 1877 with Sylvanus C. Hulet as Bishop. His wife Catherine Stoker Hulet helped a great deal with the sick and on the 10 March 1878 she was chosen as the first Relief Society president, a position she held until her death in 1882. 27 July 1877 Bishop Sylvanus C. Hulet, next in their order. Bishop Joseph B. Dalley, 1st C. William Smith, 2nd C. Sylvanus C. Hulet, Ward Clerk Barbara Tweedie... (Source: Ward Records - Lillian D. White)" "Summit Ward Relief Society was organized 10 March, 1879, President Catherine Stoker, 1st C. Lette B. Dalley, 2nd C. Mandana H. Dalley, Secretary Mary E. Hulet... (Source: Ordena Dalley)" 8. FHL film 702: "Journal of John Stoker, b. 1817; Journal starts November 1, 1869." John was the son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill. The first 35 pages detail his mission taken from Utah to Virginia and Tennessee through Council Bluffs, Iowa, which I have summarized and included with his notes in this database. Pp. 36-227, the balance of John's journal, are genealogical notations of family. Many pages are blank. Besides family, the journal also notes many other unrelated Stokers who were probably gleaned from books and other sources. It appears as if maybe his son David may have taken over the book later. Many entries are repetitive at different times. Pertinent data for this family or individual is quoted verbatim as follows on pages: 173: Edward H. Davis, Sarah Stoker, children: Edward H. Davis, b. Feb. 17, 1852, bapt. May 1860. 189: Elexander H. Davis, son of Edward H. Davis and Sarah Stoker was born Feby 17th, 1852, Springvill(?), Potawatamie Co., Iowa. Baptised Springvill, Utah Co., Utah Territory, May 1860. 189: Barbara Stoker, daughter of Peter Graybill and Christenia Wampler and wife of David Stoker died October the 3d, 1872, at Summet Creek, Iron County, U.T., aged 81 years. Edward Davis, husband of Sarah Stoker, the daughter of Barbara Stoker, died Jany 9th, 1873 of Putrid Sore throat, Iron Co., U.T., Summet Creek 189: David Stoker, son of Michael Stoker and Catherine Eller and father of John Stoker, died May 27th, 1852 at Trader's Point, Potawatamie Co., Iowa. The family emigrated to Utah the same Spring. 190: Sarah Davis, daughter of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill was born June 26th 1827, State of Ohio, Jackson Co., Bloomfield Township. Baptised by Wm. Stoker Feby 1850. 9. FHL book 929.273 St67d "Descendants of William Stoker (1819-1892): with a View of his Ancestors," by Jay and Rachel Phillips Deeben, Feb. 2014, pp. 40-45: "Sarah Stoker (1827-1908), by Jay Deeben. Sarah Stoker, daughter of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill, was born on 20 Jun 1827 in Bloomfield, Jackson, Ohio[1]. Sarah married Edward Horace Davis, son of Isaac Davis and Sarah Ann Saulsbury, about 1849, probably in Mt Pisgah, Iowa. Edward was born on 24 Nov 1825 in Holderrnan, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada,[2] died on 9 Jan 1873 in Summit Creek (Summit), Iron, Utah Territory. Sarah, Edward, and their children Michael, and Alexander traveled with the Isaac M. Stewart Company in 1852.[3] They left Kanesville, Iowa on 19 Jun 1852 and arrived in Salt Lake sometime between 28 Aug - 22 Sep 1852. Sarah and her family were in Springville, Utah at the time of the 1860 Federal Census taken on 7 Sep 1860.[4] They were listed as Edwd H. Davis, Sally Davis, Alexn Davis, and Sarah C. Davis. Sarah's (Sally) mother Barbara Stoker was living with them at the time of the 1860 census. Her name was listed as Barbia Stoker. In the 1861 October Sem1i-Annual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "... church leaders called 309 families to establish the Cotton Mission. After the outbreak of the Civil War that same year, LDS Church President Brigham Young felt it necessary to grow cotton, if possible. Many of these families assigned to settle the area hailed from the South and possessed the necessary skills to grow cotton and establish a community."[5] The community was named St. George, its nickname is Utah's Dixie. Edward and Sarah and their family answered the call and moved south. Edward Horace Davis' name appears on and is marked as being among the original 309 settlers called to move south to help settle Utah's Dixie.[6] By 1870 Edward and Sarah had moved their family to the community of Summit,[7] Utah, (also known as Summit Creek) which is just north of Cedar City, Utah. Edward died on 9 Jan 1873, in Summit Creek, Iron, Utah. Sarah died on 10 Mar 1908 in Summit Creek, Iron, Utah, at age 80. Children of Edward Horace Davis and Sarah Stoker Davis (Name, Birth date, Birth Place, Death date, Death place): Michael Davis[10], 18 Feb 1850, Kanesville, Pottawattamie, Iowa, 9 Mar 1855, Springville, Utah, Utah. Alexander H. Davis[11], 17 Feb 1852, Kanesville, Pottawattamie, Iowa, 27 Dec 1923, Circleville, Piute, Utah. Alexander married Charlotte Ann Day, daughter of Thomas Day and Charlotte Ann Clarke, on 3 Jul 1882, in Circleville, Piute, Utah. Charlotte was born on 16 Jan 1863, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah. John Stoker Davis[12], 5 Mar 1854, Springville, Utah, Utah, 9 May 1858, Springville, Utah, Utah. Barbara Davis, 1 Mar 1856, Springville, Utah, Utah, 25 May 1856, Springville, Utah, Utah. Sarah Catherine Davis[13], 15 Mar 1858, Springville, Utah, Utah, 10 Apr 1945, Delta, Millard, Utah. Sarah also went by the name of Catherine. According to a note on Sarah's death certificate she had lived in Delta for 26 years[14] prior to her death. Sarah married William Hillman Dalley[15], son of William H. Dalley and Mandana Hillman, on 17 Jan 1876 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. William was born on 16 Jun 1853 in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah. Elma Samantha Davis, 26 Jun 1860 Springville, Utah, Utah, 24 Sep 1901, Junction, Piute, Utah. Elma married Thomas Winn, son of Thomas Green Winn and Phoebe Jane Orton, on 28 Aug 1882, in Summit, Iron, Utah. Thomas was born on 8 Dec 1854, in West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah. Lydia Ann Davis[17], 17 Aug 1862, Fort Johnson, Iron, Utah, 20 Feb 1887, , , Utah. Lydia married Charles Dayton Johnson, son of Lorenzo Johnson and Ruth Sawyer Drury, on 7 Oct 1881, in St. George, Washington, Utah. Charles was born on 9 Feb 1860, in Springville, Utah, Utah. Elizabeth Isola Davis[18], 30 Sep 1864, Summit, Iron, Utah, 29 Jul 1897, Junction, Piute, Utah. Elizabeth married Horrace Morrill, son of Laban Morrill and Permelia Handmore Drury, on 28 Jan 1887 in St. George, Washington, Utah. Horrace was born on 18 Jul 1863, in Fort Johnson, Iron, Utah. Edward Davis[19], 19 Oct 1866, Summit, Iron, Utah, 12 Oct 1868 Summit, Iron, Utah. Horace Davis[20], 31 Jan 1869, Summit, Iron, Utah, 6 Mar 1871, Summit, Iron, Utah. Endnotes for Sarah Stoker: 1. Stoker, Elayne; Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881, Vol II (copy of book on CD); p. 60. Repository: Rachel Anne Phillips Deeben, 1349 So 300 West, Payson, Utah 84651. 2. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, new.Familysearch.org 3. Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868, website; search for Catherine Davis 4. Springville, Utah, Utah, p. 299; Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database online]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. 5. "Utah's Dixie History," 6. Sons of the Utah Pioneer - Cotton Mission Chapter, "Utah's Dixie Historical Sites," "Called to Dixie" Dixie Pioneers, p. 2, accessed 2 Mar 2013, 7. "United States Census, 1870," index and images, Familysearch ( 8. Summit Creek, Iron, Utah is the same as Summit, Iron, Utah as it is known today. Because the town was established at the side of a creek that was named Summit Creek, people referred to the town as Summit Creek at times. 9. The following source was used for all of the children. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch ( 10. PID: KWVP-9ZV 11. PID: KWCK-CDM 12. PID: KWVP-9ZB 13. PID: KWVP-9ZG and State of Utah Department of Health, Utah - Death Certificate ( 14. State of Utah Department of Health, Utah - Death Certificate, State File No. 42. 15. PID: KWC4-DJH 16. PID: KWJX-GFY 17. PID: KWVP-H45 18. PID: KWZ9-MNM, and Find a Grave Memorial ( 19. PID: KWVP-9ZT 20. PID: KWVP-98M [Image of Death Certificate: State of Utah; #120; Sarah Davis; died at Summit, Iron Co.; resident for over 45 years at place of death; d. 10 Mar 1908; born 20 Jun 1827; widowed, b. Jackson Co., Ohio; father David Stoker with unknown birthplace and mother Barbara Graybell with unknown birthplace; informant Mayhew H. Dalley of Cedar City, Utah; bur. Summit Cemetery Mar. 11; undertaker Herbert White of Summit, Utah; cause of death: Senility contributed by chronic Gastro-Esteritis.]" MARRIAGE: 1. From the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT: "One bright note of this time span for David and Barbara was that two of their daughters were married at Mount Pisgah. Catherine to Sylvanus Cyrus Hulet in May of 1850 and Sarah to Edward Horace Davis also within the same year. Also some grandchildren had now made their appearance into the family." | Davis, Edward Horace (I2529)
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| 4226 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 Jun 2002 Ancestry.com. 2. Parents per 6 Jun 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database "314563": Joseph Russell Powell b. 9 Nov 1863 in Paragonah, Iron, Utah and Olivia Driggs Farnsworth, b. 15 Sep 1867 in Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah. 3. Per husband's obituary of 14 May 1937: "Besides his widow, Mr. Ferris is survived by a son and daughter, Duane and Martha Ferris, Beaver; a stepdaughter and two stepsons, Mrs. Julia Campeau, Inglewood, Cal.; Wallace Dean, Logan; Warren Dean, Beaver; two sisters, Mrs. Sadie Hales, Ogden; Mrs. Grace Hutchingson, Glendale, Cal.; a brother, Elton Ferris, Burley, Idaho; one half-brother, Ebbie Stevens, Fallon, Nev." BIRTH: 1. 6 Jun 2002 Ancestry.com database "314563". 2. Per Burial Index cited below. MARRIAGE: 1. The marriage with James Heber Dean was reported to the Court on 11 Feb 1907, but according to the court affidavit, the marriage was on 6 Feb 1907 in Beaver. 2. Previously married to James Heber Dean in Slake Temple 18 Sep 1913. Married to John Lincoln Ferris for "Time Only" in Salt Lake Temple. DEATH: 1. 6 Jun 2002 Ancestry.com database "314563". 2. Utah State Historical Society Burials Database, online: Murtina Powell Dean Ferris, b. 12 Feb 1887, d. 3 Jan 1974 of old age, bur. 7 Jan 1974 Mountain View Cemetery in Beaver, Ut B_88_4. BURIAL: 1. 6 Jun 2002 Ancestry.com database "314563" 2. Per Burial Index cited above. | Powell, Murtina (I1080)
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| 4227 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 Jun 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect and Oct 2003 LDS Ancestral File. 2. Parents per Ancestry.com database "Piute" and ":ag755c": Claybourn Montgomery Elder and Martina Mica Katrine Magrethe Petersen. 3. Children per Ancestry.com database "Piute" and ":ag755c": Leo S. Elder, b. 14 Nov 1892 in Junction, Piute, UT. Claude Elder, b. 12 Jun 1893 in Kingston, Piute, UT; m. Ethel Barker; d. 1 Apr 1933. Lorenzo Michael Elder, b. 26 Dec 1895 in Kingston, Piute, UT; m.1 Cassie Lucretia Adair 17 Sep 1915; m.2 Catherine Ester Green; d. 15 Aug 1970 in Salt Lake City, Utah, UT. Barlow Elder, b. 20 Dec 1897 in Kingston, Piute, UT; m. Iris L. Pope 12 Jun 1921; d. 22 Nov 1993 in Provo, Utah, UT.. Oliver Q. Elder, b. 18 Jun 1899 in Kingston, Piute, UT; m. Sarah Agnes Beebe 1 Mar 1923. Golda Elmina Elder, b. 2 Oct 1905 in Junction, Piute, UT; m. James LeRoy Mangum. 4. Censuses: 1880 for Circleville, Piute, Utah, NA film T9-1336: Martena Elder, self, keeping house, Divorced, 45, DEN DEN DEN. Eli Elder, son, 17, UT MS DEN. Moriah Elder, dau., 15, UT MS DEN. Joseph A. Elder, son, 14, UT MS DEN. Clabern Elder, son, 12, UT MS DEN. George Elder, son, 9, UT MS DEN. Viveon Elder, dau., 2, UT MS DEN. 1900 for Kingston, Piute, Utah, ED #144, p. 232A: Claborne L. Elder, b. Dec 1867, age 32, married 9 years, UT IL Den, grocer. Almira, wife, b. Sep 1865, 34, married 9 years, 5 total children all living, Utah, OH, Canada/Eng. Leo, son, b. Nov 1891, 8, UT UT UT. Claud, son, b. Jun 1893, 6, UT UT UT. Lorenzo M., son, b. Dec 1895, 4, UT UT UT. Barlow, son, b. Dec 1897, 2, UT UT UT. Oliver Q., son, b. Jun 1899, 11/12, UT UT UT. 5. FHL book 929.273 St67d "Descendants of William Stoker (1819-1892): with a View of his Ancestors," by Jay and Rachel Phillips Deeben, Feb. 2014, pp. 51-57: "Michael Stoker, (1833- 1904), by Jay Deeben. Michael Stoker, son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill, was born on 9 Sep 1833 in Bloomfield, Jackson, Ohio.[1] Michael married Polly Brittan Hughes, daughter of John Hughes and Elizabeth Titus, on 1 Dec 1854, in Canada.[2]... Children Michael Stoker (1833-1904) and Polly Brittan Hughes Stoker (Name, Birth date, Birth Place, Death date, Death place): John Willard Stoker[12], 9 Sep 1855, Springville, Utah, Utah, 24 Jul 1935, Junction, Piute, Utah. John married Mary Etta Wooley, daughter of Robert Patterson Wooley and Martha Jane Reagan, on 1 Jan 1889 in Junction, Piute, Utah.[14] Mary was born on 17 Jan 1873 in Parowan, Iron, Utah.[15] Mary Etta died on 10 Dec 1956 in Richfield, Sevier, Utah.[16] The marriage record spelled Mary's name as "Mary Lee Ettie Woolley." Michael Charles Stoker[16], 31 Oct 1857, Springville, Utah, Utah, 26 May 1877, Beaver, Beaver, Utah. As far as we know Michael Charles Stoker never married. David William Stoker[17], 1 Apr 1860, Springville, Utah, Utah, 26 May 1912 Junction, Piute, Utah. David married Anna Maria White, daughter of William White and Ann Chapman,[18] about 1880 in Junction, Piute, Utah.[19] Anna was born on 25 May 1858 in Park Gate, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, died on 22 Feb 1901 in Junction, Piute, Utah at age 42. David married Florence Snow Woolley, daughter of Robert Patterson Woolley and Martha Jane Reagan, on 15 Jan 1902 in Junction, Piute, Utah.[20] Florence was born on 2 Apr 1880 in Ranch, Piute, Utah. She died on 3 Dec 1968 in Richfield, Sevier, Utah. (Note: Woolley may be spelled Wooley.) Emma Cornelia Stoker[21], 31 Aug 1862, Fort Johnson, Iron, Utah, 1863 Fort Johnson, Iron, Utah Almina Stoker,[22] 6 Sep 1865 Summit, Iron, Utah, 18 Sep 1942, Orem, Utah, Utah. Another spelling for Almina is Elmina.[23] By following the Federal Census records between 1870 and 1930, we can follow the movement of Almina throughout Utah. She resided in the following communities during this time: (1) District 7, Plummet, Iron, Utah Territory in 1870; (2) Summit Creek, Iron, Utah, United States in 1880; (3) Kingston, Piute, Utah in 1900; (4) Coyote, Garfield, Utah in 1910; (5) District 76, Henderson, Garfield, Utah in 1920; (6) Orem, Utah, Utah in 1930.[24] Almina married Claybourn Lorenzo Elder,[25] son of Claybome Montgomery Elder and Mica Martina Margaretta Katrina Peterson, on 1 Dec 1890 in Junction, Piute, Utah. Claybourn was born on 27 Dec 1869 in North Creek, Washington, Utah. Franklin Stoker, Sep 1867, Summit, Iron, Utah, about 1868, Fort Johnson Fort, Iron, Utah. Chapter Notes for Michael Stoker (1833 - 1904). 1. Endowment House Recorder, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House Living Endowments, Film 0183406 - Book "G"; p. 95, line #23. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150. 2. Church History Dept., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868, 11. Familysearch.org - PIN: LWV3-9RF 12. Familysearch.org - PIN: KWC1-JWZ 13. The Western States Marriage Record Index, Marriage ID#504576, Bride and Groom both resided in Junction, Piute, Utah at the time of the marriage. The hard copy can be found at the Piute County of Record, vol 1, page 27, certificate #13. Search Website: 14. Familysearch.org - PIN: KWZN-G41 15. Utah Archives, Utah Certificate of Death, certificate number 56 21 0083. Digitized copy of certificate at the Utah Archives web site: 16. Familysearch.org - PIN: KVL7-TST 17.Familysearch.org - PIN: KWZ8-5TB 18. Familysearch.org - PIN: KJ43-TDY. 19. PIN KWZ8-5TB 20. The Western States Marriage Record Index, Marriage ID #504800, Piute County of Record, State of Utah, Vol 2, Page 149, Certificate # 237. 21. Nauvoo Land and Records Office, Composite set of church and county records, Nauvoo Land and Records Office, Repository: Nauvoo Land and Records Office, Nauvoo, Illinois, Call Number: RlN# 29026. Based on a composite set of records in the Nauvoo Land and Records Office in Nauvoo, Illinois; Their RIN# 29026 William Stoker, born 1819, was first baptized on 26 March 1835. This occurred while his family (living with his parents: David Stoker and Barbara Graybill) in Jackson County, Ohio. These records consist of historical records researched by Susan E. Black, Nauvoo Death Record, Nauvoo, Temple Endowment Register, 70's Record. Two other baptism dates are listed one for 1836 and one for 17 Nov 1852 (1857 possible). 22. Familysearch.org - PIN: KWC6-D3Y 23. Mangum, Golda Elder, granddaughter of Michael Stoker; Family History of Family Member, Obtained from Donna Behunan; Junction, Utah. 24. (1) Year: 1870; Census Place: District 7 Plummet, Iron, Utah Territory; Roll: M593_1610; Page: 295B; Image: 603; Family History Library Film: 553109. (2) Year: 1880; Census Place: Summit Creek, Iron, Utah; Roll: 1336; Family History Film: 1255336; Page: 367C; Enumeration District: 021. (3) 1900; Census Place: Kingston, Piute, Utah; Roll: T623_1683; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 114. (4) Year: 1910; Census Place: Coyote, Garfield, Utah; Roll: T624_1603; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0048; Image: 651; FHL Number: 1375616. (5)Year: 1920; Census Place: Henderson, Garfield, Utah; Roll: T625_1862; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 76; Image: 1050. All referenced census records came from United States Federal Census [database online]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. 25: Familysearch.org - PIN: KWC6-D3Y. … Piute County, Utah Marriage License Records 18721966, Piute County (Utah). County Clerk, Marriage License Records, 1872-1966 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah 1966, 1983), item #2, p. 79. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA, Call Number: US/CAN film 484608. Claybourn was 22 years old and Almina was 25 years old at the time of this marriage. Witnesses were John W. Stoker and Mary E. Stoker." BIRTH: 1. 1900 census has Dec 1867. Obituaries have variants of perhaps 27 Dec 1867 or 1868 in Virgin City. Virgin City may be variant name for North Creek in Washington County, UT which is used in Ancestry.com. Burial Index cited below has 3 Jan 1868 in Virgin, Utah. Live endowment and spouse temple sealing for 1935 shows Claybourne Lorenzo Elder, b. 27 Dec 1867 at Virgin, Washington, Elder to Claybourn Elder and Micah Martina Peterson. I use the temple record. 2. FHL film 26044 LDS Membership Records for Junction Ward, Panguitch Stake, Utah. Martina Elder is listed with four sons Eli A., Joseph A., Clabourn L., and George H. The information on Clabourn: Clabourn L. Elder, b. 27 Dec 1867 at Virgin City, Kane, Utah, to Clabourn L. Elder and Martina Petersen, blessed by Geo. B. Gardner, bapt. and conf. 1877. MARRIAGE: 1. Online "BYU Idaho Western States Historical Marriage Record Index": Claybourn L. Elder (22) of Junction and Almina Stoker (25) of Junction married 1 Dec 1890 at Junction. Piute Co., Utah Records, v. 1 or P2, p. 79. 2. Witnessed by brother John W. Stoker 1 Dec 1890. See his notes for citation. Variant date is in husband's obituary but unfortunately the date is a bit unclear: "He married Elmina Stoker Dec. 28[?], 1890[?] at Junction, Utah." Obituary of Elmina says 2 Dec 1890 in Junction. I use the latter information. DEATH: 1. Per obituary. 2. Utah State Historical Society Burials Database online: Clayburn L. Elder, b. 3 Jan 1868 at Virgin, UT, d. 8 Dec 1936 at Orem, UT, bur. at Provo City Cemetery Blk. 11 Lot 72. BURIAL: 1. Per obituary. 2. Per Burial Index cited above. 3. "Index to the Utah County Cemeteries, 1850's to 1996," compiled by Diane R. Parkinson and located at the family history center at the BYU Provo library: Claybourne L. Elder 3 Jan 1868 - 8 Dec 1936 Provo. OBITUARY: 1. [Note this is a poor copy] "Claybourn L. Elder. Orem, Utah. - Claybourn Lorenzo Elder, 67, farmer of this district, died at the family home Tuesday of a throat infection following erysipetae[?]. Mr. Elder was born Dec. 27, 1868[?] in Virgin City, son of Clayborn and Martina Peterson Elder. He married Elmina Stoker Dec. 28[?], 1890[?] at Junction, Utah. They resided there until 1910[?], when they moved to Orem, where they had since lived. He was a member of the Church. Survivors are his widow, five sons and daughters, Leo, Lorenzo, Barlow and Oliver Q. Elder and Mrs. Golda Mangum, all of Orem; 26 grandchildren and 14 brothers and sisters, Alfred, Ogden; George, Kingston; Claybourn, Castle Dale, Utah; Parley, Oak City, Utah; Mrs. Mariah Reese[?], Salt Lake City; Mrs. Vivian Green, Mountain View, Wyo; Mrs. Ann Kelsey, Eureka; Mrs. Etta Theobold and Mrs. Anna Stanford, Hinckley, Utah; Eli[?], James, John and William, whose whereabouts are unknown. The body is at the Deseret Mortuary." Deseret News, Wed., 9 Dec 1936. 2. "Claybourn Lorenzo Elder. Orem - Claybourn Lorenzo Elder, 67, farmer of this district, died at the family home Tuesday of a throat infection following erysipelas. Mr. Elder was born Dec. 27, 1868 in Virgin City, son of Claybourn and Martina Peterson Elder. He married Elmina Stoker Dec. 20, 1890 at Junction, Utah. They resided there until 1910, when they moved to Orem, where they had since lived. He was a member of the L.D.S. Church. Survivors are his widow, five sons and daughters, Leo, Lorenzo, Barlow and Oliver Q. Elder and Mrs. Golda Mangum, all of Orem; 26 grandchildren and 14 brothers and sisters, Alfred, Ogden; George, Kingston; Claybourn, Castle Dale, Utah; Parley, Oak City, Utah; Mrs. Mariah Reese, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Vivian Green, Mountain View, Wyo; Mrs. Ann Kelsey, Eureka; Mrs. Etta Theobold and Mrs. Anna Stanford, Hinkley; Eli, James, John and William, whose whereabouts are unknown. The body is at the Deseret mortuary pending funeral arrangements." Deseret News, Wed., 9 Dec 1936. 3. "Claybourn Elder. Provo. - Funeral services will be held for Claybourn Lorenzo Elder, 68, Friday at 1 p.m. in the Sharon Ward, under direction of Allen Bellows. Friends may call at the Deseret Mortuary Thursday evening and at the home of LeRoy Mangum Friday prior to the services. Interment will be in Provo. Mr. Elder died Tuesday from a throat infection." Deseret News, 10 Dec 1936. 4. "Elder Services Set Thursday. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 o'clock in the Sharon ward chapel under the direction of Allen Bellows. Friends may call at the Deseret Mortuary Thursday evening or at the home of LeRoy Mangum at Orem, Friday, prior to services. Interment will be in the Provo City Burial park, under the direction of the Deseret Mortuary." Provo Evening Herald, Wed., 9 Dec 1936. 5. "Claybourn Lorenzo Elder. Orem. - Funeral services will be held for Claybourn Lorenzo Elder, 67, who died Tuesday of a throat infection following erysipelas, will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. in the Sharon L.D.S. Ward, under direction of Bishop Allen Bellows. Friends may call at the Deseret Mortuary Thursday evening and at the home of LeRoy Mangum prior to the services. Burial will be in Provo city burial park." Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Dec 1936. 6. "Services Held for Claybourn Elder. Funeral services for Claybourn Elder were held Friday afternoon in the Sharon ward chapel, with J. Allen Bellows of the bishopric, in charge. 'O My Father' was sung by a quartet comprising Reuben Pyne, Mrs. Lois Downs, Mrs. Ethel Pyne, and Delos Pyne, with Mrs. Melba Calder as soloist. Mrs. Ruth Mecham was at the piano. Prayer was offered by Allen Dickey, and the quartet then sang 'Sometime We'll Understand.' A life sketch of Mr. Elder was given by his son-in-law, Roy Mangum, and remarks were made by George W. Sidwell. Mrs. Ruth Mecham played a violin selection, accompanied by Mrs. Lois Downs, following which Bishop B.M. Jolley and Mr. Bellows spoke. The quartet rendered 'I Know My Heaavenly Father Knows,' and prayer was offered by Ivan Farnsworth, counselor. Interment was in the Provo City Burial park where the grave was dedicated by Leo Elder, a son of the deceased. The services were largely attended and beautiful flowers were sent to the bereaved family." Provo Sunday Herald, Sun., 13 Dec 1936. | Elder, Claybourn Lorenzo (I3414)
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| 4228 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 Jun 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect Oct 2003. 2. Censuses: 1850 US: Cannot find even though Levi in his biography says he was in Iowa by 1846. Did a page by page search of Decatur and Pottawattamie Counties which in 1850 appear to be larger than they are now. They possibly could have lived away from the others in an area that may not have received a census taker. 1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household and their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Census return: Grabill: Levi [can't read age - 33?], Patience 25, Abigail 9, Selathiel 4, Patience 2, Levi infant. [Note that the following related families are in this census and very close neighbors: Simeon P. Graybill, Michael/Polly Graybill with Polly's mother Catherine Eller Stoker, Eller/Margaret Stoker, Jacob/Catherine Stoker, Philip/Catherine Gatrost, David/Barbara Stoker, Edward/Sarah Davis, and William/Almira Stoker. Other relatives in same county but separated by several pages of census include the following families: Thomas/Hannah Pilling whose daughter Hannah, later marries William Lenore Graybill, Levi/Patience Graybill, John W./Sarah Stoker, Hannah Ford whose son Martin later marries Zibiah M. Stoker, and John/Sarah Smith.] 1856 Iowa: (From Ancestry.com) Macedonia, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 2 of 4: Levi Grabill, 38, 10 years in Iowa, OH, farmer. Patience, 31, 10, IN. Abbigail, 14, 10, IL. Selatha, 9, 9, IL. Patience, 7, 7, IL. Levi, 5, 5, IL. John, 3, 3, IL. Michael, 1, 1, IL. 1860 US: Macedonia P.O., Grove Twp., Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 416, entry 847, 14 Jul 1860: Levi Graybill, 42, farmer, Ireland. Patience, 36, IN. Abigail, 18, IL. Salathiel, 13, IA. Patience, 11, IA. Levi, 8, IA. John, 6, IA. Joseph B., 3, IA. George W., 5/12, IA. 3. The following two individuals appear to be the same individual and most likely the husband to Abigail Graybill. Both entries are from Susan Easton Black, compiler, "Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints," (Religious Studies Center, BYU, 1993, copy in Family History Library in Salt Lake City): "John Pritchett. Birth: 1839 at Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee. Source: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1852-71, book A, p. 114." "John Pritchard. Birth: Gibson, Tennessee. John Pritchard presented himself for baptism at the Reorganized Church General Conference in October 1862. He was baptized a member of the [RLDS] on 6 Oct 1862 at Galland's Grove, Shelby, Iowa, by Joseph Smith III. He was confirmed on 7 Oct 1862 by Blair, Blakeslee, J.W. Briggs, and Joseph Smith III. Sources: RLDS Deceased Files; Early Reorganization Minutes, 1852-71, book A, p. 152; 'The History of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,' p. 307; 'Saints' Herald,' Nov. 1862; Early Reorganization Minutes, 1872-1905, Book C." [Note: I looked up the reference of "Saints' Herald" for Nov. 1862 regarding John Pritchard and found his name among a list of seven persons baptized by Pres. Joseph Smith [III] on Oct. 7, 1862 at the RLDS Church's Semi-Annual Conference held in Galland's Grove, Shelby Co., Iowa." 4. Susan Easton Black, compiler, "Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints," (Religious Studies Center, BYU, 1993, copy in Family History Library in Salt Lake City): "Graybill, Abigail; Birth: 15 Apr 1843, Hancock County, Illinois. Abigail Graybill was bapt. and conf. a member of the [RLDS] on 1 Jul 1860 by E.C. Briggs. Sources: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1852-71, book A, p. 302." 5. The book "Mormon Redress Petitions, Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict," edited by Clark V. Johnson, contains a copy of the "Scroll Petition" dated 28 Nov 1843 at Nauvoo, IL addressed to the U.S. Congress by members of the LDS Church who had property destroyed by Missouri mobs in the 1830's. Included with over a couple thousand signatures is Abigail Graybill. 6. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 55-60: "Abigail Graybill, b. 15 Apr 1842, Hancock, IL; d. 8 Apr 1885 [typo: should be 1865]; bur in the Graybill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., IA; md. to John Pritchett. Her husband was away in the Civil War when she died leaving a 6 month old baby daughter, Patience Lucinda. John was b. 13 Aug 1839, Nashville, TN; d. 20 Apr 1925. Levi and Patience raised their first grandchild who was one week older than their own daughter Martha. John Pritchett may have remarried and had a son George. [Patience Lucinda married Joseph Bogue and died In Los Angeles in 1913 - see book for more detail.]" BIRTH: 1. Date per tombstone. Variant date of 1843 from RLDS records cited above not used. MARRIAGE: 1. Husband is John T. Pritchett per tombstone. 1880 census also shows Abigail's father Levi with a granddaughter: Lucinda Pritchett, g.dau., 16, IA OH IN. Photo of John T. Pritchett's tombstone is on website for "Mormon Cemetery" located in Grove Township of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, four miles east of Macedonia on County Road G66/Pioneer Trail.: 2. Per FHL book 977.771 V2p" Pottawattamie Co., IA Early Marriages 1848-1869" and Internet site www.genexchange.org for Pottawattamie IAGenExchange marriage records indicate: "Abigail Graybill, John T. Pritchard, 12 Apr 1862." DEATH: 1. 1880 Census for Macedonia, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 422D, shows John Prichett, 42, married to Susan, 33, with 7 children - the oldest being 13 - which appears to confirm Abigail deceased prior to 1867. 2. See burial citations below. BURIAL: 1. The following name is found on a new memorial stone with 33 other related family members at Graybill/Stoker Cemetery: "Abigail Pritchett 1842-1885" [I think 1885 should read 1865]. It is 3 miles east of Council Bluffs, Iowa in Garner Township on old Highway 6 (also known as McPherson Highway - not to be confused with the new Highway 6), then a right (south) on State Orchard Road for 9/10ths of a mile, then left (east) on Cedar Lane to the first driveway on the left (north). The address is 21090 Cedar Lane and the cemetery is in their backyard. Get permission from the homeowner first. These directions were corrected from previous directions after my visit May 8, 2007. 2. Tombstone in cemetery cited above reads: "Pritchett, Abigail; wife of John T. 15 Apr 1842 - 8 Apr 1865." Stone is badly deteriorated. 3. Date from Ordinance Index. 4. Husband's grave is in Mormon Cemetery, Grove Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa with stone. Complete listing of cemetery is in hard file 90 under John Peter Graybill. Listings: "John T. Pritchett, 1839 -1925" "Susan A. Pritchett, wife of John T., 28 Oct 1849 - 10 Mar 1905" (This is Susan Anna Winegar, daughter of John and Elizabeth [Smith] Winegar - Elizabeth is also buried in same cemetery. Susan is John's second wife.) SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 149. | Graybill, Abigail (I620)
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| 4229 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 Jun 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. "Daily Enquirer," Sept. 9, 1896. The people she saw in vision would be her biological mother Mary Ann Winner and her daughter Charlotte Ann Ferris; the "grandma" may have been Hanna ( ) Winner, wife of George King Winner or perhaps a nickname for Jane Wells Cooper Hanks, her adoptive mother who had just recently died a few months earlier. It is also interesting to note that Martha had a testimony of her LDS religion which counters the perception that her adoptive mother Jane Hanks was apostate. The obituary: "Death at Marysvale. Editor Enquirer. Marysvale, Utah, Aug. 31, 1896 -- I write to inform the relatives and friends of the death of Martha C. Ferris, my wife, at this place on August 24, at 6:25 p.m. Her illness was nervous debility, caused by prolapsus-uteri, which took her away in some ten days sickness. She leaves her husband and five children to mourn the great loss of wife and mother. In her last hours she gave the strongest testimony of her failth in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, and, arousing at times, would say, "Oh what white robes there are in heaven that I am going to wear. I am going to my dear little Lottie and grandma, and my own real mother. They are here. See! See!" and many other expressions that showed that she was crossing the river to that land of eternal day. Sister Ferris was the daughter of David Frederick of the Mormon Battalion, and was born at the Mobava [Mojave] in California. Her mother died, leaving her in the care of Jane W. Hanks, the wife of Ebenezer Hanks, when she was only thirteen months old. The name by which she was known was Martha Hanks." ACTION: 1. April 13, 2003 email from Ardis Parshall, Piute County genealogy web coordinator | Ferris, Charlotte Ann (I2519)
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| 4230 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 Jun 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Censuses: 1800 US: Ashe County, North Carolina. The total population for Ashe County, North Carolina in 1800 was 2785, including slaves. The 1800 Ashe County Census was the first for the northwestern most county in the Tar Heel State. This county was formed in late 1799 and included all of Wilkes County west of the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountain. The 977 square miles that then composed Ashe County has been further divided, first in 1849 to form Watauga County, North Carolina and again 10 years later to form Alleghany County. This record includes families who may have been living in those areas at the time. The original census was in rough alphabetic order, and this does not facilitate the research of particular communities. I include all interrelated families of this time and place to better show relationships. A word of explanation on some of these families: A. Mary and Barbara Burkett who married Peter and David Graybeal, had a father named Christian - unsure as to which is correct of the two. B. Elizabeth Eller appears to be Elizabeth Dick, the wife of Peter Eller who had just died per his probate of 1799.The one daughter is probably Mary; unsure who the two boys are since there should be three: Jacob, Henry, and George. John Eller would be Elizabeth's eldest son and married to Susannah Kerns. C. Henry Graybeal would have recently married Celia Henson and also the eldest son of [John] Peter and Christina [Wampler] Graybill who also appear to be in this same census. Note that Peter evidently had owned slaves at that time - the census does not say how many. D. One of the William Hensons could be somehow related to William Henson who marries Nancy Graybill and to Celia Henson who marries Henry Graybeal. E. The two Koons are probably brothers and are sons of Devault Koon judging from their ages. This would make them uncles to George Koons who eventually marries Mary Eller. F. James Lewis, b. abt. 1790, marries Christena Graybill in 1807 - there may be a connection with these two James Lewis. G. William Pennington marries Barbara (or Elizabeth) Eller and may be the younger of the two here listed. H. Michael Stucker is a misspelling for Michael and Catherine Eller Stoker with their three oldest children: Polly, David, and Elizabeth. Head of Family; Males 0-9, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+; Females - 0-9, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+: Burkett, Christian; 1-2-0-1-0; 1-0-2-0-0 Burkett, Christian; 4-1-0-1-0; 1-0-1-0-0 Eller, Elizabeth; 1-0-1-0-0; 0-0-1-0-1 Eller, John; 3-0-0-1-0; 1-0-0-1-0 Graybeal, Henry; 0-0-1-0-0; 2-0-1-0-0 Graybeal, Peter; 2-1-1-0-1; 3-1-0-0-1 Henson, William; 0-1-1-0-0; 2-0-1-0-0 Henson, William; 3-0-0-0-1; 1-1-1-0-0 Koons, George; 0-0-1-0-1; 0-0-0-0-1 Koons, John; 0-0-1-0-1; 0-1-2-0-1 Lewis, James; 2-2-1-0-1; 4-1-0-0-1 Lewis, James, Jr.; 1-0-1-0-0; 1-0-1-0-0 Pennington, William; 0-1-0-1-0; 1-2-1-0-1 Pennington, William; 0-0-1-0-0; 0-0-1-0-0 Stucker, Michael; 1-0-0-1-0; 2-0-0-1-0 1810 US: Ashe County, North Carolina; I include several related families in my database for this time and place. Some notes: A. One of the two William Penningtons is married to an Eller - I assume it is the one with a younger wife. B. One of the two Christian Burketts is probably the parent of Barbara and Mary who married Graybeal brothers. C. James Lewis married Christina Graybill. D. The older Peter Graybill would be John Peter and Christina Wampler Graybill. The other Peter and Henry would be their sons. E. Adam Wilker could be Adam Welker, father of James Welker who later marries Elizabeth Stoker. F. Surprisingly there is no Michael Stoker who should be there unless in adjoining county. G. One of the two George Koons should be the George Koons of this database. H. Not sure why two J. Ellers unless the transcriber inadvertently named the "J." as both Jacob when in fact the older one is John. Peter Eller would be a brother. I. The older Peter Graybill would be John Peter Graybill, father of the other two Graybills: Henry and Peter [Jr.]. Head of Family; Males 0-9, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+; Females - 0-9, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+; Slaves: Pennington, W. (William); 1-0-1-0-0; 2-0-1-0-0 Bourket C. (Christian); 2-2-2-0-1; 5-1-1-1-0 Wilker, A. (Adam); 0-1-2-0-1; 0-1-0-0-1 Graybill, H. (Henry); 3-0-0-1-0; 2-0-1-0-0 Lewis, J. (James); 1-0-1-0-0; 1-0-1-0-0 Graybill, P. (Peter); 0-1-0-1-0; 0-1-0-0-1 Graybeal, P. (Peter); 1-0-1-0-0; 1-0-1-0-0 Graybill, H.; 2-0-1-0-0; 3-0-0-1-0 Koons, G. (George); 2-0-0-1-0; 2-0-0-1-0 Pennington, W. (Wm); 2-0-1-0-0; 2-0-0-0-1 Eller, P. (Peter); 3-0-0-1-0; 2-0-0-1-0 Eller, J. (Jacob); 2-3-1-0-0; 2-0-0-1-0 Burket, C. (Christian); 4-1-0-0-1; 0-1-0-0-1 Koontz, G. (George); 1-0-0-1-0; 2-0-1-0-1; 3 Eller, J. (Jacob [John?]); 2-0-0-1-0; 1-0-1-0-0 1830 US: Ashe County, North Carolina as one James Lewis, but the family appears to be too young for this James Lewis. 1850 US: Madison Twp., Jackson, Ohio, p. 246a, 31 Jul 1850, dwelling # 275 (this family looks very probable but is not 100% sure without other corroboration - birthplace for Christena is puzzling): James Lewis, 60, farmer, $800, NC. Christena, 60, VA. Esther A., 23, OH. Christena, 21, OH. Livisie, 18, OH. 1860 US: No success in finding this family in the following Jackson County, Ohio townships: Madison, Bloomfield, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, and Franklin. Also no success with Town of Jackson. 3. This Christina is sometimes reported off a generation as a twelfth child of Michael Peter Graybill. If this were indeed the case, she is not mentioned in what would be her brother William's biography per two sources: www.rootsweb.com/~iaharris/ and FHL book 977.747-H2n, partial excerpt: "History of Harrison County, Iowa," 1891, pp. 686, 687: "Simeon Graybill's father, Michael, was married to Polly Stoker, in Ashe County, N. C., May 1811, removed to Jackson County, Ohio, and reared a family of eleven children: David, Catharine, Simeon, Levi, George, Lenore, Julian, Michael, Mary Ann, Elizabeth and Sidney." She would be the twelfth child which makes her connection to this family dubious. Additionally she is not mentioned in any of her father's censuses. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91 and the book, FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996 p. 86, both mention all 11 other children but not this one; he reports her as a sister to Michael Peter Graybill and not his daughter. 4. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 6-8: "Christena Graybill, b. abt 1790, Jefferson, Wilkes Co. (now Ashe Co.), NC; md. 1807 to James Lewis. He was b. abt 1790, NC. Their children were an unknown son, an unknown daughter, Ester, Christina and Livisie (sp?), also an unknown number and names of other children. The three named daughters were [supposedly] born in Jackson Co., Ohio between 1827 and 1832." [May have come to Ohio in 1815 with the rest of the Stokers and Graybills. Appears author has taken this information from the 1850 census I quote above.] 5. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 17-31, clarifies early North Carolina counties and land grant practices: "Land grants in North Carolina originated with an entry application which was filed in the county where the land was situated and if not lost are now on file there. This was followed, sometimes soon and sometimes years later by an order from the land office for the tract to be surveyed. Sometimes soon and sometimes years later the survey was made and a surveyor's plat filed with the Secretary of State in Raleigh. Then came the grant which may have been issued reasonably near the date of the survey or sometimes several years later. These grants, orders to survey and the survey itself are on file now in the Secretary of State's office at Raleigh... Many counties were formed from what originally was Rowan County, namely Surry and Guilford in 1770, Burke and Wilkes in 1777, Randolph in 1779, Iridell in 1788, Stokes in 1789, Buncomb in 1791, Ashe in1799, Davidson in 1822, Yancey in 1833, Davie in 1836 and Yadkin in 1850. Some of these counties were grandchildren of Rowan County; for instance Wilkes was taken partly from Burke and partly from Surry, Randolph from Guilford, Buncomb and Yancy form Burke, Ashe from Wilkes and Stokes and Yadkin from Surry. These facts must be kept in mind when tracing early Rowan County families." BIRTH: 1. 1800 census would make Christina the third girl age 9 or under. I use birth as abt 1791. Others use abt 1790, but that does not fit with census ages. DEATH: 1. Unsubstantiated from databases of others. | Graybill, Christina (I290)
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| 4231 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 Jun 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Censuses: 1820 US: Bloomfield Township, Jackson, Ohio, pg. 195, township had a little over 40 families; related families include James Lackey, Michael Stoker, and Michael Graybill. In neighboring Madison Township, related families David Stoker, Peter Graybill, Nancy (Graybill) Henson, and James McDaniel are found. Columns are male 0-10, 10-16, 16-18, 16-26, 26-45, 45+// female 0-10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+: Michael Stoker: 2,1,0,1,0,1//1,1,0,1,0. Michael Graybill: 3,0,0,0,1,0//1,0,0,1,0. [Appears to be Michael, his wife Polly, and their children David, Catherine, Simeon and Levi.] James Lackey: 2,2,1,2,0,1//1,2,1,1,5. 1830 US: Bloomfield Township, Jackson, Ohio, pg. 109-112, note whole township had 527 people living in it, related families include Michael Stoker, Michael Stoker Jr., Alexander Lackey, James Welker, Michael Graybill, and John Stoker: Michael Graybill. Males 0-5:1; 5-10:2; 10-15:2; 15-20:1 40-50:1. Females 0-5:1; 15-20:1; 30-40:1. [Appears to Michael, his wife Polly, and their children David, Catherine, Simeon, Levi, George, William, Juliana, and Michael.] 3. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 17-31, clarifies early North Carolina counties and land grant practices: "Land grants in North Carolina originated with an entry application which was filed in the county where the land was situated and if not lost are now on file there. This was followed, sometimes soon and sometimes years later by an order from the land office for the tract to be surveyed. Sometimes soon and sometimes years later the survey was made and a surveyor's plat filed with the Secretary of State in Raleigh. Then came the grant which may have been issued reasonably near the date of the survey or sometimes several years later. These grants, orders to survey and the survey itself are on file now in the Secretary of State's office at Raleigh... Many counties were formed from what originally was Rowan County, namely Surry and Guilford in 1770, Burke and Wilkes in 1777, Randolph in 1779, Iridell in 1788, Stokes in 1789, Buncomb in 1791, Ashe in1799, Davidson in 1822, Yancey in 1833, Davie in 1836 and Yadkin in 1850. Some of these counties were grandchildren of Rowan County; for instance Wilkes was taken partly from Burke and partly from Surry, Randolph from Guilford, Buncomb and Yancy form Burke, Ashe from Wilkes and Stokes and Yadkin from Surry. These facts must be kept in mind when tracing early Rowan County families." 4. A partial quote from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT, from an article entitled: "Polly Stoker": "Vivian Graybill, of Independence, Missouri, has worked on the Graybill genealogy for many years and since he plans to publish a book with a great amount of detailed information I will not list the names of their complete families. I will note the names of Michael and Polly's children and how they relate to other families in this book. I do have most family names if anyone wants to check it. [Kerry's note: the author lists each child and grandchild of Polly. See her file for the complete listing. I include only the immediate family in this individual's note.] David Graybill, b. 9/24/1812 Ashe Co., N.C. m. Mahala Hill 1. Alamedia Graybill 2. Meredith Graybill, married Mary Ellen Downs, son Sidney married his 4th cousin, Emily Stoker, Orson Stoker's oldest child. 3. William Graybill 4. Mary Ann Graybill 5. Marvin Graybill 6. David Graybill 7. Amanda Graybill" 5. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 17-24, note that this book has some downline of the children of this couple: "David Graybill, b. 24 Sep 1812, Jefferson, Ashe, NC; d. 1848, Quincy, Adams Co., IL; md. to Mahala Hill. She was b. abt 1815; d. 1848, Quincy IL; bur Quincy, IL." [Note: I am unsure if they died and were actually buried in Quincy since this same author notes in David's father's biography that the Graybill-Stoker families lived 11 miles southeast of Quincy. Note also that the other Graybills were in Iowa by about 1848 - so they must have come later: see next quote from same book about David's brother, Simeon Peter Graybill, which would seem to confirm both David and Mahala had died in 1848: "In 1837, Simeon moved from Jackson Co., OH to Caldwell Co., MO. They moved to Adams Co., IL in 1839 and remained there until 1848. Simeon travelled by covered wagon in Dec 1848, bringing his three children and his brother's four children to Kanesville (later named Council Bluffs), IA. His youngest Child, Aaron, was but three years old. Simeon's wife, Amanda, and daughter, Rachel, had recently died in 1848 near Quincy, IL. Simeon's and Amanda's children were Rachel, William A., Andrew Jackson and Aaron George. Simeons's and Frances' children were George Alvin, Emily Jane, Willis Meredith, Amanda M., Almeda and Mary Ellen." [His brother's children must be the children of David and Mahala (Hill) Graybill, both of whom died in 1848. I wonder if both Mahala Hill and Amanda Hill were sisters.]" Note: see notes for David's father Michael Graybill and brother Simeon Peter Graybill for David's children in Iowa in the 1850 census. 6. From an article entitled "The Family" from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. For the full transcriptional listing of the descendants of Michael Stoker and Catherine Stoker, see the notes of Michael Stoker - the following only pertains to this immediate family. Generation "1" is Michael Stoker and Catherine Eller: "The Michael Stoker Family as existed at the time of his death. Those names that are [bracketed] probably were involved in the Missouri experience... 2-[Polly Mary Stoker], born on 24 Nov. 1792 in Ashe Co., NC, married [Michael Graybill] (14 May 1787- 24 Sep 1856), son of John Peter Graybill and Christina Wampler, on May 1811 in Jefferson, Ashe Co., NC. She lived in Ashe Co., NC; Jackson Co., OH; Caldwell Co., MO; Adams Co., IL; and Pottawattamie Co. IA. She died 18 Feb 1864 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., IA. Both Michael and Polly are buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery. 3-[David Graybill], born 24 Sept 1812 in Ashe Co., NC, married Mahala Hill. Both died in Illinois. In December 1848 David's brother, Simeon Graybill whose wife, Amanda Hill, had died, took David's children and his own making seven altogether in a wagon to settle in Kanesville, Iowa. 3-[Catherine Graybill], born 9 Jun 1814 in Ashe Co., NC, married [Philip Gatrost]. Philip and Catherine moved to Missouri with her parents. They built a brick house in Blue Grass Hollow on the edge of her father's land in Pottawattamie Co., IA. She died Dec. 1, 1886 at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA and is buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery. 3-[Simeon Peter Graybill], born 26 Mar 1816 in Jackson Co., OH. Reared to manhood on a farm. For a time engaged in mining at Mt. Vernon, OH. Married [Amanda Hill] on 16 Mar 1837 in Jackson Co., OH. They moved to Caldwell Co., MO then to Adams Co., IL where Amanda died on Feb 21, 1848. In the fall of 1848, Simeon moved to a farm in Pottawattamie Co, IA. He married Frances (Graham) Downs. While serving a short term LDS mission his cousin, John Stoker of Bountiful, UT visited him on Nov 8, 1869. Simeon resided on the farm until his death, June 27, 1889. 4-[Rachel Graybill], born Mar 1838 probably in Caldwell Co., MO, and died in 1848 near Quincy, Adams Co., IL. 3-[Joseph Levi Graybill], born 12 Mar 1818 in Jackson Co., OH. Baptized by John A. Fisher on 17 November 1833. Ordained an Elder in 1836. Moved to Caldwell Co., MO in 1837. Moved to IL in 1839. Ordained a seventy on May 3, 1839. Married Patience Smith on Jun 20, 1841. Moved to Nauvoo, IL in 1845 and to Pottawattamie Co., IA in 1846. He was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 6 August 1861 by W. W. Blair. 3-[George Washington Graybill], born 26 Jun 1821 in Jackson Co., OH. Married Mary Smith. In 1862 after she died (Feb 16, 1860 in Iowa), George married her sister, Hannah, who had been twice widowed. She had six children and George had ten, together they had three more. George was buried in the cemetery at Underwood, Iowa. Mary is buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery near Council Bluffs. 3-[William Lenore Graybill], born 25 Jan 1825, married Hanna Pilling who was born 3 Mar 1835 in Lancashire, England. William died January 25, 1880 and is buried in the Stoker/Graybill Cemetery. 3-[Juliana Graybill], born 19 Jan 1826, married Wilford Heath Hudson. Went to Utah. Died 8 May 1851. 3-[Michael Graybill], born 19 Jan 1825. Living in Harrison Co., IA on Feb 27, 1870 when John Stoker of Bountiful, Utah, visited him. He never married. At age 40 he was injured in a runaway accident and lived as an invalid until age 82. He resembled his cousin, Michael Stoker, so closely that Polly Brittann Hughes upon meeting her future husband thought he was Michael Graybill whom she had known. 3-[Mary Ann Graybill], born 25 Feb 1830, married Wilford Heath Hudson. Went to Utah. 3-[Elizabeth Graybill], born 16 Sep 1833, was living in Harrison Co., IA on Feb 27, 1870 when her cousin, John Stoker of Bountiful, visited her at which time she was living with her brothers, Sidney Rigdon and Michael. 3-[Sidney Rigdon Graybill], born 6 Apr 1836 in Jackson Co., OH, was living in Harrison Co., IA when his cousin, John Stoker, visited him on Feb 27, 1870. He married Jane Davis." MARRIAGE: 1. FHL Film #301,043 "Jackson County, Ohio Marriages 1831-1843" has the following entry in Marriage Book, Vol. B (1831-1843), page 50: "David Graybill to Mahaly Hill, June 11, 1835 (license date). Geo. McAdams performed the marriage 14 Jun 1835. Her name in his certification is rendered "Mahala Hill" SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 97. | Graybill, David (I437)
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| 4232 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 Jun 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Censuses: 1820 US: Bloomfield Township, Jackson, Ohio, pg. 195, township had a little over 40 families; related families include James Lackey, Michael Stoker, and Michael Graybill. In neighboring Madison Township, related families David Stoker, Peter Graybill, Nancy (Graybill) Henson, and James McDaniel are found. Columns are male 0-10, 10-16, 16-18, 16-26, 26-45, 45+// female 0-10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+: Michael Stoker: 2,1,0,1,0,1//1,1,0,1,0. Michael Graybill: 3,0,0,0,1,0//1,0,0,1,0. [Appears to be Michael, his wife Polly, and their children David, Catherine, Simeon and Levi.] James Lackey: 2,2,1,2,0,1//1,2,1,1,5. 1830 US: Bloomfield Township, Jackson, Ohio, pg. 109-112, note whole township had 527 people living in it, related families include Michael Stoker, Michael Stoker Jr., Alexander Lackey, James Welker, Michael Graybill, and John Stoker: Michael Graybill. Males 0-5:1; 5-10:2; 10-15:2; 15-20:1 40-50:1. Females 0-5:1; 15-20:1; 30-40:1. [Appears to Michael, his wife Polly, and their children David, Catherine, Simeon, Levi, George, William, Juliana, and Michael.] 1850 US: Dist. 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 134b, dwelling 1136, household 1136: Philip Gaytrost, 37, Ger. Catherine, 36, Ger. Elizabeth, 5, IL. Henry, 2, IA. Michael, 1, IA. 1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household and their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Census return: Gatrost: Phillip 39, Catherine 37, Elizabeth 6, Henry 3, Michael 1. [Note that the following related families are in this census and very close neighbors: Simeon P. Graybill, Michael/Polly Graybill with Polly's mother Catherine Eller Stoker, Eller/Margaret Stoker, Jacob/Catherine Stoker, Philip/Catherine Gatrost, David/Barbara Stoker, Edward/Sarah Davis, and William/Almira Stoker. Other relatives in same county but separated by several pages of census include the following families: Thomas/Hannah Pilling whose daughter Hannah, later marries William Lenore Graybill, Levi/Patience Graybill, John W./Sarah Stoker, Hannah Ford whose son Martin later marries Zibiah M. Stoker, and John/Sarah Smith.] 1854 Iowa: Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, FHL film 1022207. Next door neighbors include Philip "Gastrop," Simeon "Grabill," and Eller Stoker. Neighbor a couple of census pages away include M. Stoker and M. Ford. Census return: Philip Gastrop, 3 males, 2 females, 1 voter, 1 militia, 5 total. 1860 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 363, dwelling 476, family 419, living in close proximity to the Simeon P. Graybill and George W. Graybill families: Phillip Gatrost, 49, farmer, $1300 real estate, $535 personal property, Hesse Damstadt Germany. Catharine, 46, housewife, OH. Elizabeth, 16, housework, IL Henry, 11, IA. Michael, 10, IA. Lizzie J., 5, IA. Henry Fisher, 22, carpenter, PA. 1870 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 172b, dwelling 52, family 53; the following families were neighbors: Simeon Graybill, Margaret Stoker, George Graybill, William L. Graybill, Phillip Gatrost, Henry Gatrost: Phillip Gatrost, 59, farmer, $5000 real estate, $2000 personal property, Armstat, Germany. Catherin, 55, keeping house, NC. Elizabeth, 25, IL. Michael, 20, $300 personal property, IA. Elizabeth Aver, 14, IA. L. Peckenpaugh, 20, domestic servant, IL. 1880 US: Garner, Pottawattamie, Iowa; NA film T9-0361, p. 22C: Henry Katrost, farmer, self, 31, IA Ger NC. Emily, wife, 31, IL IL IL. [Emily Downs] Alvin, son, 10, IA IA IL. Michael E., son, 8, IA IA IL. Ada L., dau, 6, IA IA IL. Ira E., son, 5, IA IA IL. John W., son, 4, IA IA IL. Caroline I., dau, 1, IA IA IL. Henry Slomaker, laborer, single, 21, PA PA PA. Catherine Katrost, mother, widow, 60, NC NC NC. M. S. Graybill, uncle, single, 52, OH NC NC. 3. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 17-31, clarifies early North Carolina counties and land grant practices: "Land grants in North Carolina originated with an entry application which was filed in the county where the land was situated and if not lost are now on file there. This was followed, sometimes soon and sometimes years later by an order from the land office for the tract to be surveyed. Sometimes soon and sometimes years later the survey was made and a surveyor's plat filed with the Secretary of State in Raleigh. Then came the grant which may have been issued reasonably near the date of the survey or sometimes several years later. These grants, orders to survey and the survey itself are on file now in the Secretary of State's office at Raleigh... Many counties were formed from what originally was Rowan County, namely Surry and Guilford in 1770, Burke and Wilkes in 1777, Randolph in 1779, Iridell in 1788, Stokes in 1789, Buncomb in 1791, Ashe in1799, Davidson in 1822, Yancey in 1833, Davie in 1836 and Yadkin in 1850. Some of these counties were grandchildren of Rowan County; for instance Wilkes was taken partly from Burke and partly from Surry, Randolph from Guilford, Buncomb and Yancy form Burke, Ashe from Wilkes and Stokes and Yadkin from Surry. These facts must be kept in mind when tracing early Rowan County families." 4. 20 May 2002 Ancestry.com database ":1254781" indicates four children born: Elizabeth Gatrost b. 1844, Henry Gatrost b. 31 Jul 1848 in IA, Michael [Elmer] Gatrost b. 1850 [31 May 1850 at Pottawattamie Co., Iowa per Ord. Ind.], and Lizzie J. b. 1855. Ord. Ind. adds Rebecca b. 25 Sep 1843 in Adams Co., Illinois. 5. A partial quote from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT, from an article entitled "Polly Stoker": "Vivian Graybill, of Independence, Missouri, has worked on the Graybill genealogy for many years and since he plans to publish a book with a great amount of detailed information I will not list the names of their complete families. I will note the names of Michael and Polly's children and how they relate to other families in this book. I do have most family names if anyone wants to check it. [Kerry's note: the author lists each child and grandchild of Polly. See her file for the complete listing. I include only the immediate family in this individual's note.] "Catherine Graybill, b. 6/9/1814, Ashe Co., N.C. m. Philip Gatrost 1. Henry Gatrost, b. 1848 m. Emily Downs 2. Michael Elmer Gatrost, b. 1850 m. Anna Carlisle." 6. From Susan Easton Black's book of Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of LDS: "Catherine Gatrost. Birth: 9 June 1814. Death: 1 Dec 1886. Catherine Gatrost was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by E.C. Briggs. Source: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1852-1871, Book A, p. 302, and 1872-1905, Book C, p. 8." Appears that several of her children were also members. 7. From the publication "Journal of History" of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, vol. 4, num. 1, Jan, 1911, pp. 104-110: Testimony of Elder Levi Graybill. Levi was the younger brother of Catherine and he refers to her in this partial quotation (see his notes for full citation): "The first of the g[i]fts I ever witnessed I was in Jackson County, Ohio, shortly after I was baptized. My own sister Catherine, afterwards the wife of Philip Gatrost, spoke in tongues. Sometime after this the same sister spoke tongues again, when there was a linguist present by the name John D. Baker, and he said the tongue spoken was Hebrew and that she had evidently learned the language; but I know she had not." 8. Mentioned in son's biography from FHL book 977.771 H2 "History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa," 1883, O.L. Baskin and Co., Historical Publishers, Chicago, p. 201: "Henry Gatrost, farmer, P.O. Weston, was born in this county July 31, 1848; he is the son of Philip and Catherine (Graybill) Gatrost. His father was a native of Germany and came to Pennsylvania when he was a boy. From there he moved to Illinois and afterward to this county, locating in Garner Township in 1846. His mother was born in Ashe County, N.C., in 1814; was brought to Ohio when an infant, and is still living in this county. Our subject was educated in the common schools of this county, and was an unusually diligent and attentive student. He worked on his father's farm till he was twenty years of age, when he was married to Emily, daughter of Asa and Drusilla Downs, who settled in this county in 1852. Our subject then farmed his father's place for five years, since which he has been engaged in farming on lands which he rents. His mother became connected with the Latter-Day Saints Church, in Ohio, in 1833; came to Caldwell County, Mo., where she experienced all the hardships of that people. They were mobbed and driven out of Missouri, when they went to Adams County, Ill., near Quincy. She came with the colony that founded Kanesville, this county, in 1846. Our subject's father was connected with the same church, after coming to Iowa, and died in that faith, November 5, 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Gatrost have eight children - Alvin J., Michael E., Ira E., John W., Forest A., Ada A., Laura M. (deceased), Caroline I. and Eva J. Mr. Gatrost is a member of the Latter-Day Saints Church. In politics, he is a Republican." 9. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91: "Catherine Graybill, b. 9 Jun 1814, Ashe Co., NC, m. Philip Gatrost. [Children:] Henry Gatrost, b. 1848, m. Emily Downs; Michael Elmer Gatrost, b. 1850, m. Anna Carlisle." 10. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 26-32, note that this book has a very detailed downline of the children of this couple: "Catherine Graybill, b. 9 Jun 1814, Ashe Co., NC; d. 1 Dec 1886, Council Bluffs, Potta. Co., IA; md. 18 Oct 1845, Wythe Twp., Hancock Co., IL to Phillip Gatrost... Phillip was born 10 May 1811, Hesse, Darmstadt, Germany; d. 1870 Council Bluffs, Potta. Co., IA. Both are buried in Council Bluffs, IA. Their children were Rebecca, Anna Elizabeth, George, Henry, Henrietta, Michael Elmer, Leonard and Elizabeth Jane." 11. FHL film 702: "Journal of John Stoker, b. 1817; Journal starts November 1, 1869." John was the son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill. The first 35 pages detail his mission taken from Utah to Virginia and Tennessee through Council Bluffs, Iowa, which I have summarized and included with his notes in this database. Pp. 36-227, the balance of John's journal, are genealogical notations of family. Many pages are blank. Besides family, the journal also notes many other unrelated Stokers who were probably gleaned from books and other sources. It appears as if maybe his son David may have taken over the book later. Many entries are repetitive at different times. Pertinent data for this family or individual is quoted verbatim as follows on pages: 102: Michael Graybill, born May 1787 North Carolina. Polly Stoker Graybill, born Nov. 24, 1792, died Feb. 7, 1864. Children: Simeon Peter Graybill, born Mar. 25, 1813, died 27 June 1889. Catherine Graybill, born June 8, 1814. Sidney Rigdon Graybill, born April 6, 1836. Elizabeth Graybill, born Sept. 15, 1833. Michael Graybill Jr., born July 5, 1828. 184-186: Polly Graybill, daughter of Michael Stoker, Sen. and Catherine Eller was born Nov. 24th, 1792, State of North Carolina, Ashe County, died 7th Feb 1864. Catherine Graybill, daughter of Michael Graybill and Polly Stoker was born June the 9th 1814, State of North Carolina, Ashe County. Sidney Rigdon Graybill, son of Michael Graybill and Polly Stoker was born April 6th, 1836, State of Ohio, Jackson County, Bloomfield Township. Elizabeth Graybill, daughter of Michael Graybill and Polly Stoker was born Sept. 16th, 1833, State of Ohio, Jackson County, Bloomfield Township. Michael S. Stoker, son of Michael Graybill Sen. and Polly Stoker, was born July 5th, 1828, State of Ohio, Jackson County, Bloomfield Township. 12. From an article entitled "The Family" from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. For the full transcriptional listing of the descendants of Michael Stoker and Catherine Stoker, see the notes of Michael Stoker - the following only pertains to this immediate family. Generation "1" is Michael Stoker and Catherine Eller: "The Michael Stoker Family as existed at the time of his death. Those names that are [bracketed] probably were involved in the Missouri experience... 2-[Polly Mary Stoker], born on 24 Nov. 1792 in Ashe Co., NC, married [Michael Graybill] (14 May 1787- 24 Sep 1856), son of John Peter Graybill and Christina Wampler, on May 1811 in Jefferson, Ashe Co., NC. She lived in Ashe Co., NC; Jackson Co., OH; Caldwell Co., MO; Adams Co., IL; and Pottawattamie Co. IA. She died 18 Feb 1864 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., IA. Both Michael and Polly are buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery. 3-[David Graybill], born 24 Sept 1812 in Ashe Co., NC, married Mahala Hill. Both died in Illinois. In December 1848 David's brother, Simeon Graybill whose wife, Amanda Hill, had died, took David's children and his own making seven altogether in a wagon to settle in Kanesville, Iowa. 3-[Catherine Graybill], born 9 Jun 1814 in Ashe Co., NC, married [Philip Gatrost]. Philip and Catherine moved to Missouri with her parents. They built a brick house in Blue Grass Hollow on the edge of her father's land in Pottawattamie Co., IA. She died Dec. 1, 1886 at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA and is buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery. 3-[Simeon Peter Graybill], born 26 Mar 1816 in Jackson Co., OH. Reared to manhood on a farm. For a time engaged in mining at Mt. Vernon, OH. Married [Amanda Hill] on 16 Mar 1837 in Jackson Co., OH. They moved to Caldwell Co., MO then to Adams Co., IL where Amanda died on Feb 21, 1848. In the fall of 1848, Simeon moved to a farm in Pottawattamie Co, IA. He married Frances (Graham) Downs. While serving a short term LDS mission his cousin, John Stoker of Bountiful, UT visited him on Nov 8, 1869. Simeon resided on the farm until his death, June 27, 1889. 4-[Rachel Graybill], born Mar 1838 probably in Caldwell Co., MO, and died in 1848 near Quincy, Adams Co., IL. 3-[Joseph Levi Graybill], born 12 Mar 1818 in Jackson Co., OH. Baptized by John A. Fisher on 17 November 1833. Ordained an Elder in 1836. Moved to Caldwell Co., MO in 1837. Moved to IL in 1839. Ordained a seventy on May 3, 1839. Married Patience Smith on Jun 20, 1841. Moved to Nauvoo, IL in 1845 and to Pottawattamie Co., IA in 1846. He was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 6 August 1861 by W. W. Blair. 3-[George Washington Graybill], born 26 Jun 1821 in Jackson Co., OH. Married Mary Smith. In 1862 after she died (Feb 16, 1860 in Iowa), George married her sister, Hannah, who had been twice widowed. She had six children and George had ten, together they had three more. George was buried in the cemetery at Underwood, Iowa. Mary is buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery near Council Bluffs. 3-[William Lenore Graybill], born 25 Jan 1825, married Hanna Pilling who was born 3 Mar 1835 in Lancashire, England. William died January 25, 1880 and is buried in the Stoker/Graybill Cemetery. 3-[Juliana Graybill], born 19 Jan 1826, married Wilford Heath Hudson. Went to Utah. Died 8 May 1851. 3-[Michael Graybill], born 19 Jan 1825. Living in Harrison Co., IA on Feb 27, 1870 when John Stoker of Bountiful, Utah, visited him. He never married. At age 40 he was injured in a runaway accident and lived as an invalid until age 82. He resembled his cousin, Michael Stoker, so closely that Polly Brittann Hughes upon meeting her future husband thought he was Michael Graybill whom she had known. 3-[Mary Ann Graybill], born 25 Feb 1830, married Wilford Heath Hudson. Went to Utah. 3-[Elizabeth Graybill], born 16 Sep 1833, was living in Harrison Co., IA on Feb 27, 1870 when her cousin, John Stoker of Bountiful, visited her at which time she was living with her brothers, Sidney Rigdon and Michael. 3-[Sidney Rigdon Graybill], born 6 Apr 1836 in Jackson Co., OH, was living in Harrison Co., IA when his cousin, John Stoker, visited him on Feb 27, 1870. He married Jane Davis." BIRTH: 1. Per biographical notes cited above. John Stoker's Journal uses a variant date of 8 Jun 1814; however, the 8 of Jun looks like it was overwritten over a 9. MARRIAGE: 1. Surmised only without any documentation. I use "abt. 1842" since this would be about a year before Rebecca, the eldest Child, was born in Sept. 1843 in Illinois as cited above from the LDS Ordinance Index. Rebecca must have died before the 1850 census; however, the age of five and the birth place of Illinois of Elizabeth, the eldest living child in the 1850 census, would also confirm an early 1840's marriage in Illinois. It is also noted in their son Henry's biography in 1883 that Phillip, his father, went from Pennsylvania to Illinois; since Catherine was not in Pennsylvania and Phillip was not in Ohio or Missouri where Catherine had been, this would leave Illinois as the logical choice. Note that the Pitt book quoted above uses 18 Oct 1845 at Wythe Twp., Hancock, IL; however, the book also notes the first child b. 25 Sep 1843 in Adams Co., IL. DEATH: 1. Per biographical notes cited above and burial record cited below. BURIAL: 1. The following name is found on a new memorial stone with 33 other related family members at Graybill/Stoker Cemetery: "Catherine Gatrost 1814-1886." It is 3 miles east of Council Bluffs, Iowa in Garner Township on old Highway 6 (also known as McPherson Highway - not to be confused with the new Highway 6), then a right (south) on State Orchard Road for 9/10ths of a mile, then left (east) on Cedar Lane to the first driveway on the left (north). The address is 21090 Cedar Lane and the cemetery is in their backyard. Get permission from the homeowner first. These directions were corrected from previous directions after my visit May 8, 2007. 2. Tombstone at Graybill Cemetery, Garner Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa: "Phillip Gatrost d. 5 Nov 1870, 59 y 5 m 20 d. Catherine wife of P. Gatrost d. 1 Dec 1886, 72 y 5 m 22 d." SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 97. | Graybill, Catherine (I312)
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| 4233 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 Jun 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Censuses: 1850 US: Dist. 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 134b, dwelling 1136, household 1136: Philip Gaytrost, 37, Ger. Catherine, 36, Ger. Elizabeth, 5, IL. Henry, 2, IA. Michael, 1, IA. 1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household and their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Census return: Gatrost: Phillip 39, Catherine 37, Elizabeth 6, Henry 3, Michael 1. [Note that the following related families are in this census and very close neighbors: Simeon P. Graybill, Michael/Polly Graybill with Polly's mother Catherine Eller Stoker, Eller/Margaret Stoker, Jacob/Catherine Stoker, Philip/Catherine Gatrost, David/Barbara Stoker, Edward/Sarah Davis, and William/Almira Stoker. Other relatives in same county but separated by several pages of census include the following families: Thomas/Hannah Pilling whose daughter Hannah, later marries William Lenore Graybill, Levi/Patience Graybill, John W./Sarah Stoker, Hannah Ford whose son Martin later marries Zibiah M. Stoker, and John/Sarah Smith.] 1852 Iowa: the census has Philip "Gatrof" in Kanesville, Pottawattamie, IA, p. 27. This census is statistical and only lists heads of household with numbers of males, females, and voters. It is not very helpful for families or positively identifying a given individual. The following Stokers are shown as being in the same area: David, Eller, Jacob, John, and William as well as Michael Graybill, Martin Ford, Philip Gatrost, John Smith, George Graybill, and Levi Graybill. 1854 Iowa: Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, listed as males, females, voters, militia (note that there are 8 pages of listings and only pages 5 and 6 list the following: Michael Grabill, 5-5-2-0. William L. Grabill, 1-2-1-1. Geo. Grabill, 5-3-1-1. Eller Stoker, 4-4-4-4. Philip Gatirop, 3-2-1-1. Simeon Grabill, 4-0-1-1. 1860 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 363, dwelling 476, family 419, living in close proximity to the Simeon P. Graybill and George W. Graybill families: Phillip Gatrost, 49, farmer, $1300 real estate, $535 personal property, Hesse Damstadt Germany. Catharine, 46, housewife, OH. Elizabeth, 16, housework, IL Henry, 11, IA. Michael, 10, IA. Lizzie J., 5, IA. Henry Fisher, 22, carpenter, PA. 1870 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 172b, dwelling 52, family 53; the following families were neighbors: Simeon Graybill, Margaret Stoker, George Graybill, William L. Graybill, Phillip Gatrost, Henry Gatrost: Phillip Gatrost, 59, farmer, $5000 real estate, $2000 personal property, Armstat, Germany. Catherin, 55, keeping house, NC. Elizabeth, 25, IL. Michael, 20, $300 personal property, IA. Elizabeth Aver, 14, IA. L. Peckenpaugh, 20, domestic servant, IL. 3. His wife and son are known as "Katrost" in the 1880 Iowa census. 4. 20 May 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":1254781" indicates four children born: Elizabeth Gatrost b. 1844, Henry Gatrost b. 31 Jul 1848 in IA, Michael [Elmer] Gatrost b. 1850 [31 May 1850 at Pottawattamie Co., Iowa per Ord. Ind.], and Lizzie J. b. 1855. Ord. Ind. adds Rebecca b. 25 Sep 1843 in Adams Co., Illinois. 5. From Susan Easton Black's book of Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of LDS: "Philip Gatrost. Birth: March 1811, Germany. Phillip Gatrost was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Geo. Sweet. He was confirmed by Sweet, A.J. Graybill, and Yokum. Source: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1852-1871, Book A, p. 309." 6. Mentioned in son's biography from FHL book 977.771 H2 "History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa," 1883, O.L. Baskin and Co., Historical Publishers, Chicago, p. 201: "Henry Gatrost, farmer, P.O. Weston, was born in this county July 31, 1848; he is the son of Philip and Catherine (Graybill) Gatrost. His father was a native of Germany and came to Pennsylvania when he was a boy. From there he moved to Illinois and afterward to this county, locating in Garner Township in 1846. His mother was born in Ashe County, N.C., in 1814; was brought to Ohio when an infant, and is still living in this county. Our subject was educated in the common schools of this county, and was an unusually diligent and attentive student. He worked on his father's farm till he was twenty years of age, when he was married to Emily, daughter of Asa and Drusilla Downs, who settled in this county in 1852. Our subject then farmed his father's place for five years, since which he has been engaged in farming on lands which he rents. His mother became connected with the Latter-Day Saints Church, in Ohio, in 1833; came to Caldwell County, Mo., where she experienced all the hardships of that people. They were mobbed and driven out of Missouri, when they went to Adams County, Ill., near Quincy. She came with the colony that founded Kanesville, this county, in 1846. Our subject's father was connected with the same church, after coming to Iowa, and died in that faith, November 5, 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Gatrost have eight children - Alvin J., Michael E., Ira E., John W., Forest A., Ada A., Laura M. (deceased), Caroline I. and Eva J. Mr. Gatrost is a member of the Latter-Day Saints Church. In politics, he is a Republican." 7. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91: "Catherine Graybill, b. 9 Jun 1814, Ashe Co., NC, m. Philip Gatrost. [Children:] Henry Gatrost, b. 1848, m. Emily Downs; Michael Elmer Gatrost, b. 1850, m. Anna Carlisle." 8. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 26-32, note that this book has a very detailed downline of the children of this couple: "Catherine Graybill, b. 9 Jun 1814, Ashe Co., NC; d. 1 Dec 1886, Council Bluffs, Potta. Co., IA; md. 18 Oct 1845, Wythe Twp., Hancock Co., IL, to Phillip Gatrost... Phillip was born 10 May 1811, Hesse, Darmstadt, Germany; d. 1870 Council Bluffs, Potta. Co., IA. Both are buried in Council Bluffs, IA. Their children were Rebecca, Anna Elizabeth, George, Henry, Henrietta, Michael Elmer, Leonard and Elizabeth Jane." BIRTH: 1. RLDS citation above uses Mar 1811 and Pitt book quoted above uses 10 May 1811; however, I use calculated birthdate of 16 May 1870 from calculation of age given on tombstone. 2. His nephew, Henry George Fisher, lived with him for a time per the following citation. It gives information on Phillip's sister's birthplace which may also apply to Phillip. From "History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa," 1883, O.L. Baskin and Co., Historical Publishers, Chicago, p. 200: "Henry G. Fisher, farmer, P.O. Neola, was born in York County, Penn., June 18, 1837; he is the son of Robert and Catharine (Gatrost) Fisher. His father was a native of New York, and his mother of Hazen, Germany, and she was born about 1812. Our subject's education was wholly acquired in that practical school which has experience for its teacher. While a boy, he lived with his grandfather, who taught him the butcher's trade. At the age of sixteen, he apprenticed to a carpenter for three years, named Charles Neff, of Dallastown, York Co., Penn. He came West in 1856, traveling by rail from Harrisburg to Iowa City; at the latter place, he paid out his last money for a passage by stage to Des Moines. At this place, he was compelled to part with a good watch, in order to secure a stage ticket to Council Bluffs. He arrived at the latter place on a very stormy winter day, December 19, 1856. The balance of that winter he spent with his uncle Philip Gatrost. MARRIAGE: 1. Surmised only without any documentation. I use "abt. 1842" since this would be about a year before Rebecca, the eldest Child, was born in Sept. 1843 in Illinois as cited above from the LDS Ordinance Index. Rebecca must have died before the 1850 census; however, the age of five and the birth place of Illinois of Elizabeth, the eldest living child in the 1850 census, would also confirm an early 1840's marriage in Illinois. It is also noted in their son Henry's biography in 1883 that Phillip, his father, went from Pennsylvania to Illinois; since Catherine was not in Pennsylvania and Phillip was not in Ohio or Missouri where Catherine had been, this would leave Illinois as the logical choice. Note that the Pitt book quoted above uses 18 Oct 1845 at Wythe Twp., Hancock, IL; however, the book also notes the first child b. 25 Sep 1843 in Adams Co., IL. BURIAL: 1. The following name is found on a new memorial stone with 33 other related family members at Graybill/Stoker Cemetery: "Phillip Gatrost 1811-1870." It is 3 miles east of Council Bluffs, Iowa in Garner Township on old Highway 6 (also known as McPherson Highway - not to be confused with the new Highway 6), then a right (south) on State Orchard Road for 9/10ths of a mile, then left (east) on Cedar Lane to the first driveway on the left (north). The address is 21090 Cedar Lane and the cemetery is in their backyard. Get permission from the homeowner first. These directions were corrected from previous directions after my visit May 8, 2007. 2. Tombstone at Graybill Cemetery, Garner Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa: "Phillip Gatrost d. 5 Nov 1870, 59 y 5 m 20 d. Catherine wife of P. Gatrost d. 1 Dec 1886, 72 y 5 m 22 d." SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per 20 May 2002 Ancestry.com database":1254781". 2. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 97. ACTION: 1. Look for an 1845 marriage in Wythe Twp., Hancock, IL. | Gatrost, Phillip (I286)
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| 4234 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 Jun 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Censuses: 1850 US: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 124 of 187, 7 Nov 1850, 975/975: Thos. Grayham, 43, SC, farmer. Sarah, 40, NH. Frances, 16, MS. John, 15, MS. Wm., 12, MS. Caroline, 10, MS. Amanda, 8, MS. Geo., 4, MS. Alfonzo Saunders, 4, IA. Thos. Graham, 6/12, IA. Nathan Ward, 70, MA. 1851 Iowa: No Frances Graham in index. 1852 Iowa: there is an "E. Downs" in the statistical 1852 Iowa census in Kanesville Pct., Pottawattamie, IA, p. 27; unfortunately this census gives very little useable information on individuals or families 1854 Iowa: Rockford, Pottawattamie, Iowa, per FHL film 1022207, is Ezekiel Downs, 3 males, 1 female, 1 voter, 4 total. Census was statistical without much help. 1856 Iowa: (From Ancestry.com) Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 27 of 63, 169/170 (several related families are nearby); also notes years the family has been residents of the state: Eziekel Downs, 62, 11 yrs., NC, farmer. (Also includes some agricultural production figures.) Francis, 22, 10, MS. John, 2, IA. Sidney Downs, 33, IL, farmer. 1860 US: Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 6 of 14, 5 Jul 1860, 630/564: Ezekiel Downs, 64, farmer, $4000, $900, NC. Fran M., 24, house wife, MS. John W., 6, IA. George Tucker, 16, farm hand, Unk. 1870 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 172, dwelling 50, family 51; the following families were neighbors: Simeon Graybill, Margaret Stoker, George Graybill, William L. Graybill, Phillip Gatrost: S.P. Graybill, 54, farming, $8000 real estate, $3275 personal property, OH. Frances, 33, keeping house, MS. George, 6, IA. Emily, 5, IA. Willis, 2, IA. Amanda, 1, IA. John, 20, farm laborer, IA. 1880 US: Garner, Pottawattamie, Iowa; NA film T9-0361, p. 22C: Simen Graybill, farmer, self, 64, OH NC NC. Frankie, wife, 44, MS NC MS. Emily J., dau., 15, IA OH NC. Willis, son, 12, IA OH NC. Amanda, dau., 11, IA OH NC. Mary E., dau., 8, IA OH NC. L.W. Cook, laborer, single, 52, PA PA PA. Joshua Tucker, laborer, single, 26, MO MO MO. 1900 US: District 127, Garner, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 16 of 32, 13 Jun 1900, 148/156: Willis M. Graybel, Jan 1868, 32, IA OH MS, md. 4 years, farmer. Annie R., wife, Apr 1879, 21, md. 4 years, 5 total children with 4 living, KS MO MO. Lloyd [or Loyed], son, Jul 1896, 3, IA IA KS Vivan, son, Jul 1897, 2, IA IA KS. Amos D, son, Jul 1898, 1, IA IA KS. Erma, dau., Apr 1900, 1/12, IA IA KS. Frances M., Feb 1836, 64, widow, 7 total children with 5 living, MS NC MS. Emma, sister, Oct 1865, 35, single, IA NC MS. Michael Graybel, uncle, Jul 1828, 72, single, OH NC NC. 3. Per 17 May 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":1142121": Parents are Thomas B. [Bedford?] Graham, b. 12 Aug 1807 in Kershaw Dist., Chesfield, SC, and Sarah Ann McCrory, b. 1 May 1810 in Nashville, Davidson, TN. Pitt book quoted below concurs with names and also mentions Sarah died bef. 1852 with Thomas going on to Utah thereafter. Hook book referenced below notes Sarah's last name may be McCruary. 4. Various references to Ezekiel Downs (note Ezekiel did not marry Frances until mid-1851) per FHL film 934962 "History of Pottawattamie Co., Iowa," by Field and Reed, 1907, pp. 228, 229: "Norwalk township was organized June 6, 1873... The first settlers were Mormons, but finally they all went on with the last detachment to Utah... The principal early settlers were Joseph Holman, Ezekiel Downs, Asa Downs, William Cox, William Hendrix, Johnson Lane and William Yocum. They all arrived and settled from 1845 to 1850. William Yocum was a wreck physically. He came from Missouri and while there joined the mob at Horn's [Haun's] mill against the Mormons. During the fight he received seven bullets in his body, from the effects of which he never recovered. He died in Pottawattamie county. As early as 1847 Ezekiel Downs and A. Smith built saw and flouring mills on Mosquito creek. They were two story buildings of hewed logs. Both mills were run by water power furnished by a dam built in Mosquito creek. Both mills did a good business until a flood in 1850, which demolished the grist mill. The dam was injured as well as the saw mill, but were repaired and finally sold to William Garner, who continued to run the sawmill for years..." 5. A partial quote from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT, from an article entitled: "Polly Stoker": "Vivian Graybill, of Independence, Missouri, has worked on the Graybill genealogy for many years and since he plans to publish a book with a great amount of detailed information I will not list the names of their complete families. I will note the names of Michael and Polly's children and how they relate to other families in this book. I do have most family names if anyone wants to check it. [Kerry's note: the author lists each child and grandchild of Polly. See her file for the complete listing. I include only the immediate family in this individual's note.] "Simeon Peter Graybill, b. 3/26/1816, Jackson County, Ohio, m. (1) Amanda Hill, who died in Adams Co., Ill. in 1848. 1. Rachael, b. Mar., 1838 2. William Graybill, b. July 28, 1840 m. Agnes Spears, sister to William Spears. William Graybill, William Spears, Andrew Graybill and Orson Stoker were early settlers in Washington Township, Harrison County, Iowa. William's great grandson, Donald Nelson married Elaine Dollen, daughter of Harold Dollen. 3. Andrew Graybill, b. Dec. 29, 1842 4. Aaron Graybill, b. Oct. 30, 1848, killed at Camp Creek, Georgia Aug. 31, 1864 in the Civil War. m. (2) Frances Graham Downs, widow of Ezekial Downs, who named Downsville, Iowa. 5. George A. b. 4/2/64 6. Emily Jane b. 4/12/65 7. Willis M. b. 1/22/68 8. Amanda M. b. 5/8/69 9. Almeda b. 10/8/70 10. Mary Ellen b. 7/31/72" 6. Children with Simeon Graybill per 17 May 2002 Ancestry.com database ":1142121" with additional notes added from Graybill Cemetery records: "George Alvin, b. 2 Apr 1864 [possibly 2 May 1864 per tombstone] at Weston, Pottawattamie, IA, d. 28 Aug 1873. The following name is found on a new memorial stone with 33 other related family members at Graybill/Stoker Cemetery: "George A. Graybill 1864-1873." It is 3 miles east of Council Bluffs, Iowa in Garner Township on old Highway 6 (also known as McPherson Highway - not to be confused with the new Highway 6), then a right (south) on State Orchard Road for 9/10ths of a mile, then left (east) on Cedar Lane to the first driveway on the left (north). The address is 21090 Cedar Lane and the cemetery is in their backyard. Get permission from the homeowner first. These directions were corrected from previous directions after my visit May 8, 2007. Tombstone at Graybill Cemetery, Garner Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa: "George A. Graybill d. 28 Aug 1873, 9y, 5m and Almeda d. 8 Sep 1873, 2 y, 11 m, children of Simeon P. and Frances M. Graybill." Emily Jane, b. 2 Apr 1865 at Weston, Pottawattamie, IA, d. 17 Sep 1937. Willis Meredith, b. 22 Jan 1868 at Weston, Pottawattamie, IA, d. 14 Jul 1932. [PAF file sent 3 Jul 2003 by John P. Fisher, a descendant of Henry Fisher Amanda M., b. 8 May 1869 at Weston, Pottawattamie, IA, d. 17 Jan 1905. Almeda, b. 8 Oct 1870 at Weston, Pottawattamie, IA, d. 8 Sep 1873. The following name is found on a new memorial stone with 33 other related family members at Graybill/Stoker Cemetery: "Almeda Graybill 1869-1873." It is 3 miles east of Council Bluffs, Iowa in Garner Township on old Highway 6 (also known as McPherson Highway - not to be confused with the new Highway 6), then a right (south) on State Orchard Road for 9/10ths of a mile, then left (east) on Cedar Lane to the first driveway on the left (north). The address is 21090 Cedar Lane and the cemetery is in their backyard. Get permission from the homeowner first. These directions were corrected from previous directions after my visit May 8, 2007. Tombstone at Graybill Cemetery, Garner Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa: "George A. Graybill d. 28 Aug 1873, 9y, 5m and Almeda d. 8 Sep 1873, 2 y, 11 m, children of Simeon P. and Frances M. Graybill." Mary Ellen, b. 31 Jul 1872 at Weston, Pottawattamie, IA, d. 10 Aug 1960 at Portland, Multnomah, OR. 7. http://iagenweb.org/pottawattamie/Bios1891-G.htm#GraybillS quoting from the "Biographical History of Pottawattamie County," 1891: "Simeon Graybill, deceased, was one of the well known pioneers of Pottawattamie Co. Born in Jackson Co., Ohio, March 26, 1816, he was a son of Michael Graybill, a native of North Carolina, and of German ancestry. His mother's maiden name was Polly Stocker, and she was born in the Carolinas. Mr. Graybill was reared to manhood in Ohio on a farm, but for a time he was engaged in mining at Mt. Vernon, that state. He was first married March 16, 1837, in Jackson Co, Ohio, to Amanda Hill, who died in Adams Co., Illinois, Feb. 21, 1848. In the fall of that year, Mr. Graybill came to Pottawattamie Co, and he was afterward married to Mrs. Frances (Graham) Downs, who was born in Kemper Co., Mississippi, a daughter of Thomas and S. Ann (McCrary) Graham. Her parents came to this county in 1846; her mother died in the eastern part of this state. In 1852 her father went to Utah, where he was some time afterward killed by a grizzly bear, which was afterward captured and found to weigh 800 pounds. Mrs. Graybill was first married to Ezekiel Downs at Downsville, who was born in North Carolina, and came to this county in 1846. By this marriage, there was one child, John W. Downs. Mr. Downs died in 1860. Mr. Graybill settled on his present farm in 1848 where he resided until his death, June 27, 1889. By his first marriage, there were four children, three of whom grew up to years of maturity, viz.: William, who now resides in New Yorkshire, Harrison County; Andrew, who is living near the same place; and Aaron L., who was killed at Camp Creek, Georgia, August 31, 1864, as a member of an Iowa regiment. By his second marriage the subject of this sketch has had six children, four of whom are living: Emily Jane, Willis M., Amanda M. and Mary Ellen. Politically Mr. Graybill was a Republican. He had a landed estate of 320 well-improved acres on which he lived for over 40 years. His death was lamented by all the community." 8. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91: "Frances Graham Downs, widow of Ezekial Downs, who named Downsville, Iowa. Children: George A., b. 2 Apr 1864. Emily Jane, b. 12 Apr 1865. Willis M., b. 22 Jan 1868. Amanda M., 8 May 1869. Almeda, b. 8 Oct 1870. Mary Ellen, b. 31 Jul 1872." 9. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 34-38, note that this book has a very detailed downline of the children of this couple: "Simeon Peter Graybill, b. 26 Mar 1816, Bloomfield Twp., Jackson Co., OH; d. 27 Jun 1889, Weston, Potta. Co., IA; md. (1) 6 Mar 1837, Jackson Co., OH to Amanda Hill; md. (2) 5 Oct 1862 to Frances Margaret (Graham) Downs... Amanda was b. abt 1814/19, Bloomfield Twp., Jackson Co., OH; d. 21 Feb 1848, Quincy, Adams Co., IA; bur. Quincy, IL. Frances was b. 22 Feb 1836, DeKalb, Kemper Co., MS; d. 28 Jan 1902; bur. in Downsville Cemetery, Potta. Co., IA. She was the d/o Thomas Graham and Sarah A. McCrory. Thomas and Sarah came to Pottawattamie Co., IA in 1840. After Sarah died, Thomas went to Utah in 1852. Some time later, he was killed by an 800 pound grizzly bear. Frances was previously married, about 1853, to Ezekiel Downs from whom Downsville, IA got its name. She had one son, John W., by Ezekiel who was 37 years her senior. In 1837, Simeon moved from Jackson Co., OH to Caldwell Co., MO. They moved to Adams Co., IL in 1839 and remained there until 1848. Simeon travelled by covered wagon in Dec 1848, bringing his three children and his brother's four children to Kanesville (later named Council Bluffs), IA. His youngest Child, Aaron, was but three years old. Simeon's wife, Amanda, and daughter, Rachel, had recently died in 1848 near Quincy, IL. Simeon's and Amanda's children were Rachel, William A., Andrew Jackson and Aaron George. Simeon's and Frances' children were George Alvin, Emily Jane, Willis Meredith, Amanda M., Almeda and Mary Ellen." BIRTH: 1. All censuses indicate she was born in Mississippi. Pitt book uses 22 Feb 1836 in DeKalb, Mississippi. A variant is 22 Feb 1835 at Hope, Pickens, Alabama per Nauvoo LDS Land and Records Office research file; however, volunteers at this office derive a lot of information from Internet trees and so it cannot be fully relied upon. The Findagrave entry as of Dec 2016 is only a tribute page and not based upon an actual burial record or gravestone; it appears to use information from the Pitt book. What we do know with documentation is the date is Feb 1836 as stated per the 1900 census and definitely Mississippi. MARRIAGE: 1. Online Ordinance Index first husband was Ezekiel Downs. Per FHL book 977.771 V2p" Pottawattamie Co., IA Early Marriages 1848-1869": "Ezekiel Downs and Francis M. Graham, 15 Jul 1851." 2. Per FHL book 977.771 V2c "Death and Marriage Notices from the Frontier Guardian, 1849-1852", p. 34: "Ezekiel Downs and Miss Frances A. Graham, both of Pottawattamie county, Iowa, 15 June 1851, at Pleasant Grove, by J.F. Lane. (Frontier Guardian, 27 Jun 1851. See also Frontier Guardian, 25 July 1851, for additional information regarding this marriage.)" FHL book 977.771 V2k "Vital Statistics from the Frontier Guardian, Kanesville, IA, Feb. 1849 - Jan 1852" has the two entries: (Issue 27 June 1851) "At Pleasant Grove, on the 15th inst., by Elder J.F. Lane, Mr. Ezekiel Downs to Miss Frances A. Graham, both of this county"; [date uncertain] "Hymneal. At Pleasant Grove, on the 15th ult., by Elder J.F. Lane, Mr. Ezekiel Downs to Miss Frances M. Graham, both of this county." Note the initial "A" changes to "M" in the second citation. 3. Per FHL book 977.771 V2p" Pottawattamie Co., IA Early Marriages 1848-1869"and Internet site www.genexchange.org for Pottawattamie IAGenExchange marriage records: "S.P. Graybill, Frances M. Downs, 5 Oct 1862." DEATH: 1. Research note: I did check FHL film 1477205 "Pottawattamie Death Records, 1898-" for Hannah's death record. I did not find it; however, it appears that no recording was done for some reason for about five months on either side of Frances' death date of 28 Jan 1902. 2. Per Pitt book quoted above. BURIAL: 1. Per quotation above from Pitt book. There may two Downsville Cemeteries in Norwalk Township - one by Weston and the other by Underwood - or they may in fact be the same one. SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 98. ACTION: 1. Verify Mississippi as birth state in other censuses. | Graham, Frances Margaret (I285)
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| 4235 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 Jun 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Censuses: 1850 US: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 128b, dwelling and family 1020: Michael Graybel, 63, labour, NC. Polly, 58, NC. [Wife] Cimiel, 34, M, OH. [Son; should be Simeon.] Michael, 22, OH. [Son] Elizabeth, 17, OH. [Daughter] Sidney, 14, OH. [Son] Almeda, 14, OH. [Grandchild through David.] Maridith, 12, OH. [Grandchild through David.] David, 7, IL. [Grandchild through David.] Amanda, 4, IL. [Grandchild through David.] William, 10, IL. [Grandchild through Simeon.] Andrew, 8, IL. [Grandchild through Simeon.] Aaron, 5, IL. [Grandchild through Simeon.] Cathern Stoker, 77, NC. [Most likely Catherine Eller, Polly's mother; census was taken 11 Nov 1850.] 1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household and their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Census return: Grabill: Michael 65, Polly 58, William L. 26, Michael Jr. 23, Elizabeth 17, Sidney R. 15, Almeda 15, Marideth 13, David 7. Also in household are Catherine Stoker 78 and Amanda Grabill 5. [Note that the following related families are in this census and very close neighbors: Simeon P. Graybill, Michael/Polly Graybill with Polly's mother Catherine Eller Stoker, Eller/Margaret Stoker, Jacob/Catherine Stoker, Philip/Catherine Gatrost, David/Barbara Stoker, Edward/Sarah Davis, and William/Almira Stoker. Other relatives in same county but separated by several pages of census include the following families: Thomas/Hannah Pilling whose daughter Hannah, later marries William Lenore Graybill, Levi/Patience Graybill, John W./Sarah Stoker, Hannah Ford whose son Martin later marries Zibiah M. Stoker, and John/Sarah Smith.] 1856 Iowa: (From Ancestry.com) Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 14 of 63, 87/88: Michael Graybill, 68, 10 years in Iowa, NC, farmer. Polly, 63, 10, NC. Michael S., 28, 10, OH, farmer. Elizabeth, 22, OH. Sidney R., 20, 10, OH, farmer. Almeda, 20, 7, OH. Merideth, 18, 7, MO. David M., 12, 7, IL. Amanda, 10, 7, IL. Catherine Stoker, 83, 10 years in Iowa, MD. [Note: this individual shows up as the next entry on the top of page 15 as part of the next family of Walter J. Woodward. This appears to be a mistake and I believe it was intended that she be with the Graybill family since she is Polly's mother.] 1860 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, dwelling 504, family 445, neighbors to William Lenore Graybill: Polly Graybill, 67, farmer, $592 real estate, NC. Michael, 32, farmer, $117 real estate, OH. Elizabeth, 26, housework, OH. Sidney R., 24, farmer, $506 personal property, OH Meredith, 22, farm hand, MO. David, 17, farm hand, IL. Amanda, 14, IL. 1870 US: Unionburg P.O., Union Twp., Harrison, Iowa, p. 118b, dwelling 14 (next door to niece Amanda Graybill and her husband John Tucker - I assume the Joshua listed here is a brother to John Tucker): S.R. Graybill, 34, farmer, $1800, $1800, OH. Jane, 24, keeping house, IL. Polly E., 4, IA. Catherine, 2, IA. Elisobuth Graybill, 36, OH, invalid. Joshua Tucker, 16, farm laborer, MO. 1880 US: Washington, Harrison, Iowa; NA film T9-0343, p. 123C: S.K. Graybill, self, farmer, 44, OH NC NC. Jane Graybill, wife, 33, IL IL IL. M. Graybill, brother, single, boarder, 52, OH NC NC. Elizabeth Graybill, Invalid, sister, 46, OH NC NC. Poly E. Graybill, dau., 15, IA NC IL. Catharine A., dau., 12, IA NC IL. Abagil, dau., 10, IA NC IL. George L. Graybill, son, 3, IA NC IL. 1885 Iowa: Washington, Harrison, Iowa, p. 17 of 36, 108/110: Sidney R. Graybill, 48, OH, farmer. Jane, 41, IL. Rouy E., 18, Pottawattamie. Ireene E., 16, Pottawattamie. Abigail, 14, Harrison. Geo. L., 7, Harrison. Michael R., 4, Harrison. Michael S. Graybill, 57, OH. Elizabeth Grabill, 49, OH. William Willis, 14, laborer, Pottawattamie. 3. Susan Easton Black, compiler, "Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints," (Religious Studies Center, BYU, 1993, copy in Family History Library in Salt Lake City): "Graybill, Elizabeth; Birth: 10 (16) Sep 1833 at Jackson County, Ohio. Death: 30 Jan 1891, near Persia, Iowa; Burial: Walker's Grove. Elizabeth Graybill was bapt. a member of the [RLDS] on 26 Sep 1862 near Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, by Joseph Smith (E.C. Briggs). She was confirmed by Joseph Smith and Geo. Rarick. She died from breast cancer after being confined to her bed for 36 years. Sources: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1852-71, book A, and 1872-1905, Book C; Saints' Herald Obituaries, 1891, p. 127." 4. FHL film 702: "Journal of John Stoker, b. 1817; Journal starts November 1, 1869." John was the son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill. Selected family related passages from his journal: P. 1: Nov. 1-4, 1869: The journal starts with John leaving as a 52 year old missionary with Jesse N. Perkins as a companion from Salt Lake City on the railroad to Omaha, NE. The railroad had just recently been completed so he details the progress of the transcontinental railway journey. P. 2: Saturday, Nov. 6, 1869: "Went to Bluff City with J.N. Perkins. Sunday 7th, spent the fore noon with Moroni Stoker - took dinner with him." [William Moroni Stoker, 1834-1929, was John's first cousin thru John's father's brother Michael S. Stoker, 1805-1858.] P. 3: "Monday 8th. Went up to Musketoe to see Simeon P. Graybill. Stayed all night. Tuesday 9th, took dinner with Aunt Margaret Stoker, Uncle Eller Stoker's widow, and returned to Aunt Martha's at Trading Point, Potawatamie Co., Iowa. Wednesday, 10th. Wrote a letter to Mr. Wm. Atkinson in Bountiful, Davis Co., Utah. Thursday 11th. Visited Wm. McDaniel in Harrison Co. 40 miles north. Friday 12th. Visited the grave of Zibiah Birdno [could also be Binders], my wife's mother. Saturday 13th. Returned to Aunt Martha's at Trader's Point. Sunday 14th. Spent the day with Aunt Martha's family. Monday 15th. Went to Bluff City to look for a letter but got none and returned to the Point. [Simeon Graybill, 1816-1889, was John's first cousin twice thru his father's sister Polly Stoker, 1792-1864, and thru his mother's brother Michael Peter Graybill. Eller Stoker, 1816-1855, was John's father's brother and married to Margaret Judd, 1822-1893. Aunt Martha was Martha Carr McDaniel, 1808-1873, wife of John's father's brother Michael S. Stoker, 1805-1858. William McDaniel, 1810-1885, is John's brother-in-law. John's Mother-in-law, Zibiah (McCarley) McDaniels, 1786-1860, apparently remarried a Mr. Birdno after her husband James McDaniel, 1762-1820, died.] Pp. 4-9: The journal details their departure from Council Bluffs area by various means including railroad, hack, steamboat, packet boat, hired horses, and on foot with luggage to "Leith Co. 5 miles north of Estillville," Virginia via many detailed waypoints including but not limited to DesMoines, Chicago, Cleveland, Wheeling VA, Burlington on the Ohio River, the "Big Sandy" on the line between Kentucky and Virginia, the "Pound Gap" summit of Cumberland Mountain, the "High Nob the highest point in Virginia." John details with whom they stayed and what hospitality they received. Along the way they see and preach the Gospel to many McLelland/McClelland relatives of his companion. In Leith Co., VA, on Monday, Dec. 13, 1869, he "wrote a letter home to my family and one to Ash[e] Co., North Carolina to David and Henry Graybill" which they mailed the next day from Estillville. [John's mother, Barbara Graybill, had two brothers - Henry, ca1780-ca1843, and David, 1794-1874 - who remained in Ashe Co. where she was born; however, Henry was dead by then but his "Uncle" David responds later on Jan. 22.] Pp. 10-17: They stayed in the area doing missionary work mainly among McClellands. He notes on Christmas day while staying with Samuel McClelland, they went to a meeting and heard a Dunkard preach. On Monday, Dec. 27th, John notes, "wrote a letter to my family also one to my sister-in-law Martha Stoker at Bluff City, Iowa. [Martha Carr (McDaniel) Stoker was whom he referred to as Aunt Martha previously in his journal since she was married to his father's brother Michael S. Stoker, but she was also a sister-in-law since she was the sister to John's wife Jane McDaniel.] John notes on Saturday, Jan. 8th, that he "went to the widow Quillins to inquire concerning the Wampler family." [I am unsure who the widow was, but John's maternal grandmother was Christina Wampler, 1753-1844.] On Tuesday, Jan. 11th, John notes, "Went to Patsy Daughterty's to inquire after my mother's relatives." On Thursday, Jan. 13th, he notes that he "went to Wm. Wampler's, took dinner." [I do not have either a Patsy Daughterty nor William Wampler in my database - they must be of a later generation than John's grandmother Christina Wampler.] He also notes on the same day that he received a letter from his son-in-law J. Tolman and daughter in Utah. On Saturday, Jan. 22nd, John notes, 'Received a letter from my son David Stoker, Davis Co., Utah dated Jan'y 1st, 1870, gave particulars of my son John Stoker's sickness but getting better. Also received a letter from my uncle David Graybill, Ashe Co., Jefferson, North Carolina." On Jan. 24th, he writes back to his uncle David Graybill. Pp. 18-24: Starting on Jan. 26th, 1870, the missionaries are on the move: first to Bristol (VA?), then thru Chattanooga, Nashville, Sparta, to Putnam Co., Tennessee where they did missionary work with the Perkins and Mayberry families who relatives of his companion, Jesse Perkins. On Sunday, Feb. 13th, 1870, John wrote letters to his son David Stoker in Davis Co., Utah and one to Aunt Martha Stoker and cousins in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. On the next day he went to Gainesboro where he received a letter from his son David Stoker. Beginning Feb. 16th, 1870, John proceeds by boat down the Cumberland to Nashville then to St. Louis via the Mississippi River from Cape "Jerido". On Feb. 23rd, took the from St. Louis to Trader's Point where again he sees Aunt Martha. He sends money to his companion in Decatur Co., Iowa to help him get to Council Bluffs. He also sends a letter to Utah asking his family for money for himself and his companion. Pp. 25-33: John arrives Feb. 26 and remains in Pottawattamie Co., Iowa until March 24 when he, Jesse Perkins who arrives March 9, and several other missionaries from the East Coast join up in Omaha for the trip home to Utah by railroad which he notes cost $50.75. Generally he is staying with his Aunt Martha. Some journal entries during that time period dealing with family follow: "Sat., Feb 26th, 1870: Went up to Musketoe Creek to Simeon Peter Graybill, my cousin. Stayed over night. Sunday, 27th. Went to Walker's Grove in Harrison Co. to Sidney R. Graybill, my cousin, with Moroni Stoker to see some sick cousins Michael and Elizabeth Graybill. [Sidney Rigdon, 1836-1893, Michael S., 1827-1910, and Elizabeth, 1833-1891, are siblings and all children of Polly Stoker, John's father's sister.] Stayed over night. Monday 28th. Cold and windy. Remained all day. Stayed all night. Tuesday, March 1st 1870. Returned to Aunt Martha Stoker's at Traders Point. Read a letter from David Stoker, my son, to John A. Stoker, dated Feb'y 21st, 1870. Stayed overnight… Thursday 3d. Cousin Jared Stoker killed 2 turkeys, the 2 weighing 40 lbs. [John Alexander Stoker, 1837-1918, and Jared, 1843-1912, were first cousins and sons of Michael S. Stoker, brother of John's father David.] Stayed over… Tuesday 8th, being my birthday, age 53… Wednesday 9th… was weighed being 184 lbs… Friday 18th… went to Aaron Thomas, took dinner and spent the day with him and family. [Aaron Morris Thomas, 1833-1920, was married to John's first cousin, Elizabeth Jane Stoker, who was the daughter of John W. Stoker, a brother of John's father David.] Returned to Aunt Martha Stoker's… Saturday 19th… Sent a letter to Wm. Atkinson in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, heard from home by a letter wrote to John A. Stoker dated March the 12th, 1870. All was well… Thursday 24th… John A. Stoker and Joseph Stoker took me and Bro. Jesse N. Perkins to Omaha with a wagon. Rained before we got there. Joseph Stoker went over the River with us met about 30 of the missionaries at the St. Charles Hotel. [Joseph Jehiel Stoker, 1846-1921, was a brother of John Alexander and William Moroni Stoker.] Left Omaha at 6 p.m. on the Emigrant Cars for home…" Pp. 33-35: John details the train trip which started March 24th and arrived home in Bountiful March 29th after switching to the Utah Central in Ogden. He notes his arrival "in the midst of family and friends with a hearty God bless you… and a hearty shaking of hands." The missionary journal ends at this point. Pp. 36-227: The balance of John's journal book is genealogical notations of family. Many pages are blank, which I did not copy. Besides family, John would also note many other unrelated Stokers who he must have gleaned from books and other sources. He also notes some totally unrelated non-Stoker individuals with whom he evidently has some acquaintance. I have entered the pertinent data with each family in my database. 5. FHL film 702: "Journal of John Stoker, b. 1817; Journal starts November 1, 1869." John was the son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill. The first 35 pages detail his mission taken from Utah to Virginia and Tennessee through Council Bluffs, Iowa, which I have summarized and included with his notes in this database. Pp. 36-227, the balance of John's journal, are genealogical notations of family. Many pages are blank. Besides family, the journal also notes many other unrelated Stokers who were probably gleaned from books and other sources. It appears as if maybe his son David may have taken over the book later. Many entries are repetitive at different times. Pertinent data for this family or individual is quoted verbatim as follows on pages: 102: Michael Graybill, born May 1787 North Carolina. Polly Stoker Graybill, born Nov. 24, 1792, died Feb. 7, 1864. Children: Simeon Peter Graybill, born Mar. 25, 1813, died 27 June 1889. Catherine Graybill, born June 8, 1814. Sidney Rigdon Graybill, born April 6, 1836. Elizabeth Graybill, born Sept. 15, 1833. Michael Graybill Jr., born July 5, 1828. 184-186: Polly Graybill, daughter of Michael Stoker, Sen. and Catherine Eller was born Nov. 24th, 1792, State of North Carolina, Ashe County, died 7th Feb 1864. Catherine Graybill, daughter of Michael Graybill and Polly Stoker was born June the 9th 1814, State of North Carolina, Ashe County. Sidney Rigdon Graybill, son of Michael Graybill and Polly Stoker was born April 6th, 1836, State of Ohio, Jackson County, Bloomfield Township. Elizabeth Graybill, daughter of Michael Graybill and Polly Stoker was born Sept. 16th, 1833, State of Ohio, Jackson County, Bloomfield Township. Michael S. Stoker, son of Michael Graybill Sen. and Polly Stoker, was born July 5th, 1828, State of Ohio, Jackson County, Bloomfield Township. 4. From an article entitled "The Family" from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. For the full transcriptional listing of the descendants of Michael Stoker and Catherine Stoker, see the notes of Michael Stoker - the following only pertains to this immediate family. Generation "1" is Michael Stoker and Catherine Eller: "The Michael Stoker Family as existed at the time of his death. Those names that are [bracketed] probably were involved in the Missouri experience... 2-[Polly Mary Stoker], born on 24 Nov. 1792 in Ashe Co., NC, married [Michael Graybill] (14 May 1787- 24 Sep 1856), son of John Peter Graybill and Christina Wampler, on May 1811 in Jefferson, Ashe Co., NC. She lived in Ashe Co., NC; Jackson Co., OH; Caldwell Co., MO; Adams Co., IL; and Pottawattamie Co. IA. She died 18 Feb 1864 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., IA. Both Michael and Polly are buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery. 3-[David Graybill], born 24 Sept 1812 in Ashe Co., NC, married Mahala Hill. Both died in Illinois. In December 1848 David's brother, Simeon Graybill whose wife, Amanda Hill, had died, took David's children and his own making seven altogether in a wagon to settle in Kanesville, Iowa. 3-[Catherine Graybill], born 9 Jun 1814 in Ashe Co., NC, married [Philip Gatrost]. Philip and Catherine moved to Missouri with her parents. They built a brick house in Blue Grass Hollow on the edge of her father's land in Pottawattamie Co., IA. She died Dec. 1, 1886 at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA and is buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery. 3-[Simeon Peter Graybill], born 26 Mar 1816 in Jackson Co., OH. Reared to manhood on a farm. For a time engaged in mining at Mt. Vernon, OH. Married [Amanda Hill] on 16 Mar 1837 in Jackson Co., OH. They moved to Caldwell Co., MO then to Adams Co., IL where Amanda died on Feb 21, 1848. In the fall of 1848, Simeon moved to a farm in Pottawattamie Co, IA. He married Frances (Graham) Downs. While serving a short term LDS mission his cousin, John Stoker of Bountiful, UT visited him on Nov 8, 1869. Simeon resided on the farm until his death, June 27, 1889. 4-[Rachel Graybill], born Mar 1838 probably in Caldwell Co., MO, and died in 1848 near Quincy, Adams Co., IL. 3-[Joseph Levi Graybill], born 12 Mar 1818 in Jackson Co., OH. Baptized by John A. Fisher on 17 November 1833. Ordained an Elder in 1836. Moved to Caldwell Co., MO in 1837. Moved to IL in 1839. Ordained a seventy on May 3, 1839. Married Patience Smith on Jun 20, 1841. Moved to Nauvoo, IL in 1845 and to Pottawattamie Co., IA in 1846. He was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 6 August 1861 by W. W. Blair. 3-[George Washington Graybill], born 26 Jun 1821 in Jackson Co., OH. Married Mary Smith. In 1862 after she died (Feb 16, 1860 in Iowa), George married her sister, Hannah, who had been twice widowed. She had six children and George had ten, together they had three more. George was buried in the cemetery at Underwood, Iowa. Mary is buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery near Council Bluffs. 3-[William Lenore Graybill], born 25 Jan 1825, married Hanna Pilling who was born 3 Mar 1835 in Lancashire, England. William died January 25, 1880 and is buried in the Stoker/Graybill Cemetery. 3-[Juliana Graybill], born 19 Jan 1826, married Wilford Heath Hudson. Went to Utah. Died 8 May 1851. 3-[Michael Graybill], born 19 Jan 1825. Living in Harrison Co., IA on Feb 27, 1870 when John Stoker of Bountiful, Utah, visited him. He never married. At age 40 he was injured in a runaway accident and lived as an invalid until age 82. He resembled his cousin, Michael Stoker, so closely that Polly Brittann Hughes upon meeting her future husband thought he was Michael Graybill whom she had known. 3-[Mary Ann Graybill], born 25 Feb 1830, married Wilford Heath Hudson. Went to Utah. 3-[Elizabeth Graybill], born 16 Sep 1833, was living in Harrison Co., IA on Feb 27, 1870 when her cousin, John Stoker of Bountiful, visited her at which time she was living with her brothers, Sidney Rigdon and Michael. 3-[Sidney Rigdon Graybill], born 6 Apr 1836 in Jackson Co., OH, was living in Harrison Co., IA when his cousin, John Stoker, visited him on Feb 27, 1870. He married Jane Davis." BIRTH: 1. Surmised from her obituary. John Stoker's Journal uses a variant date of 15 Sep 1833. MARRIAGE: 1. Appears unmarried since obituary report her maiden name as her last name and due to her long illness. DEATH: 1. From the RLDS publication "The Saints' Herald," 1891, p. 125: "Died, near Persia, Iowa, Jan. 30, 1891, of cancer in the breast, Elizabeth Graybill; aged 57 years, 4 months and 14 days. She had been a long and patient sufferer, having been confined to her bed for thirty six years, with some spinal trouble; she was baptized into the [RLDS] church by E.C. Briggs in 1861, near Council Bluffs, and had always lived a true Christian life thereafter, and died with bright hopes for the future. The funeral discourse was preached by Elder Joseph Seddon, at the school house in Yorkshire, Jan. 31, to a large gathering of the friends of the deceased; after which its remains were laid to rest in the family grave yard at Walker's Grove." (Some past submitters to Family Tree have reported burial place as Wheeler's Grove). BURIAL: 1. I searched the listing of stones in Mormon Cemetery at Grove Township and do not see a burial record for Elizabeth. A copy of this listing is in hardfile 90. SOURCES_MISC: 1. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91. 2. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 16-24. 3. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 100. | Graybill, Elizabeth (I292)
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| 4236 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 Jun 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Censuses: 1860 US: Macedonia P.O., Grove Twp., Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 416, entry 847, 14 Jul: Levi Graybill, 42, farmer, Ireland. Patience, 36, IN. Abigail, 18, IL. Salathiel, 13, IA. Patience, 11, IA. Levi, 8, IA. John, 6, IA. Joseph B., 3, IA. George W., 5/12, IA. 1870 US: Wheeler's Grove P.O., Grove Twp., Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 160a, dwelling 34: Levi Graybill, 52, farming, $3000, $1000, OH. Patience, 44, housekeeping, IN. Palmer, 21, farmer, IA. Levi, 19, IA. John, 17, IA. Joseph, 12, IA. George, 10, IA. Mary, 7, IA. Martha, 6, IA. Wm., 2, IA. Lucinda Prichet, 7, IA. 1880 US: Grove, Pottawattamie, Iowa; NA film T9-0361, p. 128D: Levi Graybill, farmer, self, 62, OH NC NC. Patience, wife, 55, IN SC NC. Bird, son, 22, IA OH IN. [LDS site took this off as Bud, but close examination shows Bird.] Geo., son, 20, IA OH IN. Mary, dau., 17, IA OH IN. Martha, dau, 15, IA OH IN. Lucinda, g.dau., 16, IA OH IN. Will, son, 12, IA OH IN. 3. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 55-60: "George W. Graybill, b. 23 Dec 1859, Pottawattamie Co., IA; d. 19 Nov 1880." This entry appears to have the death date incorrect. As for the middle intial "W," it does show up once in the 1860 census, but thereafter it seems to be an "A". BIRTH: 1. Per tombstone. MARRIAGE: 1. May or may not have been married due to death at young age. DEATH: 1. Per tombstone. BURIAL: 1. Picture of tombstone on website for "Mormon Cemetery" located in Grove Township of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, four miles east of Macedonia on County Road G66/Pioneer Trail.: 2. Copy of complete printed cemetery listing from FHL book 977.771 V3e, vol. 1, Bk. 3-5 in hard file 90 with John Peter Graybill. Information fon the cemetery from the 11 Nov 2002 website "Mormon Cemetery. Located in Grove Township [Pottawattamie County, Iowa], four miles east of Macedonia on County Road G66/Pioneer Trail. It has been called the Mormon cemetery and the LDS cemetery because it is on the Mormon Trail and many of the people buried there belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The LDS Church was organized in 1863. Original members were John Smith and wife, Sarah; E.W. Knapp and wife, Melissa; A.J. Fields and wife, Sarah; James Otto and wife, Mehitable; Joseph Levi Graybill and wife, Patience; John Winegar and wife, Elizabeth; Joseph Smith and wife, Rachel and Stephen Smith. [Taken from the 1882 Pottawattamie Co. History by Baskin.] Many of these members are buried here. [In later years members of the Re-organized Latter Day Saints were buried here.] The oldest burial is that of Peter Frain, 12 Oct 1861, whose stone is still visible." [Note: most of the people mentioned were RLDS by 1863.] SOURCES_MISC: 1. 18 May 2002 Ancestry.com database "doigk". 2. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 150. | Graybill, George A. (I551)
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| 4237 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 Jun 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Censuses: 1900 US: Junction, Piute, Utah, p. 229B. Lyman L. Johnson, Dec 1854, 45, m. 23 years, UT CT MA, farmer. Elizabeth, wife, Jun 1859, 40, m. 23 years, 8 total children-7 living, UT Eng IL. Ruth S., dau., Dec 1876, 23, divorced, 1 total Child-1 living, UT UT UT. William L., son, Mar 1879, 21, S, UT UT UT. Joseph L., son, Sep 1881, 18, UT UT UT. Morilla M. dau., Jun 1884, 15, UT UT UT. Matilda J., dau., Jan 1887, 12, UT UT UT. Betsy D., dau., Feb 1889, 11, UT UT UT. Caddie M., dau., Feb 1898, 1, UT UT UT. John L. Farris, adopted son, Aug 1890, 9, UT IA UT. John L. Langford, grandson, Sep 1894, 5, UT NV UT. 3. Mentioned in his father's obituary of 29 Jul 1931: "He is survived by the following children: James Ferris, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Elton Richie Ferris, Rupert, Idaho; John L. Ferris, Beaver; Lucy, a daughter, at Sacramento, Calif.; Pitney Ferris, who enlisted in the world war from Montana, and who has not been heard from since; step-Children: Mrs. C. H. Hales, Ogden; Mrs. Grace Bishop, Los Angeles, Calif.; Ebbie Stevens, Fallon, Nev.; one sister, Mrs. Marlo S. Browning Stroud, Okla." 4. Adoptive parents: Lyman Lorenzo Johnson, b. 27 Dec 1854 in Springville, Utah, Utah, d. 1 Dec 1932 and Elizabeth Dalley, b. 28 Jun 1858 at Summit, Iron, Utah. 5. Per obituary, adopted parents are Lyman Johnson family; served a mission in eastern states mission around 1912. 6. Iron County, Utah, Probate Record Book #2, pp. 129-131: "In the Fifth Judicial Court of the State of Utah, County of Iron, Decree of Distribution of Estate. In the matter of the Estate of Jane W. Hanks, Deceased John t. Mitchell, Executor of the Estate of Jane W. Hanks, deceased, having on the 13 day of January 1897, filed in this Court his petition, setting forth, among other matters, that his accounts have been finally settled, and said estate is in a condition to be closed, and that a portion of said estate remains to be divided among the heirs of said deceased, and said matter coming on regularly to be heard, the 12th day of February 1897, Now on this 12th day of February 1897, at 10 O'clock A.M. the said executor appearing by his counsel, Jos. T. Wilkinson, this Court proceeded to the hearing of said petition, and it appearing to the satisfaction of this Court that the residue of said estate, consisting of the property herein after particularly described, is now ready for distribution, and that said estate is now in a condition to be closed, That the whole of said estate is real property, situated and being in the County of Iron, in what is known as Iron City, in the plat of said Iron City survey, filed for record in the office of the County Recorder of Iron County, That the said Jane W. Hanks, died testate, in the City of Parowan, County of Iron, on the 27th day of March, 1896, leaving her surviving the following named heirs to-wit, Sarah Jane Caspar Hanks, age not known, Almira A. Hanks, McDugal, age 34 years, Jane A. Hanks, Sylvester 33 years, Ebenezer J. Hanks, age 32, Nancy l. Hanks, Gould, age 30 years, Ironna W. Hanks Davis, aged 27, Eva M. Hanks, Thompson aged 21, Neal W. Hanks, age 18, Charles C.R. Hanks, Mary Grace Shoemaker, Sarah Catherina Stoker, Amos Ebenezer Stevens, John Lincoln Ferris, and John Ferris, That since the rendition of the said final account, No Estate, has come in to the hands of the said Executor and the sum of Two Hundred and twelve, 35/100 dollars has been expended by said Executor, as necessary expences of administration, the vouchers whereof, together with a statement of such receipts and disbursements are now presented and filed, and the payments are approved by this Court; and that the estimated expenses of closing said estate will amount to the sum of That the said Surviving heirs as above mentioned are entitled to the residue of said estate, Now on this, the said 12th day of February 1897, on motion of Joseph T. Wilkinson Esq. counsel for said executor, It is Hereby Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed, That the residue of said estate of Jane W. Hanks, deceased, hereinafter particularly described and now remaining in the hands of said executor and any other property not now known or discovered which may belong to said estate, or in which the said estate may have any interest, be and the same is hereby distribut4ed as follows to-wit, To Sarah J. Caspar Hanks Burnell the undivided one tenth of said Estate. Almira A. Hanks McDougal, the undivided one tenth of Estate. Jane A. Hanks Sylvester, the undivided one tenth of Estate. Ebenezer J. Hanks, the undivided one tenth of Estate. Nancy L. Hanks Gould, the undivided one tenth of Estate. Irona W. Hanks Davis, the undivided one tenth of Estate. Eva M. Hanks Thompson, the undivided one tenth of Estate. Neal W. Hanks, the undivided one tenth of Estate. Charles C.R. Hanks, the undivided one tenth of Estate. To Mary Grace Shoemaker the undivided one fiftieth of Estate. To Sarah Catherine Stoker the undivided one fiftieth of Estate. Amos Ebenezer Stevens, the undivided one fiftieth of Estate. John Lincoln Ferris, the undivided one fiftieth of Estate. Jonathan Ferris, the undivided one fiftieth of Estate. The following is a particular description of the said residue of said estate referred to in this decree, wand of which distribution is ordered, adjudged, and decreed, as aforesaid to-wit, The Whole of Blocks Number 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32, Lots number, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and Eight, in Block number 2, And Lots number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, in block Six, And Lots number 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, in Block 12, And Lots number 1, 2, 5, 6, in block 14, And Lots number 3, 5, and 6, in block 20, And Lots number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, in block 26, And Lots number1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, in block 33. Iron City Town Survey, situated and being in the North West quarter of Section Eight, Township Thirty seven, South of Range 14, West of Salt Lake Meridian, Done in Open Court this 12th day of February 1897, E.V. Higgins Judge, Filed March 13th A.D 1897 at 10.30 A.M." [Kerry's note: I have on file a copy of the plat map for the above. It has the following description on the plat: Plot of Iron City in Iron County, Utah Territory completed June 29th 1880 by Edward Dalton County Surveyor. Located on the North West 1/4 of Section 8, Township 37 South of Range 14 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian. Blocks 24 rods square. Lots 6 by 12 rods. Streets 4 rods wide, except 3 streets that are 5 rods wide. Streets cross at right angles but vary from the cardinal points of the compass West 25 degrees north and north 25 degrees east scale 24 rods to the inch." The plat also shows 33 blocks with generally 8 lots to the block. The "Furnace" and "Foundry" are marked. In the 1930's all of this land was foreclosed in a tax sale for roughly $10 dollars or so owed on property taxes.] BIRTH: 1. Date per website for Utah State Historical Society Cemeteries Database; 8 Jan 2002. Notes: 47y 8m 11d (1890); this calculation would actually make his birth year 1889 but the obituary clearly states age 46 and date of 28 Aug 1890 which is what I use. 2. Variant birth locations are Leeds, Washington, UT and Bellevue (now Pintura); however, his obituary states Harrisburg. 3. Marriage temple record notes: John Lincoln Ferris, b. 28 Aug 1890 in Harrisburg, Washington, Utah. Endowment record states: John Lincoln Ferris, b. 28 Aug 1890, Bellevue, Washington, Utah, with parents John S. Ferris and Martha Fredinck [transcription error for Frederick]. MARRIAGE: 1. Wife previously married to James Heber Dean in Slake Temple 18 Sep 1913. It was believed Murtina was married to John Lincoln Ferris for "Time Only" in Salt Lake Temple; however, the online Ordinance Index does says the sealing took place on that date. DEATH: 1. Date per website for Utah State Historical Society Cemeteries Database; 8 Jan 2002. 2. Date and place per obituary cited below. BURIAL: 1. Place per website for Utah State Historical Society Cemeteries Database; 8 Jan 2002. Notes: John L. Ferris, d. 9 May 1937, age 47y 8m 11 d (1890), bur. Mountain View Cemetery in Beaver, Utah, B_67_4. OBITUARY: 1. "John L. Ferris, 60 [obvious mistake], resident of Beaver, died Sunday at 8:25 p.m. in a local hospital of pneumonia. He had been a carpenter for the Union Pacific railroad, and was a son of John and Martha Fredrick Ferris. Funeral arrangements await the arrival of his widow, Mrs. Tiney Ferris from Beaver." Salt Lake Tribune, Tues., 11 May 1937, p. 15. [It appears John may have been in Salt Lake City at the time of death even though a resident of Beaver.] 2. "John Lincoln Ferris. Beaver - Funeral services for John Lincoln Ferris, 46, prominent Beaver resident, who died Sunday in a Salt Lake City hospital of lobar pneumonia, will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in the Beaver L.D.S. West ward chapel by Bishop Wesley W. Farrer. Mr. Ferris was born on August 28, 1890, at Harrisburg, a son of the late John S. and Martha Fredericks Hanks Ferris. When he was 6 years of age his mother died, and he was adopted by the Lyman Johnson family of Junction, with whom he lived until 1912, when he went to the L.D.S. eastern states mission. He married Tina Powell Dean of Beaver in 1919 in the Salt Lake temple. He lived continuously in Beaver until 1923, when he left to work for the Union Pacific railroad as a carpenter. At the time he became ill, four days prior to his death, he was stationed at Toplif, near Provo. He served as a high councilman and high priest in Beaver L.D.S. stake and took an active part in church activities. Besides his widow, Mr. Ferris is survived by a son and daughter, Duane and Martha Ferris, Beaver; a stepdaughter and two stepsons, Mrs. Julia Campeau, Inglewood, Cal.; Wallace Dean, Logan; Warren Dean, Beaver; two sisters, Mrs. Sadie Hales, Ogden; Mrs. Grace Hutchingson, Glendale, Cal.; a brother, Elton Ferris, Burley, Idaho; one half-brother, Ebbie Stevens, Fallon, Nev." Salt Lake Tribune, Fri., 14 May 1937, p. 27. | Ferris, John Lincoln (I2518)
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| 4238 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 Jun 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Censuses: 1900 US: Toquerville Precinct, Washington, Utah; 25 June 1900, ED 174 p. 181 A, entry 50: John S. Ferris, boarder [with Gregersen family], b. Aug 1840, age 59, widower, b. at Ohio, fa. born VA, mo. b. PA, miner. No mention of children. 3. Per Ancestry.com, database "Piute": Parents are Jonathan Ferris and Charlotte Fullmer. 4. Deed information found in the Piute County Recorder's Office, 31 Mar 2005, in person, Junction, Utah: a. Piute County Book A "Index to Mortgages" by date of filing: 28 Oct 1897, Bk. 1, p. 69, marked cancelled, from John S. Ferris and others to F. D. Richards. 5. The book: "The Ebenezer Hanks Story": "Ferris seems to have been an odd man, irresponsible and careless about his children. Several volumes of his journal are lodged at the LDS Church Historical Dept., but all predate his marriage to Martha. He was present in Hanksville at the death of Ebenezer Hanks, several years before he became a son-in-law. He was interested in mining, geology, and astronomy. He had been active in mining during the Silver Reef days. It is said that he lost interest in Mormonism and started his own religion, but little is known of that. He practically abandoned his children, and his youngest son, Elton Richey, was adopted by another family and raised with another name." 6. The book "A History of Washington County, From Isolation to Destiny," by Douglas D. Alder and Karl F. Brooks, p. 113: "Once mining and silver became the preserve of Colonel Connor and his soldiers at Fort Douglas in the Salt Lake Valley, Brigham Young strongly advised the Latter-day Saints to avoid the mines. He did not want the faithful to take up residence in mining boom towns where the lifestyle was much different from the "Kingdom of God." He also saw in mining a boom-and-bust cycle that could easily draw people from agriculture, ruining farms that could not easily be reclaimed when the mines came to their inevitable bust. Silver Reef in Washington County was a case in point... Mormons claimed most of the land that later became Silver Reef, but they couldn't hold on to it. Once silver was assayed in ore from Silver Reef, the secret could not be contained. Miners in Pioche heard the rumor and bullied their way to the site. Others filed claims, including Mormons, but they were soon jump-filed or outsmarted by outsiders. Mormons John Ferris and Elijah Thomas, for example, found ore that seemed promising but lost control of the ore in the assaying process..." 7. The book "I Was Called to Dixie" by Andrew Karl Larson, 1961, pp. 317, 318; in speaking about the discovery of silver in sandstone, a geological phenomenon, and the resulting mining rush it created eventually leading to the boomtown of Silver Reef which in it's heyday of 1878-9 had a population of up to 1500: "It was William Tecumseh Barbee who really started the boom rolling, as the above account indicates. Barbee's coming to the Reef grew out of a discovery of ore by Elijah Thomas of Leeds and his partner John S. Ferris on the northwest side of the White Reef. The Leeds claim, as they called it after its location, produced some good ore samples." 8. From Susan Easton Black's book of Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of LDS: "John Solomon Ferris. Birth: 5 Aug 1840, Bellville, Richland, Ohio. John Solomon Ferris was expelled from the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 6 June 1872 by Charles Brindley. Source: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1852-1871, Book A, p. 831 and 1872-1905, Book B, p. 10." 9. Court case awarding custody of Sarah Catherine Stoker from her step father to her natural father in "Piute District Court, Minute Book A (3 Feb 1896 - 1 Dec 1922," p. 25, Tuesday, Oct 20th 1896 per FHL film 497779. At this time, Michael had been divorced from Martha Catherine Frederick for about ten years and she had been married to Ferris for about seven years and had recently died; Sarah was 12. 1900 US Census confirms that Sarah was living with Michael Stoker after this case. Transcription: "Michael Stoker vs. John S. Ferris. On this day came John S. Ferris bringing before the Court the body of Sarah Catharine Stoker, in pursuance of a Writ of Habeas Corpus heretofore issued herein; and not then being represented in said case by and of any counsel and stating to the court that he was unable to employ an attorney to defend him in said case; it was therefore ordered that Gilbert R. [Beebe?], Esq. be and is hereby duly appointed by the court to represent defendant in this action; Samuel L. Page, Esq. appearing as attorney for the plaintiff herein. And the Court after hearing the arguments of counsel for the respective parties and being fully advised in the premise ordered that the custoday[sic] of the Child, Sarah Catherine Stoker be and the same is hereby awarded to the plaintiff herein and that decree and finding be filed accordingly." W.M. McCarty, Judge. 10. The LDS Historical Department has John's journals from 1880 to 1882 under MS 1435. BIRTH: 1. Date per website for Utah State Historical Society Cemeteries Database; 8 Jan 2002. Notes: 90y 11m 21 d (1840): 5 Aug 1931. 2. Birth per obituary is 5 Aug 1840 in Marion Co., Ohio. Variant location shown on Ancestral File without documentation is Clearlock, Richland, Ohio. RLDS records cited below give Bellville, Richland, Ohio. MARRIAGE: 1. Per Ancestry.com, database "Piute": first wife is Nancy Adelaid Solida; per database ":a12699" may have also had a third wife: Mary Jane Smith Hodges. 2. Marriage to Martha Catherine Frederick per: A. Marriage license copy with Kerry Petersen. Marriage certificate states marriage was in Bloomington, Wash., UT. B. Per website DEATH: 1. Date and place of 27 Jul 1931 at Beaver per obituary cited below. 2. Date per website for Utah State Historical Society Cemeteries Database as 26 Jul 1931 which is variant from obituary. I use obituary date. BURIAL: 1. Date and place per obituary cited below is 29 Jul 1931 at Mountain View Cemetery. Paper was printed on same date and states "funeral services were held Wed. at 2 p.m." It seems unusual that the funeral is talked as already having happened on the same date as the paper was printed. Funeral date may be wrong and the date on Ancestral File of 28 Jul 1931 may be more accurate. 2. Place per website for Utah State Historical Society Cemeteries Database; 8 Jan 2002. Notes: "B_67_5". OBITUARY: 1. "Civil War Veteran Dies; Was Lincoln Supporter. Beaver. July 29 - John Solomon Ferris, who voted for Abraham Lincoln at his first election, and who served in the Civil war as a private in Capt. T.O. Norris' company, Iowa Home Guards, and as picket guard in charge of the post at Edina, Mo., in 1861, died at his home here Monday, of a stroke suffered July 23. He was born Aug. 5, 1840, at Marion county, Ohio. He spent much of his time prospecting for mines in Utah and the west. He discovered and helped to develop the Silver Reef mine in Southern Utah. Also, he has been an ardent student of geology and astronomy. He is survived by the following children: James Ferris, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Elton Richie Ferris, Rupert, Idaho; John L. Ferris, Beaver; Lucy, a daughter, at Sacramento, Calif.; Pitney Ferris, who enlisted in the world war from Montana, and who has not been heard from since; step-Children: Mrs. C. H. Hales, Ogden; Mrs. Grace Bishop, Los Angeles, Calif.; Ebbie Stevens, Fallon, Nev.; one sister, Mrs. Marlo S. Browning Stroud, Okla. Funeral Services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the East ward chapel, with interment in the Mountain View Cemetery." Deseret News, Wed., July 29, 1931, p.6. SOURCES_MISC: 1. The book: "The Ebenezer Hanks Story," author Kerry William Bate; 1982; Address: Kerry Bate, 543 East 600 South, SLC, UT, 84 102. ACTION: 1. Look up journal and verify quantity and names of wives and also birth location and death date. | Ferris, John Solomon (I11)
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| 4239 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 Jun 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. LDS Ancestral File reports: Margie Bodil Thueson, b. 22 Aug 1898 at Monroe, Sevier, Utah, d. 18 Sep 1980 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, bur. 23 Sep 1980 at Ashton, Fremont, Idaho. Parents are Niels Oscar Thueson and Lydia Adeline Webb. Marriage 2 Oct 1919 in Salt Lake City. 3. Censuses: 1900 US: Monroe, Sevier, Utah, p. 34A: Niels O. Thueson, Jan 1871, 29, m. 3 years UT UT UT, farmer. Lydia, wife, Dec 1877, 22, m. 3 years, 2 children both living, UT UT UT. Marjorie B., dau., Aug 1898, 1, UT UT UT. Ivan O., son, Feb 1900, 3/12, UT UT UT. 1920 US: Monroe, Sevier, Utah, p. 191, 19 Jan 1920, families 168 and 169: Family 168: Robert A. Richey, 51, UT MS Arkansas, farmer. Adiline, wife, 62, UT NY TN. Family 169: Elton Richey, 23, UT UT UT, farmer. Bodial M., wife, 21, UT UT UT. 1930 US: North Salem, Fremont, Idaho, p. 54, 9 Apr 1930, family 29: Elton Richey, 32 m. at age 22, UT UT UT, farmer. Bodiel, wife, 30, m. at age 20, UT UT UT. Darrell E., son, 9, UT UT UT. Robert G., son, 7, UT UT UT. Fae, dau., 5, UT UT UT. Reid J., son, 1-4/12, ID UT UT. Robert A., father, 72, widower, UT MS Arkansas. BIOGRAPHY: 1. According to the Hanks book, she had been an active member of the McKinley ward, filled a stake mission in Yellowstone Stake, and had been a graduate of Ricks Academy in Idaho. BIRTH: 1. Per Social Security Death Index. DEATH: 1. Social Security Death Index: Margie Richey, SSN 519-24-0330 issued in Idaho before 1951, b. 22 Aug 1898, died Sep 1980; residence: 84115, Salt Lake City, UT; last benefit: 83420 Ashton, Fremont, ID. SOURCES_MISC: 1. The book: "The Ebenezer Hanks Story," author Kerry William Bate; 1982; Address: Kerry Bate, 543 East 600 South, SLC, UT, 84 102. | Thueson, Margie Bodil (I1079)
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| 4240 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 Jun 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Mentioned in his father's obituary of 29 Jul 1931: "He is survived by the following children: James Ferris, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Elton Richie Ferris, Rupert, Idaho; John L. Ferris, Beaver; Lucy, a daughter, at Sacramento, Calif.; Pitney Ferris, who enlisted in the world war from Montana, and who has not been heard from since; step-Children: Mrs. C. H. Hales, Ogden; Mrs. Grace Bishop, Los Angeles, Calif.; Ebbie Stevens, Fallon, Nev.; one sister, Mrs. Marlo S. Browning Stroud, Okla." 3. Per brother John Lincoln Ferris' obituary of 14 May 1937: "Besides his widow, Mr. Ferris is survived by a son and daughter, Duane and Martha Ferris, Beaver; a stepdaughter and two stepsons, Mrs. Julia Campeau, Inglewood, Cal.; Wallace Dean, Logan; Warren Dean, Beaver; two sisters, Mrs. Sadie Hales, Ogden; Mrs. Grace Hutchingson, Glendale, Cal.; a brother, Elton Ferris, Burley, Idaho; one half-brother, Ebbie Stevens, Fallon, Nev." 4. Adoptive parents: Robert Alma Richey, b. 8 Oct 1858 at Washington, Washington, Utah, d. 28 Jul 1932 at Sugar City, Madison, Idaho and bur. Aug 1932 at Monroe, Sevier, Utah. 5. Censuses: 1900 US: Circleville, Piute, Utah, 14 Jun 1900, p. 1 of 11, family 27: Robert A. Richey, Oct 1858, 44, m. 21 years, UT GA MS, farmer. Adeline, wife, Dec 1857, m. 21 years, UT NY MS. Jonathan L. Ferris, adopted son, May 1896, 4, UT IL UT. 1920 US: Monroe, Sevier, Utah, p. 191, 19 Jan 1920, families 168 and 169: Family 168: Robert A. Richey, 51, UT MS Arkansas, farmer. Adiline, wife, 62, UT NY TN. Family 169: Elton Richey, 23, UT UT UT, farmer. Bodial M., wife, 21, UT UT UT. 1930 US: North Salem, Fremont, Idaho, p. 54, 9 Apr 1930, family 29: Elton Richey, 32 m. at age 22, UT UT UT, farmer. Bodiel, wife, 30, m. at age 20, UT UT UT. Darrell E., son, 9, UT UT UT. Robert G., son, 7, UT UT UT. Fae, dau., 5, UT UT UT. Reid J., son, 1-4/12, ID UT UT. Robert A., father, 72, widower, UT MS Arkansas. BIOGRAPHY: 1. Mother died three months after birth and father was neglectful of his children. He was called "Jonathan Ferris" in the will of Jane Hanks, but family tradition says his name was "LeGrand" before adoption by the Richey family. He was adopted in infancy by Robert Alma Richey and Adeline Webb Richey, and his name was changed to Elton. Ardis Parshall, rootsweb coordinator for Piute County Utah lists his name as Jonathan Lester Ferris on 6 Jun 2002 Ancestry.com database "piute." Craig R. Nichols 2. Was a farmer and worked at other jobs. 3. "The Record of James Richey," written by James Richey on December 9, 1855 including a few extracts from his journal with memories by his son, James Moroni Richey, edited and compiled by Susan Sherwood Arnett, 928 E. La Vieve Lane, Tempe, AZ, 85284, 602-839-2882, fax 839-2740, email: warnett@amug.org 4. Iron County, Utah, Probate Record Book #2, pp. 129-131: "In the Fifth Judicial Court of the State of Utah, County of Iron, Decree of Distribution of Estate. In the matter of the Estate of Jane W. Hanks, Deceased John T. Mitchell, Executor of the Estate of Jane W. Hanks, deceased, having on the 13 day of January 1897, filed in this Court his petition, setting forth, among other matters, that his accounts have been finally settled, and said estate is in a condition to be closed, and that a portion of said estate remains to be divided among the heirs of said deceased, and said matter coming on regularly to be heard, the 12th day of February 1897, Now on this 12th day of February 1897, at 10 O'clock A.M. the said executor appearing by his counsel, Jos. T. Wilkinson, this Court proceeded to the hearing of said petition, and it appearing to the satisfaction of this Court that the residue of said estate, consisting of the property herein after particularly described, is now ready for distribution, and that said estate is now in a condition to be closed, That the whole of said estate is real property, situated and being in the County of Iron, in what is known as Iron City, in the plat of said Iron City survey, filed for record in the office of the County Recorder of Iron County, That the said Jane W. Hanks, died testate, in the City of Parowan, County of Iron, on the 27th day of March, 1896, leaving her surviving the following named heirs to-wit, Sarah Jane Caspar Hanks, age not known, Almira A. Hanks, McDugal, age 34 years, Jane A. Hanks, Sylvester 33 years, Ebenezer J. Hanks, age 32, Nancy l. Hanks, Gould, age 30 years, Ironna W. Hanks Davis, aged 27, Eva M. Hanks, Thompson aged 21, Neal W. Hanks, age 18, Charles C.R. Hanks, Mary Grace Shoemaker, Sarah Catherina Stoker, Amos Ebenezer Stevens, John Lincoln Ferris, and John Ferris, That since the rendition of the said final account, No Estate, has come in to the hands of the said Executor and the sum of Two Hundred and twelve, 35/100 dollars has been expended by said Executor, as necessary expences of administration, the vouchers whereof, together with a statement of such receipts and disbursements are now presented and filed, and the payments are approved by this Court; and that the estimated expenses of closing said estate will amount to the sum of That the said Surviving heirs as above mentioned are entitled to the residue of said estate, Now on this, the said 12th day of February 1897, on motion of Joseph T. Wilkinson Esq. counsel for said executor, It is Hereby Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed, That the residue of said estate of Jane W. Hanks, deceased, hereinafter particularly described and now remaining in the hands of said executor and any other property not now known or discovered which may belong to said estate, or in which the said estate may have any interest, be and the same is hereby distribut4ed as follows to-wit, To Sarah J. Caspar Hanks Burnell the undivided one tenth of said Estate. Almira A. Hanks McDougal, the undivided one tenth of Estate. Jane A. Hanks Sylvester, the undivided one tenth of Estate. Ebenezer J. Hanks, the undivided one tenth of Estate. Nancy L. Hanks Gould, the undivided one tenth of Estate. Irona W. Hanks Davis, the undivided one tenth of Estate. Eva M. Hanks Thompson, the undivided one tenth of Estate. Neal W. Hanks, the undivided one tenth of Estate. Charles C.R. Hanks, the undivided one tenth of Estate. To Mary Grace Shoemaker the undivided one fiftieth of Estate. To Sarah Catherine Stoker the undivided one fiftieth of Estate. Amos Ebenezer Stevens, the undivided one fiftieth of Estate. John Lincoln Ferris, the undivided one fiftieth of Estate. Jonathan Ferris, the undivided one fiftieth of Estate. The following is a particular description of the said residue of said estate referred to in this decree, wand of which distribution is ordered, adjudged, and decreed, as aforesaid to-wit, The Whole of Blocks Number 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32, Lots number, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and Eight, in Block number 2, And Lots number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, in block Six, And Lots number 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, in Block 12, And Lots number 1, 2, 5, 6, in block 14, And Lots number 3, 5, and 6, in block 20, And Lots number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, in block 26, And Lots number1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, in block 33. Iron City Town Survey, situated and being in the North west quarter of Section Eight, Township Thirty seven, South of Range 14, West of Salt Lake Meridian, Done in Open Court this 12th day of February 1897, E.V. Higgins Judge, Filed March 13th A.D 1897 at 10.30 A.M." [Kerry's note: I have on file a copy of the plat map for the above. It has the following description on the plat: Plot of Iron City in Iron County, Utah Territory completed June 29th 1880 by Edward Dalton County Surveyor. Located on the North West 1/4 of Section 8, Township 37 South of Range 14 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian. Blocks 24 rods square. Lots 6 by 12 rods. Streets 4 rods wide, except 3 streets that are 5 rods wide. Streets cross at right angles but vary from the cardinal points of the compass West 25 degrees north and north 25 degrees east scale 24 rods to the inch." The plat also shows 33 blocks with generally 8 lots to the block. The "Furnace" and "Foundry" are marked. In the 1930's all of this land was foreclosed in a tax sale for roughly $10 dollars or so owed on property taxes.] BIRTH: 1. Per Social Security Death Index. DEATH: 1. Social Security Death Index: Elton Richey, 519-42-9315 issued in Idaho 1955, b. 8 Mar 1896, died 22 Feb 1991. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per Ancestral File 4.19. 2. The book: "The Ebenezer Hanks Story," author Kerry William Bate; 1982; Address: Kerry Bate, 543 East 600 South, SLC, UT, 84 102. ACTION: 1. April 13, 2003 email from Ardis Parshall, Piute County genealogy web coordinator | Richey, Elton (I2520)
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| 4241 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 Jun 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. Most entries showed middle name of Young. 2. Censuses: 1850 US: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 97b, household 532: George Grabill, 29, farmer, OH. Mary, 27, OH. Hannah, 8, IL. Brigham, 7, IL. George, 4, IA. Polly, 1, IA. 1856 Iowa: (From Ancestry.com) Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 10 of 63, 59/60: George W. Graybill, 35, 9 years in Iowa, OH, farmer. Mary, 32, 9, IN. Hannah, 13, 9, IL. Brigham, 11, 9, IL. Geo., 9, IA. Polly, 7, IA. John, 5, IA. Isaiah, 3, IA. Massey, 1, IA. Mary C., 0, IA. [Same person as Sarah A.] 1860 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 362, dwelling 469, family 412, living next door to Simeon P. Graybill: George W. Graybill, 38, farmer, $1650 real estate, $400 personal property, OH. Hannah, 17, housekeeper, IL. Brigham, 16, farmhand, MO. George, 13, IA. Polly, 10, IA. John, 9, IA. Wm. P., 7, IA. Massie J., 5, IA. Catharine, 2, IA. Lydia J., 4/12, IA. 1870 US: Crescent City, Crescent Twp., Pottawattamie, IA, p. 153b, entry 187, next door neighbors include: William and Almeda Graybill Holman, Wayne and sister Polly Graybill Downs, and younger brother Geor. "Grabill": Brigham Grabill, 22, farmer, $1000 real estate, IA. 1880 US: Norwalk Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, NA T9-0361, FHL 1254361, p. 53C [note: I believe Brigham is disguising his name as William; there are no Brighams in the 1880 census, but this William is living in Norwalk where Brigham shows up in 1900 married to the only Theresa Graybill in all of Iowa and the ages and birthplaces are correct; Brigham may not have liked his name since he was among RLDS and not part of the Utah LDS Church]: William Graybill, marr. 36, IL OH IN, farmer. Theresa, wife, 37, NY NY NY, keeping house. Henry Russell, s, 35, Holstein, Holstein, Holstein, farmer. Snau Calsow, s, 26, Swe Swe Swe, farmer. 1895 Iowa: Hanwalk [Norwalk], Pottawattamie, IA: Brigham Joung Graybill, 50, IA. Theresa, 51, NY. Grace, 11, Potta. Co. IA. 1900 US: Norwalk Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 249A: Brigham Graybill, b. May 1844, 56, m. 28 years, IL OH IN, farmer. Theresa, wife, b. Aug. 1842, m. 28 years, 3 total children - 2 living, NY NY FrenchCan. Anna, niece, b. Oct 1875, 24, S, IA IA UT, housekeeper. William, brother, b. Dec 1855, 44, widower, IA OH IN, carpenter. 1910 US: Underwood Town, Norwalk Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 139a, entry 48 [3 houses away from sister Julia Hegarty and next door to Henry Fisher]: Samuel F. Graybill, 44, single, IA OH IN, meatcutter. Zenos Graybill, 42, single, IA OH IN, farmer. Brigham Y. Graybill, 65, m. twice, married 7 years in last marriage, IL OH IN, farmer. 1920 US: Website iagenweb.org/pottawattamie/census-1920-poorfarm.htm: "County Poor Farm Census 1920, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, Hardin Township, North of White Pole Road, Enumerated 8 Jan 1920"; Census p. 81a, County Home: B.Y. Graybill, inmate, 75, born US. 1930 US: Website iagenweb.org/pottawattamie/census-1920-poorfarm.htm: "County Poor Farm Census 1930, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, Hardin Township, North of White Pole Road, Enumerated 25 Apr 1930"; Census p. 81a, County Home: B.Y. Graybill, inmate, wd., 85, Ire Ire Ire. 3. Susan Easton Black, compiler, "Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints," (Religious Studies Center, BYU, 1993, copy in Family History Library in Salt Lake City): "Graybill, Brigham; Birth: 10 May 1844, Hancock County, Illinois. Brigham Graybill was bapt. and conf. a member of the [RLDS] on 15 Jul 1860 by E.C. Briggs. Sources: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1852-71, book A, p. 302." 4. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 72-75: "Brigham Young Graybill, b. 10 May 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL; d. Apr 1931; md. (1) to Anna Toshe; md. (2) to Theresa ___; (3) to Eliza Sumpter. Theresa was b. 11 Aug 1842, IN. d. 6 Mar 1900. Brigham plotted and named the town of Underwood, IA and convinced the railroad company to build a station there." BIRTH: 1. Black's RLDS membership data quoted above which burial record confirms for year as well. Censuses also support a non-1840 birthdate. 2. Undocumented variance of 10 May 1840 in the book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91. MARRIAGE: 1. Worldconnect and Family Search various databases report possible three unverified marriages arranged by me as follows; the first two seem credible to me but the third looks unlikely until proven otherwise: Theresa Hamilton, b. 11 Aug 1842 at NY, d. 6 Mar 1900. M. 3 Oct 1871 in Potta. Co, IA. Censuses seem to confirm this. Marriage confirmed but date varies per FHL book 977.771 Potta. Co., IA Marriage Indexes 1869-1874": "Brigham Graybill and Theresa Hamilton 2 Mar 1872." Application was made 1 Dec 1871 per FHL book 977.771 V2p "Potta. Co. Marriages, Book A-B." James Hook in his book referenced below uses the same dates for Theresa ___. Eliza East or Sumpter, marriage 25 Jul 1903 at Underwood, Potta., IA with Eliza East. Eliza b. Jun 1849 at Lawrence Co., IN to parents Hugh East and Rosa Hodges. 1910 census does show a second 7 year marriage. Marriage confirmed by FHL book 977.771 V22p "Index to the Nov. 1902 - Dec 1905 Marriage Records, Pottawattamie County, Iowa": "B.Y. Graybill and Eliza Sumpter 25 Jul 1903." Anna Tohse; Pitt book reports last name as Toshe and as the first marriage to Brigham - however, the author lacks all the dates and documentation that I use and should not be considered accurate on this point. BURIAL: 1. Per copy "Cemetery Book, Vol. II, Book 2" of the "1980 Botna Valley East Pottawattamie County Iowa Genealogical Society" booklet provided by the Council Bluffs Library of Pottawattamie Co., Iowa which lists burials of the H.G. Fisher Cemetery which is located on the west edge of the town of Underwood, Norwalk Township, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. In this cemetery are several related Graybills as follows: Row 2 in the following sequential stone order: Sexton, Nellie Fern 1910-1973 (Sexton), Fannie 1872-1937 Mother (Sexton), John 1857-1934 Father [probably son of James and Hannah (Smith) Sexton - Hannah later marries Geo. W. Graybill and is also buried here] Row 5 in the following sequential stone order: Graybill, Hazel E. 15 Oct 1892-4 Sept 1893 dau/o J. & A.E. Graybill "We love her" Graybill, Guy Everett 2 Aug 1883-17 Nov 1954 AmLeg-mm Wisconsin 1st Lt 39 Infantry WWI [son of John and Annes Graybill] Graybill, Glen E. 1899-1935 [son of John and Annes Graybill] (Graybill), Mother [probably refers to next stone] Graybill, John 12 May 1851-10 May 1919; Annes Ervin 12 May 1858-3 Oct 1927 his wife [son of George W. Graybill] (Graybill), Father [probably refers to previous stone] Graybill, Maude E. 1881-1952 [dau. of John and Annes Grabill] Fay, Pearl Graybill 1889-1977 [dau. of John and Annes Grabill] Wilson, Florence Graybill 1894-1974 [dau. of John and Annes Grabill] Wilson, William J. 22 Nov 1890-25 Aug 1964 Nebr. Pvt. 3 Bn 55 Engineers WWI [husband of Florence] Row 9 in the following sequential stone order: Graybill, Alice 1904 [daughter of George H. and Flora A. Graybill] (Graybill), Mother [probably refers to B.Y. Graybill stone] Graybill, Family Stone Graybill, B.Y. 1844-1931 and Theresa S. 11 Aug 1842 - 8 Mar 1900 [son of George W. Graybill] (Graybill), Father [probably refers to previous stone] Graybill, William I. 1854-1941 [son of George W. Graybill] Graybill, Zenas 1868-19__ [son of George W. Graybill] Graybill, Samuel F. 1865-1939 [son of George W. Graybill] Hegarty, Eva F. 29 Sept 1901-23 May 1919 [dau. of Patrick Hegarty and Julia Ann Graybill] (Graybill?), Mother [probably refers to next stone] Graybill, George W. 26 June 1821-5 Mar 1900; Hannah 27 Dec 1826-6 Nov 1903 Wife (Graybill?) Father [probably refers to previous stone] Row 10 in the following sequential order: Hegarty, Patrick 1863-1944 [Husband to Julia Ann Graybill] Hegarty, Julia A. 1863-1938 [Julia Ann Graybill, dau. of George W. Graybill with Patrick as husband] Graybill, Flora A. 1863-1933 Mother; George H. 1846-1912 Father [son of George W. Graybill] Row 11 in the following sequential stone order: Fisher Family Stone Aney, Allie Fisher 1886-1972 Daughter Fisher, Hannah 1842-1907 Mother [Hannah Grabill] Fisher, Henry 1836-1926 SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 98. | Graybill, Brigham Young (I676)
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| 4242 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 June 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Censuses: 1870 US: Unionburg P.O., Union Twp., Harrison, Iowa, p. 118b, dwelling 14: S.R. Graybill, 34, farmer, $1800, $1800, OH. Jane, 24, keeping house, IL. Polly E., 4, IA. Catherine, 2, IA. Joshua Tucker, 16, farm laborer, MO. 1880 US: Washington, Harrison, Iowa; NA film T9-0343, p. 123C: S.K. Graybill, self, farmer, 44, OH NC NC. Jane Graybill, wife, 33, IL IL IL. M. Graybill, brother, single, boarder, 52, OH NC NC. Elizabeth Graybill, Invalid, sister, 46, OH NC NC. Poly E. Graybill, dau., 15, IA NC IL. Catharine A., dau., 12, IA NC IL. Abagil, dau., 10, IA NC IL. George L. Graybill, son, 3, IA NC IL. 1885 Iowa: Washington, Harrison, Iowa, p. 17 of 36, 108/110: Sidney R. Graybill, 48, OH, farmer. Jane, 41, IL. Polly E., 18, Pottawattamie. Ireene E., 16, Pottawattamie. Abigail, 14, Harrison. Geo. L., 7, Harrison. Michael R., 4, Harrison. Michael S. Graybill, 57, OH. Elizabeth Grabill, 49, OH. William Willis, 14, laborer, Pottawattamie. 3. Possible reference to this same Jane Davis may be per FHL film 934962 "History of Pottawattamie Co., Iowa," by Field and Reed, 1907, pp. 228, 229: "Norwalk township was organized June 6, 1873... The first settlers were Mormons, but finally they all went on with the last detachment to Utah... The principal early settlers were Joseph Holman, Ezekiel Downs, Asa Downs, William Cox, William Hendrix, Johnson Lane and William Yocum. They all arrived and settled from 1845 to 1850... In the winter 1863-4 the first school was taught in Norwalk township. It was in a log cabin built by the farmers. The first teacher was Miss Jane Davis. From this little beginning the schools grew, until in 1881 there were six subdistricts..." 4. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 16-24: "Sidney Rigdon Graybill, b. 6 Apr 1836, Bloomfield Twp., Jackson Co., OH; md to Jane Davis. She was b. abt 1840. Their children were Emily Jane and Jesse (both died in Childhood)." BIRTH: 1. Derived from censuses. MARRIAGE: 1. Per FHL book 977.771 V2p" Pottawattamie Co., IA Early Marriages 1848-1869" and Internet site www.genexchange.org for Pottawattamie IAGenExchange marriage records: "S.R. Graybill, Jane Davis, 2 Oct 1864." SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per Ancestral File 4.19 (28 May 2001). | Davis, Jane (I268)
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| 4243 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 May 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect and LDS Ancestral File Oct 2003. 2. Censuses: 1850 US: Cannot find even though Levi in his biography says he was in Iowa by 1846. Did a page by page search of Decatur and Pottawattamie Counties which in 1850 appear to be larger than they are now. They possibly could have lived away from the others in an area that may not have received a census taker. 1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household and their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Census return: Grabill: Levi [can't read age - 33?], Patience 25, Abigail 9, Selathiel 4, Patience 2, Levi infant. [Note that the following related families are in this census and very close neighbors: Simeon P. Graybill, Michael/Polly Graybill with Polly's mother Catherine Eller Stoker, Eller/Margaret Stoker, Jacob/Catherine Stoker, Philip/Catherine Gatrost, David/Barbara Stoker, Edward/Sarah Davis, and William/Almira Stoker. Other relatives in same county but separated by several pages of census include the following families: Thomas/Hannah Pilling whose daughter Hannah, later marries William Lenore Graybill, Levi/Patience Graybill, John W./Sarah Stoker, Hannah Ford whose son Martin later marries Zibiah M. Stoker, and John/Sarah Smith.] 1856 Iowa: (From Ancestry.com) Macedonia, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 2 of 4: Levi Grabill, 38, 10 years in Iowa, OH, farmer. Patience, 31, 10, IN. Abbigail, 14, 10, IL. Selatha, 9, 9, IL. Patience, 7, 7, IL. Levi, 5, 5, IL. John, 3, 3, IL. Michael, 1, 1, IL. 1860 US: Macedonia P.O., Grove Twp., Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 416, entry 847, 14 Jul: Levi Graybill, 42, farmer, Ireland. Patience, 36, IN. Abigail, 18, IL. Salathiel, 13, IA. Patience, 11, IA. Levi, 8, IA. John, 6, IA. Joseph B., 3, IA. George W., 5/12, IA. 1870 US: Wheeler's Grove P.O., Grove Twp., Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 160a, dwelling 28 [note a couple of households away is father Levi, uncle Stephen Smith, and Sarah Winegar Smith]: S. Graybill, farmer, 33, IA. Nancy, 34, housekeeping, IN. Ida, 12, IA. James, 10, IA. 1880 US: Center, Pottawattamie, Iowa; NA film T9-0361, p. 149D: Salathiel Graybill, farmer, self, 34, IA OH IN. Nancy, wife, 34, IN NY OH. Ida, dau., 12, IA IA IN. James, son, 10, IA IA IN. Lilly, dau., 8, IA IA IN. Mary, dau., 6, IA IA IN. Arther, son, 3, IA IA IN. 1885 Iowa: Township 85, Range 41, Section 32 SW, Soldier, Crawford, IA, p. 421: Salalathiel Graybill, 38, Married, b. Pottawattamie Co. Nancy, 38, IN. Ida, 17, b. Pottawattamie Co. James, 15, b. Pottawattamie Co. Llilla, 12, b. Pottawattamie Co. Mary, 10, b. Pottawattamie Co. Josephine, 8, b. Pottawattamie Co. Bertha, 2, b. Pottawattamie Co. 1900 US: Cass Township, Shelby, Iowa, p. 3A: Salathiel Graybill, Nov 1846, 53, m. 33 years, IA PA IN. Nancy L., wife, Apr 1846, 54, m. 33 years, 7 children all living, IN NY OH. Lillie E. Collier, dau., Mar 1872, 28, m. 7 years, 2 children with one living, IA IA IN. Frank A. Collier, grandson, Jan 1894, 6, IA IL IA. Ida L. Graybill, dau., Jan 1868, 32, S, IA IA IN, school teacher. Bertha M., dau., Dec 1882, 17, S, IA IA IN, school teacher. Nannie M., dau., Jul 1882, 7, IA IA IN. 1905 online index to Harrison County, IA, move out directories per website www.rootsweb.com/~iaharris/directories/index.htm: Salathiel Graybill moved to Portsmouth, IA. 1910 US: Cass, Shelby, Iowa, p. 4 of 20, 6 May 1910, 45/45: Salathia Grabill, 63, md. 43 yrs., IA OH IN, retired farmer. Nancy L., wife, 64, md. 43 yrs., 4 total children with 2 living, In NY OH. Nancy, dau., 17, single, IA IA IN, public school teacher. 3. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 55-60, note that this book has a very detailed downline of this family: "Salathiel Graybill, b. 26 Nov 1846, IA; d. 21 Apr 1917; bur. in the Mormon Trail Cemetery, Macedonia, IA; md. 5 Jan 1867 to Nancy L. Denton. She was b. 20 Apr 1846; d. 25 Mar 1921; bur. at Wheeler's Grove, near Macedonia, IA. She was the d/o Isaac Denton and Marietta Moore. In 1870, Salathiel and Nancy lived in Grove Twp., Pottawattamie Co., IA. Their children were Ida Loretta, James Salathiel, Lillie E., Edith M., Joseph Arthur, Bertha Mabel and Nannie 'Nina' Myrtle." 4. Internet site http://iagenweb.org/harrison/1902/1902g.htm accessed 13 Dec 2008 shows landowners of Harrison County in 1902: "Graybill Salathiel, Township Cass, T79 S13 R41, Acres 120.00, House, Spring Creek, page 33. Graybill Salathiel Cass 79 24 41 80.00 Spring Creek 33." 5. Website http://iagenweb.org/harrison/directories/1905_Former_Residents.htm#gindx accessed 13 Dec 2008: "Present Address of Former Harrison County People From the 1905 Harrison County, Iowa Directory": "Graybill, Salathiel: Portsmouth, IA." BIRTH: 1. Per tombstone cited below. 2. Per death record cited below. MARRIAGE: 1. Per FHL book 977.771 V2p" Pottawattamie Co., IA Early Marriages 1848-1869" and Internet site www.genexchange.org for Pottawattamie IAGenExchange marriage records: "Salathiel Graybill, Nancy L. Denton, 5 Jan 1867." DEATH: 1. FHL film 1477205 "Pottawattamie Death Records, 1898-," register entry #526: "Slaythiel Graybill, died at Edmundsen Hospital in Council Bluffs of Kane Twp., born 26 Nov 1846 at unknown place, married, 70 years old, father is L. Graybill born in Ohio, mother unknown, retired, death reported by wife, died Apr. 24, 1917, of senile pneumonia, physician was V.L. Treynor, buried at Macedonia, Iowa, undertaker was Cutler and Sons." BURIAL: 1. Picture of tombstone on website for "Mormon Cemetery" located in Grove Township of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, four miles east of Macedonia on County Road G66/Pioneer Trail.: 2. Copy of complete printed cemetery listing from FHL book 977.771 V3e, vol. 1, Bk. 3-5 in hard file 90 with John Peter Graybill. Information for the cemetery from the 11 Nov 2002 website SOURCES_MISC: 1. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91. 2. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 149. | Graybill, Salathiel (I621)
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| 4244 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 May 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect and LDS Ancestral File Oct 2003. 2. Censuses: 1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household and their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Census return: Grabill: Levi [can't read age - 33?], Patience 25, Abigail 9, Selathiel 4, Patience 2, Levi infant. [Note that the following related families are in this census and very close neighbors: Simeon P. Graybill, Michael/Polly Graybill with Polly's mother Catherine Eller Stoker, Eller/Margaret Stoker, Jacob/Catherine Stoker, Philip/Catherine Gatrost, David/Barbara Stoker, Edward/Sarah Davis, and William/Almira Stoker. Other relatives in same county but separated by several pages of census include the following families: Thomas/Hannah Pilling whose daughter Hannah, later marries William Lenore Graybill, Levi/Patience Graybill, John W./Sarah Stoker, Hannah Ford whose son Martin later marries Zibiah M. Stoker, and John/Sarah Smith.] 1856 Iowa: (From Ancestry.com) Macedonia, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 2 of 4: Levi Grabill, 38, 10 years in Iowa, OH, farmer. Patience, 31, 10, IN. Abbigail, 14, 10, IL. Selatha, 9, 9, IL. Patience, 7, 7, IL. Levi, 5, 5, IL. John, 3, 3, IL. Michael, 1, 1, IL. 1860 US: Macedonia P.O., Grove Twp., Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 416, entry 847, 14 Jul: Levi Graybill, 42, farmer, Ireland. Patience, 36, IN. Abigail, 18, IL. Salathiel, 13, IA. Patience, 11, IA. Levi, 8, IA. John, 6, IA. Joseph B., 3, IA. George W., 5/12, IA. 1870 US: Wheeler's Grove P.O., Grove Twp., Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 160a, dwelling 34: Levi Graybill, 52, farming, $3000, $1000, OH. Patience, 44, housekeeping, IN. Palmer, 21, farmer, IA. Levi, 19, IA. John, 17, IA. Joseph, 12, IA. George, 10, IA. Mary, 7, IA. Martha, 6, IA. Wm., 2, IA. Lucinda Prichet, 7, IA. 3. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 55-60: "Levi Graybill, b. 16 Aug 1851, Pottawattamie Co., IA; d. 1 May 1879; bur. Council Bluffs, Potta. Co., IA." MARRIAGE: 1. Unsure if he was married or not before he died young. Pitt book quoted above does not mention a marriage. BURIAL: 1. The following name is found on a new memorial stone with 33 other related family members at Graybill/Stoker Cemetery: "Levi Graybill 1851-1879." It is 3 miles east of Council Bluffs, Iowa in Garner Township on old Highway 6 (also known as McPherson Highway - not to be confused with the new Highway 6), then a right (south) on State Orchard Road for 9/10ths of a mile, then left (east) on Cedar Lane to the first driveway on the left (north). The address is 21090 Cedar Lane and the cemetery is in their backyard. Get permission from the homeowner first. These directions were corrected from previous directions after my visit May 8, 2007. 2. Conflict in that his burial is also noted at Mormon Cemetery in Grove Township. Picture of tombstone on website for "Mormon Cemetery" located in Grove Township of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, four miles east of Macedonia on County Road G66/Pioneer Trail.: 3. Copy of complete printed cemetery listing from FHL book 977.771 V3e, vol. 1, Bk. 3-5 in hard file 90 with John Peter Graybill. Information for the cemetery from the 11 Nov 2002 website SOURCES_MISC: 1. 18 May 2002 Ancestry.com database "doigk". 2. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 149. | Graybill, Levi (I553)
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| 4245 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 May 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Ancestral File 4.19 reports a wife named Anna or Hannah Pilling or both. Ordinance Index has no listing. 3. Censuses: 1830 US: Bloomfield Township, Jackson, Ohio, pg. 109-112, note whole township had 527 people living in it, related families include Michael Stoker, Michael Stoker Jr., Alexander Lackey, James Welker, Michael Graybill, and John Stoker: Michael Graybill. Males 0-5:1; 5-10:2; 10-15:2; 15-20:1 40-50:1. Females 0-5:1; 15-20:1; 30-40:1. [Appears to Michael, his wife Polly, and their children David, Catherine, Simeon, Levi, George, William, Juliana, and Michael.] 1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household and their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Census return: Grabill: Michael 65, Polly 58, William L. 26, Michael Jr. 23, Elizabeth 17, Sidney R. 15, Almeda 15, Marideth 13, David 7. Also in household are Catherine Stoker 78 and Amanda Grabill 5. [Note that the following related families are in this census and very close neighbors: Simeon P. Graybill, Michael/Polly Graybill with Polly's mother Catherine Eller Stoker, Eller/Margaret Stoker, Jacob/Catherine Stoker, Philip/Catherine Gatrost, David/Barbara Stoker, Edward/Sarah Davis, and William/Almira Stoker. Other relatives in same county but separated by several pages of census include the following families: Thomas/Hannah Pilling whose daughter Hannah, later marries William Lenore Graybill, Levi/Patience Graybill, John W./Sarah Stoker, Hannah Ford whose son Martin later marries Zibiah M. Stoker, and John/Sarah Smith.] 1854 Iowa: Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, listed as males, females, voters, militia (note that there are 8 pages of listings and only pages 5 and 6 list the following: Michael Grabill, 5-5-2-0. William L. Grabill, 1-2-1-1. Geo. Grabill, 5-3-1-1. Eller Stoker, 4-4-4-4. Philip Gatirop, 3-2-1-1. Simeon Grabill, 4-0-1-1. 1856 Iowa: (From Ancestry.com) Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 4 of 63, 19/19: Wm. L. Graybill, 32, 10 years in Iowa, OH, farmer. Hannah, 21, Eng., 6 years in Iowa. Elizabeth J., 3, IA. Levi A., 0, IA. 1860 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, dwelling 503, family 444, neighbors to Polly Graybill: William L. Graybill, 36, farmer, $100 real estate, $45 personal property, OH. Anna, 25, house wife, Eng. Elizabeth J., 7, IA. Levi A., 4, IA. Rebecca A., 4/12, IA. 1870 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 172b, dwelling 52, family 53; the following families were neighbors: Simeon Graybill, Margaret Stoker, George Graybill, William L. Graybill, Phillip Gatrost: W.L. Graybill, 47, farmer, $1400 real estate, $350 personal property, OH. Hannah 34, keeping house, Eng. Elizabeth, 17, IA. L.A., 13, IA. Rebecca, 10, IA. David, 8, IA. Layfayett, 3, IA. Jessee, 5/12, IA. 1880 US: Garner, Pottawattamie, Iowa; NA film T9-0361, p. 22C [Confirms William was born in Ohio and his parents both in North Carolina.]: William Graybill, farmer, self, 56, OH NC NC. Hannah, wife, 45, Eng Eng Eng. Levy A., son, 24, IA OH Eng. Rebecca, dau, 20, IA OH Eng. David M., son, 18, IA OH Eng. Lafayette, son, 13, IA OH Eng. Jesse, son, 10, IA OH Eng. Ira, son, 4, IA OH Eng. John Jones, laborer, other, 24, VA OH VA. 4. Wife's entry in 1900 census confirms only 8 children total. 5. A partial quote from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT, from an article entitled: "Polly Stoker": "Vivian Graybill, of Independence, Missouri, has worked on the Graybill genealogy for many years and since he plans to publish a book with a great amount of detailed information I will not list the names of their complete families. I will note the names of Michael and Polly's children and how they relate to other families in this book. I do have most family names if anyone wants to check it. [Kerry's note: the author lists each child and grandchild of Polly. See her file for the complete listing. I include only the immediate family in this individual's note.] "William Lenore Graybill, b. 1/25/25 d. 1/25/80 m. Hannah Pilling, daughter of Thomas Pilling of Oldham, Lancashire, England. She came to America with her parents as Mormon emigrants in 1850. 1. Elizabeth Graybill, b. 1853 m. Eli Collins (son of John and family lived on the neighboring farm by Yorkshire, Iowa, where I grew up.) 2. Sidney Graybill, b. 1855 3. Levi Graybill, b. 1855 4. Rebecca Graybill, b. 1860 5. David Graybill, b. 1862 6. Lafayette Graybill, b. 1866 7. Jesse Graybill, b. 1869 8. Ira Graybill, b. 1876" BIOGRAPHY: 1. Susan Easton Black, compiler, "Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints," (Religious Studies Center, BYU, 1993, copy in Family History Library in Salt Lake City): "Graybill, William L.; Birth: 25 Jan 1824, Jackson County, Ohio. William L. Graybill was bapt. and conf. a member of the [RLDS] on 1 Jul 1860 by E.C. Briggs. Sources: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1852-71, book A, p. 302 and 1872-1905, Book C." 2. The book "Mormon Redress Petitions, Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict," edited by Clark V. Johnson, contains a copy of the "Scroll Petition" dated 28 Nov 1843 at Nauvoo, IL addressed to the U.S. Congress by members of the LDS Church who had property destroyed by Missouri mobs in the 1830's. Included with over a couple thousand signatures is William Graybill. 3. Nauvoo LDS Land and Records Office research file (copy in my possession as of 2 Jun 2007) provides the following information (also partially viewable at www.earlylds.com): Seventies Records (those ordained before 1850), LDS Archives: George W. Graybill, b. 26 Jun (1821); hoil, age 24 in 1845, parent Michael; residence City of Joseph (Nauvoo); Source: 70s rec, 29 Qrm, Bk B Sel, 1845, LDS Arc, pg. 114. Levi Graybill (Gregbill), b. 12 Mar 1824 at Jackson, Ohio; age 20 in 1844, parents Michael; residing Nauvoo and Utah; ordained 70 or into Quorum, 6 May 1839, Quincy, Illinois; Source: Journal History, 6 May 1839, from 70s rec A, 6, 70s Rec, 14 Qrm, Bk B Sel, 1845, pg. 46, 1844, LDS Arc, pg. 3-4, 2nd list, 1850s, pag. 19-20. Michael Graybill, b. 6 Jul (1828), Ohio; age 17 in 1845; Parent Michael; residence Bear Creek, Illinois; Source: 70s rec, 29 Qrm, Bk B Sel, 1845, LDS Arc, pg. 114. William L. Graybill, b. 25 Jan (1823 of 1824); Ohio; age 21 in 1845; parent Michael; residing Bear Creek (llinois); Source: 70s rec, 29 Qrm, Bk B Sel, 1845, LDS Arc, pg. 114. 4. From an article entitled "The Family" from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. For the full transcriptional listing of the descendants of Michael Stoker and Catherine Stoker, see the notes of Michael Stoker - the following only pertains to this immediate family. Generation "1" is Michael Stoker and Catherine Eller: "The Michael Stoker Family as existed at the time of his death. Those names that are [bracketed] probably were involved in the Missouri experience... 2-[Polly Mary Stoker], born on 24 Nov. 1792 in Ashe Co., NC, married [Michael Graybill] (14 May 1787- 24 Sep 1856), son of John Peter Graybill and Christina Wampler, on May 1811 in Jefferson, Ashe Co., NC. She lived in Ashe Co., NC; Jackson Co., OH; Caldwell Co., MO; Adams Co., IL; and Pottawattamie Co. IA. She died 18 Feb 1864 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., IA. Both Michael and Polly are buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery. 3-[David Graybill], born 24 Sept 1812 in Ashe Co., NC, married Mahala Hill. Both died in Illinois. In December 1848 David's brother, Simeon Graybill whose wife, Amanda Hill, had died, took David's children and his own making seven altogether in a wagon to settle in Kanesville, Iowa. 3-[Catherine Graybill], born 9 Jun 1814 in Ashe Co., NC, married [Philip Gatrost]. Philip and Catherine moved to Missouri with her parents. They built a brick house in Blue Grass Hollow on the edge of her father's land in Pottawattamie Co., IA. She died Dec. 1, 1886 at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA and is buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery. 3-[Simeon Peter Graybill], born 26 Mar 1816 in Jackson Co., OH. Reared to manhood on a farm. For a time engaged in mining at Mt. Vernon, OH. Married [Amanda Hill] on 16 Mar 1837 in Jackson Co., OH. They moved to Caldwell Co., MO then to Adams Co., IL where Amanda died on Feb 21, 1848. In the fall of 1848, Simeon moved to a farm in Pottawattamie Co, IA. He married Frances (Graham) Downs. While serving a short term LDS mission his cousin, John Stoker of Bountiful, UT visited him on Nov 8, 1869. Simeon resided on the farm until his death, June 27, 1889. 4-[Rachel Graybill], born Mar 1838 probably in Caldwell Co., MO, and died in 1848 near Quincy, Adams Co., IL. 3-[Joseph Levi Graybill], born 12 Mar 1818 in Jackson Co., OH. Baptized by John A. Fisher on 17 November 1833. Ordained an Elder in 1836. Moved to Caldwell Co., MO in 1837. Moved to IL in 1839. Ordained a seventy on May 3, 1839. Married Patience Smith on Jun 20, 1841. Moved to Nauvoo, IL in 1845 and to Pottawattamie Co., IA in 1846. He was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 6 August 1861 by W. W. Blair. 3-[George Washington Graybill], born 26 Jun 1821 in Jackson Co., OH. Married Mary Smith. In 1862 after she died (Feb 16, 1860 in Iowa), George married her sister, Hannah, who had been twice widowed. She had six children and George had ten, together they had three more. George was buried in the cemetery at Underwood, Iowa. Mary is buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery near Council Bluffs. 3-[William Lenore Graybill], born 25 Jan 1825, married Hanna Pilling who was born 3 Mar 1835 in Lancashire, England. William died January 25, 1880 and is buried in the Stoker/Graybill Cemetery. 3-[Juliana Graybill], born 19 Jan 1826, married Wilford Heath Hudson. Went to Utah. Died 8 May 1851. 3-[Michael Graybill], born 19 Jan 1825. Living in Harrison Co., IA on Feb 27, 1870 when John Stoker of Bountiful, Utah, visited him. He never married. At age 40 he was injured in a runaway accident and lived as an invalid until age 82. He resembled his cousin, Michael Stoker, so closely that Polly Brittann Hughes upon meeting her future husband thought he was Michael Graybill whom she had known. 3-[Mary Ann Graybill], born 25 Feb 1830, married Wilford Heath Hudson. Went to Utah. 3-[Elizabeth Graybill], born 16 Sep 1833, was living in Harrison Co., IA on Feb 27, 1870 when her cousin, John Stoker of Bountiful, visited her at which time she was living with her brothers, Sidney Rigdon and Michael. 3-[Sidney Rigdon Graybill], born 6 Apr 1836 in Jackson Co., OH, was living in Harrison Co., IA when his cousin, John Stoker, visited him on Feb 27, 1870. He married Jane Davis." BIRTH: 1. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 99: "William Lenore Graybill, b. 25 Jan 1825 by Graybill family records and 5 Jan 1824 by his gravestone." MARRIAGE: 1. Per FHL book 977.771 V2p" Pottawattamie Co., IA Early Marriages 1848-1869": " William L. Graybill and Hannah Pilling, 26 Apr 1852." The cited book notes that this is application date only and not necessarily marriage date. DEATH: 1. Per tombstone. 2. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91. Note that Doris uses death date of 25 Jan 1880 which may me a transliteration for Jun, or the tombstone may have been misread for January. I use June. BURIAL: 1. The following name is found on a new memorial stone with 33 other related family members at Graybill/Stoker Cemetery: "Wm. Lenore Graybill 1823-1880." It is 3 miles east of Council Bluffs, Iowa in Garner Township on old Highway 6 (also known as McPherson Highway - not to be confused with the new Highway 6), then a right (south) on State Orchard Road for 9/10ths of a mile, then left (east) on Cedar Lane to the first driveway on the left (north). The address is 21090 Cedar Lane and the cemetery is in their backyard. Get permission from the homeowner first. These directions were corrected from previous directions after my visit May 8, 2007. 2. Tombstone in Graybill Cemetery, Garner Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa: "W.L. Graybill 25 Jan 1824 - 25 Jun 1880." SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per Ancestral File 4.19 (28 May 2001). 2. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 34-38, note that this book has a very detailed downline of the children of this individual. 3. Nauvoo LDS Land and Records Office research file (copy in my possession as of 2 Jun 2007) provides the following information (also partially viewable at www.earlylds.com). | Graybill, William Lenore (I438)
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| 4246 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 May 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Censuses: 1830 US: Bloomfield Township, Jackson, Ohio, pg. 109-112, note whole township had 527 people living in it, related families include Michael Stoker, Michael Stoker Jr., Alexander Lackey, James Welker, Michael Graybill, and John Stoker: Michael Graybill. Males 0-5:1; 5-10:2; 10-15:2; 15-20:1 40-50:1. Females 0-5:1; 15-20:1; 30-40:1. [Appears to Michael, his wife Polly, and their children David, Catherine, Simeon, Levi, George, William, Juliana, and Michael.] 1850 US: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 128b, dwelling and family 1020: Michael Graybel, 63, labour, NC. Polly, 58, NC. [Wife] Cimiel, 34, M, OH. [Son; should be Simeon.] Michael, 22, OH. [Son] Elizabeth, 17, OH. [Daughter] Sidney, 14, OH. [Son] Almeda, 14, OH. [Grandchild through David.] Maridith, 12, OH. [Grandchild through David.] David, 7, IL. [Grandchild through David.] Amanda, 4, IL. [Grandchild through David.] William, 10, IL. [Grandchild through Simeon.] Andrew, 8, IL. [Grandchild through Simeon.] Aaron, 5, IL. [Grandchild through Simeon.] Cathern Stoker, 77, NC. [Most likely Catherine Eller, Polly's mother; census was taken 11 Nov 1850.] 1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household and their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Census return: Grabill: Michael 65, Polly 58, William L. 26, Michael Jr. 23, Elizabeth 17, Sidney R. 15, Almeda 15, Marideth 13, David 7. Also in household are Catherine Stoker 78 and Amanda Grabill 5. [Note that the following related families are in this census and very close neighbors: Simeon P. Graybill, Michael/Polly Graybill with Polly's mother Catherine Eller Stoker, Eller/Margaret Stoker, Jacob/Catherine Stoker, Philip/Catherine Gatrost, David/Barbara Stoker, Edward/Sarah Davis, and William/Almira Stoker. Other relatives in same county but separated by several pages of census include the following families: Thomas/Hannah Pilling whose daughter Hannah, later marries William Lenore Graybill, Levi/Patience Graybill, John W./Sarah Stoker, Hannah Ford whose son Martin later marries Zibiah M. Stoker, and John/Sarah Smith.] 1856 Iowa: (From Ancestry.com) Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 14 of 63, 87/88: Michael Graybill, 68, 10 years in Iowa, NC, farmer. Polly, 63, 10, NC. Michael S., 28, 10, OH, farmer. Elizabeth, 22, OH. Sidney R., 20, 10, OH, farmer. Almeda, 20, 7, OH. Merideth, 18, 7, MO. David M., 12, 7, IL. Amanda, 10, 7, IL. Catherine Stoker, 83, 10 years in Iowa, MD. [Note: this individual shows up as the next entry on the top of page 15 as part of the next family of Walter J. Woodward. This appears to be a mistake and I believe it was intended that she be with the Graybill family since she is Polly's mother.] 1860 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, dwelling 504, family 445, neighbors to William Lenore Graybill: Polly Graybill, 67, farmer, $592 real estate, NC. Michael, 32, farmer, $117 real estate, OH. Elizabeth, 26, housework, OH. Sidney R., 24, farmer, $506 personal property, OH Meredith, 22, farm hand, MO. David, 17, farm hand, IL. Amanda, 14, IL. 1870 US: Can't find. 1880 US [note that he appears twice as follows]: Garner, Pottawattamie, Iowa; NA film T9-0361, p. 22C: Henry Katrost, farmer, self, 31, IA Ger NC. Emily, wife, 31, IL IL IL. Alvin, son, 10, IA IA IL. Michael E., son, 8, IA IA IL. Ada L., dau, 6, IA IA IL. Ira E., son, 5, IA IA IL. John W., son, 4, IA IA IL. Caroline I., dau, 1, IA IA IL. Henry Slomaker, laborer, single, 21, PA PA PA. Catherine Katrost, mother, widow, 60, NC NC NC. M. S. Graybill, uncle, single, 52, OH NC NC. 1880 US: Washington, Harrison, Iowa; NA film T9-0343, p. 123C: S.K. Graybill, self, farmer, 44, OH NC NC. Jane Graybill, wife, 33, IL IL IL. M. Graybill, brother, single, boarder, 52, OH NC NC. Elizabeth Graybill, Invalid, sister, 46, OH NC NC. Poly E. Graybill, dau., 15, IA NC IL. Catharine A., dau., 12, IA NC IL. Abagil, dau., 10, IA NC IL. George L. Graybill, son, 3, IA NC IL. 1885 Iowa: Washington, Harrison, Iowa, p. 17 of 36, 108/110: Sidney R. Graybill, 48, OH, farmer. Jane, 41, IL. Polly E., 18, Pottawattamie. Ireene E., 16, Pottawattamie. Abigail, 14, Harrison. Geo. L., 7, Harrison. Michael R., 4, Harrison. Michael S. Graybill, 57, OH. Elizabeth Grabill, 49, OH. William Willis, 14, laborer, Pottawattamie. 1900 US: District 127, Garner, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 16 of 32, 13 Jun 1900, 148/156: Willis M. Graybel, Jan 1868, 32, IA OH MS, md. 4 years, farmer. Annie R., wife, Apr 1879, 21, md. 4 years, 5 total children with 4 living, KS MO MO. Loyld [or Loyed], son, Jul 1896, 3, IA IA KS Vivan, son, Jul 1897, 2, IA IA KS. Amos D, son, Jul 1898, 1, IA IA KS. Erma, dau., Apr 1900, 1/12, IA IA KS. Frances M., Feb 1836, 64, widow, 7 total children with 5 living, MS NC MS. Emma, sister, Oct 1865, 35, single, IA NC MS. Michael Graybel, uncle, Jul 1828, 72, single, OH NC NC. 1910 US: District 124, Garner, Pottawattamie, Iowa, 3 May 1910, p. 20 of 32, 201/203: Emily J. Graybill, 45, single, IA OH MS. [Dau. of Simeon P. Graybill, Michael's brother.] Michael S. Graybill, uncle, 81, single, OH NC NC. 3. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 16-24: "Michael S. Graybill, Jr., b. 7 Jun (or 6 Jul?) 1827, Jackson Co., OH., d. abt 1909; bur. Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., IA; never married. he was injured in a runaway accident at age 40 and lived as an invalid the remainder of his life. He carved many wooden objects such as toy whistles, pliers and windmills, and made saws out of steel corset stays which had filed teeth which would really saw. He also made mouse traps out of spice cans." 4. FHL film 702: "Journal of John Stoker, b. 1817; Journal starts November 1, 1869." John was the son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill. Selected family related passages from his journal: P. 1: Nov. 1-4, 1869: The journal starts with John leaving as a 52 year old missionary with Jesse N. Perkins as a companion from Salt Lake City on the railroad to Omaha, NE. The railroad had just recently been completed so he details the progress of the transcontinental railway journey. P. 2: Saturday, Nov. 6, 1869: "Went to Bluff City with J.N. Perkins. Sunday 7th, spent the fore noon with Moroni Stoker - took dinner with him." [William Moroni Stoker, 1834-1929, was John's first cousin thru John's father's brother Michael S. Stoker, 1805-1858.] P. 3: "Monday 8th. Went up to Musketoe to see Simeon P. Graybill. Stayed all night. Tuesday 9th, took dinner with Aunt Margaret Stoker, Uncle Eller Stoker's widow, and returned to Aunt Martha's at Trading Point, Potawatamie Co., Iowa. Wednesday, 10th. Wrote a letter to Mr. Wm. Atkinson in Bountiful, Davis Co., Utah. Thursday 11th. Visited Wm. McDaniel in Harrison Co. 40 miles north. Friday 12th. Visited the grave of Zibiah Birdno [could also be Binders], my wife's mother. Saturday 13th. Returned to Aunt Martha's at Trader's Point. Sunday 14th. Spent the day with Aunt Martha's family. Monday 15th. Went to Bluff City to look for a letter but got none and returned to the Point. [Simeon Graybill, 1816-1889, was John's first cousin twice thru his father's sister Polly Stoker, 1792-1864, and thru his mother's brother Michael Peter Graybill. Eller Stoker, 1816-1855, was John's father's brother and married to Margaret Judd, 1822-1893. Aunt Martha was Martha Carr McDaniel, 1808-1873, wife of John's father's brother Michael S. Stoker, 1805-1858. William McDaniel, 1810-1885, is John's brother-in-law. John's Mother-in-law, Zibiah (McCarley) McDaniels, 1786-1860, apparently remarried a Mr. Birdno after her husband James McDaniel, 1762-1820, died.] Pp. 4-9: The journal details their departure from Council Bluffs area by various means including railroad, hack, steamboat, packet boat, hired horses, and on foot with luggage to "Leith Co. 5 miles north of Estillville," Virginia via many detailed waypoints including but not limited to DesMoines, Chicago, Cleveland, Wheeling VA, Burlington on the Ohio River, the they see and preach the Gospel to many McLelland/McClelland relatives of his companion. In Leith Co., VA, on Monday, Dec. 13, 1869, he "wrote a letter home to my family and one to Ash[e] Co., North Carolina to David and Henry Graybill" which they mailed the next day from Estillville. [John's mother, Barbara Graybill, had two brothers - Henry, ca1780-ca1843, and David, 1794-1874 - who remained in Ashe Co. where she was born; however, Henry was dead by then but his "Uncle" David responds later on Jan. 22.] Pp. 10-17: They stayed in the area doing missionary work mainly among McClellands. He notes on Christmas day while staying with Samuel McClelland, they went to a meeting and heard a Dunkard preach. On Monday, Dec. 27th, John notes, "wrote a letter to my family also one to my sister-in-law Martha Stoker at Bluff City, Iowa. [Martha Carr (McDaniel) Stoker was whom he referred to as Aunt Martha previously in his journal since she was married to his father's brother Michael S. Stoker, but she was also a sister-in-law since she was the sister to John's wife Jane McDaniel.] John notes on Saturday, Jan. 8th, that he "went to the widow Quillins to inquire concerning the Wampler family." [I am unsure who the widow was, but John's maternal grandmother was Christina Wampler, 1753-1844.] On Tuesday, Jan. 11th, John notes, "Went to Patsy Daughterty's to inquire after my mother's relatives." On Thursday, Jan. 13th, he notes that he "went to Wm. Wampler's, took dinner." [I do not have either a Patsy Daughterty nor William Wampler in my database - they must be of a later generation than John's grandmother Christina Wampler.] He also notes on the same day that he received a letter from his son-in-law J. Tolman and daughter in Utah. On Saturday, Jan. 22nd, John notes, 'Received a letter from my son David Stoker, Davis Co., Utah dated Jan'y 1st, 1870, gave particulars of my son John Stoker's sickness but getting better. Also received a letter from my uncle David Graybill, Ashe Co., Jefferson, North Carolina." On Jan. 24th, he writes back to his uncle David Graybill. Pp. 18-24: Starting on Jan. 26th, 1870, the missionaries are on the move: first to Bristol (VA?), then thru Chattanooga, Nashville, Sparta, to Putnam Co., Tennessee where they did missionary work with the Perkins and Mayberry families who relatives of his companion, Jesse Perkins. On Sunday, Feb. 13th, 1870, John wrote letters to his son David Stoker in Davis Co., Utah and one to Aunt Martha Stoker and cousins in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. On the next day he went to Gainesboro where he received a letter from his son David Stoker. Beginning Feb. 16th, 1870, John proceeds by boat down the Cumberland to Nashville then to St. Louis via the Mississippi River from Cape "Jerido". On Feb. 23rd, took the from St. Louis to Trader's Point where again he sees Aunt Martha. He sends money to his companion in Decatur Co., Iowa to help him get to Council Bluffs. He also sends a letter to Utah asking his family for money for himself and his companion. Pp. 25-33: John arrives Feb. 26 and remains in Pottawattamie Co., Iowa until March 24 when he, Jesse Perkins who arrives March 9, and several other missionaries from the East Coast join up in Omaha for the trip home to Utah by railroad which he notes cost $50.75. Generally he is staying with his Aunt Martha. Some journal entries during that time period dealing with family follow: "Sat., Feb 26th, 1870: Went up to Musketoe Creek to Simeon Peter Graybill, my cousin. Stayed over night. Sunday, 27th. Went to Walker's Grove in Harrison Co. to Sidney R. Graybill, my cousin, with Moroni Stoker to see some sick cousins Michael and Elizabeth Graybill. [Sidney Rigdon, 1836-1893, Michael S., 1827-1910, and Elizabeth, 1833-1891, are siblings and all children of Polly Stoker, John's father's sister.] Stayed over night. Monday 28th. Cold and windy. Remained all day. Stayed all night. Tuesday, March 1st 1870. Returned to Aunt Martha Stoker's at Traders Point. Read a letter from David Stoker, my son, to John A. Stoker, dated Feb'y 21st, 1870. Stayed overnight… Thursday 3d. Cousin Jared Stoker killed 2 turkeys, the 2 weighing 40 lbs. [John Alexander Stoker, 1837-1918, and Jared, 1843-1912, were first cousins and sons of Michael S. Stoker, brother of John's father David.] Stayed over… Tuesday 8th, being my birthday, age 53… Wednesday 9th… was weighed being 184 lbs… Friday 18th… went to Aaron Thomas, took dinner and spent the day with him and family. [Aaron Morris Thomas, 1833-1920, was married to John's first cousin, Elizabeth Jane Stoker, who was the daughter of John W. Stoker, a brother of John's father David.] Returned to Aunt Martha Stoker's… Saturday 19th… Sent a letter to Wm. Atkinson in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, heard from home by a letter wrote to John A. Stoker dated March the 12th, 1870. All was well… Thursday 24th… John A. Stoker and Joseph Stoker took me and Bro. Jesse N. Perkins to Omaha with a wagon. Rained before we got there. Joseph Stoker went over the River with us met about 30 of the missionaries at the St. Charles Hotel. [Joseph Jehiel Stoker, 1846-1921, was a brother of John Alexander and William Moroni Stoker.] Left Omaha at 6 p.m. on the Emigrant Cars for home…" Pp. 33-35: John details the train trip which started March 24th and arrived home in Bountiful March 29th after switching to the Utah Central in Ogden. He notes his arrival "in the midst of family and friends with a hearty God bless you… and a hearty shaking of hands." The missionary journal ends at this point. Pp. 36-227: The balance of John's journal book is genealogical notations of family. Many pages are blank, which I did not copy. Besides family, John would also note many other unrelated Stokers who he must have gleaned from books and other sources. He also notes some totally unrelated non-Stoker individuals with whom he evidently has some acquaintance. I have entered the pertinent data with each family in my database. 3. FHL film 702: "Journal of John Stoker, b. 1817; Journal starts November 1, 1869." John was the son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill. The first 35 pages detail his mission taken from Utah to Virginia and Tennessee through Council Bluffs, Iowa, which I have summarized and included with his notes in this database. Pp. 36-227, the balance of John's journal, are genealogical notations of family. Many pages are blank. Besides family, the journal also notes many other unrelated Stokers who were probably gleaned from books and other sources. It appears as if maybe his son David may have taken over the book later. Many entries are repetitive at different times. Pertinent data for this family or individual is quoted verbatim as follows on pages: 102: Michael Graybill, born May 1787 North Carolina. Polly Stoker Graybill, born Nov. 24, 1792, died Feb. 7, 1864. Children: Simeon Peter Graybill, born Mar. 25, 1813, died 27 June 1889. Catherine Graybill, born June 8, 1814. Sidney Rigdon Graybill, born April 6, 1836. Elizabeth Graybill, born Sept. 15, 1833. Michael Graybill Jr., born July 5, 1828. 184-186: Polly Graybill, daughter of Michael Stoker, Sen. and Catherine Eller was born Nov. 24th, 1792, State of North Carolina, Ashe County, died 7th Feb 1864. Catherine Graybill, daughter of Michael Graybill and Polly Stoker was born June the 9th 1814, State of North Carolina, Ashe County. Sidney Rigdon Graybill, son of Michael Graybill and Polly Stoker was born April 6th, 1836, State of Ohio, Jackson County, Bloomfield Township. Elizabeth Graybill, daughter of Michael Graybill and Polly Stoker was born Sept. 16th, 1833, State of Ohio, Jackson County, Bloomfield Township. Michael S. Stoker, son of Michael Graybill Sen. and Polly Stoker, was born July 5th, 1828, State of Ohio, Jackson County, Bloomfield Township. 4. Nauvoo LDS Land and Records Office research file (copy in my possession as of 2 Jun 2007) provides the following information (also partially viewable at www.earlylds.com): Seventies Records (those ordained before 1850), LDS Archives: George W. Graybill, b. 26 Jun (1821); hoil, age 24 in 1845, parent Michael; residence City of Joseph (Nauvoo); Source: 70s rec, 29 Qrm, Bk B Sel, 1845, LDS Arc, pg. 114. Levi Graybill (Gregbill), b. 12 Mar 1824 at Jackson, Ohio; age 20 in 1844, parents Michael; residing Nauvoo and Utah; ordained 70 or into Quorum, 6 May 1839, Quincy, Illinois; Source: Journal History, 6 May 1839, from 70s rec A, 6, 70s Rec, 14 Qrm, Bk B Sel, 1845, pg. 46, 1844, LDS Arc, pg. 3-4, 2nd list, 1850s, pag. 19-20. Michael Graybill, b. 6 Jul (1828), Ohio; age 17 in 1845; Parent Michael; residence Bear Creek, Illinois; Source: 70s rec, 29 Qrm, Bk B Sel, 1845, LDS Arc, pg. 114. William L. Graybill, b. 25 Jan (1823 of 1824); Ohio; age 21 in 1845; parent Michael; residing Bear Creek (llinois); Source: 70s rec, 29 Qrm, Bk B Sel, 1845, LDS Arc, pg. 114. 4. From an article entitled "The Family" from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. For the full transcriptional listing of the descendants of Michael Stoker and Catherine Stoker, see the notes of Michael Stoker - the following only pertains to this immediate family. Generation "1" is Michael Stoker and Catherine Eller: "The Michael Stoker Family as existed at the time of his death. Those names that are [bracketed] probably were involved in the Missouri experience... 2-[Polly Mary Stoker], born on 24 Nov. 1792 in Ashe Co., NC, married [Michael Graybill] (14 May 1787- 24 Sep 1856), son of John Peter Graybill and Christina Wampler, on May 1811 in Jefferson, Ashe Co., NC. She lived in Ashe Co., NC; Jackson Co., OH; Caldwell Co., MO; Adams Co., IL; and Pottawattamie Co. IA. She died 18 Feb 1864 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., IA. Both Michael and Polly are buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery. 3-[David Graybill], born 24 Sept 1812 in Ashe Co., NC, married Mahala Hill. Both died in Illinois. In December 1848 David's brother, Simeon Graybill whose wife, Amanda Hill, had died, took David's children and his own making seven altogether in a wagon to settle in Kanesville, Iowa. 3-[Catherine Graybill], born 9 Jun 1814 in Ashe Co., NC, married [Philip Gatrost]. Philip and Catherine moved to Missouri with her parents. They built a brick house in Blue Grass Hollow on the edge of her father's land in Pottawattamie Co., IA. She died Dec. 1, 1886 at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA and is buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery. 3-[Simeon Peter Graybill], born 26 Mar 1816 in Jackson Co., OH. Reared to manhood on a farm. For a time engaged in mining at Mt. Vernon, OH. Married [Amanda Hill] on 16 Mar 1837 in Jackson Co., OH. They moved to Caldwell Co., MO then to Adams Co., IL where Amanda died on Feb 21, 1848. In the fall of 1848, Simeon moved to a farm in Pottawattamie Co, IA. He married Frances (Graham) Downs. While serving a short term LDS mission his cousin, John Stoker of Bountiful, UT visited him on Nov 8, 1869. Simeon resided on the farm until his death, June 27, 1889. 4-[Rachel Graybill], born Mar 1838 probably in Caldwell Co., MO, and died in 1848 near Quincy, Adams Co., IL. 3-[Joseph Levi Graybill], born 12 Mar 1818 in Jackson Co., OH. Baptized by John A. Fisher on 17 November 1833. Ordained an Elder in 1836. Moved to Caldwell Co., MO in 1837. Moved to IL in 1839. Ordained a seventy on May 3, 1839. Married Patience Smith on Jun 20, 1841. Moved to Nauvoo, IL in 1845 and to Pottawattamie Co., IA in 1846. He was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 6 August 1861 by W. W. Blair. 3-[George Washington Graybill], born 26 Jun 1821 in Jackson Co., OH. Married Mary Smith. In 1862 after she died (Feb 16, 1860 in Iowa), George married her sister, Hannah, who had been twice widowed. She had six children and George had ten, together they had three more. George was buried in the cemetery at Underwood, Iowa. Mary is buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery near Council Bluffs. 3-[William Lenore Graybill], born 25 Jan 1825, married Hanna Pilling who was born 3 Mar 1835 in Lancashire, England. William died January 25, 1880 and is buried in the Stoker/Graybill Cemetery. 3-[Juliana Graybill], born 19 Jan 1826, married Wilford Heath Hudson. Went to Utah. Died 8 May 1851. 3-[Michael Graybill], born 19 Jan 1825. Living in Harrison Co., IA on Feb 27, 1870 when John Stoker of Bountiful, Utah, visited him. He never married. At age 40 he was injured in a runaway accident and lived as an invalid until age 82. He resembled his cousin, Michael Stoker, so closely that Polly Brittann Hughes upon meeting her future husband thought he was Michael Graybill whom she had known. 3-[Mary Ann Graybill], born 25 Feb 1830, married Wilford Heath Hudson. Went to Utah. 3-[Elizabeth Graybill], born 16 Sep 1833, was living in Harrison Co., IA on Feb 27, 1870 when her cousin, John Stoker of Bountiful, visited her at which time she was living with her brothers, Sidney Rigdon and Michael. 3-[Sidney Rigdon Graybill], born 6 Apr 1836 in Jackson Co., OH, was living in Harrison Co., IA when his cousin, John Stoker, visited him on Feb 27, 1870. He married Jane Davis." BIRTH: 1. Lewis book aboves uses with date of 6 Jul 1827. Alt. birthdate shown with Online Ordinance Index is 5 Jul 1828, which is also the date John Stoker's Journal uses. I use the latter date. 1900 census also confirms Jul 1828. MARRIAGE: 1. Appears as single in all censuses. 2. According to Pitt book quoted above, he never married. DEATH: 1. FHL film 1477205 "Pottawattamie Death Records, 1898-": Michael Graybill, residing at McClellan, Garner Twp., age 82 y., widowed, b. OH, farmer, informed by Wm. Graybill of McClellan, d. 2 Oct 1910 of tuberculosis, which he had for two years. Bur. 21 Oct 1910 at Fairview Cemetery, undertaker was Lewis Cutler & Son of Council Bluffs. BURIAL: 1. See death information above. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per Ancestral File 4.19 (28 May 2001). 2. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91. 3. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 99. ACTION: 1. Look at day 1880 census was taken to see if before early July which will ascertain whether or not he was born in 1827 or 1828 (age 52 in census). Also look at 1900 census for month/year of birth. Check also 1910 census. | Graybill, Michael S. (I2534)
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| 4247 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 May 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Censuses: 1830 US: Bloomfield Township, Jackson, Ohio, pg. 109-112, note whole township had 527 people living in it, related families include Michael Stoker, Michael Stoker Jr., Alexander Lackey, James Welker, Michael Graybill, and John Stoker: Michael Graybill. Males 0-5:1; 5-10:2; 10-15:2; 15-20:1 40-50:1. Females 0-5:1; 15-20:1; 30-40:1. [Appears to Michael, his wife Polly, and their children David, Catherine, Simeon, Levi, George, William, Juliana, and Michael.] 1850 US: Salt Lake, Utah, p. 130, family 6: Wilford Hudson, 32, farmer, $150, IN. Juliana, 25, OH. Mary A., 20, OH. Eliza, 7, IL Mary A., 5, IL. Amanda, 3, Des(eret). Emily, 5/12, Des(eret). 3. 19 May 2002 Ancestry.com various databases report 4 children born from 1844 to 1850 in Nauvoo, Illinois, Fort Bridger, Wyoming, and Salt Lake City, Utah. 4. I have also seen the use of Julia Ann and Julie Ann. I use Juliana arbitrarily. I have not found documentation supporting any of the three thus far. 5. The book "Five Hundred Wagons Stood Still - Mormon Battalion Wives, by Shirley N. Maynes, 1999, p. 270: "Julie Ann Graybill Hudson. Husband Wilford Heath Hudson - Private - Company A. Julia Ann Graybill, a daughter of Michael Graybill and Polly or Mary Stoker, was born February 19, 1826 in Bloomfield, Jackson County, Ohio. She was the seventh child and second daughter of eleven children born to the Graybills. Juliana met Wilford Hudson in Nauvoo and they were married Nov. 27, 1842. Michael Stoker, a relative, performed the marriage. Wilford was born in Indiana, had joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was baptized a member on December 10, 1842 by Elder David Evans. The Hudson family remained in Nauvoo for four years where Juliana gave birth to two children: Eliza Jane born in 1844 and Mary Ann born in 1845. The Hudsons were active members of the Church. They attended the funerals of their beloved Prophet, Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum. They witnessed the growth and development of the city of Nauvoo and the family was part of the persecutions that existed among the Saints. Eventually, they were driven from their homes and moved across the Mississippi River into Iowa. Wilford Hudson drove his team as far as Mt. Pisgah, a waystation settled by the Church. The area was beautiful comprising of many trees, lush land and nearby was the Grand River. Wilford was there when Captain James Allen asked for volunteers to fight in the Mexican War. He enlisted as Private in Company 'A' under the command of Captain Jefferson Hunt. He left his frail wife on the prairie with their two small girls. Wilford traveled to Council Bluffs and marched away from there in his company. Juliana's parents, who at one time were members of the Church, became anti-Mormons when they were driven from Nauvoo. [Kerry Petersen's note: I disagree. They remained in Iowa not crossing the plains and several years later became involved in the Reorganized LDS Church as did many who still remained in the area. There is no documentation that they were necessarily "anti" and in fact boarded often Utah relatives who were passing through on LDS missions.] When word got back to them that Wilford had joined the Battalion, they rode on horseback from Council Bluffs to Mt. Pisgah, a distance of one hundred thirty miles. They dearly loved their daughter and were not about to have her 'left alone' on the plains. When the Graybills arrived at Mt. Pisgah, they had b[r]ought harnesses for their horses and hitched them to Wilford's wagon. Wilford's team of oxen followed the wagon and they took Juliana and the girls back to 'east of' Council Bluffs. The Graybills were wealthy plantation owners. [Kerry's note: I disagree. They had all barely entered Iowa earlier that year as part of the Nauvoo Exodus and there were no such thing as a 'plantation' among any Mormon family at that early time. Later the Graybill parents stay on in Iowa and eventually developed a working farm as did many.] About a mile from their plantation they owned a small cottage and it provided a home for Juliana and her two daughters. While Wilford was away, the Graybills maintained watchful care over their daughter and grandchildren. Baby Mary Ann was just fifteen months old when her father left, and he did not return until she was almost four. In that time, Mary Ann came to love her grandfather very much. While Julian lived in physical comfort, she was never really well. She waited for the day Wilford would return to her. Wilford completed the march with the Battalion to San Diego, California and was discharged on July 16, 1847, at Fort Moore in Los Angeles. Many of the men journeyed with the Levi W. Hancock Company headed for the Salt Lake Valley. The company journeyed through the Sacramento Valley to Sutter's Fort and then continued to the Truckee River. In the Sierra Mountains, they met Captain James Brown who had a dispatch from President Brigham Young. President Young advised: 'All those Battalion men who could not bring one year's provisions with them to the Salt Lake Valley, should remain in California for a season, and find work to obtain the necessary supplies.' Wilford returned to Sutter's Fort where he and Sidney Willis signed a contract with John Sutter to build a millrace up the American River. Gold was discovered and Wilford Hudson, Levi Fifield, and others went along the river and found a considerable amount of gold. Wilford found one nugget worth $6.00. Wilford and his companions prospected in a place called Mormon Island, which eventually proved to be one of the richest finds in California. After working the mine for three weeks, he obtained $1,700.00 in gold. In 1848, Wilford joined the Daniel Browett Company to continue his journey to the Salt Lake Valley. The leaders of the company set out to scout for an easier trail to take the two big cannons they had purchased from John Sutter through the mountains. One night as Daniel Browett, Henderson Cox and Ezra Allen were in the process of setting up camp, Indians roaming in the area surprised the men and killed them. A few days later, the company came upon the tragic massacre of their comrades. They buried them and carved out the bark of a nearby tree inscribing their names on it. [Kerry's note: this section of tree was I believe saved and is displayed in California at a museum.] Jonathan Holmes and Samuel Thompson were then appointed the new leaders to take the men to the Valley. This company arrived in the Salt Lake in October of 1848. Wilford's journal records he entered the Valley Sep. 28, 1848. After resting a few days, Wilford left for Winter Quarters in Nebraska, arriving there in Dec. of 1848. He continued on a few miles and found Juliana and his daughters living in their small home. The reunion was a very happy one for the entire family. He told stories of the events that had occurred on the 'march' and of his 'gold mining' experience in California. Juliana was relieved that Wilford was with her again. In the spring of 1849, Wilford, Juliana and the children began their journey across the plains in an independent company. Juliana was expecting her third child and wasn't well, so Mary Ann, a sister of Juliana, came west with the family to help care for the children. Little Amanda Elizabeth arrived on Sep. 7, 1849, on the banks of the Big Sandy River near Fort Bridger, Wyoming. Juliana never fully regained her health after the birth of this child; in fact, she never walked again. About a year after the family arrived in the Great Salt Lake, Wilford married Mary Ann as a plural wife. The family remained in Salt Lake for approximately two years. Wilford's home was built on the corner of First So. and Main. Later, the Deseret National Bank was built there. Today, the building is still called the 'Deseret Building.' On May 1, 1851, Juliana gave birth to a daughter whom she named Juliaette. The baby died at birth and Juliana died May 6, 1851, when she was just twenty-five years old. Her burial place is unknown. A family member wrote: 'Juliana will never appear in any history book for she is one of the unsung heroines of the early Church. She endured to the end with untold suffering. She sacrificed much for her family and her religion.' Mary Ann Graybill Hudson, the sister of Juliana, became the mother to Juliana's three daughters. The girls were very fond of their aunt and called her 'mother'. The Hudsons eventually moved to Grantsville where they became prominent residents and some of the early settlers in the area. Wilford Heath Hudson was born Sep. 19. 1818 in Harrison County, Indiana to Robert Hudson and Damaris Lemmon. Wilford died Sep. 9, 1905 and is buried in the Grantsville City Cemetery, Tooele, County, Utah. Children: Eliza Jane Hudson born Jan. 9, 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois. Mary Ann Hudson born April 17, 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois. Amanda Elizabeth Hudson born Sep. 7, 1849 near Fort Bridger, Uinta, Wyoming. Juliaette Hudson born May 1, 1851 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah - died 1851. Information: 1. A history of Wilford Hudson found in the "Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia," by Andrew Jensen - Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company - vol. 1, p. 747. 2. A history of Juliana Graybill Hudson written by Nelda Monson, Farmington, Utah and Juliaette McMurray Homer. - Compiler's files. 3. A History on Juliana Graybill Hudson written by Helen Graf Howard, great granddaughter, SLC, Utah - Compiler's files. 4. Extracts from the Journal of Henry W. Bigler compiled by Emma R. Olsen - Dau. of the Utah Pioneers Publication - Lesson for Jan. 1993 - Lessons lists the names of Wilford Hudson, Sidney Willis and Levi Fifield as finding gold in California. 5. "A Concise History of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War," by Sgt. Daniel Tyler - Roster of Company A, pp. 118 and 119; Brigham Young advising the men to remain in California for a season, p. 315; Hudson finding gold, p. 334; Hudson and company leaving California for Salt Lake, pp. 335, 342. 6. "Heart Throbs of the West," Dau. of the Utah Pioneers Publication, Salt Lake City, Utah, Vol. 10, p. 456, the Hudsons crossing the plains. 7. Family Group Sheet, LDS Family History Library, SLC, Utah." 6. The book "Mormon Redress Petitions, Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict," edited by Clark V. Johnson, contains a copy of the "Scroll Petition" dated 28 Nov 1843 at Nauvoo, IL addressed to the U.S. Congress by members of the LDS Church who had property destroyed by Missouri mobs in the 1830's. Included with over a couple thousand signatures is Julian Hudson. 7. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 16-24: "Juliana (or Julia Ann?) Graybill, b. 19 Feb 1825/6, Bloomfield Twp., Jackson Co., OH; d. 8 May 1851, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT; md. 29 Nov 1842, Wythe Twp., Hancock Co. IL to Wilford Heath Hudson. Wilford was b. 19 Sep 1818, Corydon, Harrison Co., IN. He also was married to Juliana's sister, Mary Ann. Juliana's and Wilford's children were Eliza Jane, Mary Ann, Amanda Elizabeth and Julietta." Some downline is in the book. 8. The following is an extract of Wilford Hudson's pension file for his service in the Iowa Mormon Volunteers, Company A commanded by Jefferson Hunt, during the Mexican War (Mormon Battalion). The file was copied from films on file with the FHL and consists of well over a hundred pages and is in the same ordered as copied: -5 Oct 1905. Mary A. Hudson, Declaration of Widow. Mary A. Graybill, b. 26 Feb 1832 at Bloomfield Twp., Ohio, was md. to Wilford 15 Feb 1851 by Brigham Young in Salt Lake City (SLC), Utah, and she had never before been married. Wilford died. 6 Sep 1905 in Grantsville, Utah. His former wife died 8 May 1850 at SLC. Sent from Grantsville and signed with the mark of an X. [Note other affidavits within the package indicate a marriage date of 15 Feb 1852.] -Undated: Certificate 7248 for Wilford Hudson with quarterly payments being made from the US pension agent at San Francisco. -Pension as of 18 Jul 1904 was $12/mo. Retroactively commenced 5 Jan 1893. -6 Nov 1894, enrolled and mustered in service 16 Jul 1846 at Council Bluff and mustered out with unit 16 Jul 1847 at Los Angeles, CA. Stations served include 31 Aug 1846 near Council Grove, 31 Dec 1846 at Camp on Rio Gila, 28 Feb 1847 at St. Luis Rey, U. Cal., 30 Apr 1847 Pueblo de los Angeles, and 30 Jun 1847 at Pueblo, U. Cal. -6 Mar 1900, statement from Wilford that he never served in the Army or Navy except for the Mexican War. That he is 81 and too old for manual labor. He raises lucerne upon his land with a value of about $25/yr. He owns town lots 3 and 4 on block 16 of Grantsville city plat containing 2-1/2 acres. He acknowledges a current pension of $8/mo. -20 Oct 1905, Wilford dropped from pension roll due to death dated 6 Sep 1905. -6 Sep 1904, Wilford F. Hudson appointed guardian of Wilford Hudson who has been adjudged incompetent. -9 Mar 1887, application for pension. Wilford Hudson, age 68 at Grantsville, Utah. Resided since service discharge for 2 years in SLC and then at Grantsville ever since. Married Mary Ann Graybill 4 Feb 1850 at SLC. Notes that he previously applied and received a land warrant in 1849. Born in Harrison County, Indiana. He is 5'-10" with sandy complexion, blue eyes, and sand hair. He was a farmer before and after his enlistment. Signed his name. -8 Jan 1918, certificate 14503, Mary A. Hudson dropped as pensioner due to death dated 15 Nov 1917. Pension was at $20/mo. -26 May 1900, pension rate increased to $12/mo. -2 Oct 1905, pension established for Mary A. Hudson, widow, age 73. -23 Feb 1883, "Old War Invalid" certificate 25379 issued. Wilfred Hudson alleges injury to knee. -20 Dec 1917, Form to Chief of Finance Dept. from Disbursing Clerk noting that the postmaster of Grantsville returned a check for $60 dated 4 Dec 1917 for Mar A. Hudson with a note that the pensioner died 15 Nov. 1917. -Apr 1906, claim 18172, cert. no. 7248. Gov't noting problem with marriage of 15 Feb 1852 since there is no record of said marriage and all the witnesses are dead. -16 Aug 1883, disability affidavit, age 64, born in Harrison Co., Indiana, at 18? moved to Adams Co., IL, at 26 years of age moved to Hancock Co. where he lived for 2 years and worked as a carpenter. Currently a carpenter and farmer. Injured himself from a sprain April 1847 near Los Angeles driving loose mules in the Gov't service. Received medical attention from Dr. Chambers in SLC for three months in 1854 and also Dr. C. H. Davidsen of Grantsville for six months in 1880. Has never suffered any other disability except the sprain. Physical condition has been very poor and has only been able to do a little carpentry since his discharge. Has not been able to walk any. -23 Apr 1900, affidavit from Stephen S. Worthington of Grantsville attesting to Hudson's ownership of lots 2 and 3, block 16, of Grantsville, which are worth $300. He also produces six tons of lucerne valued at not to exceed $30 per annum. -7 Jun 1904, affidavit from Mary Ann Hudson. Declares that between 5 Jan 1892 and 26 May 1900 that Wilford was totally disabled for any manual labor due to debility. Notes: "My husband is now past 85 years of age and by reason of age and senile debility is utterly incapable of doing anything for himself. Requires a constant attendant and his mind is so far gone that does not see or comprehend anything that goes on about him." -18 Oct 1906, widow's brief, Mary Ann b. 26 Feb 1832. -9 Feb 1906, affidavit of Mary Ann Hudson indicating that Julianna Hudson, wife of Wilford Hudson, died 8 May 1851 and that she was married to him 15 Feb 1852. -10 Feb 1906, affidavit of Stephen Staley Worthington indicating that he was acquainted with Mary Ann Graybill in 1849 when she was a young Mormon living in Iowa with her brother Levi Graybill. -20 Apr 1906, affidavit of Ruel Barr?? indicating that he was acquainted with Wilford and his wife Julianna in SLC and also in Nauvoo from 1845 until Julianna's death in 1852 or 1853. -2 Nov 1905, Affidavit as to Family Record Entries, shows Julianna Graybill Hudson, b. 19 Feb 1826 and d. 8 May 1851; shows Mary Ann Graybill Hudson, b. 26 Feb 1832. Signed by Mary Ann with the mark of an X. -3 Oct 1906, Deposition of Mary Ann Hudson, states she was married about the middle of Feb. 1852, but she is not sure of the date but believed it to be about 15 Feb 1852; states she is quite sure it was in Feb. 1852; states she can't write and has a poor memory; states first wife was Juliana Graybill, her sister, and they married about 10 years before her marriage; sister died about 8 May 1850 or 1851 and she was married about a year and three months later; the marriage was performed in the office of Brigham Young and not the Endowment House; there were two witnesses to the marriage but she can't recall their names. -5 Oct 1906, a special inspector states he can find no documentation of the first wife's death nor Mary Ann's marriage including looking at the Deseret News newspaper. -2 Oct 1906, affidavit from Ruel Barnes, who also was in the Mormon Battalion. He knew Wilford and Juliana in Council Bluffs in 1846 or 1847 and attests that Wilford and Mary Ann have lived as man and wife since he met Mary Ann in 1856. -28 Jan 1893, declaration of pensioner for an increase in pension. Wilford states he has "rhumatics through exposure in the war and entirely dependant on my family for support." -14 Oct 1916, letter from Mary Ann to Commissioner stating she was born in Jackson Co., Ohio, 26 Feb 1832 and that her present address in Grantsville is P.O. Box 34. -22 Nov 1899, affidavit of Wilford Hudson. States he was married in SLC Jan 1849 to Mary Ann Graybill by Brigham Young and that there is no record of the marriage existing. Former wife was Julia Ann Graybill who d. in SLC in the year 1849. He has the following children: -Eliza Jane Hudson, b. 9 Jan 1844 -Mary Ann, b. 17 Apr 1845 -Amanda E., b. 7 Sep 1849 -Wilford F., b. 12 Jan 1852 -William C., b. 24 Jan 1854 -Emma A., b. 19 Oct 1856 -Simeon A., b. 10 Dec 1858 -David Jasper, b. 28 Feb 1860. -Andrew Jackson, b. 14 May 1862 -Elsie Hudson, b. 21 Apr 1868 -Samuel E., b. 20 Nov 1871 -Feb 1883, Declaration of Original Invalid Pension, indicates injury due to "sprained his right knee caused by slipping and from which he is now very much disabled being hardly able to move about." BIRTH: 1. I use date in biography above. Ordinance Index also reports variant birthdate of 19 Feb 1825. Lewis book cited below uses a different undocumented variant of 19 Jan 1826. Hook book cited below uses 19 Feb 1825/26. MARRIAGE: 1. According to the Hancock County Marriage Records, Michael Stoker (1805-1858) officiated at the marriage of his niece, Juliane Graybill, and Wilford Hudson on November 29. This marriage was performed in the Wythe Township of Hancock County. FHL book 977.343-V2m "Marriage Index of Hancock County, IL, 1829-1849," by Tri-county Genealogical Society, 1983, vol. 1, p. 24, marriage license no. 153: "Wilford Hudson and Juliane Graybill, 29 Nov 1842, by Michael Stoker, MG." 2. Pitt book quoted above indicates Wythe Township in Hancock and not Nauvoo. Wythe Township was where Michael Stoker resided and it is just east of Warsaw in Hancock Co., Illinois. 3. Nauvoo LDS Land and Records Office research file (copy in my possession as of 2 Jun 2007 and also partially viewable at www.earlylds.com). Includes copy of actual marriage certificate: "State of Illinois, Hancock County, ss. Office of the Clerk of the County, Commissioners' Court. The people of the State of Illinois, To any regular Minister of the Gospel, authorized to marry by the society to which he belongs; any Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge, or Justice of the Peace, Greeting: These are to license and Authorise you to celebrate and certify the marriage of Mr. Wilford Hudson and Miss Juliane Graybiol and for so doing, this shall by your sufficient warrant. Given under my hand, and the seal of the County Commissioners' Court, at Carthage, this 28th day of November A.D. 1842, Sam'l Marshall, Clerk. State of Illinois, Hancock County, ss. I hereby certify, that I joined in the holy state of matrimony, Mr. Wilford Hudson and Miss Julian Graybill on the 29th day of November A.D. 1842. Given under my hand and seal, this 29th day of Nov., A.D. 1842, Michael Stoker, Preacher of the Gospel. Marriage was in Nauvoo." DEATH: 1. Per biography above. Lewis book cited below concurs and mentions she died at age 25 years. SOURCES_MISC: 1. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91. 2. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 99. 3. Nauvoo LDS Land and Records Office research file (copy in my possession as of 2 Jun 2007) provides the following information (also partially viewable at www.earlylds.com). | Graybill, Juliana (I439)
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| 4248 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 May 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Censuses: 1841 Eng: South Bury, Bury, Lancashire, p. 6 of 20, King Street, all born in county: Thomas Pilling, 45, cotton weaver. Hannah, 45. Ashton, 20, cotton weaver. Thomas, 15, cotton weaver. Betsey, 13, cotton piecer. Hannah, 6. 1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household and their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Census return: Pilling: Thomas 54, Annah 54, Annah Jr. 17. [Note that there are several other Pillings in vicinity. Also that the following related families are in this census and very close neighbors: Simeon P. Graybill, Michael/Polly Graybill with Polly's mother Catherine Eller Stoker, Eller/Margaret Stoker, Jacob/Catherine Stoker, Philip/Catherine Gatrost, David/Barbara Stoker, Edward/Sarah Davis, and William/Almira Stoker. Other relatives in same county but separated by several pages of census include the following families: Thomas/Hannah Pilling whose daughter Hannah, later marries William Lenore Graybill, Levi/Patience Graybill, John W./Sarah Stoker, Hannah Ford whose son Martin later marries Zibiah M. Stoker, and John/Sarah Smith.] 1854 Iowa: Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, listed as males, females, voters, militia (note that there are 8 pages of listings and only pages 5 and 6 list the following: Michael Grabill, 5-5-2-0. William L. Grabill, 1-2-1-1. Geo. Grabill, 5-3-1-1. Eller Stoker, 4-4-4-4. Philip Gatirop, 3-2-1-1. Simeon Grabill, 4-0-1-1. 1856 Iowa: (From Ancestry.com) Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 4 of 63, 19/19: Wm. L. Graybill, 32, 10 years in Iowa, OH, farmer. Hannah, 21, Eng., 6 years in Iowa. Elizabeth J., 3, IA. Levi A., 0, IA. 1860 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, dwelling 503, family 444, neighbors to Polly Graybill: William L. Graybill, 36, farmer, $100 real estate, $45 personal property, OH. Anna, 25, house wife, Eng. Elizabeth J., 7, IA. Levi A., 4, IA. Rebecca A., 4/12, IA. 1870 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 172b, dwelling 52, family 53; the following families were neighbors: Simeon Graybill, Margaret Stoker, George Graybill, William L. Graybill, Phillip Gatrost: W.L. Graybill, 47, farmer, $1400 real estate, $350 personal property, OH. Hannah 34, keeping house, Eng. Elizabeth, 17, IA. L. A., 13, IA. Rebecca, 10, IA. David, 8, IA. Layfayett, 3, IA. Jessee, 5/12, IA. 1880 US: Garner, Pottawattamie, Iowa; NA film T9-0361, p. 22C [Confirms William was born in Ohio and his parents both in North Carolina.]: William Graybill, farmer, self, 56, OH NC NC. Hannah, wife, 45, Eng Eng Eng. Levy A., son, 24, IA OH Eng. Rebecca, dau, 20, IA OH Eng. David M., son, 18, IA OH Eng. Lafayette, son, 13, IA OH Eng. Jesse, son, 10, IA OH Eng. Ira, son, 4, IA OH Eng. John Jones, laborer, other, 24, VA OH VA. 1885 Iowa: Hardin, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 7 of 12, 38/38: Hanna Grabill, Section 9 E 1/2 SW, 49, farmer, Eng. Rebecca, 22. Jessie, 15. Ira, 8. Jessie Grant, 15. 1900 US: Hardin, Pottawattamie, Iowa, ED 129, p. 104A, June 8, 1900, entry 41: Hannah Graybill, head, b. Mar 1835, age 65, widow, 8 total children with 4 living, b. Eng, parents b. Eng., farmer. [Note: Entry in 1900 census confirms only 8 children total.] Ira Graybill, son, b. May 1876, 24, single, b. Iowa, fa. b. Ohio, mo. b. Eng., farm laborer. 1910 US: District 87, Washington, Harrison, Iowa, 23 Apr 1910, p. 11 of 24, 124/124: Jesse Graybill, 37, single, IA IL Eng, farmer. Hannah, mother, 75, widow, 8 total children with 4 living, Eng Eng Eng, year of immigration is shown as 1862 which would be too late considering her marriage in 1852. 3. A partial quote from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT, from an article entitled: "Polly Stoker": "Vivian Graybill, of Independence, Missouri, has worked on the Graybill genealogy for many years and since he plans to publish a book with a great amount of detailed information I will not list the names of their complete families. I will note the names of Michael and Polly's children and how they relate to other families in this book. I do have most family names if anyone wants to check it. [Kerry's note: the author lists each child and grandchild of Polly. See her file for the complete listing. I include only the immediate family in this individual's note.] "William Lenore Graybill, b. 1/25/25 d. 1/25/80 m. Hannah Pilling, daughter of Thomas Pilling of Oldham, Lancashire, England. She came to America with her parents as Mormon emigrants in 1850. 1. Elizabeth Graybill, b. 1853 m. Eli Collins (son of John and family lived on the neighboring farm by Yorkshire, Iowa, where I grew up.) 2. Sidney Graybill, b. 1855 3. Levi Graybill, b. 1855 4. Rebecca Graybill, b. 1860 5. David Graybill, b. 1862 6. Lafayette Graybill, b. 1866 7. Jesse Graybill, b. 1869 8. Ira Graybill, b. 1876" 4. Ancestry.com's "New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1945: for the ship Argo, arrived 11 Mar 1850 from Liverpool: Thomas Piling, 53. Hannah, 53. Hannah, 15. Thomas, 25. Hannah, 20. BIOGRAPHY: 1. Susan Easton Black, compiler, "Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints," (Religious Studies Center, BYU, 1993, copy in Family History Library in Salt Lake City): "Graybill, Hannah; Birth: 3 Mar 1835, Lancashire, England. Hannah Graybill was bapt. a member of the [RLDS] on 26 Sep 1862 by Joseph Smith (Geo. Sweet). She was confirmed by Joseph Smith and William L. Graybill (John Shippy). She was confirmed by George Sweet, Thomas E. Jenkins, and J.D. Haywood. Sources: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1852-71, book A, pp. 135, 306, 310 and 1872-1905, Book C." 2. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91: "Hannah Pilling, daughter of Thomas Pilling of Oldham, Lancashire, England. She came to America with her parents as Mormon emigrants in 1850." BIRTH: 1. See biography. Village location was probably Oldham in Lancashire, England. Alternative per 1841 census could be South Bury. MARRIAGE: 1. Per FHL book 977.771 V2p" Pottawattamie Co., IA Early Marriages 1848-1869": "William L. Graybill and Hannah Pilling, 26 Apr 1852." The cited book notes that this is application date only and not necessarily marriage date. | Pilling, Hannah (I635)
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| 4249 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 May 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Censuses: 1850 US: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 128b, dwelling and family 1020: Michael Graybel, 63, labour, NC. Polly, 58, NC. [Wife] Cimiel, 34, M, OH. [Son; should be Simeon.] Michael, 22, OH. [Son] Elizabeth, 17, OH. [Daughter] Sidney, 14, OH. [Son] Almeda, 14, OH. [Grandchild through David.] Maridith, 12, OH. [Grandchild through David.] David, 7, IL. [Grandchild through David.] Amanda, 4, IL. [Grandchild through David.] William, 10, IL. [Grandchild through Simeon.] Andrew, 8, IL. [Grandchild through Simeon.] Aaron, 5, IL. [Grandchild through Simeon.] Cathern Stoker, 77, NC. [Most likely Catherine Eller, Polly's mother; census was taken 11 Nov 1850.] 1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household and their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Census return: Grabill: Michael 65, Polly 58, William L. 26, Michael Jr. 23, Elizabeth 17, Sidney R. 15, Almeda 15, Marideth 13, David 7. Also in household are Catherine Stoker 78 and Amanda Grabill 5. [Note that the following related families are in this census and very close neighbors: Simeon P. Graybill, Michael/Polly Graybill with Polly's mother Catherine Eller Stoker, Eller/Margaret Stoker, Jacob/Catherine Stoker, Philip/Catherine Gatrost, David/Barbara Stoker, Edward/Sarah Davis, and William/Almira Stoker. Other relatives in same county but separated by several pages of census include the following families: Thomas/Hannah Pilling whose daughter Hannah, later marries William Lenore Graybill, Levi/Patience Graybill, John W./Sarah Stoker, Hannah Ford whose son Martin later marries Zibiah M. Stoker, and John/Sarah Smith.] 1856 Iowa: (From Ancestry.com) Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 14 of 63, 87/88: Michael Graybill, 68, 10 years in Iowa, NC, farmer. Polly, 63, 10, NC. Michael S., 28, 10, OH, farmer. Elizabeth, 22, OH. Sidney R., 20, 10, OH, farmer. Almeda, 20, 7, OH. Merideth, 18, 7, MO. David M., 12, 7, IL. Amanda, 10, 7, IL. Catherine Stoker, 83, 10 years in Iowa, MD. [Note: this individual shows up as the next entry on the top of page 15 as part of the next family of Walter J. Woodward. This appears to be a mistake and I believe it was intended that she be with the Graybill family since she is Polly's mother.] 1860 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, dwelling 504, family 445, neighbors to William Lenore Graybill: Polly Graybill, 67, farmer, $592 real estate, NC. Michael, 32, farmer, $117 real estate, OH. Elizabeth, 26, housework, OH. Sidney R., 24, farmer, $506 personal property, OH Meredith, 22, farm hand, MO. David, 17, farm hand, IL. Amanda, 14, IL. 1870 US: Unionburg P.O., Union Twp., Harrison, Iowa, p. 118b, dwelling 14 (next door to niece Amanda Graybill and her husband John Tucker - I assume the Joshua listed here is a brother to John Tucker): S.R. Graybill, 34, farmer, $1800, $1800, OH. Jane, 24, keeping house, IL. Polly E., 4, IA. Catherine, 2, IA. Elisobuth Graybill, 36, OH, invalid. Joshua Tucker, 16, farm laborer, MO. 1880 US: Washington, Harrison, Iowa; NA film T9-0343, p. 123C: S.K. Graybill, self, farmer, 44, OH NC NC. Jane Graybill, wife, 33, IL IL IL. M. Graybill, brother, single, boarder, 52, OH NC NC. Elizabeth Graybill, invalid, sister, 46, OH NC NC. Poly E. Graybill, dau., 15, IA NC IL. Catharine A., dau., 12, IA NC IL. Abagil, dau., 10, IA NC IL. George L. Graybill, son, 3, IA NC IL. 1885 Iowa: Washington, Harrison, Iowa, p. 17 of 36, 108/110: Sidney R. Graybill, 48, OH, farmer. Jane, 41, IL. Polly E., 18, Pottawattamie. Ireene E., 16, Pottawattamie. Abigail, 14, Harrison. Geo. L., 7, Harrison. Michael R., 4, Harrison. Michael S. Graybill, 57, OH. Elizabeth Grabill, 49, OH. William Willis, 14, laborer, Pottawattamie. 3. The book "Mormon Redress Petitions, Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict," edited by Clark V. Johnson, contains a copy of the "Scroll Petition" dated 28 Nov 1843 at Nauvoo, IL addressed to the U.S. Congress by members of the LDS Church who had property destroyed by Missouri mobs in the 1830's. Included with over a couple thousand signatures is that of Sydney R. Graybill. 4. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 16-24: "Sidney Rigdon Graybill, b. 6 Apr 1836, Bloomfield Twp., Jackson Co., OH; md to Jane Davis. She was b. abt 1840. Their children were Emily Jane and Jesse (both died in Childhood)." 5. FHL film 702: "Journal of John Stoker, b. 1817; Journal starts November 1, 1869." John was the son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill. Selected family related passages from his journal: P. 1: Nov. 1-4, 1869: The journal starts with John leaving as a 52 year old missionary with Jesse N. Perkins as a companion from Salt Lake City on the railroad to Omaha, NE. The railroad had just recently been completed so he details the progress of the transcontinental railway journey. P. 2: Saturday, Nov. 6, 1869: "Went to Bluff City with J.N. Perkins. Sunday 7th, spent the fore noon with Moroni Stoker - took dinner with him." [William Moroni Stoker, 1834-1929, was John's first cousin thru John's father's brother Michael S. Stoker, 1805-1858.] P. 3: "Monday 8th. Went up to Musketoe to see Simeon P. Graybill. Stayed all night. Tuesday 9th, took dinner with Aunt Margaret Stoker, Uncle Eller Stoker's widow, and returned to Aunt Martha's at Trading Point, Potawatamie Co., Iowa. Wednesday, 10th. Wrote a letter to Mr. Wm. Atkinson in Bountiful, Davis Co., Utah. Thursday 11th. Visited Wm. McDaniel in Harrison Co. 40 miles north. Friday 12th. Visited the grave of Zibiah Birdno [could also be Binders], my wife's mother. Saturday 13th. Returned to Aunt Martha's at Trader's Point. Sunday 14th. Spent the day with Aunt Martha's family. Monday 15th. Went to Bluff City to look for a letter but got none and returned to the Point. [Simeon Graybill, 1816-1889, was John's first cousin twice thru his father's sister Polly Stoker, 1792-1864, and thru his mother's brother Michael Peter Graybill. Eller Stoker, 1816-1855, was John's father's brother and married to Margaret Judd, 1822-1893. Aunt Martha was Martha Carr McDaniel, 1808-1873, wife of John's father's brother Michael S. Stoker, 1805-1858. William McDaniel, 1810-1885, is John's brother-in-law. John's Mother-in-law, Zibiah (McCarley) McDaniels, 1786-1860, apparently remarried a Mr. Birdno after her husband James McDaniel, 1762-1820, died.] Pp. 4-9: The journal details their departure from Council Bluffs area by various means including railroad, hack, steamboat, packet boat, hired horses, and on foot with luggage to "Leith Co. 5 miles north of Estillville," Virginia via many detailed waypoints including but not limited to DesMoines, Chicago, Cleveland, Wheeling VA, Burlington on the Ohio River, the "Big Sandyd preach the Gospel to many McLelland/McClelland relatives of his companion. In Leith Co., VA, on Monday, Dec. 13, 1869, he "wrote a letter home to my family and one to Ash[e] Co., North Carolina to David and Henry Graybill" which they mailed the next day from Estillville. [John's mother, Barbara Graybill, had two brothers - Henry, ca1780-ca1843, and David, 1794-1874 - who remained in Ashe Co. where she was born; however, Henry was dead by then but his "Uncle" David responds later on Jan. 22.] Pp. 10-17: They stayed in the area doing missionary work mainly among McClellands. He notes on Christmas day while staying with Samuel McClelland, they went to a meeting and heard a Dunkard preach. On Monday, Dec. 27th, John notes, "wrote a letter to my family also one to my sister-in-law Martha Stoker at Bluff City, Iowa. [Martha Carr (McDaniel) Stoker was whom he referred to as Aunt Martha previously in his journal since she was married to his father unsure who the widow was, but John's maternal grandmother was Christina Wampler, 1753-1844.] On Tuesday, Jan. 11th, John notes, "Went to Patsy Daughterty's to inquire after my mother's relatives." On Thursday, Jan. 13th, he notes that he "went to Wm. Wampler's, took dinner." [I do not have either a Patsy Daughterty nor William Wampler in my database - they must be of a later generation than John's grandmother Christina Wampler.] He also notes on the same day that he received a letter from his son-in-law J. Tolman and daughter in Utah. On Saturday, Jan. 22nd, John notes, 'Received a letter from my son David Stoker, Davis Co., Utah dated Jan'y 1st, 1870, gave particulars of my son John Stoker's sickness but getting better. Also received a letter from my uncle David Graybill, Ashe Co., Jefferson, North Carolina." On Jan. 24th, he writes back to his uncle David Graybill. Pp. 18-24: Starting on Jan. 26th, 1870, the missionaries are on the move: first to Bristol (VA?), then thru Chattanooga, Nashville, Sparta, to Putnam Co., Tennessee where they did missionary work with the Perkins and Mayberry families who relatives of his companion, Jesse Perkins. On Sunday, Feb. 13th, 1870, John wrote letters to his son David Stoker in Davis Co., Utah and one to Aunt Martha Stoker and cousins in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. On the next day he went to Gainesboro where he received a letter from his son David Stoker. Beginning Feb. 16th, 1870, John proceeds by boat down the Cumberland to Nashville then to St. Louis via the Mississippi River from Cape "Jerido". On Feb. 23rd, took the from St. Louis to Trader's Point where again he sees Aunt Martha. He sends money to his companion in Decatur Co., Iowa to help him get to Council Bluffs. He also sends a letter to Utah asking his family for money for himself and his companion. Pp. 25-33: John arrives Feb. 26 and remains in Pottawattamie Co., Iowa until March 24 when he, Jesse Perkins who arrives March 9, and several other missionaries from the East Coast join up in Omaha for the trip home to Utah by railroad which he notes cost $50.75. Generally he is staying with his Aunt Martha. Some journal entries during that time period dealing with family follow: "Sat., Feb 26th, 1870: Went up to Musketoe Creek to Simeon Peter Graybill, my cousin. Stayed over night. Sunday, 27th. Went to Walker's Grove in Harrison Co. to Sidney R. Graybill, my cousin, with Moroni Stoker to see some sick cousins Michael and Elizabeth Graybill. [Sidney Rigdon, 1836-1893, Michael S., 1827-1910, and Elizabeth, 1833-1891, are siblings and all children of Polly Stoker, John's father's sister.] Stayed over night. Monday 28th. Cold and windy. Remained all day. Stayed all night. Tuesday, March 1st 1870. Returned to Aunt Martha Stoker's at Traders Point. Read a letter from David Stoker, my son, to John A. Stoker, dated Feb'y 21st, 1870. Stayed overnight… Thursday 3d. Cousin Jared Stoker killed 2 turkeys, the 2 weighing 40 lbs. [John Alexander Stoker, 1837-1918, and Jared, 1843-1912, were first cousins and sons of Michael S. Stoker, brother of John's father David.] Stayed over… Tuesday 8th, being my birthday, age 53… Wednesday 9th… was weighed being 184 lbs… Friday 18th… went to Aaron Thomas, took dinner and spent the day with him and family. [Aaron Morris Thomas, 1833-1920, was married to John's first cousin, Elizabeth Jane Stoker, who was the daughter of John W. Stoker, a brother of John's father David.] Returned to Aunt Martha Stoker's… Saturday 19th… Sent a letter to Wm. Atkinson in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, heard from home by a letter wrote to John A. Stoker dated March the 12th, 1870. All was well… Thursday 24th… John A. Stoker and Joseph Stoker took me and Bro. Jesse N. Perkins to Omaha with a wagon. Rained before we got there. Joseph Stoker went over the River with us met about 30 of the missionaries at the St. Charles Hotel. [Joseph Jehiel Stoker, 1846-1921, was a brother of John Alexander and William Moroni Stoker.] Left Omaha at 6 p.m. on the Emigrant Cars for home…" Pp. 33-35: John details the train trip which started March 24th and arrived home in Bountiful March 29th after switching to the Utah Central in Ogden. He notes his arrival "in the midst of family and friends with a hearty God bless you… and a hearty shaking of hands." The missionary journal ends at this point. Pp. 36-227: The balance of John's journal book is genealogical notations of family. Many pages are blank, which I did not copy. Besides family, John would also note many other unrelated Stokers who he must have gleaned from books and other sources. He also notes some totally unrelated non-Stoker individuals with whom he evidently has some acquaintance. I have entered the pertinent data with each family in my database. 6. FHL film 702: "Journal of John Stoker, b. 1817; Journal starts November 1, 1869." John was the son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill. The first 35 pages detail his mission taken from Utah to Virginia and Tennessee through Council Bluffs, Iowa, which I have summarized and included with his notes in this database. Pp. 36-227, the balance of John's journal, are genealogical notations of family. Many pages are blank. Besides family, the journal also notes many other unrelated Stokers who were probably gleaned from books and other sources. It appears as if maybe his son David may have taken over the book later. Many entries are repetitive at different times. Pertinent data for this family or individual is quoted verbatim as follows on pages: 102: Michael Graybill, born May 1787 North Carolina. Polly Stoker Graybill, born Nov. 24, 1792, died Feb. 7, 1864. Children: Simeon Peter Graybill, born Mar. 25, 1813, died 27 June 1889. Catherine Graybill, born June 8, 1814. Sidney Rigdon Graybill, born April 6, 1836. Elizabeth Graybill, born Sept. 15, 1833. Michael Graybill Jr., born July 5, 1828. 184-186: Polly Graybill, daughter of Michael Stoker, Sen. and Catherine Eller was born Nov. 24th, 1792, State of North Carolina, Ashe County, died 7th Feb 1864. Catherine Graybill, daughter of Michael Graybill and Polly Stoker was born June the 9th 1814, State of North Carolina, Ashe County. Sidney Rigdon Graybill, son of Michael Graybill and Polly Stoker was born April 6th, 1836, State of Ohio, Jackson County, Bloomfield Township. Elizabeth Graybill, daughter of Michael Graybill and Polly Stoker was born Sept. 16th, 1833, State of Ohio, Jackson County, Bloomfield Township. Michael S. Stoker, son of Michael Graybill Sen. and Polly Stoker, was born July 5th, 1828, State of Ohio, Jackson County, Bloomfield Township. 5. The following is a partial quote from an article entitled: "The Michael and Catherine Eller Stoker family as early Mormons in Ohio and Missouri," by Jimmie "B" Stoker, November 24, 1993, as reprinted in the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. See the notes of Michael Stoker (1762-1838) for the full transcript of this article: "The Stokers join the LDS Church. Mormon missionaries come. During the fall of 1833 Michael Stoker (1762-1838) and his family, living in Bloomfield Township, Jackson County, Ohio first heard the preaching of the missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These missionaries exhorted them to join the new church and told them about Joseph Smith receiving inspired revelations from God. In addition the Church was noted for its new scripture, the Book of Mormon. The Stokers were drawn to the message. Many accepted baptism before the end of 1833. They included sixteen-year-old John Stoker (1817-1881) who was baptized November 13, 1833 by Seymour Brunson(1) and four days later his double cousin, fifteen-year-old Joseph Levi Graybill, who was baptized by John A. Fisher.(2) These two grandsons of Michael Stoker (1762-1838) were among the first of the Stoker family to embrace the new church. In 1834 Seymour Brunson moved his family to Bloomfield and organized a branch of the Church.(3) John's parents, David (1795-1852) and Barbara Graybill Stoker, joined the branch during that year. David's younger brother, Michael, Jr., (1805-1858) was affiliated with the Mormons. Evidence of his affiliation with the church comes from the fact that his son, born on July 10, 1834 was named, "William Moroni." Clearly the name Moroni marked Michael as having read the Book of Mormon. Moreover, in his journal Michael, Jr., writes, "The names of the members who were baptized by me in February, 1836. Baptized James Toinbuson and ordained him an elder." He also baptized William and Barbara Stoker that year.(4) Michael held the Mormon priesthood to officiate in these ordinances. The Stokers and their relatives were very enthusiastic about their new church. They contributed to its growth and sustained its leadership. The McDaniel connection. The children and grandchildren of MIchael Stoker (1762-1838) had an affinity to marry the children of James McDaniel and Zibiah McCarley, neighbors in Jackson County. John W. Stoker (1802-1857) married Electa Sarah McDaniel (1806-1857) on April 19, 1827. Michael Stoker, Jr., (1805-1858) married her sister, Martha Carr McDaniel, on Jan 1, 1829. A grandson, John Stoker (1817-1881), and a granddaughter, Christine Stoker (1815-1854), children of David Stoker (1795-1852), married Jane McDaniel (1810-1890) on January 21, 1836 and John Riley McDaniel on February 8, 1835. Nineteen-year-old John, in addition to marrying Jane, also adopted her son, Alma. Family tradition says that Alma's father would not consider joining the LDS church so Jane left him. About a month after her son's birth, Jane married John Stoker, the nephew of her two brothers-in-law. The Kirtland Temple is dedicated. In the spring of 1836, some members of the Bloomfield branch made the 200 mile trip north to Kirtland, Ohio to attend the dedication of the temple. In that group was Michael Stoker's son-in-law and grandson, Michael Graybill, Sr., and Joseph Levi Graybill. Michael Graybill's wife, Polly Stoker (1792-1864), was expecting the birth of her eleventh Child, a son who was born April 6, 1836. She didn't go with them. Michael Graybill while at the conference and temple dedication at Kirtland was impressed by Sidney Rigdon's two and a half hour sermon. Upon returning to Bloomfield, he named his newly born son, Sidney Rigdon Graybill.(5) Picture p. 3: "Barbara Graybill and her son, John Stoker." Footnotes 1. "The Life of John Stoker," compiled by Eunice Stoker Southwick 2. "Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," Vol. III G.K. compiled by Susan Easton Black. Provo: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1993. p. 149. 3. "Seymour Brunson," LDS Biographical Encyclopedia Vol. 3 compiled by Andrew Jenson. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901. p. 331. 4. "The Howard, Leytham, Stoker, Von Dollen Family Histories and including the Bell, Teeple, Mackland, Bardsley, Graybill, Eller, Dick, Oman, Smith, and Koons Families," compiled by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska 68124. p. 92. 5. Vivian Graybill, "Michael Graybill, Sr." Typescript sent to Jim Stoker by Alice Graybill Russell, 6120 Wincanton Dr., Shreveport, LA 71129 on October 6, 1993." 6. The following is a partial quote from an article entitled: "The Michael and Catherine Eller Stoker family as early Mormons in Ohio and Missouri," by Jimmie "B" Stoker, November 24, 1993, as reprinted in the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. See the notes of Michael Stoker (1762-1838) for the full transcript of this article: "The following members of Michael Stoker's family attached their names to a petition in 1843 that they had lived in Missouri and had been driven from their state:(21) David Stoker [Michael's son David (1795-1852)], John Stoker [possibly David's son, John (1817-1881) or Michael's son, John W. (1803-1857)], John McDaniels (1812-1884) [David's son-in-law, husband of his oldest daughter, Christine (1815-1854)], Elles Stoker (1816-1855) [Eller, Michael's youngest son], Mary Stoker (1822-1890) [probably Margaret Judd, Eller's wife]. Catharine Stoker (1773-after 1850) [Michael's wife, Catharine Eller], Jacob Stoker (1812-1893) [Michael's son], Catharine Stoker [Catharine Burcham, Jacob's wife], John Stoker (1803-1857) [Michael's son, John W. Stoker], Sarah Stoker (1806-1857) [John W. Stoker's wife, Electa Sarah McDaniel]. Geo. Graybill (1821-?) [Michael's grandson, George Washington Graybill, son of Polly Mary Stoker (1792-1864)], Michael Stoker (1805-1858) [Michael's son], Martha Stoker (1808-1873) [Martha Carr McDaniel, wife of Michael's son, Michael], Gabrael Stoker (1832-1852) [Michael's grandson, son of Michael (1805-1858)], William Stoker (1819-1892) [Michael's grandson, son of David], Almira Stoker (1818-1884) [Michael's granddaughter-in-law, grandson, William's wife, Almira Winegar], Samuel D. Stoker (1840-1908) [Michael's great-grandson, son of William and Almira], William Stoker (1842-1906) [Michael's great-grandson, son of William and Almira]. Mary Graybill [possibly Michael's daughter, Polly Mary Stoker (1792-1864) or his granddaughter, Mary Ann Graybill (1830-?)], William Graybill (1825-1880) [Michael's grandson, son of Polly Mary Stoker], Adam Graybill [still looking for this relationship to Michael], Sidney R Graybill (1836-?) [Michael's grandson, son of Polly Mary Stoker], Levi Graybill (1818-1912) [Michael's grandson, son of Polly Mary Stoker], Patience Graybill (1825-1895) [Patience Smith, Michael's granddaughter-in-law, wife of Joseph Levi Graybill (1818-1912)], Mary Graybill [possibly Michael's daughter, Polly Mary Stoker (1792-1864), or his granddaughter, Mary Ann Graybill (1830-?), Polly's daughter]. John Stoker (1817-1881) [Michael's grandson, son of David], Jane Stoker (1810-1890) [Michael's granddaughter-in-law, Jane McDaniel, wife of John (1817-1881)], Hannah Graybill [Michael's great granddaughter, daughter of Joseph Levi Graybill], Hyrum Stoker (1840-1887) [Michael's great grandson, son of John Stoker (1817-1881) and Jane McDaniel], Alma Stoker (1835-1897) [Michael's adopted great grandson, son of Jane McDaniel], and Franklin Stoker (1842-1855) [Michael's great grandson, son of John Stoker (1817-1881)]. Lucinda Stoker is also listed on the petition but cannot establish a relationship to Michael Stoker (1762-1838).(22) Refuge found in Illinois. The people of Quincy reached out to help the Mormons fleeing from Missouri. Elizabeth Haven Barlow writes, "The people of Quincy had contributed between four and five hundred dollars for the poor Mormons. God had opened their hearts to receive us. May heaven's blessings rest upon them. We are hungry and they feed us, naked and clothed us. The citizens have assisted beyond all calculations."(23) Footnotes 21. Also included are some of their children who were born after 1838 in Illinois. 22. "Mormon Redress Petitions," pp. 574, 598, 599-601. 23. Elizabeth Haven Barlow in letter to Elizabeth Howel Bullard, 24 February 1839, published in Ora H. Barlow, "The Israel Barlow Story and Mormon Mores." Salt Lake City: Ora H. Barlow, 1968." 7. From an article entitled "The Family" from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. For the full transcriptional listing of the descendants of Michael Stoker and Catherine Stoker, see the notes of Michael Stoker - the following only pertains to this immediate family. Generation "1" is Michael Stoker and Catherine Eller: "The Michael Stoker Family as existed at the time of his death. Those names that are [bracketed] probably were involved in the Missouri experience... 2-[Polly Mary Stoker], born on 24 Nov. 1792 in Ashe Co., NC, married [Michael Graybill] (14 May 1787- 24 Sep 1856), son of John Peter Graybill and Christina Wampler, on May 1811 in Jefferson, Ashe Co., NC. She lived in Ashe Co., NC; Jackson Co., OH; Caldwell Co., MO; Adams Co., IL; and Pottawattamie Co. IA. She died 18 Feb 1864 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., IA. Both Michael and Polly are buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery. 3-[David Graybill], born 24 Sept 1812 in Ashe Co., NC, married Mahala Hill. Both died in Illinois. In December 1848 David's brother, Simeon Graybill whose wife, Amanda Hill, had died, took David's children and his own making seven altogether in a wagon to settle in Kanesville, Iowa. 3-[Catherine Graybill], born 9 Jun 1814 in Ashe Co., NC, married [Philip Gatrost]. Philip and Catherine moved to Missouri with her parents. They built a brick house in Blue Grass Hollow on the edge of her father's land in Pottawattamie Co., IA. She died Dec. 1, 1886 at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA and is buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery. 3-[Simeon Peter Graybill], born 26 Mar 1816 in Jackson Co., OH. Reared to manhood on a farm. For a time engaged in mining at Mt. Vernon, OH. Married [Amanda Hill] on 16 Mar 1837 in Jackson Co., OH. They moved to Caldwell Co., MO then to Adams Co., IL where Amanda died on Feb 21, 1848. In the fall of 1848, Simeon moved to a farm in Pottawattamie Co, IA. He married Frances (Graham) Downs. While serving a short term LDS mission his cousin, John Stoker of Bountiful, UT visited him on Nov 8, 1869. Simeon resided on the farm until his death, June 27, 1889. 4-[Rachel Graybill], born Mar 1838 probably in Caldwell Co., MO, and died in 1848 near Quincy, Adams Co., IL. 3-[Joseph Levi Graybill], born 12 Mar 1818 in Jackson Co., OH. Baptized by John A. Fisher on 17 November 1833. Ordained an Elder in 1836. Moved to Caldwell Co., MO in 1837. Moved to IL in 1839. Ordained a seventy on May 3, 1839. Married Patience Smith on Jun 20, 1841. Moved to Nauvoo, IL in 1845 and to Pottawattamie Co., IA in 1846. He was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 6 August 1861 by W. W. Blair. 3-[George Washington Graybill], born 26 Jun 1821 in Jackson Co., OH. Married Mary Smith. In 1862 after she died (Feb 16, 1860 in Iowa), George married her sister, Hannah, who had been twice widowed. She had six children and George had ten, together they had three more. George was buried in the cemetery at Underwood, Iowa. Mary is buried in the Graybill/Stoker Cemetery near Council Bluffs. 3-[William Lenore Graybill], born 25 Jan 1825, married Hanna Pilling who was born 3 Mar 1835 in Lancashire, England. William died January 25, 1880 and is buried in the Stoker/Graybill Cemetery. 3-[Juliana Graybill], born 19 Jan 1826, married Wilford Heath Hudson. Went to Utah. Died 8 May 1851. 3-[Michael Graybill], born 19 Jan 1825. Living in Harrison Co., IA on Feb 27, 1870 when John Stoker of Bountiful, Utah, visited him. He never married. At age 40 he was injured in a runaway accident and lived as an invalid until age 82. He resembled his cousin, Michael Stoker, so closely that Polly Brittann Hughes upon meeting her future husband thought he was Michael Graybill whom she had known. 3-[Mary Ann Graybill], born 25 Feb 1830, married Wilford Heath Hudson. Went to Utah. 3-[Elizabeth Graybill], born 16 Sep 1833, was living in Harrison Co., IA on Feb 27, 1870 when her cousin, John Stoker of Bountiful, visited her at which time she was living with her brothers, Sidney Rigdon and Michael. 3-[Sidney Rigdon Graybill], born 6 Apr 1836 in Jackson Co., OH, was living in Harrison Co., IA when his cousin, John Stoker, visited him on Feb 27, 1870. He married Jane Davis." MARRIAGE: 1. Per FHL book 977.771 V2p" Pottawattamie Co., IA Early Marriages 1848-1869" and Internet site www.genexchange.org for Pottawattamie IAGenExchange marriage records: "S.R. Graybill, Jane Davis, 2 Oct 1864." DEATH: 1. NFS accessed 23 Mar 2012. 2. Website http://iagenweb.org/harrison/obit/death_index.htm accessed 13 Dec 2008: "INDEX To The HARRISON County IOWA DEATH REGISTER 1880-1910" (1904-1906 Missing). Information on a Death Record may typically show: Name - Sex - Age - Occupation - Date of Death - Marital Status - Nationality - Birthplace - Place of Death - Cause of Death - Complications - Duration of Disease -Place of Burial - Date of Burial. Copies may be obtained from the Harrison County Genealogical Society: "Graybill, Meredith H., date 1899, page 114. Graybill, Sidney, date 1892, page 68." [I assume this is the correct Sidney, but I am not certain. Need to order the information indexed in the above register.] BURIAL: 1. NFS accessed 23 Mar 2012. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per Ancestral File 4.19 (28 May 2001). 2. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91. 3. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 100. ACTION: 1. 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| 4250 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Reviewed 6 May 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. 2. Censuses: 1850 US: Salt Lake, Utah, p. 130, family 6: Wilford Hudson, 32, farmer, $150, IN. Juliana, 25, OH. Mary A., 20, OH. Eliza, 7, IL Mary A., 5, IL. Amanda, 3, Des(eret). Emily, 5/12, Des(eret). 1860 US: Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, 27 Aug 1860, p. 301, family 13: Wilford Hudson, 41, carpenter, $500, $500, IN. Mary Ann, 29, OH. Elizabeth, 22, OH. Eliza J., 16, IL Mary Ann, 15, IL. Amanda, 11, Nebraska. Wilford, 8, UT. William, 6, UT. Emily, 4, UT. Simeon A., 3, UT. Orson, 3, UT. Rosetta, 6, UT. Mary, 1, UT. David, 3/12, UT. 1870 US: Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, p. 2 of 8, 13 Jun 1870, 21/21: Wilford Hudson, 51, carpenter, IN. Mary A., 38, OH. Wilford, 18, UT. William C., 16, UT. Emma E., 14, UT. Alman, 12, UT. David J., 10, UT. Andrew J., 8, UT. Elsa A., 2, UT. 1880 US: Grantsville, Tooele, Utah; FHL film 1255338 or NA film T9-1338, p. 70B: Wilford Hudson, Carpenter, 62, IN, VA, KY. Mary Hudson, wife, 48, OH, SC, NC. Wilford, 28, UT, IN, OH. William, 26, same. Simeon, 22, same. David, 20, same. Andrew, 18, same. Elsie, 12, same. Samuel, 8, same. 1900 US: Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, p. 199A: Wilford Hudson, Sep 1818, 81, m. 50 years, IN VT NH, farmer. Mary Ann, wife, Feb 1832, 68, m. 50 years, 12 total children with 8 living, OH NC NC. Wilford L., son, Jan 1852, 48, S, UT IN OH, farmer. William, son, Jan 1854, 46, S, UT IN OH, farmer. David J., son, Feb 1860, 40, S, UT IN OH, farmer. Ray Bryan?, g.son, May 1882, 18, S, UT UT UT, laborer farm. 1910 US: Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, p. 3, 14 Apr 1910, north side of Main Street, family 10: Mary A. Hudson, 78, widow, 57 years married, 12 children total with 8 living, OH NC NC. Wilford P., son, 58, single, UT IN OH. William C., son, 56, single, UT IN OH. Gasper, son, 50, single, UT IN OH. 3. 19 May 2002 Ancestry.com various databases report 12 children born from 1850 to 1875 in Salt Lake City and Grantsville, Utah. 4. Her obituary doesn't mention name McMurray, her supposed second husband. Was there really a second husband? 5. The book "Mormon Redress Petitions, Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict," edited by Clark V. Johnson, contains a copy of the "Scroll Petition" dated 28 Nov 1843 at Nauvoo, IL addressed to the U.S. Congress by members of the LDS Church who had property destroyed by Missouri mobs in the 1830's. Included with over a couple thousand signatures is that of Mary Graybill. 6. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 16-24: "Mary Ann Graybill, b. 23/25 Feb 1830, Bloomfield Twp., Jackson Co., OH; d. 16 Nov 1917; md. to Wilford Heath Hudson. Wilford was b. 19 Sep 1818, Corydon, Harrison Co., IN. He also was married to Mary's sister Juliana. Mary's and Wilford's children were Emily Cordelia, Wilford Farrington, William Calvin, Emma Amelia, Simeon Almon, David Jasper, Andrew Jackson, John, Don Carlos, Elsie Ann and Samuel Elliott." Short biographies of children are in the book. 7. The following is a partial quote from an article entitled: "The Michael and Catherine Eller Stoker family as early Mormons in Ohio and Missouri," by Jimmie "B" Stoker, November 24, 1993, as reprinted in the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. See the notes of Michael Stoker (1762-1838) for the full transcript of this article: "The following members of Michael Stoker's family attached their names to a petition in 1843 that they had lived in Missouri and had been driven from their state:(21) David Stoker [Michael's son David (1795-1852)], John Stoker [possibly David's son, John (1817-1881) or Michael's son, John W. (1803-1857)], John McDaniels (1812-1884) [David's son-in-law, husband of his oldest daughter, Christine (1815-1854)], Elles Stoker (1816-1855) [Eller, Michael's youngest son], Mary Stoker (1822-1890) [probably Margaret Judd, Eller's wife]. Catharine Stoker (1773-after 1850) [Michael's wife, Catharine Eller], Jacob Stoker (1812-1893) [Michael's son], Catharine Stoker [Catharine Burcham, Jacob's wife], John Stoker (1803-1857) [Michael's son, John W. Stoker], Sarah Stoker (1806-1857) [John W. Stoker's wife, Electa Sarah McDaniel]. Geo. Graybill (1821-?) [Michael's grandson, George Washington Graybill, son of Polly Mary Stoker (1792-1864)], Michael Stoker (1805-1858) [Michael's son], Martha Stoker (1808-1873) [Martha Carr McDaniel, wife of Michael's son, Michael], Gabrael Stoker (1832-1852) [Michael's grandson, son of Michael (1805-1858)], William Stoker (1819-1892) [Michael's grandson, son of David], Almira Stoker (1818-1884) [Michael's granddaughter-in-law, grandson, William's wife, Almira Winegar], Samuel D. Stoker (1840-1908) [Michael's great-grandson, son of William and Almira], William Stoker (1842-1906) [Michael's great-grandson, son of William and Almira]. Mary Graybill [possibly Michael's daughter, Polly Mary Stoker (1792-1864) or his granddaughter, Mary Ann Graybill (1830-?)], William Graybill (1825-1880) [Michael's grandson, son of Polly Mary Stoker], Adam Graybill [still looking for this relationship to Michael], Sidney R Graybill (1836-?) [Michael's grandson, son of Polly Mary Stoker], Levi Graybill (1818-1912) [Michael's grandson, son of Polly Mary Stoker], Patience Graybill (1825-1895) [Patience Smith, Michael's granddaughter-in-law, wife of Joseph Levi Graybill (1818-1912)], Mary Graybill [possibly Michael's daughter, Polly Mary Stoker (1792-1864), or his granddaughter, Mary Ann Graybill (1830-?), Polly's daughter]. John Stoker (1817-1881) [Michael's grandson, son of David], Jane Stoker (1810-1890) [Michael's granddaughter-in-law, Jane McDaniel, wife of John (1817-1881)], Hannah Graybill [Michael's great granddaughter, daughter of Joseph Levi Graybill], Hyrum Stoker (1840-1887) [Michael's great grandson, son of John Stoker (1817-1881) and Jane McDaniel], Alma Stoker (1835-1897) [Michael's adopted great grandson, son of Jane McDaniel], and Franklin Stoker (1842-1855) [Michael's great grandson, son of John Stoker (1817-1881)]. Lucinda Stoker is also listed on the petition but cannot establish a relationship to Michael Stoker (1762-1838).(22) Refuge found in Illinois. The people of Quincy reached out to help the Mormons fleeing from Missouri. Elizabeth Haven Barlow writes, "The people of Quincy had contributed between four and five hundred dollars for the poor Mormons. God had opened their hearts to receive us. May heaven's blessings rest upon them. We are hungry and they feed us, naked and clothed us. The citizens have assisted beyond all calculations."(23) Footnotes 21. Also included are some of their children who were born after 1838 in Illinois. 22. "Mormon Redress Petitions," pp. 574, 598, 599-601. 23. Elizabeth Haven Barlow in letter to Elizabeth Howel Bullard, 24 February 1839, published in Ora H. Barlow, "The Israel Barlow Story and Mormon Mores." Salt Lake City: Ora H. Barlow, 1968." 8. The following is an extract of Wilford Hudson's pension file for his service in the Iowa Mormon Volunteers, Company A commanded by Jefferson Hunt, during the Mexican War (Mormon Battalion). The file was copied from films on file with the FHL and consists of well over a hundred pages and is in the same ordered as copied: -5 Oct 1905. Mary A. Hudson, Declaration of Widow. Mary A. Graybill, b. 26 Feb 1832 at Bloomfield Twp., Ohio, was md. to Wilford 15 Feb 1851 by Brigham Young in Salt Lake City (SLC), Utah, and she had never before been married. Wilford died. 6 Sep 1905 in Grantsville, Utah. His former wife died 8 May 1850 at SLC. Sent from Grantsville and signed with the mark of an X. [Note other affidavits within the package indicate a marriage date of 15 Feb 1852.] -Undated: Certificate 7248 for Wilford Hudson with quarterly payments being made from the US pension agent at San Francisco. -Pension as of 18 Jul 1904 was $12/mo. Retroactively commenced 5 Jan 1893. -6 Nov 1894, enrolled and mustered in service 16 Jul 1846 at Council Bluff and mustered out with unit 16 Jul 1847 at Los Angeles, CA. Stations served include 31 Aug 1846 near Council Grove, 31 Dec 1846 at Camp on Rio Gila, 28 Feb 1847 at St. Luis Rey, U. Cal., 30 Apr 1847 Pueblo de los Angeles, and 30 Jun 1847 at Pueblo, U. Cal. -6 Mar 1900, statement from Wilford that he never served in the Army or Navy except for the Mexican War. That he is 81 and too old for manual labor. He raises lucerne upon his land with a value of about $25/yr. He owns town lots 3 and 4 on block 16 of Grantsville city plat containing 2-1/2 acres. He acknowledges a current pension of $8/mo. -20 Oct 1905, Wilford dropped from pension roll due to death dated 6 Sep 1905. -6 Sep 1904, Wilford F. Hudson appointed guardian of Wilford Hudson who has been adjudged incompetent. -9 Mar 1887, application for pension. Wilford Hudson, age 68 at Grantsville, Utah. Resided since service discharge for 2 years in SLC and then at Grantsville ever since. Married Mary Ann Graybill 4 Feb 1850 at SLC. Notes that he previously applied and received a land warrant in 1849. Born in Harrison County, Indiana. He is 5'-10" with sandy complexion, blue eyes, and sand hair. He was a farmer before and after his enlistment. Signed his name. -8 Jan 1918, certificate 14503, Mary A. Hudson dropped as pensioner due to death dated 15 Nov 1917. Pension was at $20/mo. -26 May 1900, pension rate increased to $12/mo. -2 Oct 1905, pension established for Mary A. Hudson, widow, age 73. -23 Feb 1883, "Old War Invalid" certificate 25379 issued. Wilfred Hudson alleges injury to knee. -20 Dec 1917, Form to Chief of Finance Dept. from Disbursing Clerk noting that the postmaster of Grantsville returned a check for $60 dated 4 Dec 1917 for Mar A. Hudson with a note that the pensioner died 15 Nov. 1917. -Apr 1906, claim 18172, cert. no. 7248. Gov't noting problem with marriage of 15 Feb 1852 since there is no record of said marriage and all the witnesses are dead. -16 Aug 1883, disability affidavit, age 64, born in Harrison Co., Indiana, at 18? moved to Adams Co., IL, at 26 years of age moved to Hancock Co. where he lived for 2 years and worked as a carpenter. Currently a carpenter and farmer. Injured himself from a sprain April 1847 near Los Angeles driving loose mules in the Gov't service. Received medical attention from Dr. Chambers in SLC for three months in 1854 and also Dr. C. H. Davidsen of Grantsville for six months in 1880. Has never suffered any other disability except the sprain. Physical condition has been very poor and has only been able to do a little carpentry since his discharge. Has not been able to walk any. -23 Apr 1900, affidavit from Stephen S. Worthington of Grantsville attesting to Hudson's ownership of lots 2 and 3, block 16, of Grantsville, which are worth $300. He also produces six tons of lucerne valued at not to exceed $30 per annum. -7 Jun 1904, affidavit from Mary Ann Hudson. Declares that between 5 Jan 1892 and 26 May 1900 that Wilford was totally disabled for any manual labor due to debility. Notes: "My husband is now past 85 years of age and by reason of age and senile debility is utterly incapable of doing anything for himself. Requires a constant attendant and his mind is so far gone that does not see or comprehend anything that goes on about him." -18 Oct 1906, widow's brief, Mary Ann b. 26 Feb 1832. -9 Feb 1906, affidavit of Mary Ann Hudson indicating that Julianna Hudson, wife of Wilford Hudson, died 8 May 1851 and that she was married to him 15 Feb 1852. -10 Feb 1906, affidavit of Stephen Staley Worthington indicating that he was acquainted with Mary Ann Graybill in 1849 when she was a young Mormon living in Iowa with her brother Levi Graybill. -20 Apr 1906, affidavit of Ruel Barr?? indicating that he was acquainted with Wilford and his wife Julianna in SLC and also in Nauvoo from 1845 until Julianna's death in 1852 or 1853. -2 Nov 1905, Affidavit as to Family Record Entries, shows Julianna Graybill Hudson, b. 19 Feb 1826 and d. 8 May 1851; shows Mary Ann Graybill Hudson, b. 26 Feb 1832. Signed by Mary Ann with the mark of an X. -3 Oct 1906, Deposition of Mary Ann Hudson, states she was married about the middle of Feb. 1852, but she is not sure of the date but believed it to be about 15 Feb 1852; states she is quite sure it was in Feb. 1852; states she can't write and has a poor memory; states first wife was Juliana Graybill, her sister, and they married about 10 years before her marriage; sister died about 8 May 1850 or 1851 and she was married about a year and three months later; the marriage was performed in the office of Brigham Young and not the Endowment House; there were two witnesses to the marriage but she can't recall their names. -5 Oct 1906, a special inspector states he can find no documentation of the first wife's death nor Mary Ann's marriage including looking at the Deseret News newspaper. -2 Oct 1906, affidavit from Ruel Barnes, who also was in the Mormon Battalion. He knew Wilford and Juliana in Council Bluffs in 1846 or 1847 and attests that Wilford and Mary Ann have lived as man and wife since he met Mary Ann in 1856. -28 Jan 1893, declaration of pensioner for an increase in pension. Wilford states he has "rhumatics through exposure in the war and entirely dependant on my family for support." -14 Oct 1916, letter from Mary Ann to Commissioner stating she was born in Jackson Co., Ohio, 26 Feb 1832 and that her present address in Grantsville is P.O. Box 34. -22 Nov 1899, affidavit of Wilford Hudson. States he was married in SLC Jan 1849 to Mary Ann Graybill by Brigham Young and that there is no record of the marriage existing. Former wife was Julia Ann Graybill who d. in SLC in the year 1849. He has the following children: -Eliza Jane Hudson, b. 9 Jan 1844 -Mary Ann, b. 17 Apr 1845 -Amanda E., b. 7 Sep 1849 -Wilford F., b. 12 Jan 1852 -William C., b. 24 Jan 1854 -Emma A., b. 19 Oct 1856 -Simeon A., b. 10 Dec 1858 -David Jasper, b. 28 Feb 1860. -Andrew Jackson, b. 14 May 1862 -Elsie Hudson, b. 21 Apr 1868 -Samuel E., b. 20 Nov 1871 -Feb 1883, Declaration of Original Invalid Pension, indicates injury due to "sprained his right knee caused by slipping and from which he is now very much disabled being hardly able to move about." BIRTH: 1. Per obituary. Ancestral file reports Feb. 26, 1830. 1900 census reports Feb 1832. Lewis book uses 25 Feb 1830. Pitt book quoted above uses 23/25 Feb. Hook book cited below uses 25 Feb 1830. Pension papers states 26 Feb 1832. MARRIAGE: 1. Surmised to have occurred after both had arrived in Utah after Sep. 1849. 1900 census says they had been married 50 years. 1850 census confirms Mary Ann was married to Wilford Hudson while his first wife Juliana, Mary Ann's sister, was still alive; this makes Wilford polygamous in 1850. First child was born in Oct 1850. All the subsequent censuses show her always married to Wilford Hudson. 2. Some incorrect databases incorrectly show this Mary Ann marrying Charles McMurray. Mary Ann Graybill was always married to Wilford Hudson per the censuses quoted above and the death information. It was Mary Ann Hudson, Wilford's daughter from his first marriage to Juliana Graybill, who married McMurray per the following marriage record from the "Western States Marriage Records Index" ID Number 230825 Groom: Charles K. McMurray, age 53 of Oakley, Idaho. Bride: Mary A. Hudson, age 46 of Oakley, Idaho. County of Record: Cache Co., Utah; Place of Marriage Logan Date of Marriage 14 Oct 1891 Volume 3 Page 50 DEATH: 1. Obituary states 16 Nov 1917 and pension file states 15 Nov 1917. 2. Ancestry.com's "Utah Death Index, 1905-1951 Record": Mary Ann Hudson, d. 15 Nov 1917, age 85, Tooele County, state file no. 1917004393. BURIAL: 1. See obituary. OBITUARY: 1. "Grantsville. Aged Pioneer of 1849 Laid Reverently Away. (Special Correspondence.) Grantsville, Nov. 19. - The funeral of Mary Ann Graybill Hudson was held in the First ward chapel yesterday afternoon, Bishop Jefferies presiding. The principal speakers were Elders Thomas Williams, J. H. Hale, Jas. B. Wrathall and Patriarch B.R. Barrus, all of whom referred to the noble life and character of the deceased. The choirs of both wards furnished appropriate music. Marinda Brown sang a solo, "I Have Read of a Beautiful City." Interment was in the city cemetery. The deceased was born in Jackson county, Ohio, Feb. 26, 1832, and died Nov. 16, of cancer, being over 86 years old. She came to Utah in 1849 and was the wife of the Late Wilford Hudson of Mormon Battalion fame, who after returning from California, settled in Tooele county and remained here until his death." Deseret Evening News, Tues., Nov. 20, 1917, p. 12. SOURCES_MISC: 1. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91. 2. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 99. 3. Nauvoo LDS Land and Records Office research file (copy in my possession as of 2 Jun 2007) provides the following information (also partially viewable at www.earlylds.com). | Graybill, Mary Ann (I293)
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