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- 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.: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~iapottaw/CemMormon.htm> It reads: "Levi Graybill, Born Aug. 16, 1851, Died May 1, 1879."
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 <http://www.rootsweb.com/~iapottaw/CemMormon.htm?sourceid=00319368866824358798>: "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. 149.
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1851 - 1879 (27 years)