Fablinger, John

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John was born in Maryland and as a young boy moved to Illinois with his parents and brothers. He spent his boyhood and youth in the county. In the census of 1860 he was listed as age seventeen. At the out-break of the civil war he joined the union army august 8, 1862. He enlisted in company I, 96th Illinois infantry and was assigned to the army of the Cumberland. He participated in the battle of Chickamauga, where he was seriously wounded in the left shoulder. As a result of this injury he was confined about one year in the hospitals in Chattanooga and Nashville. While lying helpless, on the field he was captured by the confederates, but two weeks later was paroled and taken in charge by the union forces. After his hospital stay, he returned to patrol duty and remained with his regiment, until after the close of the war, receiving his honorable discharge may 25, 1865.

Upon leaving the army he returned to his home and begin farming. His property was in Hanover township of 160 acres on section 14. In 1868, he married Jane Caroline Young, the daughter of Robert and Jane Carlisle young who were natives of Ireland. There were eight children born to this union. They were Ellen (Nellie), john Wesley, Mary J. (Minnie), Anna Belle, Cora a., Theresa (Tressie), Frances, and
Benjamin. On august 13, 1903, john and his wife were crossing the Mississippi river between Hanover and Bellevue, Iowa townships, with a team of horses, when the bridge collapsed. John could swim, but his wife could not. She was rescued by a friend named John Rodden, but john lost his life. One of the theories was that he was kicked in the head by one of the horses. After John's death Jane lived with her
Daughter Tressie. John and his wife, Jane, are buried in the Hanover cemetery in Illinois.

John married Young, Jane Caroline on 1 May 1868 in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA. Jane (daughter of Young, Robert and Carlisle, Jane) was born on 22 Jan 1845 in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA; died on 18 Jan 1923 in Hanover, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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George was raised by his father and stepmother, because his mother had died when he was two and a half years old. At the age of eighteen he took up the trade of a stonemason, which he followed for about six years. In 1837, he came to America and after a thirteen-week trip; he landed in the city of Baltimore. He soon found employment with the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, where he worked for two years. Later he went to Allegheny County, Maryland, where he worked in a sawmill. He, also, worked in the furnaces at Lonaconing.

While a resident of Maryland, he married Margaret Pope, who was also a native of Germany. About 1848-49, they came to Jo Daviess County and after a short residency in Galena, they settled on 120 acres on section 3 of the Hanover Township. They paid $1.25 an acre and by hard work made improvements that made the farm, one of the best in the township. At the time of his death, he owned 200 acres. Margaret had a hard life as she bore him twelve children. They were Phillip, John, Nicholas, Lewis, George, Margaret, James, Elizabeth, William, Theresa, Peter, and Agnes. She died in 1861, shortly after the birth of the youngest daughter, Agnes or Aggie. Although there are some reports that she died in 1864. George contracted a second marriage with Mary Thompson. While married to George, she helped with raising of two of George's grand children, until her death in 1885. They were the son and daughter of Nicholas. In the census of September 8, 1860, he was listed as being 47 years old and his wife was 42. The value of their property was $1500 and the personal estate $700. George and Margaret are buried in the Edgerton cemetery in Hanover, Illinois.

Buried:
Edgerton Cemetery

George married Pope, Margaret in 1842 in Maryland, USA. Margaret was born in 1817 in Germany; died on 19 Jul 1891 in Hanover, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]