Krebill, Joseph

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Buried:
Strickland Cemetery

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• Residence: 1880, Franklin, Lee, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1885, Lee County, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1900, Franklin, Lee, Iowa, USA

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10 October 1907, p 6-7
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September 21, 1907, in Donnellson, Iowa, Jacob Krebill, at the age of 84 years, 9 months, and 23 days. He was born in Friedelsheim, Rheinpfalz, Bavaria. In the year 1832 he came with his parents to America, who settled in Ashland County, Ohio. On April 6, 1846 he was joined in marriage, which was blessed with 11 children, of whom 2 sons and 3 daughters survive. His wife preceded him in death on August 4th of this year. He leaves 5 children, 3 brothers and sisters, 43 grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren. In the year 1857 he came with his family to Lee County, Iowa, where they have lived since that time. The congregation has appreciated his life and influence to such an extent that he was elected many years to the board of directors. Funeral sermons were preached by Elders Treftzer of Franklin (German) from John 11:28, and P.P. Hilty (English), from Hebrews 4:9.

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Jacob Krebill - Third Generation by Olga A. Krebill Hirschler, 1966

Jacob> the fourth son of Friedrich and Anna, was a lad of eleven years when they arrived in Ohio. Jacob had attended public schools in Germany and probably did so for a Period
of time in their new home vicinity in America.

On a farm in those days a boy of eleven did not only do his share of the daily chores, he also took the place of a grown man with the field work.

Johannes Risser, an educated ordained minister, served the newly founded congregation of Mennonite pioneer families in the Hayesville community. The Rev. Risser was an uncle of Jacob's and conducted catechismal classes. Jacob attended these classes and ultimately, like his older brothers, was baptized in the Mennonite Christian faith and accepted as a member of the church.

At the age of 24 years Jacob married Eliza Ann Strickland and in the following ten years that they lived in the Hayesville community their first six children were born. Their first child lived but a few weeks and their third child lived about two and a half years.

In the fall of 1856 Jacob and Eliza with their children Frederick, Amanda, Nancy and Mary left their Ohio home and traveled by covered wagon and horse teams across the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois to Lee County, Iowa.

A Mennonite colony had been established here some years before and a church building had been built several miles due west from the town of Franklin.

On November 13 in 1856 two deeds were filed at the local court house by Jacob and Peter Krebill for 120 acres of land which they had purchased on the 5th of the month. One deed was for 80 acres described as the East 1/2 of the Southwest1l/4 of section 20 in Franklin Township of Lee County.

The other deed was for 40 acres described as the North 1/2 of the West 1/2 of the same Southwest 1/4 Of section 20.

Jacob and his family moved on to his farm right away but Peter remained at Hayesville until the following spring.

About 25 years later, on February 4th, 1881, Jacob filed a deed for 80 acres of land for which he had obtained the title on January 20th. It was described as the East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of section 27 in Franklin Township.

On June 17, 1884, he filed another deed for the adjacent 80 acres for which he had obtained the title on March 12th, and described as the West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the same section 27.

There seems to be some indication that Jacob may have farmed this land prior to the time when he filed these deeds.

Perhaps he may have rented the land or possibly bought it on contract, before he obtained title to it.

In the year 1871 Jacob's son Frederick married Elizabeth Rings. Frederick and Elizabeth were the first to live on the west half of this 160 acre farm.

The house stood at the end of a short lane leading in from the road about midway between the town of Franklin to the east and the Green Tree crossroads to the west. In 1882, after five children had been born to the Frederick Krebills, Elizabeth the mother died following a serious tuberculosis illness. About a year later Frederick married a cousin of his former wife.

Up until this time Jacob had been living on his farm near the church. He had replaced the old house with a red brick one, enclosed it with an attractive front Yard, built a large bank barn and other improvements. He had a bearing apple orchard and grape vineyard. After Frederick's children had reached school age, which was about the time when he married the second time, he and his father Jacob exchanged farms. It has been reported that this was done so that the young children were closer to church and schools.

In 1884 Jacob built a small frame house on the east half of his 160 acre farm. This house stood close to the main road s.s well as to the lane which lead to the larger old home. When his son Joseph and Selma Weber were married they moved into this new house, which they occupied for about four years. When Jacob and Eliza's son William married Clara E. Weber, the parents moved into the smaller home near the road and Joseph and his brother William shared the old house.

Josephs occupied the south part and Wills the north part of this old house.

By 1894 the brothers Joseph and William rented the adjacent farm to the west and since their families had been expanding, William with his family moved into the house nearby which stood on the rented farm. However, the two brothers continued to farm the several farms together.

Jacob was a deacon at the Zion Mennonite Church for many years. After moving to their farm near Franklin Mr. and Mrs. Krebill would come to the church services driving a brown horse hitched to a top-buggy. They were honored with a reserved.space for their rig along the hitching rack in front of the church. After Jacob was no longer able to drive himself his son Joseph's family would bring them to the service.

These grandparents continued to live by themselves up until after their 61st wedding anniversary. A bell was mounted conveniently so they could call for help as the Joseph Krebill family still lived nearby in the old house. When the old folks retired early, their son Joseph would make it a routine of his to go up and sit on the porch by their bedroom window to talk.

In August 1907 Eliza became very ill and in a few days was called home by her Lord. In order that the aged Jacob might remain in his home environment, his son William's widow and children moved in to care for him. Only seven weeks after Eliza's demise, Jacob too was called to his eternal home.

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Jacob Krebill - Third Generation by Olga A. Krebill Hirschler, 1966

In the fall of 1857 Jacob added a postscript to a letter vritten by his brother Peter to their brother Johennes Grabill at Heyesville, Ohio.

Dear brother;

I must write you briefly how we are getting along. I am sorry to report that our little Mary has been ill nearly all summer. She is presently so poorly that we are in doubt that she will be with us very long.

She is suffering with tuberculosis and the doctor says nothing can be done to help her. The rest of us are quite well.

Christian Hirstein says he is sorry that he does not hear from anyone in Ohio. He did not know that I had left there until he had almost arrived at our place here. He did not mention about receiving a letter from you. Write again,

Your brother Jacob.
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Buried:
Mennonite Cemetary

Died:
near Donnellson

Jacob married Strickland, Eliza Anna on 6 Apr 1846 in Hayesville, Ashland, Ohio, USA. Eliza (daughter of Strickland, Joseph and Harper, Mary) was born on 21 Jan 1827 in Ashland, OH; died on 4 Aug 1907 in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, USA; was buried in Donnellson, Lee, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1850, Vermillion, Ashland, Ohio
• Residence: 1880, Franklin, Lee, Iowa, USA

Notes:

22 Aug 1907, p. 6
Krebill -
On August 4th in Lee County, Iowa, Elise nee Strickland, wife of Jacob Krebill, passed away at the age of 80 years, 6 months, and14 days. Her parents came in their youth from New Jersey and Virginia to pioneer in Ashland County, Ohio. On April 6, 1846, she was married, and lived with her now-bereaved husband 61 years in happy marriage, which was blessed with 4 sons and 7 daughters, of whom 2 sons and 4 daughters are yet alive. In 1857, they left Ohio to come to this area where they have lived ever since.

In April of 1896, they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. She leaves behind 43 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. The funeral was held by S. M. Musselman of Wayland, who took his text from 1st Corinthians 15:57, and P. P Hilty, who spoke from Job 5:26.


Birth:
near Ashland

Buried:
Mennonite Cemetary

Died:
near Donnellson

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Married:
near Hayesville

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Altleiningen, near Grunstadt, Germany

Friedrich married Risser, Anna on 16 Dec 1816 in Friedelsheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Anna (daughter of Risser, Sr Johannes and Strohm, Maria) was born on 15 Nov 1794 in Friedelsheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; died on 17 Jan 1857 in Hayesville, Ashland, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1885

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Friedelsheim, near Durkheim, Germany

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• Residence: 1870, Vermillion, Ashland, Ohio

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"JOSEPH STRICKLAND was born in the state of New Jersey, January 4, 1804, and removed with the family of his father, Joseph Strickland, sr., to Jefferson county, Ohio, prior to the war of 1812, and thence to Vermillion township, now Ashland county, a few years subsequent to the close of the war. His father had served honerably as a solder from New Jersey in the war of the Revolution, and died in Seneca county, Ohio, at the advanced age of eighty-six years in 1850. In 1826 Joseph Strickland, jr., the subject of this sketch, purchased and removed to the farm on which he deceased, in the northwest part of Vermillion township. He improved his homestead and made it a valuable property. He connected with the Methodist Episcopel church early in life, and was an exemplary Christian for over fifty years, and several times a leader in the church. He was noted for his domestic worth and kindness to his family. He affection and goodnees of heart had a cheerful influence over his children, all of whom revered, honored, and followed his counsel. As a citizen, he was quiet and unobtrusive. His integrety and uprightness fitted him for public promotion. He was fequently called upon by his neighbors to fill offices of trust in his township. He served as trustee, justice of the peace and infirmary director, and retired from the latter postion, some years since, because of a paralytic attack, which disabled him, and prevented and active discharge of public duties. In politics he was a Democrat, and had been from his arrival at manhood. He was noted for his benevolent and kindly feelings, and made an excellant infirmary director. He has goine home to rest with the just and the pure. May his example as a Christian and a man have its influence upon those who remain to conduct the affairs of their fellow citizens.

Mr. Strickland died at his residence in the northwest part of Vermillion township, Sunday, October 8, 1876, after a long and painful attack of paralysis, aged seventy-two years, nine months, and one day.

At a meeting of the obituary committee of the Historical and Pioneer association, of Ashland county, appropriate resolutions were adopted regarding his decease."

Source: History of Ashland County, Ohio; George William Hill, M.D., published by Williams Bros., 1880

Buried:
Strickland Twin Cemetery

Joseph married Harper, Mary on 6 May 1824 in Ashland Co., OH. Mary (daughter of Harper, William and (Harper), Elizabeth) was born on 10 Jun 1804 in Virginia, USA; died on 5 Nov 1885 in Vermillion Twp, Ashland, OH; was buried in Vermillion, Ashland, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1860, Vermillion, Ashland, Ohio

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Buried:
Strickland Twin Cemetery

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Miller Samuel Grehbiel

In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries a Samuel Grehbiel family occupied what was known as the Altleiningen mill in the RheinPhalz area in southwestern Germany. The mill stood on the banks of a stream called Echbach, a short distance down stream from Altleiningen towards Grünstadt. These flour mills Were typical in this part of Europe wheresoever streams of sufficient flow existed to turn the water-wheels which operated the mill machinery . Much of the water which spilled from these wheels would find its way back into the stream and continue down to turn the wheel for other mills.

In those times flowing streams were the principal source of power for many industries.

About two centuries before there existed a protestant movement called Anabaptism. This was somewhat more radical than that which was initiated by
Martin Luther.

This movement was met with vehement actions by State and Church. Many were destroyed, many more tortured and driven into the vallys of the Alps or into the swamps of the low-lands. A converted catholic Priest, Menno Simons, made an effort to gather some of these refugees into groups and under his leadership formed the branch known as Mennonites. In the 1600s and 1700s many of these Mennonites fled to America and settled in the state of Pennsylvania and Virginia.

By the time of the Grehbiels at the Altleiningen mill, the Mennonites were starting to conform to the practice of other protestant Evangelical churches. In certain areas officials permitted Mennonite members to erect their own churches. However, all young men were required to serve two years of military training and be subject to conscription in case of war. This was contrary to the belief of the Mennonite religion and so these people were still at odds with the Church-State government and therefore not accorded full citizenship.

In addition the farmers were subjected to exorbitant rents and taxes. Because of the scarcity of land young men were unable to prwide a home and in consequence were not permitted to marry. Teen-aged boys were required to serve a four year apprenticeship in sane craft or trade and after being discharged they were permitted to travel as journeymen and work for others or perhaps ultimately establish a business for themselves.

Abraham, a son of Samuel and his first wife Katharina, was Mayor of Altleinigen for a period of time. While he was thus in office he signed all Official papers spelling his name, Abraham Krebill instead of the way his father spelled it. There is evidence that the rest of this family followed his Practice from then on.

Source: Olga A. Krebill Hirschler, The Altleiningen Krebills 1730-1966 (Paul and Olga Hirschler, 020 Lassen Street, Richmond, CA: 1966), Newberry Library, Chicago, also personal collection of Michael Hervey.

Mill Location: 49° 30' 39.28" N 8° 5' 3.72" E

Samuel married Würtz, Agnes in 1774. Agnes was born in 1750 in Munchhof Bhochspeyer, Germany; died on 22 Jun 1838 in Altleiningen, Rheinpfalz, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She came from Munchhof near Hochspeyer, Germany.

Johannes married Strohm, Maria. Maria was born in 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to Ashland Eternity Acres, a Guide to Ashland County Memorials, 1942 p. 91, "Joseph Strickland... was a veteran of the American Revolution who came to Vermilion Township from New Jersey in 1815." In 1822, Joseph Strickland purchased the SE 1/4 of Section 12 in Vermillion Township from William and Sarah Black, for $100. Joseph and his wife Rachel would retain this farm for the next 21 years, before selling it in 1843.

Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War, as prepared by the State of New Jersey Adjutant General's Office, 1870. , page 772, states:
STRICKLAND, JOSEPH.
STRICKLAND, SAMUEL. Gloucester.
STRICKLIN, HENRY. "Captain Nixon's Troop, Light-Horse," Middlesex.

Buried:
on his family farm/Strickland Twin Cemetery

Joseph married (Quick), Rachel on 19 Mar 1801 in Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA. Rachel was born about 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1830 Census shows the William Harper household contained 1 Male aged 70 to 80, one female aged 60 to 70, and one male child under the age of 5.

Buried:
Eckley Cemetery

William married (Harper), Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born in 1763; died on 2 Aug 1859 in Vermillion Twp, Ashland, OH; was buried in Vermillion, Ashland, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Possibly Elizabeth Elliot

Buried:
Eckley Cemetery