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 1821 - 1906 (84 years)
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| Name |
Grabill, Abraham [1] |
| Born |
10 May 1821 |
Messerschwanderhof, Otterberg, Germany  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1860 |
Fairfield, Bureau, Illinois, USA [2] |
| Died |
19 Apr 1906 |
Kensington, Smith, Kansas, USA [1] |
| Person ID |
I3035 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Father |
Krebill, Friedrich, b. 3 Feb 1788, Altleiningen, Rheinpfalz, Germany , d. 3 May 1849, Hayesville, Ashland, Ohio, USA (Age 61 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Risser, Anna, b. 15 Nov 1794, Friedelsheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany , d. 17 Jan 1857, Hayesville, Ashland, Ohio, USA (Age 62 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Married |
16 Dec 1816 |
Friedelsheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany [1] |
| Family ID |
F1061 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Fivecoats, Margaret B., b. 7 Dec 1823, Virginia, USA , d. 21 Apr 1888, New Bedford, Bureau, Illinois, USA (Age 64 years) |
| Married |
13 May 1847 |
Hayesville, Ashland, Ohio, USA [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Grabill, Samuel Fredric, b. 29 Sep 1847, Vermillion, Ashland, Ohio , d. 7 May 1850, Vermillion, Ashland, Ohio (Age 2 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Grabill, Nancy Anna, b. 3 Aug 1849, d. 22 Jan 1856 (Age 6 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Grabill, John Aurelius, b. 5 Oct 1851, Hayesville, Ashland, Ohio, USA , d. 3 May 1881, New Bedford, Bureau, Illinois, USA (Age 29 years) [natural] |
| | 4. Grabill, Mary Arminta, b. 19 Jun 1854, Hayesville, Ashland, Ohio, USA , d. 9 Jun 1889 (Age 34 years) [natural] |
| | 5. Grabill, Arnetta Florence, b. 16 Jan 1857, New Bedford, Bureau, Illinois, USA , d. 8 Sep 1942, Kensington, Smith, Kansas, USA (Age 85 years) [natural] |
| | 6. Grabill, William H. [natural] |
| | 7. Grabill, Fredrick H., b. 11 Oct 1862, New Bedford, Bureau, Illinois, USA , d. 28 Jul 1897, New Bedford, Bureau, Illinois, USA (Age 34 years) [natural] |
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| Last Modified |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Family ID |
F1349 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 10 May 1821 - Messerschwanderhof, Otterberg, Germany |
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 | Married - 13 May 1847 - Hayesville, Ashland, Ohio, USA |
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 | Residence - 1860 - Fairfield, Bureau, Illinois, USA |
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 | Died - 19 Apr 1906 - Kensington, Smith, Kansas, USA |
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| Notes |
- Our quest among living Krebill descendants for information about members of the Abraham and Margaret Grabill family seemed to yield not one single clue which would indicate where they may have lived nor who or where descendants might be now. We had almost given up hope that we would be able to include any report about this family in our Krebill genealogical record.
However, recently when we were studying copies of some german script written letters we discovered one and part of another which were writter. by Henry, a brother, in which he described a trip to and visit with his brother Abraham. He named the towns which he passed through as well as his destination but failed to put down any names of the States.
We began by searching the Ohio map, then the Indiana one and finally the Illinois one where the town names and destination seemed to fit Henry's description. Our inquiry at the Bureau County Court House revealed records that in the year 1856 an Abraham Grabill purchased 80 acres of land near New Bedford.
Being pressed for time we continued our search and found a Tracy L. Grabill living near Walnut, Illinois, who is a descendant of the Abraham Family, who is still residing in the vicinity of the old Grabill homestead. With his help we were soon receiving reports from many other descendants and due to their interest and willingness to help, we are able to include their reports
as you find them on the following pages!
When Abraham acquired his farm there was no house on it and so a neighbor let the Grabill family live with them until a house could be built. He dug a well and walled it up with stone and built a tanning yard with vats so he could carry on the tanning of hides with his farm activities. Old letters indicate that his brother Jacob, on a business trip from Lee County, Iowa, stopped off at his brother's home for a visit.
Abraham was a Sargent in the 148th Volunteer Infantry during the Civil war. It was reported in a letter dated December 1865 that he had returned home from the military service.
Abraham's wife Margaret passed away in 1888 and nine years later their only living son Fredrick too passed away. Fredrick left a surviving widow and two young children, Wayne and Tracy.
After his son's demise Abraham left his old homestead and went to live with his son-in-law and daughter Arnetta who resided at Kensington, Kansas, where he remained for the rest of his days.
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, page 33.
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- [S326] The Altleiningen Krebills 1730-1966, Olga A. Krebill Hirschler, (Name: Paul and Olga Hirschler, 020 Lassen Street, Richmond, CA: 1966;).
- [S445] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Fairfield, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: ; Page: ; Image: .
Record for Abraham Grabill
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