Fablinger, Nicholas

Notes:

Nicholas, as a small child, moved to Illinois with his parents and brothers. In the census of 1860, Nicholas was listed as age fifteen. When he was nineteen years old, he enlisted in Co. C. 140th Illinois volunteer. After this service was ended he enlisted in the 96th Illinois infantry and was transferred to co. H. 21st where he served till the end of the war, when he was honorably discharged.

In 1875, he married Margaret Blake and four children were born. They were William Russell (1876-1963), George David (1877-1967), Edward Clarence (1879-1950), and Lillian Bell [Peschang] (1881-1961). Margaret Blake Fablinger died, when Lillie was six weeks old in 1881. William and George then made their home for a while with their aunt Margaret (Mrs. John Schlecht) in Nemaha County, Nebraska. The two youngest remained in Illinois and were raised by their aunt aggie and uncle William and the step grandmother, Mary Thompson Fablinger, until her death in 1885. In 1886 Nicholas took the two older boys, by covered wagon to Logan county near Gandy, Nebraska where he homesteaded a parcel of land on Garfield Table. He lived there with his family until 1913 when they moved to Gandy. In 1892, he married Lizzie c. Applegate and two daughters were born to them. They were Margaret Elizabeth [Smith] (1892- ), and Lizzie Delores [Joy] (1894-1985).

Buried:
McCain Cemetery

Nicholas married Blake, Margaret in Apr 1875. Margaret died on 29 Apr 1881 in Hanover Township, Jo Daviess Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nicholas married Applegate, Lizzie C. on 14 Mar 1892. Lizzie was born on 11 Jan 1875; died on 31 Jan 1919 in Gandy, NE; was buried in Gandy, Logan, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]