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Mattie Graybill

Female 1855 - 1872  (17 years)


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  • Name Mattie Graybill 
    Born 3 Feb 1855  near Kanesville (now Council Bluffs), Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 29 Sep 1872  , Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Graybill-Stoker Cemetery, Garner Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I610  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father George Washington Graybill,   b. 26 Jun 1821, Bloomfield Township, Jackson, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1900, Underwood, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Mary Smith,   b. 16 Sep 1823, Liberty Township, Henry, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1860, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 21 Jun 1841  Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F253  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Reviewed 24 Oct 2003 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect.

      2. Censuses:
      1856 Iowa: (From Ancestry.com) Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 10 of 63, 59/60:
      George W. Graybill, 35, 9 years in Iowa, OH, farmer.
      Mary, 32, 9, IN.
      Hannah, 13, 9, IL.
      Brigham, 11, 9, IL.
      Geo., 9, IA.
      Polly, 7, IA.
      John, 5, IA.
      Isaiah, 3, IA.
      Massey, 1, IA.
      Mary C., 0, IA. [Same person as Sarah A.]

      1860 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 362, dwelling 469, family 412, living next door to Simeon P. Graybill:
      George W. Graybill, 38, farmer, $1650 real estate, $400 personal property, OH.
      Hannah, 17, housekeeper, IL.
      Brigham, 16, farmhand, MO.
      George, 13, IA.
      Polly, 10, IA.
      John, 9, IA.
      Wm. P., 7, IA.
      Massie J., 5, IA.
      Catharine, 2, IA.
      Lydia J., 4/12, IA.

      1870 US: Council Bluffs Post Office, Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 172b, dwelling 58, family 59; the following families were neighbors: Simeon Graybill, Margaret Stoker, George Graybill, William L. Graybill, Phillip Gatrost:
      Geo. Graybill, 47, farmer, $9600 real estate, $2200 personal property, OH.
      Hannah, 44, keeping house, IN.
      Geo. W., 23, farmer, $200 personal property, IA.
      Isaac, 17, IA.
      Massie, 15, IA.
      Cathrin, 11, IA.
      Lydia J., 10, IA.
      Julia, 6, IA.
      Samuel, 4, IA.
      Zenas, 2, IA.
      Hannah Sexton, 15, IA.
      Emily J. Sexton, 14, IA
      John Sexton, 11, IA.
      George Sexton, 10, IA.
      John Graybill, 19, IA.

      BIRTH:
      1. See burial citation. James Hook in the book referenced below uses 3 Apr 1855 without documentation; however, I believe the burial citation to be the better source.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Married Thomas McGrew per info on tombstone. Marriage confirmed by FHL book 977.771 V22p "Index to the 1869-1874 Marriage Records, Pottawattamie County, Iowa": "Mattie N. Graybill and Thomas McGrew, 11 Oct 1871. FHL book 977.771 V2p "Potta. Co. Marriages, Book A-B" shows application for marriage for same couple dated 3 Oct 1871. After Mattie died, FHL book 977.771 V2p "Potta. Co. Marriages, Book A-B" shows marriage application for Thomas McGrew and Julia Lyttle dated 12 Jan 1874. 1880 census for Neola, Pott., IA shows Thomas, age 35, IL, butcher, remarried to Julia, age 24, with a daughter Cora aged 7, Sarah aged 6, and two more even younger. Possibility that Cora may have been from first marriage and perhaps it was at her childbirth that Massie died.

      BURIAL:
      1. The following name is found on a new memorial stone with 33 other related family members at Graybill/Stoker Cemetery: "Massie McGrew 1855-1872." 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. Tombstone at Graybill Cemetery, Garner Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa: "Mattie McGrew, wife of Thomas McGrew, dau. of Geo. and Mary Graybill, d. 29 Sep 1872, 17 y 7m 26d."

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 90-91.

      2. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 72-75.

      3. 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. 99.