| Notes |
- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Reviewed 6 May 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect and LDS Ancestral File Oct 2003.
2. Censuses:
1850 US: Cannot find even though Levi in his biography says he was in Iowa by 1846. Did a page by page search of Decatur and Pottawattamie Counties which in 1850 appear to be larger than they are now. They possibly could have lived away from the others in an area that may not have received a census taker.
1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household and their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Census return:
Grabill: Levi [can't read age - 33?], Patience 25, Abigail 9, Selathiel 4, Patience 2, Levi infant. [Note that the following related families are in this census and very close neighbors: Simeon P. Graybill, Michael/Polly Graybill with Polly's mother Catherine Eller Stoker, Eller/Margaret Stoker, Jacob/Catherine Stoker, Philip/Catherine Gatrost, David/Barbara Stoker, Edward/Sarah Davis, and William/Almira Stoker. Other relatives in same county but separated by several pages of census include the following families: Thomas/Hannah Pilling whose daughter Hannah, later marries William Lenore Graybill, Levi/Patience Graybill, John W./Sarah Stoker, Hannah Ford whose son Martin later marries Zibiah M. Stoker, and John/Sarah Smith.]
1856 Iowa: (From Ancestry.com) Macedonia, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 2 of 4:
Levi Grabill, 38, 10 years in Iowa, OH, farmer.
Patience, 31, 10, IN.
Abbigail, 14, 10, IL.
Selatha, 9, 9, IL.
Patience, 7, 7, IL.
Levi, 5, 5, IL.
John, 3, 3, IL.
Michael, 1, 1, IL.
1860 US: Macedonia P.O., Grove Twp., Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 416, entry 847, 14 Jul:
Levi Graybill, 42, farmer, Ireland.
Patience, 36, IN.
Abigail, 18, IL.
Salathiel, 13, IA.
Patience, 11, IA.
Levi, 8, IA.
John, 6, IA.
Joseph B., 3, IA.
George W., 5/12, IA.
1870 US: Wheeler's Grove P.O., Grove Twp., Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 160a, dwelling 28 [note a couple of households away is father Levi, uncle Stephen Smith, and Sarah Winegar Smith]:
S. Graybill, farmer, 33, IA.
Nancy, 34, housekeeping, IN.
Ida, 12, IA.
James, 10, IA.
1880 US: Center, Pottawattamie, Iowa; NA film T9-0361, p. 149D:
Salathiel Graybill, farmer, self, 34, IA OH IN.
Nancy, wife, 34, IN NY OH.
Ida, dau., 12, IA IA IN.
James, son, 10, IA IA IN.
Lilly, dau., 8, IA IA IN.
Mary, dau., 6, IA IA IN.
Arther, son, 3, IA IA IN.
1885 Iowa: Township 85, Range 41, Section 32 SW, Soldier, Crawford, IA, p. 421:
Salalathiel Graybill, 38, Married, b. Pottawattamie Co.
Nancy, 38, IN.
Ida, 17, b. Pottawattamie Co.
James, 15, b. Pottawattamie Co.
Llilla, 12, b. Pottawattamie Co.
Mary, 10, b. Pottawattamie Co.
Josephine, 8, b. Pottawattamie Co.
Bertha, 2, b. Pottawattamie Co.
1900 US: Cass Township, Shelby, Iowa, p. 3A:
Salathiel Graybill, Nov 1846, 53, m. 33 years, IA PA IN.
Nancy L., wife, Apr 1846, 54, m. 33 years, 7 children all living, IN NY OH.
Lillie E. Collier, dau., Mar 1872, 28, m. 7 years, 2 children with one living, IA IA IN.
Frank A. Collier, grandson, Jan 1894, 6, IA IL IA.
Ida L. Graybill, dau., Jan 1868, 32, S, IA IA IN, school teacher.
Bertha M., dau., Dec 1882, 17, S, IA IA IN, school teacher.
Nannie M., dau., Jul 1882, 7, IA IA IN.
1905 online index to Harrison County, IA, move out directories per website www.rootsweb.com/~iaharris/directories/index.htm:
Salathiel Graybill moved to Portsmouth, IA.
1910 US: Cass, Shelby, Iowa, p. 4 of 20, 6 May 1910, 45/45:
Salathia Grabill, 63, md. 43 yrs., IA OH IN, retired farmer.
Nancy L., wife, 64, md. 43 yrs., 4 total children with 2 living, In NY OH.
Nancy, dau., 17, single, IA IA IN, public school teacher.
3. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 55-60, note that this book has a very detailed downline of this family:
"Salathiel Graybill, b. 26 Nov 1846, IA; d. 21 Apr 1917; bur. in the Mormon Trail Cemetery, Macedonia, IA; md. 5 Jan 1867 to Nancy L. Denton. She was b. 20 Apr 1846; d. 25 Mar 1921; bur. at Wheeler's Grove, near Macedonia, IA. She was the d/o Isaac Denton and Marietta Moore. In 1870, Salathiel and Nancy lived in Grove Twp., Pottawattamie Co., IA. Their children were Ida Loretta, James Salathiel, Lillie E., Edith M., Joseph Arthur, Bertha Mabel and Nannie 'Nina' Myrtle."
4. Internet site http://iagenweb.org/harrison/1902/1902g.htm accessed 13 Dec 2008 shows landowners of Harrison County in 1902:
"Graybill Salathiel, Township Cass, T79 S13 R41, Acres 120.00, House, Spring Creek, page 33.
Graybill Salathiel Cass 79 24 41 80.00 Spring Creek 33."
5. Website http://iagenweb.org/harrison/directories/1905_Former_Residents.htm#gindx accessed 13 Dec 2008: "Present Address of Former Harrison County People From the 1905 Harrison County, Iowa Directory": "Graybill, Salathiel: Portsmouth, IA."
BIRTH:
1. Per tombstone cited below.
2. Per death record cited below.
MARRIAGE:
1. Per FHL book 977.771 V2p" Pottawattamie Co., IA Early Marriages 1848-1869" and Internet site www.genexchange.org for Pottawattamie IAGenExchange marriage records: "Salathiel Graybill, Nancy L. Denton, 5 Jan 1867."
DEATH:
1. FHL film 1477205 "Pottawattamie Death Records, 1898-," register entry #526: "Slaythiel Graybill, died at Edmundsen Hospital in Council Bluffs of Kane Twp., born 26 Nov 1846 at unknown place, married, 70 years old, father is L. Graybill born in Ohio, mother unknown, retired, death reported by wife, died Apr. 24, 1917, of senile pneumonia, physician was V.L. Treynor, buried at Macedonia, Iowa, undertaker was Cutler and Sons."
BURIAL:
1. Picture of tombstone on website for "Mormon Cemetery" located in Grove Township of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, four miles east of Macedonia on County Road G66/Pioneer Trail.: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~iapottaw/CemMormon.htm> It reads: "Father. Salathiel Graybill. Nov. 26, 1846. Apr. 24, 1917."
2. Copy of complete printed cemetery listing from FHL book 977.771 V3e, vol. 1, Bk. 3-5 in hard file 90 with John Peter Graybill. Information for the cemetery from the 11 Nov 2002 website <http://www.rootsweb.com/~iapottaw/CemMormon.htm?sourceid=00319368866824358798>: "Mormon Cemetery. Located in Grove Township [Pottawattamie County, Iowa], four miles east of Macedonia on County Road G66/Pioneer Trail. It has been called the Mormon cemetery and the LDS cemetery because it is on the Mormon Trail and many of the people buried there belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The LDS Church was organized in 1863. Original members were John Smith and wife, Sarah; E.W. Knapp and wife, Melissa; A.J. Fields and wife, Sarah; James Otto and wife, Mehitable; Joseph Levi Graybill and wife, Patience; John Winegar and wife, Elizabeth; Joseph Smith and wife, Rachel and Stephen Smith. [Taken from the 1882 Pottawattamie Co. History by Baskin.] Many of these members are buried here. [In later years members of the Re-organized Latter Day Saints were buried here.] The oldest burial is that of Peter Frain, 12 Oct 1861, whose stone is still visible." [Note: most of the people mentioned were RLDS by 1863.]
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 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, p. 149.
|
Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1846 - 1917 (70 years)