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Joseph Bird Graybill

Male 1857 - 1880  (23 years)


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  • Name Joseph Bird Graybill 
    Born 14 Aug 1857  Macedonia, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 13 Oct 1880  of Grove Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 15 Oct 1880  Mormon Cemetery, Grove Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I622  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Levi Graybill,   b. 12 Mar 1818, Bloomfield Township, Jackson, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1912, near Persia, Harrison, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Mother Patience Smith,   b. 25 Nov 1825, New Castle, Henry, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1895, Macedonia, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 20 Jun 1841  Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F256  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Reviewed 6 May 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect.

      2. Pitt book quoted below uses middle name of Bird. I use Bud due to its use in the 1880 census.

      3. Censuses:
      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 34:
      Levi Graybill, 52, farming, $3000, $1000, OH.
      Patience, 44, housekeeping, IN.
      Palmer, 21, farmer, IA.
      Levi, 19, IA.
      John, 17, IA.
      Joseph, 12, IA.
      George, 10, IA.
      Mary, 7, IA.
      Martha, 6, IA.
      Wm., 2, IA.
      Lucinda Prichet, 7, IA.

      1880 US: Grove, Pottawattamie, Iowa; NA film T9-0361, p. 128D:
      Levi Graybill, farmer, self, 62, OH NC NC.
      Patience, wife, 55, IN SC NC.
      Bird, son, 22, IA OH IN. [LDS site took this off as Bud, but close examination shows Bird.]
      Geo., son, 20, IA OH IN.
      Mary, dau., 17, IA OH IN.
      Martha, dau, 15, IA OH IN.
      Lucinda, g.dau., 16, IA OH IN.
      Will, son, 12, IA OH IN.

      4. Probably same individual as described here in Susan Easton Black, compiler, "Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints," (Religious Studies Center, BYU, 1993, copy in Family History Library in Salt Lake City): "Joseph B. Graybill, Source: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1852-1871, Book A, p. 647."

      BIRTH:
      1. Per tombstone.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. May or may not have been married. Pitt book quoted above makes no note of a marriage.

      DEATH:
      1. Per tombstone.

      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: "Joseph B. Graybill, Born Aug. 14, 1857, Died Oct. 13, 1880."

      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 fon 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. 18 May 2002 Ancestry.com database "doigk".

      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. 150.