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Ira Graybill

Male 1876 - 1963  (87 years)


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  • Name Ira Graybill 
    Born 13 May 1876  , Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 4 Aug 1963  of Denver, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Crown Hill Cemetery, Jefferson, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I629  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father William Lenore Graybill,   b. 25 Jan 1824, Bloomfield Township, Jackson, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1880, of Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Hannah Pilling,   b. 3 Mar 1835, , Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1914, , Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married Abt 26 Apr 1852  , Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F357  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Reviewed Rootsweb Worldconnect and LDS Family Search Oct 2003.

      2. Censuses:
      1880 US: Garner, Pottawattamie, Iowa; NA film T9-0361, p. 22C [Confirms William was born in Ohio and his parents both in North Carolina.]:
      William Graybill, farmer, self, 56, OH NC NC.
      Hannah, wife, 45, Eng Eng Eng.
      Levy A., son, 24, IA OH Eng.
      Rebecca, dau, 20, IA OH Eng.
      David M., son, 18, IA OH Eng.
      Lafayette, son, 13, IA OH Eng.
      Jesse, son, 10, IA OH Eng.
      Ira, son, 4, IA OH Eng.
      John Jones, laborer, other, 24, VA OH VA.

      1885 Iowa: Hardin, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 7 of 12, 38/38:
      Hanna Grabill, Section 9 E 1/2 SW, 49, farmer, Eng.
      Rebecca, 22.
      Jessie, 15.
      Ira, 8.
      Jessie Grant, 15.

      1900 US: Hardin, Pottawattamie, Iowa, ED 129, p. 104A, June 8, 1900, entry 41:
      Hannah Graybill, head, b. Mar 1835, age 65, widow, 8 total children with 4 living, b. Eng, parents b. Eng., farmer. [Note: Entry in 1900 census confirms only 8 children total.]
      Ira Graybill, son, b. May 1876, 24, single, b. Iowa, fa. b. Ohio, mo. b. Eng., farm laborer.

      1910 US: Hardin, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 81b, entry 33:
      Ira Graybill, 33, md. 7 years, IA OH Eng.
      Marie, wife, 27, md. 7 years, IA Ger Ger.
      Leona, dau., 5, IA IA IA.
      Mildred, dau, 3, IA IA IA.

      1920 US: Hardin, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 82a, entry 62:
      Ira Graybill, 43, md., IA IA Eng, farmer.
      Leona, dau., 15, IA IA IA.
      Mildred, dau., 13, IA IA IA.

      1930 US: Hardin, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 78a, entry 94:
      Ira Graybill, 57, widower, m. 27 years, IA OH Eng, farmer.
      Mildred D., dau., 23, s., IA IA IA.
      Jesse, brother, 60, single, never married, IA OH Eng, farmer.

      BIRTH:
      1. Per Pitt book quoted above; confirmed with 1900 census.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Per 1910 census to Marie ___ in ca. 1903.

      2. Marriage confirmed by FHL book 977.771 V22p "Index to the Nov. 1902 - Dec 1905 Marriage Records, Pottawattamie County, Iowa": "Iva Graybill and Marie Sundermann, 31 Dec 1902."

      3. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 16-24: "Ira Graybill, b. 13 May 1876, Potta. Co., IA; d. 4 Aug 1963; bur. Crown Hill Cemetery, Denver, CO; md. 27 Dec 1902 to Marie Sunderman. She was b. 17 May 1883, Magnolia, Harrison Co., IA; d. 15 Jul 1954; bur. Walnut Hill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, IA. She was the d/o John Sunderman and Doris ___ who came here from Germany. Ther children were Leona Fern and Mildred Doris." Downline of two children are in book. Note I use marriage date in Marriage Index quoted above and not the one in this book.

      DEATH:
      1. See Pitt book quoted above.

      BURIAL:
      1. See Pitt book quoted above.

      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.