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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Reviewed 24 Oct 2003 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect. Variant name may be Purley or Mary. Pitt book cited below uses Polly Purley Graybill which seems redundant.
2. Censuses:
1850 US: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 97b, household 532:
George Grabill, 29, farmer, OH.
Mary, 27, OH.
Hannah, 8, IL.
Brigham, 7, IL.
George, 4, IA.
Polly, 1, IA.
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: Crescent City, Crescent Twp., Pottawattamie, IA, p. 153b, entry 187, next door neighbors include: William and Almeda Graybill Holman and her two older brothers Brigham and George "Grabill":
Wayne Downs, 21, $3000 real estate, $100 personal property, IA.
Polly, 19, keeping house, IA.
3. FHL film 934962 "History of Pottawattamie Co., Iowa," by Field and Reed, 1907, p. 226, contains the following reference to Wayne Downs: "Neola... In 1882 the town receive its charter and became a city, and elected the following officers: J.P. Organ, Mayor; C.M. Crippen, recorder; O.L. Davis, marshal. The city council was composed of T. Rishton, W. Downs, J.W. Butler, and R.F. Lowell."
MARRIAGE:
1. Per tombstone, widow of Wayne Downs.
2. Marriage confirmed by FHL book 977.771 V22p "Index to the 1869-1874 Marriage Records, Pottawattamie County, Iowa": "Polly Graybill and Wayne Downs, 30 Dec 1869." Application was made 28 Dec 1869 per FHL book 977.771 V2p "Potta. Co. Marriages, Book A-B."
3. Online Ordinance Index notes birth 16 Jun 1850 at Neola, Pottawattamie, IA, and death 9 Nov 1916 with parents as Asa Downs and Drucilla Johnson.
BURIAL:
1. The following name is found on a new memorial stone with 33 other related family members at Graybill/Stoker Cemetery: "Polly P. Downs 1849-1872." 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: "Polly Jane Downs, wife of Wayne Downs, dau. of Geo. and Mary Graybill, d. 30 Sep 1872, 23 y 3 m 9 d."
3. One entry in LDS Pedigree Resource File has death as 30 Sep 1872 and burial as 3 Oct 1872 both in Underwood, Pottawattamie, IA.
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.
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1849 - 1872 (23 years)