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GRABER, John

GRABER, WYSE, STEWART, CHENEY, ARROWSMITH, PHILLIPS, SHELLY, HILMAN

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 9/15/2007 at 12:25:04

History of Jefferson County, Iowa -- A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol II, Published 1912, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Pages 390 and 393

John GRABER. The agricultural interests of Jefferson county, Iowa, number among the important contributors to their prosperity John GRABER, a native of this county, born in Lockridge township, January 13, 1851. His parents, Christian and Fanny (WYSE) GRABER were natives of France. His father accompanied his parents to this country before the end of the first quarter of the nineteenth century. They came to Iowa and obtained land from the government in Lockridge township. His father and mother were married in Ohio and came to Jefferson county where they commenced farming on land given to Christian GRABER by his father. This he developed during the remainder of his years. His death occurred in April, 1888, at the age of seventy-six and his wife died January 28, 1876, at the age of fifty-four years.

John GRABER was reared at home and educated in the near-by district schools. When he came of age his father gave him one hundred and twenty acres of land. Prior to this time he and his brother had operated the home farm of seven hundred acres, their chief product having been corn which sometimes averaged a yield of ten thousand bushels a year. After taking charge of his own farm he bought more land some of which is in Round Prairie township. He is a successful farmer, practical in his methods and tireless in his industry. He raises one hundred and twenty-five head of hogs a year, keeps twenty-six head of cattle and eleven horses. He is now the owner of two hundred and thirty acres of land, all in a high state of cultivation.

On September 2, 1882, Miss Lucy Elizabeth STEWART gave her hand in marriage to John GRABER. Her father, Levi C. STEWART, was a son of Richard and Elizabeth (CHENEY) STEWART, born January 29, 1836, in Sangamon county six miles south of Springfield, Illinois. He was married on Thursday, October 26, 1855, to Miss Callista Potter ARROWSMITH, near Glasgow, Jefferson county, Iowa, the ceremony being performed by Reverend E. H. Winans. Callista P. ARROWSMITH, a daughter of John and Lucy Rose ARROWSMITH, was born March 1, 1833, in Westville, Champaign county, Ohio. In the fall of 1842 her parents came to Pittsburg, Van Buren county, Iowa, and settled in Round Prairie township near Glasgow, in Jefferson county. Here at her home her marriage to Levi C. STEWART occurred. Five children were born by this union. She underwent an attack of typhoid fever, which proved so virulent as to cause her demise and on March 23, 1867, she died and in July was buried at Forest Home cemetery at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. The following year, September 22, 1868, Mr. STEWART was married to Caroline L. (PHILLIPS) SHELLY, a daughter of Henry PHILLIPS, born January 5, 1832, in Green county, Iowa. There were no children. Mr. STEWART was a farmer, his father having given him a start in his career by presenting him with a farm. He died in 1871; his widow survived him just twenty years, passing away in 1891.

In the spring of 1862 Mr. STEWART discontinued farming, and leaving his wife and children with her parents at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, he departed, on May 1, in company with a party consisting of his brother, his brother-in-law and others, for the gold fields in the far west, making the overland trip with ox teams. They went to Baker City, Oregon, Powder Creek Mine, thence to Centerville, Idaho, four hundred miles from Umatilla Landing in Oregon. Their return journey they made by way of San Francisco where they took passage for New York by the water route. They arrived home in August, 1863, after an absence of fifteen months. His family in Mt. Pleasant, rejoiced at his return, eagerly accompanied him back to the farm in Lockridge township, where Mr. STEWART has been engaged in farming ever since.

In the family of Mr. and Mrs. GRABER were eight children. Mary Edith, the wife of Arthur HILMAN, died February 25, 1910. Roland T., aged twenty-three, lives at home. Levi C. S., aged twenty-one, lives at home. Lollie E., aged eighteen years, is attending school at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Esther Rose, aged sixteen, and John, aged fourteen, are living at home. Two children died in infancy.

Politically Mr. GRABER is a republican, but has never been an office seeker. With his wife he is a member of the Baptist church. He possesses force of character and determination and in the esteem of his friends holds a high place.

Gospel Herald, September 30, 1937 - Vol. XXX, No.27 - page 575, 576
Augsburger.-Fanny, daughter of Christian and Fanny Wyse (deceased) was born near Wayland, Iowa, April 28, 1870; died very suddenly of a heart attack at her home in Wayland, Iowa, Sept. 4, 1937; aged 67 y. 4 m. 7 d. At about the age of 16 she accepted Christ as her Saviour and united with the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church of which she was a faithful member at the time of her death. On Nov. 27, 1904 she was united in marriage to John Augsburger of Hopedale, Ill. With her husband she moved to a farm near Hopedale where she resided until January, 1919, when she again moved back to Wayland. Her husband preceded her in death on Mar. 25, 1917, also a daughter (Irene) and a step-son (Allen). She is survived by 2 daughters (Ruth, wife of Willard Leichty of Wayland, and Grace at home), 1 step daughter (Ella, wife of Fred Swartzendruber of Hopedale, Ill.), and 1 step daughter-in-law (Louise Augsburger of Foosland, Ill.). She also leaves 3 grandchildren, 3 brothers (Simon, Peter and Christ), 2 half sisters (Leah, wife of Chris Freyenberger, and Mary Mast, all of Wayland, Ia. and many other relatives and friends. She had been in frail health for a number of years, yet death came suddenly and unexpectedly. We have confidence she was prepared for the summons of the Lord. Funeral services were conducted Sept. 6 at the Sugar Creek Church by Bro. Simon Gingerich. Interment in nearby cemetery.

Birth	1860	Iowa, USA
Residence	1860	Lockridge, Jefferson, Iowa, USA
Residence	1870	Jefferson, Iowa, USA
Birth	Apr 1870	Iowa, USA
Birth	28 Apr 1870	Wayland, Henry, Iowa, USA
Birth	1871	Iowa, USA
Residence	1900	Jefferson, Henry, Iowa, USA
Residence	1900	Age: 30; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter/Jefferson, Henry, Iowa, USA
Marriage	27 Nov 1904	John AUGSBURGER
Residence	1 Jan 1925	Wayland, Henry, Iowa, USA
Death	4 Sep 1937	Wayland, Henry, Iowa, USA
Alt name		Fannie WYSE
Race		White/

Spouse

John AUGSBURGER ( - 1917)

Spouse

Living

Child	Ruth L AUGSBURGER (1909 - )
Child	Living

Father	Christian P WYSE (1826 - 1875)
Mother	Fannie ROTH (1844 - 1875)
Sibling	Peter P WYSE (1872 - 1947)
Sibling	Simon P WYSE (1867 - 1950)
Sibling	Catharine WYSE (1869 - 1875)
Sibling	Christian Robert WYSE (1874 - 1947)