Descendants of
Johann Adam Eberhardt
Generation One
1.
Johann Adam1 EBERHARDT was
born 20 June 1809 in Wurttemberg,
Germany.
Emigrating to the United States
circa 1829, he eventually settled in
Claridon, Marion County, Ohio. According to Thomas John Eberhart of
Cuyahoga
Falls, Ohio, a great-great grandson of Johann Adam Eberhardt, he was
told by
his great aunts Jennie and Pearl Eberhart, his uncle Harold Gail
Eberhart and
his father John Fiant Eberhart that Johann was a baron and had a
brother who
was a Prussian general. In
order to
avoid conscription in the Napoleonic Wars, Johann came to America
with a
sister who died during the voyage. He was quite wealthy but drank away
a lot of
his money. However
colorful, none of
these facts have been substantiated.
John, as he was
known in America,
established a tannery in Claridon which he operated until his death
from
congestive brain fever 8 April 1873 at age 63. He was buried in Claridon
Cemetery.
John’s house and barn are
visible from the cemetery and depressions in the ground from his
tanning pits
remain to this day.
John married two
daughters of Laurent and Maria Eve (Knab) Jaeger (later Yager) who came
to the United States
in 1830 from Rittershoffen,
Weissenburg, Bas-Rhin,
Alsace-Lorraine,
France. The
first marriage 8 April 1840 in Bowling
Green
Township, Marion
County was
to Magdalena
who was born 4 August 1820 in Rittershoffen. She died 18 December 1844
at age
24, and was buried in Claridon Cemetery.
John married
second Magdalena’s sister Sarah on 16 February 1845 in Bowling Green
Township.
Sarah was born 25 March 1825 in Rittershoffen and died 19 June 1902 in Adelaide, Marion County at
age 77. She was
buried 22 June 1902 in Claridon Cemetery.
Sarah was also
known as Salome, and was called Sallie by family and friends.
John’s gravesite
monument was engraved with his surname spelled Eberhardt, with the ‘d’,
but the
Eberhart spelling, minus the ‘d’, appears to have been the more
commonly used
spelling with the passage of generations. For the purposes of this
report, the
Eberhart spelling has been given, even in the first generation, unless
substantial
evidence exists supporting usage of the Eberhardt spelling.
Known children of
Johann Adam1 EBERHARDT and
Magdalena JAEGER/YAGER, both born in Claridon, Marion County, Ohio,
were as
follows:
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i.
Caroline2 EBERHART, born
28 August 1841; married George Adam KRANER.
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EBERHART, born 1 June 1842; married
Andrew LEFFLER.
Known children of
John Adam1 EBERHARDT and
Sarah JAEGER/YAGER, all born in Claridon, Marion County, Ohio, were as
follows:
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i.
John A.2 EBERHART, born
25 June 1846; married Amelia UNDERWOOD.
+ 5 ii. Magdalena
EBERHART, born 11 October 1847;
married Henry David KRENKLER.
6 iii. David
EBERHARDT was born 27 March 1850 and
died 27 August 1851 in Claridon, Marion County, Ohio at age 1.
7 iv. George
EBERHARDT was born 19 June 1852. He
died 22 November 1860 in Claridon, Marion County, Ohio at age 8, and
was buried
in Claridon
Cemetery.
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v.
Margaret EBERHARDT, born 1 August 1854;
married Richard S. SQUIBB.
9 vi. David
EBERHART was born 9 September 1856 and
married Alice EVERSOLE/EBERSOLE 7 March 1891 in Marion County, Ohio.
She was
born circa 1864. David went to California
to
work in the vineyards in Cucamonga, San Bernardino County
and died there 21 January 1931 at age 74. Newspaper reports state that
he was
injured by a team of horses, and the family story is that he was kicked
in the
head by a mule. David was buried 30 January 1931 in Claridon
Cemetery in
Marion
County.
10 vii. Jacob
Adam EBERHARDT, known as Adam, was
born 6 September 1858. On 13 February 1931 at age 72 he died from burns
incurred in a fire in his home in Richland
Township, Marion
County.
The family story is that Adam, a bachelor, routinely started fires in a
pot
belly stove in his house by putting a log partly in the stove and
pushing it in
further as it burnt down. On the night of his death he was drunk and
likely
fell asleep as the log burned down, catching his home on fire. Adam was buried 15 February
1931 in Claridon
Cemetery,
Marion County, Ohio. Both his
death certificate and headstone spell his surname Eberhardt. Adam was a
butcher
and at one time had a shop in Cardington in Marion County.
An item in the 22 June 1887 edition of The
Marion Star stated that “Adam Eberhart contemplates going
into the butcher
business at LaRue, he having sold his shop at Cardington.”
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viii.
William P. EBERHART, born February 1861; married Mary
Edith
AUSTIN.
12 ix. Frederick
EBERHARDT, known as Fred, was born
27 July 1863 and died in April 1925 in Richmond,
Jefferson
County, Ohio
at age 61. He was buried in Richmond
United Presbyterian Church Cemetery. His headstone has the surname
spelling
Eberhardt. Fred married Ida M. [--?--] who was born in 1873 in Ohio and died in Richmond
1948 at age 75. She was buried in Richmond United Presbyterian Cemetery.
Fred and Ida
had a son William who was buried in Claridon Cemetery,
Marion County,
Ohio, aged 1 year, 5 months and 7 days; no dates given.
In the 1920 federal census for Richmond, Fred
was
enumerated as a laborer in a stone quarry.
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x.
Sarah Emma EBERHART, born 7 November 1865; married Thomas
David
WILLIAMS.
Generation Two
2.
Caroline2 EBERHART (John Adam1) was born 28
August 1841 in Claridon, Marion County, Ohio
and died 20 September 1927 in Greenville
Township, Darke County,
Ohio
at age 86. She was buried 22 September 1927 in Riverside
Cemetery, Troy,
Miami
County, Ohio.
Caroline married
George Adam KRANER, son of Philipp Jacob and Barbara (Schlamm) Kroener,
7
November 1861 in Marion County.
George was born
20 October 1839 in Wilferdingen, Baden, Germany.
He
emigrated to the United
States
with his family 6 August 1924 and became a naturalized citizen 2 April
1860 in Marion
County.
In 1869 George bought the tannery of Matthew Atkinson in Salamonia, Jay
County,
Indiana and was still operating it in 1887. He was appointed treasurer
of the
first school board of trustees in Salamonia in 1877, and he and his
family
continued residing there until some time after 1910. George died 6
August 1924
in Troy, Miami County,
Ohio at age 84, and
was buried 8 August 1924
in Riverside
Cemetery.
Known children of
Caroline2 EBERHART and
George Adam KRANER were as follows:
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i.
Mary Magdalena3 KRANER, born
22 February 1863 in Marion, Marion County, Ohio; married William GIMBEL.
15 ii. William
John KRANER was born 16 April 1864
in Bowling Green Township, Marion County, Ohio and died 20 July 1929 at
age 65
at his home at 607 Lincoln Avenue, in Troy, Miami County, Ohio. His
death was
attributed to the effects of a heart attack he suffered two weeks
previously.
He also had Bright's disease. William was buried 23 July 1929 in Riverside Cemetery,
Troy.
William
was for thirty years a harness maker in the city of Troy,
and at one time was co-owner, along
with J. C. Corbin, of Kraner & Corbin, manufacturers and
dealers in harness
and horse furnishings. The business was located on the northwest corner
of Public
Square. The
1900 census gave his occupation as foreman of some sort of factory
(illegible),
but in 1912 he was employed by Miller Brothers and was in their employ
at the
time of his death. Circa 1895 William married Tillie H. CLAPP, the
daughter of
Daniel Clapp. Tillie was born 7 February 1869 in Union
City,
Randolph
County, Indiana.
She died 27 December 1946 in Tipp
City, Miami County, Ohio at age
77, and was buried 30 December 1946 in Riverside Cemetery.
Following William’s death Tillie married C. W. Harris, and on the
cemetery
record she was listed as Mrs. Tillie H. Kraner Harris.
16 iii. Clara
E. KRANER was born 28 July 1865 in Bowling Green Township,
Marion County, Ohio. She died
17 December 1946 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio at age 81, and was
buried
20 December 1946 in Riverside
Cemetery, Troy, Miami County, Ohio.
Clara married first George WENDELL 22 April 1888 in Jay County,
Indiana. George
was born 19 November 1863 in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany,
the
son of Peter and Margaret Wendell. He and his family emigrated to the
United
State in 1866 and first located in Crestline, Ohio (located in both
Crawford
and Richland Counties), then moved to the Mercer County, Ohio area in
1883. In
late 1909 George, a carriage maker, was placed in the hospital for
epileptics
in Gallipolis, Gallia
County, Ohio,
and it was here he died 14
February 1910 at age 46. He
had been ill
for the last nine years of his life. George was buried 16 February 1910
in Green Mound Cemetery, Fort
Recovery, Mercer
County.
Clara and George had two children but they both died in infancy,
according to
George's obituary. Clara married second Henry GIMBEL some time between
1910 and
1920. Henry was the son of Henry and Anna Maria (Heuss) Gimbel, and the
brother
of William Gimbel who married Clara’s sister Mary Magdalena (see #14
above) He was
born 29 October 1862 in Union City,
Darke
County, Ohio,
and had been married twice previously. He married first circa 1894 Ella
MORRIS
who was born in July 1861 in Ohio.
Henry and Ella had a son Ernest Noble, born 23 April 1895 and died in Indiana
at age 71 in
March 1967. Ella either died or the couple divorced before 1903 as in
that year
Henry married second Lillian E. HEFFNER. Lillian, the daughter of Jacob
and
Olive (Ponius) Heffner, was born 5 July 1889 in Pickaway County, Ohio,
and died of a cerebral hemorrhage 23 December 1937 at age 48 in
Columbus,
Franklin County, Ohio. She and Henry had a daughter Sylvia, born in
January
1909. The couple divorced some time before 1920. Henry died 22 February
1947 in
Columbus, at age 84,
and was buried 24 February
1947 in Riverside
Cemetery.
He was a
blacksmith and worked on carriages.
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iv.
Jennie Ellen KRANER, born 11 January 1871 in Salamonia,
Jay
County, Indiana; married Abednego STEPHENS; married Charles Allen
ARMSTRONG.
3.
Mary2 EBERHART (John Adam1) was born 1
June 1842 in Claridon, Marion County, Ohio. She
died between 1900 and March 1909 in Marion,
Marion
County.
Mary married
Andrew LEFFLER 14 December 1865 in Bowling
Green
Township, Marion
County.
Andrew, the son of Michael and Christina Regina (Ludwig) Loeffler, was
born
Andreas Loeffler 7 August 1840 in Gruenwettersbach, Durlach, Baden,
Germany,
and was christened 16 August 1840 in that town. In 1854 Andrew
emigrated to the
United
States
and in October 1861 enlisted in Company D, 82nd Regiment
Ohio
Volunteer Infantry and quickly rose to the rank of corporal. He was
wounded in
the right thigh while participating in the Civil War battle of McDowell
in West
Virginia and
honorably discharged in August 1862. Andrew was a butcher and one of
the
largest stock dealers in Marion County. He
died 18 March
1909 in Marion
County
at age 68, and was buried 20 March 1909 in Marion Cemetery.
Known children of
Mary2 EBERHART and
Andrew LEFFLER, all born in Marion County,
Ohio, were as follows:
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i.
Jennie3 LEFFLER, born
12 October 1866; married John C. PRIESTER; married Philip EBERT.
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ii.
Frank LEFFLER, born 18 November 1868; married Carrie M.
DOWELL;
married Sallie [--?—[.
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iii.
Harrison Godfrey LEFFLER, born 10 February 1874; married
Sophia
Olive UMBAUGH.
21 iv. Edward
Henry LEFFLER was born 22 June 1876
and died 11 April 1939 in Marion, Marion County, Ohio at age 62. He was
buried 13
April 1939 in Marion Cemetery.
According to an
item in the Marion Weekly Star
dated
July 11 1885 “….As Andy Leffler and son were driving south on the
Prospect pike
Tuesday morning, Eddie was shot in the cheek by an eight-year-old son
of Chris
Kinsler. Mr. Kinsler's boy was in possession of a dynamite silent gun,
and seems
to have shot at the boy because he knew no better as Mr. Leffler claims
an
elder son was shot at this morning but missed. The bullet entered the
boy's
right cheek and lodged in his mouth, making only a flesh wound and is
not
serious.” Edward
married Sophia C.
FATZLER 19 September 1901 in Marion County.
Sophia was born
in January 1879 in Marion County,
the daughter of
Christian and Philomena (Gornflo) Fatzler. She died at age 82 on 30
April 1961
in Marion.
Edward was employed by his father in his butchering and stock-buying
enterprises. He and Sophia had no children.
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v.
Harry A. LEFFLER was born in November 1878
and died 10 March 1964 in Marion, Marion County, Ohio at age 85. He was
employed by his father in his butchering and stock-buying enterprises,
but in
the 1920 census was a retail grocer. Harry never married.
23 vi. Florence
Mary LEFFLER was born 5 May 1880.
She died 15 April 1924 in Marion, Marion County, Ohio at age 43, and
was buried
17 April 1924 in Marion Cemetery.
Circa 1904 in Marion
County Florence
married Martin V. MILLER who was born 29 October 1877 in that county,
the son
of Frank V. and Alice (Shupp) Miller. He died 25 November 1953 in Marion, Marion County at age 76, and was
buried 27 November 1953 in Marion Cemetery.
Martin was superintendent for a manufacturing company, per the 1910
census; a
repair clerk for a steam shovel office in the 1920 census, and a
salesman for a
steam shovel plant in 1930. At the time of his death he was the night
clerk for
the Milner Hotel.
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vii.
Elmer F. LEFFLER, born 22 August 1884; married Coral M.
PATTERSON.
25 viii. Emil
T. LEFFLER was born 12 January 1887. He
died 30 January 1912 in Marion, Marion County, Ohio at age 25, and was
buried
in Marion
Cemetery,
Marion County, Ohio.
ix.
Ennis LEFFLER was born 12 October 1871 and
died of spinal fever 4 March 1873 at age 1.
4.
John A.2 EBERHART (John Adam1) was born 25
June 1846 in Claridon, Marion County, Ohio. He
died 18 February 1933 in Marion,
Marion County
at age 86, and was buried 21 February 1933 in Claridon Cemetery.
John married
Amelia UNDERWOOD 2 March 1873 in Marion.
Amelia was born 14 September 1846 in Claridon
Township, Marion
County,
the daughter of Jesse and Isabell (Sergent) Underwood. She died 11 June
1906 in
Marion at age 59, and
was buried in Claridon Cemetery.
John and family
spent time in the west living in Illinois,
Missouri, Iowa and Kansas,
then moved back to Marion. His
daughter Belle married and stayed
in Missouri.
Known children of
John A.2 EBERHART and
Amelia UNDERWOOD were as follows:
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i.
Ivera Truman3 EBERHART was
born circa 1874. He died in 1874.
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ii.
Sarah Isabel ‘Belle’ EBERHART, born 24 October 1875 in
Marion
County, Ohio; married James Dunlap SLATON.
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iii.
Horra Preston EBERHART, born 15 January 1878 in Claridon,
Marion
County, Ohio; married Martha J. CLARDY; married Matilda Dora FIANT.
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iv.
Jesse Leroy EBERHART, born 29 March 1879 in Brownstown, Fayette County,
Illinois;
married Helen May OSMUN.
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v.
Jennie Florence EBERHART was born 19
December 1881 in State Center,
Marshall County,
Iowa. She never married and died 28 January 1962 in Marion County, Ohio
at age
80.
31 vi. Pearl
Adaline EBERHART was born 16 May 1885
in Kansas.
She died 10 May 1962 in Marion County, Ohio at age 76. Pearl
never married.
5.
Magdalena2 EBERHART (John Adam1) was born 11
October 1847 in Claridon, Marion County, Ohio.
She died 28 July 1924 in Marion
County at
age 76, and was buried 30 July 1924 in Marion Cemetery.
Lena, as she was
known, married Henry David KRENKLER, a pattern maker for a steam shovel
shop,
12 November 1871 in Marion County. He
was born in
October 1844 in Germany
and
emigrated to the United States
in 1867. Henry became a naturalized
citizen in 1874. Sometime between 1890 and 1898 Lena and Henry divorced
and he
married circa 1898 Rosa
[--?--]. Lena did
not remarry.
Known children of
Magdalena2 EBERHART and
Henry David KRENKLER were as follows:
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i.
Fred3 KRENKLER.
33 ii. William
H. KRENKLER was born circa 1872 in
Marion County, Ohio. He
was a molder for
a steam shovel company.
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iii.
Emma Sarah KRENKLER, born 27 November 1873 in Upper
Sandusky, Wyandot
County, Ohio;
married Josiah CRAVEN.
35 iv. Frank
Ludwig KRENKLER was born 4 February
1875 in Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio. He died
20 July 1953 in Columbus,
Franklin County, Ohio at age 78, and was buried 29 July 1953 in Marion Cemetery,
Marion,
Marion
County, Ohio. As early as 1902 Frank was in trouble with the law and
was
“charged with insanity.” Evidently he was admitted to the State
Hospital
in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio for he was enumerated as a patient
there in
the 1910 and 1920 federal censuses. An item in the 15 November 1920
edition of The Marion Star stated
that “Frank
Ludwig Krenkler was arrested by officers of the Erie and locked
up for safekeeping. Following
the arrest it was learned that he had escaped from the state asylum.”
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v.
Charles Noah KRENKLER, born 16 May 1880 in Marion County,
Ohio;
married Opal LARUE.
37 vi. Bertha
KRENKLER was born in August 1881 in
Marion County, Ohio.
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vii.
Lillian B. KRENKLER was born 12 November 1889 in Marion
County,
Ohio and died 14 October 1974 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio at age
84. In
1909 she married Clyde WARD, the son of George W. and Sophronia A.
Ward. He was
born in July 1883 in Marion
County and
died 6 May 1960 in Columbus at age
76. Clyde
was an auto mechanic and a chauffeur for a private livery. The couple
had a
daughter Helen born circa 1911.
8.
Margaret2 EBERHART (John Adam1) was born 1
August 1854 in Claridon, Marion County, Ohio.
She died 24 December 1938 in Claridon
Township, Marion
County at
age 84, and was buried 26
December 1938 in Claridon Cemetery.
Maggie, as she
was known, married Richard S. SQUIBB 6 October 1880 in Marion
County.
Richard was born 23 August 1850 in Claridon the son of Thomas and Lydia
(Stretch)
Squibb. He died 11 July 1913 in Claridon
Township at
age 62, and was buried 13
July 1913 in Claridon Cemetery.
Richard was a
farmer and house carpenter.
Known children of
Margaret2 EBERHART and
Richard S. SQUIBB, all born in Marion County, Ohio, were as follows:
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i.
Charles William3 SQUIBB was born
1 September 1881. He died 16 June 1952 in
Marion, Marion County, Ohio at age 70, and he was buried 18 June 1952
in Claridon
Cemetery,
Marion
County.
Charles never married.
40 ii. Sarah
Myrtle SQUIBB was born in February
1886. Her name was given as Myrtle S. in the 1910 census.
41 iii. Clara
G. SQUIBB was born 17 April 1891and died
in August 1977 in Ohio
at age 86. She married George Singer FIANT 11 April 1914 in Marion
County,
Ohio. George, the son of Levi and Phoebe (Reed) Fiant, was born 5 April
1882 in
Richland Township,
Marion
County.
He died 14 December
1951 in Cardington
Township,
Morrow County, Ohio
at age 69, and was buried 17 December 1951 in Salem
Cemetery, Marion
County.
11.
William P.2 EBERHART (John Adam1) was born in
February 1861 in Claridon, Marion County, Ohio
and married Mary Edith AUSTIN 4 October 1893 in that county. He died
before
1900 in Marion
County.
Edith, as she was
known, was born 3 May 1868 in Claridon
Township, Marion
County,
the daughter of Alexander and Matilda (Mitchell) Austin. After
William’s early
death she was married a second time 18 November 1903 to Hylon SOWLE of Michigan.
In the 1910
federal census they were enumerated in Springville, Wexford County,
Michigan,
he married for the third time and she for the second. Also in the
household was
Edith’s daughter Florence.
Edith had had 4 children, 2 still living. By 1920 Edith Sowle was
divorced and
residing back in Marion with her daughter Florence
and grandchilden Dorothy and William in her household. Hylon Sowle was
enumerated in 1920 in Lansing,
Ingham
County, Michigan.
Known children of
William P.2 EBERHART and
Mary Edith AUSTIN were:
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i.
Bessie Florence3 EBERHART,
born 24 June 1894 in Claridon Township, Marion County, Ohio; married
Leo
Felster DELAUDER; married John Burton ULINE.
13.
Sarah Emma2 EBERHART (John Adam1), known as
Emma, was born 7 November 1865 in Claridon,
Marion County, Ohio. She died 22 December 1944 in Marion,
Marion County
at age 79, and was buried 24 December 1944 in Claridon Cemetery.
Emma married
Thomas David WILLIAMS 17 October 1888 in Marion County.
Thomas, the son of David L. and Margaret (Griffith)
Williams, was born 22 February 1863 in Radnor,
Delaware County, Ohio.
He died 9 May 1941 in Marion
at age 78, and was
buried 21 May 1941 in Claridon Cemetery.
Thomas was a
foreman for a steam shovel company in the 1910 federal census, and a
foreman
for the railroad in 1920.
Known children of
Sarah Emma2 EBERHART and
Thomas David WILLIAMS, all born in Marion County, Ohio, were as follows:
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i.
Florence3 WILLIAMS was
born in December 1889.
44 ii. Phoebe
E. WILLIAMS was born in February
1891.
45 iii. Charles
E. WILLIAMS was born in December
1895.
46 iv. Gladys
J. WILLIAMS was born circa 1905. She
married [--?--] MORRIS.
Generation Three
14.
Mary Magdalena3 KRANER (Caroline2 Eberhart,
John Adam1) was born 22
February 1863 in Marion, Marion County, Ohio. ‘Mame,’
as she was called by family, died 12 June 1946 in Union City, Randolph
County,
Indiana at age 83 of acute endocarditis due to arteriosclerosis. She
was buried
15 June 1946 in Union City Cemetery.
On December 1881
in Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana Mame married William GIMBEL, son of
Henry and
Anna Maria (Heuss) Gimbel. William, a blacksmith like his father and
four
brothers, was born 3 December 1856 in Union
City,
Darke
County, Ohio.
In 1887 he was listed in the Salamonia
city directory as one of two blacksmiths doing business there.
Eventually
William built a blacksmith shop on the east side of the end of North Howard
Street
in Union
City, Indiana.
He at one time owned a buggy shop,
but it went out of business when gasoline-powered automobiles became
popular. During
World War II, when
gasoline was rationed, he built horse-pulled milk delivery wagons.
William died
25 August 1941 in Union City
at age 84. He had been seriously ill with dropsy for some time. On the day of his death he
asked his daughter
Hazel to bring him his knife collection.
He then used one of the knives to stab himself in the
abdomen in an
attempt to ease the pain from swelling and bloating caused by his
illness. The
cause of death on his death certificate was a self-inflicted stab wound
to the
abdomen. He was buried 28 August 1941 in Union City Cemetery.
Known children of
Mary Magdalena3 KRANER and
William GIMBEL were as follows:
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i.
Harry William4 GIMBEL, born
28 December 1882 in Ft. Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio; married Jessie
M. MOOTS;
married Debbie DEBELL.
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ii.
Edith Mabel GIMBEL, born 22 April 1885 in Salamonia, Jay
County,
Indiana; married William Alva REISH.
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iii.
Earl GIMBEL, born 27 July 1886 in Salamonia, Jay County,
Indiana;
married Cora Edith MANN.
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iv.
Irvin Frank GIMBEL, born 1 October 1888 in Salamonia, Jay
County,
Indiana; married Mary Kyle RIDDLEBARGER.
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v.
Hazel Dora GIMBEL, born 5 February 1891 in Union City,
Randolph
County, Indiana; married Ross Franklyn BAREFOOT.
52 vi. George
Adam GIMBEL was born 13 June 1895 in Union
City, Randolph County,
Indiana and died 9
May 1952 in Dayton, Montgomery County,
Ohio
at age
56. He was buried 12 May 1952 in Union City Cemetery.
George, who never married, was a horse shoer in Company E, 309th
Engineers in
World War I and served overseas in France
where he was gassed. He felt
the effects of the gas for the remainder of his life and became a heavy
drinker
to manage the pain and disability.
He
was left with a limp from a compound fracture of the leg suffered in a
car
wreck after a night of drinking. George was a blacksmith, however by
1930 when
he lived with his sister Hazel and family in Dayton, Ohio
he was an assembler at National Cash Register Company.
53 vii. Clarence
Otto GIMBEL was born 22 May 1901 in
Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana. He married Anna Flossie PETERSON 16
November
1946 in Union City, Randolph County, Indiana.
They had no children. Clarence, a blacksmith and machinist, died 10
December
1965 in Union City
at age 64 and was buried 13
December 1965 in Lisbon
Cemetery, Union City.
Anna was born 22 July 1893 in Indiana, the
daughter of Scott and Rosa Peterson. She died at age 96 on 28 September
1989 in
Union City, and was
buried 2 October 1989 in Lisbon Cemetery.
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viii.
Florence Marie GIMBEL, born 30 July 1903 in Union City, Randolph County,
Indiana;
married Ray Emerson TODD.
17.
Jennie Ellen3 KRANER (Caroline2 Eberhart,
John Adam1) was born 11
January 1871 in Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana
and died 22 February 1954 in Arcanum, Darke County, Ohio at age
83. She was buried 25 February 1954 in Riverside
Cemetery, Troy,
Miami
County, Ohio.
Jennie married
first Abednego STEPHENS 31 October 1895. He was born in 1873 in Darke County,
Ohio
and died in 1896 at age 23. Bud, as he was called, was buried in New Teegarden
Cemetery, Brown
Township, Darke
County.
His parents were Henry Martin and Amanda Maude (Boze) Stephens.
Jennie married second
6 February 1900 in Jay County, Indiana Charles Allen ARMSTRONG who was
born 12
February 1866 in Franklin County, Ohio and died 24 September 1945 in Greenville, Darke
County
at age 79. He was
buried in Riverside
Cemetery.
Charles was the
son of John C. and Acenoth (Money) Armstrong.
Known children of
Jennie Ellen3 KRANER and
Abednego STEPHENS were:
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55
i.
George Henry4 STEPHENS,
born 3 November 1896 in Indiana;
married Mary Agnes SKINNER; married Estella M. SHIVERDECKER.
Known children of
Jennie Ellen3 KRANER and
Charles Allen ARMSTRONG were as follows:
+
56
i.
Celia Caroline4 ARMSTRONG,
born 11 July 1902 in Indiana;
married Roy L. SHIVERDECKER.
+
57
ii.
Gerald Ronald ARMSTRONG, born 2 September 1903 in Darke County,
Ohio;
married Laura Myrtle HECKATHORNE; married Viola Mae POWELL.
18.
Jennie3 LEFFLER (Mary2 Eberhart,
John Adam1) was born 12
October 1866 in Marion, Marion County, Ohio.
She died 14 November 1953 in Marion
at age 87.
Jennie
married first John C. PRIESTER 12 June
1890 in Marion
County.
John was born in February 1863
in Henderson
Township,
Jefferson
County, Pennsylvania,
the son of Ludwig and
Elizabeth Priester. He died 2 January 1901 in Marion at age
37. On 30 November 1907 in
Marion Jennie married second Philip EBERT who was born 4 October 1853
in
Wuettingesass, Hessia,
Germany.
Philip emigrated to the United
States on the ship ‘Fresia’ departing Hamburg, Germany
and Le Havre, France
and arriving in New York
3 November 1880. With him was his wife of three years Wilhelmina
‘Minnie’, born
in March 1854; and sons Philip, born in August 1878 and Heinrich
‘Henry’, born
in June 1879, all in Germany.
They later had sons John, born in September 1885, and Jacob, born in
July 1890,
both in Marion
County.
Philip became a naturalized
citizen in 1886, according to the 1920 federal census. Employed by the
Marion
Steam Shovel Company, Philip died 14 June 1923 in Marion
at age 69, and was buried 16 June 1923 in Marion Cemetery.
Known children of
Jennie3 LEFFLER and
John C. PRIESTER, all born in Marion County,
Ohio, were as follows:
58
i.
Leroy4 PRIESTER was
born 19 April 1891 and died 26 November 1911
in Marion County, Ohio at age 20. He was buried 29 November 1911 in Marion Cemetery,
Marion
County.
On his death certificate Leroy
was listed as a butcher and married. The name of his wife is not known.
In the 1910
federal census Leroy was enumerated in his grandmother’s household in Henderson Township,
Jefferson
County, Pennsylvania.
59 ii. Twila
PRIESTER was born 22 September 1893
and died in June 1978 in Ohio
at age 84. Circa 1915 she married Ralph W. MAPES, the son of Charles
Wesley and
Emma A. (Retterer) Mapes, who was born in September 1887 in Marion
County,
Ohio. Twila and
Ralph moved to Elm
Creek Township, Buffalo County,
Nebraska
and
had a daughter Billie J. or Betty J., born circa 1918; and a son Rodney
L.,
born 11 April 1919 and died 5 January 1994 at age 74. His last
residence was
Marysville, Union
County, Ohio.
The couple and their family remained
in Nebraska
through the 1930 census.
60 iii. Estella
PRIESTER, known as Stella, was born
in December 1895 and married Clifford E. HOCH, the son of George and
Emma Hoch.
Clifford was born in September 1893 in Marion County, Ohio.
There were no
known children of Jennie3 LEFFLER and
Philip EBERT.
19.
Frank3 LEFFLER (Mary2 Eberhart,
John Adam1) was born 18
November 1868 in Marion County, Ohio and died
17 March 1924 in Wichita Falls,
Wichita
County, Texas
at age 55. He was buried 19 March 1924 in Wichita Falls Cemetery.
Frank, a butcher,
married Carrie M. DOWELL 5 May 1891 in Marion County.
Carrie, the daughter of Edward and Sophronia Dowell, was born circa
1873 in Marion
County.
It evidently was not a happy marriage as proven by an item in the Marion Star in April 1902 that said he
was bound over to court for assaulting his wife. Frank and Carrie were
divorced, likely around 1903, and Frank moved to Texas
where he married Sallie [--?--] circa
1904. The couple was enumerated in Houston, Harris County, Texas in the
1910
federal census. Sallie, also known as Sadie, was born circa 1874 in Texas.
After the
divorce, Carrie and her son and daughter moved to Rochester,
Monroe County, New York
where she met William R. Walls who was born circa 1876 in New York.
The couple married 25 August 1910
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Dowell in Marion
and in 1920 resided in Cleveland,
Cuyahoga
County, Ohio
where William was a steam fitter. Carrie and William divorced before
1930. William
remained in Cleveland
and was enumerated as a roomer in the 1930 census.
Known children of
Frank3 LEFFLER and
Carrie M. DOWELL, all born in Marion County,
Ohio, were as follows:
61
i.
Dever4 LEFFLER was
born circa 1892 and died 1 November 1918 in Dallas,
Dallas
County, Texas.
He had
a wife and seven-year-old daughter at the time of his death, but their
names
are not known
62
ii.
Cecil M. LEFFLER was born circa 1893 and married John A.
LANGLEY
circa 1911. He was born circa 1885 in Texas
and the couple resided in Dallas, Texas
where John was a fireman.
They had daughters Mildred F. and Louise E.
63
iii.
Fern L. LEFFLER was born circa 1895 and died between 1920
and
1930 in Marion, Marion County, Ohio. Circa 1916 in Marion
County she
married John W. CHRISPIN
who was born 29 September 1892 in Baltimore,
Baltimore County, Maryland,
and died in March 1973 in Marion County at
age 80. John
was an independent druggist with a store at East Center Street
and Grand
Avenue in Marion. The
couple had a son John W., Jr. who
was born 29 December 1917 and died 17 October 1991 at age 73. John, Jr.
married
Martha Alice COCHRAN, daughter of Elgie T. and Emma Cochran, who was
born 4
August 1921 in Montpelier,
Blackford
County, Indiana
and died 24 February 1998. John, Jr. was a doctor and Martha a nurse
who met at
Miami Valley
Hospital, Dayton,
Montgomery
County, Ohio
when he was an intern. They married in
September 1943 in Cincinnati,
Hamilton
County, Ohio.
After Fern died John W., Sr. married second Hazel Wottring, daughter of
William
C. and Anna Eliza Wottring, who was born 14 September 1890 in Ohio
and died in January 1963 in that state
at age 72. She had been married previously to [--?--] Filiatrault.
There were no
known children of Frank3 LEFFLER and
Sallie [--?--].
20.
Harrison Godfrey3 LEFFLER (Mary2 Eberhart,
John Adam1) was born 10
February 1874 in Marion County, Ohio. He died
1 February 1922 in Marion
County at
age 47, and was buried 4 February 1922 in Marion Cemetery.
Harrison was
employed by his father in his
butchering and stock-buying enterprises, but by 1920 was a laborer with
engines
and threshers.
Circa
1909 in Marion
County Harrison
married Sophia Olive UMBAUGH. Sophia
was born circa 1883 in Ohio
and died 15 March
1980 in Marion, Marion
County.
Known children of
Harrison Godfrey3 LEFFLER and
Sophia Olive UMBAUGH, all born in Marion County, Ohio, were as follows:
64
i.
Charles Albert4 LEFFLER was
born circa 1912 and died 28 June 1968 in
Marion, Marion County, Ohio.
65 ii. Harrison
Gale LEFFLER was born 1 February
1914. He died 28 September 1991 in Marion County, Ohio at age 77. Harrison was listed as H. Gale
in the Social Security
Death Index.
66 iii. Richard
A. LEFFLER was born circa 1915.
67 iv. Lowell
E. Franklin LEFFLER was born in 1919.
He was a First Lieutenant in the 27th Bomber
Squadron, 30th
Bomber Group in World War II, and on 10 April 1944 at age 25 was
declared
missing in action. Lowell,
also called Franklin,
was awarded the
Purple Heart, Air Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross and other Army
medals. There
is a monument dedicated to his memory at Fort
McKinley, Manilla,
Philippines.
24.
Elmer F.3 LEFFLER (Mary2 Eberhart,
John Adam1) was born 22
August 1884 in Marion County, Ohio. He died 27
October 1943 in Marion,
Marion
County at
age 59, and was buried 30
October 1943 in Marion Cemetery.
In the 1910
federal census Elmer was enumerated as working in a butcher shop, and
in 1920
and 1930 owned a grocery.
Circa 1907 in Marion County Elmer
married Coral M.
PATTERSON who was born in December 1888 in Deshler, Henry County, Ohio,
the
daughter of Marion C. and Josephine Patterson. She died 2 January 1986
in Marion
at age 97.
Known children of
Elmer F.3 LEFFLER and
Coral M. PATTERSON, all born in Marion, Marion County, Ohio, were as
follows:
68
i.
Doris J.4 LEFFLER was
born circa 1908.
69 ii. Paul
Edgar LEFFLER was born 27 April 1909
and died 4 October 1909 in Marion County, Ohio. He was buried 6 October
1909 in
Marion Cemetery,
Marion
County.
70 iii. Donna
M. LEFFLER was born circa 1911.
71 iv. Elmer
William LEFFLER was born 30 December 1911.
He died 10 April 1979 in Marion, Marion County, Ohio, at age 67. He was
enumerated as William in the 1930 federal census and the Social
Security Death
Index, and as Elmer W. in the 1920 census.
72
v.
Marguerite E. LEFFLER was born circa 1915.
73 vi. Eugene
F. LEFFLER was born 22 December 1920
and died 21 April 2003 in Ohio
at age 82. He married Georgia DILL
27.
Sarah Isabel3 EBERHART (John A.2, John
Adam1) was born 24
October 1875 in Marion County, Ohio and died
25 February 1910 in Blackwater, Cooper County, Missouri at age 34. She
also went
by the name of Belle according to the 1900 census and a death notice.
Belle married
James Dunlap SLATON 13 March 1898, likely in Miller County, Missouri.
James was born 31 March 1862 in Moniteau County, Missouri, and
was the son of John and Louisa (Bennett) Slaton of Kentucky. He married
first Victoria
Morris and had two children: Josephine Viola, who was born 2 November
1883 and
died 24 May 1930 in Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri of chronic
myocarditis at
age 46; and Lon Richard, who was born 22 August 1885 and died in
Missouri at
age 84 in August 1969. James, a widower, was proprietor of a restaurant
in Olean, Miller County, Missouri in the 1900 federal
census, and by 1910 resided
in Blackwater
Township,
Cooper County, Missouri where
he ran a general store. He sold his stock of goods in the store in
October 1916
and likely moved from town, but has not been located in the 1920
federal
census. In 1930 he lived in Kansas City,
Jackson County, Missouri and it was here he married
Ocie L. [--?--]. James died 1 September 1949 in Kansas City at
age 87 of acute myocardial
infarction. He was buried 3 September 1949 in Nelson
Cemetery,
Nelson, Saline
County, Missouri
where his daughter Josephine also was buried. Ocie was born 22 July
1904 and
died 13 July 1999 at age 94. Her last known residence was Houston,
Texas County, Missouri.
Known children of
Sarah Isabel3 EBERHART and
James Dunlap SLATON were:
74
i.
Ola Angeline4 SLATON was
born 21 July 1901 in Olean, Miller County, Missouri and died in
December 1986
at age 85. Her last known residence was Sedalia,
Pettis
County, Missouri.
Circa 1923 Ola married Chester A.
WRIGHT who was born 29 January 1887 in Iowa,
the son of Charles A. and Emily J. Wright, and died in June 1966 in Missouri
at age 79. They
had a daughter Lavonne.
28.
Horra Preston3 EBERHART (John A.2, John
Adam1) was born 15
January 1878 in Claridon, Marion County, Ohio.
He died 17 August 1929 in Akron,
Summit County, Ohio at
age 51, and was buried 18 August 1929 in Claridon Cemetery.
Horra was a tool and die tradesman and when laid off in 1915 from the
Marion
Steam Shovel Company, he went to Akron and got a job at Firestone Tire
and
Rubber Company as a machinist.
Horra married first
Martha J. CLARDY in 1899. Martha was born in July 1879 in Illinois
and died of tuberculosis in 1904 in Marion County at
age 25. She was
likely the daughter of the Hiram and Elizabeth Clarady [sic] enumerated
in
Pitman Township, Montgomery Co., Illinois
in the 1880 federal census. Horra married second Matilda Dora FIANT in
May
1907. Matilda, the daughter of Peter and Catherine J. (Austin)
Fiant, was born 23 August 1876 in Claridon, Marion
County, and
died 13 December 1954 in Summit County, Ohio
at age 78. She was also known as Dora.
Known children of
Horra Preston3 EBERHART and
Martha J. CLARDY were:
75
i.
Harold Gail4 EBERHART was
born 19 August 1900 in Marion County, Ohio and
died in May 1978 in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas at age 77. As
an
infant Harold was given to his father’s two spinster sisters, Jennie
and Pearl
Eberhart, to take care of during his mother’s illness. When she died
and after
his father remarried he continued to live with his aunts and Eberhart
grandparents on Grand Avenue
in Marion.
In
1917 Harold joined his father and his new family in Akron
and worked as a machinist for Whiteman
and Barnes in that city. Around 1925 he moved to Kansas City and
was employed by the Rock
Island Railroad until his retirement in 1964. He was foreman in charge
of the
railroad’s repair yards. Harold married first Martha HEUBEN 30 July
1927 in Kansas.
Martha was born 10
February 1891 in Missouri,
the daughter of Frank and Martina Heuben, he of
New York and she of
Germany.
She had been married
previously and had a daughter Martha Zinn, born circa 1916 in Kansas.
Harold and Martha divorced and she died
in August 1972 at age 81. He then married second Gertrude KOCH who was
born 23
September 1904 in Kansas
and died in August
1984 in Kansas
City
at age 79. She was said to be the daughter of William Frederick and
Anna
(Mullick) Koch and was also married to Hugh Dill.
Known children of
Horra Preston3 EBERHART and
Matilda Dora FIANT, both born in Marion County, Ohio, were as follows:
76
i.
Ruth Amelia4 EBERHART was
born 21 August 1909 and died 9 December 1997 in Ravenna,
Portage
County, Ohio
at age 88. She married Orville R. FAIR,
the son of Irvin E. and Ida M. Fair, who was born 21 January 1905 in Pennsylvania.
He died 5
January 1997 in Portage County at
age 91. The
couple had a daughter Kay.
77
ii.
John Fiant EBERHART was born 27 January 1911 and died 26
February
1999 in Summit
County, Ohio
at age 88. John married Ellen Eilene
WERNTZ 5 October 1940 in Summit County.
She was born 25
May 1917 in that county, the daughter of Edward James and Lyda Ellen
(Chamberlain) Werntz. Ellen died 30 July 2000 at age 83 in Summit
County. The couple had a son Thomas
John and daughter Susan Jean.
29.
Jesse Leroy3 EBERHART (John A.2, John
Adam1) was born 29
March 1879 in Brownstown, Fayette County, Illinois.
He died of general paralysis 2 October 1924 in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio
at age 45, and was buried 4 October 1924 in Marion, Marion County,
Ohio. Jesse
was a machinist.
He married Helen
May OSMUN, the daughter of James Wellington and Emma Belle (Morrison)
Osmun, 21
October 1915 in Ohio.
Helen was born 29 May 1887 in Urbana,
Champaign
County, Ohio.
She died 29 June 1963 in Marion County, Ohio at age 76, and was buried
2 July
1963 in Claridon
Cemetery,
Marion
County.
Known children of
Jesse Leroy3 EBERHART and
Helen May OSMUN, both born in Marion County, Ohio, were as follows:
78
i.
Mary Belle4 EBERHART was
born circa 1918 and married Levi WELCH. She
may be the Mary B. Welch born 1 January 1917 and died 24 October 2007,
last residence
Chesapeake, Chesapeake County,
Virginia.
79 ii. Dorothy
Jane EBERHART never married.
34.
Emma Sarah3 KRENKLER (Magdalena2 Eberhart,
John Adam1) was born 27
November 1873 in Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio.
She died 14 April 1935 in Marion, Marion County, Ohio at age 61 of
bronchial
pneumonia, and was buried 17 April 1935 in Marion Cemetery.
Emma married
Josiah CRAVEN 20 April 1893 in Marion County.
Josiah was born 15
December 1868 in Yorkshire County,
England
He and his parents Thomas and Annie, and
sisters Louise and Ann, emigrated to the United States
on the ship ‘Germanic’ departing Liverpool,
England
and Queenstown,
Ireland
and arriving in New York 12
November
1883. Josiah became a naturalized citizen in 1890. He died 11 October
1949 in Marion at
age 80, and was buried 13 October 1949 in Marion Cemetery.
At the time of his death he was tool foreman for Osgood Steam Shovel
Company in
Marion.
Known children of
Emma Sarah3 KRENKLER and
Josiah CRAVEN, all born in Marion County, Ohio, were as follows:
80
i.
Lester Joseph4 CRAVEN was born
1 September 1894. Circa 1916 he married Adeline
RANKIN and they had sons Ralph L., born 15 October 1917 and died 6 June
1990 in
Franklin County, Ohio at age 72; and Bill R., born 1 June 1921 and died
3 March
1994 in Franklin County, Ohio at age 72. Adeline was born circa 1898 in
Ohio.
Lester was a
machinist.
81 ii. Gladys
CRAVEN was born in November 1896.
82 iii. Marion
Thomas CRAVEN was born 20 January
1898 and died in November 1978 at age 80. His last known residence was
Marion,
Marion County, Ohio. Circa 1918 Marion, a machinist, married Edith
[--?--] who
was born 17 December 1898 in Ohio
and died 24 April 1991 at age 92. The couple had a daughter Betty Jane
and son
Bobby.
83 iv. Nelson
Alfred CRAVEN was born 18 November
1899 in Marion County, Ohio. He died 1 April 1998 in Marion
County
at age 98. Nelson married Marie [--?--], born circa 1904 in Ohio,
and they had a son Don E. and a
daughter Joan. Nelson was a machinist.
84
v.
Lella Lena CRAVEN was born 2 October 1902 in Illinois
and married [--?--] MCDONALD. The
couple had a daughter Barbara.
85 vi. Ruth
A. CRAVEN was born circa 1910 in Marion
County, Ohio and never married. She died 8 April 1970 in Marion
County.
86 vii. Josephine
CRAVEN was born circa 1918 in
Marion County, Ohio.
36.
Charles Noah3 KRENKLER (Magdalena2 Eberhart,
John Adam1) was born 16
May 1880 in Marion County, Ohio and died 25
November 1953 in Los Angeles County, California at
age 73.
Charles
married Opal LARUE 12 September 1899
in Marion
County.
Opal was born 17 July 1881 in Ohio, the
daughter of
Elisha L. and Millie A. LaRue. In the 1900 federal census the couple
was
enumerated in the household of her parents in Marion and
Charles was a blacksmith. In 1910
he was a cook on the U.S.S. California
at the Navy Yard on Mare
Island in Solano County,
California.
The couple settled in Redlands,
San
Bernardino County, California
and Charles was a grocer there in
1920 and a butcher for a market in 1930. Opal died 21 June 1974 in San
Bernardino County
at age 92.
Known children of
Charles Noah3 KRENKLER and
Opal LARUE were:
87
i.
Rue Thorwald4 KRENKLER was
born 30 December 1912 in Illinois. He
died 26 August 1994 in San Bernardino County, California at
age 81.
42.
Bessie Florence3 EBERHART (William P.2, John
Adam1) was born 24
June 1894 in Claridon Township,
Marion County, Ohio. She died 28 November 1972 in Morrow County,
Ohio
at age 78.
Florence,
as she was commonly called, married first Leo Felster DELAUDER 21
September
1913 in Marion
County.
Leo was born 12 January 1894 in
Marion County, Ohio, the son of George W. and Maggie Delauder, and died
30 April
1961 in Marion
County
at age 67. He was a weaver in a
silk mill. Between
1910 and 1920 Florence
and Leo divorced and she married second John
Burton ULINE 10 June 1927 in Marion County.
John, an
electrician for a steam shovel company, was born 9 March 1894 in Marion
County,
the son of Herbert D. and Margaret Uline. He died 18 February 1944 in Marion
County
at age 49.
Known children of
Bessie Florence3 EBERHART and
Leo Felster DELAUDER, both born in Marion County, Ohio, were as follows:
89
i.
Dorothy Virginia4 DELAUDER was
born 12 March 1915. She died 3 November 2001
in Marion County, Ohio at age 86. Dorothy married Leverne Wesley
BURKEPILE 13
November 1933 in Newport,
Campbell
County, Kentucky.
He was born 8 November 1912 in Marion County, Ohio, the son of John W.
and
Stella E. Burkepile, and died 21 May 1973 in that county. The couple
had three
children.
90 ii. William
E. DELAUDER was born 1 November 1918
and died 22 February 1997 in Marion County, Ohio at age 78.
Known children of
Bessie Florence3 EBERHART and
John Burton ULINE were:
91
i.
Carl Eugene4 ULINE.
Generation Four
47.
Harry William4 GIMBEL (Mary Magdalena3 Kraner,
Caroline2 Eberhart,
John Adam1) was born 28
December 1882 in Ft.
Recovery, Mercer County,
Ohio.
He died 8 October 1957 in Union City,
Randolph County, Indiana
at age 74, and was buried 11 October 1957 in Union City Cemetery.
Harry worked as a blacksmith, a paint contractor and at one time was
superintendent of Allbrand Carriage Factory in Seymour, Jackson County,
Indiana.
Harry married
first Jessie M. Moots in December 1907 in Union City.
They divorced 2 January 1911 in Randolph County and
she later married Harry R.
Finney. Jessie was born 24 May 1890 in Mentor,
Lake County, Ohio, the
daughter of Charles L. Moots, an engineer born in Logan County, Ohio, and Mary Hawkins, a
native of Auglaize
County, Ohio.
Her parents divorced and in 1930
Charles lived with Jessie and her husband Harry in Maumee,
Lucas County, Ohio. Jessie died in
May 1964 at age 74.
Harry married
second Debbie DEBELL 29 October 1917 in Columbus, Franklin County,
Ohio. Debbie
was born 29 January 1889 in Ohio,
the daughter of James and Sara Elizabeth (Zimmer) Debell. She died 3
September
1978 at age 89, and was buried 7 September 1978 in Union City
Cemetery.
Known children of
Harry William4 GIMBEL and
Jessie M. MOOTS were:
92
i.
Richard Earl5 GIMBEL was born
circa 1911 in Union City,
Randolph
County, Indiana.
Richard was listed as ‘son’
to Harry Finney in the 1920 and 1930 censuses and his last name was
given as ‘Finney.’
There were no
known children of Harry William4 GIMBEL and
Debbie DEBELL.
48.
Edith Mabel4 GIMBEL (Mary Magdalena3 Kraner,
Caroline2 Eberhart,
John Adam1) was born 22
April 1885 in Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana.
She died 15 April 1969 in Union City,
Randolph County, Indiana
at age 83, and was buried 18 April 1969 in Lisbon
Cemetery, Union City.
Edith married
William Alva REISH 13 January 1905 in Union City.
Alva, as he was called, was the son of Jacob and
Lydia Reish of Jackson Township, Randolph County. Born 23 March 1884 in Indiana,
he died 27 July 1960 in Union City
at age 76,
and was buried in Lisbon Cemetery.
Alva and Edith
were enumerated in Mississiniwa
Township, Darke County,
Ohio
in the
1920 and 1930 censuses.
Known children of
Edith Mabel4 GIMBEL and
William Alva REISH, both born in Union
City, Randolph County, Indiana,
were as follows:
93
i.
Esther Marie5 REISH was born
30 December 1905. She died 3 February 1992
in Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana at age 86, and was
buried 7 February 1992 in Spartanburg
Cemetery, Randolph
County.
Esther married
Everett E. BROWN 24 February 1940. Everett, the son of William and Mary
(Brewster) Brown, was born 7 December 1912 in Randolph County.
He died 1 May 2004 in Randolph County,
Indiana at age 91,
and was buried on 4 May 2004 in Spartanburg Cemetery. Everett
was a farmer and was later employed by Syler Seeds in Winchester,
Indiana
94 ii. Mary
Ada REISH was born 11 August 1907. She
died 5 March 1978 in Union City,
Randolph County, Indiana
at age 70, and was buried in Lisbon
Cemetery, Union City.
Mary never married.
49.
Earl4 GIMBEL (Mary Magdalena3 Kraner,
Caroline2 Eberhart,
John Adam1), a blacksmith
for Big Four Railroad, was born 27 July 1886
in Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana.
Cora Edith Mann
HORNE, Earl’s wife, was born 29 September 1890 in Spartansburg, Randolph County,
Indiana.
About 1909 she married [--?--] Horne and in the 1910 federal census was
enumerated in the household of her parents, David M. and Jennie R.
Mann, in
Green Forks Township, Randolph County. Her husband of one year was not
listed
with her. On 28 June 1911 they had a son Melvin D. Cora’s husband died
and she
married Earl 12 August 1916 in Winchester,
Randolph
County.
Six months after the birth of
their daughter, Earl died in a fire 30 October 1918 in Bellefontaine, Logan County,
Ohio
at the age of 32. He was buried 2 November 1918 in Union City
Cemetery.
Cora died 21 January 1955 in Lakeview, Logan
County at
age 64, and was buried 24
January 1955 in Union City Cemetery.
Known children of
Earl4 GIMBEL and Cora
Edith MANN were:
95
i.
Treva Mae5 GIMBEL was born
27 April 1918 in Union City,
Randolph County, Indiana and died 24 April
1986 in Springfield,
Clark
County, Ohio
at age 67. She married first Virgil Honess WARD, son of Thomas J. and
Viola M.
Ward, 27 May 1938 in Dayton,
Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Virgil was born 18 January 1912 in Ohio
and
died 21 September 1962 in Clark County at
age 50. The
couple had a daughter Arlyn Lee, born 7 July 1943 and died 17 June 1989
in Montgomery
County
at age 45. She never married.
Treva married second Lee CLARK.
50.
Irvin Frank4 GIMBEL (Mary Magdalena3 Kraner,
Caroline2 Eberhart,
John Adam1) was born 1
October 1888 in Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana.
He married Mary Kyle RIDDLEBARGER 2 January 1915 in Union City, Randolph County,
Indiana.
At the time of his
marriage Irvin was employed
as a mechanic at a factory in Galt, Ontario,
Canada.
By 1920 he worked at Union City Wheel Works as a blacksmith and was the
last
employee to be let go when they closed their shop. He and Kyle, as she
was
called, lived in Dayton,
Montgomery
County, Ohio
by 1930 and Irvin was an inspector at Dayton Power & Light
Company, a
position he held for 35 years. He died 27 October 1972 in Dayton
at age 84, and was buried in Glen
Haven Memorial
Cemetery, Clark County,
Ohio.
Kyle, the
daughter of Oscar and Belle F. Riddlebarger, was born 5 January 1895 in
Ridgeville, Randolph
County, Indiana.
She died 8 March 1973 in
Dayton at age 78, and
was buried in Glen Haven Memorial Cemetery.
Known
children of Irvin Frank4 GIMBEL and Mary
Kyle RIDDLEBARGER were:
96
i.
William Oscar5 GIMBEL was
born 22 November 1915 in Union City,
Randolph
County, Indiana.
He graduated from Fairview
High School
in Dayton,
Montgomery County, Ohio
and attended the University of Dayton.
Bill, as he
was known, served in the U.S. Air Force in World War II and spent 39
years with
the National Cash Register Company in Dayton
before becoming general manager of Oak Creek Development Corporation in
1973.
From 1960 to 1965 he was mayor of the city of Centerville,
Montgomery
County, Ohio.
On 2 October 1937 Bill married Louise
LAWRENCE who was born 18 June 1915. The couple moved to Columbia,
Richland
County, South
Carolina in 1979 and it was here
Louise died 22 January 1988 at age 72. Bill died 2 April 1997 in Columbia
at age 81. Both
were buried in Greenbriar
Memorial Park,
Columbia.
Bill and Louise had a son Stephen Alex.
51.
Hazel Dora4 GIMBEL (Mary Magdalena3 Kraner,
Caroline2 Eberhart,
John Adam1) was born 5
February 1891 in Union City,
Randolph
County, Indiana.
She married Ross Franklyn BAREFOOT,
son of Walter Augustus and Anna Elizabeth (Lewellen) Barefoot, 24
December 1918
in Union
City.
Ross was born 2 April 1889 in Cambridge City, Wayne County, Indiana,
and died at
age 57 on 21 April 1946 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio of
unaphalactic
shock from a bee sting. He was buried 24 April 1946 in Memorial Park, Dayton.
Ross was a jack
of all trades, and held many jobs including meter reader for the
Dayton, Power
& Light Company, gas furnace repairman, and inspector for
Chrysler Airtemp.
He also worked for Inland Corporation and United Aircraft Products, and
raised
chickens, rabbits, guinea pigs and bees.
Upon the death of
her husband, Hazel moved to California
to live with her daughter Mary and son-in-law Albert.
She returned to Indiana
and worked as a cook at the Union
City
Hospital
from 1952 to 1956, and then
resettled with her daughter Mary in the Los Angeles
area.
Hazel died 20 February 1971 in Arcadia,
Los
Angeles County, California
at age 80. The cause of death was cardiac arrest, myocardial
infarction. She
was buried 24 February 1971 in Memorial Park, Dayton.
Known children of
Hazel Dora4 GIMBEL and
Ross Franklyn BAREFOOT, all born in Dayton,
Montgomery
County, Ohio,
were as follows:
97
i.
Walter William5 BAREFOOT was
born 8 November 1919 and died 30 November 2002 in Dayton,
Montgomery
County, Ohio
at age 83. He served in the U.S. Air
Force in World War II and for 30 years worked for the National Cash
Register
Company in Dayton
as an assembler and foreman. He also owned and operated Barefoot
Resort, a
fishing camp in Cedarville, Mackinac County, Michigan.
Walter married first Freda Eleanor MOORMAN 8 April 1939 in Dayton.
Freda, the daughter of Frederick and
Edna (Hank) Moorman, was born 21 July 1916 in Celina, Mercer County,
Ohio.
She died 26 December 1988 in Clearwater,
Pinellas County, Florida
at age 72, and was buried 30 December 1988 in Montgomery County, Ohio.
Walter and Freda had four children: Janice Eleanor, Carol Ann, Deborah
Jean,
and Walter William II. Walter married second Vivian Marie SPARKS 14
December
1990 in Union, Montgomery County.
98
ii.
Robert Earl BAREFOOT married Mary Ellen DOTTS 31 January
1942 in Dayton, Montgomery County,
Ohio.
Mary
Ellen was born 31 January 1923 in Terre
Haute, Vigo County,
Indiana, the
daughter of William and Rosetta ‘Susie’ Pearl
(Gibson) Dotts. She died 11 January 2007 in San Diego, San Diego
County,
California at age 83 of a brain aneurysm, and was buried in El Camino
Memorial
Park in that city. Robert and Mary Ellen had a son Robert Dean and
daughter
Carolyn Sue.
99
iii.
Dale Eugene BAREFOOT was born 2 August 1923 and died 11
May 2004
in Florida
at
age 80. He was buried 17 May 2004 in Memorial Park, Dayton,
Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Dale served in the U.S. Air Force in
World War II, and for 37 years was an assembler for the National Cash
Register
Company in Dayton.
He retired in 1985. Dale married Agnes Josephine ‘Jo’ SCHULZE 7
February 1948
in Dayton.
Jo,
the daughter of Louis and Henrietta (Berke) Schulze, was born 17 June
1924 in
Minster, Auglaize
County, Ohio.
She died 24 August 1996 in Pinellas County, Florida
at age 72, and was buried 29 August 1996 in Memorial Park. Dale and Jo
had five
children: Constance Joyce, Kathleen Louise, Daniel Eugene, Gail Lynn,
and
Douglas Edward.
100 iv. Mary
Elizabeth BAREFOOT married Albert
Hansen 6 April 1946 in Dayton,
Montgomery
County, Ohio.
He was born 6 November 1913 in Cotesfield, Howard County, Nebraska, the
son of
Jens Peter and Carrie E. (Andersen) Hansen of Denmark. Albert died 3
August
1989 in San Bernardino County,
California
at age 75, and was buried 12 August 1989 in Memorial Park, Dayton.
He was an attorney for 26 years,
retiring as senior legal counsel for Allstate Insurance Company in Los Angeles.
Mary and
Albert had no children.
101
v.
Harold Edgar BAREFOOT married Pauline Lucille VANCE. They
had a
daughter Rebecca Jean.
54.
Florence Marie4 GIMBEL (Mary Magdalena3 Kraner,
Caroline2 Eberhart,
John Adam1) was born 30
July 1903 in Union City,
Randolph
County, Indiana.
She died 23 February 1994 in Dayton,
Montgomery County, Ohio at age 90, and was buried
26 February 1994 in
Memorial Park, Dayton.
Florence
married Ray Emerson TODD 28 July 1923 in Union City. Ray
was born 18 February 1898 in Bowen, Hancock
County, Illinois,
the son of J. Walter and Alameda Viola (Hamilton) Todd, and died 4
August 1966
in Dayton
at
age 68. He was buried in Memorial Park. Ray
served in the U.S. Air Force in Austin,
Texas in 1918,
and was for a number of years executive secretary for the National Cash
Register Company in Dayton.
Known children of
Florence Marie4 GIMBEL and
Ray Emerson TODD, all born in Dayton,
Montgomery
County, Ohio,
were as follows:
102
i.
Carolyn Jeannette5 TODD was born
19 October 1925 and died 22 February 2006 in Charlottesville,
Charlottesville
County, Virginia
at age 80. She married James Alvin
SHANNON 16 August 1947 in Dayton,
Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Jim was born 29 January 1921 in Fairburn, Fulton
County,
Georgia,
the son of Virgil
Quillian, Jr. and Lula (Johnston)
Shannon. He served as an Army Air Force B-25 bomber pilot in New Guinea
during World War II and transferred to the Air Force when it became
independent
in 1947. Jim’s postwar assignments included command of a squadron in Germany and of a wing
in Britain.
He
also was chief of the reconnaissance division in the directorate of
operational
requirements at Air Force headquarters, and deputy director for
operations at
the National
Military Command Center in
the Pentagon.
Jim received three Legions of Merit and two Air Medals and rose to the
rank of
Brigadier General. Among his assignments was duty as secretary to the
Joint
Chiefs of Staff. Jim died 5 December 1984 in Washington,
District of Columbia
at age 63, and was buried
in Arlington
National
Cemetery, Arlington,
Fairfax
County, Virginia.
Carolyn and Jim had a daughter
Peggy Sue and son James Alvin, Jr.
103
ii.
Marjorie Louise TODD married Donald William FITZGERALD.
They had
daughters Linda Diane and Cynthia Ann.
104
iii.
Nancy Anne TODD married Thomas Maximus CONLON and had
children
Jennifer Marie and Thomas Todd.
55.
George Henry4 STEPHENS (Jennie Ellen3 Kraner,
Caroline2 Eberhart,
John Adam1) was born 3
November 1896 in Indiana
and died 13 January 1984 in Greenville,
Darke
County, Ohio
at age 87. He was buried 17 January 1984 in Sunset
Memory Garden,
Darke
County.
George married
first circa 1918 Mary Agnes SKINNER who was born 18 January 1899 in Ohio.
In 1936 the couple
divorced in Darke County and
Mary Agnes
died 25 April 1950 at age 51. George married second Estella M.
SHIVERDECKER in
1940 in Muncie,
Delaware
County, Indiana. She was born in
August 1896, the daughter of John and Mollie Shiverdecker of York
Township, Darke
County, Ohio.
Her brother Roy married Celia Armstrong, George’s half sister. (see #56
below)
Estella had married first Ray Hartrum circa 1914 and they had sons Paul
Leon,
born 11 February 1915 and died 27 March 1992 in Montgomery County, Ohio
at age 77;
E. Wayne, born 31 March 1917 and died 27 July 2000 in Montgomery
County, Ohio
at age 83; and Bobbie. Estella died 3 November 1974 in Darke
County
at age 78.
Known children of
George Henry4 STEPHENS and
Mary Agnes SKINNER, both born in Ohio
were as follows:
105
i.
Leroy Leon5 STEPHENS was
born 28 December 1919 and died 12 February 2003 at age 83. His last
known
residence was Youngstown,
Mahoning
County, Ohio.
Leroy, who was also called Leon,
married Twila Ruth BENNETT who was born 26 April 1915 in Pennsylvania
and died 6 September 1995 in Ohio
at age 80. Twila had been married previously to [--?--] Ashe and had
children
Joan Elizabeth and Robert Paul. In the 1920 and 1930 federal censuses
she was
enumerated with her mother Pearl
in Girard, Trumbull
County, Ohio.
106
ii.
Illah Marie STEPHENS married Eugene F. BURKETT who was
born 23
September 1922 in Darke County, Ohio, the son
of Frank H. and
Mary C. Burkett. He died at age 62 in December 1984. The couple had a
daughter
Kathleen Kaye and son Michael Jerome.
There were no
known children of George Henry4 STEPHENS and
Estella M. SHIVERDECKER.
56.
Celia Caroline4 ARMSTRONG (Jennie Ellen3 Kraner,
Caroline2 Eberhart,
John Adam1) was born 11
July 1902 in Indiana.
She died 18 January 1980 in Ohio
at age 77, and was buried in Block
Cemetery, Darke County,
Ohio.
Celia married Roy
L. SHIVERDECKER 23 December 1922. Roy
was born 28
May 1898 in Ohio,
the son of John and Mollie
Shiverdecker of York Township, Darke County.
His sister
Estella married George Stephens, Celia's half brother. (see #55 above) Roy
died 28 November 1982
at age 84.
Known children of
Celia Caroline4 ARMSTRONG and
Roy L. SHIVERDECKER, all born in Darke County, Ohio, were as
follows:
107
i.
Evelyn Lucille5 SHIVERDECKER
married Harold John STUCK and they had children Evelyn Marlene, Carl
Leroy,
Shirley Darlene and Jeanette Marie.
108
ii.
Wilma Irene SHIVERDECKER was born 8 August 1926 and died
12 May
2002 in Miami
County, Ohio
at age 75. She was buried in Highland
Cemetery,
Covington, Miami
County.
Wilma married Paul Richard ROUTSON 30 August 1947 in Covington
and they had a son Franklin Leroy
and daughter Janet Lynn. Paul was born 1 September 1917 in Miami
County
and died 26 September 2006 at age 89. His last known residence was
Lilburn, Gwinnett
County, Georgia.
109
iii.
Richard Lee SHIVERDECKER was born 10 June 1931 and died 21
April
2008 at age 76. His last known residence was Greenville,
Darke
County, Ohio.
Richard married Margaret Patricia ROWE
and they had children Dennis Lee and Dianna Lynn.
110
iv.
Kenneth Duane SHIVERDECKER married Janet Ellen LEEPER and
had
children Sheila Renee and Brian Duane.
57.
Gerald Ronald4 ARMSTRONG (Jennie Ellen3 Kraner,
Caroline2 Eberhart,
John Adam1) was born 2
September 1903 in Darke County, Ohio
and died 23 July 1980 in that county at age 76.
He married first
Laura Myrtle HECKATHORNE 30 September 1922 in Darke County. Laura was born 15 December
1896 in Twin
Township,
Darke
County,
the daughter of Edward R. and
Minnie S. Heckathorne. She died 7 January 1929 in Darke
County,
at age 32. Some time after 1930 Gerald married second Mrs. Viola Mae
POWELL who
was born 17 December 1902 in Ohio.
She had been married previously to Reuben Powell and they had sons
Charles P.,
born in 1923 and died in 1948 in a plane crash in Angola,
Steuben
County, Indiana
at age 25; and Donald Lee. By 1930
Viola and Reuben were divorced and she and her two sons were lodgers in
a private
home in Adams
Township,
Darke
County.
Viola died 2 August 1988 at age
85.
Known children of
Gerald Ronald4 ARMSTRONG and
Laura Myrtle HECKATHORNE, both born in Darke County, Ohio, were as
follows:
111
i.
Robert Keith5 ARMSTRONG was
born 26 August 1925 and died 3 November 1989 at age 64. He was buried
in Sunset Memory
Garden Cemetery
in Darke
County, Ohio.
Robert married first Marjorie Mae
WINCHELL who was born in 1927 and died 17 September 1973 in Dayton,
Montgomery
County, Ohio
at age 46. She was buried in Sunset Memory Garden.
Robert and
Marjorie had a son Christopher Ray. Robert married second Twila Maxine
HARRIS
in 1974.
112 ii. Mildred
ARMSTRONG.
There were no
known children of Gerald Ronald4 ARMSTRONG and
Mrs. Viola Mae POWELL.
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