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Philip Horn

Philip Horn was born in Germany 6-14-1865, and died 12-28-1927 in East Saint Louis, St. Clair County, IL. He was a stone mason. He married Emma Doll. She was from Lebanon, IL. She died in 1898 shortly after the birth of their son George Horn. Philip Horn was related to the Horns who lived in the Jersey County, IL area. I have not been able to establish how he was related, but I'm sure he was related in some way, because Mary (Gibson) Horn, John Horn's daughter, said her father told her his father Philip Horn was related to the Horns who lived in the Jersey County, IL area. Philip and Emma (Doll) Horn had 2 children-John P. Horn and George Horn.

(1) Philip and Emma (Doll) Horn's son John P. Horn was born 4-8-1896 in East Saint Louis, St. Clair County, IL. He died 2-6-1981 in Waverly, Iowa. He was in the Military Service in the U. S. Army and was a World War I Veteran. He married Elizabeth M. Kraushaar 1-1-1920, the daughter of Charles and Caroline (Haushalter) Kraushaar. She was born 4-12-1899 in English Township, Jersey County, IL. She died 9-29-1976 in Iowa. She is buried at Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

(Note: Elizabeth (Kraushaar) Horn was my mother Lovie (Kraushaar) Westfall's sister and my aunt)

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Elizabeth (Kraushaar) Horn's obituary - Mrs. John Horn, 77, 201 Iowa, Waverly, Iowa, passed away Wednesday nigt, September 29, 1976 at the Waverly Municipal Hospital where she had been a patient for 10 days.

Elizabeth M. Kraushaar was born July 12, 1899 in Fieldon, Ill., the daughter of Charles and Caroline (Haushalter) Kraushaar. On July 1st 1920 she was united in marriage to John P. Horn in East St. Louis, Ill. The couple lived in East St. Louis until 1939 when they moved to Caseyville, Ill. In 1964 they moved to Waverly. She was a member of the Grace Baptist Church in Waverly.

Survivers include her husband, John, one daughter, Mary, Mrs. Earl Gibson of Shell Rock, Ia., one sister, Mrs. Lovie Westfall of Pearl, Ill., nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister and one brother.

Funeral services will be Saturday, October 2, 1;30 p.m. at the Grace Baptist Church in Waverly with the Rev. Royce Wolden officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens, Cedar Falls.The Kaiser-Carson Funeral Home in Waverly is in charge of arrangements.

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John and Elizabeth (Kraushaar) Horn had a daughter Mary Alice Horn born 3-31-1929 in East St. Louis, IL, and died 10-27-2008 at Allen Hospital, Waterloo, IA. Her burial was in Mount Vernon Township Cemetery, in Waterloo, IA. Mary Alice Horn married Earl H. Gibson June 13, 1947. He was born December 23, 1921, in East St. Louis, Illinois, the son of Earl H. and Agnes E. (Martin) Gibson Sr. He died June 24, 1993 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, IA. His burial was in Mount Vernon Township Cemetery, in Waterloo, IA. He farmed in Iowa. He was in the Military Service and was a U. S. Air Force Veteran. Earl and Mary Alice (Horn) Gibson had 9 children-Mona Gibson married Albert F. Rahlf, the son of Albert and Velma Rahlf of New Hampton, IA, and lives in Waterloo, Iowa; Stuart Gibson married Tari and lives in Woodstock, Georgia; Laura Gibson married Larry Miller and lives in Fairfield, Iowa; Duane Gibson married Julie and lives in Shell Rock, Iowa; Wylene Gibson married Gregory Heidorn and lives in Rochester, Minnesota; Peggy Gibson married Allen Jacobs and lives in Jefferson, Iowa; Karen Gibson married Ray Johnson and lives in Belgrade, Montana; Kent Gibson married Brenda and lives in Denver, Iowa; and Brad Gibson married Peggy and lives in Charles City, Iowa---John and Elizabeth (Kraushaar) Horn lived in Caseyville, IL where he worked at a steel mill in St. Louis, MO, and later retired in Iowa near their daughter Mary Alice (Horn) Gibson.

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Mary A. (Horn) Gibson's obituary - Mary Alice Gibson, 79, of Denver, died Monday, Oct. 27, 2008 at Allen Hospital, Waterloo. She was born March 31, 1929, in East St. Louis, Ill., daughter of John P. and Elizabeth Kraushaar Horn. She married Earl Gibson on June 13, 1947. He died in June 1993. Mrs. Gibson and her husband farmed near Shell Rock from 1953 until retiring in 1985.

Survived by: five daughters, Mona (Albert) Rahlf of Waterloo, Wylene (Gregory) Heidorn of Rochester, Minn., Laura (Larry) Miller of Fairfield, Peggy (Allen) Jacobs of Jefferson and sons, Stuart (Tari) of Woodstock, Ga., Duane (Julie) of Shell Rock, Kent (Brenda) of Denver and and Brad (Becky) of Charles City; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church with burial in Mount Vernon Township Cemetery, both in Waterloo. Public visitation from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Kaiser Corson Funeral Home, Denver, and for an hour before services at the church. Memorials: may be directed to the family. Condolences may be left at www.kaisercorson.com.

(2) Philip and Emma (Doll) Horn's son George Horn was married and lived in East Saint Louis, IL. I don't have any information about his family.

After the death of his first wife Emma (Doll) Horn in 1898 Philip Horn married Katherine (Kate) Haushalter, the daughter of George and Margaret (Schiller) Haushalter. (She was my mother's aunt and a sister to her mother) She married Phillip Horn 3-16-1901 Jerseyville, Jersey County, IL. Katherine (Kate) Haushalter was born in 1873 near Fieldon, Richwood Township, Jersey County, Illinois, and died in 1947 in St. Louis, MO. She had been married before to Henry Groppel. Henry Groppel was the son of Herman H. and Johanna Augusta (Rudolph) Groppel. He was born 3-17-1866 in Jersey County, IL. He died 10-12-1899 in Jersey County, IL. He is buried at Fieldon Cemetery, Richwood Township, Jersey County, IL. She married Henry Groppel 2-22-1890 Jerseyville, Jersey County, IL, and they had 3 daughters-Augusta "Gussie" Groppel, Margaret "Maggie" Catherine Groppel (twin to Gussie), and Frances Groppel.

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(1a) Henry and Katherine (Haushalter) Groppel's daughter Augusta (Gussie) Groppel was born in 1892 and died 2-11-1981. She married Clayton A. Baxter 4-26-1910 in Jersey County, IL, and after his death she married Edward Schallenberg and lived in Brighton, IL area. She had no children.

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(2a) Henry and Katherine (Haushalter) Groppel's daughter Margaret "Maggie" Catherine Groppel died 8-14-1906 at age 15 of consumption in Jerseyville, IL.

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(3a) Henry and Katherine (Haushalter) Groppel's daughter Frances was born 10-16-1896. She died 9-4-1970, and she is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. She was married first to John Wachter and they had a daughter Loretta Wachter. After their marriage Frances and John Wachter and their daughter Loretta lived in East St. Louis, IL a block from Frances's mother Katherine. Frances's first husband John Wachter was in a car accident, and later became insane and was hospitalized in a mental institution in Alton, IL where he later died. John and Frances (Groppel) Wachter's daughter Loretta Wachter married Keith Martin, and they lived in Springfield, IL. After John Wachter died Frances married Arthur Dabbs and lived in the Otterville, IL area.

After her first husband Henry Groppel's death George and Margaret (Schiller) Haushalter's daughter Katherine (Haushalter) Groppel married Phillip Horn 3-16-1901 in Jersey County, IL. Philip and Katherine (Haushalter) Groppel Horn had two sons-Arthur Horn and Phillip Horn.

(1) Philip and Katherine (Haushalter) Groppel Horn's son Arthur Horn never married and lived in the Detroit, Michigan area. He is deceased. He worked in an auto manufacturng plant in Detroit, Michigan.

(2) Philip and Katherine (Haushalter) Groppel Horn's son Phillip Horn married and lived in Taylor, Michigan. He worked at one of the auto manufacturing plants there in Detroit, Michigan. He is deceased. I don't have any information about Phillip Horn's wife or children, except I remember Philip Horn had a son Don Horn who played football for the University of Iowa back in the 1950's or 1960's. He was star running back, and I recall the Iowa team he was on was a very good football team and was in a Rose Bowl Game, or maybe it was the Orange Bowl or one of the other big bowl games.

Samuel Dabbs

Samuel Dabbs, a native of South Carolina, made a settlement on section 8, in Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL, about the year 1826. His son, was William W. Dabbs.

William W. Dabbs

William Washington Dabbs was the son of Samuel and Mary (Link) Dabbs.

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Samuel Dabbs, a native of South Carolina, made a settlement on section 8, in this township, about the year 1826. His son, W. W. Dabbs, is a resident of the township still, living near the old homestead.

     W. W. Dabbs is a son of Samuel and Mary (Link) Dabbs, who were pioneers of Jersey county. Samuel Dabbs was a native of Kentucky, and his wife of Tennessee. They came to Illinois in 1805, and to what is now Jersey county in 1826, settling upon Sec. 8, Otter Creek township, which was the birth place of the subject of this sketch. He was born ont he 8th day of June, 1836. He obtained his educations in the common schools of that township, and there grew to manhood. Nov. 5, 1855, he was married to Catherine Worthey, a native of Tennessee. Nine children were born to them: John M., George F., Lindley, Hattie E., Margaret E., Emma E., Nellie Jane, Oscar and Mary E.

Mr. Dabbs owns a large farm, comprising 534 acres, and follows farming. He was engaged in a meat market 13 years. Politically Mr. Dabbs is a republican, having voted with that party since its organization. He has held the office of school director and is a member of the A. F. & A. M. Samuel Dabbs died Dec. 12, 1853, and his widow, Mrs. Mary Dabbs, Sept. 12, 1855. Both are buried in the old cemetery at Otterville.

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Note: The above information about W. W. Dabbs was From History of Greene and Jersey Counties, Illinois, Springfield, IL: Continental Historical Co., 1885, pp. 274 - 301. Samuel Dabbs and his wife Mary (Link) Dabbs were later moved and buried at the Dabbs Cemetery in Section 16 of Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. Samuel and Mary (Link) Dabbs's son William W. Dabbs and his wife Catherine (Worthy) Dabbs are also buried at the Dabbs Cemetery.

Samuel Dabbs was a brother to Jesse Dabbs who married Mathilda Marsh. Samuel Dabbs's father was James Dabbs born in 1782 in SC, and died in 1841 in Jersey County, IL. Samuel Dabbs mother was Mary (Harris) Dabbs born in 1788 in SC, and died in 1852 in Jersey County, IL. James Dabbs was the son of Nathaniel Dabbs and Elizabeth (Haney) Dabbs. Nathaniel Dabbs was born in 1737, the son of Joseph and Nancy (Hoggatt) Dabbs of Goochland and Lunenburg Counties., VA. Other children of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Haney) Dabbs were-Josiah Dabbs, born 1762, John Dabbs oldest son of Nathaniel born 1762 (also) married to Jane (Sis) Gaddy, and a daughter Nancy Dabbs born 1800 married to John Birmingham.

(1) William W. and Catherine (Worthy) Dabbs's son John W. Dabbs was born in Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. He died 6-19-1941 in Jersey County. He is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. He married Mary J. Bruer 2-22-1886 in Jersey County, IL. He later married Mary Reister 2-4-1891 in Jersey County, IL. John W. Dabbs's wife - Mary L. (Reister) Dabbs, born 11-02-1865, Elsah, Jersey County, Illinois, died 06-03-1956, buried 09-03-1956, Otterville cemetery. Mary L. Dabbs, whose 91st birthday occurred on February 11 died Tuesday evening, March 6, at 9 pm at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, City Commissioner & Mrs. Henry Horn, in Jerseyville. Mrs Dabbs had suffered a stroke on February 13 and her condition had been critical since that time. Prior to her illness she had enjoyed good health and had been quite active for her age.

She was the daughter of the late Jacob & Christina (Vernow) Reister and was born near Elsah on February 11, 1865. She had lived all of her life in Jersey County. Mrs Dabbs was the widow of John W. Dabbs whose death occurred in January 1921. In 1928, Mrs. Dabbs and her daughter, Miss Hattie, moved from their farm to the Horn residence where they have resided since. The nonagenarian was the surviving member of a family of 8 brotherss and sisters. Her only immediate survivors are her 2 daughters, Mrs. Henry Horn and Miss Hattie Dabbs. Friends may call at Gubser Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held there Friday afternoon at 2 pm. Rev. F. W. Schwarzlose pastor of First Methodist church, will officiate and burial will be in Otterville cemetery.

(2) William W. and Catherine (Worthy) Dabbs's son George F. Dabbs was born in Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. He married Elizabeth Kappler 8-21-1884.

(3) William W. and Catherine (Worthy) Dabbs's son Linley L. Dabbs was born 8-15-1967 in Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. He died 2-2-1947 in Jersey County, IL. He is buried at the Noble Cemetery, Otter Creek Township, Jerseyville, IL. He married Rosetta Johnson 4-7-1880 in Jersey County, IL. She was born 3-29-1871, and died 12-25-1938. She was the daughter of Richard and Mary E. (Howell) Johnson. She is buried at Noble Cemetery, Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. They had 4 children-Lester Franklin Dabbs, Arthur W. Dabbs, and 2 daughters (names unknown).

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(1a) Linley and Rosetta (Johnson) Dabbs's son Lester Franklin Dabbs was born 8-29-1890 in Jersey County, and died 3-23-1963 in Jersey County, IL. He isburied at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. He lived in Jerseyville and was a painter. He married Ella May Beach, the daughter of Don and Stella (Harmon) Beach. She was born 9-20-1896 in Jersey County, IL, and died 3-26-1980. She is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. Lester and Ella May (Beach) Dabbs had 3 children-Sherman Lester Dabbs, Dwight Dabbs, and Edna Dabbs.

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(1aa) Lester and Ella May (Beach) Dabbs's son Sherman Lester Dabbs was born in 1911 in Jerseyville, IL, and died 1-4-1990 at Christian Hospital Northeast in St. Louis County, MO. He is buried at Noble Cemetery, Otter Creek Townshp, Jersey County, IL. He farmed in the Otter Creek Township area of Jersey County, IL. He married Esther Bell Plummer 6-27-1931 in Carrollton, IL. She was the daughter of Joshua and Melvina (Blackorby) Plummer. She was born 6-26-1916 in Kansas, and died 2-22-1980 at St. Mary Health Center in Richmond Heights, MO. She is buried at Noble Cemetery, Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. They had 4 children-Vera Lee Dabbs who married Clifford Neal 6-18-1949 of Jerseyville, IL, Sharon R, Dabbs who married Richard Garber 6-20-1954 of Springfield, IL, June (Dabbs) King of Collinsville, IL, and Carol (Dabbs) Traub of Wood River, IL.

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(2aa) Lester and Ella May (Beach) Dabbs's son Dwight Dabbs lives in Jerseyvile, IL.

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(3aa) Lester and Ella May (Beach) Dabbs's daughter Edna Dabbs married first to Sylvester A. Morrison, the son of George and Tillie (Andris) Morrison. He died in 1976, and she is remarried. Her husband's last name is Eades and they live in Springfield, IL.

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(2a) Linley and Rosetta (Johnson) Dabbs's son Arthur W. Dabbs was born 12-20-1892 in Otterville, Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. He died 11-10-1980 at Jersey Community Hospital in Jerseyville, IL. He is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. He was a farmer and carpenter and lived in the Otter Creek Township area of Jersey County, IL. He married first Lora D. Reed 12-21-1911 in Jersey County, IL. She was the daughter of Firman and Louisa (Lane) Reed. She was born 9-6-1893, and 6-30-1936. She is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. Arthur and Lora (Reed) Dabbs had 2 children-Lila Rose Dabbs, and Orville C. Dabbs.

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(1aa) Arthur and Lora (Reed) Dabbs's daughter Lila Rose Dabbs was born 6-17-1917 in Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL, and she died 9-15-1004 at Jerseyville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Jerseyville, IL. She is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. She married first Clyde M. Riddish. They were married 3 years when he died in WWII. She later married Harold Blackorby 9-30-1946 in Greenville, IL. He died 6-4-1997. They had 3 children-David Neal Blackorby and wife Laura of Fort Smith, Ark, Harold R. Blackorby and wife Donna of Hartford, IL, and Peggy Jo Blackorby and husband Paul Wheaton of Jerseyville, IL.

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(2aa) Arthur and Lora (Reed) Dabbs's son Orville C. Dabbs was born 6-5-1915 in Field, Richwood Township, Jersey County, IL. He died 12-25-2000 at his home in Jerseyville, IL. He worked at Laclede Steel Co. in Alton IL. He is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery, in Godfrey, Madison County, IL. He married Milded K. Schaake 12-5-1936 at Fieldon Evangelical and Reform Church in Fieldon, IL. She died 8-15-1995. They had 2 children-Carol Dabbs and her husband Donald Little of Jerseyville, IL, and Darrell Dabbs (deceased) married Cindy of Jerseyville, IL.

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After his first wife Lora (Reed) Dabb's death Arthur Dabbs remarried to Frances Matilda Groppel. She was born 12-20-1892 in Jersey County, IL, and died 9-4-1970 at home in Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. She is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. She was the daughter of Henry and Catherine (Haushalter) Groppel. She and Arthur Dabbs had no children together. She had been married before to John Wachter, and they had a daughter Loretta Wachter who married Keith Martin of Springfield, IL.

(Note: Arthur Dabb's wife Frances Matilda (Groppel) Wachter Dabbs was my mother Lovie (Kraushaar) Westfall's cousin. She was the daughter of Katherine (Haushalter) Groppel Horn a sister to my mother's mother Caroline Haushalter)

(4) William W. and Catherine (Worthy) Dabbs's daughter Hattie E. Dabbs was born in Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. She married Henry Hancock 3-21-1886.

(5) William W. and Catherine (Worthy) Dabbs's daughter Margeret Ellen Dabbs was born 1-15-1871 in Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. She 6-30-1950 in Jersey County, IL. She is buried at Noble Cemetery, Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. She married Fredrick Frazer 4-7-1890 in Jersey County, IL. He was born 1-30-1869, and died 3-5-1943. He is buried at Noble Cemetery, Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. Frederick and Margaret Ellen (Dabbs) Frazer had 5 children-George F. Frazer, Herbert Leslie Frazer, Harry W. Frazer, Edward Frazer, and a daughter who married George Cope.

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(1a) Fredrick and Margaret (Dabbs) Frazer's son George F. Frazer was born 1-13-1899 in Jersey County, IL, and he died 4-30-1978 at Greenwood Manor Nursing Home in Jerseyville, IL. He is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. He married Lena Cope 8-3-1921. She was the daughter of Mark and Mary (Hall) Cope. She was born in 1900 in Macoupin County, IL, and died 11-14-1986 at Greenwood Manor Nursing Home in Jerseyville, IL. She is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyvile, IL. They had 3 children-Ruth Frazer, Marcella "Mickey" Frazer, and George E. Frazer.

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(1aa) George and Lena (Cope) Frazer's daughter Ruth Frazer was born 1-5-1918 in Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL, and died 9-18-1988 at Jersey Community Hospital in Jerseyville, IL. She is buried at Fieldon Cemetery, Richwood Township, Jersey County, IL. She married Joseph Vincent Richey 12-5-1942 in El Paso, Texas. They had 3 children-Donna Kay (Richey) Postlewait of Dow, IL, Marsha R. (Richey) Schroeder of Grafton, IL, and a son Michael Vincent Richey (deceased).

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(2aa) George and Lena (Cope) Frazer's daughter Marcella "Mickey" Frazer married Eugene Steinkuehler. She is deceased. She lived in Jerseyville, IL. Eugene and Marcella Rose "Mickey" (Frazer) Steinkuehler had 5 children-Pamela Steinkuehler, Sandy Steinkuehler, Kim Steinkuehler, Ronald Steinkuehler, and Michael Steinkuehler.

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George and Lena (Cope) Frazer's daughter Marcella Rose "Mickey" (Frazer) Steinkuehler's obituary - Marcella Rose "Mickey" Steinkuehler, 78, died at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009, at her home. She was born May 16, 1930, in Otterville, to George and Lena (Cope) Frazer. A homemaker and farm wife, she married Eugene Steinkuehler on Aug. 14, 1954, at Bethel Baptist Church. He survives. In addition to her husband, surviving are three daughters and two sons-in-law, Pamela Gowin and Sandy and John Clark, all of Jerseyville, and Kim and Ed Snyder of Shipman; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Ronald and Bobbi Steinkuehler and Michael Steinkuehler, all of Jerseyville; grandchildren and spouses, Tracy and Ben Gilmore, Tabitha and Donald Bortz, Jim and Alison Clark, Doug and Anna, Chris and Whitney and Robert Steinkuehler, Ryan Clark, Justin and Jennifer Steinkuehler and Merissa and Shon Graden; and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, George Frazer, and a sister, Ruth Richey. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until services at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, at Alexander and Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. Pastor Michael Parsons will officiate. Burial will be at Oak Grove Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Fund.

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(3aa) George and Lena (Cope) Frazer's son George E. Frazer is deceased. He lived in Jerseyville, IL.

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(2a) Fredrick and Margaret (Dabbs) Frazer's son Herbert Leslie Frazer was born 10-23-1901 in Jersey County, IL, and died 4-4-1985 at Jersey Community Hospital in Jerseyville, IL. He is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery. He married Ada Brockmeyer 9-10-1901 in Bowling Green, MO. Herbert and Ada (Brockmeyer) Frazer had 2 children-Marvin Frazer and Fred Frazer.

Herbert and Ada (Brockmeyer) Frazer's son Marvin Frazer married Betty Jean McAdams 12-26-1954 at Hope Luthern Church in Jerseyville, IL. She was the daughter of Clay Roosevelt McAdams and Ruth Christina (Renken) Dean. She was born 1-5-1939 near Grafton, Jersey County, IL. She died 3-21-2004 at Alton Memorial Hospital in Alton, IL. She is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. Marvin and Betty Jean (McAdams) Frazer had 5 children-Beverly Frazer who married Randy Manning of Columbia, IL, Hope Frazer who arried Greg Bradley of Jefferson City, MO, Tina Frazer who married Eric Trsler of Jerseyville, IL, Herbert Frazer and his wife Kim of Jerseyville, IL, and Marvin Frazer and his wife Trisha of Jefferson City, MO.

Herbert and Ada (Brockmeyer) Frazer's son Fred Frazer lives in Jerseyville, IL.

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(3a) Fredrick and Margaret (Dabbs) Frazer's son Rev. Harry W. Frazer was born 10-23-1901 (He and Herbert were twins). He was born in Jersey County, IL, and he died 11-9-1984 at Boyd Memorial Hospital in Carrollton, IL. He is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. He was a minister at the Gospel Assembly Church in Jerseyville, IL for many years.

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(4a) Fredrick and Margaret (Dabbs) Frazer's son Edward Frazer lived in Grafton, IL.

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(5a) Fredrick and Margaret (Dabbs) Frazer's daughter married George Cope and lived in Jerseyville, IL.

(6) William W. and Catherine (Worthy) Dabbs's daughter Emma E. Dabbs was born in Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. She married William H. Springman 8-4-1892. He was the son of Henry and Augusta (Schaaf) Springman. He was born 2-12-1869, and died 1-4-1955. He is buried at Fieldon Cemetery, Richwood Township, Jersey County, IL. William and Emma (Dabbs) Springman had a son John W. Springman. He died 4-19-1965. He married Gladys Henson 12-26-1931. She was the daughter of Oscar and Nola May (White) Henson. She was born 1-10-1910 in Jersey County, and 5-19-2005 at Greenwood Manor Nursing Home in Jerseyville, IL. She and her husband John W. Springman are both buried at White Cemetery, Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. John and Gladys (Henson) Springman had 2 children-Roger Springman (deceased), and Stanford Springman of Jerseyville, IL.

(7) William W. and Catherine (Worthy) Dabbs's daughter Nellie Jane Dabbs was born 7-31-1878 in Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. She died 8-20-1903 in Jersey County, IL of consumption at the age of 25. She was survived by her husband Elmer Landon and their 5 year old son Roy. She married Elmer Landon in Dec. 1897. Her obituary said she was buried in the family cemetery, but did not give the name of the cemetery. It might be the Dabbs Family Cemetery in Section 16 of Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL.

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Elmer and Nellie (Dabbs) Landon's son - Roy Raymond (Ray) Landon, Sr. of route 3, Jerseyville died Oct. 4, 1972, with Rev. James Connett, pastor of the First Methodist church in Jerseyville officiating at the funeral. Burial was in the White cemetery. The Fieldon Masonic Lodge conducted Masonic rites at the funeral home Friday night. Mr. Landon, a retired farmer, died at 3:20 o'clock pm., 4 Oct. at the Jersey Comm. Hospital.

He was born in Otter Creek township, a son of the late Elmer and Nellie Dabbs Landon, on 9 Aug. 1898. His survivors are a son, Roy Raymond Landon, Jr. of Jerseyville; two daughters, Oma M. smith of Bethalto and Mrs. Frank (Vera Lee) Bare of Tucson, Ariz; five half brothers; seven half-sisters; eight grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.

(8) William W. and Catherine (Worthy) Dabbs's son William Oscar Dabbs was born 10-9-1880 in Otter Creek Township Township, Jersey County, IL. He died Mar. 1973 at Jersey Comunity Hospital in Jerseyvile, IL. He is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery, in Godfrey, Madison County, IL. He married Alice M. Hutchinson, the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Rayworth) Hutchinson. She was born 11-13-1882 in Chandlerville, Cass County, IL, died 4-1-1974 at Jersey Community Hospital in Jerseyville, IL. She is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery, in Godfrey, Madison County, IL. William Oscar and Alice (Hutchinson) Dabbs had 4 children-Morris L. Dabbs, Kearney Oscar Dabbs, Herschel K. Dabbs, and Mary Alice Dabbs.

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(1a) William Oscar and Juanita (Humiston) Dabbs's son Morris L. Dabbs was born 9-26-1920 west of Otterville, in Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. He died 10-9-2002 at Jerseyville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Jerseyville, IL. He is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. He married Juanita E. Humiston 11-19-1941 in St. Charles, MO. He farmed and was Road Commissioner for 23 years in Otter Creek Township of Jersey County, IL. Morris and Juanita (Humiston) Dabbs had 1 daughter, Sherry Dabbs who married Bill Crenshaw and the live in Springdale, Ark. They also have 2 grandchildren-Ryan Crenshaw of Springdale, Ark, and Sarah and her husband Clint Pianalto and a great granddaughter Mirissa Pianalto of Springdale, Ark.

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(2a) William Oscar and Juanita (Humiston) Dabbs's son Kearney Oscar Dabbs was born 7-8-1908 in Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. He died 2-18-2001 at Jersey Community Hospital in Jersey County, IL. He married Alice O. Busch 10-27-1928 at First Prebyterian Church in Jerseyville, IL. She was the daughter of George and Mabel (Fredenburg) Busch. She was born 5-20-1912 in Otterville, Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. She died 2-8-2003 at her home in Jersey County, IL. Kearney Dabbs was a farmer and owned and operated a grocery store in Otterville, IL from 1962 to 1973. Kearney Dabbs and his wife Alice (Busch) Dabbs are both buried at Noble Cemetery, Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. They had 3 children-Betty Jean Dabbs who married Clifton Cunningham 9-24-1927 of Fieldon, IL, Mary Lou Dabbs who married Robert L. Eisler 1-1-1953 of Jerseyville, IL, and Brenda Dabbs who married Roger Allen of White Hall, IL.

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Kearney and Alice (Busch) Dabbs's daughter Betty (Dabbs) Cunningham's husband Clifton I. Cunningham's obituary - Clifton I. Cunningham, 82, died at 12:40 a.m. Sunday, April 6, 2008, at Calhoun Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He went to his Lord with his family at his side. He loved his Lord, family and country. He was born March 23, 1926, in Alton to Clifton and Lula (Groppel) Cunningham. He married the former Betty Dabbs on Sept. 24, 1947, in Jerseyville. She survives. He served his country in the United States Army from 1944 to 1946, during World War II in France and Germany with the 82nd Airborne and from 1950 to 1952 with the 18th Combat Engineers during the Korean Conflict. He retired from the Illinois Department of Transportation. He was a member of the Fieldon Baptist Church, Jerseyville American Legion Post 492 and was a charter member of the World War II Memorial in New Orleans.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by three daughters and their husbands, Terri and Gerald Scott of Fieldon, Trudy and Bob Pritchard of Palm Beach, Fla., and Tina and Gary Vahle of Jerseyville; a son and his wife, Todd and Penny Cunningham of Fieldon; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a sister and brother-in-law, Margaret and Rodney Allen of Jerseyville. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant son, Tab Cunningham; and a sister and her husband, Lida and Louis Vahle. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at Alexander and Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville, where services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 10. Pastor Ralph Schultz will officiate. Burial will be at Gunterman Cemetery in Fieldon. Military graveside rites will be performed by American Legion Post 492 of Jerseyville. Memorials may be made to the Fieldon Baptist Church or Gunterman Cemetery.

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(3a) William Oscar and Juanita (Humiston) Dabbs's son Herschel Dabbs is deceased. He died Oct. 11, 1990. He lived and farmed near Otterville in Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. He married Freda Mae Stevens on April 29, 1936, in Alton, IL.

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Herschel Dabbs's wife Freda Mae (Stevens) Dabbs's obituary - Freda Mae Dabbs, 93, died at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, 2007, at the Jacksonville Convalescent Center, where she had been a resident for the past six months. She was born Aug. 12, 1913, in Linder Township in Greene County to Roy R. and Lula (Grizzle) Stevens. She married Herschel Dabbs on April 29, 1936, in Alton, and the two shared 54 years together before his death on Oct. 11, 1990. She was a member of the Jerseyville Ladies of the Moose and VFW Auxiliary but was especially happy assisting her husband on the family farm near Otterville, raising her family, gardening and virtually anything that had to do with the outdoors. They spent many years together, but after the death of her husband, she decided it was time to move to Jerseyville, where she lived for several years before moving to Edgewood Manor Retirement Home in White Hall, where she was cared for and loved.

Surviving are two daughters and a son-in-law, Loretta Buster of Jacksonville and Virginia and Bud Collins of Monticello, Ind.; a son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth Ray and Carolyn Dabbs of Carlsbad, Calif.; 12 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Eileen Kinser of Austin, Texas; and two sisters-in-law, Helen Stevens of Wood River and Juanita Dabbs of Jerseyville. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Joyce Ebert, on May 28, 2006; a grandson, Joseph Buster Jr.; a great-grandson, Aaron Purcell; a son-in-law, Joseph Buster Sr.; three brothers, Roy H. "Tug," William Stevens Sr. and an infant, Earl; and two sisters, her twin, Meda Garver, and Vena Wieneke. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville, where services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday. The Rev. Joy Settles will officiate. Burial will be at Valhalla Memorial Park in Godfrey. Memorials may be given to the American Cancer Society.

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(4a) William Oscar and Juanita (Humiston) Dabbs's daughter Mary Alice Dabbs married Walter Flowers. She is deceased. They lived in Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL.

(9) William W. and Catherine (Worthy) Dabbs's daughter Mary E. Dabbs was born in Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. She married Walter Davenport 2-7-1900, and they had a son Laverne Davenport born 7-16-1900 in Otterville, Otter Creek Township, Jersey County, IL. He died 1-5-1981 at Garnett Chateau in Jerseyvile, IL. He married Laurine L. Tice 2-11-1929 in Jerseyville, IL. She was born in Goodlan, Ind. She died 12-20-1986 at age 77 at Jersey Community Hospital in Jerseyville, IL. Laverne Davenport and his wife Laurine (Tice) Davenport are both buried at Fieldon Cemetery, Richwood Township, Jersey County, IL. Laverne Davenport was a farmer in the Fieldon, Il area and his wife Laurine (Tice) Davenport was teacher in Jersey County, IL for 18 years. Laverne and Laurine (Tice) Davenport had 6 children-Leslie Lavern Davenport of Jerseyville, IL, Gary Leon Davenport of Jerseyville, IL, Donald Ray Davenport of Beckemeyer, IL, Herbert Lee Davenport of Macon, GA, James David Davenport of Fieldon, Il, and Marilyn Kay Davenport who married Fred Pruitt of Fieldon, IL.

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Mary E. Dabbs later married Don M. Beach 8-13-1905, and they had 2 children-Geneva Pearl Beach and Roberta Beach.

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Don and Mary (Dabbs) Beach's daughter Geneva Pearl Beach married Howard Springman 2-2-1924. She later married a man who's last name was Mourning and they lived in Peoria, AZ.

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Don and Mary (Dabbs) Beach's daughter Roberta Beach married Paul Christian 7-22-1944 and they lived in Phoenix, AZ.

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Don Beach had been married before to Stella Harmon, the daughter of Henry and Mary (Reddish) Harmon. She was born 9-24-1877 in Jersey County, IL, and died 1-11-1953 at Boyd Memorial Hospital in Carrollton, IL. She is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. Don and Stella (Harmon) Beach had 3 children-Ella May Beach who married Lester Dabbs, and Marie Beach who married Carl Keehner of Jerseyville, IL, and Don and Stella (Harmon) Beach also had a son Charles H. Beach born in 1897, and died 11-30-1938. He was a WWI veteran. He is buried at Lax Cemetery, English Township, Jersey County, IL. Stella (Harmon) Beach later married Walter Davenport 5-17-1904.

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