Phebe J. Crecelius was the fourth of nine children of John Godhard Crecelius & Diana Wilson. At age 30 she married on January 8, 1852 to Andrew Jackson Melton (1829-1903); six children: Belle, Elizabeth, Hardon, Alice, Rozetta, and John. If you enter Conrad Cemetery by the west gate, the first graves on the right are Phebe, Andy, and their spinster daughter Alice (1859-1941). Phebe is misspelled as Phoebe on her headstone.
The 1856 census of Grundy County, Iowa, lists seven Crecelius siblings & their families living side by side on the prairie, near Wolf Creek:
Mahala with husband John W. Conrad & 6 children
Adam Crecelius
Mary Crecelius Bartles & her 2 children
Harrison Crecelius
David Crecelius with his wife & 2 sons
George Crecelius with his wife & 2 sons
Phebe with husband Andrew J. Melton & 2 daughters
25 family members in all. And of course more children were born in the ensuing years.
The 1856 census of Grundy County, Iowa, lists seven Crecelius siblings & their families living side by side on the prairie, near Wolf Creek:
Mahala with husband John W. Conrad & 6 children
Adam Crecelius
Mary Crecelius Bartles & her 2 children
Harrison Crecelius
David Crecelius with his wife & 2 sons
George Crecelius with his wife & 2 sons
Phebe with husband Andrew J. Melton & 2 daughters
25 family members in all. And of course more children were born in the ensuing years.
Phebe J. Crecelius was the fourth of nine children of John Godhard Crecelius & Diana Wilson. At age 30 she married on January 8, 1852 to Andrew Jackson Melton (1829-1903); six children: Belle, Elizabeth, Hardon, Alice, Rozetta, and John. If you enter Conrad Cemetery by the west gate, the first graves on the right are Phebe, Andy, and their spinster daughter Alice (1859-1941). Phebe is misspelled as Phoebe on her headstone.
The 1856 census of Grundy County, Iowa, lists seven Crecelius siblings & their families living side by side on the prairie, near Wolf Creek:
Mahala with husband John W. Conrad & 6 children
Adam Crecelius
Mary Crecelius Bartles & her 2 children
Harrison Crecelius
David Crecelius with his wife & 2 sons
George Crecelius with his wife & 2 sons
Phebe with husband Andrew J. Melton & 2 daughters
25 family members in all. And of course more children were born in the ensuing years.
The 1856 census of Grundy County, Iowa, lists seven Crecelius siblings & their families living side by side on the prairie, near Wolf Creek:
Mahala with husband John W. Conrad & 6 children
Adam Crecelius
Mary Crecelius Bartles & her 2 children
Harrison Crecelius
David Crecelius with his wife & 2 sons
George Crecelius with his wife & 2 sons
Phebe with husband Andrew J. Melton & 2 daughters
25 family members in all. And of course more children were born in the ensuing years.
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