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Mary “Polly” <I>Stoker</I> Graybill

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Mary “Polly” Stoker Graybill

Birth
Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
Death
18 Feb 1864 (aged 71)
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.2567039, Longitude: -95.7823656
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Mary "Polly" Stoker Graybill, b. November 24, 1792, was the eldest child of Michael Stoker Sr. and Catherine Eller. She was born In Ashe County, North Carolina and married Michael S. Graybill Sr. about 1811. The Stokers and Graybills were linked by various marriages and migrating together from Ashe, County, North Carolina to Jackson County, Ohio. Then with Mormon migrations together from Ohio to Far West, Missouri; from Missouri to Nauvoo, Illinois; from Illinois to Council Bluffs, Iowa; and some family members then migrating from Iowa to Salt Lake City, Utah. The intermarriages continued between the Stokers and Graybills and other related Mormon families including the Ellers, Smiths, Gatrosts, Winegars, McDaniels and Judds.

Mary Polly Stoker Graybill and Michael S. Graybill Sr. were the parents of eleven children born in North Carolina and Ohio. The family suffered in the Missouri persecutions of the Mormons and Mary Polly Graybill was one of the signers of the Mormon Redress Petitions after the expulsion from Missouri. The Graybills and Stokers then settled in Illinois with the Saints. Mary Polly Graybill was baptized by proxy in Nauvoo for seven of her deceased relatives in North Carolina. After the expulsion from Nauvoo, Illinois the Graybills and Stokers arrived in what the Mormons named Kanesville and now known as Council Bluffs. Mary Polly's mother, Catherine Eller Stoker, spent her final months and years being cared for until death by her eldest daughter. Mary Polly Stoker joined the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS) on July 1, 1860. She died in Council Bluffs on February 18, 1864.
Mary "Polly" Stoker Graybill, b. November 24, 1792, was the eldest child of Michael Stoker Sr. and Catherine Eller. She was born In Ashe County, North Carolina and married Michael S. Graybill Sr. about 1811. The Stokers and Graybills were linked by various marriages and migrating together from Ashe, County, North Carolina to Jackson County, Ohio. Then with Mormon migrations together from Ohio to Far West, Missouri; from Missouri to Nauvoo, Illinois; from Illinois to Council Bluffs, Iowa; and some family members then migrating from Iowa to Salt Lake City, Utah. The intermarriages continued between the Stokers and Graybills and other related Mormon families including the Ellers, Smiths, Gatrosts, Winegars, McDaniels and Judds.

Mary Polly Stoker Graybill and Michael S. Graybill Sr. were the parents of eleven children born in North Carolina and Ohio. The family suffered in the Missouri persecutions of the Mormons and Mary Polly Graybill was one of the signers of the Mormon Redress Petitions after the expulsion from Missouri. The Graybills and Stokers then settled in Illinois with the Saints. Mary Polly Graybill was baptized by proxy in Nauvoo for seven of her deceased relatives in North Carolina. After the expulsion from Nauvoo, Illinois the Graybills and Stokers arrived in what the Mormons named Kanesville and now known as Council Bluffs. Mary Polly's mother, Catherine Eller Stoker, spent her final months and years being cared for until death by her eldest daughter. Mary Polly Stoker joined the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS) on July 1, 1860. She died in Council Bluffs on February 18, 1864.


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  • Created by: J. M. Paden
  • Added: Dec 3, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45081536/mary-graybill: accessed ), memorial page for Mary “Polly” Stoker Graybill (24 Nov 1792–18 Feb 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 45081536, citing Stoker-Graybill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by J. M. Paden (contributor 47208109).