1822 Abraham Ebersol was born on September 8, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, son of David and Esther Ebersole.
1845 Abraham Ebersole and Anna Rutt were married on October 16. [1]
1850 Abram Ebersole (age 29, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Conoy Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in a household with Ann Ebersole (age 23), Elias Ebersole (age 3), Esterarve Ebersole (age 1), Rebecca Ebersole (age 13), and Cyrus Ebersole (age 10). Abram Ebersole's occupation was farmer, Agriculture. [2]
1860 Abram Ebersole (age 37, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Conoy Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Ann Ebersole (age 34), Elias Ebersole (age 13), Esther Ebersole (age 11), Magdelena Ebersole (age 9), Ann Ebersole (age 6), Sarina Ebersole (age 4), and Michael Ebersole (age 2). Abram Ebersole's occupation was farmer. [3]
1867 They moved from Pennsylvania to Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois. [4]
1869 Abraham Ebersole was ordained to ministry for the Science Ridge Mennonite Church. [5]
1870 Abram Ebersole (age 45, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, in a household with Anna Ebersole (43), Maggie Ebersole (19), Anna Ebersole (16), Sabina Ebersole (14), Michael Ebersole (11), Abram Ebersole (9), Solomon Ebersole (6), and Amos Ebersole (9/12). Abram Ebersole was a farmer. [6]
1892 Abraham Ebersole died on January 21, and was buried at Science Ridge Mennonite Cemetery, Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois. [7] [8]
1892 An obituary for Abram Ebersole reported [9]:
On the 21st of January, 1892, near Sterling, Whiteside Co[unty], Ill[inois], of heart disease, Pre. Abram D. Ebersole. Our deceased brother had been afflicted with heart trouble for a few years, and in the fall of 1890 sought advice and treatment from a physician in Chicago, who appeared to have helped him, and he pursued his labors up to the time of his death. When the call came he was seated at the dinner table at the home of his brother-in-law Jacob Reitzle. Without any previous warning the stroke came, and he fell over and almost immediately expired. Bro. Ebersole came to Illinois from Pennsylvania twenty-four years ago. Two years afterwards he was ordained to the ministry, in which office he served until his heart trouble became annoying to him. He was held in high esteem by all who knew him, and his funeral, which was held on the 24th was largely attended. He leaves a bereaved companion and nine children; all of whom but one son were present at the burial. It was a touching scene to see the family surround the form of their beloved father, all of them followers of the Savior and members of the church in which their father ministered so many years, and they could have the blessed assurance that while their father had passed out of their presence and they would henceforth see him in this world no more, they could, sooner or later, again meet him in a land where the meeting would be far more joyous than the parting here was sad. Funeral services were conducted by J.S. Coffman of Elkhart, Ind. The age of our deceased brother was sixty-nine years and four months.
Father, thou art sweetly resting on the lovely Savior's breast,
Where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest.
Father, thou art sweetly resting, here thy toils and cares are o'er;
Pain and sickness, death and sorrow, never can distress thee more.
1904 Anna Rutt, wife of Abraham D Ebersole died on June 10 and was buried at Science Ridge Mennonite Cemetery, Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois. [10] [11]
1904 An obituary for Anna Rutt Ebersole reported [12]:
was born Jan. 26, 1827, in Lancaster Co., Pa., and was married to Abraham D. Ebersole, Oct. 16, 1845. To this union nine children were born, eight of whom are living. The family moved to Sterling, Ill., in 1867, where the husband was the minister in charge of the Mennonite church until the time of his death, June 21, 1892. In the family there were thirty-six grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren, all of whom are still living. She was for many years a faithful and active member of the Mennonite church and trusted in her Savior to the last. She quietly passed away June16, 1904, aged 78 Y., 4 M., 16 D. Funeral services were conducted by Pre. Christian Good, assisted by Bish. John Nice. Text, John 11:25.
1896 Abraham Ebersole, perhaps a relative of this family, spoke at the Sunday School Conference at Science Ridge Mennonite Church. [13]
1924 Anna Reisner, spouse of John L. Reisner, died on October 31, at age 71, in Maywood, Cook County, Illinois. She was born on July 26, 1853, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, daughter of Abraham Ebersole and Anna Rutt. [14]
1926 Hettie Burkhart, spouse of Abram Burkhart, died on March 8, at age 77, in Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois. She was born on January 18, 1849, in Connoy Twp, daughter of Abram Ebersole and Anna Rutt. [15]
1937 Solomon D. Ebersole, son of Abraham D. Ebersole and Anna Rutt, spouse of Charlotta Ebersole, died on April 10 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. [16]
Research Notes:
Descendants have been studied by John Umble. [17] [18]
[1] Mennonite Obituary Archives, Herald of Truth, Vol. XLI, No. 27, June 30, 1904 - pg 216, [MennObits].
[2] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] Mennonite Obituary Archives, Herald of Truth, Vol. XXIX, No. 4, February 15, 1892, Pages 60, 61, 62, 63, [MennObits].
[5] Harry Franklin Weber, Centennial History of the Mennonites of Illinois 1829-1929 (1931), 160, [InternetArchive].
[6] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[7] Find A Grave Memorial 53861518, [FindAGrave].
[8] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[9] Mennonite Obituary Archives, Herald of Truth, Vol. XXIX, No. 4, February 15, 1892, Pages 60, 61, 62, 63, [MennObits].
[10] Find A Grave Memorial 53861519, [FindAGrave].
[11] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[12] Mennonite Obituary Archives, Herald of Truth, Vol. XLI, No. 27, June 30, 1904 - pg 216, [MennObits].
[13] Harry Franklin Weber, Centennial History of the Mennonites of Illinois 1829-1929 (1931), 128, [InternetArchive].
[14] Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947, [FamilySearchRecord].
[15] Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947, [FamilySearchRecord].
[16] Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947, [FamilySearchRecord].
[17] John S. Umble, Genealogical Record, Descendants of Preacher Abraham Burkholder Ebersole and His Wife Anna Ebersole Rutt (Goshen, Ind.: 1957), 1, [GoogleBooks], [Family History Book].
[18] Robert S. Kreider, David Smucker, Roy H. Umble, An Ebersol Story: the ancestry and descendants of Abraham D. Ebersole (1822-1892) and Anna Rutt (1827-1904) (1996), 1-86.