JohnsonFamily2/19/24 - Person Sheet
JohnsonFamily2/19/24 - Person Sheet
Birthabt 1 Apr 1822, Sandusky, Ohio
Death1 Jun 1872, Valparaiso, Saunders, NE233
BurialValparaiso, Saunders, NE
FatherWoodard States (~1785-)
MotherElizabeth Butters
Spouses
Family ID3400
ChildrenG. Robert
Adeline Adelia (1852-1922)
Gustavas James (1854-1916)
Thomas Benton (1857-)
Elmer Ellsworth (1861-1916)
Jane (1871-)
Notes for George Lewis States
Age 50 years and 2 months.233
Much of what is known about George Lewis States by family members was reported by his wife Eliza in an oral interview, printed in a biographical account of early Nebraska settlers (see notes on Eliza). George was born in the state of New York in 1822. He was yet a child when his parents moved to the Sandusky, Ohio area which was very much the frontier of settlement, Ohio being one of the first States carved from the Northwest Territories. He continued to live with his parents( probably Woodard and Elizabeth Butters States of Fairfield) until the time of his marriage, November 20, 1847. On his marriage certificate he is listed as residing in Fairfield, Huron County, OH. Eliza recollected, " He was a man of fair educaton, more than average ability, and was called upon in every state in which he resided to fill the township and school offices which he always did."
In the George Weyburn States ledger (in possession of Helene Crowley) there is listed a George "F." or "L." States, born in 1822 in New York, who died 1 June 1873 in Nebraska and was recorded as the 7th child of 8 born to Woodard and Elizabeth States. Although the death date on George's gravestone is 1 June 1872, this date and general time frame and location make it highly likely that Woodard was indeed his father. If this is so, then it is also likely that Peter States of Seneca Co, NY was George's grandfather.
It was Eliza, George's wife, that had the date of his death inscribed on a headstone placed on his grave at the family farm. Only years later was his body and the stone removed to the Valparaiso, NE cemetery (see photo). Elmer Ellsworth States reports in a letter of May 1980: " My uncle Frank and my brother Harlan still live on the farm where Eliza and George homesteaded. A person still can see where their 2-room dugout was. It was on the bank of Oak Creek and some of the grove of trees they planted are still there, and there is still a cedar tree growing up the hill east of the dugout where George was buried. Years later, Eliza had his body moved to Valparaiso. My dad, Harold William, could remember a little about digging him up and all that was left was his skull and a few other bones. After the dugout, Eliza moved into a small house on the other side of the creek and added on an upstairs and that is where she finished raising her family. And Harlan is still living in that house. (See photo) The grave of Eliza and her youngest child, Jane, are not marked and we would like to get a stone placed."
Following his marriage to Eliza, George moved to Springfield, Williams Co. OH, where the 1850 Ohio census records his family on a farm: Eliza at age 25, George at 27, son Gustavus (Gussy Robert) at 2, George H. (George Franklin) at 2 months, and a female boarder, Mary Graham (Eliza's sister), at age10. The family then moved to Iowa in 1856 (Iowa Co., Marengo TWP) where they resided on a farm for 10 "happy" years, until moving to Nebraska in 1869. There George bought a tract of land (Sect. 12, Oak Creek Precinct, Lancaster Co. near present day Agnew. The 1860 Iowa census lists George, age 35 (37), Eliza 32 (35), Francis ( George Franklin) at 12, Gustavus J. (James) at 6, Adeline. A. (Adelia) at 5 (8), and Mary E. (Elizabeth) at 1. The family moved to Nebraska in late 1869.
The 1870 NE census lists ages for George L. at 47, Eliza at 45, George H. (Frank) at 21, Gustavus J. (James) at 16, Adeline A. (Adelia) at 18, Thomas B. (Benton) at 13, Mary E. (Elizabeth) at 11, Elmer E. (Ellsworth) at 7, John G. (Graham) at 6, and Jane at 4. This indicates that "Gussy" Robert died young and George Franklin, "Frank", was the first child based on his age reported in the census records. Thomas Benton was not in the Iowa census, but based on reported age, should have been. Mary Elizabeth, Elmer Ellsworth, John Graham and Jane all would have been born in Iowa.
In 1872, two years after establishing the homestead, George died. (For more, see notes on Eliza). It is supposition on my part that George's middle initial stands for "Lewis". But Elmer mentioned in correspondence with me that his uncle, Frank Lewis, said his middle name was that of his grandfather, George. (Frank's father was Elmer E., one of George's sons).
Much of what is known about George Lewis States by family members was reported by his wife Eliza in an oral interview, printed in a biographical account of early Nebraska settlers (see notes on Eliza). George was born in the state of New York in 1822. He was yet a child when his parents moved to the Sandusky, Ohio area which was very much the frontier of settlement, Ohio being one of the first States carved from the Northwest Territories. He continued to live with his parents( probably Woodard and Elizabeth Butters States of Fairfield) until the time of his marriage, November 20, 1847. On his marriage certificate he is listed as residing in Fairfield, Huron County, OH. Eliza recollected, " He was a man of fair educaton, more than average ability, and was called upon in every state in which he resided to fill the township and school offices which he always did."
In the George Weyburn States ledger (in possession of Helene Crowley) there is listed a George "F." or "L." States, born in 1822 in New York, who died 1 June 1873 in Nebraska and was recorded as the 7th child of 8 born to Woodard and Elizabeth States. Although the death date on George's gravestone is 1 June 1872, this date and general time frame and location make it highly likely that Woodard was indeed his father. If this is so, then it is also likely that Peter States of Seneca Co, NY was George's grandfather.
It was Eliza, George's wife, that had the date of his death inscribed on a headstone placed on his grave at the family farm. Only years later was his body and the stone removed to the Valparaiso, NE cemetery (see photo). Elmer Ellsworth States reports in a letter of May 1980: " My uncle Frank and my brother Harlan still live on the farm where Eliza and George homesteaded. A person still can see where their 2-room dugout was. It was on the bank of Oak Creek and some of the grove of trees they planted are still there, and there is still a cedar tree growing up the hill east of the dugout where George was buried. Years later, Eliza had his body moved to Valparaiso. My dad, Harold William, could remember a little about digging him up and all that was left was his skull and a few other bones. After the dugout, Eliza moved into a small house on the other side of the creek and added on an upstairs and that is where she finished raising her family. And Harlan is still living in that house. (See photo) The grave of Eliza and her youngest child, Jane, are not marked and we would like to get a stone placed."
Following his marriage to Eliza, George moved to Springfield, Williams Co. OH, where the 1850 Ohio census records his family on a farm: Eliza at age 25, George at 27, son Gustavus (Gussy Robert) at 2, George H. (George Franklin) at 2 months, and a female boarder, Mary Graham (Eliza's sister), at age10. The family then moved to Iowa in 1856 (Iowa Co., Marengo TWP) where they resided on a farm for 10 "happy" years, until moving to Nebraska in 1869. There George bought a tract of land (Sect. 12, Oak Creek Precinct, Lancaster Co. near present day Agnew. The 1860 Iowa census lists George, age 35 (37), Eliza 32 (35), Francis ( George Franklin) at 12, Gustavus J. (James) at 6, Adeline. A. (Adelia) at 5 (8), and Mary E. (Elizabeth) at 1. The family moved to Nebraska in late 1869.
The 1870 NE census lists ages for George L. at 47, Eliza at 45, George H. (Frank) at 21, Gustavus J. (James) at 16, Adeline A. (Adelia) at 18, Thomas B. (Benton) at 13, Mary E. (Elizabeth) at 11, Elmer E. (Ellsworth) at 7, John G. (Graham) at 6, and Jane at 4. This indicates that "Gussy" Robert died young and George Franklin, "Frank", was the first child based on his age reported in the census records. Thomas Benton was not in the Iowa census, but based on reported age, should have been. Mary Elizabeth, Elmer Ellsworth, John Graham and Jane all would have been born in Iowa.
In 1872, two years after establishing the homestead, George died. (For more, see notes on Eliza). It is supposition on my part that George's middle initial stands for "Lewis". But Elmer mentioned in correspondence with me that his uncle, Frank Lewis, said his middle name was that of his grandfather, George. (Frank's father was Elmer E., one of George's sons).