Gray, Clarabelle

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• Reference Number: GRAY.C003
• _FGRAVE: 228280008
• Funeral: 12 Jun 2021, Thrasher Family Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois

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Obituary
Clarabelle (Gray) Kittle, 91, of Olney, passed away at 11:40 AM on Monday, June 7, 2021 at Carle Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney.

Funeral service will be at 10:30 AM on Saturday, June 12, 2021 in the chapel of Thrasher Family Funeral Home in Olney. Visitation will be from 9-10:30 AM in the chapel of Thrasher Family Funeral Home. Burial will be at Clay City Cemetery in Clay City. Pastor Mike Baker will be officiating. Live streaming will be available through our Facebook page. Click on the link below to watch.

Clarabelle was born on October 11, 1929 in Clay County the daughter of Henry and Maude (Payne) Gray. She later married Vern Kittle on August 27, 1961 in Clay City. He preceded her in death on October 1, 1997.

She worked at Olney Central College in the Public Relations and Marketing Department for many years. She also worked at the garment factory in Olney and was also a greeter at Wal-Mart. She was a member of Antioch Christian Church and was a former member of Mt. Gilead Church with her husband. She graduated from Clay City High School in 1948. She graduated with her Associates Degree from Olney Central College in 1982. She was a past member of Dundas Ruritan. She enjoyed crocheting, working on word searches and crossword puzzles and putting together puzzles.

Clarabelle is survived by her 2 sons Tony Kittle (Lisa) of Dundas and Bobby Kittle (Shannon) of Louisville; daughter Wilma Fitzpatrick (Dennis) of Jefferson City, Mo; 4 grandchildren Collin Cotterell (fiancé Tasha), Victoria Kittle, Silas Kittle, and Will Kittle.

She is preceded in death by her husband Vern Kittle, parents Henry and Maude Gray, 4 brothers Ralph, Johnny, Eugene and Ray Dean Gray, sister Famie Payne, niece Joanne Herdes and nephew David W. Payne.

Memorials can be sent to Antioch Christian Church in memory of Clarabelle (Gray) Kittle.

Birth:
According to the 1940 census, Clara Bell was born in 1924.

Clarabelle married Kittle, Vern on 27 Aug 1961 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. Vern (son of Kittle, James Collins and Shelton, Pauline) was born on 29 Sep 1916 in Wayne County, Illinois; died on 1 Oct 1997 in Marion, Williamson County, Illinois; was buried on 4 Oct 1997 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Kittle, W.K.
2. Kittle, T.D.
3. Wyatt, B.B.

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• Occupation: Farm Laborer, Railroad Carpenter
• Reference Number: GRAY.H001
• _FGRAVE: 24197176

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According to the 1940 Census, he had attended 3 years of college. the code used in this census has been marked over, so it is possible that the code was incorrectly interpreted.

Birth:
According to the 1900 Census, Henry was born in May, 1894. Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, (index for John Leo Gray) 1916-1947 says he was born in Randolph County, Illinois.

Henry married Payne, Maude May on 26 Sep 1914 in Noble, Richland County, Illinois. Maude (daughter of Payne, William Jackson 'Jackie' and Himebaugh, Maggie J.) was born on 3 Dec 1895 in Martin County, Indiana; died on 29 May 1983 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried on 31 May 1983 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: PAYN.M001
• _FGRAVE: 24197164
• Funeral: 31 May 1983, Hosselton-Bookout-Engelmeier Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

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Maude M. Gray, 87, Clay City, died at 2:40 a.m. Sunday in Richland Memorial Hospital.

Services were held at the Hosselton-Bookhout-Engelmeier Funeral Home in Clay City. Burial was in Clay City Cemetery.

She was born in Indiana Dec. 3, 1895 to Jackson and Maggie (Himebaugh) Payne. She married Henry Gray who died in 1968. She was a member of the Clay City Baptist Church and of the Sailer Springs American Legion Auxiliary.

She is survived by two sons, Eugene and Ray Dean, both of Clay City; two daughters, Mrs. Earl (Famie) Payne, Hot Springs, Ark., and Mrs. Verne (Clarabelle) Kittle, Dundas; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a grandson, two sons, three brothers, a sister and her parents.

Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, May, 1983.

Birth:
Was Maude born in Illinois or was she born in Indiana?

Died:
Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois

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• Occupation: Farm Laborer, Farmer
• Reference Number: GRAY.W001
• _FGRAVE: 34685905
• Funeral: Clay City Baptist Church, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

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In the 1880 Federal Census, Noble, Illinois, he is listed as a "Willie", a 6 year old ward of the state. His was born in Kentucky, his father was born in Indiana, the birth place of his mother is listed as unknown.

According to the 1940 census, William had a 4th grade education.

Birth:
His marriage license seems to read Owensburg.

According to the 1900 Noble, Richland County Census, William was born in 1872 in Indiana. The census shows both his parents were born in Indiana.

Census:
1920 census, line 13

William married Yauch, Elizabeth 'Lizzie' on 26 Feb 1893 in Noble, Richland County, Illinois. Elizabeth (daughter of Jauch, Jacob and Hasler, Margaret 'Margret') was born on 29 Nov 1869 in Claremont, Richland County, Illinois; died on 1 Jan 1941 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 2 Jan 1941 in Hanna Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Housewife
• Reference Number: YAUC.E002
• _FGRAVE: 34685767

Notes:

The 1920 census says her father was from Slovakia. He was from Germany.

According to the 1940 census, Lizzie had a 2nd grade education.

Elizabeth brought a daughter, Jennette B. "Nettie" Yauch into her marriage with William Gray.

Elizabeth and William were married by W.N. Cooprider, M.G.

Birth:
According to the 1900 Noble, Richland County Census, Lizzie was born in December 1869 in Illinois. The census shows both her parents were born in Germany.

Census:
1920 census, line 14

Died:
Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 shows her death date as 1 Jan 1941

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Married:
According to Elizabeth's obituary, she and William Gray were married on February 26, 1892.

According to "Early Marriages of Richland County, Illinois 1840-1899", Volume 1, page 186, by Lola B. Taylor and "Richland County Marriages, 1840-1915, Grooms Book, Page #132, License #00020, Book #003, page #0202, Compiled by Richland County Genealogical and Historical Society November 15, 1993, they were married in 1893, (not 1892).

The Magistrate W. N. Cooprider performed the wedding ceremony.

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• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: PAYN.J001
• _FGRAVE: 24199533

William married Himebaugh, Maggie J.. Maggie was born in 1853 in Ohio; died on 4 Jun 1925; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: HIME.M001
• _FGRAVE: 24199528

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• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: JAUC.J001
• _FGRAVE: 31826244
• Military Service: American Civil War, Private, Company D, 108th Ohio Infantry
• Immigration: 1846

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The German spelling of his last name was "Jauch"

Jacob allegedly in 1858, came to the United States as a stow-away on the ship Arlington. I have not yet documented this fact.

Jacob Yauch came to the United States in 1858 from Wurtemburg (Wittenberg) Germany, as a stow-away on a ship, having no fee for his passage. He was 19 years old & soon volunteered to serve in the Civil War with the Co. D. 108th Ohio Infantry.

His unit was overrun in 1862 at Hartsville, TN but he managed to survive the tragic ordeal.

Returning home he met & married a young Swiss girl, Margaret Hasler, who was 19 at the time. She was born in Canton Berne, Switzerland and had come to America with her family at the age of two.

Jacob took up farming as a livelihood settling in Richland County, IL near the Glenwood neighborhood.

Jacob worked hard on his farm for his family which eventually grew to eight children. He & Margaret's first six children were girls; Elizabeth, Rose, Della, Sarah (Sally), Della again, & Lillie Mae. There were then two sons John & Jacob born.

Jacob and Margaret lost four children in infancy including the first "Della", thus accounting for their naming another daughter Della in 1879.

Jacob died in 1899 at the age of 60. He was buried in Hanna Cemetery in Richland County where he has a military marker.

Margaret lived on until 1927, dying at the age of 78. She is also buried in the Hanna Cemetery.

(Published in Hometown Journal, Piecing Together the Past, by Rena Lents Thomas)

Immigration:
Jacob allegedly in 1858, came to the United States as a stow-away on the ship Arlington. I have not yet documented this fact.

Jacob married Hasler, Margaret 'Margret' on 11 Oct 1868 in Richland County, Illinois. Margaret (daughter of Hasler, Christian and Kummer, Elizabeth) was born on 19 Sep 1849 in Gsteigwiler, Canton Berne, Switzerland; died on 29 Jan 1927; was buried in Hanna Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Housewife
• Reference Number: HASL.M001
• _FGRAVE: 25165351

Notes:

Margaret Hasler was born in Canton Berne, Switzerland.

She came to America with her family at the age of two.

She was 19 when she married Jacob Yauch.

Margaret & Jacob's family eventually grew to eight children. She & Jacob's first six children were girls; Elizabeth, Rose, Della, Sarah (Sally), Della again, & Lillie Mae. There were then two sons John & Jacob born.

Jacob and Margaret lost four children in infancy including the first "Della", thus accounting for their naming another daughter Della in 1879.

Birth:
According to the research done by Julius Billeter, Margaritha was born on September 28th, 1849. Other sources, including her obituary, show she was born on September 19th, 1849. Her tombstone only shows the years 1849 - 1927

According to the 1900 Noble, Richland County Census, Margaret was born in September 1850 in Germany. The census shows both her parents were born in Germany.

Her tombstone has the Americanized spelling of "Margret" Yauch.