Anton EBLE

EBLE, DUNHAM, GOODWIN, LYLES

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/27/2009 at 20:17:48

ANTON EBLE DEAD
Prominent citizen of Texas township passes away Had lived here for 30 years
His illness was of short duration -- Funeral on Tuesday

Anton Eble died at his residence five miles northwest of Maroa on Sunday Feb. 16, at three o'clock P. M., having been ill on a few days. Death was due to pneumonia. So sudden was Mr. Eble’s death that very few of his neighbors & friends knew of his illness. For thirty years Mr. Eble had been a farmer in the vicinity of Maroa. He was a native of Germany having been born at Baden Baden April 26, 1829, being in his 73rd year. In 1851, when a young man of 22, he crossed the Atlantic and went first to St. Louis. He stopped there for a short time and then went to Morgan Co., Ill., where he engaged in farming. Mar. 22, 1853 he was united in marriage to Mary Ann Dunham of that county. They continue their residence there until the spring of 1872, when the family moved to a farm of 80 acres three miles and a half northeast of Maroa which Mr. Eble had previously purchased. Here was their home until the spring of 1883, when Mr. Eble sold the farm to the late John Grady and purchased the farm where the family has since resided.

Mr. Eble was the father of six children. All are living except one son who died in infancy. The others are Mrs. Ellen Goodwin and John Eble, Clarion, Iowa; Miss Eliza, Decatur; Joseph, Maroa; and Mrs. Clara Lyles, Pawnee Ill. Mrs. Eble’s death occurred one year and two days prior to her husband's. Mr. Eble was a citizen of exceptional worth. He took a great interest in political matters and was familiar with the topics of national interest. He was intensely American. Prior to 1896 Mr. Eble affiliated with the Democratic party. He was a great admirer of Stephen A. Douglas. Mr. Eble came to the United States without money or friends, but he went to work and by diligent toil accumulated a competency enabling him to spend his declining years in the enjoyment of a well earned repose. The funeral services were held at the family residence at ten o'clock Tuesday, services being conducted by Rev. D. T. Miles. Interment was in the Maroa cemetery.

Dewitt County, Illinois- source unknown
February 1902