Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 669
ANDREW J. GRAYBILL

Andrew J. GRAYBILL, a farmer and stockraiser, on section 32 of Washington Township, came to Harrison County in the spring of 1865, and lived with his brother, William A. GRAYBILL, until April, 1878, when he built on the place he now occupies; this structure was a frame house 14x18 feet in which he lived until 1884, and then built an addition 12x14 feet. His barn is 32x36 feet, with twenty-foot posts, and was erected about 1885. He was one of the joint owners of the half section of land purchased by his brother, William A., William SPEARS and O. H. STOKER, and in the division our subject got seventy-five acres, to which he has added from time to time, until he now has three hundred and five acres, all of which is well improved, and adapted to stock raising, and upon which he usually keeps seventy-five head of cattle.

Our subject was born in Adams County, Ill., December 29, 1842, and in 1848 his parents removed to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, where he remained until the autumn of 1864, at which time he drove an ox-team, across the plains, to Denver, Col.; and in the spring of 1866, located in Harrison County, as above related having farmed a year previous in Pottawattamie County.

Another important event in the life of Mr. GRAYBILL occurred April 1, 1878, upon which day he was united in marriage to Miss Mary L. MILLER, the daughter of Abram and Sophronia A. MILLER. She was born at Decatur, Iowa, in 1856.

Mr. and Mrs. GRAYBILL are the parents of five children--Elmer A., deceased, Lucella B., Zenos H., Alva, and Mary M.

Politically, our subject is identified with the Democratic party, and in religious matters is a believer in the Latter Day Saints faith.

During his quarter of a century residence in this county, Mr. GRAYBILL has been an untiring worker, honest and upright in all his dealings, and stands today among the representative men of his portion of the county, and is in the possession of an excellent farm home.

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