Graf -‐ Locke Family History Dedicated to my great great grandparents, VALENTINE and BARBARA WAGNER GRAF, and to the families of PHILIP GRAF and ELIAS LOCKE, my great-‐ grandparents. Recorded from bits of history and memories of conversaLons gathered from my grandmother SETTIE GRAF LOCKE.
Virginia Touby Coan
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This document traces the history of Philip Graf and George Locke, two pioneer families of Liberty Township, Howard County, Indiana. It begins with an account of the Graf family, followed by a family narraLve wriPen by SeQe Graf Locke in 1954. The generaLons of both families unfold to reveal names of descendants sLll residing in Liberty Township. 3. 4. 9. 10. 13. 21. 22. 23. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 36. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45.
Overview of the generaLons of the Graf and Locke families History of the Graf Family wriPen by SeQe Graf (conLnues through page 8) Philip Graf obituary and land purchase document Locke Family history Locke family photos, Locke home photos (through page 20) GRAF – LOCKE: SeQe Graf and George Locke MarLn School photo George Locke photos and obituary The Locke home on Grant Street in Greentown SeQe Graf obituary GRAF -‐ LOCKE: SeQe Graf and George Locke Elsie Locke marries EmmeP Touby Philip Roscoe “Ross” Locke Virginia Touby and Arthur Coan and their family David Coan family > Jason Coan family Historic Locke farm; Hoosier Homestead (conLnues through page 35) SeQe Locke with other Greentown women at pioneer reenactment (conLnues through page 37) Overview of the generaLons of the Graf and Locke families (duplicate page) GRAF – RICHER: Emma Graf and Nicholas Richer Emma Graf Richer obituary Fred and Burcha Richer > Helen and LuBern Fox family Philip and Leoline Richer family Philip and Leoline Richer > Nedra and Ben Johnson family GRAF – FROELICH: Louisa Graf and Augustus Froelich Louisa Graf obituary 2
THE PHILIP GRAF – ELIAS LOCKE CONNECTION Pioneer families of Liberty Township, Howard County, Indiana
Descendants of PHILIP GRAF (1832-‐1891) and CAROLINE SCHAAF GRAF (1839-‐1900)
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Four sons died in infancy Emma GRAF Nicholas Richer
Fred Richer Burcha Lamb Philip Richer Leoline Osborn
Philip & Caroline (Schaaf) Graf
Louisa “Lou” GRAF August Froelich
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Omen Froelich Corintha Hobbs Philip Roscoe Locke G “Peggy” Hemphill
Se;e GRAF George LOCKE
Elsie Locke EmmeP Touby
Elias & Sarah (Brown) Locke
Helen Richer Luberne Fox Nedra Richer Ben Johnson Ned Richer Kathleen Locke
Louise Touby Charles Coan Dorothy Touby Fred Kearney Frances Touby Virginia Touby Arthur Coan Joan Touby Edver Coburn
Sue Fox RESIDE IN Ann Fox + Bill Bowman LIBERTY TWP Jack Fox Steve Johnson Anita Johnson + Brian Rice Louise + Charles: Patricia Coan + David Mann Eugene Coan + Nancy Ross Dorothy + Fred: Caroline Kearney + Kent Tudor Mark Kearney + Pauline Virginia + Arthur: RESIDE IN LIBERTY TWP David Coan + Mary Neal Jason Coan + Shay Rice Macy, Marly, Jaxon Jane Coan + William Ellefson Nancy Coan + Mark Snapp Elizabeth Coan + Brian Campbell Joan + Edver: CharloPe + Elmer Hesse, Terry McGowan Marcia + Gene PeP Philip + Karon Lesley + Linda Jonathon 3
Graf Family VALENTINE and BARBARA WAGNER GRAF, traveling with their oldest son PHILIP, lei their homeland, Roggenhausen, Bavaria, Germany, for America in 1853.
Avoiding military conscripLon (which required seven years of service) three younger sons, JOHN, CHRISTIAN, and young VALENTINE, had sailed earlier with relaLves and joined other family who had come before them. VALENTINE and BARBARA brought with them what possessions could be packed in the sea chest: small farm tools, cooking utensils, hand woven arLcles of clothing, blankets, garden seeds, tulip and hyacinth bulbs, and some food. Aier a long six-‐week journey by sailing vessels, which had been driven off course, they arrived in New York harbor, and then traveled by canal boat first to Ohio where friends had sePled. From there they came by canal boat along the towpath to stake a claim near relaLves in Plevna, Indiana. Here a simple log home was constructed, trees were cleared to Lll the land for simple crops, a garden and orchard were planted, all, of course, dug and culLvated by arduous hand labor. Their son PHILIP took up the trade of weaver of linens. The three younger sons had found employment earlier as carpenters and in other trades.
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Philip Graf and Caroline Schaaf Soon PHILIP met and married CAROLINE SCHAAF. The couple lovingly cared for Philip’s parents who were growing older with declining health. His father VALENTINE died at age 61 and mother BARBARA at age 64. VALENTINE and BARBARA GRAF are buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Greentown, Indiana.
Seven children were born to PHILIP and CAROLINE SCHAAF GRAF: EMMA (1861-‐1936; m. Nicholas Richer), LOUISE (1864-‐1943; m. Augustus Froelich), and SETTIE (1868-‐1955; m. George Locke). An obelisk in the Greentown Cemetery marks the graves of four sons who died in infancy. Philip and Caroline Graf, SeQe and George Locke graves are in the Greentown Cemetery.
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My grandmother Se;e Graf Locke’s informal handwriVen history : A HISTORY OF THE GRAF FAMILY WriVen in the hand of Se;e Graf Locke May 17, 1954 (just one year before her death in August 1955)
The effects of the Napoleonic wars were sLll felt keenly in Germany, which at that Lme was but a loose confederaLon of States ruled or presided over by Kings, Bishops Landgraves or others potentates, unorganized as a sovereign naLon. Not unLl Bismark in 1871, in the war with France, subdued their enemies did Wilhelm I become emperor. Before that, foreign soldiers were quartered in every home unLl children learned another language. Soon aier this, Philip of Roggenhausen (July 7, 1824) was born in Bavaria, the eldest son. The boy, of husky stature, grew to maturity and helped his parents Lll the small farm, and in winter he became a weaver of linens. His brothers were allowed to learn more remuneraLve trades such as cabinetmakers. Philip looked aier their parents and provided the means for the brothers to emigrate to America, to avoid the drai. Service in the army took seven years of the best years of every man selected. Before their majority they sent the boys to relaLves in Indiana, which was then being hewed out of the wilderness.
When this had been done, Philip and his parents sold their beloved home and personal effects and prepared to follow the boys. Their nearest route was through France and from the dock at Havre they took ship. Their household effects, clothing, cooking utensils, pewter table service and food, all stored in cedar chests for the long passage. Steamboats had not been invented nor airplanes, so they set sail and selecLng the route favored by the trade winds. Unfortunately a storm drove them out of their course and they were six weeks on the ocean, arriving at New York harbor 1853 to be welcomed by friends who had braved the voyage earlier. Then by wagon and canal boat, drawn by mules on the tow path, the party came overland to Waupecong where they found refuge among relaLves and joined John, ChrisLan and ValenLne who had all found employment. Now to establish a home and care for the father who was ailing was the next concern. Having paid for their passage, they were able to purchase a farm of forty acres, improved with a hewed log house and a log barn and a well. A formal garden was soon laid out with flower beds planted to tulips and hyacinths which had been stored in the cedar chests. 1 6
Next an orchard was planted, as there was no other fruit in Indiana but wild grapes, wild plums and berries. Every foot of soil was planted and tended by hand. Grass for hay was cut with a scythe or a sickle. Grain was thrashed with a flail.
Clay mud mixed with straw was tramped by horses or caPle to chink the cracks between logs. The broad ax and adz were used to dress the floor of puncheon, since saw mills had not yet arrived. Neighbors were friendly and using the sign language soon showed the Germans how to make maple sugar, which lasted a year.
CaPle were allowed to roam at will, only the crops being fenced in. The leader wore the cow bell which helped in the hunt. Philip refused to eat buPer when the cows ate ramps, since he disliked onions. CoPage cheese and ball cheese were always to be seen on the family table.
The spinning wheel spun tow and wool for the linsey-‐woolsey which was the cloth from which every day clothing was made. The broadcloth and embroidered silk vest of the fatherland were out of place in the crude life of Howard County in those days, but were used for his burial.
According to holy writ, it was not good for man to live alone. Philip’s mother, Barbara Wagner Graf, no longer young, welcomed the young and beauLful Caroline Schaaf who came from Ohio, to dress the garden of Graf, instead of Eden, and became the helpmate of Philip and to mother his children. Times were hard when the Civil War broke out and their first child, Emma, was born in 1861. The drai caught up with Philip, but being a farmer without help, he was deferred. PrivaLon and illness were the lot of the young family, but giied with a singing voice and a love for flowers and a cheerful disposiLon they bore the loss of their sons as best they could.
Came now the reconstrucLon days, illness and high taxes, muslin at 75 cents a yard, likewise calico. Grandpa Graf sold hickory ax handles at 25 cents each, made brooms, bee hives, ladders, quilLng frames and gates, graied his own fruit trees, became a self-‐made veterinary and a Democrat. In the home we enjoyed homemade cheese, smearkase, kraut, pickled beans, apple buPer, cider, honey, liverwurst, maple syrup, pork, potatoes, bread and cakes made of yeast dough with a fruit topping. Also flannel peQcoats – home spun – and stockings kniPed from home spun yarn, dyed analyne red, walnut brown, black or cochineal red.
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Rag carpets soon gave the living room a fesLve appearance, muslin curtains and husk door mats showed the family to be progressive and the dance, the singing school, the taffy pulling, husking bees and the apple cuQng for apple buPer all afforded opportunity for the social life of the community. Not to be overlooked was the spelling school and the barn raising and quilLng bees for the ladies.
Happiness and contentment are a state of mind and do not depend upon worldly possessions. Things which endure are those of the spirit. To sit at the bedside of a sick neighbor, to officiate at a birth or death, to plant or harvest the grain of a bereaved widow, to sew for a motherless family, all help to cement a friendship, which nothing but adversity can make us appreciate. We travel this road but once. “Let us live in the house by the side of the road, and be a friend to man.” Grandmother May 17, 1954
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PHILIP GRAF
Land purchase receipt northwest of Greentown Obituary
Received of Philip Graf, April 4, 1901, the sum of $32.18 for land in Township 24 (Liberty Twp) SecLon 8, Range 5: 80 acres SecLon 7, Range 5: 20 acres SecLon 8, Range 5: 3.81 acres SecLon 8, Range 5: 1.90 acres
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Locke Family CAPT. JOHN LOCK (b. July 4, 1755, d. October 4, 1818), of Fredrick County, Maryland) fought with the Maryland MiliLa in the RevoluLonary War, beginning as an Aide-‐de-‐Camp to General George Washington. CAPT. LOCK had five sons and two daughters. ABRAHAM was one of two sons who served with him in the War of 1812. In 1815, upon compleLon of his service aier the War of 1812, CAPT. JOHN LOCK with his wife SALOME (SARAH) BASTIAN LOCK and their family moved westward into Ohio (Preble County). Their son, ABRAHAM LOCK, and REBECCA OTT married in 1816. They had fourteen children. Their son ELIAS was born in 1821.
ELIAS and SARAH BROWN LOCKE married in 1845. In 1849 he and two brothers, John and Michael traveled from Preble County, Ohio to stake a claim in Howard County, Indiana. Elias and Sarah established a home near the trading post in Kokomo, an area recently relinquished by the Miami Indians.
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Aier ELIAS and SARAH BROWN LOCKE had established their home in Center Township of Howard County they devoted themselves to raising their family and improving the land on which they had sePled. They set about building a large house for their growing family. It was constructed of brick that was made in the area at Elias’ brother Mike’s brick factory. Elias’ brothers ANDREW and MIKE had established the business on the north edge of what was to become the city of Kokomo. The sturdy structure, which was Elias and Sarah’s home, sLll stands on north Locke Street (at the corner of Locke and Madison streets), which bears the family name. We believe the described land in the PreempLon CerLficate was transferred to Peter Hersleb on June 1, 1848, is the tract my great grandfather Elias Locke later acquired. This tract of land is pictured on the map of Center Township, page 52, in the 1877 Atlas. This porLon of Center Township had not yet been incorporated into the city of Kokomo. It later became a part of the Argo AddiLon, and the street on which the family home was situated was named Locke Street.
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Elias and Sarah (Brown) Locke ELIAS and SARAH LOCKE raised ten children in the big brick house that was their home for many years. Louisa (1848-‐1918), Daniel (1849-‐1936), Antrim ‘Bud’ (1850-‐1909), Elias ‘Eli’ (1853-‐1893), Laura (1855-‐1941), George Luther (1856-‐1938), Abraham (1858-‐1926), John Edgar (1861-‐1937), Sarah Catherine (1863-‐1863), William Frederick (1865-‐1959). GEORGE LUTHER LOCKE (b. 1856) was the sixth child of seven sons and three daughters. When the Cloverleaf Railroad (later the Norfolk, and other lines), was being laid in Kokomo, it cut right through the Locke Farm. The brothers who grew up to be farmers needed to find farmland elsewhere. Their father Elias purchased land in outlying areas, including a tract in Liberty Township, recorded September 1889, and later transferred to son George. Sarah Brown Locke conLnued to live in the Locke house unLl her death in 1907 12
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Sons of Elias and Sarah Locke (photo circa 1907; may have been taken at the Lme of Sarah Brown Locke’s death 8/25/1907) Eli was deceased.
William Frederick “Bill,” John Edgar “Ed”, Abraham “Abe”, George Luther “George”, Antrim “Bud,” and Daniel “Dan.” 14
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Locke Reunion: Locke family home at the corner of Locke and Madison, Kokomo, Indiana
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This is a circa 1907 photo.
Back: Mabel Tressler and husband Arthur, Elsie Locke (12), George Locke (51), Front: Laura Locke Tresslar (Mother of Mabel) (52), SeQe Graf Locke (39), Louisa “Lou” Locke Reed (59) Phillip Roscoe “Ross” Locke (14), Sarah Brown Locke (83) 17
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1. Jacob Tressler 2. Lou Locke Reed 3. Harrison Reed 4. Callie Locke 5 – 9 ? 10. Tom Locke (son of Eli and Sally) 11. Edgar Locke 12. Albert Hostetler (husband to Kate Locke) 13. William Locke* 14. Bud Locke 15 – 16 ? 17. Sally Yeager Locke (wife of Eli) 18. Emma Locke 19. SeQe Graf Locke* 20. George Locke* 21. Abe Locke 22. Laura Locke Tressler 23. Daisy Locke 24. ? 25. MaQe Locke 26 – 27 ? 28. Elsie Locke* (daughter of SeQe and George) 29. Kate Locke Hostetler 30. ? 31. Molly Locke 32. Dan Locke This Locke reunion photo was taken c. 1913 the year Bill married Daisy and before Elsie Locke married EmmeP Touby. People are idenLfied with some degree of certainty, those posiLve are marked “*”. Children of Elias and Sarah Locke: Louisa “Lou” b. 1848, m. Harrison Reed; Daniel b. 1849, m. Emma Demming; Antrim “Bud” b. 1850, m. Elizabeth C. “Callie”; Eli b. 1853, m. Sarah “Sally” Yeager; Laura b. 1855, m. Jacob Tressler; George b. 1856, m. SeQe Graf; Abe b. 1858, m. Mary Louisa “Molly” Spangler; John Edgar “Ed” b. 1861, m. Martha “MaQe” Penn; Sarah Catherine b.d. 1863; William b. 1865, m. Daisy Lichtenwalter
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Home of Elias and Sarah Locke, corner of Locke and Madison, Kokomo, Indiana 19
The Elias Locke home was eventually acquired by the Keystone Lodge No. 4.
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Graf -‐ Locke When GEORGE LUTHER LOCKE (1856-‐1938) and SETTIE GRAF (1868-‐1955) were married in 1890, this union brought together two pioneer families who had come very early to stake their claim and to sePle in Indiana, which had become a state in 1816. Their children were PHILIP ROSCOE (1892-‐1949), ELSIE (1894-‐1975), and RUTH GENEVA who died in infancy.
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Lester Dawson
Elsie Locke
Ross Locke
MarLn School (one room school grades 1-‐8) stood at the corner of 200 N and 700 E, just south of the Locke home. Although two years younger than her brother Ross, Elsie learned from the older students and skipped grades, graduaLng with Ross in 1912. Ross and Elsie’s cousin Omen Froelich also aPended MarLn School.
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George Luther Locke 1856-‐1938
GEORGE LOCKE (back right) served on the Liberty Township advisory board
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John MarLn and George Locke at the MarLn Store in Greentown
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George and SeQe Locke bought this home at 125 Grant Street in Greentown in 1925. It was hard for George to keep up with the farm due to poor health, a bad leg, and the fact that farming had changed with technology. The farm was rented in meanLme. George died in 1938 and aier a Lme SeQe moved back to farm hoping that Ross might take over the farming. SeQe purchased a home in on Taylor Street in Kokomo and she and Ross were preparing to move there when Ross passed away in 1943. She remained there unLl her death in 1955.
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SeQe Graf Locke 1868-‐1955
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Above: Frances and Louise Below: Virginia, Joan and Dorothy
Elsie Locke married EmmeP P. Touby on December 24, 1914, sePling on the Touby Homestead in Howard Township. They had five daughters. 28
Philip Roscoe Locke became a newspaper journalist, married Gladys (Peggy) Hemphill, and lived for a Lme in the state of Washington. They had one daughter, Kathleen.
Philip Roscoe Locke
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VIRGINIA TOUBY COAN (1923) daughter of EMMETT PETER TOUBY and ELSIE LOCKE TOUBY, granddaughter of SETTIE GRAF LOCKE and GEORGE LUTHER LOCKE, great granddaughter of PHILIP GRAF AND CAROLINE SCHAAF GRAF. Virginia married Arthur J. Coan. Their children are David (Greentown, IN), Jane Ellefson (Lindenhurst, IL), Nancy Snapp (Poland, IN) and Elizabeth (deceased).
Philip & Caroline (Schaaf) Graf
Elias & Sarah (Brown) Locke
George & SeQe (Graf) Locke
EmmeP & Elsie (Locke) Touby
Arthur & Virginia (Touby) Coan
THE COAN FAMILY: David, Jane, Arthur, Virginia, Nancy and Elizabeth
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JAMES DAVID COAN (1947) son of VIRGINIA TOUBY COAN and ARTHUR JAMES COAN; grandson of EMMETT P. TOUBY and ELSIE LOCKE TOUBY, great-‐grandson of GEORGE L. LOCKE AND SETTIE GRAF LOCKE, great-‐great grandson of ELIAS and SARAH BROWN LOCKE and PHILIP GRAF and CAROLINE SCHAAF GRAF. David married Mary Neal. They reside on Hwy 35 just west of Greentown, and have one son, Jason. JASON DAVID COAN (b.1976) son of J. DAVID COAN and MARY NEAL COAN, great-‐great-‐great grandson of PHILIP AND CAROLINE SCHAAF GRAF and ELIAS and SARAH BROWN LOCKE. The children of JASON DAVID COAN and SHAY RICE COAN: MACY KAY COAN MARLY SHAY COAN JAXON DAVID COAN
David & Mary Coan
Jason & Shay Coan with Macy, Jaxon & Marly 31
JASON DAVID COAN and SHAY RICE COAN have established their home on the historic LOCKE farm, Liberty Grove Farm, in Liberty Township, Howard County, Indiana where GEORGE and SETTIE GRAF LOCKE had first built their home. The farm has remained in the LOCKE family since 1889. Macy, Marly and Jaxon are the great-‐great-‐great-‐great grandchildren of PHILIP and CAROLINE SCHAAF GRAF and ELIAS and SARAH BROWN LOCKE.
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Could be Clarence and Olive Bagwell with Elsie and EmmeP Touby
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Hoosier Homestead status 34
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This picture was probably taken at a reenactment of earlier Lmes. L-‐R: Winnie Ayres, Hannah Smeltzer, SeQe Graf Locke (at the spinning wheel), and Mariah Weisenauer. (IdenLfied by Dorothy Touby Kearney.) 36
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THE PHILIP GRAF – ELIAS LOCKE CONNECTION Pioneer families of Liberty Township, Howard County, Indiana
Descendants of PHILIP GRAF (1832-‐1891) and CAROLINE SCHAAF GRAF (1839-‐1900)
GRAF
Four sons died in infancy Emma GRAF Nicholas Richer
Fred Richer Burcha Lamb Philip Richer Leoline Osborn
Philip & Caroline (Schaaf) Graf
Louisa “Lou” GRAF August Froelich
LOCKE
Omen Froelich Corintha Hobbs Philip Roscoe Locke G “Peggy” Hemphill
Se;e GRAF George LOCKE
Elsie Locke EmmeP Touby
Elias & Sarah (Brown) Locke
Helen Richer Luberne Fox Nedra Richer Ben Johnson Ned Richer Kathleen Locke
Louise Touby Charles Coan Dorothy Touby Fred Kearney Frances Touby Virginia Touby Arthur Coan Joan Touby Edver Coburn
Sue Fox RESIDE IN Ann Fox + Bill Bowman LIBERTY TWP Jack Fox Steve Johnson Anita Johnson + Brian Rice Louise + Charles: Patricia Coan + David Mann Eugene Coan + Nancy Ross Dorothy + Fred: Caroline Kearney + Kent Tudor Mark Kearney + Pauline RESIDE IN Virginia + Arthur: LIBERTY TWP David Coan + Mary Neal Jason Coan + Shay Rice Macy, Marly, Jaxon Jane Coan + William Ellefson Nancy Coan + Mark Snapp Elizabeth Coan + Brian Campbell Joan + Edver: CharloPe + Elmer Hesse, Terry McGowan Marcia + Gene PeP Philip + Karon Lesley + Linda 38 Jonathon
THE PHILIP GRAF – ELIAS LOCKE CONNECTION
Pioneer families of Liberty Township, Howard County, Indiana
Descendants of PHILIP GRAF (1832-‐1891) and CAROLINE SCHAAF GRAF (1839-‐1900)
Philip & Caroline Graf >
EMMA > Louisa SeQe
Emma & Nicholas Richer > Philip Fred
Philip & Caroline (Schaaf) Graf
Fred & Philip Richer Nicholas & Emma Graf Richer
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Emma Graf Richer 1862-‐1936
Nicholas & Emma Graf Richer
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Descendants of PHILIP GRAF (1832-‐1891) and CAROLINE SCHAAF GRAF (1839-‐1900) residing in Greentown area are:
HELEN RICHER FOX (1922-‐2011) daughter of Fred and Burcha (Lamb) RICHER, granddaughter of EMMA GRAF RICHER, great-‐granddaughter of PHILIP and CAROLINE SCHAAF GRAF. Her children are Ann, Sue and Jack. Ann married George William (Bill) Bowman and resides in Greentown.
Nicholas and Emma Graf Richer had two sons, Phil and Fred
Burcha (Lamb) and Fred Richer had three children, Nick, Phyllis and Helen FRED and Burcha >
Nick Phyllis HELEN >
Phyllis, Helen and Nick
HELEN and LuBern >
Jack Sue ANN
Ann has one son, Cameron A. Boyd, and two step children, Brian (m. Jennifer) and Brandon Bowman
Helen and Lou B Fox with their three children: Ann, Jack and Sue
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Descendants of PHILIP GRAF (1832-‐1891) and CAROLINE SCHAAF GRAF (1839-‐1900)
Philip & Caroline Graf >
Emma > Lou SeQe
Emma & Nick Richer >
PHILIP Fred
Philip & Caroline (Schaaf) Graf
Nedra, Ned and Don
Nicholas and Emma Graf Richer had two sons, Philip and Fred
PHILIP and Leoline Richer had three children: Don, Ned and Nedra
Fred and Philip Richer
Ned and Nedra
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Descendants of PHILIP GRAF (1832-‐1891) and CAROLINE SCHAAF GRAF (1839-‐1900)
Philip & Caroline Graf >
Emma > Louisa SeQe
Emma & Nick Richer >
PHILIP Fred
NEDRA RICHER JOHNSON (December 6, 1922) daughter of PHILLIP RICHER and LEOLINE OSBORN RICHER, granddaughter of EMMA GRAF RICHER and NICHOLAS RICHER, great-‐granddaughter of PHILIP AND CAROLINE SCHAAF GRAF. Nedra married Ben Johnson. Their children are Anita Johnson Rice (Gas City, IN) and Steve (Indianapolis). PHILIP and Leoline>
Don Ned NEDRA>
NEDRA and Ben>
Steve Anita
Nicholas and Emma Graf Richer
Philip and Leoline Richer
Ben and NEDRA Johnson Nedra, Anita and Steve
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THE PHILIP GRAF – ELIAS LOCKE CONNECTION
Pioneer families of Liberty Township, Howard County, Indiana
Descendants of PHILIP GRAF (1832-‐1891) and CAROLINE SCHAAF GRAF (1839-‐1900)
Philip & Caroline Graf >
Philip & Caroline (Schaaf) Graf
Emma LOUISA and Augustus Froelich > SeQe
Omen Froelich > Corintha Hobbs
Clyde Froelich Meda Froelich
Clyde married and had three children: KiPy, Gayle and Janet. Meda married Osborn and had four children: Diane, Mark, Dennis and Chris.
Lou and Augustus
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Louisa Graf Froelich 1864-‐1943
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