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George LANDGRAF
1868 - 1903 (34 years)
1868 - 1946 (77 years)
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Name George LANDGRAF Birth 22 Dec 1868 Princeton, Bureau, Illinois, United States 
Gender Male Burial 1903 Odebolt Cemetery, Odebolt, Iowa Death 10 Jun 1903 Odebolt, Sac, Iowa, United States [1] - Y;Accident
Siblings 1 Sibling + 1. George LANDGRAF, b. 22 Dec 1868, Princeton, Bureau, Illinois, United States d. 10 Jun 1903, Odebolt, Sac, Iowa, United States (Age 34 years)
▻ Elizabeth KAISER, m. 21 Jan 18862. Michael John Landgraf, b. 8 Sep 1865 d. 6 Apr 1942, Arcadia Iowa (Age 76 years)Person ID I322356263792 Winnie Paul Scanlan Last Modified 6 Aug 2022
Father Joannes Landgraf, b. 9 Oct 1835, obersaulheim, German d. 3 Sep 1872, East Grove, Lee County, Illinois (Age 36 years) Mother Anna Eva Link, b. 6 Mar 1836, Germany d. 26 Aug 1926, Mendota, LaSalle, Illinois, United States (Age 90 years) Family ID F75 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth KAISER, b. 8 Dec 1868, Gelnhausen, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hessen, Germany d. 3 Aug 1946, Odebolt, Sac, Iowa, United States (Age 77 years) Marriage 21 Jan 1886 Wall Lake, Sac, Iowa, United States Children + 1. Josephine E LANDGRAF, b. 25 Aug 1887, Iowa, United States d. 25 Dec 1965, Alameda, Alameda, California, United States (Age 78 years)+ 2. William John LANDGRAF, b. 18 Nov 1889, Early, Sac, Iowa, United States d. 21 Sep 1963, Odebolt, Sac, Iowa, United States (Age 73 years)3. Albert John William LANDGRAF, b. 18 Nov 1889, Sac, Iowa, United States d. 21 Sep 1963, Odebolt, Sac, Iowa, United States (Age 73 years)+ 4. Katherine Anna LANDGRAF, b. 29 Dec 1891, Odebolt, Sac, Iowa, United States d. 20 Dec 1947, Arthur, Ida, Iowa, United States (Age 55 years)+ 5. Emma Barbara LANDGRAF, b. 12 Aug 1894, Odebolt, Sac, Iowa, United States d. 15 Jun 1970, Cherokee, Iowa, United States (Age 75 years)+ 6. John Adam LANDGRAF, b. 15 Oct 1898, Odebolt, Sac, Iowa, United States d. 30 Apr 1984, Storm Lake, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States (Age 85 years)Last Modified 16 Jul 2022 Family ID F213 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 22 Dec 1868 - Princeton, Bureau, Illinois, United States 
Burial - 1903 - Odebolt Cemetery, Odebolt, Iowa 
Death - 10 Jun 1903 - Odebolt, Sac, Iowa, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Photos George Landgraf
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Notes Odebolt Chronicle - June 18, 1903
George Landgraf died last Wednesday, June 10, at 5PM at his home, four miles east of Odebolt. His death resulted from a fall from his wagon while returning from Odebolt Monday, June 8. The funeral services were held Saturday morning at 10 o clock, being conducted by Rev Gustavo Weinhold of St. Martin s church and the interment was in the Catholic cemetery south of town. The funeral was one of the most generally attended ever held in this vicinity
Mr Landgraf was born near Princeton, Illinois. December 22, 1860. He subsequently moved with his parents to Sandy Hill and later to Mendota and came to Iowa in 1881. He was married January 21, 1886, to Miss Elizabeth Kaiser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kaiser of Levey township, and has since followed the occupation of farming, for several years occupying one of Henry Reinhurt's farms and later moving to the W. A. Helsell farm in Clinton township. He is survived by his widow and seven children- William aged 16, Josephine 15, Albert 13, Katharine 11, Emma 9, Amelia 6, and John 4 year-, also his mother Mrs. Eva Landgraf of Mendota, Illinois, two brothers, John of Mendota and Michael of this place and three sisters--Mrs. Lizzie Hess of Polo, Illinois; Mrs. Josephine Colanczik of Princeton, Illinois; and Mrs. Katharine Bosdorf of Tampico, Illinois. All were present at the funeral except Mrs . Bosdorf. Mr. Landgraf was a good citizen, generally esteemed by his neighbors and acquaintances in the community in which he lived The sorrowing widow and children have the sympathy of all in their bereavement.
- Certain idle-tongued persons have been circulating the report that the late George Landgraf was intoxicated when he fell from his wagon and received injuries which caused his death. Mr. Nathan Levey, an honorable and truthful citizen of Odebolt, met Mr. Landgraf on the road only five minutes before the accident occurred and talked with him (or a few minutes. He says that Mr. Landgraf was not intoxicated and that he showed. no evidence of having imbibed of liquor, Now let those common slanderers give the dead and his widow and orphans a rest.
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