Miller Family History, 6th Generation: Fackler Siblings

George Fackler (~1822-1839)

118356. George Fackler was born about 1822 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. When he was about 10 or 11 his family moved to Elkhart County, Indiana, and after a couple years continued west to Ely, Linn County, Iowa.

George died in 1839 in Ely, at the age of 17. He is buried at the Fackler's Grove Cemetery across the Johnson County line in Big Grove Township.

Jacob C. Fackler (Sr.)^Δ (1825-1911)

118357. Jacob C. Fackler (Sr.)^Δ was born on July 18, 1825, along with his twin brother John, in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. He married Minerva Elizabeth Nicholson on August 26, 1851, in Louisa County, Iowa, and had 11 children.

In 1860, Jacob and his family lived with his parents and two younger brothers, John and Samuel. His parents' farm in Big Grove Township was valued at $3,000.^{[Cen 1860]}

The Facklers moved to Sarpy County, Nebraska, southwest of Omaha, perhaps after Jacob's father's death in 1861 or 1862 and before the birth of daughter Zerelda in 1864.^{[Cen 1870]}

During the early 1890s, four children (Mary Ann, James, John, and Zerelda) moved further west to Cheyenne County, in the northwest corner of Kansas.

Jacob C. Fackler died on December 12, 1911, in Springfield, Sarpy County, Nebraska, at the age of 86. He is buried at Springfield Memorial Cemetery with son Willie.^[Grave]

Minerva Elizabeth (Nicholson) Fackler died five years later on December 27, 1916, at the age of 84. She is buried with Jacob and son Willie at Springfield Memorial Cemetery. Son George and his wife Nettie joined them later at Springfield Memorial Cemetery.^[Grave]

John Fackler (1825-1904)

118358. John Fackler was born on July 18, 1825 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, along with his twin brother, Jacob. Their family moved to Elkhart County, Indiana, when they were around seven years old and then continued west to Iowa where they finally settled in Big Grove Township, Johnson County, by 1840. John lived with his parents, probably until their deaths in 1861 and 1865.^{[Cen 1860]}

Later John moved southwest to Mohave County, Arizona Territory, where he worked as a stock farmer along Francis Creek, southeast of Kingman, by 1880.^{[Cen 1880]}

John did not marry and had no children.

John Fackler died on July 18, 1904, in Hackberry, Mohave County, Arizona. He was 79 years old.

Mary Ann (Fackler) Startzer (1826-1850)

118359. Mary Ann Fackler was born in June 1826 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. She married John Rudolph Startzer, a German immigrant from Bayern (Bavaria), on November 14, 1846, in Big Grove Township, Johnson County, Iowa. They had two children:

Rudolph Startzer immigrated to America in 1839, reportedly from Knittlesheim, Bavaria, Germany, and settled in Big Grove Township, Johnson County, Iowa, by 1841. His property is estimated to be roughly the south half of Section 6, about 3 miles west of Mary Ann's parents in Section 3.

Mary Ann (Fackler) Startzer died on July 24, 1850, at the young age of 24. Five months after her death, Rudolph remarried to Mary Ann's younger sister, Sarah Ann.

Months after Mary Ann's death, Rudolph continued on at Big Grove Township, not far from Mary Ann's parents. With him lived young Jacob and “Anna,” his father “Windall” (Wendelin), and likely younger brother Peter. His estate was valued at $800.^{[Cen 1850]} The following January Rudolph remarried to Mary Ann's sister, Sarah Ann.

Michael Fackler (1828-1899)

11835A. Michael Fackler was born about June 1, 1828, in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. He moved to Elkhart County, Indiana, when he was four or five years old, and then continued west to Iowa in 1837, where his family setttled in Big Grove Township, Johnson County, by 1840.

Michael did not marry or have any children.

In 1880, Michael was boarding with the John B. and Mary M. Moore family in Putnam Township.^{[Cen 1880]}

Michael Fackler died on February 1, 1899 at the age of 70. He is buried at Fackler's Grove Cemetery in Big Grove Township.

Samuel Fackler^Δ (1830-1925)

11835B. Samuel Fackler^Δ was born on May 12, 1830, in Big Grove Township, Johnson County, Iowa. He married Malinda Dennis on April 5 or 7, 1860, in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, and had six children. After Malinda's early death, Samuel went on to remarry to Elizabeth (Watters) McGraw, a widow with five children. They had at least two more children. Their blended family was:

Before marrying Malinda, Samuel lived for a time with his younger brother Martin in 1856, just after Martin had married. They were enumerated next to their parents in Big Grove Township.^{[Cen 1856]}

The Fackler family settled in Putnam Township, near Banner Valley Post Office (modern-day Ely), southeast of Cedar Rapids. Malinda's young half-brother William Dennis was enumerated with the newlyweds in 1860.^{[Cen 1860]} They lived on in Putnam Township through 1870, when Malinda's father moved from Cedar Township to Putnam Township and lived adjacent to them.^{[Cen 1870]}

Malinda (Dennis) Fackler died March 9, 1880. Some report she had been living in Berkley, Boone County, northwest of Des Moines in central Iowa before she died. She was less than a month from her 40th birthday. Malinda is buried at Fackler's Grove Cemetery in Big Grove Township.^[Grave]

Samuel continued on in Putnam Township with his five children, ages 4 through 18.^{[Cen 1880]}

A year later, Samuel remarried to Elizabeth (Watters) McGraw, the widow of Martin McGraw, in Cedar Rapids in 1881. She was also affiliated with the German Baptist Brethren and had five children between the ages of about 3 and 13.^{[Cen 1880B]} Samuel was about 50 years old and she 38. Elizabeth went on to give Samuel at least two more children. The 1900 census noted that Elizabeth had six of seven children surviving at the time. Son Samuel and second cousins Charles F. and Jerome Fackler also lived nearby.^{[Cen 1900]}

In 1910, Samuel and Elizabeth were living with son David and his new bride Anna in Putnam Township.^{[Cen 1910]}

Elizabeth (Watters McGraw) Fackler reportedly died on August 3, 1919, in Iowa and was buried at the Dunkard Cemetery, near the Dry Creek church, Midway, Linn County, Iowa, reportedly the first German Baptist Brethren meeting house in Iowa, where her parents had been buried. Elizabeth was 77 years old.^[Grave]

Samuel continued to live with son David after Elizabeth's death.^{[Cen 1920]} Later he lived with daugter Lizzie Lentz and her family in North Liberty, Johnson County, Iowa, .^{[Cen 1925]}

Samuel Fackler died on February 20, 1925, at the age of 94 years, in North Liberty. He was a lifelong member of the German Baptist Brethren^{[Cen 1925]} and is also buried at the Dunkard Cemetery.^[Grave]

Sarah Ann (Fackler) Startzer^Δ (1833-1917)

11835C. Sarah Ann Fackler^Δ was born on May 9, 1833, in Elkhart County, Indiana. She married John Rudolph Startzer (Sr.), her elder sister Mary Ann's widower, on January 13, 1851, six months after Mary Ann's death. Sarah and John reportedly had 19 more children together!:

The Startzer property was in the southeast quater of Section 6, about 3 miles west of Sarah Ann's parents in Section 3.^{[Cen 1885]}

The Startzer family had 19 more children over the span of 24 years, 7 of whom died young and were buried along side Rudolph's first wife and Sarah's sister, Mary Ann, at Fackler's Grove Cemetery in northern Johnson County.

In 1856, Rudolph and apparent brother Peter were recorded to have produced 720 bushels of corn from 12 acres; 259 bushels of spring wheat from 11 acres; 200 bushels of oats from 5 acres; 75 bushels of potatoes from a half acres; sold 8 hogs for $58 and one head of cattle for $30; manufactured 100 pounds of butter; and produced $50 of domestic manufactured goods.^{[Cen 1856]}

Rudolph Startzer died on November 4, 1893, in Johnson County, Iowa. He is buried at Fackler's Grove Cemetery along with his first wife and 7 young children.

Sarah Ann (Fackler) Startzer died on January 5, 1917, in Big Grove Township, Johnson County, Iowa, and is also buried at the Fackler's Grove Cemetery with her husband, sister, and 7 young children. She was 83 years old.

At least three of the Startzer children moved west to California.

Martin Fackler (1834-1909)

11835D. Martin Fackler was born on March 16, 1834, in Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana. When he was about 3 years old his family moved to Linn County and finally Johnson County, Iowa. He married Mary Ann Riegel, an immigrant from Bohemia in the Austrian Empire, on February 7, 1856, in Ely, Linn County, Iowa. They had three sons:

The Facklers first set up home after their marriage in Big Grove Township, Johnson County, where they were enumerated next to Anton and Anna Riegel, presumably Mary Ann's parents, and Martin's parents. Martin's elder brother Samuel lived with them at the time, as did S. Henry Devantt, a 14-year-old boy who had been first enumerated with the Facklers in 1850. Martin, his father, and brother Samuel netted 254 bushels of spring wheet from 25 acres; 1,878 bushels of corn from 25 acres; 227 bushels of oats from 10 acres; 25 bushels of potatoes from a half acre; had 5 acres in hay and another 5 acres in meadow; and sold 27 hogs valued at $216. They also manfactured 150 pounds of butter.^{[Cen 1856]}

The Facklers moved to Putnam Township, Linn County, Iowa, just north of Big Grove Township, by 1860. Mary's father, Anthony Reger (sic, Riegle), and two apparent siblings lived with them, and they were also enumerated next to Martin's elder half-sister Nancy (Miller) Warner and her family.^{[Cen 1860]}

The Fackler family moved west to Ponoma, Los Angeles County, California, in the late 1900s.

Martin Fackler died on July 16, 1909, in Pomona, Los Angeles County, California. He is buried at the Pomona Cemetery and Mausoleum.^[Grave]

After Martin's death, Mary lived with her widowed daughter-in-law, Anna, and her son at 1060 South Garey Avenue in Pomona.^{[Cen 1910-1920]}.

Mary Ann (Riegel) Fackler died on February 8, 1930. She buried with Martin at the Pomona Cemetery and Mausoleum. Son Edward and two grandsons are also buried at the Pomona Cemetery and Mausoleum.^[Grave]