Hiram Lester Gragg (1891 - 1971)

Born 11 Aug 1891 in Athol, Kootenai County, Idaho, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Eula Robena (Gillian) Gragg — married 19 Jan 1913 in Henry County, Missouri

Descendants

Died Jun 1971 at age 79 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States

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Biography

Fred Harper Gragg was born August 11, 1891, in Urich, Henry County, Missouri. He was the child of Robert Gragg and Martha Harper. He married Eula Robena Gillian 19 jan 1913, in Henry County, Missouri. Fred Harper Gragg passed away in 1971, in El Paso County, Colorado.^{[1][2] [3][4]}

1900 US Federal Census

Name: Fred H Gragg

Age: 8

Birth Date: Aug 1891

Birthplace: Missouri

Home in 1900: Walker, Henry, Missouri

Sheet Number: 1

Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 15

Family Number: 15

Race: White

Gender: Male

Relation to Head of House: Son

Marital status: Single

Father's name: Robert M Gragg

Father's Birthplace: Missouri

Mother's name: Martha J Gragg

Mother's Birthplace: Missouri

Occupation: At School

Attended School: 6

Robert M Gragg 48

Martha J Gragg 44

Effie L Gragg 16

Etta M Gragg 15

Leslie A Gragg 13

Fred H Gragg 8

Oral B Gragg 1^[5][6]

1910 US Federal Census

Name: Fred Gragg

Age in 1910: 18

Birth Year: abt 1892

Birthplace: Missouri

Home in 1910: Walker, Henry, Missouri

Race: White

Gender: Male

Relation to Head of House: Brother

Marital status: Single

Father's Birthplace: Missouri

Mother's Birthplace: Missouri

Native Tongue: English

Occupation: Farmer

Industry: General Farm

Employer, Employee or Other: Own Account

Home Owned or Rented: Own

Home Free or Mortgaged: Free

Farm or House: Farm

Able to Read: Yes

Able to Write: Yes

Leslie Gragg 23

Leona Gragg 23

Fred Gragg 18^[7]

WW1 Draft

Name: Fred Harper Gragg

Race: Caucasian (White)

Marital status: Married

Birth Date: 11 Aug 1891

Birth Place: Missouri, USA

Street address: R R 25 Urich

Residence Place: Henry, Missouri, USA^[8][9]

1920 US Federal Census

Name: Fred H Gragg

Age: 28

Birth Year: abt 1892

Birthplace: Missouri

Home in 1920: White Oak, Henry, Missouri

Street: 4th St

Residence Date: 1920

Race: White

Gender: Male

Relation to Head of House: Head

Marital status: Married

Spouse's name: Robena E Gragg

Father's Birthplace: Missouri

Mother's Birthplace: Missouri

Native Tongue: English

Able to Speak English: Yes

Occupation: Merchant

Industry: Hardware

Employment Field: Own Account

Home Owned or Rented: Own

Home Free or Mortgaged: Free

Able to Read: Yes

Able to Write: Yes

Fred H Gragg 28

Robena E Gragg 33

James R Gragg 0^[10][11]

1930 US Fedeeral Census

Name: Fred H Gragg

Birth Year: abt 1892

Gender: Male

Race: White

Birthplace: Missouri

Marital status: Married

Relation to Head of House: Head

Home in 1930: Precinct 5, Rio Grande, Colorado, USA

Street address: Howard Macy Road West

Dwelling Number: 72

Family Number: 77

Home Owned or Rented: Rented

Radio Set: Yes

Lives on Farm: Yes

Age at first Marriage: 22

Attended School: No

Able to Read and Write: Yes

Father's Birthplace: Missouri

Mother's Birthplace: Missouri

Able to Speak English: Yes

Occupation: Farmer

Industry: Gen. Farm

Class of Worker: Employer

Employment: Yes

Fred H Gragg 38

Eula R Gragg 42

James R Gragg 10

Edna P Frederick 50 [Servant]^[12][13]

1940 US Federal Census

Name: Fred Gragg

Age: 49

Estimated birth year: abt 1891

Gender: Male

Race: White

Birthplace: Missouri

Marital status: Married

Relation to Head of House: Head

Home in 1940: Rio Grande, Colorado

Farm: Yes

Inferred Residence in 1935: Rural, Rio Grande, Colorado

Residence in 1935: Rural, Rio Grande, Colorado

Resident on farm in 1935: Yes

Sheet Number: 4A

Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 64

Occupation: Farmer

House Owned or Rented: Rented

Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 45

Attended School or College: No

Highest Grade Completed: High School, 1st year

Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 45

Class of Worker: Employer

Weeks Worked in 1939: 40

Income: 0

Income Other Sources: Yes

Fred Gragg 49

Robena Gragg 53

James R Gragg 20^[14][15]

WW2 Draft

Name: Fred Harper Gragg

Gender: Male

Residence Age: 50

Birth Date: 11 Aug 1891

Birth Place: Urich, Missouri, USA

Residence Date: 1942

Residence Place: Monte Vista, Colorado

Height: 5 10

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Color: Brown

Weight: 175

Complexion: Dark^[16][17]

US Social Security Death Index

Name: Fred Gragg

SSN: xxx-xx-6646

Last Residence: 81144 Monte Vista, Rio Grande, Colorado, USA

Born: 11 Aug 1891

Died: Jun 1971

State (Year) SSN issued: Colorado (1954)^[18][19]

Obituary

"The Rev. Eldon F. Nicholson conducted funeral services Monday afternoon for Fred Harper Gragg, resident of the area (Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado) for the past 50 years. The rites were held in Memorial Chapel. Burial was in the Monte Vista Cemetery. Arrangements were in charge of W. Edward Sharp, mortician. Gragg was born in Missouri Aug. 11, 1891, and came to the Monte Vista area in 1921. He married Robena Gillilan in Urich, Mo., Jan. 19, 1913. He was a retired rancher and died in a Colorado Springs hospital where he had been a patient for two weeks. He had been ill for one month. His only son James Robert Gragg, preceded him in death Aug. 31, 1958. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Robena Gragg of Monte Vista; his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Shirley Gragg of Silverton, Ore.; three grandchildren, Mrs. Gerry Lou Henjum, Redmond, Ore.; William Fred Gragg, Altas, Okla.; and Mrs. Ginger Lee Wertz, Germany; one great-grandson Michael Kenneth Henjum. Others survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Etta Gillilan, Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Effie Fenimore, Urich, MO.; two brothers, Lester Gragg and Oral Gragg of Urich, Mo."^[20]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53373322/fred-harper-gragg
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MDD1-NS6
3. ↑ http://person.ancestry.com/tree/39220033/person/28033860848/facts
4. ↑ https://www.geni.com/people/Fred-Gragg/6000000007566203665
5. ↑ 1900; Census Place: Walker, Henry, Missouri; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0091; FHL microfilm: 1240858 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7602&h=36216951&ssrc=pt&tid=39220033&pid=28033860848&usePUB=true
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3CP-B7V : accessed 11 August 2019), Fred H Gragg in household of Robert M Gragg, Walker & White Oak Townships, Henry, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 91, sheet 1B, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,858. Image 2 of 29
7. ↑ 1910; Census Place: Walker, Henry, Missouri; Roll: T624_783; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0098; FHL microfilm: 1374796 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=7884&h=176597904&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=3693
8. ↑ United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6482&h=30677135&ssrc=pt&tid=39220033&pid=28033860848&usePUB=true
9. ↑ See Draft Card Info: http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gragg-22
10. ↑ 1920; Census Place: White Oak, Henry, Missouri; Roll: T625_921; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 104 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6061&h=90727729&ssrc=pt&tid=39220033&pid=28033860848&usePUB=true
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8HQ-C9T : accessed 11 August 2019), Fred H Gragg, White Oak, Henry, Missouri, United States; citing ED 104, sheet 2A, line 27, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 921; FHL microfilm 1,820,921. Image 3 of 24
12. ↑ 1930; Census Place: Precinct 5, Rio Grande, Colorado; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 2339986 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6224&h=102120799&ssrc=pt&tid=39220033&pid=28033860848&usePUB=true
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7WC-JSD : accessed 11 August 2019), Fred H Gragg, Precinct 05, Rio Grande, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 4A, line 41, family 77, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 251; FHL microfilm 2,339,986. Image 8 of 26
14. ↑ 1940; Census Place: Rio Grande, Colorado; Roll: m-t0627-00478; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 53-6 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2442&h=41788021&ssrc=pt&tid=39220033&pid=28033860848&usePUB=true
15. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRDC-8SF : 26 July 2019), Fred Gragg, Election Precinct 5, Rio Grande, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 53-6, sheet 4A, line 2, family 64, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 478. Image 7 of 31
16. ↑ The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Colorado; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975; Record Group Number: 147; Box or Roll Number: 051 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=1002&h=17634220&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7602
17. ↑ See: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gragg-22-1
18. ↑ Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=3693&h=23271171&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7602
19. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5Z1-123 : 20 May 2014), Fred Gragg, Jun 1971; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
20. ↑ This site is not available as the link is currently written. https:// sites.rootsweb.com/~mohenry/obituary/g04obit.html#obit104025

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of pleeelliott1.GED on 13 April 2011.