Priscilla (Gephart) Bleedner (1836 - 1909)

Born 30 Sep 1836 in Ohio, United States [uncertain]

Wife of Herman Bleedner — married 12 Feb 1857 in Linn, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Aug 1909 at age 72 in Linn County, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Priscilla was born in 1836.

In the 1850 census, Brayilla, age 13, was recorded as in Washington, Adams, Indiana, USA.^[1]

In the 1860 census, Pracilla, age 23, was recorded as in Rapids, Linn, Iowa.^[2]

In the 1870 census, Puicila, age 33, Keeping House, was recorded as in Rapids, Linn, Iowa.^[3]

In the 1880 census, Priscilla, age 43, Keeping House, was recorded as the wife of Harmen Bleedner in Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA.^[4]

In the 1895 census, Prescilla, age 58, was recorded as in Rapids, Linn.^[5]

In the 1900 census, Prissla, age 63, was recorded as the wife of Hermann Bleedner in Rapids, Linn, Iowa.^[6]

In the 1905 census, Priscilla was recorded as in Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA.^[7]

"DEATH OF MRS. BLEEDNER" Mrs. Percilla Bleedner died at her home about a mile west of Shiloh at 6:20 o'clock last night at the age of 72 years. She was one of the oldest settlers of that part of the country, with her husband settling on the old homestead before the war and while he served a three years' enlistment she took care of the farm and their one son. She was a good whole-souled German lady, patriotic to the highest degree, a devout Christian and loved by all who knew her. She leaves to mourn her death two sons, H. N. and Raymond Bleedner, [Henry Newton and Reynard Wiles Bleedner] her husband having preceded her by a little more than a year. A short funeral service will be held at the residence at 10 o'clock tomorrow forenoon and a public service we be held at the Shiloh church at 11 o'clock. Interment will be in the Shiloh cemetery.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census," database with images, The National Archives in Washington D.C., Record Group Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group Number 29, Series Number M432, Residence Date 1850, Home in 1850 Washington, Adams, Indiana, Roll 135, Page 5b, Line Number 27, Ancestry Sharing Link - (Ancestry Record 8054 #1669311 : accessed 4 August 2023), Brayilla Gephart (13) in Washington, Adams, Indiana, USA. Born in Ohio.
2. ↑ 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census," database with images, The National Archives in Washington D.C., Record Group Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group Number 29, Series Number M653, Residence Date 1860, Home in 1860 Rapids, Linn, Iowa, Roll M653_332, Page 431, Family History Library Film 803332, Ancestry Sharing Link - (Ancestry Record 7667 #5608663 : accessed 4 August 2023), Pracilla Bladner (23) in Rapids, Linn, Iowa. Born in Ohio.
3. ↑ 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census," database with images, Year 1870, Census Place Rapids, Linn, Iowa, Roll M593_405, Page 401B, Ancestry Sharing Link - (Ancestry Record 7163 #35547898 : accessed 4 August 2023), Puicila Bladin (33), Keeping House, in Rapids, Linn, Iowa. Born in Ohio.
4. ↑ 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census," database with images, Year 1880, Census Place Rapids, Linn, Iowa, Roll 351, Page 352B, Enumeration District 275, Ancestry Sharing Link - (Ancestry Record 6742 #47783360 : accessed 4 August 2023), Priscilla Bleedner (43), wife, Keeping House, in household of Harmen Bleedner (47) in Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA. Born in Ohio.
5. ↑ 1895 Census: "Iowa, U.S., State Census, 1895," database, Original data Iowa. 1895 Iowa State Census. Des Moines, Iowa State Historical Society of Iowa, (Ancestry Record 7321 #1006476 : accessed 4 August 2023), Prescilla Bleeduer (58) in Rapids, Linn. Born in Ohio.
6. ↑ 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census," database with images, Year 1900, Census Place Rapids, Linn, Iowa, Roll 443, Page 8, Enumeration District 0087, Ancestry Sharing Link - (Ancestry Record 7602 #14540967 : accessed 4 August 2023), Prissla Bleedner (63), wife, in household of Hermann Bleedner (67) in Rapids, Linn, Iowa. Born in Pennsylvania, USA.
7. ↑ 1905 Census: "Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925," database with images, Original data Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest, Ancestry Sharing Link - (Ancestry Record 1084 #8401946 : accessed 4 August 2023), Priscilla Bleedner in Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA.
8. ↑ The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wed., Aug. 25, 1909, p. 2, "Death of Mrs. Bleedner"

Linn County, Iowa Marriage Records, Book 2

Linn County, Iowa Death Records, Book 3, p. 108