Nellie M (Kilbourn) Hartzell (1862 - 1929)

Born 12 Apr 1862 in Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Fredrick Hartzell — married 27 Jun 1895 (to after 1910) in Garfield, Kossuth County, Iowa, USA

Died 5 Sep 1929 at age 67 in Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota, USA

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Biography

Nellie /Kilbourn/ Graham Hartzell was born April 12, 1862 according to the below referenced records and information she wrote on the back of a photograph she gave to her niece (Ada /Kilbourn/ Greenup) and her niece's husband, W.T. Greenup. https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Kilbourn-Photos-336 Nellie was the daughter of Hiram Kilbourn and Lydia Carr.

Nellie ("Ella") Kilbourn can be found at the age of 8 living with her divorced mother, Lydia C. Kilbourn and her brothers and sister on the 1870 US census for Gale, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.

The Iowa County Marriages database (1838-1934) at https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCW6-SBR lists "Nellie M. Kelborn", age 19, the daughter of "Hiram Kelbourn" and "Lydia Carhert", who is marrying "Canis Graham", Nellie's first husband. The records are a transcription and not a photocopy of the original, but, despite the misspellings, it is certain that these people are Nellie Kilbourn, her first husband Caius Graham, and her parents Hiram Kilbourn and Lydia Carr. Caius (who was 29 at the time) lists his father as John L. Graham and his mother as Phebe Vanhorn. The marriage took place on 30 Jan 1881 in Grundy Center, Grundy, Iowa, United States. ^[3]

The FamilySearch.org website has a record of a probable second marriage of Nellie "Kelbourn Graham", listing her parents as Hiram Kilbourn and Lydia Carr. In this (second) marriage at age 32, she is marrying Fred Hartzell on 27 Jun 1895 in Garfield, Kossuth, Iowa. ^[4]

According to the Iowa WPA Graves website (which they acknowledge has problems with errors) Nellie /Graham/ Hartzell is the daughter of Nellie and Caius Graham. By other records, it seems that Nellie is herself, and Caius Graham is her first husband.^[5]

Nellie Kilbourn Graham married Fred Hartzell on June 27, 1895 in Garfield, Kossuth County, Iowa. Fred was 43 and Nellie was 32. Fred's parents were listed as Peter Hartzell and Felista Roland. Nellie's father is listed as Hiram Kilbourn and her mother as Lydia Carr.^[6]

Nellie Hartzell ("Hartzall" can be found on the 1900 US census along with her husband, daughters Floy, Ferne, Jessie and Nellie, and step-children on the 1900 US census for Algona Twp, Kossuth County, Iowa. She and Fred Hartzell are shown as having been married to each other for 5 years. She is shown to have given birth to five children, four of whom are still living at the time of the census.

Nellie Hartzell can be found on the 1910 US census for Evergreen Twp., Ward County, North Dakota, at the age of 48, along with her 2nd husband, Fred Hartzell, and three sons two of whom are actually daughters, Floy and Ferne. The census taker definitely wrote "Son" and "M" for each of the children. The 'e's in "Ferne were Greek E's, and threw off the FamilySearch transcription, which gave Ferne the name "Fessor".

Nellie M. Hartzell can be found on the 1915 North Dakota State census in Ward County, with her husband, Frederick Hartzell, and their children, Floy, Ferne, and Dorlan.^[9]

Nellie and Fred Hartzell apparently divorced at some point after 1915. Fred Hartzell can be found living with his daughter and son-in-law, Derwyn and Effie Slyter and their family in Glendale, Arapahoe County, Colorado on the 1920 US census, listed as divorced.^[10] Nellie can be found on the 1920 US census in the State Hospital for the Insane in Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota at the age of 57.

The Findagrave.com website for Nellie Hartzell states:
"Birth: Apr. 12, 1862 - Iowa, USA
Death: Sep. 5, 1929
Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota, USA

1st husband Caius Graham who is buried in Glenwood, Goldfield

2nd husband Fredrick Hartzell
Source: Foust Funeral Home, Eagle Grove, IA^[12]

Sources

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RVJ-N1R?cc=1727033&wc=QZZW-G6F%3A133637201%2C138123501%2C133904001%2C1589090840 : 5 April 2016), North Dakota > Ward > Evergreen > ED 190 > image 2 of 4; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6SX3-MCQ?cc=1438024&wc=92KQ-821%3A518654501%2C519656301%2C519658301 : 22 May 2014), Wisconsin > Trempealeau > Gale > image 8 of 38; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DHG4-L5G?cc=1438024&wc=92VJ-BZH%3A518653501%2C518879301%2C518685301 : 22 May 2014), Kansas > Crawford > Washington > image 2 of 16; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCW6-SBR : 8 March 2016), Canis R. Graham and Nellie M. Kelbourn, 1881.
4. ↑ (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCW6-SBR
5. ↑ http://iowawpagraves.org/index.php?last=HARTZELL&cid=99&lc=4
6. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ23-KKC : 10 February 2018), Fred Hartzell and Nellie Kelburn Graham, 27 Jun 1895, Garfield, Kossuth, Iowa, United States; citing reference p 124, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,436,206.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XXZ9-SVP?cc=1325221&wc=9BW6-N3J%3A1030552001%2C1033685101%2C1033685102 : 5 August 2014), Iowa > Kossuth > ED 134 Algona Township Algona city Ward 1-4 > image 23 of 59; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RVJ-N1R?cc=1727033&wc=QZZW-G6F%3A133637201%2C138123501%2C133904001%2C1589090840 : 24 June 2017), North Dakota > Ward > Evergreen > ED 190 > image 2 of 4; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
9. ↑ "North Dakota Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89LJ-L8V?cc=2346284&wc=SKW8-N36%3A1440398027 : 15 April 2015), Ward (A-G) > image 24 of 172; citing State Historical Society of North Dakota.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR6M-ZTY?cc=1488411&wc=QZJG-66X%3A1036469801%2C1036655801%2C1036488901%2C1589332328 : 15 December 2015), Colorado > Arapahoe > Glendale > ED 14 > image 12 of 12; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRXF-FN9?cc=1488411&wc=QZJR-MWD%3A1036474101%2C1037813901%2C1036663801%2C1589334806 : 14 December 2015), North Dakota > Stutsman > Homer > ED 224 > image 23 of 30; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183297784/nellie-mae-graham_hartzell : accessed 03 February 2022), memorial page for Nellie Mae Kilbourn Graham Hartzell (12 Apr 1862–5 Sep 1929), Find a Grave Memorial ID 183297784, citing Glenwood Cemetery, Goldfield, Wright County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by Eileen Reed (contributor 50182572) .