John Glabe

Narrative:

     John Glabe was born in Oct 1847 in Farmingdale, Tazewell Co., Illinois.^6,7,8
     He appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Tazewell Co., Illinois, in the household of his parents, Jacob Glebe and Katherine Stein.¹³ He appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, in the household of his parents.¹⁴ He appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, in the household of his parents.¹⁵
     John married Elizabeth Ruppel, daughter of Henry Ruppel and Anna Gehla Berlet, and sister of his brother Sebastian's future wife, on 11 Mar 1875.^9,10,11
     John and Elizabeth lived on a farm west of Washington until 1877, when they moved to Germanville, where she had grown up.^1,16,17,18 They appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Germanville Twp., Livingston Co., Illinois, enumerated 1 Jun 1880. Their children Henry, Matilda and Mary were listed as living with them.³
     The 1880 census provides a snapshot of John's farm in Germanville Twp. He rented the land, paying a share of his product as rent. He reported the value of his production the prior year as $690. He had 80 acres of tilled land and 15 acres in meadows or pastures, of which 10 acres had been mowed the prior year, yielding 10 tons of hay. He also had 65 acres of Indian corn yielding 2,000 bushels, 10 acres of oats yielding 300 bushels, 16 acres of flax, yielding 165 bushels and a smaller plot yielded 25 bushels of potatoes. He said the farm was valued at $2,400, had $125 worth of tools and impliements and $360 worth of livestock. They included two working oxen, two "milch cows," from which he had produced 150 lb. of butter the prior year, and two other cattle, 20 swine and 36 poultry. He reported he had spent nothing on fence repair or fertilizer in the prior year, but had paid $160, including board, for hired labor for 52 weeks of work.¹⁹
     John and Elizabeth appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Germanville Twp., Livingston Co., Illinois, enumerated 18 Jun 1900, reporting the family rented its farm. Their children Louis, Harvey, Catherine, Fred and Emma were listed as living with them, as was Nannie Wilson, age 22, described as "help," whose husband of four months was listed on the nearby Blakely farm. Elizabeth's parents were apparently living nearby, as they are listed next.²⁰
     John and Elizabeth lived on their farm in Germanville Twp. until 1903, when he retired from farming and they moved in to Chatsworth. Elizabeth lived long after him in the family home in Chatsworth.¹
     John died on 8 Feb 1907 in Chatsworth, Illinois, at age 59.¹ He was buried in Chatsworth Cemetery, Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois.¹²