To clear up any confusion, our family last name used to be Stabel. Even though the newspapers refer to Christian as Christopher and Chris, his given name was Christian. Now on to the coroner's inquest.
Rome Sentinel May 16, 1891 pg. 2
CHRISTIAN STABEL'S DEATH
The inquest in the case of Christian Stabel whose lifeless body was found in the Erie Canal, was continued yesterday afternoon.
Andrew Bellinger testified: I reside in Rome, am 56 years old; am a carpenter, knew Chris Stabel for the past three or four weeks. worked with him at Oehm's in West Rome; both of us worked on Monday; Chris worked from 6:30 till noon; he was there in the afternoon; about two in the afternoon I noticed he had been drinking; at three he was incompetent to work; he quit at 4:30 or 5; between 2:30 and 3 he got some cider. Fred Schultz and I drank some, the cider was sour, more like vinegar than cider, not strong enough for vinegar. Stabel did not say he would drown himself, he left about 5, wanted me to go with him; I said no; he said it wouldn't cost me a cent and we would have a good time, he said he had $10. He staggered and almost fell; he started east; he had not spoken of having trouble with anyone; he usually walked on the towpath when he went home; when I first went to Oehm's Stabel and I had words but were on friendly terms Monday; had no fight with him.
Fred Schultz testified: I live with Chris Oehm; do all kinds of work for him; was lathing his new house on Monday; know Stabel; had a couple of drinks of the cider he brought to the house on Monday; the cider was two years old; saw no bottle that day; felt no effects from the cider; Stabel was happy and staggered when he left for home at 5. I did not leave the farm that night, don't know of his having trouble with anyone.
E.J. Lawton testified: I reside in Rome; am a practicing physician and surgeon with Dr.'s Nook and West. I made an examination of Christian Stabel on May 14. The top of the head was entirely gone from just above the ears; the contents of the skull were missing; the left eye and about one third of the nose from the top were gone; the cut was very smooth, almost like a knife cut, on the left side it was considerably more ragged; there was a clean cut one half or one third of an inch on the right side of the under lip extending toward the chin. There was a clean cut over the center of the chin 2 1/2 inches long and half an inch deep under the whiskers which was not observed at first; there was a fracture of the left arm between the shoulder and the elbow; over this was a cut 2 1/2 inches long; both legs were broken; skin on left leg was broken; the chest was broken into a pulpy mass ; the sternum was broken; the collar bones were dislocated; the heart was natural as to its size, there was no blood in either cavity; the lungs were congested or collapsed; they were pressed into a small place and were dark colored, not a normal color; the length of time the body had been in the water would not change the color greatly; there seemed to be no water or sand in the bronchial tubes; the windpipe was dry. In a drowned person the lungs are usually of a red color and spongy, not a solidified as these; there is usually more of less water in the lungs and bronchial tubes; sometimes froth tinged with blood is found; we found none in this case, no froth or water issued from the mouth, the heart was on the right side of the body instead of the left. The lung tissue wasn't punctured, was pressed to the right side of the body; there was a tremendous pressure on the chest, downward and backward; usually blood is found in the right cavity of the heart of a drowned person as soon as the lungs stop, the heart fills with blood. We did not observe that the lung tissue was punctured. The abdominal walls were apparently gone. There was almost a clean cut across the abdomen from one hip to another in a downward semi-circle, the integuement was forced up under the ribs.
At first it appeared to be gone. We examined the liver and kidneys; the kidneys were exposed on the front part of the intestines there was about a pint of fluid, an unusual quantity in the stomach. It looked like roily water and had substances in it looking like sliced lemon peel; the strongest evidence of drowning was the unusual quantity of water; the muscles were not rigid, saw no goose pimples on the skin; the evidences of drowning were considerably lacking, there was more evidence that death might have resulted from other means. No water was found in the lung tissues of dead bodies put into the water usually. The taking off of the head might account for the absence of blood in the right cavity of the heart. I think it is hardly fair to look for the usual symptoms of drowning in this case on account of the great pressure the body must have had; such a pressure might change the ordinary nature of things very much. None of the important injuries could have been made by human agency. The smaller cuts might have been so produced they were only superficial. I will not say I'm fully satisfied as to the cause of death; taking the case outside the attending circumstances and assuming that the injuries to the body were produced after death, the post mortem would not reveal the cause of death.
(NOTE: It was believed that the large cuts and massive damage to the body was caused by the canal boats.)
Chris Oehm testified: Stabel worked for me three weeks; gave him a dollar, all I owed him Monday morning; last saw him 5 pm on Monday; I did not go away from the farm that night.
Dr. T.G. Nook corroborated the testimony of Dr. Lawton.
Theresa Baulig testified: I live at 206 S. Charles St., knew Stabel, he was at my house at 5 am Monday and got a glass of beer; then he took a drink of whiskey from a bottle of his own. Saw him again at 7:30 pm at my house. He did not act as though tired, did not think him intoxicated; he had two glasses of beer and went away about 8:30; there was no one in the house but our family and Stabel.
Minnie and Lena Baulig testified to having seen Stabel at their home on Monday evening.
Jane Stabel testified: Christian Stabel was my husband; he was strong and healthy; he had good sight and good hearing. He left home at 4:50 am Monday; he did not intend to come home till Saturday night, it is not customary with him to stay away from home nights, don't know how much money he had; Oehm owed my husband $21 Sat. night, he had paid him $10.
William H. Roberts testified to taking the body from the water and washing it; noticed blood on the whiskers, the pants were torn; the other clothing was not torn.
The inquest will be concluded this afternoon.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Friday, December 25, 2009
Christian Stabel
Rome Sentinel Wed. evening May 13, 1891 pg. 2
CHRIS STABEL MISSING
Christopher Stabel of 139 W. North St. is missing. He has not been seen by any of his friends since Monday night and they are very anxious about him.
Mr. Stabel is 63 years old and is a carpenter. For some time past he has been working at his trade on a house being built by Christopher Oehm on his farm (the Henecker place, so called) near Fort Bull about 4 miles from this city. He was working there on Monday and during the day drank some whiskey and hard cider. He left his job about 5 o'clock in the afternoon and walked the RW&O RR track toward this city. He called at Anthony Baulig's canal grocery and saloon on the Erie Canal bank about 1 1/4 miles from this city at 7:30 and remained there until 9 o'clock. Mr. Baulig says that he and Stabel were great friends and they spent most of the time talking of old times. Stabel had 10 cents with which he bought a glass of beer for himself and one for Baulig. Afterward, Baulig returned the favor. About 8:30 Stabel began to talk boisterously and Baulig told him he better go home. Baulig says that Stabel was not very drunk. He says he saw him start toward the city and then he closed his house for the night. As Stabel didn't put in an appearance at his home, and had not been to Oehm's on Tuesday, his friends instituted a search for him. One of the places visited was a house a few rods last of Baulig's grocery. Two men and two women were found there. They said they did not know Stabel. They admitted that on Monday night their house was the scene of a fight in which Eugene Campbell was badly beaten by Thomas Pendergast. Previous to the fight they sent Joseph Letter, who claims the household as his own to Baulig's and bought some beer for the company of the men and women in the house.
It is thought Stabel staggered from the towpath on which he started toward home and fell in the canal. The canal is being dragged.
Note: Fort Bull was where Erie Canal Village is now located. If you walk the train tracks going toward Rome, there is a place where the canal and the tracks meet. This is about where Baulig's grocery/saloon was.
ROME SENTINEL Thursday evening May 14, 1891 pg. 2
FOUND IN THE CANAL
Christopher Stabel's body taken from the water near Baulig's grocery.
The dead body of Christopher Stabel was found this morning in the Erie Canal about 30 rods east of Anthony Baulig's canal grocery. The body was badly mangled. The top of the head was cut off above the ears and could not be found. There was a large gash across the stomach and the legs were cut badly. It is thought that the cutting was done by the wheels of tug boats. The body was found opposite the spot by the side of the RW&O RR track where on Tuesday evening Henry Stabel, a son of the drowned man found an empty whiskey bottle which he and family members recognized as the one which his father carried.
Between the RR and the canal is a barbwire fence which is in good repair. It runs down to within 18 to 20 inches of the canal. That point is the only one on the south side of the canal by which a person could walk to that part of the bank, opposite the place where the body was found , about 15 feet from the bank. Stabel had been missing since 8:40 Monday night, when he left Anthony Baulig's grocery. He was 63 years old and worked at the carpenter's trade. He resided at 139 W. North Street. He leaves his wife, 4 daughters, Mrs. John Stone, of Troy, Mrs. John E. Owens, and Mrs. Milton Bradley of Jackson, Mich., and Miss Susie Stabel of Rome, and 5 sons, Henry and Phillip of this city, and Christopher Jr. of Jackson Mich., Charles of Cassopolis, Mich., and James of Chicago.
The inquest is being conducted by Coroner Millington this afternoon.
ROME SENTINEL May 15, 1891 pg. 2
THE STABEL INQUEST
Yesterday afternoon Coroner Millington commenced an inquest in the case of Chris Stabel whose lifeless body was found in the Erie Canal. The jury was composed of W. Dewey Beach, Josiah Newey, Martin Marriot, J. H. O'Connor, R.H. Jones, O.D. Hagerty, B.G.S. Howland, O.T. Hayden, and E. L. Lewis.
Thomas Pendergast testified; I reside in Rome, have resided here 25 years; am a painter and paper hanger, know Chris Stabel; last saw him a month or six weeks ago; was not at William Letter's house on Monday, was there on Sunday, about one and one half hours; drove there with Archie Low; saw a woman named Martha, a girl named Nora, Letter and Eugene Campbell; had a scrap with Campbell Sunday and bruised his face; don't know of anyone else being hurt at Letter's house.
William Letter testified: I reside in West Rome; there is no number on my house; it is located between Dominick St. and Armstrong Avenue; am 56 years old; am a common laborer; took my meals at home Monday; was downtown during the day; went to bed between 7 and 8; heard no noise during the night; there was no wind; I wake readily; had no beer at my house after 6 Monday night, did not leave the home after 6; Martha Williams is a widow; she has kept house for me for 19 years, Nora Williams is her daughter. Nora has a little girl named Lulu Hetsel; Eugene Campbell was not at my house Monday; he was there Sunday and had a fight with Pendergast; the men were not there long; I never knew Chris Stabel; my house was open Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
Martha Williams testified: I am a widow, make my home with Letter; have kept house for him 8 or 9 years; me and my daughter do the housework. I was at the house Monday ; Letter was down street part of the day; had supper about dark, went to bed between 7 and 9, our clock does not keep good time; my sister Mrs. Ruby Button, Henry Plato, and Charles Button called on me Monday evening; they came a little after 6; they did not stay long; no one else called during the day; was not acquainted with Stabel; was home on Sunday morning and saw the fight; Pendergast was intoxicated; saw him hit Campbell; heard no noise on Monday night.
Nora Williams testified: I live with my mother, Martha Williams, and William Letter; was at home May 11; no one called except Mr. and Mrs. Button and two small boysl do not know of any beer being in the house that night; never knew Stabel.
Anthony Baulig testified: I reside at 206 South Charles Street; my wife keeps a saloon; have known Chris Stabel 11 years; saw him alive on Monday evening; he came to my place; it was 7:30; he was not intoxicated; we visited and each drank two glasses of beer; he talked to me about a lawsuit he had and a lot he had bought in a cemetary at Wright's Settlement; about twenty minutes to nine he said good night and started for home; I think I saw him go past the snubbing post near the bridge; that was the last time I saw him alive; the bridge and canal are about 25 feet from my place; it was moonlight; there was no person around that I saw; heard no disturbance that night; during our talk Chris said he supposed that when he died all the loafers in Rome would come to his funeral; he said he thought horses could not draw him; I told him I would push. I can not identify the body found today. Letter did not come to me for beer Monday, but came Sunday. I gave him none because he was poor pay; I live 250 yards from Letter's house; the neighbor's complain a good deal about Letter's house.
Philip Stabel testified: My father Chris Stabel was home Sunday; he left home Monday morning for Oehm's ; father had a falling out with a man named Bellinger, a carpenter at Oehm's; father quit but went back again about a week ago; he came home from Oehm's every other night; we did not expect him home till Tuesday night. Oehm told me that father drank a pint of brandy and a pail of cider on Monday; and packed his tools and left; I helped drag the canal; the body was found at 9 o'clock this morning 150 or 200 feet east of the railroad bridge; (witness identified the watch and other property of his father); don't know what money he had; don't know of him having any trouble with anyone who would injure him; I found a bottle near the railroad track, there is a barb-wire fence between the spot and the canal; observed no tracks there.
Henry Stabel testified: I am a son of Chris Stabel; went to New London on Tuesday; stopped at Chris Oehm's to see father; they told me he went home Monday; when I returned home I found he had not been there; my brother and I searched for him; Oehm said he left his place at 5 pm on Monday, drunk; heard that Eugene Campbell had a fight at Baulig's Monday night. With Officer Smith, and others I called at Letter's house on Tuesday; we found two men and two women there. They told contradictory stories about themselves and the house; my father was 62 years old; I identified the body I pulled ashore as that of my father.
Thomas Casey testified that Eugene Campbell told him he had been whipped at Baulig's, would not say when it was.
Thomas Lynch testified; At 9:10 pm on Monday I was at Pat Dunn's Gilsey House, Letter came in and got a quart of beer.
The inquest was adjourned till 8 pm today.
(NOTE: I typed this as it was written in the paper, poor punctuation and all.)
My father, Bernie Staple, told me that his father, Francis Staple, was told by his father Philip Staple that he understood that Christian had something going with a woman. He also told him that Christian had $10 on him which would have been alot of money in 1891. Also, William Letter's house my have been a house of prostitution that were so common along the canal in those days.
CHRIS STABEL MISSING
Christopher Stabel of 139 W. North St. is missing. He has not been seen by any of his friends since Monday night and they are very anxious about him.
Mr. Stabel is 63 years old and is a carpenter. For some time past he has been working at his trade on a house being built by Christopher Oehm on his farm (the Henecker place, so called) near Fort Bull about 4 miles from this city. He was working there on Monday and during the day drank some whiskey and hard cider. He left his job about 5 o'clock in the afternoon and walked the RW&O RR track toward this city. He called at Anthony Baulig's canal grocery and saloon on the Erie Canal bank about 1 1/4 miles from this city at 7:30 and remained there until 9 o'clock. Mr. Baulig says that he and Stabel were great friends and they spent most of the time talking of old times. Stabel had 10 cents with which he bought a glass of beer for himself and one for Baulig. Afterward, Baulig returned the favor. About 8:30 Stabel began to talk boisterously and Baulig told him he better go home. Baulig says that Stabel was not very drunk. He says he saw him start toward the city and then he closed his house for the night. As Stabel didn't put in an appearance at his home, and had not been to Oehm's on Tuesday, his friends instituted a search for him. One of the places visited was a house a few rods last of Baulig's grocery. Two men and two women were found there. They said they did not know Stabel. They admitted that on Monday night their house was the scene of a fight in which Eugene Campbell was badly beaten by Thomas Pendergast. Previous to the fight they sent Joseph Letter, who claims the household as his own to Baulig's and bought some beer for the company of the men and women in the house.
It is thought Stabel staggered from the towpath on which he started toward home and fell in the canal. The canal is being dragged.
Note: Fort Bull was where Erie Canal Village is now located. If you walk the train tracks going toward Rome, there is a place where the canal and the tracks meet. This is about where Baulig's grocery/saloon was.
ROME SENTINEL Thursday evening May 14, 1891 pg. 2
FOUND IN THE CANAL
Christopher Stabel's body taken from the water near Baulig's grocery.
The dead body of Christopher Stabel was found this morning in the Erie Canal about 30 rods east of Anthony Baulig's canal grocery. The body was badly mangled. The top of the head was cut off above the ears and could not be found. There was a large gash across the stomach and the legs were cut badly. It is thought that the cutting was done by the wheels of tug boats. The body was found opposite the spot by the side of the RW&O RR track where on Tuesday evening Henry Stabel, a son of the drowned man found an empty whiskey bottle which he and family members recognized as the one which his father carried.
Between the RR and the canal is a barbwire fence which is in good repair. It runs down to within 18 to 20 inches of the canal. That point is the only one on the south side of the canal by which a person could walk to that part of the bank, opposite the place where the body was found , about 15 feet from the bank. Stabel had been missing since 8:40 Monday night, when he left Anthony Baulig's grocery. He was 63 years old and worked at the carpenter's trade. He resided at 139 W. North Street. He leaves his wife, 4 daughters, Mrs. John Stone, of Troy, Mrs. John E. Owens, and Mrs. Milton Bradley of Jackson, Mich., and Miss Susie Stabel of Rome, and 5 sons, Henry and Phillip of this city, and Christopher Jr. of Jackson Mich., Charles of Cassopolis, Mich., and James of Chicago.
The inquest is being conducted by Coroner Millington this afternoon.
ROME SENTINEL May 15, 1891 pg. 2
THE STABEL INQUEST
Yesterday afternoon Coroner Millington commenced an inquest in the case of Chris Stabel whose lifeless body was found in the Erie Canal. The jury was composed of W. Dewey Beach, Josiah Newey, Martin Marriot, J. H. O'Connor, R.H. Jones, O.D. Hagerty, B.G.S. Howland, O.T. Hayden, and E. L. Lewis.
Thomas Pendergast testified; I reside in Rome, have resided here 25 years; am a painter and paper hanger, know Chris Stabel; last saw him a month or six weeks ago; was not at William Letter's house on Monday, was there on Sunday, about one and one half hours; drove there with Archie Low; saw a woman named Martha, a girl named Nora, Letter and Eugene Campbell; had a scrap with Campbell Sunday and bruised his face; don't know of anyone else being hurt at Letter's house.
William Letter testified: I reside in West Rome; there is no number on my house; it is located between Dominick St. and Armstrong Avenue; am 56 years old; am a common laborer; took my meals at home Monday; was downtown during the day; went to bed between 7 and 8; heard no noise during the night; there was no wind; I wake readily; had no beer at my house after 6 Monday night, did not leave the home after 6; Martha Williams is a widow; she has kept house for me for 19 years, Nora Williams is her daughter. Nora has a little girl named Lulu Hetsel; Eugene Campbell was not at my house Monday; he was there Sunday and had a fight with Pendergast; the men were not there long; I never knew Chris Stabel; my house was open Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
Martha Williams testified: I am a widow, make my home with Letter; have kept house for him 8 or 9 years; me and my daughter do the housework. I was at the house Monday ; Letter was down street part of the day; had supper about dark, went to bed between 7 and 9, our clock does not keep good time; my sister Mrs. Ruby Button, Henry Plato, and Charles Button called on me Monday evening; they came a little after 6; they did not stay long; no one else called during the day; was not acquainted with Stabel; was home on Sunday morning and saw the fight; Pendergast was intoxicated; saw him hit Campbell; heard no noise on Monday night.
Nora Williams testified: I live with my mother, Martha Williams, and William Letter; was at home May 11; no one called except Mr. and Mrs. Button and two small boysl do not know of any beer being in the house that night; never knew Stabel.
Anthony Baulig testified: I reside at 206 South Charles Street; my wife keeps a saloon; have known Chris Stabel 11 years; saw him alive on Monday evening; he came to my place; it was 7:30; he was not intoxicated; we visited and each drank two glasses of beer; he talked to me about a lawsuit he had and a lot he had bought in a cemetary at Wright's Settlement; about twenty minutes to nine he said good night and started for home; I think I saw him go past the snubbing post near the bridge; that was the last time I saw him alive; the bridge and canal are about 25 feet from my place; it was moonlight; there was no person around that I saw; heard no disturbance that night; during our talk Chris said he supposed that when he died all the loafers in Rome would come to his funeral; he said he thought horses could not draw him; I told him I would push. I can not identify the body found today. Letter did not come to me for beer Monday, but came Sunday. I gave him none because he was poor pay; I live 250 yards from Letter's house; the neighbor's complain a good deal about Letter's house.
Philip Stabel testified: My father Chris Stabel was home Sunday; he left home Monday morning for Oehm's ; father had a falling out with a man named Bellinger, a carpenter at Oehm's; father quit but went back again about a week ago; he came home from Oehm's every other night; we did not expect him home till Tuesday night. Oehm told me that father drank a pint of brandy and a pail of cider on Monday; and packed his tools and left; I helped drag the canal; the body was found at 9 o'clock this morning 150 or 200 feet east of the railroad bridge; (witness identified the watch and other property of his father); don't know what money he had; don't know of him having any trouble with anyone who would injure him; I found a bottle near the railroad track, there is a barb-wire fence between the spot and the canal; observed no tracks there.
Henry Stabel testified: I am a son of Chris Stabel; went to New London on Tuesday; stopped at Chris Oehm's to see father; they told me he went home Monday; when I returned home I found he had not been there; my brother and I searched for him; Oehm said he left his place at 5 pm on Monday, drunk; heard that Eugene Campbell had a fight at Baulig's Monday night. With Officer Smith, and others I called at Letter's house on Tuesday; we found two men and two women there. They told contradictory stories about themselves and the house; my father was 62 years old; I identified the body I pulled ashore as that of my father.
Thomas Casey testified that Eugene Campbell told him he had been whipped at Baulig's, would not say when it was.
Thomas Lynch testified; At 9:10 pm on Monday I was at Pat Dunn's Gilsey House, Letter came in and got a quart of beer.
The inquest was adjourned till 8 pm today.
(NOTE: I typed this as it was written in the paper, poor punctuation and all.)
My father, Bernie Staple, told me that his father, Francis Staple, was told by his father Philip Staple that he understood that Christian had something going with a woman. He also told him that Christian had $10 on him which would have been alot of money in 1891. Also, William Letter's house my have been a house of prostitution that were so common along the canal in those days.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Philip and Elizabeth Coppersmith Staple
This is a picture (prior to 1942) of Philip Jacob Staple and his wife, Elizabeth (Bessie) Coppersmith Staple. It was sent to me by a cousin, Paul Northrup who got it from Jack Staple. ( I think Philip looks like my Uncle Fran Staple Jr.)Let's start from the beginning. I have been researching our family off and on since 1980. I gave some information a few years ago to a shirt-tail relative who then published it and never gave me any credit. If you are alive, you will not be on this site. I cannot guarantee this will be a family only site and I will not give up anyone's personal information. If you have questions or want me to have some info, you can send me a personal e-mail at lhea_13409@yahoo.com.
I will start with Christian Stabel. He is the first connection to the Stabel/ Staple family that I have found. I have not yet been able to find him in Germany even with the extensive records that are out there now. I will continue looking. And here starts the story...
I have not been able to find when Christian Stabel came to this country from Hesse Darmstadt Germany. He is not listed in the 1850 census for NY state. He married Dorothy Jane Stockinger in this country, date unknown. She went by the name of Jane during her life. Many times, on the census records, they listed her as Jennie. They lived at 139 W. North St. in Rome, NY. I believe this home is still in the family.
Christian was a carpenter. He and Jane had several children:
George Fredrick born 1853 NY state died 04/17/1877 buried Rome Cemetary
Henry A. born 1856 Canada
James W. born 04/1862 Canada
Charles born 1860 Canada
Isabella H. born 09/1862 Canada
Frances born 1864 Canada
Christian J. born 05/1865 Canada
Mary born 05/1868 Canada
Phillip Jacob born 08/07/1871 NY state died 07/26/1951 (see picture above)
Valentine b. 1872 NY state, died 09/14/1877 (see below)
Susie born 1875 NY state
I have more information about these people but have misplaced my records (It's the brain injury thing going on, be patient with me. :-)
ROME SENTINEL TUESDAY SEPT. 18, 1877 pg. 2 "DIED"
Stabel- Rome Sept. 14, 1877, Valentine, son of Christian and Jane Stabel, age 5. No death certificate as Rome, NY didn't start them until 1890 or so.
ROME SENTINEL MAY 13, 1891 pg. 2
"WAS THERE FOUL PLAY?"
Last evening, Chris Staple, residing at 139 W. North Street, notified officer Driscoll that his father Christopher Staple could not be found. The facts in the case are Mr. Staple is a carpenter and was employed on the old Hanacher farm at Fort Bull where he had been for some time. He was in the habit of coming home every other night. He started for his home Monday evening but did not reach his destination.
*Note: Fort Bull is where the Erie Canal Village is now.
Christian, Jane, George, Henry, James, and Charles are listed in the 1861 Census for Hamilton, Ontario under the name Christian Stable. It listed them as being of the Methodist faith and Christian as being a carpenter. I do not know why they moved to Canada and then came back. On the 1870 NY state census, Henry is listed as being a canal driver (he was 14), and George was listed as being a carpenter's apprentice (he was 17). They lived in Rome, NY then at 139 W. North St.
I descend from Phillip Jacob's line.
Phillip Jacob Staple was born on August 7, 1871 in Rome, NY. He married Elizabeth Gertrude Coppersmith on August 9, 1893 in Verona, NY They had the following children:
Charles C. b. 10/26/1897 d. 12/28/1968
Francis Lester b. 06/03/1900 d. 09/10/1980 (my grandfather)
Timothy J. b. 11/29/1902 d. 10/29/1989
M. Inez b. 12/01/1905 d. 04/04/1980
Phillip Merrick b. 03/11/1908 d. 09/18/2000
Norean V. b. 11/03/1910 d. 04/28/1986
Paul Carlton b. 02/01/1914 d. 01/09/ 1974
Anyone have pictures they'd like to send me to scan on this site? My number is 315-495-6551.
When I find my notes, there will be more about the mystery of Christian Stabel being missing. Drop me a line on my e-mail (above) and let me know what you think of this so far.
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