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Friedrich Moritz Israel

25 Mar 1827 – 29 Aug 1909

Birth25 Mar 1827
Death29 Aug 1909
CemeteryZion Lutheran Cemetery
Ford County , Kansas , USA
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The organization of Zion Lutheran Church occurred on September 29, 1878. Several men, including Moritz Israel and his two sons, Julius and Gustav, adopted and signed a constitution. Friedrich Moritz "Morris" Israel was born in Germany in 1827. His wife, Johanna Sophia "Rosa" Leibpolt, was born a year later, in 1828. They were united in marriage on August 27, 1848. A total of six children were born five before the family emigrated to America in 1868. Julius (b.1848), Gustav (b.1852), Dora (b.1864), and Kossuth (b.1873). Their youngest son, Kossuth Gustav, "K.G.," was born in Illinois. When the family arrived in Wheatland Township in northeastern Ford County in 1878, their oldest son Julius was already married with two children. Unfortunately, the year 1880 was tragic as Julius' four-year-old son, Paul, drowned on July 4 after a heavy downpour that caused Cook Creek to overflow. Julius died in December at the age of thirty-two. He left behind his wife and nine-year-old daughter. Father and son were some of the earliest burials in Zion Lutheran Cemetery. On September 29, 1878, the community's first marriage occurred between Gustave and Bertha Marie Gildner. Three of their five children were born in Wheatland Township before the family moved to Osage County. Bertha passed away in 1895 at the age of thirty-three. She is buried in Burlingame City Cemetery. At some point, Gustave remarried because the 1920 U.S. Census records Gustav, his wife, Olga, and son Bruno, living in San Diego, California. Gustav died in 1924, and his remains were brought back to Kansas and buried next to Bertha. Dora married Samuel Stubbs, and they raised nine children. She died in 1938 and is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Dodge City. The youngest son, K.G., remained in Ford County and continued farming. He married Rosa Christina Krumrey, in 1893. They were the parents of seven children. After giving birth to twin sons, Rosa passed away on February 23, 1911. She is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Ford County. K.G. was left alone to raise the six children. In 1929, he married Susie Stinson, who had three younger children herself. Janette was born in 1933. Tragedy struck on August 12, 1942, when K.G. started turning the crank on his tractor, which was in gear. It ran over him and killed him. He joins Rosa in Evergreen Cemetery. F.M. and Rosa lived on the original homestead until Rosa died in 1900. F.M. died nine years later. They share the same stone in Zion Lutheran Cemetery. The rest of the story: Susan died in 1984. Janette grew up in the area, married Douglas Marcy, and passed away in 2014. She joins her mom in Evergreen Cemetery.

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