Son of David Henry and Julia Ann (Jeffries) Grabill.
MILITARY: USS Concord Crew Roster, Spanish American War, Battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898, Gunner's Mate, Third Class. http://www.spanamwar.com/concordcrew.html
Manila Bay Medal Recipient, USS Concord
http://www.history.navy.mil/medals/dewey/dewey5.htm
James Floyd Grable is listed in the book "The Battle of Manila Bay, May First, Eighteen Hundred & Ninety-eight: An ..." By William Wilson Galt.
James F. Grable served as an ordnanceman at Mare Island, across from Vallejo, Solano County, CA, in the U.S. Navy.
He married Myrtle Asenath Simpson (1887-1967), the daughter of Robert and Amelia Simpson. James and Myrtle were the parents of two children, Floyd Oren Grable (1907-1997), and Robert E. Grable. 1910 Census shows the Simpsons living with James, Myrtle, and Floyd. Myrtle abandoned James and boys.
http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19110604.2.40#
This link is from the San Francisco Call, Vol., 110, No. 4, Sunday, 4 June 1911.
Myrtle was granted a divorce in Portland, OR, 30 July 1912. She married Michael S. Williams in 1912.
James Floyd Grable was among the dead on 19 June 1913 in an electric car/train wreck. His son Floyd received bruises on both legs. "Cars come together on curve going full speed. Helpless passengers caught like rats in trap when two trains meet. Thirteen people were killed and 53 injured when the front end of the southbound care rose up over the northbound car and broke through the roof, squeezing a mass of passengers together against the floor"...Article with photos & illustration. Source: San Francisco Call, Volume 114, Number 20, 20 June 1913 — "Cars Come Together on Curve Going Full Speed" &"Dead and Injured in Wreck".
http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgibin/cdnca=d&d=SFC19130620.2.16&srpos=60&e=-------en--20--41--txt-txIN-Grable-----#
"ORPHAN MAY BE ADOPTED Ten year old Floyd Grable. whose father was instantly killed in the accident, was taken yesterday to the home of Mrs. A. Uehlinger in Vallejo after he had recovered from the effects of the collision. Although sitting right beside his father in the car, he escaped injury. It is said that Mrs. Uehlinger probably will adopt Floyd Grable and his younger brother as well."
http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19130621.2.15&srpos=61&e=-------en--20--61--txt-txIN-Grable-----#
Grandfather David Henry Grabill received custody of James' two sons after his death. 26 August 1913, the boys' mother Myrtle S. Williams, with her husband Michael S. Williams kidnapped the boys, under the alias Mr. & Mrs. C.K. Slater, and under false statement as C.K. Slater employed as a police officer. D.H. Grabill had the couple arrested and regained custody of the boys. http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1913-08-27/ed-1/seq-4/
According to the 1920 Federal Census, James' sons Floyd O., age 12, and Robert E., age 9, lived with their grandparents and uncle, David H. Grabill/Grable, Julia A. Grabill/Grable, and uncle Oren G. Grabill/Grable in Ione, Morrow County, Oregon.
--Thanks to Lena Meuterthies for research help.
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A maritime lithograph of "All Hands To The Pump" by the famous artist Henry Scott Tuke, was found by new owners (abt 2014) of the house Floyd's parents, David & Julia Grabill, built about 1896. This lithograph was in the walls of the attic, inside a media canister, and is from the late 1880's -1900's. It was addressed in calligraphy to Mrs. D.H. Grabill, Ione Oregon, Morrow County with eight 2-cent stamps on it.
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He is (buried) in Sunrise Cemetery on Sacramento St., in the Redman's plot without a headstone. I (Chip Carter) took a picture of his location. The Independent Order Of Redman (IOOR) own this plot and buried members for free back then. They still exist today in Vallejo. He is not buried at Mare Island because (he served his duty and then worked as a civilian for the US Navy). He is shown as Joseph, not James. (See burial card). Section CU, Lot 3, Block 1, Grave 4. His birth date is a guess at 1875 according to the groundskeeper. Three miles outside Vallejo is probably almost the Napa County line, (and very close to the train wreck).
--Manager's Note: Chip Carter spent many hours locating this grave, wrote the note except for (), and photographed the cemetery card and plot. Thank you, Chip!
MILITARY: USS Concord Crew Roster, Spanish American War, Battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898, Gunner's Mate, Third Class. http://www.spanamwar.com/concordcrew.html
Manila Bay Medal Recipient, USS Concord
http://www.history.navy.mil/medals/dewey/dewey5.htm
James Floyd Grable is listed in the book "The Battle of Manila Bay, May First, Eighteen Hundred & Ninety-eight: An ..." By William Wilson Galt.
James F. Grable served as an ordnanceman at Mare Island, across from Vallejo, Solano County, CA, in the U.S. Navy.
He married Myrtle Asenath Simpson (1887-1967), the daughter of Robert and Amelia Simpson. James and Myrtle were the parents of two children, Floyd Oren Grable (1907-1997), and Robert E. Grable. 1910 Census shows the Simpsons living with James, Myrtle, and Floyd. Myrtle abandoned James and boys.
http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19110604.2.40#
This link is from the San Francisco Call, Vol., 110, No. 4, Sunday, 4 June 1911.
Myrtle was granted a divorce in Portland, OR, 30 July 1912. She married Michael S. Williams in 1912.
James Floyd Grable was among the dead on 19 June 1913 in an electric car/train wreck. His son Floyd received bruises on both legs. "Cars come together on curve going full speed. Helpless passengers caught like rats in trap when two trains meet. Thirteen people were killed and 53 injured when the front end of the southbound care rose up over the northbound car and broke through the roof, squeezing a mass of passengers together against the floor"...Article with photos & illustration. Source: San Francisco Call, Volume 114, Number 20, 20 June 1913 — "Cars Come Together on Curve Going Full Speed" &"Dead and Injured in Wreck".
http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgibin/cdnca=d&d=SFC19130620.2.16&srpos=60&e=-------en--20--41--txt-txIN-Grable-----#
"ORPHAN MAY BE ADOPTED Ten year old Floyd Grable. whose father was instantly killed in the accident, was taken yesterday to the home of Mrs. A. Uehlinger in Vallejo after he had recovered from the effects of the collision. Although sitting right beside his father in the car, he escaped injury. It is said that Mrs. Uehlinger probably will adopt Floyd Grable and his younger brother as well."
http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19130621.2.15&srpos=61&e=-------en--20--61--txt-txIN-Grable-----#
Grandfather David Henry Grabill received custody of James' two sons after his death. 26 August 1913, the boys' mother Myrtle S. Williams, with her husband Michael S. Williams kidnapped the boys, under the alias Mr. & Mrs. C.K. Slater, and under false statement as C.K. Slater employed as a police officer. D.H. Grabill had the couple arrested and regained custody of the boys. http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1913-08-27/ed-1/seq-4/
According to the 1920 Federal Census, James' sons Floyd O., age 12, and Robert E., age 9, lived with their grandparents and uncle, David H. Grabill/Grable, Julia A. Grabill/Grable, and uncle Oren G. Grabill/Grable in Ione, Morrow County, Oregon.
--Thanks to Lena Meuterthies for research help.
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A maritime lithograph of "All Hands To The Pump" by the famous artist Henry Scott Tuke, was found by new owners (abt 2014) of the house Floyd's parents, David & Julia Grabill, built about 1896. This lithograph was in the walls of the attic, inside a media canister, and is from the late 1880's -1900's. It was addressed in calligraphy to Mrs. D.H. Grabill, Ione Oregon, Morrow County with eight 2-cent stamps on it.
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He is (buried) in Sunrise Cemetery on Sacramento St., in the Redman's plot without a headstone. I (Chip Carter) took a picture of his location. The Independent Order Of Redman (IOOR) own this plot and buried members for free back then. They still exist today in Vallejo. He is not buried at Mare Island because (he served his duty and then worked as a civilian for the US Navy). He is shown as Joseph, not James. (See burial card). Section CU, Lot 3, Block 1, Grave 4. His birth date is a guess at 1875 according to the groundskeeper. Three miles outside Vallejo is probably almost the Napa County line, (and very close to the train wreck).
--Manager's Note: Chip Carter spent many hours locating this grave, wrote the note except for (), and photographed the cemetery card and plot. Thank you, Chip!
Son of David Henry and Julia Ann (Jeffries) Grabill.
MILITARY: USS Concord Crew Roster, Spanish American War, Battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898, Gunner's Mate, Third Class. http://www.spanamwar.com/concordcrew.html
Manila Bay Medal Recipient, USS Concord
http://www.history.navy.mil/medals/dewey/dewey5.htm
James Floyd Grable is listed in the book "The Battle of Manila Bay, May First, Eighteen Hundred & Ninety-eight: An ..." By William Wilson Galt.
James F. Grable served as an ordnanceman at Mare Island, across from Vallejo, Solano County, CA, in the U.S. Navy.
He married Myrtle Asenath Simpson (1887-1967), the daughter of Robert and Amelia Simpson. James and Myrtle were the parents of two children, Floyd Oren Grable (1907-1997), and Robert E. Grable. 1910 Census shows the Simpsons living with James, Myrtle, and Floyd. Myrtle abandoned James and boys.
http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19110604.2.40#
This link is from the San Francisco Call, Vol., 110, No. 4, Sunday, 4 June 1911.
Myrtle was granted a divorce in Portland, OR, 30 July 1912. She married Michael S. Williams in 1912.
James Floyd Grable was among the dead on 19 June 1913 in an electric car/train wreck. His son Floyd received bruises on both legs. "Cars come together on curve going full speed. Helpless passengers caught like rats in trap when two trains meet. Thirteen people were killed and 53 injured when the front end of the southbound care rose up over the northbound car and broke through the roof, squeezing a mass of passengers together against the floor"...Article with photos & illustration. Source: San Francisco Call, Volume 114, Number 20, 20 June 1913 — "Cars Come Together on Curve Going Full Speed" &"Dead and Injured in Wreck".
http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgibin/cdnca=d&d=SFC19130620.2.16&srpos=60&e=-------en--20--41--txt-txIN-Grable-----#
"ORPHAN MAY BE ADOPTED Ten year old Floyd Grable. whose father was instantly killed in the accident, was taken yesterday to the home of Mrs. A. Uehlinger in Vallejo after he had recovered from the effects of the collision. Although sitting right beside his father in the car, he escaped injury. It is said that Mrs. Uehlinger probably will adopt Floyd Grable and his younger brother as well."
http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19130621.2.15&srpos=61&e=-------en--20--61--txt-txIN-Grable-----#
Grandfather David Henry Grabill received custody of James' two sons after his death. 26 August 1913, the boys' mother Myrtle S. Williams, with her husband Michael S. Williams kidnapped the boys, under the alias Mr. & Mrs. C.K. Slater, and under false statement as C.K. Slater employed as a police officer. D.H. Grabill had the couple arrested and regained custody of the boys. http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1913-08-27/ed-1/seq-4/
According to the 1920 Federal Census, James' sons Floyd O., age 12, and Robert E., age 9, lived with their grandparents and uncle, David H. Grabill/Grable, Julia A. Grabill/Grable, and uncle Oren G. Grabill/Grable in Ione, Morrow County, Oregon.
--Thanks to Lena Meuterthies for research help.
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A maritime lithograph of "All Hands To The Pump" by the famous artist Henry Scott Tuke, was found by new owners (abt 2014) of the house Floyd's parents, David & Julia Grabill, built about 1896. This lithograph was in the walls of the attic, inside a media canister, and is from the late 1880's -1900's. It was addressed in calligraphy to Mrs. D.H. Grabill, Ione Oregon, Morrow County with eight 2-cent stamps on it.
***********************************************************
He is (buried) in Sunrise Cemetery on Sacramento St., in the Redman's plot without a headstone. I (Chip Carter) took a picture of his location. The Independent Order Of Redman (IOOR) own this plot and buried members for free back then. They still exist today in Vallejo. He is not buried at Mare Island because (he served his duty and then worked as a civilian for the US Navy). He is shown as Joseph, not James. (See burial card). Section CU, Lot 3, Block 1, Grave 4. His birth date is a guess at 1875 according to the groundskeeper. Three miles outside Vallejo is probably almost the Napa County line, (and very close to the train wreck).
--Manager's Note: Chip Carter spent many hours locating this grave, wrote the note except for (), and photographed the cemetery card and plot. Thank you, Chip!
MILITARY: USS Concord Crew Roster, Spanish American War, Battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898, Gunner's Mate, Third Class. http://www.spanamwar.com/concordcrew.html
Manila Bay Medal Recipient, USS Concord
http://www.history.navy.mil/medals/dewey/dewey5.htm
James Floyd Grable is listed in the book "The Battle of Manila Bay, May First, Eighteen Hundred & Ninety-eight: An ..." By William Wilson Galt.
James F. Grable served as an ordnanceman at Mare Island, across from Vallejo, Solano County, CA, in the U.S. Navy.
He married Myrtle Asenath Simpson (1887-1967), the daughter of Robert and Amelia Simpson. James and Myrtle were the parents of two children, Floyd Oren Grable (1907-1997), and Robert E. Grable. 1910 Census shows the Simpsons living with James, Myrtle, and Floyd. Myrtle abandoned James and boys.
http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19110604.2.40#
This link is from the San Francisco Call, Vol., 110, No. 4, Sunday, 4 June 1911.
Myrtle was granted a divorce in Portland, OR, 30 July 1912. She married Michael S. Williams in 1912.
James Floyd Grable was among the dead on 19 June 1913 in an electric car/train wreck. His son Floyd received bruises on both legs. "Cars come together on curve going full speed. Helpless passengers caught like rats in trap when two trains meet. Thirteen people were killed and 53 injured when the front end of the southbound care rose up over the northbound car and broke through the roof, squeezing a mass of passengers together against the floor"...Article with photos & illustration. Source: San Francisco Call, Volume 114, Number 20, 20 June 1913 — "Cars Come Together on Curve Going Full Speed" &"Dead and Injured in Wreck".
http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgibin/cdnca=d&d=SFC19130620.2.16&srpos=60&e=-------en--20--41--txt-txIN-Grable-----#
"ORPHAN MAY BE ADOPTED Ten year old Floyd Grable. whose father was instantly killed in the accident, was taken yesterday to the home of Mrs. A. Uehlinger in Vallejo after he had recovered from the effects of the collision. Although sitting right beside his father in the car, he escaped injury. It is said that Mrs. Uehlinger probably will adopt Floyd Grable and his younger brother as well."
http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19130621.2.15&srpos=61&e=-------en--20--61--txt-txIN-Grable-----#
Grandfather David Henry Grabill received custody of James' two sons after his death. 26 August 1913, the boys' mother Myrtle S. Williams, with her husband Michael S. Williams kidnapped the boys, under the alias Mr. & Mrs. C.K. Slater, and under false statement as C.K. Slater employed as a police officer. D.H. Grabill had the couple arrested and regained custody of the boys. http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1913-08-27/ed-1/seq-4/
According to the 1920 Federal Census, James' sons Floyd O., age 12, and Robert E., age 9, lived with their grandparents and uncle, David H. Grabill/Grable, Julia A. Grabill/Grable, and uncle Oren G. Grabill/Grable in Ione, Morrow County, Oregon.
--Thanks to Lena Meuterthies for research help.
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A maritime lithograph of "All Hands To The Pump" by the famous artist Henry Scott Tuke, was found by new owners (abt 2014) of the house Floyd's parents, David & Julia Grabill, built about 1896. This lithograph was in the walls of the attic, inside a media canister, and is from the late 1880's -1900's. It was addressed in calligraphy to Mrs. D.H. Grabill, Ione Oregon, Morrow County with eight 2-cent stamps on it.
***********************************************************
He is (buried) in Sunrise Cemetery on Sacramento St., in the Redman's plot without a headstone. I (Chip Carter) took a picture of his location. The Independent Order Of Redman (IOOR) own this plot and buried members for free back then. They still exist today in Vallejo. He is not buried at Mare Island because (he served his duty and then worked as a civilian for the US Navy). He is shown as Joseph, not James. (See burial card). Section CU, Lot 3, Block 1, Grave 4. His birth date is a guess at 1875 according to the groundskeeper. Three miles outside Vallejo is probably almost the Napa County line, (and very close to the train wreck).
--Manager's Note: Chip Carter spent many hours locating this grave, wrote the note except for (), and photographed the cemetery card and plot. Thank you, Chip!
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