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Submitted: 6/28/13 • Approved: 6/29/13 • Last Updated: 7/2/13 • R254395-G0-S3
George William Zwiebel
b. 13 Sept 1832 France
d. 23 Mar 1878 Papillion, NE
s/o Johann & Magdalena Zwiebel
h/o Sophia Elsass
Bio
The first of four sons, George William Zwiebel was born on the 13th of September 1832 in Rothbach to Johann Michael and Magdalena. George grew to manhood living with the family in Auglaize County until 1854 when he married Sophia Elsass from the same area. Six months after the birth of their first son, Michael, in April of 1856, the couple left Ohio and headed for a new frontier in Nebraska.
Traveling by train to St. Louis and then up the Missouri River by steamboat, the couple landed in a small trading post known as Bellevue. George located a piece of land about eight miles southeast of Papillion, Nebraska in Sarpy County, and here the family set up housekeeping. He soon erected a stone house for the family and set to work farming.
In the next six years, three more sons, George in 1857, Philip in 1860, and John in 1863, were born at the farmstead. Following George's death in 1878, his four sons continued working the farm until 1884, when it was divided between them. Sophia lived with her son Philip in the stone house until 1890, when she moved into Papillion. She remained there until her age forced her to return to the old homestead where she died on the 19th of February 1921 at the age of 86 years.
Contributed on 6/28/13 by kweaver1017
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