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Obediah Gensel
1820 - 1913 (92 years)-
Name Obediah Gensel Born 29 Apr 1820 Catawissa, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States 
Gender Male Buried Mar 1913 Granite Creek, Mitchell, Kansas Died 16 Mar 1913 Cawker City, Mitchell, Kansas, United States Person ID I7430 Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark Last Modified 11 Jan 2014
Father Gideon Gensel, c. 28 Aug 1786, Roaring Creek Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 24 Oct 1846, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States (Age ~ 60 years) Mother Catherine Fisher, b. 17 May 1792, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 5 May 1862, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 69 years) Married Abt 1812 Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States Family ID F655 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Catherine Swank, b. 22 Jan 1820, Dushore, Sullivan, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 2 Jan 1908, Cawker City, Mitchell, Kansas, United States (Age 87 years) Married 22 Jul 1840 Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States Children + 1. Emma Nancy Gansel, b. 22 Aug 1841, Briar Creek, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States , d. Yes, date unknown+ 2. Malinda Gansel, b. 17 Oct 1843, Briar Creek, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 19 Nov 1942, Cawker City, Mitchell, Kansas, United States (Age 99 years)+ 3. Rebecca Gansel, b. 3 Apr 1846, Briar Creek, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 12 Jan 1931, Glen Elder, Mitchell, Kansas, United States (Age 84 years)4. Sarah Gansel, b. 17 Jun 1848, Briar Creek, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States , d. Yes, date unknown5. Amanda Amy Gansel, b. 17 Apr 1852, Briar Creek, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States , d. Yes, date unknown6. Ellis Walden Gansel, b. 16 Sep 1855, Berwick, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 19 Mar 1857, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 1 years)7. Phoebe Gansel, b. 15 Oct 1858, Berwick, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States , d. Jan 1883 (Age 24 years)+ 8. Daniel Fairchild Gansel, b. 30 Jul 1861, Dushore, Sullivan, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 13 Mar 1959, Mitchell, Kansas, United States (Age 97 years)+ 9. Flora May Gansel, b. 15 Oct 1865, Dushore, Sullivan, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 22 Mar 1946, Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States (Age 80 years)Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 Family ID F2120 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 29 Apr 1820 - Catawissa, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States 
Married - 22 Jul 1840 - Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States 
Died - 16 Mar 1913 - Cawker City, Mitchell, Kansas, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - BIR,MG: Bk of Biographies 974.8 D3bb pg534-35 (flm 0924645/1):Gideon Gansel, fthr of Joseph Gansel bn Roaring Crk Twp, md Catherine Fisher, children: Phoebe, John, Joseph, Obadiah, Samuel, Peter, Jacob, David, Sarah, Rebecc; Columbia Co land rcd V14 pg 413-30 Jan 1850: Catharine Gansel, Jacob Hosler, Phebean Hosler, John Gansel, Joseph Gansel, Obadiah Gansel etc... to Stephen Michael, Briarcrk Twp.
BIR,MG: IGI 9061107/15 flm1553658: bn 29 Apr 1820 Catawissa, Columbia, PA; md to Catherine Swank 22 Jul 1840 Columbia PA, Flm 1985721-SS:20 Sep 1995 Seattle
1850 CENSUS: PA Columbia Co-Briarcrk flm 444747-6 Aug,pg 147 Dw 16:
GENSIL, Obediah 28/PA boatman; Catherine 29/PA; Amy 8/PA; Malinda 7/PA;
Rebecca 5/PA; Sarah 2/PA; John SILK 13/NY; Levi SNYDER 23/PA boatman
1860 CENSUS: PA Sullivan Co-Cherry Twp, Dushore PO-12 Jul pg 705-6 Dw 200:
GENSELL, Obut 42/PA farmer; Catherine 42/PA; Emmy 19/PA hswrk; Melinda 17/PA
hswrk; Rebecca 14/PA hswrk; Such 11/PA-f (cdn't read); Amanda 8/PA;
Phoebe 2/PA; David Swank 22/PA farmhand
1870 CENSUS: PA Sull Co-Cherry Twp, Dushore PO-flm 552952-29 Jun pg12 Dw 161:
GANSEL, Obed 52/PA farmer; Catherine 42/PA; Amanda 18/PA; Phebe 11/PA;
Daniel 9/PA; Flora 4/PA; Susan Fulmer 82/PA
1880 CENSUS: KS,Mitchell Co-Glen Elden TWP 10 Jun ED179,pg53,Dw121:
GANSEL, Obed 60/PA (PA,PA) farmer; Catherine 60/PA (PA,PA); Phebe 22/PA
dau at home; Daniel 18/PA; Flora M 15/PA
1900 CENSUS:KS,Mitchel Co-Glen Elder City pg 1860-24 June (Cologe St) Dw 217:
GANSEL, Obed Apr 1820-80/PA (PA,PA) md 60y, own frm,hm; Katie Jan 1820-80/PA
(PA,PA) 7/9 children; Dannie R-grson Jan 1885-17/MO (MO,PA); Flora A
grdau Apr 1881-19/MO (MO,PA)
BIR,DTH,BUR: Mitchell Co KS Cemeteries V1 pg63:Obed Gansel 29 Apr 1820-16 Mar 1913, bur Granite Creek ssa Catherine; Bk FHL 978.123/C1 D2c pg ..:"Chas Green & Malinda Gansel" : Obed Gansel & wife (Arilla?) came frm PA Dutch cntry nr Harrisburg 1870 & homesteaded east of Cawker. Donated piece of farm for Granite Crk Cem, which was removed when Glen Elder Dam in.
BIR,MG,DTH,BUR: Florene Hunt, AFN:GHN5-D6-bn 20 Apr 1820, Mifflin; dd 16 Mar 1913 Mitchell Co KS; bur Cawker City KS; md Katherine Swank Jul 1840
- BIR,MG: Bk of Biographies 974.8 D3bb pg534-35 (flm 0924645/1):Gideon Gansel, fthr of Joseph Gansel bn Roaring Crk Twp, md Catherine Fisher, children: Phoebe, John, Joseph, Obadiah, Samuel, Peter, Jacob, David, Sarah, Rebecc; Columbia Co land rcd V14 pg 413-30 Jan 1850: Catharine Gansel, Jacob Hosler, Phebean Hosler, John Gansel, Joseph Gansel, Obadiah Gansel etc... to Stephen Michael, Briarcrk Twp.