Ephriam Fritz

1849 - 1926  (76 years)

• Name	Ephriam Fritz
  	Headstone spells name Ephriam
  Born	30 Sep 1849	Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
  	Headstone indicates DOB year as 1849
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Feb 1926	Olney, Richland County, Illinois
  Buried	Oakwood Cemetery, Dixon, Lee County, Illinois
  Person ID	I14765	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Ananias Fritz,   b. 1 Oct 1821, Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 Jun 1906, Dixon, Lee County, Illinois  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Harriet Rhoads Fritz,   b. 28 Aug 1828,   d. 10 Sep 1864  (Age 36 years)
  Married	28 Apr 1846	Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F3274	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amelia C Seibert Fritz,   b. 1851,   d. 1905  (Age 54 years)
  Married	10 Jul 1873	Dixon, Lee County, Illinois
  Children	1. Flora Amelia Fritz Girton,   b. 1874,   d. 1967  (Age 93 years)   2. Harry Seibert Fritz,   b. 1875,   d. 1962  (Age 87 years)   3. Ida May Fritz,   b. 1877,   d. 1916  (Age 39 years)   4. Walter Ephriam Fritz,   b. 1884,   d. 1965  (Age 81 years)
  Last Modified	23 May 2018 13:47:25
  Family ID	F3590	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 10 Jul 1873 - Dixon, Lee County, Illinois Buried - - Oakwood Cemetery, Dixon, Lee County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Fritz, Ephraim Ephraim Fritz, farmer, Dixon, son of Ananias and Harriet Fritz, was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, September 30, 1847. His parents migrated to South Dixon, Lee county, in April 1852, and bought a farm of 135 acres in S.E. 1/4 Sec. 13. It has a southern aspect and is well adapted for agricultural and pasturage. His mother died in 1864, and his father has removed to Kansas, where at present he farms 140 acres. The subject of his sketch, July 10, 1873, was united in marriage to Miss A.C. Seibert, daughter of Rev. James L.W. Seibert, Somerset county, Pennsylvania. They have three children, two girls and one boy, named Flora Amelia, Harry Seibert, and Ida May, aged respectively seven, five and four years. Mr. Fritz was for three years in the Illinois Central railroad office at Eldena. [Note: not officially an obituary, but we are indexing it in this manner.]
  		Obituary- Fritz, Ephraim 2 Ephriam [sic] Fritz Former Dixonite, is Dead at Olney The remains of Ephriam Fritz, former resident of Dixon, who passed away February 23, at his home at Olney, Ill., will arrive in Dixon this evening and will be taken to the Staples-Moyer mortuary. Funeral services will be conducted from the Staples-Moyer chapel Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock; Rev. Lloyd W. Walter officiating and with interment in Oakwood. Mr. Fritz left Dixon several years ago and of late years has made his home at Olney. His wife preceded him in death about 18 years ago. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. E.C. Girton of Brookings, S.D., and two sons, harry of Mobridge, S.D. and Walter of Waukegan. The obituary will be published later. The above was received Monday evening by Mrs. Dave Kesler from a Dixon, Ill., newspaper and was the first news she had of the death of her brother, Eph Fritz. His death occurred at 8 o'clock February 29th, just two hours later than the death of another brother, Mr. Frank Fritz and St. Francis hospital Topeka. The deceased gentleman had been ailing for some time and his death was not unexpected to his immediate relatives but was a shock to the sister, Mrs. Kesler.