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Note: Daniel Mowery, a student at Cincinnati University, found that the sons of William Gagle were raised by Abraham Mowery, his great-great-great grandfather. He discovered the names Mathias, William, George, and a David, on the 1850 census for Jay County, Indiana listed with Abraham. On the 1860 census they were identified as Gagle. In addition to the census there are documents showing property being sold and bought between Abraham Mowery and both William and Mathias at various times. Later a legal action to settle the estate of William after his death and after his wife Anna (Barbara) married Abraham, which is the apparent reason the boys were living with Abraham, led to the conclusion that William was the father and Barbara the mother.
It is fairly conclusive that William Gagle's wife Anna, later the wife of Abraham Mowery, Christina Barbara are one and the same. Carol Peterson of CA found the same listing and came to the same conclusion. It is fairly certain that William died around 1844 about the time David was born. The advantages of the New World for William being short lived. Anna, (aka) Cristina Barbara married Abraham and the boys lived with them.
Abraham sold 40 acres of land to Mathias Gagle. Mathias sold 20 acres of land to Abraham in Dec. 1859, which was then sold by Abraham to Wm. Gibson in Mar. 1862. Gibson (only based on name and location) may have been the father to Elizabeth Gibson who became the wife of Mathias. Abraham sold another 40 acres to William Gagle in Feb. 1867. The name, Christina, appears on the sale to Mathias in Dec. 1859 but Abraham's new wife, Rachel Carmene Mowery appears on the sale to William in 1867. Christina (Anna) Barbara must have died around 1860-62. Daniel Mowery says Rachel is his great-great-great grandmother and was almost 22 at that time while Abraham was about 70. Abraham Mowery died in June, 1869. The census near the time of Anna's possible death shows a female living with them which may have been domestic help for Anna. This may indicate her failing health. Christina and Abraham had a daughter who died in infancy. They are reported to have been buried in the cemetery at the Ohio-Indiana line. Reported by Daniel Mowery but the site has not been visited for confirmation yet.
The 1860 census shows that George, at age 18, was working as a laborer on two farms in the area. David at age 15 was still with Abraham and Cristina. Mathias at age 24 had a farm and William at age 22 was living with him.
The following was prepared by Leroy (Lee) Gagle in 1998 to send to various relatives and possible sources in the search for more information about the family.
Available information regarding William and Anna Gagle:
Sometime between 1837 and 1841 William Gagle and his wife Anna (Smith) set sail for the New World with two sons, Mathias and William. It is quite possible that the name Gagle was changed from a German equivalent to what it sounded like to an Immigration Officer in this country. The same is true of Anna's maiden surname. Anna�s name may have been shortened as is mentioned later.
The time of emigration is based on the birth of a third son John George in October of 1841, which is assumed to have happened after their arrival in this country.
The family, some of which stayed behind, was from Germany, were said to have owned and run a mill. That would most likely be a grain mill since they were farmers in this country. It was said that the mill was in "Seven Hills" near Berlin. Around 1860 or 1870, someone made a trip to Germany and reported they saw the mill with the family name on the building. There is an area near Bonn called Siebengebirge which translates as Seven Hills. We have been unsuccessful, through e-mail contacts or through a trip by Steve and Sue Gagle, to find any information of a mill or the family in this area. The search in the area of Berlin continues.
Where William and Anna and the boys sailed from is not known. Maybe it was from Bremen or Hamburg. Unfortunately emigration records from Hamburg begin about 1850. Records for Bremen, where the largest number of emigrates left from in that time, were destroyed in 1875.
The religious preference of the family is not known however one source reported that John George became a member of the German Lutheran Church early in his life. This may indicate the family was
also Lutheran.
Further word from the Mowery family in December, 1998 resulted in my writing the following:
At one point it was thought that the father of the boys was named J.G., the initials being unexplained. Later the Mowery family continuing to research their family located a legal record regarding the estate settlement for William Gagle which discarded the thought.
[Keep in mind that Anna, Christina Barbara, and Barbara is the same person. Also that Goegle, Gagle, and Gagel as well as Mowry, Mowery, and Maurer are variations of the spelling of last names.]
The case was to settle the estate of William which had debts greater than its assets. This caused the Administrator, a M.W. Smith, to sell land William owned (or was buying) to cover the debt. In that time when a husband died without a Will his spouse has the right to one-third of his land as a dower. This means she has the use of the land, the best one-third portion, until her death when it passes to other heirs. Since the law provided a dower to Barbara, a petition to sell the land had to include Abraham and Barbara Mowry.
The record of the Administrator's petition is part of the Chancery Record, 1837-1857, volume D, beginning on page 607 and available at Wright State University Library, Dayton, Ohio.
The petition, in addition to establishing that the value of William's estate was less than his debts, it says: "The said Decedent died leaving Barbara Goegle his widow since intermarried with Abraham Mowry who is entitled to dower in the premises. The following persons are the heirs having the next estate of inheritance in the premises above described from the said Decedent, Namely William Goegle, Mathias Goegle, George Goegle, & David Goegle."
The result of the action was the carving out of one-third of 80 acres for Barbara, and the sale of the remainder to cover the debt. The procedure took place over five years. It began 17 July 1846 and was not concluded until 21 October 1851.
The earlier thought that the name was J.G. came from the marriage license of John George and Julia A. Wilson which is among the documents that Carol Peterson provided. It lists John George as the son of J.G. Gagle and Anna Smith. Carol now agrees that this is in error. Perhaps when asked for his father's name he did not know it or misunderstood the question and responded with his own initials.
The marriage record for David Gagel does not list his parents names. So far we have not located any records for Mathias or William that might list parents.
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