Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Marie Christine Koblegard
Ancestors of Marie Christine Koblegard
4.Niis Jacobsen Kobbelgaard, born June 09, 1819 in Djernis, Denmark; died 1850 in Flensborg, Germany.He was the son of 8. Jacob Niissen Kobbelgaard and 9. Metta Magdaline Skyt-Hinnrichsdatter.He married 5. Marie Christine Hansen November 21, 1845 in Lunderup-Rise, Denmark.
5.Marie Christine Hansen, born February 19, 1820 in Grundtoft Angel, Denmark; died June 27, 1858 in Lunderup, Denmark.
Children of Niis Kobbelgaard and Marie Hansen are:
| i. | John Kobbelgaard, born September 03, 1846 in Aabenraa, Denmark; died Bet. 1928 - 1929 in at the age of 82; married Jessie L. Patton 1873; died December 16, 1926. |
| Notes for John Kobbelgaard: Emigrated to the United States in 1865. Source - "Morgantown State Library In every prosperous city a few names stand out as conspicuous representatives of that honor and integrity which are the foundation stones of commercial enterprise. Such a name in Clarksburg is that of John Koblegard, now retired after nearly half a century of constructive effort as a wholesale merchant. He was born at Abenade, Sleswig, Denmark, September 3, 1846, son of Niels and Mary (Hanson) Koblegard. His early education in Denmark has since been generously supplemented by the great school of a wide experience in life. A youth of nineteen, he and five other young men from the same community came to this country in 1865, just at the close of the American Civil war. In the following year his brother, the late Jacob Koblegard, also came to the United States. John Koblegard for the first two years lived at Urbana, Ohio, and for another two years at Springfield, Ohio, and in the spring of 1869 he and the late John L. Ruhl came to Clarksburg. These young men entered the produce business, and from that time forward they were closely associated in their business affairs, also neighbors and close friends, until the death of Mr. Ruhl on December 18, 1921. After two years at Clarksburg they removed to Chicago in 1871 and were in the produce business in that city until 1876, going into business there about the time of the great fire. Incidentally it should be noted that this firm were the first shippers of eggs across the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast. On their return to Clarksburg they again acquired their old produce business, and in 1880 they entered the wholesale grocery business under the firm name of Ruhl, Koblegard and Company. It was an important and successful firm name for about twenty years, and is still well remembered by many grocery men who obtained their early training in the house. After selling out their interests in the wholesale grocery trade, Mr. Koblegard and Mr. Ruhl founded the Koblegard Dry Goods Company and the Williams Hardware Company as permanent wholesale concerns of Clarksburg. A number of years ago the West Fork Glass Company was organized, most of the stockholders being Clarksburg people. After a period of operation the company failed to meet the expectation of its founders, and Mr. Koblegard was induced to take charge of the business. Under his management it grew and thrived, and was put on a sound financial basis. Mr. Koblegard continued in control until about two years ago, when he and others sold their interests. Since then Mr. Koblegard has retired. His business career has been more than successful, since his individual success has also involved the success and prosperity of others and the community at large. It is safe to say that no citizen of Clarksburg is more highly respected than John Koblegard. He has been one of the founders of the city's modern business and institutional affairs. His public spirit has been a constant quantity in the community, and it has been manifested again and again, though normally he is strictly a man of business. Political honors have never been sought by him, and he has freely exercised his independence in voting, though in national affairs he is a republican. He was reared a Lutheran, but in the absence of a church of that denomination at Clarksburg he became associated with the Presbyterian membership many years ago, and has been very active in the cause. He has long been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Koblegard married in 1873, at Clarksburg, Miss Jessie L. Patton, daughter of James Patton, a Scotchman, who had the distinction of being one of a number of men who opened one of the first coal mines at Clarksburg. Mr. and Mrs. Koblegard had six children: Lillie, Clara, Robert (deceased), Jessie, Jean and John. |
| 2 | ii. | Jacob Niis Kobbelgaard, born October 02, 1848 in Aabenraa or Lunderup Rise, Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark; died September 01, 1919 in Aboard Ship: enroute Denmark via Germany; married Isophene Alma Powell May 01, 1873 in Clarksburg, WV. | ||
| iii. | Peter Kobbelgaard, born June 06, 1850 in Lunderup-Rise, Denmark; died January 22, 1924 in Oerslev, Denmark; married Christine (Brown) Schmidt December 18, 1890 in Denmark; born June 01, 1852 in Hejselbjerg, Denmark; died April 23, 1931 in Oerslev, Denmark. |
| More About Peter Kobbelgaard: Occupation: Farmer |
| iv. | Elsebeth Christina Kobbelgaard, born December 16, 1854; died May 27, 1935; married Jes Nicolaj Petersen; born January 22, 1842 in Schoderup, Angel, Denmark; died November 10, 1921. | |||
| v. | Anna Kobbelgaard, married Louis Kiergaard. |
| Notes for Anna Kobbelgaard: Came to the United States after John and Jacob. Lived in California. |
7.Rosina Dearing, born May 13, 1832 in Culpepper, Co., VA; died May 01, 1915 in Clarksburg, WV.She was the daughter of 14. William R. Dearing and 15. Elizabeth Keith.
Notes for Levi Jefferson Powell:
Per Sissy Harcus, there have circulated two distinct stories of his death - neither of which has been confirmed:
1) He was shot by the husbad of a woman with whom he was having an affair, or
2) He was shot in response to an anti-slavery article published in his newspaper. However, per Sissy, the dates of publication and the murder are not convincing as to the anti-slavery issue. Copies of the newspaper are available at the Morgantown, WV library.
Bills and Resolutions, Senate, 41th Congress: Keywords
... which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed.
A Bill For the relief of Levi J. Powell, of West Virginia. (S. 1369). ...
memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/browse/llsb_041_keyw.html - 101k -
More About Levi Jefferson Powell:
Burial: IOOF Cemetary, Clarksburg, WV
| Notes for Rosina Dearing: Icie De Mott has her birth as 5/23/1832. |
Children of Levi Powell and Rosina Dearing are:
| i. | Madora Alcyone Powell, born 1852 in Parkersburg, WV; died 1928 in Tulsa, OK. |
| Notes for Madora Alcyone Powell: Madora ("Dora") died in Tulsa, OK while visiting her niece, Marie Christine Koblegard Minshall and family. Marie's youngest child, Christine Koblegard Minshall Haynes ("Mom"), recalls that Dora had a beautiful singing voice, was playful, told wonderful stories and loved children. Madora never married and had no children. Mom recalls two items which Dora made for her that she loved very much: a doll with a calico dress, the head of which was made from a black walnut, with the pointed end for the nose; and, a "book" which Dora had covered with cloth and which was filled with pictures of puppies, children playing and such, cut from magazines. |
| 3 | ii. | Isophene Alma Powell, born November 16, 1854 in St. Marys, VA; died December 1945 in Weston, WV; married Jacob Niis Kobbelgaard May 01, 1873 in Clarksburg, WV. | ||
| iii. | William Alton Powell, born November 16, 1858; died August 21, 1955 in Jane Lew, WV; married Ida May Holmes; born September 04, 1860; died Abt. 1929. |
| Notes for William Alton Powell: Icie De Mott has his death as 11/16/57. |