Pierce Albert Stabler1 
M, (23 May 1871 - 9 April 1941)
- Relationships
- 8th great-grandson of Herman Op Den Graeff
5th great-grandson of Hans Stäbler
5th great-grandson of Hans Peter Walz
Pierce Albert Stabler was born on 23 May 1871 at farm of Abraham Stabler, Anthony Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.2,1 He was the son of Abraham Stabler and Margaretha Anna Rhote. Pierce Albert Stabler was baptized at Anthony Baptist Church, Anthony Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. He married, at age 24, Mary Elizabeth Ulmer, age 22, daughter of John Ulmer and Christina Foltz, on Tuesday, 24 December 1895 at Quiggleville, Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Pierce Albert Stabler died on 9 April 1941 at farm of Pierce Albert Stabler, Anthony Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at age 69 years, 10 months and 17 days.2,1 He was buried on 12 April 1941 in the Salladasburg Cemetery, located in Salladasburg, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. The funeral service was officiated by Reverend Benjamin Griffin Hoffman.1
Pierce Albert Stabler died of a heart attack suffered in the barn in one of the horse stalls while doing morning chores. Fred had left to go in for breakfast and Pierce was to follow shortly, upon waiting and Pierce not coming Fred went back to the barn to find his father dead next to one of their horses. He was buried at 2:30PM on the Saturday following his death, with services held at St. John's Evangelical United Brethren Chapel located in Anthony Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. He was a democrat in politics and an avid hunter. He was also an active member of St. John's Chapel Evangelical Church. Pierce Albert Stabler was was a dairy farmer and also did some work as a bark stripper of hemlock trees for the tannery in Newberry, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania between 1890 and 1940.
Pierce Albert Stabler died of a heart attack suffered in the barn in one of the horse stalls while doing morning chores. Fred had left to go in for breakfast and Pierce was to follow shortly, upon waiting and Pierce not coming Fred went back to the barn to find his father dead next to one of their horses. He was buried at 2:30PM on the Saturday following his death, with services held at St. John's Evangelical United Brethren Chapel located in Anthony Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. He was a democrat in politics and an avid hunter. He was also an active member of St. John's Chapel Evangelical Church. Pierce Albert Stabler was was a dairy farmer and also did some work as a bark stripper of hemlock trees for the tannery in Newberry, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania between 1890 and 1940.
Children of Pierce Albert Stabler and Mary Elizabeth Ulmer
- Margaret Christina Stabler+ (7 Jun 1899 - 8 Nov 1980)
- Frederick Ulmer Stabler+ (11 Jul 1907 - 15 Aug 2005)
Last Edited=27 Jul 2020
Citations
- [S857] Memorial card from the funeral of Pierce A. Stabler at Salladasburg Cemetery. Bastian Funeral Service, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 12 April 1941. The original was given to the author, by his grandfather Frederick Ulmer Stabler (1907-2005). The card was a part of his collection of personal memorabilia that he had collected throughout his lifetime. Kevin Leonard Sholder, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
- [S2] Family records from Abraham Stabler Family Bible, The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated out of the Original Tongues, with the Apocrypha, Concordance and Psalms and Revised New Testament (Philadelphia [Pennsylvania]: National Publishing Company, 1885); original owned in 2005 by Daniel Stabler, (Cogan Station, Pennsylvania). This Bible originally belonged to Abraham Stabler (1845-1923) being handed down on his death to his son Pierce Albert Stabler (1871-1941) and remained in the Stabler household until his death. At this time his son Frederick Ulmer Stabler (1907-2005) owned the Bible until the time of his death at which time it passed to his son Daniel Leroy Stabler.