Luginbuhl, Gilgeni Family - Luginbuel Funeral Home

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More About WILLIAM H. LUGINBILL:
Burial: Four Mile Cemetery - Speiser Precinct, Richardson County NE, nearHumboldt, NE
More About ANNA BARBARA GROSSENBACHER:
Burial: Four Mile Cemetery - Speiser Precinct, Richardson County NE, nearHumboldt, NE
Children of WILLIAM LUGINBILL and ANNA GROSSENBACHER are:
29. i. JOHN CHRISTIAN13 LUGINBILL, b. February 06, 1878, Speiser Precinct, Richardson County, Nebraska;
d. February 1938, Speiser Precinct, Richardson County, Nebraska.
30. ii. MARY ELIZABETH LUGINBILL, b. December 1881, Speiser Precinct, Richardson County, Nebraska; d.
1973, Cottage Grove, Kansas.
17. PETER12 LUGINBILL (JOHN THOMAS JOHANNCS11, PETER10 LUGENBUHL, PETER9, PETER8
LUGINBUHL, PETER7, PETER6, CHRISTIAN5, NIKLAUS4, PETER3, PETER2, GILGEN1) was born November
18, 1851 in Winesburg, Holmes County, Ohio, and died October 13, 1926 in Humboldt - Richardson County, NE. He
married ANNA ELIZABETH STALDER April 19, 1880 in Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska, daughter of
JACOB STALDER and MARY FRANKHOUSER. She was born July 11, 1853 in Fulton County, OH, and died
September 02, 1929 in Farm Home, Humboldt, NE.
Notes for PETER LUGINBILL:
History of Richardson County, Spicer Township, NE
Peter Luginbill became a pioneer legended in Richardson County, Nebraska, because he was a happy, generous, hardworking
person whom everyone loved. He was the second son of JOhn, born in Ohio (1851) and died in 1926. He is
buried at the Four Mile Cemetery surrounded by his children and family friends.
"Grandpa Pete," as he was affectionately called by his many grandchildren, married Elizabeth (Lizzie) Stalder in Falls
City, Nebraska, in April 1880. By this time he had a farm of his own and went about the task of making living
conditions better for his new bride. It wasn't too long, however, before a family was started, for Fred Luginbill was
born in 1881, followed by Rosa in 1882. After a two-year lapse son Peter was born in 1884. Mamie came along in
1887, followed by Jessie in 1888. The remaining two children, making a total of seven, were William (1890) and Lucy
(1892).
So Peter Luginbill had to work hard, long hours in the fields or his seven children. But he still found time to enjoy a
game of horseshoes, a lively card game or a visit with a relative. The latter he liked best of all and the years slid by all
to quickly.
Befor his father died in 1897, Peter was a well-situated and prosperous farmer. In 1891, he built a new house, barn,
smokehouse, henhouse and other farm buildings. it is not known which was built first -- the family home o rthe barn.
But it is certain that the barn on Peter's farm about a mile north of Four Mile Creek was completed in 1891 and still
stands in 1985. It is unique. There are no nails in the structure since wooden pins hold it together. A man made earthen
ridge faces the north. Huge stone blocks join the earthen ridge and make up the east and west sides of the building. The
south side of the barn is two storeis with a place for livestock below and hayloft above that covers the entire second
story.
From the basic earth and stone foundation the barn if completed with wooden beams notched together and pinned. The
siding overlaps as only an expert carpenter could manage. A keen imagination must have been at work in the planning
of the structure for livestock are protected on the north, east and west by earth and stone. The hayloft affords good
insulation above the stall entrances all face south. (It is interesting to note that an identical replica stands on the farm
first homesteaded by Peter's father, John. Older, but in good shape this must have been the one Peter copied on his
land.)
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