~ MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER ~
written by: Carl
summarized or enhanced by: Heather
great-great-grandchild of Christopher
Samuel spent most of his youth in Elk Lick helping with family chores. After he married Emma, they settled in Falls City, Nebraska, where he entered the clothing business. He would send home cuttings of fabric which were used to make patchwork quilts.
Started out as a cobbler. Then in 1868, at twenty years old and yet unmarried, Samuel migrated and spent a short time as a day laborer with a farmer in Lee County, Illinois, west of Chicago. In 1870, he moved to Falls City, Nebraska, for the following year he worked as a 'sod-buster' for $3.25 an acre preparing the heavy prairie soil for cultivation. In 1873 he joined a surveying team responsible for surveying the western part of Nebraska. In 1874 he returned to Falls City, where he took a job in a shoe store DH Ballard. In 1882, he and his partner, FJ Allen, bought the clothing store Crook & Towle, which he continued under the name of Samuel Wahl & Co. On June 23, 1886 he married of Wittenberg, Pennsylvania-born Emma Murray. He was an active member of the Masonic order.
The History of Richardson County, a two-volume work that was originally published in 1917. Volume I includes general county history, while Volume II contains biographical sketches of various county residents. The following is an excerpt from Samuel's bio.
"Samuel Wahl, one-of the best-known and most energetic business men in Falls City and the proprietor of a well-stocked department store there, dealer in general merchandise, dry goods and clothing, is a native of the old
Keystone state, but has been a resident of Nebraska since 1870 and has consequently seen this county develop from pioneer days."
♥Half brother, Harvey, was witness to the marriage between Sam & Emma ♥
*Joyღ* ~ thank you for your sponsorship
written by: Carl
summarized or enhanced by: Heather
great-great-grandchild of Christopher
Samuel spent most of his youth in Elk Lick helping with family chores. After he married Emma, they settled in Falls City, Nebraska, where he entered the clothing business. He would send home cuttings of fabric which were used to make patchwork quilts.
Started out as a cobbler. Then in 1868, at twenty years old and yet unmarried, Samuel migrated and spent a short time as a day laborer with a farmer in Lee County, Illinois, west of Chicago. In 1870, he moved to Falls City, Nebraska, for the following year he worked as a 'sod-buster' for $3.25 an acre preparing the heavy prairie soil for cultivation. In 1873 he joined a surveying team responsible for surveying the western part of Nebraska. In 1874 he returned to Falls City, where he took a job in a shoe store DH Ballard. In 1882, he and his partner, FJ Allen, bought the clothing store Crook & Towle, which he continued under the name of Samuel Wahl & Co. On June 23, 1886 he married of Wittenberg, Pennsylvania-born Emma Murray. He was an active member of the Masonic order.
The History of Richardson County, a two-volume work that was originally published in 1917. Volume I includes general county history, while Volume II contains biographical sketches of various county residents. The following is an excerpt from Samuel's bio.
"Samuel Wahl, one-of the best-known and most energetic business men in Falls City and the proprietor of a well-stocked department store there, dealer in general merchandise, dry goods and clothing, is a native of the old
Keystone state, but has been a resident of Nebraska since 1870 and has consequently seen this county develop from pioneer days."
♥Half brother, Harvey, was witness to the marriage between Sam & Emma ♥
*Joyღ* ~ thank you for your sponsorship
~ MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER ~
written by: Carl
summarized or enhanced by: Heather
great-great-grandchild of Christopher
Samuel spent most of his youth in Elk Lick helping with family chores. After he married Emma, they settled in Falls City, Nebraska, where he entered the clothing business. He would send home cuttings of fabric which were used to make patchwork quilts.
Started out as a cobbler. Then in 1868, at twenty years old and yet unmarried, Samuel migrated and spent a short time as a day laborer with a farmer in Lee County, Illinois, west of Chicago. In 1870, he moved to Falls City, Nebraska, for the following year he worked as a 'sod-buster' for $3.25 an acre preparing the heavy prairie soil for cultivation. In 1873 he joined a surveying team responsible for surveying the western part of Nebraska. In 1874 he returned to Falls City, where he took a job in a shoe store DH Ballard. In 1882, he and his partner, FJ Allen, bought the clothing store Crook & Towle, which he continued under the name of Samuel Wahl & Co. On June 23, 1886 he married of Wittenberg, Pennsylvania-born Emma Murray. He was an active member of the Masonic order.
The History of Richardson County, a two-volume work that was originally published in 1917. Volume I includes general county history, while Volume II contains biographical sketches of various county residents. The following is an excerpt from Samuel's bio.
"Samuel Wahl, one-of the best-known and most energetic business men in Falls City and the proprietor of a well-stocked department store there, dealer in general merchandise, dry goods and clothing, is a native of the old
Keystone state, but has been a resident of Nebraska since 1870 and has consequently seen this county develop from pioneer days."
♥Half brother, Harvey, was witness to the marriage between Sam & Emma ♥
*Joyღ* ~ thank you for your sponsorship
written by: Carl
summarized or enhanced by: Heather
great-great-grandchild of Christopher
Samuel spent most of his youth in Elk Lick helping with family chores. After he married Emma, they settled in Falls City, Nebraska, where he entered the clothing business. He would send home cuttings of fabric which were used to make patchwork quilts.
Started out as a cobbler. Then in 1868, at twenty years old and yet unmarried, Samuel migrated and spent a short time as a day laborer with a farmer in Lee County, Illinois, west of Chicago. In 1870, he moved to Falls City, Nebraska, for the following year he worked as a 'sod-buster' for $3.25 an acre preparing the heavy prairie soil for cultivation. In 1873 he joined a surveying team responsible for surveying the western part of Nebraska. In 1874 he returned to Falls City, where he took a job in a shoe store DH Ballard. In 1882, he and his partner, FJ Allen, bought the clothing store Crook & Towle, which he continued under the name of Samuel Wahl & Co. On June 23, 1886 he married of Wittenberg, Pennsylvania-born Emma Murray. He was an active member of the Masonic order.
The History of Richardson County, a two-volume work that was originally published in 1917. Volume I includes general county history, while Volume II contains biographical sketches of various county residents. The following is an excerpt from Samuel's bio.
"Samuel Wahl, one-of the best-known and most energetic business men in Falls City and the proprietor of a well-stocked department store there, dealer in general merchandise, dry goods and clothing, is a native of the old
Keystone state, but has been a resident of Nebraska since 1870 and has consequently seen this county develop from pioneer days."
♥Half brother, Harvey, was witness to the marriage between Sam & Emma ♥
*Joyღ* ~ thank you for your sponsorship
Gravesite Details
"I loved that your dad was named after him. When I saw you had a [old ironstone doorstop, still in my possession] cat from him I knew he was special. Again, your family history reads like a book on how to design and build a new country."
