Frederich G. "Fred" Fieler (1850-1905)

Frederick G. Feiler

Son of Henry & Sarah Feiler

Frederick G. "Fred" Feiler was born in July 1850 in Germany, the son of Johann Heinrich Feiler and Maria Salomea Heupel.  Fred immigrated to the United States sometime in the 1850’s with his parents.

On September 27, 1881, Fred married Cinderella Laffoon in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  He was 31 years old and she was 29 years.  This was Fred’s first marriage and Cinderella’s second.

Cinderella was born April 18, 1852 in Cedar Creek, Hopkins County Kentucky.  Her parents were William Travis Laffoon and Jediah C. Sisk.  

Cinderella married David D. Davis on November 10, 1872 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  Together, they had one child:

           

                        Clifton             born in 1878

In 1880, Cinderella and her son were living with her parents in Court House, Hopkins County, Kentucky.  Cinderella was listed as a widow. 

After their marriage in 1881, Fred and Cinderella raised their family in Hopkins County, Kentucky, where Fred was employed as a butcher.  Fred and Cinderella had one child:

                        William Henry             born on December 11, 1884

Frederich G. Feiler died on November 18, 1905 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  He was 55 years old at his death.  Cinderella went on to live another 24 years after the death of her husband.

Cinderella Laffoon Davis Feiler died on September 1, 1929 in Paducah, Hopkins County, Kentucky at the age of 76 years.  The cause of death listed was “Bronchial Asthma and Senility.”  She was buried in Madisonville, Kentucky.

Notes for Freerich G. Feiler

Birth & Residence in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Earlington, Hopkins, Kentucky; Roll: T623_528; Page: 28B; Enumeration District: 64.

Residence & Occupation in 1880:  Year: 1880; Census Place:  Louisville,  Jefferson,  Kentucky; Roll: 421; Family History Film: 1254421; Page: 274C; Enumeration District: 101; Image: 0745.

Marriage:  Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.

Death:  Ancestry.com, Family Tree for Fred G. Feiler

Notes for Cinderella Laffoon

Birth:  Kentucky Birth Records, 1852-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.  Original data: Kentucky. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910). Microfilm rolls #994027-994058. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.

Marriage to David D. Davis:  Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.

Original data: See extended description for original data sources listed by county.

Residence in 1880:  Year: 1880; Census Place: Court House, Hopkins, Kentucky; Roll: 420; Family History Film: 1254420; Page: 315D; Enumeration District: 192; Image: 0635.

Death:  Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Grace Adkins (1887-1972)

Grace Adkins

Daughter of Marcellus Adkins & Harriet Artesia Wickliffe

Grace Adkins

Grace Adkins was born November 20, 1887 in Boggess, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was the youngest of four children born to Martelle Adkins and Harriet Artesia Wickliffe.  She was raised on the family farm in Boggess.

Grace married William Henry Feiler on December 29, 1909 in Madisonville, Kentucky.  She was 22 years old and he was 25 years.  William was born on December 11, 1884 in Kentucky, the son of Frederick G. Feiler and Cinderella Laffoon.  They were the parents of three children:

Fred                born in 1912
William           born in 1914
Charlie           born in 1928

William registered for the draft for World War I on September 12, 1918.  At that time, he and Grace were living in Clay, Webster County, Kentucky, where William was employed as a bookkeeper for the West Kentucky Coal Company.  He was described as a tall man, of medium build, with grey eyes and dark hair.

By 1920, the Feiler family was living in a home on Adams Street in Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky.  William was employed as a shipping clerk for a coal company.  They moved to Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky by 1930, where William continued his employment as a shipping clerk for a coal yard.

William Henry Feiler died on June 5, 1955 in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.  He was 67 years old at his death.  Grace outlived her husband by almost 17 years.  Grace Adkins Feiler died on May 7, 1972, at the age of 84, in the same city.



Notes for Grace Adkins

Birth:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems.

Marriage:  Ancestry.com, FamilyTree Grace Adkins

Death:  Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.  Number: 401-90-4702; Issue State: Kentucky; Issue Date: 1973.


Notes for William Henry Feiler

Birth, Occupation, Physical Description, and Residence in 1918:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.  Registration Location: Webster County, Kentucky; Roll: 1653847; Draft Board: 0.

Residence & Occupation in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Sturgis, Union, Kentucky; Roll: T625_600; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 132; Image: 438.

Residence & Occupation in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place:  Paducah,  McCracken,  Kentucky;  Roll: 768; Page: 24B; Enumeration District: 10; Image: 619.0.

Death:  Ancestry.com, FamilyTree Grace Adkins