Sloan Grabiel joined the UPCh. Northwood Ohio on the profession of faith on 11 Oct 1873, when he was 18 years old .He was dismissed from this Church after his marriage and joined the UPCh. Bellefontaine on certificate 26 jun 1875. So long as they remained in Ohio, Emma and SLoan lived in Rushcreek Township, Logan County(north of Bellefontaine), principally at or near Rushsylvania, though they appear to have lived in Huntsville for a short while 1877-78. As a young man Sloan attended Geneva College at Northwood in preparation for becoming a minister, but when he attained that goal I have been unable to determine. It is clear that he did become an ordained minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Chjurch. Thopugh his Obituary states thtat he was ordained in 1897, that appears to be an error, for an item in The Dunklin Democrat (Kennet Missouri) for feb 22 1894 reads: "The Cumberland Presbyterians had preaching here Sunday by their pastor, Rev. Grsbiel." For thirty years he served various pastorates in the West Prairie Presbytery, during wich time he attended many meetings of that Presbytery and was a principal delegate to the National General Assembly and Convention of that denomination held at Bowling Green Ky 1913. To earn his livelihood while in ohio , Sloan at times engagedmin the furniture and undertaking businesses and eventually, became a lumberman. In 1888 he became Prtner in the Day Saw Mill in Ruahsylvania. On 16 May 1889 J. S. Grabiel and Sarah E. , his wife, sold the land on which they lived near Rushsylvania. Five daya later , on 21 May 1889, Sloan , his wife, and five chidren , left Ohio for Arkansas , ehere timber was a thriving industry. They settled in or near St. Francis , in northeastern Ark. where the \st. Francis River forms the boundary between ark. and Missouri . St. Francis is is on the west bank of the river, directly opposite Union Township, Dunklin County Mo..on the east bank. It appears that the Grabiels lived in or near St. Francis, Eastern Clay Couunty Ark., at least from mid-1890 to mid-1897. John Harrison Grabiel, their tenth child, was born at St. Francis 27 July 1890. There are no records of the eleventh child born on 27 Nov.1894. Ten months after Emma's death, J. S. Grabiel married Ida Dorcas (Whitesides) Benson. In his application for marrage license he stated that he was "of Union Township, Dunklin County,Mo." but the marriage license itself, issued in Eastern District of Clay County Ark., said he was "of St. Francis , Ark.." He and Ida were married at St. Francis. On 21 /july 1896 "J.S. Grabiel and Ida D., his wife " executed a deed settling his father's estate in Logan County Ohio, which they acknowledged in Clay County Ark. At least by June 4 1897 J.S. Grabiel was living in Union Township three miles south of Campbell Mo. Nevertheless, the first child born od his marrage to Ida, Ralph Hershel, was born 13 July 1898 at St. Francis Ak., died there 7 Aug 1898, and is buried in Grave Hill Cemetery, near St. Francis. In Nov. of that year J.S. Grabiel was elected a Justice of the Peace for Umion Township Mo. on the Republican ticket. However he stated that he did not think he could qualify as his bussiness was in Gibson ( only four miles to the southeast , but in Holcomb Township ) and he was about to mov3e there. When Gibson was incorparated in 1902, J.S. Grabiel was a member of the first Board of Trustees. In Jun 1903 he bought a 100 acre farm 3/4 mile west of Gibson and in July 1904 he built a house in Gibson at a cost of $1000.00. On 1 Nov. 1904 he apppears as President od the newly organized peoples Bank ofr Holcomb Mo.(three miles south of Gibson). In Apr 1908 he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for the State Senator, but he did not win the nomination. In Aug. 1909 he sold his home place in Gibson and moved to Campbell mo., where he lived until 1930. In 1913 he was Alderman from the 2nd. Ward of Campbell and a member of the School Board. While he lived in Missouri he was a manager of several different cotton gins and a partner in a saw mill and shingle bussiness. He was a trader in cotton, as well as being engaged in many other enterprises,including being an agent for lands in Drew County Ar. and a realtor. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and the odd Fellows and was an active member of the republican party. After Ida's death he returned to his farm near Gibson and lived there with his daughter Edith Stearns until he died. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery,Campbell, alongside his second wife , Ida.
John Sloan Grabiel's father, aaron Grabiel, was the youngest of thirteen chilsdren of John andMay (Haas) Grabiel, both of German descent, who came to Ohio from Virginia in 1815. Aaron 's older brothers, John and Jacob, purchased 508 acres of
land in Rushcreek Township , Logan county ohio in 1846, Aaron followed them ther.; He married Susannah Day, who died 28 March 1878 at her home near Rushsylvania, in her 46th. year, survived by hewr husband and two children, J. Sloan and
Renwick P Grabiel.Sloan Grabiel joined the UPCh. Northwood Ohio on the profession of faith on 11 Oct 1873, when he was 18 years old .He was dismissed from this Church after his marriage and joined the UPCh. Bellefontaine on certificate 26 jun
1875. So long as they remained in Ohio, Emma and SLoan lived in Rushcreek Township, Logan County(north of Bellefontaine), principally at or near Rushsylvania, though they appear to have lived in Huntsville for a short while 1877-78. As a young
man Sloan attended Geneva College at Northwood in preparation for becoming a minister, but when he attained that goal I have been unable to determine. It is clear that he did become an ordained minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Chjurch. Thopugh his Obituary states thtat he was ordained in 1897, that appears to be an error, for an item in The Dunklin Democrat (Kennet Missouri) for feb 22 1894 reads: "The Cumberland Presbyterians had preaching here Sunday by their
pastor, Rev. Grsbiel." For thirty years he served various pastorates in the West Prairie Presbytery, during wich time he attended many meetings of that Presbytery and was a principal delegate to the National General Assembly and Convention of
that denomination held at Bowling Green Ky 1913. To earn his livelihood while in ohio , Sloan at times engagedmin the furniture and undertaking businesses and eventually, became a lumberman. In 1888 he
became Prtner in the Day Saw Mill in Ruahsylvania. On 16 May 1889 J. S. Grabiel and Sarah E. , his wife, sold the land on which they lived near Rushsylvania. Five daya later , on 21 May 1889, Sloan , his wife, and five chidren , left Ohio
for Arkansas , ehere timber was a thriving industry. They settled in or near St. Francis , in northeastern Ark. where the \st. Francis River forms the boundary between ark. and Missouri . St. Francis is is on the west bank of the river,
directly opposite Union Township, Dunklin County Mo..on the east bank. It appears that the Grabiels lived in or near St. Francis, Eastern Clay Couunty Ark., at least from mid-1890 to mid-1897. John Harrison Grabiel, their tenth child, was
born at St. Francis 27 July 1890. There are no records of the eleventh child born on 27 Nov.1894. Ten months after Emma's death, J. S. Grabiel married Ida Dorcas (Whitesides)
Benson. In his application for marrage license he stated that he was "of Union Township, Dunklin County,Mo." but the marriage license itself, issued in Eastern District of Clay County Ark., said he was "of St. Francis , Ark.." He and Ida were
married at St. Francis. On 21 /july 1896 "J.S. Grabiel and Ida D., his wife " executed a deed settling his father's estate in Logan County Ohio, which they acknowledged in Clay County Ark. At least by June 4 1897 J.S. Grabiel was living in
Union Township three miles south of Campbell Mo. Nevertheless, the first child born od his marrage to Ida, Ralph Hershel, was born 13 July 1898 at St. Francis Ak., died there 7 Aug 1898, and is buried in Grave Hill Cemetery, near St. Francis.
In Nov. of that year J.S. Grabiel was elected a Justice of the Peace for Umion Township Mo. on the Republican ticket. However he stated that he did not think he could qualify as his bussiness was in Gibson ( only four miles to the southeast ,
but in Holcomb Township ) and he was about to mov3e there. When Gibson was incorparated in 1902, J.S. Grabiel was a member of the first Board of Trustees. In Jun 1903 he bought a 100 acre farm 3/4 mile west of Gibson and in July 1904 he built
a house in Gibson at a cost of $1000.00. On 1 Nov. 1904 he apppears as President od the newly organized peoples Bank ofr Holcomb Mo.(three miles south of Gibson). In Apr 1908 he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for the State
Senator, but he did not win the nomination. In Aug. 1909 he sold his home place in Gibson and moved to Campbell mo., where he lived until 1930. In 1913 he was Alderman from the 2nd. Ward of Campbell and a member of the School Board. While he
lived in Missouri he was a manager of several different cotton gins and a partner in a saw mill and shingle bussiness. He was a trader in cotton, as well as being engaged in many other enterprises,including being an agent for lands in Drew
County Ar. and a realtor. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and the odd Fellows and was an active member of the republican party. After Ida's death he returned to his farm near Gibson and lived there with his daughter Edith Stearns
until he died. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery,Campbell, alongside his second wife , Ida.