Steinbach Family
This scan from a photo from the Bronaugh Methodist Church
is of "Mrs. Steinbach." Helen Landis
wrote about her GGrandmother - Mahala Wray Steinbach.
John Wray was Mahala's father
and Hester Ann Carter Wray was her mother. Hester died
August 31, 1864. John died May 4, 1884 and is buried in
Deepwood cemetery in Nevada. Hester was actually buried in
Warren County, Missouri. After Hester Ann died John married
Caroline Emily Caton - Hester's cousin. The obituary for Mrs. Steinbach appeared in the January
30, 1929 Bronaugh Journal. It shows that Mahaha had
been married to John Steinbach and they had had nine
children. These included Delia Titus
and Hester Pryor of Bronaugh. Helen also wrote: Regarding the obituary - Mahala was born in Warren County
not Jasper Co.Missouri. Helen tells that Henry Steinbach and Sophia Edwards
Steinbach came from a town named after the Steinbach family
in Germany. On 1860 census it said Sopia was born in Baden,
Germany and from census was born in 1802. Henry was probably
a couple years or so older. Henry Steinbach and Sophia
Edwards Steinbach came to America around 1830. Haven't found
when they came over. Have looked for ships manifest etc. and
couldn't find. As Henry , I suppose Jr., was born in 1834 .
The boys were born near Harrisburg in Cumberland Co., PA and
found the family also had lived in Berks Co., PA The other
two sons were Andrew born 1840 and John
(ggrandfather)1843.but found Sophia and sons in 1860 census
in Little Osage. Henry wasn't listed so he must have died
earlier. Henry and Sophia are probably either buried at
Summer cemetery near Metz or at Rhea cemetery. There aren't
any records for either. Just about 3 stones that are
recorded at Rhea and it isn't them. I am almost sure that
they are buried at Rhea cemetery. Andrew is buried there as
well as two of John and Mahala's children. Wm who died as an
infant and Lora, as Grandmother referred to as her little
sister. Grandmother knows they were buried at Rhea
cemetery. Helen found on land records in Nevada that the 3 sons had
land together probably on the Little Osage. Henry married
Adelaide Osborn in Nevada 1855. They had two children and
then when they moved to Bourbon Co., KS where they had two
more children. Later they moved to Colorado and then moved
to New Mexico territory. Awhile after, Adelaide died in 1900
in New Mexico territory. Henry moved back to Colorado and
settled at Silverton, Co. He must have died there as later
couldn't find him on any census. He isn't listed at the
cemetery there but believe that he is probably buried there.
There are graves there that don't have stones to them. There
was an epidemic there and think probably died in that as
that is around the time couldn't find him anymore. The
children moved elsewhere. Helen tells that Mahala was in Washington at the time of
her death - staying with her daughter Alice Robinson (of
Camas Washington). It was too expensive to ship her body
back to Vernon County so Mahala Frances Wray Steinbach was
buried near Vancouver, Washington with her daughter Alice
Robinson. However, the Pryor Creek (near Metz, Vernon County, MO)
grave marker reads:
