Hagler Holland - Sollenbarger Sollenberger Sollberger Hagler Allen ...

SOLLENBARGER - ALLEN
David Sollenbarger (1824-1900) Mary Margaret Allen (1826-1912)
Katherine John Florence
1852- 1929 1854 - 1936 1859-1952
David Mary Margaret (Maggie) George
1865-1943 1868-1962 1870-1943

Earl Hagler Sollenbarger’s Line
Surnames in Earl’s line are Sollenbarger/Alan on his father’s side and Hagler/Holland on
his mother’s side.
Solberg/Sollberger/Sollenberger/Sollenbarger
The name Sollenbarger has been traced back through church records and DNA research to
Jost Solberg, who was born in 1544 in the small village of Breitenegg, Switzerland.
Breitenegg is 24 miles NE of Bern.
Jost Solberg about 1544 Breitenegg, Bern Switzerland -6- children
Jost Solberg about 1575 Breitenegg, Bern Switzerland -2- children
Benedict Sollberger21 April 1605 Wynigen, Switzerland -5- children
Joseph Sollberger 4 March 1649 Wynigen, Switzerland -9- children
Abraham Sollberger 8 Aug 1679 Kappelen, Wynigen, Bern Switzerland (One son spelled name
Sullenberger) -5- children
Ulrich Sollenberger b.1716 Wynigen Switzerland d. 1767 Tulpehocken, Pennsylvania - 6- children
Michael Sollenberger b. 1745 Berks County, PA, d.1810Botetourt, VA -10- children
John Sollenberger 23 July 1771 Lancaster County, PA d: 28 July 1855 Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA -10-
children
David Sollenberger April 9, 1796 Monroe Township, Cumberland, PA Nov 18, 1872 Naperville, IL -15-
children
David Sollenbarger* Feb 14, 1824 Bedford PA – 1900 Corydon IA -8- children
David T. Sollenbarger Corydon, IA 1865-1943 1 child
Earl Hagler Sollenbarger b.1904 Corydon, IA -d.1978 Blue Island, IL -2- children
CONCLUSION: Given all the children produced in just this line, there are a lot of Jost Sollberger
descendants around today. * Note the “e “in berger changed to “a”

Breitenegg Farmhouse 2010
Records dating from 1605 to the early 1700s show the second Jost’s son Benedict, Joseph,
great grandson Abraham and great, great grandson Ulrich lived in Wynigen, Switzerland.
Ulrich’s surname had evolved from Sollberger to Sollenberger. Ulrich was orphaned. He
had two brothers - Joseph and Daniel. Ulrich and Joseph’s names appear on the passenger
list of the immigrant ship St. Andrew Galley out of Rotterdam to Philadelphia. In 1737 to
live with an uncle in the Tulpehocken, Berks County, Penn-Sylvania, which was a
Mennonite community and is where he died in 1766 or 1767.
The ship’s clerk misspelled Ulrich’s last name and it is shown corrected. Joseph Zollberger’s name was
corrected to Zolberger name. It reasonable to assume it should have been Solberger.

Ulrich’s son Michael (b: 1745) also lived in Berks County. Michael had a son John
(b:1771) who lived both in Lancaster and Cumberland and Bedford Counties, PA. His son
David (b: 1796) lived in Berks County.
Pennsylvania Counties in Which Sollenbargers Lived
They all were members of the Mennonite Church of the Brethren. (There was a large
migration of Swiss Mennonites to the Colonies in the 1700s, because of religious
persecution in Switzerland. The same persecution was occurring in Holland and German.)
Sometime in the early 1800s the “e” in the Berger part of the surname Sollenberger
changed to an “an” in Earl’s specific family line - thus Sollenbarger. Today in the
Mennonite areas of Pennsylvania one can find many families with the last name of
Sollenberger, but few if any Sollenbargers.
In the 1920s David Lehn Sollenberger (1853-1928) researched and wrote THE
SOLLENBERGER TREE. David was a successful newspaper publisher who lived in
Shamokin, Pennsylvania, was very active in the Democratic Party and was appointed
Post-master of Shamokin by President Cleveland. The booklet lists well over 400 people
from all parts of the United States who were born between 1771 and 1915. Short
biographies were written for most of them. He did not spell any the surnames with an “a” in
the “berger” part of the name.
When he retired, he traveled throughout the country interviewing descendants of John
Sollenberger. The following is an excerpt from the “Tree” about John’s 7 th child David.
This David (circled) was the grandfather of David Thomas Sollenbarger’s father David.

David Sollenberger’s brief biography and his tombstone in Naperville, Illinois
David Sollenberger’s Son David Sollenbarger
When he was twenty one years of age, the younger David traveled to Illinois and
considered buying land on the Chicago River (which today is the Chicago Loop), but
decided to look for suitable land in Iowa. He lived in Jefferson County, Iowa until the fall
of 1852, when he moved to Wayne County and initially homesteaded 240 acres of
Government land four miles west of Corydon, Iowa.
David and Mary (Allan) Sollenbarger
David and Mary Margaret Sollenbarger
David was married on October 3, 1850, to Mary M. Allen, daughter of William Allen, an
early settler of Wayne County. They met each other in Fairfield, Iowa. David and Mary had
eight children. Martha (1855-1862) and Sarah (1864-1865) died young.

Born 1859
Katherine (Kate) 1852 John Born 1854 Florence
Mary Margaret (Maggie) Born 1868 David Thomas Born 1865 George Hartley Born
1870
When David and Mary Margaret first settled on the farm they homesteaded, there was only
a blanket for the door. When David would go on an 80 mile journey delivering harvested
grain to Winterset, Iowa, Mary would leave the children in the house, run down to the
creek to get water and run back. She was afraid wolves would get into the house and hurt
the baby.

Farm house built on homestead by David Sollenbarger. Ora and Kate (Sollenbarger) Gibbs shown in this
1888 photo. They bought the farm from David and Mary in 1888.
David died in 1900 and Margaret passed way in 1912.

SOLLENBARGER FAMILY AROUND 1890
B: David, Florence, George, Maggie F: John, Kate
B: Kate, George, Florence M: Mary, John, David (father): Maggie and David Thomas
David Thomas Sollenbarger (1865-1943), Earl’s father, was third child born to David
and Mary. He attended grade school and high school in Corydon where he and four others
graduated in 1887. David graduated from University of Iowa in 1892.
David Sollenbarger 1872

David Thomas Sollenbarger’s 1887 H.S. Graduation Announcement
David Thomas Sollenbarger U of Iowa Senior Class Pictures - 1892 Left: David seated with College friend
David Thomas and Sadie Sollenbarger
In 1896 Sadie decided to become a teacher. She had graduated from high school and only
had to pass a written exam to be certified to teach.

Sadie’s Teaching Certificate
David was an educator from 1892 until 1902. He taught school in Van Buren County and
was elected superintendent of schools in Farmington, Iowa. Locals referred to him as
“Professor”. Sadie Hagler was a teacher in the same district.
“Professor” David Sollenbarger
David and Sadie were married in 1897 in Milton, Iowa at her mother’s home.

- 1897
Sadie’s Wedding Outfit - 1897 Sadie and David Thomas Sollenbarger Wedding Picture
The couple had a son John in 1900 who died was stillborn and is buried the senior David
Sollenbarger’s family plot in Corydon cemetery. Four years later Earl Hagler Sollenbarger
was born in 1904.
In 1902 David left teaching and became a banker. Over the years the family lived in several
small Iowa communities in Wayne County.

David (middle) with clerk and customer in the Lineville, Iowa bank where he was cashier
He also was associated with banks in Allerton and Emmetsburg, Iowa.
Earl Growing Up in Iowa1904-1928
The Sollenbarger family lived in several small Iowa communities before they moved to
Corydon. As Earl grew up, he was captured by the camera along the way.
1908
Earl at 4 months Sadie & Earl in Centerville, Iowa
Earl with toys Allerton, IA 1909

1909 Earl at the Allerton, Iowa Winter in Allerton 1910 Outside Allerton Barn - 1913
Earl 1915 Earl College 1926
Earl went to the University of Iowa and was a member of the Phi Delta Theta social
fraternity.

Earl (middle) with fraternity brothers 1925
After he graduated from the university, he went to Chicago to begin a career in banking.
The exact timing of his arrival there is not known.
Sadie and David Sollenbarger 1930-1965
As the great depression hit the country and banks became troubled, David was called upon
to work as a receiver for failed banks. In the early 1930s he was the receiver for a bank in
Corydon, Iowa.
Sadie and David in front of the Corydon Bank
Around this time David was in the early stages of Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS). His brother
George was a doctor in Corydon and treated him up to the time of his death.

In the summer of 1939 Earl’s family visited Sadie and the ailing David Sollenbarger in
Corydon.
.
Granddaughter Susan, Sadie, Daughter-In-Law David and Sadie’s Corydon Home
Gwen and David
On April 5, 1943 David died. Sadie’s diary entry for that day read simply: “David gone.”
Sadie Sollenbarger 1943-1964

After visiting her brother Lawrence and his wife Amy in San Francisco, Sadie moved to
Blue Island in 1943 and lived with her son’s family.
1959 Corydon Reunion
Earl, Gwen, Sadie, Susan and Tom Sollenbarger Blue Island, Ill. 1954
In 1959 there was a family reunion in Corydon hosted by John and Maggie Stromsten at
their Butler Street home.

John and Maggie (Sollenbarger) Stromsten, Sadie Sollenbarger, and Blanche (Teegarden) Sollenbarger -
wife of Dr. George Hartley Sollenbarger
In the summer of 1965, Sadie Hagler Sollenbarger passed away.
Sadie Sollenbarger’s obituary and the Sollenbarger tombstone in Corydon Cemetery

In 1965, after Sadie’s funeral service, the Sollenbarger first cousins met at the Stromsten
home in Corydon, Iowa.
L-R:
Floris Helme (b1903-d1988), daughter of George and Blanche (Teegarden) Sollenbarger
Ruth (b1906-d1981), Kay (b1911) Stromsten, Margaret Helene (b.1899-1998) (Stromsten) McDowell,
daughters of Maggie (Sollenbarger) and John Stromsten
Eugene Sollenbarger (b1913-d2001), son of George and Blanche (Teagarden) Sollenbarger
Earl Sollenbarger (b1904-d1979), son of David and Sadie (Hagler) Sollenbarger
Maggie and John Stromsten
David Thomas Sollenbarger’s sister Maggie married John Stromsten who was a
professional photographer in Corydon, so the Sollenbarger, Stromsten, Gibbs, Niday,
Rush, Russell side of the family had many pictures that captured their families and events
at the turn of the 20 th Century. John’s sisters manned photo shops in Allerton, Weldon and
Seymour.
Maggie 1888 Maggie & John Stromsten’s 1890 Wedding Maggie’s Wedding Dress

John and Maggie had three daughters; Margaret “Helene” (1899-1998), Ruth (1906-1981)
and Katherine “Kay” (1911-Present).
Helene Ruth Kay
In 1921, Helene married Carlos Leroy “Mac” McDowell from Davenport, Iowa.
Helene
The bride and groom (front row center right with Helene wearing flowers on her waist in
the picture below) posed for this picture with their wedding guest in front of the Stromsten
home on Butler Street in Corydon, Iowa.
Mac

In 1950 the Sollenbarger and Stromsten families celebrated John and Maggie’s 50 th
wedding anniversary.
Maggie and John Stromsten’s 50 th Anniversary. Several generations of Sollenbargers and Stomstens came
to Corydon. Generally, Stomstens are on the right and Sollenbargers are on the left. Sadie Sollenbarger and
Floris (Sollenbarger) Helme appear on the left in the first row of standees. They are wearing black dresses.
When they had their 71 st wedding anniversary the Corydon Times Republic published this
picture of them along with an article. John was 99 and Maggie was 94.

The column noted that in 1922 John’s photography studio burn to the ground. Luckily, he
had started a dry cleaning business as a side line in connection with a tailoring business
operated by his sister Anna. The business served Corydon and was operated by his
daughter Katherine after he retired.
In 1957 there was a photograph taken of four generations of the Stromsten line.
Maggie Stromsten, Kathleen Tripses (granddaughter) holding Joyce Helene Tripses (great granddaughter)
and Helene (Stromsten) McDowell (daughter of Maggie, mother of Kathleen and grandmother of Joyce)
Maggie passed way in 1962 and John followed her in 1963.
Maggie and John Stromsten’s Obituaries and Corydon, Iowa Cemetery tombstone
Rachel Katherine “Kate” Gibbs
Kate was the first surviving child of David and Mary Sollenbarger. She was born on 1852.
She married Asa Oramil Gibbs, a native of Pennsylvania, in 1875. They had eight
surviving children. As noted above, Asa was a farmer.

Asa and Kate *Sollenbarger” Gibbs
Back: James “Elmer” 1882, George “Frank” 1881, Florence “Jeannie” 1877 and Pearl 1885. Middle: Asa,
Mary 1882 and Kate. Front: Maude 1888 and “Maggie” Mary Margaret 1886

Back Row: Allie Gibbs, Pearl Gibbs, Nell and Frank Gibbs, John W Sollenbarger, David Thomas
Sollenbarger, Ora Gibbs. Middle: Blanche (Teegarden) Sollenbarger, Sadie Sollenbarger, Kate Gibbs,
Maggie Stromsten holding Ruth Stromsten, Grandmother Mary Sollenbarger, Maggie Sollenbarger. Front:
Floris Sollenbarger, Leota Sollenbarger, Eva Gibbs, Jay Gibbs, Mary, Earl Sollenbarger, Helene Stromsten
Katherine passed away in 1929.

John William Sollenbarger
John also farmed. He married Emma Lou Ralston (1873-1906), a Missouri native, and they
had three children: Mary Lillian. (1895- ), Maggie (1898- ) and Rachel “Leota”
(1902-1994). After 1930, he is found in the Sacramento, CA Federal Census in a town near
Sacramento where his daughter Leota lived with her family. He is buried in Corydon,
Cemetery.
Uncle Morris Allen and his nephew John William Sollenbarger
Leota married Albert Goff of Missouri. They moved to Sacramento, CA. It is known from
a newspaper wedding announcement census records that the couple had at two daughters,
Donna and Alberta. Mary Lillian married Gerald Bracewell, but there is no other
information about the couple. The fate of Margaret is not know at this time,
Mary Lillian and Margaret Mary Lillian’s Wedding Announcement Leota and Albert Goff

Florence Geneva Sollenbarger
Florence was single until 1914. She lived with her parents on the family homestead in
Benton Township and with her mother in Corydon after her father died in 1900. When her
mother died in 1912, she lived with her sister and Maggie’s family in Corydon.
Her brother, David Thomas, was an active Methodist and introduced her to Leonard Leaf
Milton, who was a member of the church’s congregation. They were married in 1914.
David was a witness. The couple lived in Allerton, Iowa until Leonard died in 1922.
Marriage Certificate witnessed by DT Leonard and Florence
Sollenbarger
Leonard and Florence (Sollenbarger) Milton in front of their home in in Allerton, Iowa

Florence Geneva (Sollenbarger) Milton with Grandniece Donna and Niece Leota (Sollenbarger) Goff -
late1920s
Leonard was a civil war veteran and Florence received his veteran’s pension benefits until
her death in 1952.
Florence Geneva (Sollenbarger) Milton’s tombstone in the Corydon Cemetery

George Hartley Sollenbarger
George was the David and Mary Margaret Sollenbarger’s youngest son. He became a
doctor and practiced medicine in Corydon, Iowa for over 40 years. His sister, Maggie, used
part of her inheritance from her father to help in his medical studies.
George, Maggie and David Thomas Sollenbarger Circa 1890
On June 5, 1901 George married Blanche Teagarden in the Lutheran church located in
Bethlehem, Iowa.
George and Blanche Sollenbarger 1902
On Jan 13, 1903 George and Blanche’s first child, Floris (1903-1988), was born. Eugene
“Gene” (1912-2001) followed on April 16, 1912. Both were born in Corydon, Iowa.
Floris and Eugene about 1917 Floris: 1917 and 1936
Floris married James L Helme. In 1928 their first child, Nancy Elizabeth, was borne. Jim
was working for Montgomery Wards in Berkeley, California when she was due. Floris

e-turned to Corydon, Iowa so her father could deliver the baby.
1933
Floris and Nancy around 1930 Nancy around
A second child, Sarah, was borne in 1936. She was married in the late 1970s and passed
away in 1990.
George, David, Michael, Blanche, Eugene and Floris Sollenbarger with school Principal 1950s.

The George’s obituary is shown below.
George and Blanche Sollenbarger’s Corydon Cemetery tombstone.

Allen (Allyn or Aleyn) Tree 1475 to Present
The Allen line has been traced to Thaxted, England. Thaxted is a town in the Uttlesford
district of Essex, England, with about 2,500 inhabitants in 2000. Thaxted appears in the
Doomsday Book of 1086 as Tachesteda, Old English for "place where thatch was got." and
was once a centre of cutlery manufacturing. The Allen name has spelling variations when
the name is researched. The names, dates and places noted below come from public family
trees found on ancestry.com.
Richard (1470-1527) and Agnes (Pelesholle) (1475-1527) Allyn, Thaxted Parrish, England
John Allyn (1500-1558) and Margaret (Leigh) (1516-1538) Allyn, Thaxted Parrish, England
John (1538-1588) and Elizabeth (Alabaster) Allyn, Hatfield, England
Richard (1564-1652) Allyn and unknown wife. Born England, Died in Cambridge, Mass
Samuel (1608-1648) and Anne (Whitmore) (1611-1687) Born Braunton, England, Died in
Windsor, Hartford Massachusetts
Samuel (1634 - ?) and Hannah (Woodford) (1642-1719) Allen, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Richard 1652-1715) and Anne (unknown name or dates) Allen, Middlesex, Virginia
Thomas (1680-1743) and Sara (Byrd) (1700-1753) Allen, Spotsylvania, Virginia
Thomas (1717-1793) and Sara (Keys) 1721-1753) Allen, Spotsylvania, Virginia
John Crooks (1740-1832) and Mary (Thomas) 1745-1832) Allen, Virginia and Georgia
John (1776-1841) and Ester (Neel) (1790-?) Allen, Virginia
William (1802-1852) and Rachel (McAllister) (1799-1871) Allen, Virginia and Wayne
County, Iowa
Mary Margaret (Allen) Sollenbarger (1826-1912) Virginia and Corydon, Iowa
David Thomas Sollenbarger (1865-1943) Corydon Iowa
Earl Hagler Sollenbarger (1906-1979) Corydon, Iowa and Blue Island, Illinois
Florence Susan (Sollenbarger) Thoms (1936 to Present) and Thomas Edwin Sollenbarger
(1941-Present)
Location of Thaxted, England

IOWA ALLENS
Essex, England. Thaxted located in Circled area
Thaxted Village Church Old Thaxted Homes
William Allen (1802-1853) met and married Rachel McAllister (1823-1871) in an area of

the state of Virginia that became Mason County, West Virginia after the Civil War. They
had nine surviving children: John Richard (1824-1915), Mary Margaret (1826-1912), Jane
(1829-?), and George T (1830-?). Evaline Catherine ((1832-1884), Eleanor Jane
(1833-1870), Tamel (1835-?), William (1835-?), Martha (1836-?) and Morris Tinman
1838-1935). All the children were born on the Allen Virginia plantation. William was not a
slave owner.
In the spring of 1849, the Allen family traveled to Jefferson County, Iowa in a covered
wagon. In the spring 1849 her father homesteaded a farm in Benton Township, Wayne
County, Iowa. Iowa,
At least four of Mary Margaret’s siblings lived in or near Wayne County.
John Robert, Mary Margaret and Martha Allen John R and Mary Margaret Allen seated
Morris and George Allen standing
John Robert Allen was her oldest brother. He lived in Jefferson County till the fall of
1852, when he removed to Wayne County and settled in Benton Township. He
homesteaded 240 acres of Government land. He eventually owned 387 acres of “fine” land,
and was engaged in general farming and stock raising.
He was married September 3, 1846, to Sarah (1827-1871), daughter of David Edwards, in
Virginia. They had ten children, of whom nine are lived: Lydia A., Margaret E., Charles V.,
William D., Mary, Elijah H., Ellen Tamer, Arminta and Alice.
John and Sara Allen’s home in Corydon, Iowa

Sarah passed away in 1871. Her obituary and tombstones of John and Sara are below.
John Allen with Daughters - Circa Early 1900s - Left to Right: Unknown, Margaret, Unknown, John, Alice,
Arminta, unknown seated
John’s first daughter, Lydia, married William F. Bobbenhouse and they farmed in Rose
Creek, Republic, Kansas. William was born in Germany. They had four children: Alice,
Maggie, Sadie and Mabel.

L to R: Lydia (Allen) Bobbenhouse holding Mabel, Sadie and John Allen. Kansas 1900s
Sara and John R Allen’s Sons
Elijah Allen William D Allen

Morris Tinman Allen was born in Virginia around 1838. He married Minerva Kelly (born

around 1838 in Ohio) in 1859 and was a farmer. The couple lived in Benton Township and
Garden Grove, Iowa. They had at least 11 children. Marion (unknown birth/death),
Margaret (1860-1880), Mary J. (b1862), Rachel (b:1863), Charles (1864-1935), Arvilla (b:
1868), Eldora (b: 1871). Minnie May (1872-1956), John C (b: 1875), Katie (b: 1877) and
Nellie (b: 1879).
Morris Allen Family. L to R: Morris is the second person in the back row. Children unidentified
Morris with His Nephew John Sollenbarger, son of Mary M (Allen) Sollenbarger
Morris died in 1920 and is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Red Oak, Montgomery
County, Iowa.
Martha Allen was born in Virginia in 1836. She married Robert Russell (b: 1825 in
Pennsylvania) in 1855 in Benton, Iowa. In 1860 the Federal census shows that the couple

was involved in farming in Benton and that they had one child, Emma, born in 1859 and
that Martha’s widowed mother, Rachel Allen, lived with the family. Around 1875 Georgia
Russell was born. Robert died in the late 1890s.
Martha’s Husband Robert and Niece Emma Gibbs. Circa 1890s
Georgia Russell
Georgia married Francis Buck (b: 1852) who was a physician. The family was living in
Santa Clara, California in 1900 and the widowed Martha lived with them.
George Allen was born in Virginia around 1830. It is known that his wife was named
Jennie and he had a son named John.
Hagler /Holland
According to church records Hans Jacob Haegler, Earl’s 4 th grandfather, was born in 1700
in the small village of Diegten, Basel, Switzerland.

Picturesque Diegten, Switzerland in 2010
General Location of Diegten, Switzerland
Han’s son Johannes Haegler (1733-1816) was born in Diegten and immigrated to North
Carolina in the mid-1700s. His son John (1763-1837) and father of Cleveland Hagler
dropped the first”e” from the spelling of the surname name
Hagler Coat of Arms (Hagi means farmer in German)
Sadie’s father, David Blackburn Hagler, was the son of Cleveland (1782-1871) and Nancy
Hagler (1789-1868). Nancy and Cleveland were married in Stewart, Tennessee in 1808
and then move to Troy, Madison, Illinois around 1819 where he purchased raw acreage to
farm. They had eleven children.

Amos A. Hagler 1830 (Stewart, TN) - 1861 (Jackson, IA)
Fannie Hagler 1833 (Stewart, TN) - ?
John Craig Hagler 1814 (Stewart, TN) - 1898 (Milton, IA)
Nancy Hagler 1817 (Stewart, TN) -1897 (Webster City, IA)
Thompson Learnerd Hagler 1820 (Madison, IL) - 1891 (Ida Grove, IA)
Martha G. Hagler (Twin) 1822 (Madison, IL) - 1896
Mary Hagler (Twin) 1822 (Madison, IL) - 1893 Webster City, IA)
Fletcher Hagler 1824 (Madison, IL) -1905 (Milton. IA)
Lucinda Ann Hagler 1827 (Madison, IA) -1909 (Webster City, IA)
David Blackburn Hagler 1830 (Madison, IL)-1923 (Milton, IA)
Joshua Marion Hagler 1833 (Madison, IL) - 1906 (Des Moines, IA)
Location of Madison County
Cleveland’s brother Benjamin was also a farmer in Madison. Bothers John and William R
Hagler also settled in the area. Cleveland was also an official of the county in 1835.

In the 1843 members of this Hagler family resettled in Van Buren County, Iowa Territory
near the town of Milton, which is about 230 miles north west of Troy. The details of the
move there are unknown.
In 1860 David Blackburn homesteaded his own farm outside of Milton, Iowa.
David B. Hagler Homestead. Milton, Iowa
Right: Farms of David B. Hagler (two outlined areas on the right) his brothers John Craig, (middle) and
Thompson Learnerd Hagler (lower left) outside of Milton, Iowa. Left: Thompson L Hagler and family

In 1865, David married Lydia Robbins Holland (1847-1887).
David and Lydia Hagler Honeymoon Photo,
Minneapolis, MN - 1865
David Hagler’s well used ivory inlaid cribbage board. He wrote his name is written on back over the peg
pocket

Lydia Sollenbarger was an accomplished artist. As was the custom of the time she hand
painted many pieces of china.
One of several surviving salad plates painted by Lydia Hagler. Note her signature “Hagler” on the right, top
pine cone.
Lydia’s father William W. Holland (1809-1884) and mother Sarah Robbins (1811-1898)
were both from in Milton, Sussex, Delaware.
The Holland’s were a prominent Delaware family who settled there in the 1600s. Their
English roots can be traced back to Robert de Holland (1320-1375) and the royal
Plantagenet court.

In 1928 William’s son John C Holland wrote a history of how the Holland family came to
Milton, Iowa. He drew on “the halls of his memory” and “stories he remembered from his
elders“. The story was published in the Milton Herald.
Because land inheritance was governed by primogenitor law in Delaware and William was
not the first born son of John Holland (1746-1811), William set out to “spy out land” in the
“new country”. He worked on farms, earned $36, married Sarah and had three children
John C., Mary P, and Hannah E.
In 1840 he and another man traveled by water to Philadelphia, walked to Indiana where he
bought an ”Indian pony”, proceeded to ride to the Milton, Iowa area, selected 360 acres to
homestead and entered his claim for the land in Burlington Iowa on his way back to
Delaware to collect his family.
In 1842 he and his family along with five other families made the trip back to Milton via
water ways and ox carts. In 1843 Elisha was born and Lydia followed in 1847.
One of the reasons he came to Iowa was to “get away from drunken relations”. He never
joined a church because ministers of his day drank occasional “toddy”.
William eventually accumulated 840 acres of land north of the town of Milton, Iowa,
which was named after the before mentioned Delaware town.
Heavy Circle: William Holland land (upper right). Note proximity to Hagler land - lower right

William Holland’s Tombstone, Sunnyside Cemetery, Milton Iowa
Lydia and David Sollenbarger’s Children
Sadie Hagler (1870-1965) was born on the farm. Sadie was one of five children born to the
couple. Sadie’s father built and decorated a crib for her. Later, he made the headboard of
the crib into a glove box.
Sadie Hagler 1872 Glove Box Made from Sadie’s Crib by her Father

The other Hagler children were: Lulu Laura (1866-1893), William (Willie) Cleveland
(1868-1934) and Elisha Marion (1876-1907). Lydia died shortly after Laurence
(1887-1946) was born.
Lulu Laura Hagler 1880s
Lulu married David Brown in early 1893 and died in childbirth in in the same year.
Sadie and Elisha Marion Hagler-Early 1890s
Elisha Marion had a congenital heart defect. In order to enlist the army and fight in the
Spanish American War, he had a friend take and pass the required physical to get in. He
was discharged 1899 in the Philippines and proceeded to return to Milton, Iowa by
continuing his trip around the world though Japan, Siam, India, Egypt, Greece and France.
In 1900 while Elisha was staying at the Hotel des Etats Unis at 16 Rue Antin in Paris, he
plotted to with his sister and brother to get David Blackburn to the World’s Fair. He was
successful. His father made the voyage and, per a letter to Sadie, thoroughly enjoyed

himself in Paris. Envelops from his world travel correspondence are below.
Envelops from Ports and Cities Envelop of “plot”
letter from Paris
While in Europe, Elisha purchased gifts for his family. He visited the Havilland factory
and got a Wedgwood plate shown below for his sister Sadie.
Elisha earned a BS in engineering from the University of Iowa in 1903 and was a member
of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He married Jeannie Hull of Iowa City in 1905. He died of
his dysentery in 1907 in St. Louis and was buried in Iowa City.

College picture of Elisha Marion Hagler - circa 1904
Lawrence married Amy Stark in 1910 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had no children. He
was a civil engineer and lived in many cities in the US. He worked on the construction of
the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
Lawrence and Amy Hagler in 1938
Lawrence contracted a cancer in his mouth and passed away in San Francisco in 1946. He
is buried in Colma, CA.
Little is currently know about William “Willie” Cleveland Hagler. In 1920 he, his wife
Kate and daughter Marian lived in Lakota, South Dakota where he was a real estate agent.

Deaths of Lydia and David
In 1891 David was married again to Mary Bennett (1847-1941). They had no children. He
died in Milton, Iowa in 1923.
David Blackburn, Lydia Robbins and Lulu Laura Hagler are all buried in Sunnyside
Cemetery in Milton Iowa.
Hagler Tombstone, Sunnyside Cemetery, Milton, Iowa

The West Side Reads - Lydia R., wife of DB Hagler, March 9, 1887, Age 40Y, 9M, 10D
“Beneath this Rock I rest my head
The Savor He has blessed the bed
Weep not for me my pain are “oer”
We soon shall meet to part no more
The South Side reads: Lulu L. Hagler Born March 18, 1866, Died April 16, 1893, Wife of
DB Brown
The North Side reads: David B 1829-1923
Sunnyside Cemetery is also the resting place of numerous other individuals from the
William Holland and the Cleveland Hagler families.