Families of Herbert Harrison Stambaugh

HERBERT HARRISON STAMBAUGH, son of ESTHER EVELYN NICHOLS and LORENZO GRANT STAMBAUGH, was born May 14, 1889 in Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska,⁷⁸⁰¹ and died March 4, 1960 in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas.^{456, 843} He is buried in Ashland Cemetery, Saunders County, Nebraska.⁴⁵⁶

He married (1) MILDRED LITTLE on April 11, 1916.⁷⁸⁰⁴ She was born May 14, 1899 in Greenwood, Cass, Nebraska,^{456, 7804} and died March 8, 1956 in Lincoln General Hospital, Lancaster County, Nebraska.^{456, 7804} She is buried in Ashland Cemetery, Saunders County, Nebraska.^{456, 7804}

He married (2) FRANCES MCVEY on November 7, 1958.⁷⁸⁰¹

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Children of MILDRED LITTLE and HERBERT HARRISON STAMBAUGH:

ELIZABETH STAMBAUGH, b. November 9, 1918, Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska;¹⁶⁸ m. (1) LESLIE REED on October 9, 1940 in First Methodist Church, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska⁷⁷⁹⁸, m. (2) WAYNE GILBERT BACHMAN on May 15, 1954¹⁶⁸; d. December 27, 2013.¹⁶⁸
MARGUARITE STAMBAUGH, b. 1920, Nebraska;⁴⁵⁶ m. MAX DAYTON BURR on November 16, 1937 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa⁴³⁴⁶; d. April 16, 1982, Apache Junciton, Arizona.^{456, 4348}
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Herbert H. Stambaugh

was a US Army Veteran of World War I; Served in American Expeditionary Forces in France⁷⁸⁰¹
was a mail carrier⁷⁷⁹⁹
was a member of the Edgar O. Jarman Post #129, American Legion⁷⁸⁰¹

Newspaper Articles

Ashland Gazette, October 25, 1939⁷⁷⁹⁹

H. H. STAMBAUGH HAS DELIVERED MAIL 20 YEARS

Started Carrying with a Team of Ponies

Coincidental with the 20th business anniversary of the Ashland Motor Company as related last week, is that H. H. Stambaugh's service as a regular mail carrier on Rural Route No. 2 also reached a score of years on the same date, Thursday, Oct. 19. Before a regular carrier was named in 1919, a number of substitutes had served the route for more than a year, following the resignation of Henry Kammerer. At the examination to fill the vacancy and which resulted in Herb Stambaugh's appointment, 23 candidates too the tests, with Earl Chamberlin later named to fill the first vacancy on Route 1, and Herb as the two highest in rank, giving the latter the Route 2 position because of a prior vacancy.

At the time the place was awaiting a new incumbent, Herb was in the hospital at Camp Dodge near Des Moines, Ia. He had returned from 10 months service in France with the American Expeditionary Forces and had an injury to his leg, following his discharge from active army duty. Originally he had only intended to work on the mail route temporarily, or until he could go to farming. The first year of service was Herb's hardest, working with a team of ponies and more than once the traveling was so difficult that the mail could not be brought back to town during post office hours, and a times as late as 9 to 11 o'clock at night passed before Herb's arrival home. Even though the route was then only 26 miles in length, on one period of bad roads, Mrs. Stambaugh worked with her husband for 15 days to make possible the regular quota of service.

The winter of 1934, even with present day automobiles, was a hard one, one of the worst for bad weather conditions that Herb experienced during his long term of handling the farmers' mail. Snow storms set in at about Thanksgiving day and the ground was not without snow until the next March. On one occasion the going was so bad that in order to get back to town at all, Herb had to drive down the Schuyler branch of the Burlington railroad from a point near Memphis, as the roads were so soft that the car would sink to the hubs of the wheels. As a result of just this return trip, Herb had to purchase three new tires fro his car.

Herb has met with some funny experiences on his route. On one occasion he had to stop and take care of a baby while the farmer's wife went t the field to get the cash with which to pay for a C. O. D. package, and more than once the carrier has been asked to help fix washing machines or other implements on the place as well as do other chores along the route. Just recently Oren Hedge, one of the Route 2 patrons, had injured his leg so badly that he could not bear his weight on it. Alone on the R W Reim farm, Oren by the merest chance succeeded in signally Herb to stop and call from the nearest telephone to get a doctor.

Route 2, originally with only about 80 boxes when Herb assumed the job, now has about 190, some 80 of which were added when the Memphis route was consolidate with this route several years ago. About two years ago Herb delivered mail to 210 boxes along his 64-mile course, but because about 12 farms along the way now have no resident tenants, the number of patrons has been reduced, yet Herb sill covers the longest rural route in Saunders county.

Christmas time is the big rush for rural carriers and sometimes as high as 600 newspapers have been racked in one deliver, with hundreds of letters and postcards, and Herb has had as high as $6 work of postage to buy from one trip's return to the post office, by which this arm of the service helps keep the Ashland office in second class.

Postmasters in charge during Herb's 20 years on the job were: W. C. Rosecrans, A. F. Jarman, E. D. Fowler (acting), Ray Jones, Mrs. Greta Jones (acting0 and the present incumbent, Miss Blanche Kamerer.

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Ashland Gazette, March 15, 1956⁷⁸⁰⁴

Mrs. Stambaugh Funeral Is Sunday

Mrs. Herbert Stambaugh, 56, of 1518 Euclid St., died at the Lincoln General hospital last Thursday. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Marcy Chapel with the Rev. B. F. Parnell in charge.

Mary Lewis of Alliance sang "Abide With Me" and "The Lord's Prayer." Mrs. Warren Robinson was organist. Pallbearers were Lee Wagner, Chilton Bryant, Harry Decker, Lloyd Martin, Earl Chamberlin, and Paul Eaton. Burial was in the Ashland cemetery. Kenneth Marcy made the arrangements. Cash donations in lieu of flowers were sent to the Child Saving Institute in Omaha.

Mildred Little, daughter of John and Clara Jane Little, was born May 14, 1899, at Greenwood. When she was still in childhood the family moved to Ashland, where she lived until her death. On April 11, 1916, she married Herbert Stambaugh.

Early in life she was baptized in the Baptist church, and later transferred her church affiliation to the First Christian church.

She is survived by her husband; three children, Mrs. Elizabeth Bachman and Mrs. Marguerite Welton of Ashland, and William Stambaugh of Rockland, Me.; 10 grandchildren; and two brothers, Everett Little of Brock and Bennett Little of Rock Island, Ill. Two children preceded her in death. Mrs. Joan Hills of Coalinga, Calif., may well be named among her close survivors as she came into Mrs. Stambaugh's care between the age of eight months to 11 years.

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Ashland Gazette, March 10, 1960⁷⁸⁰¹

Herb Stambaugh, 70, Dies in Texas

Funeral services were held at the Marcy Chapel Tuesday afternoon for Herbert H. Stambaugh, 70, retired Ashland mail carrier, who died at Corpus Christi, Tex., on March 4 from a heart condition.

The Rev. B. F. Parnell of the Ashland Christian church officiated. Lloyd Edwards sang "Shall We Gather at the River?" and "Beyond the Sunset," accompanied at the organ by Mrs. Warren Robinson.

Members of American Legion Post No. 129 had charge of the committal services at Ashland Cemetery with snow falling thickly. Marcy & Co. made the arrangements. The pallbearers were Frank Lohry, Henry Boydston, R. W. Reim, Edgar Anderson, I. M. Marcus, and Alva Wilhelm, all of whom are World War I veterans.

Herbert H. Stambaugh, son of Lorenzo and Eva Stambaugh, was born May 14, 1889, on a farm north of Ashland. There he spent his childhood and attended the Ashland public schools.

He helped his father on the farm until his marriage to Mildred Little of Ashland on April 11, 1916. She preceded him in death March 8,1956.

During World War I Mr. Stambaugh served in the A. E. F. in Co. F, 355th Infantry, and was wounded in action. He was a charter member of the Edgar O. Jarman American Legion Post No. 129 when it was chartered in 1919.

After returning to this country, Mr. Stambaugh started carrying the rural mail in 1919 and served in that capacity until his retirement early in 1956 after 36 1/2 years of service. This is the longest period of service ever achieved by an employe of the Ashland post office. At the time of his retirement he was honored with gifts from his patrons and a certificate of merit from the Post Office Department for his years of faithful service.

On Nov. 7, 1958, Mr. Stambaugh married Frances McVey of Ashland, who survives him. The couple lived at Corpus Christi, Tex., and Butte Lake, Minn., where they enjoyed hunting and fishing.

He is survived by his wife, Frances; one son, William Stambaugh of Thomaston, Me.; two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Bachman of Caldwell, Idaho, and Mrs. Marguerite Welton of Ashland; 19 grandchildren; two brothers, Maynard Stambaugh of East Lansing, Mich., and Victor Stambaugh of Sacramento, Calif.; two sister, Mrs. Corliss Cornell of Omaha and Mrs. Lucille Ely of Missoula, Mont.; and John Hills of Coalinga, Calif., who made her home with the Stambaughs for 11 years.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 8, 1900³⁰³	Clear Creek, Saunders, Nebraska	Lorenzo Grant Stambaugh Esther Evelyn Nichols Herbert Harrison Stambaugh Ivy Irene Stambaugh Edith Evelyn Stambaugh Lucile L. Stambaugh Maynard McKinley Stambaugh Donald Dewey Stambaugh
April 25, 1910³⁰²	Clear Creek, Saunders, Nebraska	Lorenzo Grant Stambaugh Esther Evelyn Nichols Herbert Harrison Stambaugh Ivy Irene Stambaugh Edith Evelyn Stambaugh Lucile L. Stambaugh Maynard McKinley Stambaugh Donald Dewey Stambaugh Fern Fleeta Stambaugh Corliss Corrinne Stambaugh
January 7, 1920²⁹⁹	Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska	Herbert Harrison Stambaugh Mildred Little Elizabeth Stambaugh
April 2, 1930³⁰⁰	Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska	Herbert Harrison Stambaugh Mildred Little Elizabeth Stambaugh Marguarite Stambaugh
April 12, 1950⁹⁴⁶²	Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska	Herbert Harrison Stambaugh Mildred Little Son