George Christlieb

“George Christlieb was a farmer, as were his predecessors. He moved to Lucas County, from Stark County, Ohio, in 1851, along with his wife, Elizabeth (Slaybaugh) and four children; John, Noah, Catherine, and Malinda. George married his wife in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1829, when he was 23 and Elizabeth, 27. He bought and 80-acre tract of land off of what is now Douglas Road, midway between Laskey, and Sylvania, on the West Side. At the time of purchase, the area was very rural, way outside of the city limits by some four miles. Paved roads did not exist, just dirt tracks and trails, no cars, airplanes, trains, or trolleys. You traveled by walking, on horses or on wagons pulled by horses. Doctors made house visits for medical emergencies. Many diseases such as polio, typhoid, scarlet fever, and cholera were common. Life then, indeed was hard but very simple. George’s family lived on a typical farm with no electricity or plumbing, with your typical barnyard with an outside well, an outhouse, teams of horses in the yard for plowing, chickens, cows, and other farm animals.”

“George Christlieb’s passing on January 3, 1878, the main farm was deeded over to Elizabeth, his widow. Elizabeth was 90 when she passed on in 1892.”

“George Christlieb lived to be seventy-one years old, passing away in 1878. He had been married to Elizabeth for 49 years. He is interred in the old Collingwood Cemetery on Phillips Avenue, behind the Collingwood Methodist Church in Toledo, Ohio.”

“On February 25, 1864, George and Elizabeth’s second son, Noah, born 1832 in Ohio, was also mustered in as a private serving under Captain Luther B. Mesnard with Company B, 25^th Regiment, Ohio Veteran Infantry of the Union Ohio volunteers. The 25^th Regiment was a well-known unit, having fought many famous campaigns such as Bull Run, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. Noah was mustered out on March 17, 1866, in Columbia, South Carolina. Noah Christlieb apparently suffered emotional impact from his Civil War service. His wife, Matilda (Blank) kept the home in line.”

“Noah and Matilda Christlieb and the five children all apparently resided on the main farm with Noah doing work as a carpenter, along with chores and farming. The children were Alonzo, born in 1856, Charles H. in 1858, William Franklin in 1860, Almeda in 1863, and Perry Addison in 1848. Almeda nearly died from taking care of Charles and the family when Charles contracted typhoid fever in 1903.”

“Deed transfers later showed that both Noah and Matilda later lived on a 4.04-acre section of the Christlieb farm that was sold to Amanda Haughton in 1870. Amanda Haughton sold the same parcel to Matilda Christlieb in 1874. Noah died on August 5, 1877.”

“Of Noah’s two sisters, not much is known, although Catherine married a Michael Kratt.” Robin Homer, “My Roots,” Jacob’s Ladder, Vol XX, No. 1, Spring 2003.

George Christlieb's Headstone, in Collingwood Cemetery, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio.

George Christlieb's Headstone - closeup.

Elizabeth Slaybaugh Christlieb's Headstone, in Collingwood Cemetery, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio.

Elizabeth Slaybaugh Christlieb's Headstone, in Collingwood Cenetery, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio.

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