Solomon Christlieb, Jr.
1833–1907
Solomon Christlieb, Jr. (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Jacob Christlieb2, Solomon Christlieb3 & Sarah Crislip3) [836, 1034], born 3 July 1833, Mifflin Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; died 26 April 1907, Mifflin Township, Cumberland County. Solomon was buried in Ziegler’s Church graveyard in Mifflin Township.
According to Benjamin Franklin Christlieb, “Solomon Christlieb, Jr. wed Nancy Clippinger.” The Christlieb Family, p. 26. Nancy Clippinger was born in September 1842.
Childless, Solomon and Nancy reportedly reared James A. and Sarah A. Heckman, children of Solomon’s younger sister, Matilda Ellen Christlieb and Joseph Edward Heckman. The 1860 Federal Census 1860 shows the brother and sister in the household of Solomon and Nancy.
The 1860 census shows Abram Whistler and wife Adaline residing next door, along with their daughter, Susan. These Whistlers would have been related to Elizabeth Whistler, first wife of Solomon’s uncle, John Christlieb. According to the census, Solomon Christlieb, Jr. and Abram Whistler held land adjacent to John Lay.
The Federal Census of 1870 shows James A. and Sarah Heckman residing in Solomon’s household. Other residents were Mr. and Mrs. Wilson A. Lay. The census reveals that Solomon’s household was next door to John Lay.
In 1880, the census shows James and Sarah Heckman no longer in the household. Living with Solomon and Nancy Christlieb were Wilson Lay and his wife Sadie and their daughter Jennie.
The Farm Census, Mifflin Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (on hand in 1880 or produced in 1879) shows Solomon Christlieb, owner of 85 acres improved tilled meadow or pasture and 15 acres woodland & forest. Farm value: $3,500.
Values assigned were: $110, farming implements and machinery; $600, livestock, $50, cost of building and repairing fences; $100, farm wages; $1000 value of farm production sold or consumed.
Included in the farm census were: 16 acres of grass mown; 69 acres of grass not mown; 16 tons of hay; 5 horses; 6 milch cows; 3 other cows; 2 calves dropped; 1 cow slaughtered; 500 pounds butter; 4 sheep; 5 lambs dropped; 4 sheep fleeces; 15 pound fleece; 13 swine; 250 barnyard poultry; 4 other poultry; 500 eggs; 11 acres Indian corn; 150 bushels Indian corn; 12 acres oats; 250 bushels oats; 2 acres rye; 70 bushels rye; 16 acres wheat; 150 bushel wheat; 8 tons flax straw; ½ acre Irish potatoes; 20 bushels Irish potatoes; ¼ acre sweet potatoes; 9 bushels sweet potatoes; 4 acres apples; 60 bearing apple trees; 20 bushels apples; ½ acre peaches; 10 bearing peach tree; 5 bushels peaches; $75 value of orchard products sold or consumed; 15 cords wood cut; $25 value of wood products sold or consumed.
The 1900 Census of Upper Mifflin Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania lists Solomon Christlieb, Jr., born July 1853, and wife, Nancy, born September 1844. Residing with them was widowed sister, Lucinda Lay, born October 1829. The census reveals that Solomon and Nancy’s farm was a rental property, perhaps the former farm of Lucinda’s deceased husband, John Lay, who was known to have owned 13 acres in the township.