Jacob Striffler b. 31 Mar 1819 Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany d. 24 Sep 1895 Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan: Strong McLemore Ancestry

1819 - 1895 (76 years)

Name	Jacob Striffler [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Born	31 Mar 1819	Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany [1, 2, 3, 5, 6]
Gender	Male
Died	24 Sep 1895	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan [1, 3, 5, 7]
Buried	26 Sep 1895	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan [3]
Notes	Supervisor of Elkland Township from 1888 through 1891, and President of Cass City in the last years of the 19th century. (Source: Peck) Bonnie Margaret Jacobs, in her 1981 unpublished manuscript, wrote that Jacob and his brother John Striffler "decided they'd join the migration west and they had heard of the opening territory of Michigan and the potentially good farm land there. Sight unseen, they bought land for two farms at $2 per acred and set out with their families for their new home in 1859....the trip was reasonably easy the first part of the way. They could catch a boat from Buffalo to the Michigan shores and from there, wagon on to their new land....they found the forest so dense that there was no way to get to the land they had purchased. Disgusted and disappointed, they were prepared to return to Lancaster. But the men in Watrousville [now Caro] advised they not to be so foolish. It was good farm land---once the trees were harvested and a part of each land sale seems to have included a provision that the price of the land did not include the pine that stood on it. Lumbering rights were held by large lumbering companies and the Strifflers could expect to be able to establish their homes by the next spring. So the two young families remained in Watrousville for the winter. Fortunately as well as being experienced farmers, the men were accomplished coopers. So they supported themselves by the making of barrels and buckets through the winter and finally were able to get thier land the next summer." (pp. 151, 152, and Jacobs cites both the "Memoirs of John A. Benkelman," along with interviews with Elsie Buehrly Anthes, Leonard Striffler and Mrs. Ben Schwegler). He and Louisa were charter members of the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Cass City. Cass City Enterprise September 27, 1895 About midnight, Monday, Jacob Striffler, living two miles east and north of town, breathed his last. He had resided here since 1860, and labored hard to make fruitful what was then a wilderness, not without succes. The funeral took place yesterday at the Evangelical Church, Rev. C.W. Ross officiating and being assisted by Rev. J.W. Fenn. The pall bearers were from among his associates and were also pioneers. The attendance was large and the services impressive. Deceased was born March 31, 1918 at Kirrberg, Germany (formerly France) and fell asleep in Jesus at his home September 24, 1895, aged 76 years, 5 months, and 23 days. In 1830 he came with his parents to America and located near Buffalo, NY, he moved to Watrousville, Mich in 1859, and he came her one year later. Early in life he converted to God, became a member of the Evangelical Church, lived a devoted Christian life and was true until called from labor to reward. He also served in a capacity of a class-leader for many years. Mr. Striffler leaves a sorrowing wife, two sons and two daughter (two sons and two daughters precededd him to the better land), three brothers, one sister and a large circle of friends. May God grant all a happy reunion in heaven. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007) (Research): Census Information: 1850 Census New York, Erie County, Lancaster Enumerated 23 Aug 1850 Page 200 1048-1082 Otil Strifler 59 F $2550 Germany Jacob Strifler 30 M Farmer Susanna Strifler 27 F Joseph Stifler 24 M Farmer Christian Strifler 22 m Farmer John Strifler 17 Farmer New York (sic) David Strifler 14 1860 Census Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland 59-57 Jacob Striffler 41 M Farmer $280 $75 France Louisa Striffler 27 F Domestic Wurtinberg Adaline Striffler 6 F NY Leonard Striffler 3 M NY Solomon Striffler 1 NY The household immediately preceding theirs was that of John and Mary Striffler, his brother. 1870 Census Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland 53-53 Striffler, Jacob 51 Farmer $3,030 $300 France Striffler, Louisa 37 Keeping House Germany Wirtenberg Striffler, Leonard 13 NY Striffler, Solomon 10 NY Striffler, Lydia 4 MI Striffler, Jacob 4/12 MI The following three households were those of Adam and Catherine Benkelman, George and Katherine Kolb, and John and Mary Striffler 1880 Census Census Place:Elkland, Tuscola, Michigan Source:FHL Film 1254607 National Archives Film T9-0607 Page 96C RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace Jacob STRIFFLERSelfMMW61FRANCE Occ:FarmerFa: FRANCEMo: FRANCE Louisa STRIFFLERWifeFMW46WERTENBERG Occ:Keeping HouseFa: WERTENBERGMo: WERTENBERG Soloman STRIFFLERSonMSW21NY Occ:FarmerFa: FRANCEMo: WERTENBERG Samuel STRIFFLERSonMSW8MI Occ:At SchoolFa: FRANCEMo: WERTENBERG Lydia STRIFFLERDauFSW6MI Occ:At SchoolFa: FRANCEMo: WERTENBERG Charles JANS OtherMSW33WERTENBERG Occ:FarmerFa: WERTENBERGMo: WERTENBERG
Person ID	I3028	Strong Family Tree
Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

Father	Jacob Anton Striffler, b. 20 Oct 1779, Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany , d. 3 Mar 1850, Lancaster, Erie County, New York (Age 70 years)
Mother	Ottila "Odila" "Otil" Zimmerman, b. 10 Nov 1790, Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany , d. 17 Sep 1863, Lancaster, Erie County, New York (Age 72 years)
Married	4 Nov 1809	Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany [2]
Documents » Slide Show		Striffler-Benkelman Annual Labor Day Family Reunion, 1936 Newspaper article In the mid 1850's, in Erie County, New York, two sons of Jacob & Otilla Striffler married two Benkelman sisters. Shortly after their marriages, the couples moved to the Michigan frontier, many of their brothers and sisters following them. The two families remained intertwined for subsequent generations. At a reunion of the Henry Striffler family in 1930 it was decided to enlarge the scope of the reunion to include descendants of Henry, Jacob, Joseph, Christian, John and Susan Striffler. Members and "in laws" of these families first gathered at the Assembly grounds in Sebewaing for a reunion in 1932. As the Benkelman-Striffler family had remained very close over the years, all branches of the Benkelman family were invited to their Sixth Reunion, and since that time it remained a joint event. This articles from the 1936 "Cass City Chronicle" details one of the earliest joint reunions. Attended by over 170 family members, the reunion was held on the John Striffler homestead northeast of Cass City, with attendees travelling from Ontario, Ohio and many places in Michigan. President W.D. STRIFFLER presided at a business meeting in 1936, and Harry HUNT, Mrs. S.G BENKELMAN (the former Mary Striffler), and Mrs. Ben SCHWEGLER (the former Joanna Mark) were elected officers for the ensuing year. The first volume of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST was published for the September 1936 reunion.
		Striffler-Benkelman Reunion 1954 Handbill Handbill advertising the annual Striffler-Benkelman Reunion, 1954, featuring Cass City's Main Street. At the fiftieth Striffler-Benkelman Reunion in 1981, Ruth Schenck Esau recalled a time when on Main Street, the owners of the newspaper, a farm implement store, both meat markets, the grocery store, paint store, insurance agency, funeral home, and photography studio were all members of the Striffler-Benkelman clan; not to mention a bank teller, many clerks, the music teacher, and many of the town's farmers.
		Striffler-Benkelman Reunion Photo, 1961 Group Photo fromthe 30th Striffler-Benkelman Reunion, held September 4, 1961 at the Cass City Evangelical Church, founded by members of the Striffler and Benkelman families
Family ID	F1784	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Luise "Louisa" Benkelman, b. 14 Sep 1833, Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany , d. 22 Oct 1910, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 77 years)

Married Abt 1853 Lancaster, Erie County, New York [1, 8, 9]

BonnieMargaret Jacobs wrote that Bob Benkelman had a copy of their marriage certificate from Lancaster, Erie County, NY. They were married by Reverand Christian Knapp, who had moved from W?rttemberg to Lancaster to head a Reformed congregation.

Louisa and Jacob had seven children in total, only three of whom survived into adulthood.

Children

	1. Adaline Striffler, b. 1 Aug 1854, Lancaster, Erie County, New York , d. 1 Sep 1866, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 12 years)
	2. John Leonard Striffler, b. Jun 1857, Lancaster, Erie County, New York , d. 29 Apr 1874, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age ~ 16 years)
	3. Solomon Striffler, b. 5 Apr 1859, Lancaster, Erie County, New York , d. 8 May 1936, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 77 years)
	4. Lydia May Striffler, b. Abt 1866, Tuscola County, Michigan , d. 2 May 1874, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age ~ 8 years)
	5. Jacob Striffler, b. Mar 1870, Tuscola County, Michigan , d. 3 May 1874, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age ~ 4 years)
	6. Samuel Striffler, b. 28 Feb 1872, Michigan , d. 6 Nov 1954, San Diego, San Diego County, California (Age 82 years)
	7. Lydia Striffler, b. 20 Nov 1874, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan , d. 7 Mar 1957, Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana (Age 82 years)

Last Modified 25 Jan 2014

Family ID F1783 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 31 Mar 1819 - Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany
	Married - Abt 1853 - Lancaster, Erie County, New York
	Died - 24 Sep 1895 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
	Buried - 26 Sep 1895 - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan

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Sources

[S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.
[S498] Marchetti, Ruth Marie (jmarchetti@acsalaska.net) "Marchetti" Ver. Oct 31 19:05:54 2001 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1505327&id=I70122389.
[S654] Cass City Enterprise, no longer in publication. Issues from 1881, 1882, and 1888-1906 are archived online at: http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/enterprise/.
[S1612] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald-Family Researcher, Document mailed to Marjorie Schwegler Battel, Bonnie states, in an undated draft of the Striffler chapter sent to Striffler descendants, that this date of birth was extracted from French civil records and translated, and on these civil records he was listed as Jacques (Reliability: 3).
[S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 156 (Reliability: 3).
[S1612] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald-Family Researcher, Document mailed to Marjorie Schwegler Battel, Bonnie states, in an undated draft of the Striffler chapter sent to Striffler descendants, that this date of birth was extracted from French civil records, p. 156 (Reliability: 3).
[S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 153, 156 (Reliability: 3).
[S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, October 28, 1910 (Reliability: 3).
[S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 151 (Reliability: 3).