Family: George Albert Striffler / Cora Belle Horn (F2621)

• Male George Albert Striffler

  
  

  Birth	16 Mar 1864	Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Death	6 Jul 1945	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Burial		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Marriage	29 Nov 1900  [1]	Manitowoc County, Wisconsin  [1]
  Father	John "Uncle John" Striffler | F5023 Group Sheet
  Mother	Anna Maria "Mary" Benkelman | F5023 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Cora Belle Horn

  
  

  Birth	3 Feb 1871	Brown County, Wisconsin
  Death	19 Oct 1964	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Burial		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Other Spouse	Willet V. Hazard | F9539
  Marriage	9 Nov 1954	Marysville, Union County, Ohio
  Father	John E. Horne | F3165 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mary Jane Clancey | F3165 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male Irvine Albert Striffler

  
  

  Birth	27 Mar 1906	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Death	5 Jun 1969	Marysville, Union County, Ohio
  Burial		Oakdale Cemetery, Marysville, Union County, Ohio
  Spouse	Mary Adelaide Jansky | F9495
  Marriage	Apr 1945

  
  

• Photos		Striffler, George Albert ca 1900's, with his bride Cora Belle Horn Clark George and Cora were married in her hometown of Manitowoc, Wisconsin in 1900, after which they moved to Cass City, Michigan to make their home. Cora remained very close to her step-grandfather, Leonhard Benkelman of Wisconsin.
  		Striffler Home (George and Cora), 6593 Houghton St, Cass City, Michigan The Cass City Home of George and Cora Striffler. George was a prominent merchant in the early years of the village. The home was later owned by the family of Robert and Lorraine Benkelman. In a 1915 article from HISTORY OF MICHIGAN, it was noted that "Mr. Striffler has recently completed in Cass City a handsome and thoroughly modern house of twelve rooms, the same being the family home and one of the most attractive in the village, even as it is one of the most hospitable,a center of much of the social activity of the community. An appreciable part of the timber utilized in the erection of this building was taken from land owned by Mr. Striffler and is of growth that has been made since the disastrous forest fires which swept this section in 1871. Mr. Striffler himself found satisfaction in assisting in the sawing of the logs into the lumber and shingles for his fine new residence." In 1964, Robert Fletcher Benkelman and his wife Lorraine purchased the home, and lived in it with their family through 1970.

  
  

• Sources

  [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. 157 (Reliability: 3).