George Anthony Kolb

1831 - 1902  (71 years)

• Name	George Anthony Kolb  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	7 Oct 1831	Wellingen, Notzingen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Dec 1902	Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2, 6]
  Burial	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [7]
  Notes	Lived for 6 years in Anendorf, Guzzengen before he came to America on 19 March 1852. He had been studying to be a doctor but to avoid being drafted into the Army, he used his fathers passport and emigrated to America, settling in Greenfield, Wisconsin, where he met Catherina Benkelman. They moved to Cass City in 1864, and made their homestead on an 80 acre farm, 3 miles east and 1 1/2 miles north of Cass City. He was Elkland Township treasurer in 1867. They lived on their homestead until they lost everything they had in the "great fire" of 1881. They only saved their lives by staying in the sorghum fields and the Cass City river that ran behind the house. One son, George Henry, had taken up homesteading across the road from his parents, but sold his land to pay for his mothers funeral in 1883. (Courtesy of Janet Wright of DeFord, MI, September, 1996) BonnieMargaret Jacobs also wrote of George using his father's papers to emigrate, citing correspondence with Mrs. Thoams R. Harvey of Aldan, PA, a descendant of George and Catherine's. Cass City Enterprise January 8, 1903, Page 1 George Kolb, an old and respected resident of Caro and a pioneer of Tuscola County, died Monday afternoon at four o'clock, aged seventy-one years. Deceased was born at Wurteburger, Germany, October 7, 1831, and came to this country when twenty years of age, settling in New York state where he lived for two years. He then moved to Wisconsin, where he was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Benkelman. In 1865 they moved to Tuscola county where he has since resided. His wife died in 1893, leaving nine children, one of whom, Henry, died in 1899. The surviving children are George and John of Cass City; Mrs. WAGNER of Fremont; Mrs. BURK, Mrs. HOYT, Mrs. DON, Miss Lydia KOLB and Mrs. A.J. CRAW, of Caro. Short services were held Wednesday afternoon at four o'clock at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. A.J. CRAW, after which the remains were taken to Cass City, where funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at four o'clock, the remains being laid to rest in the Cass City cemetery. - Caro Journal (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong) BonnieMargaret Jacobs wrote, in her 1981 unpublished manuscript, that in addition to farming, George was in itinerant preacher, doctor and undertaker, it being often said of him that "he got people coming and going"...bringing people into the world, ministering to them while they were here, and finally laying them to rest." (p. 141). (Research): Census Information: 1880 Federal Census Census Place: Elkland, Tuscola, Michigan Source:FHL Film 12 54607 National Archives Film T9-0607 Page 97A RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace George A. KOLB Self M M W 49 WERTENBERG Occ: Farmer Fa: WERTENBERG Mo: WERTENBERG Catherine KOLB Wife F M W 49 WERTENBERG Occ: Keeping House Fa: WERTENBERG Mo: WERTENBERG Lydia KOLB Dau F S W 8 MI Occ: At Home Fa: WERTENBERG Mo: WERTENBERG Henry KOLB Son M S W 7 MI Occ: Farmer Fa: WERTENBERG Mo: WERTENBERG
  Person ID	I11990	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Maria Catharina Benkelman,   b. 16 Aug 1831, Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany d. 9 Dec 1883, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	6 Dec 1854	Greenfield, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin   [1, 8, 9]
  Children	1. Mary Hannah Kolb,   b. 16 Aug 1855, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin d. 27 Jan 1926, Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 70 years)   2. John Kolb,   b. 17 Sep 1856, Greenfield, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin d. Nov 1930, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 74 years)   3. George Henry Kolb,   b. 5 Nov 1857, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin d. 26 Feb 1932, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 74 years)   4. Anna Johanna Kolb,   b. 27 Feb 1859, Wisconsin d. 24 Feb 1919, Mayville, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 59 years)   5. Elizabeth Catherine Kolb,   b. 26 Mar 1860, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin d. 30 Nov 1947, Bay City, Bay County, Michigan (Age 87 years)   6. Rosina Kolb,   b. 6 Jul 1861, Wisconsin d. 10 Nov 1933 (Age 72 years)   7. Henry Frederick Kolb,   b. 8 Sep 1863, Wisconsin d. Aug 1899, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (Age 35 years)   8. Sarah Jane Kolb,   b. 15 Mar 1867, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 19 Aug 1914, Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 47 years)   9. Mary Lydia Kolb,   b. 7 Sep 1872, Tuscola County, Michigan d. Yes, date unknown
  Photos		The Kolb and The Mark Sisters, Cass City, Michigan From the postcard collection of Lena Mark Schwegler of Cass City. She had labeled it "Kolb Sisters, Mark Sisters, Elsie Buehrly, Fred Buehrly and Clarence Kolb The Kolb's were children of George Kolb and Maria Katharina Benkelman. The Mark's sisters were daughters of Archie Mark and Emeline Striffler. PLEASE EMAIL IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY WHO IS WHO
  Family ID	F1090	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2013

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 7 Oct 1831 - Wellingen, Notzingen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Marriage - 6 Dec 1854 - Greenfield, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Death - 29 Dec 1902 - Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan Burial - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [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/, January 8, 1903, Page 1 (Reliability: 3). [S308] 1880 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005., (1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ? Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls. This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents? place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census.), Census Place: Elkland, Tuscola, Michigan Source:FHL Film 12 54607 National Archives Film T9-0607 Page 97A (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. 140, 142 (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. 142 (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. 141, 142 (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. 141 (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/, January 8, 1903, Page 1 (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. 140 (Reliability: 3).