Ohio Family Group Sheet for the Christian STIFFLER Family
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Husband: Christian STIFFLER
Birthdate: 10/6/1842
Birthplace: Prospect Twp., Marion Co., OH
Death date: 11/28/1916
Place of death: Marion, Marion Co., OH
Burial: Prospect Mausoleum, Marion Co., OH
Father: Jacob Kauffman STIFFLER
Mother: Elizabeth Mary GAST
Marriage date: 1/12/1871
Marriage place: Marion Co., OH
Wife: Sarah Jane HATCHER
Birthdate: 3/24/1846
Birthplace: Champaign Co., OH
Death date: 3/18/1917
Place of death: Marion, Marion Co., OH
Burial: Prospect Mausoleum, Marion Co., OH
Father: Joseph R. HATCHER
Mother:
CHILDREN
Child No. 1: Nora Estella STIFFLER
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt 1872
Birthplace: Prospect Twp., Marion Co., OH
Death date: 5/6/1906
Place of death: Columbus, Franklin Co., OH
Burial: Prospect Cemetery, Marion, Marion Co., OH
Marriage date: 10/6/1892
Marriage place: Marion Co., OH
Spouse's name: Wilson Grant BOYD
Child No. 2: Mabel Elida STIFFLER
Sex: F
Birthdate: 8/17/1875
Birthplace: Prospect Twp., Marion Co., OH
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Place of death: Marion Co., OH
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Marriage date: 7/19/1899
Marriage place: Marion Co., OH
Spouse's name: Charles W. THOMPSON
Child No. 3: Mary Belle STIFFLER
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1876
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Child No. 4: Margaret A. STIFFLER
Sex: F
Birthdate: 7/27/1877
Birthplace: Prospect Twp., Marion Co., OH
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Marriage date: 6/10/1900
Marriage place: Marion Co., OH
Spouse's name: William R. BOGER
Child No. 5: C larence R. STIFFLER
Sex: M
Birthdate: 9/2/1879
Birthplace: Prospect Twp., Marion Co., OH
Death date: 7/21/1970
Place of death: Williamsburg, Grand Traverse Co., MI
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Spouse's name: Elnora B. TEMPLE
Child No. 6: Clara Leona STIFFLER
Sex: F
Birthdate: 8/18/1882
Birthplace: Prospect Twp., Marion Co., OH
Death date: 11/12/1938
Place of death: Detroit, Wayne Co., MI
Burial: Prospect Cemetery, Marion Co., OH
Marriage date: 1906
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: James Glace MONROE
Documentation:
1850
* Christian appears on the 1850 census for Prospect Township, Marion County, Ohio, dwelling number 215, family
number 217. He is 8 years old and is living with his parents.
1860
* Christian appears on the 1860 census for Prospect Township, Marion County, Ohio, dwelling number 1201,
family number 1205. He is 17 years old and is working as a farmer. He is living with his parents.
1880
* Christian and Sarah appear on the 1880 census for Prospect, Marion County, Ohio, dwelling number 310, family
number 346. He is 37 years old and is working as a farmer. She is 34. There are 4 children shown.
1900
* Christian and Sarah appear on the 1900 census for Prospect Township, Marion County, Ohio, dwelling number
76, family number 76. He is 57 years old and is working as a farmer. She is 54. They have been married for 29 years.
There have been 5 children, all still living.
1910
* Christian and Sarah appear on the 1910 census for Prospect Township, Prospect Village, Marion County, Ohio.
He is 67 years old and is working as a farmer. She is 64. They have been married for 39 years. There have been 5
children, 4 still living.
* OBITUARY
Christian Stiffler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Stiffler , was born in Prospect Township, 10/6/1842. On October 27 of
the same year he received the new birth in holy baptism, administered by Reb. Samuel Klein. In early youth, having been
carefully instructed in the doctrines and plan of salvation, he publicly confessed his faith in Jesus Christ, and was
received into full communion with St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church at Prospect. On 1/12/1871, he was united in
marriage to Sarah Jane Hatcher. God blessed this happy union with 5 children. Of these, Nora, the eldest daughter,
preceded the father into the land of eternal rest, 6/2/1906 In the last few years of his life, the deceased suffered
many afflictions, but he endured them all with Christian patience and resignation, due to his strong faith and trust in
Jesus Christ, our Savior. The end came early in the afternoon of 11/28/1916 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William R.
Boger, Cherry St. Marion, Ohio, where with his wife, he had planned to spend the greater part of the winter. How true
that we know no what even a day will bring forth. The time for his departure had come and the Lord called him. His age
was 74 years, 1 month, and 22 days. He is survived by his widow, 4 children, Mrs. Charles Thompson and Mrs. William
Boger, of Marion, OH; Clarence Stiffler and Mrs. J. G. Monroe, of Bellaire, MI; 12 grandchildren; 2 brothers, Amos and
George of Prospect; 4 sisters, Mrs. Christian Adwelling number 751, family number 693.lmendinger, Mrs. Amos Hoffman,
Abigail and Margaret, also of Prospect...........The funeral was held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Prospect
Lutheran Chruch, with the Rev. Mr. Hurrelbrink officiating. Interment was made in the Prospect mausoleum.
* OBITUARY - Marion Daily Star 3/19/1917
Mrs. Sarah Jane Stiffler, widow of Christian Stiffler, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Boger, 523
Cherry St., Sunday morning at 5:10 o'clock. She had been ill the past week of bronchial pneumonia. Mrs. Stiffler was
born 3/26/1846, in Campaign County, and would have been 71 years of age had she lived until next Monday. She was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Hatcher, and was married to Christian Stiffler, 1/12/1871. To this union were born 5
children, all of whom survive save Mrs. Nora Boyd. In 1875, Mr. and Mrs. Stiffler moved to a farm 1 mile north of
Prospect, where they resided until last October when they came to Marion to spend the winter with their daughter, Mrs.
Boger. It was there that Mr. Stiffler died last November. Mrs. Stiffler joined the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran
church at Prospect in 1872 and had always been an active worker in the church. The surviving daughters and son of Mrs.
Stiffler and Mrs. Charles Thompson and Mrs. William Boger of this city, and Clarence Stiffler and Mrs. J. G. Monroe, of
Bellaire, MI. She also leaves 5 sisters, Mrs. Nancy Lelick of Redondo Beach, CA; Mrs. Mary Beaver, of Salem, OR; Mrs.
Fatima Blair, of Richwood; Mrs. E. J. Kinney, of Frankfort, MI; an aged aunt, Mrs. Nancy Ross, of Richwood, and 12
grandchildren. Services will be held at the Boger home at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon and at the Lutheran Chruch at Prospect
at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. L. H. Hurrelbrink of Prospect, officiating. Interment will be made in the mausoleum at Prospect.
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