Venango County PA Archives Biographies.....MIHLEDER, Charles March 24, 1852 - August 18, 1924
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  Danny Murray daniel.murray@email.cleveland.edu December 11, 2005, 5:45 pm
  
  Author: Florence Gould Mihleder
  
  "Uncle Charlie came to the USA when he was 6 years old, in 1858.  He was a 
  barber by trade, having his own shop in Franklin, Pennsylvania.  Later his son 
  Karl took it over.  
  
  His hobby was working with wood.  He made most of his own furniture using many 
  kinds of wood and doing beautiful inlay work.  He made the "Electric City" 
  which was a replica of Franklin, Pennsylvania with many moving parts, working 
  oil wells, and running street cars.  He toured the Eastern and Southern States 
  with it until it was destroyed in a tornado.  
  
  He was Deacon of his church and every year the members looked forward to the 
  annual sauerkraut dinner.  He made and furnished the kraut.  
  
  He lived on a hillside where the roof of one house was in line with the 
  basement of the one above it, and you would leave your auto at the bottom of 
  the hill and climb to the house by a series of steps.
  
  Charles married Christine Holstein from Butler County, Pennsylvania.  She died 
  April 16, 1909 in Franklin, cause unknown.  He later married Mary Babcock, 
  born August 3, 1863 in Wittenberg, Germany.  When Mary died she was cremated 
  in Cleveland."
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  The above was written by Florence Gould Mihleder, who was the daughter of 
  Charles' brother, Michael Mihlader (b. 1866), in the 1950s for the family.  It 
  was transcribed by Daniel Lee Murray, Jr. Charles' great-great-grandnephew.
  
  Charles Mihleder was born March 24, 1852 in Munich, Germany and died August 
  18, 1924 in Franklin, Pennsylvania.  He came to the United States from 
  Germany, with his parents Michael Muehleder and Catherine Mueller aboard the 
  ship "William Tell" on June 1, 1859.
  
  Source:  Obituary, "William Tell" passenger list, family records.  
  
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