Venango-Statewide County PA Archives Biographies.....MUEHLEDER, Michael October 25, 1826 - March 6, 1910
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  Danny Murray daniel.murray@email.cleveland.edu November 27, 2005, 8:23 pm
  
  Author: Florence Gould
  
  Michael Muehleder was born October 25, 1826 in Mannhein, Bavaria, Germany and 
  died March 6, 1910 in Detroit, Michigan. 
  
  The following was written by Florence Gould, who was the granddaughter of 
  Michael Muehleder.  It was transcribed by Danny Murray, great-great-great 
  grandson of Michael Meuhleder.
  
  "My grandfather was a factory worker and a tailor.  His granddaughter, Lillie 
  Boak, has the charcoal iron that he used for pressing in his tailor shop.  He 
  came to the United States from Germany in 1858 with his wife Catherine 
  (Mueller) and two children, Andrew and Charles.   Andrew, an infant, died 
  aboard ship and was buried at sea.  
  
  They came to Ohio and settled in Cleveland.  He received his citizenship 
  papers here on November 2, 1864.
  
  His wife Catherine died in Cleveland and he later married Elizabeth Miller of 
  Chilicothe, Ohio.
  
  He lived to be 84 years old and was always active and keen of mind.  His hobby 
  was his yard and flowers.  He liked to play cards and his favorite game was 
  sixty-six.  He was a member of the Fraternal Order of the Independent Order of 
  Odd-Fellows, I.O.O.F.
  
  Each summer he took a trip to Franklin, Pennsylvania to see his two sons and 
  to St. Johns and Maple Rapids, Michigan to visit his two daughters.  He went 
  to Pennsylvania by boat from Detroit to Cleveland, and was usually accompanied 
  by his granddaughters, Florence and Lillian Mihlader.  
  
  We always looked forward to these trips with Grandpa.  In Pennsylvania he 
  would climb the many steps to Uncle Charlie's house or up the hill to Uncle 
  George's, with his "horse" as he always called his cane.  He was very active 
  and a good companion even after his 80th year.  He talked broken English and 
  tried to teach the children to talk to him in German.  
  
  Grandpa had a hernia operation at the age of 83.  The nurses at the hospital 
  all called him Santa Claus as he had a beautiful long white beard.  They all 
  loved him and said he was a wonderful patient."  
  
  
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