THE SEVENTH GENERATION-GLIEDT

PART ONE

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THE FOURTH GENERATION-PÖPPELMEIER

This chapter opens in the year 1882 with the birth of (#291) Carl Friedrich^G7 Gliedt. Carl Friedrich^G7 was the great, great, great, great grandson of Eberdt^G1 Glied; the great, great, great grandson of Jobst^G2 Glied; the great, great grandson of Albert Henrich^G3 Glied; the great grandson of Albert Henrich^G4 Glied; the grandson of Hermann^G5 Glied; and the (twin) son of Philipp Gottlieb^G6 Gliedt and his wife, Hanne Friederike^G3 Gliedt nee Pöppelmeier. He was also the great grandson of Bernhard^G1 Pöppelmeier, and the grandson of Hermann^G2 Pöppelmeier and his wife, Anne Catharine^G5 Pöppelmeier nee Glied. His common ancestor was Albert Henrich^G4 Glied.

By 1882, the era of the American cowboy was coming to an end. In Apr of 1882, Jesse James was killed by his cousin at St. Joseph, MO after more than 15 years of robbing trains and banks, and was laid to rest in St. Louis, MO. Later that same year, Frank James surrendered to authorities in Jefferson City, MO. It was also the year that Mark Twain published the "Prince and the Pauper".1

The setting for the beginning of this chapter is still the Columbia Bottom section of St. Ferdinand Township, St. Louis Co., MO. The Columbia Bottom was the rich fertile river bottom land where the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers merge in St. Louis. There was a German community on the Columbia Bottom and Gottlieb and Hanne had lived in this locale since their marriage in 1869. It was in this area that Fred's father rented farm land to raise produce to sell in the city of St. Louis. For most of the time, his parents were probably content living in this community or they wouldn't have stayed there so long. The land was good, they shared a common heritage, language, and religion, with their neighbors. They were Communicant members of St. Petri's² Evangelical Church which was a small German Church near their home³ Unfortunately, there were drawbacks to living on the Columbia Bottom, such as the occasional flooding of the rivers, crop failures, the hot, humid summers, mosquitoes, frequent outbreaks of diseases and the expense of owning land. Fred's parents were probably more interested in local matters, such as the special dedication service of the new Church Bell and Tower at St. Petri's Church which was held on Trinity Sunday of 1882.4 Since their marriage thirteen years earlier, Hanne had given birth to seven children, but only five of the children were still alive in 1882. She had already given birth to one set of twins, and would give birth to her second set of twins in Sep of 1882. The second set of twins were named (#291) Carl Friedrich (Fred) and (#292) Heinrich Wilhelm (Bill). Only Fred's story is covered in this chapter. The story about his twin brother, (#292) Heinrich Wilhelm (Bill), is told in Chapter Thirteen.

291.     CARL FRIEDRICH^G7 GLIEDT (Eberdt,^G1 Jobst,^G2 Albert Henrich,^G3 Albert Henrich,^G4 Hermann^G5 ) (Pöppelmeier^G4 : Bernhard,^G1 Hermann^G2 ), the eighth child of Philipp Gottlieb^G6 and Hanne Friederike^G3 Gliedt nee Pöppelmeier, was born on 4 Sep 1882. At the time of his birth, his parents were renting farm land on the Columbia Bottom section of St. Ferdinand Township in St. Louis Co., MO. Carl Friedrich, better known as Fred, and his twin brother, Heinrich Wilhelm (Bill), were baptized on 22 Oct 1882 by Pastor O. S. Zimmermann at St. Petri's Evangelical Lutheran Church located on the Columbia Bottom section of St. Ferdinand Township, MO. Fred's sponsors were Friedrich Schuermann and Wilhelm Kellenbrink.⁵ Fred was almost one and a half years old when his mother gave birth to Paul. In 1885, when Fred was three years old, his mother gave birth to Gustav. His brother, Gustav, died in Aug of 1886. Within a month of Gustav's death, the family packed up and moved to the Freistatt area of Lawrence Co., MO, where Fred's aunt, Justine Breder, and her family, lived. In Sep of 1886, Fred's father bought a parcel of land located in Section (18), Township (27), of Range (27), in Lawrence Co., MO.⁶ Fred was about four years old when his family moved to this locale.

Freistatt, which means a "place of refuge", was a growing community that attracted German speaking people. Fred's parents were attracted to this locale because the price of farm land was reasonable, and they were looking for a healthier place to raise their children. This close-knit community appealed to Fred's parents because they shared a common German heritage, language, and religion, with the people living in this locale. Here they could maintain the old "German Ways" which was very important to Fred's mother. In this community, everyone knew or had heard of each other. Many of the families were united by marriages. When Fred's parents arrived in this locale they found that Freistatt had an Evangelical (Trinity) Lutheran Church, a Christian Day School, and Biermann's General Store where the Post Office was located. The Evangelical (Trinity) Lutheran Church, a Missouri Synod congregation, was the center of the community. The Christian Day School at Freistatt was open to members of the congregation. The entrance age for the school was eight. Fred's parents became members of this church. When Fred and Bill were old enough, they attended the Christian Day School, Monday through Friday during the winter, where they were taught the school curriculum in German, along with some English, or as it was known then as the "American" language.⁷ The year after the family moved to the Freistatt locale, Fred's mother gave birth to her third set of twins, Martin and Adolph, in Dec of 1887. Fred was eight when his mother gave birth to Ernst in 1890. In May of 1893, Fred's oldest sister, Auguste, married Ernst Kaiser. Fred and his twin brother, Heinrich Wilhelm (Bill), were confirmed, in German, on 29 Mar 1896 by Pastor Johannes Roschke at the Evangelical (Trinity) Lutheran Church of Freistatt, MO.⁸ In May of 1897, Fred's sister, Anna, married Leonhard(t) Kaiser.

Fred grew up in the Freistatt locale and became a farmer like his father and brothers. As a adult, Fred had a heavy beard. If he let his beard grow for a week or so, his face would almost look black.⁹ So he was nicknamed "Schwatte"10 which is Plattdütsch (Low German) for black.¹¹

Growing up in this locale, Fred saw many changes in the community of Freistatt. By the turn of the century, Freistatt had filed for Township status and had such businesses as the Freistatt Creamery Company; Biermann's General Store; the Freistatt Milling Company; the Farmer's Mutual Insurance Company; and the Schoen Hotel. The local doctor was W. J. Rutledge. Frank Wendler was the blacksmith, and H. F. Brockschmidt was a dealer in Light and Heavy Harnesses.

During the decade 1900-1910, most of Fred's siblings left home and started their own families. In May of 1900, Fred's brother, Hermann, married Anna Doennig. The following month, Wiley Rutledge, the enumerator for the Twelfth U.S. Census, visited the farm of Gottlieb Gliedt which was still located in Freistatt Township, Lawrence Co., MO, on 19 Jun 1900. He found Fred living in his father's household and listed him as Fritz on his census form. He also noted that Fritz, age 17, was a farmer.¹² In Jul of 1902, Fred's brother, Henry, married Minna Doennig, and his sister, Louise, married Bill Doennig. Fred was the next one to get married.

The family of William and Caroline Meinert nee Wickert moved to the Freistatt area about eight or nine years before the Gliedts. William (a.k.a. Wilhelm), was born in Westfalen, Germany in Jul of 1850, and came to America in 1870/71. Caroline, his wife, was also born in Westfalen, Germany in Nov of 1852. She came to America in 1870. William and Caroline were probably married in Illinois circa 1873. Caroline became the mother of eleven children. Their first two children were born in Illinois. William and Caroline moved to the Mt. Pleasant area of Lawrence Co., MO prior to Feb of 1880 as their daughter, Anna, was born there.¹³ When the Twelfth U.S. Census was enumerated, William, and Caroline, his wife of 27 years, and their children, were living next door to Henry and Mary Doennig in Mt. Pleasant Township of Lawrence Co., MO. Their ten surviving children were: William F., age 24; Mary, age 22; Anna, age 20; Ida, age 17; Martha, age 16; Martin, age 14; Bertha, age 11; Dina, age 9; Ernest, age 7; and Bruno, age 2.14 Since Freistatt was such a close knit community, it was only natural that the Meinert family became acquainted with the Gliedt family upon their arrival. Both families attended the same church and sent their children to the same Christian Day School. Two of William and Caroline Meinert's daughters married two of Gottlieb and Hanne Gliedt's sons. William and Caroline's fifth child, Martha, was about the same age as Fred Gliedt.

Fred courted Martha Meinert and they decided to marry. Fred and Martha traveled to the county clerk's office at Mt. Vernon, Lawrence Co., MO, on 15 Aug 1906, to apply for their marriage license.¹⁵ On 26 Aug 1906, Carl Friedrich Gliedt, age 24, wed his first wife, MARTHA LOUISE AUGUSTE MEINERT, age 22. They were married by Pastor Johannes Roschke at the Evangelical (Trinity) Lutheran Church in Freistatt, Lawrence Co., MO. Their witnesses were Wilhelm Gliedt, Bertha Meinert, Martin Meinert, and Emma Breder.¹⁶

Figure 1: Fred and Martha (Meinert) Gliedt. 26 Aug 1906, Freistatt, MO.

Martha (1884-1909), the daughter of William and Caroline Meinert nee Wickert was born on 3 Mar 1884 at her parents' farm located in the Mt. Pleasant Township of Lawrence Co., MO. She was baptized Martha Louise Auguste, on 14 Mar 1884, by Pastor Johannes Roschke at the Evangelical (Trinity) Lutheran Church of Freistatt, MO. She was named after two of her sponsors. Her sponsors were Louise Korff, Auguste Krueger and Marie Meinert.¹⁷ Martha was confirmed on 11 Mar 1897 at the Evangelical (Trinity) Lutheran Church of Freistatt, MO.¹⁸

In Apr of 1907, Fred's twin brother, C. H. Wilhelm (Bill), married Martha's younger sister, Bertha. Then in the fall of 1907, Fred and Martha's first child was stillborn. Fred and Martha had been married for only three years when Martha died on 31 Jul 1909 at their home located near Freistatt in Lawrence Co., MO. She was 25 years, 4 months and 27 days old at the time of her death. Family tradition says she died during childbirth. The Evangelical (Trinity) Lutheran Church record indicates that she died of kidney failure. Martha was buried on 1 Aug 1909 in Row 1, Space 11, in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery at Freistatt, MO. She was survived by her husband, Fred.¹⁹

The child of Fred and Martha Gliedt nee Meinert: 682. A Daughter.

682.     GLIEDT DAUGHTER^G8 (Pöppelmeier^G5 ) (1907-1907), the only child of Fred and Martha Gliedt nee Meinert, was stillborn on 22 Nov 1907 at the family farm located near Freistatt in Lawrence Co., MO and was buried on 23 Nov 1907 in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery at Freistatt, MO. Pastor John E. Roschke conducted the funeral service. She was survived by her parents.²⁰

In the fall of 1909, Fred, who was newly widowed, and his brothers, William (Bill) and Henry, heard that Henry and Ette Schwarze were selling their 296 acre farm and moving to Idaho. The brothers decided to go together to purchase the land. On 8 Nov 1909, Fred and his brothers bought the Schwarze farm which was described as the West half of the Northwest quarter of Section (19), Township (27), Range (26), and the South half of the Northeast quarter of the Northwest quarter and Northeast quarter of Section (24), Township (27), Range (27), except three and one-fourth acres, beginning two and 10/100 chains West of the Northeast quarter of Section (24), then South (11 1/2) degrees East four and 50/100 chains, thence North (73) degrees East (15) chains to section line thence West to place of beginning, also beginning two and 10/100 chains West of Southeast corner, Southwest quarter of Section (13), Township (27), Range (27), thence North (33) degree West, four and 85/100 chains, thence South (73) degrees West thirteen 50/100 chains to section line, thence East to beginning, containing three and one-fourth acres, and the Southeast quarter of the Northwest quarter of Section (24), Township (27), Range (27).21

When Rodney D. Kirby, the enumerator for the Thirteenth U.S. Census stopped by Henry Gliedt's farm which was located in South Mt. Vernon Township of Lawrence Co., MO, on 4 May, 1910, he found Fred living in Henry's household. Mr. Kirby listed Fred on the census form as Charles F, a 26 year old, single man who was working a general farm with his brothers, Henry W. and William H. Gliedt.²² At the time of this census, only Adolph, Martin, and Ernst, still lived in their parents' household. In Jun of 1910, Fred's sister, Auguste, her husband Ernst Kaiser, and their children, moved to the Cole Camp area of Benton Co., MO. They were the first members of the family to leave the Freistatt locale. Later that same year, Fred remarried.

The family of Henry Doennig were long time residents of the Freistatt locale. Henry Doennig, the first child of Friedrich Wilhelm and his second wife, Christine Marie Ilsabein Dönnig nee Schnake, was born on 19 Dec 1845 at Eickhorst #59, Westfalen, Germany.²³ He came to America in 1861 and first settled in Washington Co., IL.²⁴ Henry became engaged to Mary, the daughter of Christian Diederich Hermann and Maria Elisabeth Brandhorst nee Könemann, who was born on 14 Dec 1856 near Nashville, Washington Co., IL.²⁵ Henry was interested in buying cheap farm land in a less populated area. So sometime prior to 1877, he traveled to Lawrence Co., MO and bought land in Mt. Pleasant Township from the railroad. He returned to Illinois for his fiancee, Mary. Henry and Mary were married on 12 Jul 1877 by the Rev. Grupe at Freistatt, MO.²⁶ Mary became the mother of nine children. Only six of their children survived to adulthood. When the Twelfth U.S. Census was taken on 22 Jun 1900, Henry and Mary Doennig were neighbors to William and Caroline Meinert. The Doennig household consisted of Henry, his wife, Mary, and their children: Henry W., age 21; Minnie, age 16; Clara, age 10; Pauline age 6; and Emil, age 3.27 When Chas Moody, enumerator of the Thirteenth U.S. Census, stopped at Henry Doennig's farm, he found Henry, his wife, Mary, and their children: Clara, age 19; Pauline, age 15; and Emil, age 14.28 Four of Henry and Mary Doennig's children married four of Gottlieb and Hanne Gliedt's children.

Figure 2: Fred and Clara (Doennig) Gliedt. 15 Sep 1910, Freistatt, MO.

After observing a year of mourning, Fred and his sister-in-law, Clara Doennig, decided to marry. Fred, age 28, and Clara, age 19, traveled to the county clerk's office at Mt. Vernon, Lawrence Co., MO, and applied for their marriage license on 7 Sep 1910.29 A week later, on 15 Sep 1910, Carl Friedrich Gliedt wed his second wife, CLARA MARIE WILHELMINE DOENNIG. They were married by Pastor Johannes Roschke at the Evangelical (Trinity) Lutheran Church of Freistatt, MO. Their witnesses were Adolph Gliedt, Alma Oexmann, Martin Gliedt, and Pauline Doennig.³⁰ It is of interest to note that two of their witnesses, Adolph Gliedt and Alma Oexmann, were married in Nov of that same year.

Clara (1891-1961), the seventh child of Carl Heinrich (Henry) and Sophia Maria Elisabeth (Mary) Doennig nee Brandhorst, was born on New Year's Day, 1 Jan 1891 at her parents' farm located in the Mt. Pleasant Township of Lawrence Co., MO. She was baptized Clara Marie Wilhelmine by Pastor Johannes Roschke on 18 Jan 1891 at the Evangelical (Trinity) Lutheran Church of Freistatt, MO. Her sponsors were Maria Fortmeier, Minna Hesemann, and Ernst Bruhn.³¹ Clara grew up in the Mt. Pleasant locale. She attended the Christian Day School at Freistatt, MO. When the enumerator for the Twelfth U.S. Census stopped by the Henry Doennig's farm on 22 Jun 1900, he noted that Clara, age 10, was still attending school.³² She was confirmed on 27 Mar 1904 by Pastor Johannes Roschke at the Evangelical (Trinity) Lutheran Church of Freistatt, MO.³³ In Apr of 1910, Chas W. Moody, the enumerator for the Thirteenth U.S. Census, found Clara, age 19, was one of three children still living in her parents' household.³⁴

1912 was an eventful year for the Gliedt families. Several children were born to Fred's brothers in 1912, and in Nov of that year, Fred's brother, Martin, married Alma Lampe. It was also the year that Mr. C. L. Peirce of Winnebago, IL, subdivided his 3590+ acres of land which was located in the Shipman and Charles League in Brazoria Co., TX, into farm lots. This subdivision became known as the C. L. Peirce Subdivision of a portion of the Shipman and Charles League in Brazoria Co., TX. Mr. Peirce was also the President of the "Linwood Ranch Company".35 Mr. Peirce would have a profound effect on the lives of Fred and Clara. By the fall/winter of 1912, Mr. Peirce began to advertise the sale of his Texas farm lots, in Freistatt. These farm lots were publicized as being rich in soil and minerals. Here was the opportunity of a life-time, to be on the ground floor of building a new community and the chance to get rich, as sulphur and oil had already been discovered in Brazoria Co., TX. After hearing about the land in Texas, Fred's mother was convinced that "it was a good deal", and she tried unsuccessfully to convince her husband, Gottlieb, to sell up and move to Texas. So, she encouraged her children to sell up and move. Fred had just finished building a new house when this Texas land deal came up. One Sunday after church, the entire Gliedt family was invited over to the Gliedt farm which was located on the Schwarze Bottom on the Spring River, so that Fred's brother, Henry, along with Ryan Schmeling, and Henry Aufdembrink, could tell them about the Texas land deal. After hearing the presentation on the Texas land deal, some of the men were interested in seeing the land.³⁶ So in 1913, a group of men traveled to Texas. After their trip to Texas, Fred and his brother, Henry and William (Bill), began making plans to move. It took awhile for Fred, Henry, and William (Bill), to sell their jointly owned farm in Missouri and complete arrangements for the move to Texas. On the 23 Aug 1913, Henry, Fred, and William (Bill), obtained a quit claim deed for their 296 acre farm from Henry and Ette Schwarze of Bonneville, Idaho.³⁷ Three months later, on 10 Nov 1913, Fred, and his wife, Clara; Henry, and his wife, Minna; William, and his wife, Bertha; sold their 296 acres of land to Benjamin Fritz and Herman Knaust.³⁸

On New Years Day, 1914, Fred and his brothers, Henry, William (Bill), Adolph, Martin, and Hermann, along with H. W. (Bill) Doennig, his brother-in-law, and Louis Holtmann, brought farm lots from C. L. Peirce. Two weeks later, Fred's brother, Paul, bought farm lots from Mr. Peirce, too. Mr. Peirce had Fred's contract notarized at Houston, TX, on 5 Jan 1914. Fred agreed to make a down payment on the land, to be followed by six promissory notes payable on 1 Jan 1915, 14 Mar 1915, 1 Jan 1916, 14 Mar 1916, 1 Jan 1917 and 1 Jan 1918. Fred's 160 acres were described as being farm lots or tracts Numbered (6), (7), (8), (9), (41), (42), (43), and (44) all in Block number (6) of the C. L. Peirce Subdivision of a portion of the Shipman and Charles League, in Brazoria Co., TX.³⁹ His farm was bounded by farm lots owned by his brothers, Paul and Martin.

Fred's sister, Anna, her husband, Leonhard(t) Kaiser, and their children, also moved in the spring of 1914. They moved to the Cole Camp area of Benton Co., MO were Auguste and her husband, Ernst Kaiser, still lived. That left Fred's parents, and his brothers, Ernst, and Adolph, and his wife, Alma, living in the Freistatt locale in the spring/summer of 1914.

A few months after Fred and Clara arrived in Texas, Clara gave birth to their first child, Selma. Since most of the farms that the men bought didn't have houses or out-buildings, the men worked together to build houses for their families.⁴⁰ Shortly after the families moved to Brazoria Co., TX, World War I broke out in Europe causing hostility against Germans in many parts of the country. The families were spared from much of this hostility because they lived in a fairly isolated area in Texas.

Even though, Fred's land was fairly flat prairie grassland,⁴¹ it still had to be cleared before it could be planted with crops such as Egyptian Wheat, Elephant Corn, fig trees, sugar cane, banana plants and cabbage.⁴² Some of the crops that were common in Texas were unheard of in Missouri. So Fred had to learn how to grow the different crops. Drainage was always a problem because the land was so flat. After it rained, the fields became swampy. Some of the crops were damaged by too much moisture. The swampy fields provided an ideal breeding place for mosquitoes, which spread diseases such as malaria.⁴³

Fred's father, Gottlieb, died on 7 Jul 1914 at Freistatt, MO and was buried the next day in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery at Freistatt, MO. After the death of his father, his mother, Hanne and his brother, Ernst made plans to move to Brazoria Co., TX. Before Christmas of that year, Hanne, Ernst, Adolph, his wife, Alma, and their children, moved to Brazoria Co., TX, and joined the rest of the Gliedt families already living in that locale. On 13 Mar 1915, Fred and Clara sold 80 acres of their land to Ernst. He bought farm lots numbered (41), (42), (43), and (44) in Block number (6) of the C. L. Peirce Subdivision of a portion of the Shipman and Charles League, in Brazoria Co., TX.⁴⁴

In the summer, on 16 Aug 1915, a hurricane hit the Galveston area of Texas⁴⁵ some 55 miles away from Fred's place. This hurricane had winds in excess of 100 m.p.h. and lasted for 48 hours.⁴⁶ The damage caused by the water was greater than the wind damage.⁴⁷ The heavy rains caused the nearby San Bernard River to flood, damaging the crops. There were more mosquitoes after the hurricane, causing an outbreak of diseases among the family members. The damage resulting from the hurricane made it even more difficult for Fred to make the next payment on his farm. So on 7 Oct 1915, Fred and his brothers, William, Ernst, Henry, Martin, Adolph, Paul, and Hermann, signed agreements, leasing the mineral rights to their land to Mr. C. L. Peirce.⁴⁸ Later that same month, Fred's brother, Paul, became ill, and died on 26 Oct 1915. Within a few days of Paul's death, Fred's nephew, Oscar, also died. The deaths of Paul and Oscar, illness among the family members, plus financial difficulties caused the families great distress. The years that Fred and Clara lived in Texas were filled with hard work, sadness, illness and financial disaster.

Figure 3: Fred and Clara (Doennig) Gliedt and their children, Hubert, Walter, and Selma.

Once again, the families gathered together to discuss whether to stay or move on. Since 1914, the Rev. Dautenhahn of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church at Fairland, OK, had written several letters to the editor of the widely read German newspaper, Rundshau, promoting the farming opportunities for German speaking people in Oklahoma.⁴⁹ Someone had heard that there were some farms available to rent near Fairland in Ottawa Co., OK. It was decided that the families would move. One by one the families up and left their farms, in many instances their belongings as well. The long-time residents of the area were amazed at the sudden departure of the families, and how they abandoned some of their belongings.⁵⁰

By the spring of 1916, Fred, Clara and their daughter, Selma, had moved to Fairland, OK. Eventually, Fred's brothers, Martin and his wife, Alma; Adolph and his wife, Alma; Henry and his wife, Minna; Hermann and his wife, Anna; Ernst, along with his brother-in-law, Bill Doennig and his wife, Louise, also moved to Fairland and joined St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church.⁵¹ Fred's sister, Louise Doennig, became ill after a few months. So her husband, Bill moved his family to Freistatt so that Louise would be near a doctor. On 29 Apr 1916, Fred, along with his brothers, Ernst, Adolph, Henry, Hermann, and Martin, sold the mineral rights to their land in Brazoria Co., TX, to Frank Gaines. This contract was notarized at Ottawa Co., OK.⁵² On 3 Apr 1917, Fred's farm lots in Brazoria Co., TX, along with the farm lots belonging to his brother, Hermann, were sold at public auction to pay off their notes. Mr. W. F. Barnes, of Rockford, Winnebago Co., IL bought Fred's and Hermann's farm lots at the auction.⁵³ In Jun of 1917, Fred's sister, Louise Doennig, died. During this time, World War I continued in Europe. Fred's youngest brother, Ernst, was drafted in Sep of 1917, and he fought in the war until his discharge in Nov of 1918.

The community at Fairland was not as isolated from the anti-German sentiment as it was in Brazoria Co., TX. Even though the war years were difficult for the members of St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, they continued to conduct the church services and the Christian Day School in German. Some of the people living in the area were suspicious of the members of the "German" church. The church was vandalized and some of the church members were treated badly. As a result of the anti-German sentiment, the German Language was suspended in 1918, for several years. During 1918, about a dozen families moved from Fairland to the area southeast of Chelsea, OK.⁵⁴ After the birth of their second child, Hubert, in Oct of 1918, Fred, Clara and their two children also moved to a farm southeast of Chelsea, OK.

Fred and his family were living in Rider, Mayes Co., OK, when the Fourteenth U.S. Census was taken on 28 Jan 1920. The listed Fred, age 36, as the head of the household that included his wife, Clara, age 28, and their two children: Selma, age 5, and Hubert, age 1 8/12. Fred's brother, Ernst was also living with them on their general farm.⁵⁵ In the spring of 1921, Clara gave birth to their third child, Walter. Fred, Clara and their children lived in this locale until Jan of 1923, when they moved to Rover in Oregon Co., MO. Two years later, in Dec of 1924, the family moved to Willow Springs in Howell Co., MO. During their stay in Willow Springs, MO, Clara gave birth to her last child, Mildred, who died shortly after her birth. In Dec of 1929, Fred, Clara, and their three surviving children, moved to the West Plains area of Howell Co., MO. It was here that Fred and Clara finally settled.⁵⁶

Fred Gliedt died on 10 Dec 1949 at West Plains, Howell Co., MO and was buried in the Oaklawn City Cemetery at West Plains, MO.⁵⁷ Clara lived the rest of her life in the West Plains locale. She often traveled to Chelsea, OK to visit her relatives. Sometimes she would stay with her sister, Anna Gliedt, and would help her nephew, Alvin Gliedt, at the Gliedt's Cafe. Clara was a housewife and mother. She was a terrific cook. Clara was described as a good, gentle, happy, person. Her interests included canning, gardening, sewing and quilting.⁵⁸ Clara Marie Wilhelmine Gliedt nee Doennig died from cancer on 14 Sep 1961 at West Plains, Howell Co., MO and was also buried in the Oaklawn City Cemetery at West Plains, MO.⁵⁹

Figure 4: Edwin and Selma (Gliedt) Lindeman and their daughters, Patricia, Bernice, and Carolyn.

The four children of Fred and Clara Gliedt nee Doennig:

683.     i.     SELMA ANNA GLIEDT (1914- ).
694.     ii.     HUBERT HERMANN ADOLF GLIEDT (1918-1982)

683.     SELMA ANNA^G8 GLIEDT (Pöppelmeier^G4 ) (1914- ), the first child of Fred and Clara Gliedt nee Doennig, was born on 5 May 1914 at her parents' farm located in Block (6) of the C. L. Peirce Subdivision of a portion of the Shipman and Charles League (a.k.a. Linwood Camp), in Brazoria Co., TX. She was baptized at her parents' home on 1 Jun 1914 by Pastor M. C. Stoppenhagen of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Wharton, TX. Her sponsors were her aunt, Anna Gliedt, her grandmother, Johanna Gliedt and her grandfather, Henry Doennig.⁶⁰ Selma was about one and a half years old when her family moved to Fairland, OK. She attended the parochial school at Adair, Mayes Co., OK for two and a half years, a year at Rover, MO, and four and a half years at the parochial school at Willow Springs, MO. Selma was confirmed on 12 May 1929 by Pastor George Harms at St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Willow Springs, Howell Co., MO.⁶¹ On 16 Sep 1945, Selma Anna Gliedt wed EDWIN DICK CHARLES LINDEMAN. They were married by Pastor George Harms at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in West Plains, Howell Co., MO.⁶² Edwin (1912-1987), the son of John D. and Sophie Lindeman nee Schuricht, was born on 11 Sep 1912 at Union City, Canadian Co., OK and was baptized on 15 Sep 1912 by Pastor E. A. Frese at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Union City, OK. His sponsors were John Lindeman, Sr., Carl Heidmann and Elenore Schuricht. Edwin was eleven years old when his family moved to West Plains, MO. He was confirmed on 13 May 1928 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in West Plains, MO. For most of his life, except for when he served in the army, Edwin was a farmer, raising dairy and beef cattle, hay and grains. Selma writes, "Edwin was a real Christian man, kind, loving, worked hard, and always supported his family, always ready to help when needed at church, neighbors, and family. He was jolly, told jokes, loved to fish, and play cards." He also enjoyed ball games. Selma writes, "My interests are dairy farming, sewing, quilting, canning, and gardening. I always worked hard to provide for my family and their welfare. When the children were grown, I went back to work in the garment and shoe factory. During the war, I was supervisor for making the one piece coveralls for the soldiers. I had 35 girls on my line, and I loved my work. I was always a happy-go-lucky person, laughed a lot, and enjoyed life, first as a Christian then otherwise. I also worked in the church, taught Sunday School, and worked in Ladies Aid." Selma retired from factory work and farming and is now a homemaker.⁶³ Edwin Lindeman died on 7 Sep 1987 at Ozark Medical Center in West Plains, MO and was buried on 11 Sep 1987 in Howell Valley Cemetery, West Plains, MO.⁶⁴

Their daughter, Bernice writes about Hog Butchering

"Hog butchering was an exciting day in the lives of the Lindeman family. We awoke early in the morning; and after the milking was finished, and with Jack Frost still on the grass and the temperature low enough to see our breath, we walked through the crackling leaves outside our frame farmhouse to the "Sinkhole" to shoot the hog. Daddy, wearing his bib overalls and long-sleeved brown shirt, carried the rifle over his shoulder. Mama came prepared with buckets and spoons (long handled wooden ones as I recall) to catch and stir the blood. My sisters and I waited a good distance back until we heard the shot ring out and the pig's last squeal. Then we rushed forward to watch and "help" while the hog was stuck and blood collected for sausage. Grandma Gliedt lived in town, but on this important day, she packed her bags and stayed with us in the country to help with the work. Grandma kept watch over us girls until the hog was killed, and then helped my mother, collecting the blood first and stirring it to prevent clotting until it could be properly seasoned and prepared. Daddy put the carcass on a two-wheeled wagon, and after he scalded it, my sisters and I helped to remove the red, coarse hair. As quickly as possible, Daddy removed the head, and one of us girls took the brains into the house to be ground by Mama and Grandma and added to the blood. When properly seasoned, the sausage was poured into white cotton bags which Mama had sewn, and the sausage was then stored in the cellar under our house. Nothing was wasted. What was left of the head was used for head cheese, and even the feet were pickled and eaten. Daddy then halved the hog and hitched our horses, Prince and Babe, to the wagon and pulled into the wash house where the hog was hung until it had drained, usually several weeks. Then it was taken to the back porch and cut into pork chops, hams, and bacon, (all of which were canned by Mama) with the lard rendered for making the pies that we would later eat or saved for making lye soap. What a busy time! We worked long hours butchering, sectioning, and canning a hog. But nothing was wasted, the winter months would be cold, and we had tasty pork to last through the days and weeks ahead!"

TORNADO !

BY BERNICE LINDEMAN DECKER

Storm clouds swirled through the sky for most of the afternoon, with the rumble of thunder and streaks of lightening almost crisscrossing through the clouds. the weatherman forecasted severe weather with a thunderstorm warning and a tornado watch.

Our family sat somberly at the kitchen table discussing whether or not we should stay home or drive to Uncle Walter and Aunt Mary's house where we would be safer. While we did have a small cellar under our house, it was not large enough for the six of us, (Mama, Daddy, Grandma, Pat, Carolyn and me), and we had to go outside to get there. Uncle Walter and Aunt Mary were better prepared for storms. So with pillows and extra blankets, we packed ourselves into our car and headed for safety.

Uncle Walter stood watching the skies as we drove up, and we sat in their living room and listened as Mama, Grandma, and Aunt Mary recounted stories of other storms. Mama told of the severe tornados in Oklahoma, where she had grown up, in which the skies boiled green, and following dead silence, one could hear the storm, like the noise of a freight train, sweeping up everything in its path. Grandma told of the time when, on the way to the tornado cellar in their yard, Uncle Hubert squeezed her hand and said, "Please, a piece of bread with butter on the top and 'lassies on the bottom." Aunt Mary remembered seeing a piece of straw driven through a tree. My sisters and I, with my cousin, Trudy, sat and listened, dreading the terror of the storm.

As afternoon turned to evening, and evening to night, with no change in the weather, Daddy and Uncle Walter took turns watching the skies. Each would come back with the words, "It sure looks bad out there." Aunt Mary rolled open the sofa bed, and we four girls prepared to sleep together there while our parents watched. Uncle Walter read from his Bible and prayed for safety through the night, and we tried to catch snatches of sleep.

Through the night, it hit. A funnel had been sighted south of town and was headed in our direction. The air was a casket of calm as Uncle Walter opened the cellar door and we were all herded down the steps with candles in hand to await the few minutes of destruction and the passing of the storm. The stillness changed to a roar and, just as quickly, to a soft gentle rain as we left the cellar and made our way back to bed.

The morning sun broke with streams of light, but the beauty of the dawn belied the chaos of the night. Although we were not directly hit by the tornado, we saw the destruction in its path. Joe Davis' pants hung in our tree as neatly as if on a clothesline. Trees were downed; and father down the road, houses were ripped apart with their contents spilled like a pot of beans. One of our neighbors, still sleeping on her mattress, had been blown across the road. Several people were injured, and two lost their lives. While we said our prayers of gratitude for our own safety, we were saddened by the losses suffered by our neighbors and friends.

With community effort, houses were rebuilt, a collection drive for food and clothing was made, and some losses were restored. But the loss of life cannot be regained, and the memory of calm in the wake of storm is not easily forgotten.

Oh, Lord, guard us against the violence of the storm and the terror of the calm.

The five children of Edwin and Selma Lindeman nee Gliedt: 684. Patricia, 685. Bernice, 689. Jaunita, 690. Carolyn, and 693. Ruth Ann.

694.     HUBERT HERMANN ADOLF^G8 GLIEDT (Pöppelmeier^G5 ) (1918-1982), the second child of Fred and Clara Gliedt nee Doennig, was born on 1 Oct 1918 at his parents' home located in Fairland Township, Ottawa Co., OK. He was baptized on 3 Oct 1918 at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Fairland, OK. His sponsors were his aunt, Wilhelmine Gliedt, and his uncles, Hermann Gliedt and Adolph Gliedt.⁷⁷ Shortly after Hubert was born, his family moved to a farm southeast of Chelsea, OK. In Jan of 1923, when Hubert was four years old, his family moved to Rover, MO. Two years later, the family moved to Willow Springs in Howell, Co., MO. In Dec of 1929, when Hubert was ten, the family moved to West Plains, Howell Co., MO.⁷⁸ Hubert was confirmed on 24 Nov 1932 by the Rev. George Harms at St. Paul's Lutheran Church of West Plains, MO.⁷⁹ On 8 Oct 1939, Hubert Hermann Adolf Gliedt wed his first wife, BEATRICE MUELLER. They were married at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in West Plains, MO.⁸⁰ Beatrice (1915-1944) was born on 11 Jan 1915. Hubert served in the Navy during World War II.⁸¹ Beatrice died on 1 Jun 1944 at West Plains, MO and was buried on 4 Jun 194482 in the Oaklawn City Cemetery at West Plains, MO.⁸³ The two children of Hubert and Beatrice Gliedt nee Mueller: 695. Dennis, and 698. Daniel.

Figure 6: Hubert and Beatrice (Mueller) Gliedt and their sons, Dennis and Daniel.

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