Maria Bell Christlieb
1826–1869
Maria Bell Christlieb (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Carl Christlieb2, Isaac Christlieb3) [966], born 1826, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; married, 1844, Cumberland County, John B. Perry, who died in 1861. In 1865, she removed with her family to Long Lake, Hennepin County, Minnesota, where she died, January 1869, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Long Lake, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Children of Maria Bell Christlieb and John B. Perry
Isaac Christlieb Perry (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Carl Christlieb2, Isaac Christlieb3, Maria Bell Christlieb4) [966], born 2 June 1845; died 11 April 1858; burial in Ziegler's Church Graveyard, Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
Samuel G.W. Perry (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Carl Christlieb2, Isaac Christlieb3, Maria Bell Christlieb4) [966], born 22 February 1848, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; died 11 January 1881, Long Lake, Hennepin County, Minnesota; burial in Union Cemetery, Long Lake, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Catherine E. (Eliza C.) Perry (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Carl Christlieb2, Isaac Christlieb3, Maria Bell Christlieb4) [966], born 1850, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; baptised 12 Aug 1854, Big Spring Presbyterian Church, Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; died 2 July 1867, Long Lake, Hennepin County, Minnesota; burial in Union Cemetery, Long Lake, Hennepin, Minnesota.
Minerva E. "Minnie" Perry (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Carl Christlieb2, Isaac Christlieb3, Maria Bell Christlieb4) [966], born 13 April 1855, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; died 11 August 18786 (age 21), in Minnesota 1876; married Benjamin Ross, 1875. Minerva and Benjamin had one daughter, Minnie A. Ross, who died young.
Benjamin Ross was born 12 April 1840, Manchester, Metropolitan Borough of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England. He died 15 March 1920 (age 79), and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Hutchinson, McLeod County, Minnesota. His biographical sketch is interesting, and is included here:
"He was the son of Samuel and Ann(Eyre) who also immigrated to the US arriving in New York in 1848 and settled in Chicago. In 1856, the family made staked a claim in McLeod county, MN with his wife and three sons, Ben, Charles and Edwin. The three boys worked the claim, while the father left to do carpentry jobs and returned during the winter months.
In 1862, the entire family abandoned the claim and fled to Hutchinson to escape the Sioux Indians during the massacre of 1862. In early Sept, the same day the Indians attacked Hutchinson, Benjamin was in a party that had headed out to check the stock at the farm. He never made it to the farm. Instead, he saw Indians and had to race to Carver to alert the 3rd regiment of their observations. He returned to Hutchinson and again raced to St. Paul to enter into employment of the government as a dispatch bearer (messenger) and remained that for 3 years. He returned to the McLeod farm afterwards.
In 1871-73, he traveled throughout England.
He wed Miss Minnie Perry on September 14, 1875. She died on August 17, 1876 leaving one child, Minnie A. After his wife's death, Ben sold the farm and moved to Hutchinson and purchased his own place two years later in 1878.
On April 1, 1880, he married a second time, to Miss Emergene Strong who gave him one child, who died in infancy.
His farm in Hutchinson reached 227 acres (as of 1888)."
"Illustrated Album of Biography of Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota" 1888. Maria Bell Perry (Friedrich Carl Christlieb1, Carl Christlieb2, Isaac Christlieb3, Maria Bell Christlieb4) [966], born 1857, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; died 29 April 1879, in Kansas; burial in Union Cemetery, Long Lake, Hennepin County, Minnesota; married 18 April 1874, Holt Missouri, David A. King. David was born 5 March 1848, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa; died 26 January 1889 (age 40), Pawnee County, Kansas; burial in Larned Cemetery, Larned, Pawnee County, Kansas.