Schlieffarth History
Walter D Schlieffarth was born on October 25, 1868 on the site of his present home in Belmond Township. He is the son of Charles and Ellen C. (Packard) Schlieffarth. The father of the subject of this sketch is a native of Saxony, Germany. His wife was born in Fredonia, Ohio. The paternal grandfather was Christopher Schlieffarth, and his wife before her marriage was a Miss Gilland. The grandfather was a farmer in the old country. Charles Schlieffarth arrived in New York in June 1857. He then went to Boston and from there traveled about the country while he worked at the trade of carpenter. On June 14, 1861, he enlisted in the Union army at Joliet, Illinois, joining I company, Twentieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. All through the war he served as a private, receiving his discharge at Chattanooga, Tennessee on June 14, 1864. After a month’s stay in that city, he returned to Joliet.
