| Name | Leah THOMAS  |
| Birth | 2 Oct 1851, Illinois2537,2538 |
| Death | 23 Jan 1918, Beulah, Pueblo County, Colorado2537 Age: 66 |
| Burial | 24 Jan 1918, Beulah Cemetery, Beulah, Pueblo County, Colorado2537,681 |
| Mother | Eliza —— (~1821-) |
| 1 | August William KLIPFEL |
| Birth | abt 1848, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio1647 |
| Death | 7 Jan 1918, Beulah, Pueblo County, Colorado2535 |
| Burial | 8 Jan 1918, Beulah Cemetery, Beulah, Pueblo County, Colorado681,2536 |
| Father | Francis KLIPFEL (1811-~1862) |
| Mother | Elizabeth MILLER (~1817-) |
| Marriage | 29 Jun 1869, Grant City, Worth County, Missouri2535 |
| Children | Edward G. (Died as Young Adult) (1872-1894) |
| Mabel (Died as Young Adult) (1874-1892) | |
| Charles Tildon (1876-1940) | |
| Francis I. (1883-1967) | |
| Nellie (1884-1978) | |
| Mildred Elizabeth (~1887-) | |
| Valentine John "Vollie" (1892-1958) |
1851 Birth:2537 Birth date of 2 October 1851 taken from 1918 death certificate. Birth place consistently given in 18702538 and later census enumerations as Illinois. Death certficate gives birth place as Missouri, but assume this to be incorrect.
1870 U.S. Census:2538 Leah enumerated in the household of her husband August Klipfel in Fletchall Township, Worth County, Missouri as a female, age 18, white, house keeper, born in Illinois.
1880 U.S. Census:2471
Worth County, Missouri (Fletchall Township)
Enumerated 14 & 15 June 1880
Leah Klipfel••white, female, age 27, widowed [!], keeping house, born in Illinois, father born in Virginia, mother born in Virginia
Edward••white, male, age 7, son, single, attended school within the year, born in Missouri, father born in Ohio, mother born in Illinois
Mabel••white, female, age 5, daughter, single, deaf and dumb, idiotic, born in Missouri, father born in Ohio, mother born in Illinois
Charles T.••white, male, age 4, son, single, born in Missouri, father born in Ohio, mother born in Illinois
August not enumerated; assume he was in Colorado. Mother Eliza Thomas2549 in adjacent household. Joseph Thomas, age 35, also living in adjacent household; assume Joseph to be a son of Eliza Thomas and brother to Leah Klipfel
1910 U.S. Census:957 Leah enumerated in the household of her husband Augustus W. Klipfel in Precinct 21, Pueblo County, Colorado as a wife, female, white, 53, married once for 41 years, born in illinois, father born in Ohio, mother born in Pennsylvania, housekeeper, can read and write. Children enumerated were Francis I., age 28; Mildred C., age 23; and Vollie J., age 18. Son Charles Tildon Klipfel served as enumerator for Enumeration District 151.
1918 Death Certificate:2537 Leah Klipfel; place of death, Pueblo County, Beulah; date of death, 23 January 1918; female, white, widowed; date of birth, 2 October 1851; age 66 years, 3 months, 21 days; occupation, at home; birthplace, Missouri; father, —— Thomas, birthplace unknown; mother, Leah Allen, birthplace unknown; length of residence at place of death, 10 years; informant, Chas. Klipfel, Beulah, Colorado; place of burial, Beulah; date of burial, 24 January 1918.
1918 Tombstone:681 Beulah Cemetery, Beulah, Pueblo County, Colorado.
Leah Klipfel
1850-1918