FAMILY GROUP SHEET OF GOTTLIEB RIESLAND All information remains the property of the submitter and the Hall County NEGenWeb Project. Do not copy &/or place this FGS on another site without the written permission from the submitter. Hall County NEGenWeb Project © 2011 - All Rights Reserved. HUSBAND: Gottlieb RIESLAND BORN: 13 Nov 1861 MARRIAGE: 23 Apr 1888 -- Lane, DeWitt, Illinois DIED: 28 Jun 1896 -- Hall, Nebraska FATHER'S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Unknown MOTHER'S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Unknown NOTES: Buried at Wood River Cemetery WIFE: Emma HARPER BORN: May 30, 1871, Lane, DeWitt Co., IL OTHER MARRIAGES: DIED: May 7, 1945, Wood River, NE FATHER'S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: John W. HARPER, Oct. 12, 1848, OH MOTHER'S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Lucinda Jane GANO, Aug. 26, 1852, OH NOTES: Buried at Wood River Cemetery CHILD 1: Clara RIESLAND SEX: F BORN: 19 Jan 1890 -- Waynesville, DeWitt, Illinois MARRIAGE: Jesse BRANDT DIED: 13 Jul 1969 -- Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska NOTES: Buried at Wood River Cemetery CHILD 2: Iva Lea RIESLAND SEX: F BORN: 30 Mar 1891 -- DeWitt, Illinois MARRIAGE: Unmarried DIED: Jan. 1973 -- Loveland, Colorado NOTES: Buried at Wood River Cemetery CHILD 3: Bertha Pearl Ion RIESLAND SEX: F BORN: 24 Dec 1892 -- DeWitt, Illinois MARRIAGE: Unmarried MILITARY SERVICE: DIED: Dec. 1984 -- Loveland, Colorado NOTES: Buried at Wood River Cemetery CHILD 4: Yleen RIESLAND SEX: F BORN: Unknown MARRIAGE: Unk., Russell BENSON DIED: Unknown NOTES: Buried unknown. Was supposedly left on the doorstep of the Riesland home ADDITIONAL NOTES: Gottlieb and two of his daughters were in a hay wagon when lightning struck the wagon, knocking Gottlieb unconcious. The girls ran for help but by the time they returned the hay had caught fire and Gottlieb was burned to death. Cause of death: "killed by lightning." SUBMITTED BY: Kaylynn Loveland DATE: 3 Nov 2000