The Fleischer family came from Culmintz, Germany in 1850. The father was Frederick Wilhelm Fleischer. He met his future wife Christiana Kahler on board the ship Queen. She was coming from Dresden, Germany. Frederick and Christiana were married in New Orleans six weeks after their arrival. Their first two children, William and Mary Ann, were born in Greenwood, Mason, Kentucky. The other seven children, that lived, were born in Shawnee County, Kansas. Three other children died young.
Frederick had forty acres of fruit. He had apples and peach trees and also a vineyard. He also had another farm outside of Topeka. This one was devoted to grain.
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