Lieber, John Godfried

1871 - 1934  (62 years)

• Name	Lieber, John Godfried  [1, 2]
  Birth	26 Aug 1871	Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	31 Aug 1871	Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA   [4]
  Occupation	Attorney / Judge / Businessman  [1]
  Residence	Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA
  Burial	Jul 1934	Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA   [1]
  Death	4 Jul 1934	Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I1384	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Lieber, Joseph Jacob,   b. 31 Jul 1843, Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland d. 5 Jan 1930, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Fessler, Mary Margaret,   b. 24 Sep 1848, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d. 20 Oct 1889, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Jan 1868	Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F6252	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Aug 1871 - Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Baptism - 31 Aug 1871 - Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Residence - - Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA Burial - Jul 1934 - Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA Death - 4 Jul 1934 - Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  History of Cooper County, Missouri by WF Johnston

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Aug. 26, 1872 Death: Jul. 4, 1934 John G. Lieber was an attorney, a judge, and a businessman who came to Muskogee in the early days of the town's formation. He was a legal advisor with the Dawes Commission and he also maintained an office for private practice. He owned at least five theaters and a drug store. The theaters were known as the Wigwam Theaters #1 through #5. Two of the theaters were airdomes, or open air theaters. Wigwam #1 had its entrance on Court St. which was lined with Penny peep shows. Wigwam #2 had an entrance on Fourth St. The other three were enclosed theaters with #3 on Broadway, #4 on Second St. near the fire station and Wigwam #5 was on Cherokee St. just south of Broadway known as the Merchants Theater. Some proceeds of this theater were donated to charity. These theaters provided motion pictures, refined vaudeville, singing, and dancing shows. The above information was compiled by W.T. Scott. * * * * * * * * * John Godfried Lieber was born in Missouri, educated in Arkansas and helped his father operate a grist mill. He studied law while working at the mill and was admitted to the bar in 1893. He was a member of Muskogee's volunteer fire department and was a member of the school board. Information shared concerning John G. Lieber... Muscogee's First Fire Department. There are several versions of the date the Muscogee Fire Department was organized - varying from 1892 to 1895. ... A news article in the Muskogee Phoenix of Aug. 16, 1906, indicates that Chief Frank Swift was host at a banquet celebrating the 14th anniversary of the organization of the fire department, which would place the date at 1892. ... Charles Seeking was chief with Frank Swift and John G. Lieber acting as foremen of the two hose companies. The group consisted of a total of 20 volunteers, including James Locke.

  
  

• Sources

  [S327] WORLD: Find-a-Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/ [S2070] USA: Census 1880. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417683 [S12] USA: MO: COOPER: History of Cooper County by W. F. Johnston. William Foreman Johnson 1919 https://www.thomafamily.org//tfam/Mainfile_Histories/History%20of%20Cooper%20County%2C%20Missouri%20by%20WF%20Johnston.pdf History of Cooper County, Missouri by WF Johnston [S286] USA: MO: COOPER: St Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Boonville. https://cooper.mogenweb.org/Churches/St_Peter_and_Paul_Catholic_Church.pdf Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church