GENEALOGICAL I CORDS

 TBE FRIEBEIE FAMILY
 THE founder of the Friebele family in America was a German
 by birth, having been born in the city of Carlsruhe, the
 capital of the Grand Duchy of Baden, May 11, 1815. He re-
 moved to the United States when he was less than twenty-one
 !years of age. He located first in Savannah, Georgia, af-
 Iterwards he removed to Newmansville, Florida, then to Mica-I
 nopy. He came to Tampa in 1849, and spent the remainder 'ofi
 his long life here. The town was a very small place when
 (he made his home here, and he saw it grow from a little vili
 !lage to a city, with promise of future greatness, before hei
 passed away.
 Christopher L. Friebele engaged in the general mercan4
 tile business when he came to Tampa, his store being located
 on the northwest corner of Franklin and ..asaington streets.
 The property was owned by him until his death, it then passed
 to his widow who held it till her death, .but a few weeks be-
 fore the writing of this sketch.
 During the Civil War Christopher L. Friebele enlisted
 in the Confederate service in the same command with Edward
 A. Clarke, who had married Mrs. Friebele's sister. The two
. nen were captured by the union forces and together spent
Early two years in northern prisons, being released upon
the conclusion of the war.
 Christopher L. Friebele was a man of farseeing business
 sagacity; he recognized the growth and prosperity that was
 coming to Tampa, though it was far in the future when he
 bame upon the scene, and he invested largely in well-locatedi
 real property which with the increase' of the city in popu-
 lation and business was found to be located in centers of
 traffic where the growth was rapid and substantial.
 During all the years of his residence here Mr. Friebel
 was connected with every enterprise that was undertaken for
 he betterment of conditions in the city of his residence;
 he was energetic, clear-sighted and prudent. His business
 ventures were almost uniformly successful. All of those
 rith whom he had busiAess relations respected him for his
 spotless integrity and his business ability.
 He was a prominent member for many years of the Meth-
 st Church, and of the Masonic order. He died in Tampa,
 ecember 2, 1886, in the seventy-first year of his age.
 He married, January 8, 1852, Julia A. Wall, (See Wall
 family )
 Mrs. Friebele resided in Tampa during all the many
 ars from the time of her marriage, January 8, 1852, un-
 1ah, and for many ears before, the oldest e maber in length
 Leath, and for many years before, the oldest member In length