Effie Wilhelm (b. June 11, 1885) was a daughter, by his third wife Lizzie Kriner, of Adam Biddle Wilhelm. Effie Wilhelm married Harry Eickmeyer on June 11, 1906. (Photograph to the left is of Effie and Harry, date unknown). In 1894, Julia Wilhelm Muffley died at age 73 in Quincy, and was reportedly buried at Halstead, Kansas, home of her daughter Sadie Muffley Lentz. The continuing lives of Julia’s children are subjects of other Muffley stories, to follow perhaps on the Muffley blog.

In the early hours of January 18, 1906, a fire began in the harness shop of the Schott Saddlery, which was totally destroyed by fire. It was one of the most destructive fires in Quincy history. Joe Muffley had worked in harness making at Schott until then, so was left without an employer. Joe’s and Emma’s departure from Quincy (for Kansas City and later St. Louis) marked the end of a Muffley presence in Quincy. Thus it was that Effie Wilhelm Eickmeyer’s grand-daughter Joyce was unaware of a Muffley connection until contacted by Gary Muffley.