David Shaible Farm - Ann Arbor, Mi. - Michigan Centennial Farms on Waymarking.com

The David Shaible Farm has operated for over a 100 years.

An Article in Washtenaw Impressions from 1990 describes a visit to this farm: (visit link)

"Gerhardt Schaible whose son David is now working the family farm at 7624 Pleasant Lake Road. was on the tour with his wife Esther.

Gerhardt said German farmers came and bought farms from the Reverend
Friedrich Schmid who took up options on land in the area. Schmid was a
Lutheran and Reformed Church missionary sent here by the Basel Missionary Society in Switzerland.

Gerhardt's great-grandparents Johannes Schaible and Margaretha Reule settled on the farm in 1847. They had seven sons and one daughter.
His grandparents. Jacob Schaible and Eva Maria Alber operated the
farm from 1887 and had three sons and two daughters.

In 1920 his parents. Julius Schaible and Johannah Gartmann took over.
Gerhardt. one of two sons. took over in 1949. and his son. David. and wife. Edith Bess Hatch. took over in 1977. They have two sons. Gerhardt and Esther have another son and six daughters.

The first home was of log. close to the stream. where the family lived
about 23 years. The current brick house was built about 120 years ago.

The original barn was destroyed by fire in 1959. A long building used to be a cider mill he said. They discontinued making cider about 30 years ago.

"The building was getting old. the equipment was about worn out. I
decided I'd rather milk more cows at the time." Gerhardt said."

County: Washtenaw Is the Farm open to the public?: No Website: [Web Link] Parking nearby?: no

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