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INDEX
Chapter I
General History of German Settlements
Foreword.......................................................................1
Dawn of Texas' Colonization History................................3
Hecke Gets Enthused and Writes a Book...........................5
First German Settlements in Texas....................................8
First German Emigaration Society Organized....................11
Texas-Mexico War Starts--Germans Suffer.....................13
German Colony History Under Texas Republic.................16
Chapter II
German Emigration Company Organized
Gets Victimized by a Frenchman and an American............22
First Immigrants Arrive--Disaster Befalls Them................28
The Adelsverein Fails-Fisher & Miller Show Up Again.......34
The Adelsverein Meant Well--Why It Failed.....................39
Meusebach Makes Treaty with Indians............................41
Chapter III
Flash Lights of History
Statistic--Friction--Independent Thought..........................48
Germans not Strong on Secret Orders..............................53
Principal German Societies..............................................54
Chapter IV
Civil Wartine Outrages
The Nueces River Massacre..............................................57
What a Confederate Thought of Duff.................................61
Waldrip and His Gang.......................................................66
Chapter V
Human Interest History
Trails of a Pioneer Woman...............................................73
Boyhood Reminiscences of Early Days.............................79
A Great Genius That Turned Hermit..................................86
Chapter VI
Scraps of Unusual History
Old Fort Martin Scott......................................................92
The Mormon Colony.......................................................94
Old Stone House and Handmade Furniture.........................96
A Wartine Gun Cap Factory.............................................98
Sunday Homes..............................................................100
When Whiskey was Fifteen Cents Per Quart.....................101
An Original Dispenser of Justice......................................103
Mixed English and Stray Stock........................................105
A Dishonorable Outrage..................................................106
The Sheriff and Prisoner Made a Trade.............................107
Lott Shot Schultz and Paid the Board Bill..........................108
F. Brodbeck and His Flying Machine................................108
Tax Troubles--Rancid Bacon and Weevily Wheat...............109
Places of Scenic and Historic Interest...............................110
A Pioneer Irrigation Project..............................................113
And They Didn't Incorporate in 1868................................113
First Wheat, Cotton, and Gin...........................................114
Chapter VII
From the Old County Records
County Organized--Court Houses Built..............................116
They Had Trouble with the Old Jail...................................117
Records Burned--Political Row--Historic Gems..................119
Court Order Demolishing the Old Coffee Mill......................124
Chapter VII
Historic Old Mills
Lange's Mill........................................................................126
Guenther's Mill on Live Oak Creek........................................128
C. Bierschwale Had Trouble with His Mill..............................130
The Henke, Maier and Vander Stucken Mills...........................131
Chapter IX
Sketches of Less Ancient Days
Dietrich Rode and Cherry Spring Church.............................133
A Remarkable Handmade Book...........................................134
Oldest County Fair in Texas...............................................136
The Hill Country Poultry Association...................................137
But They Finally Got a Railroad...........................................138
And the Railroads Got the Land...........................................142
An Early Day Publicity Stunt...............................................142
County School Lands Sold..................................................142
Chapter X
Officers--Schools--Remarkable Statistics
County Officers from Organization of County to Present.......144
Gillespie County's Progress in Education...............................148
Remarkable Statistics of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces..153
Chapter XI
Amusing, Romantic, and Tragic History
A Noted Hotel and Some Practical Jokers.............................158
Some Noted Old Ranches....................................................161
Indian Depredations.............................................................168
Chapter XII
Concluding Sketches
The Old Time Freighter Made History.....................................175
Some Pioneer Physicians.......................................................176
Noted Old Time Cummunities.................................................177
The Last of the Oldtimers.......................................................178
Gillespie County's War Record...............................................179
History of the Printing Business..............................................181
Glowing Promises of German Emigration Co...........................183
In Conclusion.......................................................................184
APPENDIX
Church History of Gillespie County 187-212
The Methodist Episcopal Church South...................................187
Methodist Episcopal Church ..................................................188
Evangelical - Protestant Church..............................................191
Historic Sketch of St. Mary's Parish.......................................193
St. Mary's Parochial
School...........................................196
The Catholic High
School...............................................197
St. Antonoy's Business
College.......................................198
Societies........................................................................198
Lutherism in Gillespie County..................................................199
Its Development............................................................200
Evangelical Lutheran St. Paul's Church, North Grape Creek.......202
Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Chruch, Crab Apple.................203
The Evangelical Church, Fredericksburg..................................204
Evangelical Lutheran St. Peter's Church, Doss..........................206
Evangelical Lutheran Christ Church, Cherry Spring...................207
Evangelical-Lutheran Trinity Church, Albert.............................208
Evangelical Lutheran St. James' Chruch, Harper.......................210
Services, Church Customs and Special Historical Events of the......
Lutheran Churches of Gillespie County.....................................212
ILLUSTRATED SECTION
Pictures
John O. Meusbach -215
Prince Solms Braunfels- 215
Sophienberg, New Braunfels, first structure-216
The Vereins-Kirche-216
The Nimitz Hotel -217
First cotton to leave Fredericksburg by railroad-217
Where the Germans were camped when attack by Duff-218
Momument in Confort-218
Home of the Hermit-219
Street Scenes of Fredericksburg-220
C. H. Guenther-221
Pioneer Mills-221
Langes Mill-222
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Doss-222
Zion's Lutheran Church, Fredericksburg-223
The Evangelical Church, Fredericksburg-223
Evangelical Churchs-224, 225
Methodist Churchs-226
Evangelical Protestant Church, Fredericksburg-227
St. Mary's Catholic Church-228
St. Mary's Catholic School-229
Public School Building, Fredericksburg-230
ERRATA
Note: This book has no name index so I am attempting to supply one here:
NAME INDEX
Adams-152
Ahrends-12
Ahrens-167, 190
Alexander-179
Allison-118
Altgeld-71
Althaus-89, 110, 146, 177
Anderegg-178
Arhelger-116, 137, 169, 210
Arlt-147
Aurand-200
Austin-4, 5, 8
Bader-188
Baethge-152
Baker-135
Banta-69, 70
Barsch-156
Barton-188
Basse-122, 191, 192
Bastrop-8
Bauer-60, 188
Baumann-101, 147
Baunach-194, 196
Beam-118
Bean-93
Becker-9
Behrens-60, 156, 209
Bell-137
Bene-33, 38
Benjamin-2, 12
Benold-188
Benson-69
Bente-69
Berg-86, 147, 171
Bergmann-59
Beseler-60
Beyer-179
Bickel-146
Bieberstein-143, 144, 156
Bierschwale-130
Billo-179
Billnitzer-203
Bittner-152, 153
Blank-77
Blevins-69, 71
Blum-129, 135, 145, 197
Bock-61
Bode-188
Boerner-60, 61
Bogisch-211
Bohn-214
Bohnenberger-202
Bonn-136, 156
Bonnet-61
Booker-143
Boos-Waldeck-23, 26, 39, 40
Borchers-205
Bourgeois-24, 27, 39
Bracher-133, 152, 201, 213, 214
Braeutigam-92, 118, 136, 152, 156, 167, 178, 180
Brandon-147
Bratherich-188
Braubach-145
Brieger-152
Brinkrolf-179
Brockman-146
Brodbeck-108, 109, 146, 151
Brodie-152, 153
Bromme-12
Brown-69
Brunow-188
Bruns-60
Buchen-181
Bucholz-144, 146, 187
Buckisch-61
Burch-152
Burg-77
Burns-188
Burrier-152, 190
Burrow-178, 180
Buchschacher-188
Cadwell-69, 146
Callan-123
Cameron-106, 145
Camparet-145
Carp-93
Carter-146
Cass-70
Castell-24, 27
Cecil-145
Cloudt-145
Cooley-159, 160
Collier-118
Conrads-152
Cordes-131, 195
Coreth-46
Cox-188
Crenwelge-145, 156, 205
Crocker-152
Cuans-7
Dalton-123, 124
Dangers-150, 151, 192
Dannheim-178
Dapperich-156
Daugherty-143
Davis-162,163, 188
Dean-93
Dechert-146, 152
Degener-60
Delavan-147
Devilbis-188
Dias-60
Dickson-69
Dietel-182
Dietrich-206
Dietz-146, 156, 158, 178, 205
Dirksen-7
Dittmar-167
Dixon-69, 70
Doebler-118
Doering-146
Donovan-151
D'Orvanne-183, 184
Doss-69, 70, 126, 171
Douay-51
Draeger-191
Drees-196
Drossaerts-197
Dubius-193, 194, 195
Dubray-198
Duden-12
Duecker-146, 179
Duff-59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 174
Durst-147, 187, 190
East-182
Eastwood-173, 174
Ebert-89
Eckert-152, 156, 178, 179
Eckhardt-206
Ehrenberger-15
Eldridge-146
Ellebracht-178, 187
Elster-61
Ely-190
Enderle-138, 152, 153
Enderlin-180
Erlenmayer-151
Erlenmeyer-145
Ermisch-203, 209
Ernst-10, 146, 156, 178, 205
Estill-123, 144, 152, 153
Evers-145
Fannigan-118
Fannin-15, 16
Fahrenhorst-156
Farris-179
Feller-73, 75, 76, 145, 146, 178
Felsing-61
Feuge-152, 153, 178, 190
Fiedler-79, 152, 167, 202
Fischer-170
Fisher-25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 36, 37, 38, 39, 183, 184, 190, 191
Flachmeier-152, 203
Flick-61
Follen-12
Fordtram-10
Frankreich-152
Frantzen-146
Friederich-167
Frederick-8, 33
Freeland-69
Freeman-123, 145
Freer-63
Frels-20
Fresenius-146
Frezel-188
Fries-197
Friess-164
Fritz-195
Fritze-178
Fussel-152
Gammenthaler-187, 188
Gardner-156
Garrison-145, 188
Gartner-95, 145
Geistweidt-206
Gentemann-195
Gerhard-148
Gerke-12
Gerlach-193, 196, 197
Gibson-69
Gifford-142
Gillespie-116
Glatzle-202
Glenn-69
Gliddon-182
Goeble-200
Goehmann-146, 156
Goertz-196
Goff-123
Gold-137, 147, 148, 156, 182, 203, 206
Gombert-150
Goszweiler-202
Grant-62
Green-109, 179
Grobe-147, 156, 170, 171, 180, 206
Grona-156, 180
Gross-33
Grote-151, 188
Grundener-196
Guenther-128, 130, 131
Haag-203, 204, 205
Habenicht-183
Hagen-86, 145, 151
Hahn-114, 152, 206
Hahne-178
Hamilton-152
Hannemann-203, 213
Hanschke-182
Hanson-7
Harcort-14
Harper-147
Harrel-9
Harrison-147, 182
Harth-201
Hartmann-195
Harwerth-199
Hayden-167
Hecke-6, 12
Heep-148, 195
Heimann-147, 152, 153, 178
Heinecke-207
Heinen-167
Heinrich-209, 210
Heinzemann-196
Heinzelmann-205, 206
Henke-122, 131, 132, 167
Herbort-178, 203
Hermann-61
Heyland-138
Hierholzer-191
Hild-191
Hill-69
Hillmann-181
Hines-179
Hirsch-137
Hoefer-207
Hoelzer-147
Hoerster-145, 187
Hoffmann-152
Hohenberger-151
Hohmann-61, 167, 180
Holten-181
Holzinger-202
Homburg-191
Hopf-156, 166
Hotopp-156
Houston-14, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 25, 44, 51
Houy-189, 190, 191
Hudson-152
Hugg-194
Hulsemann-151
Hundhausen-200
Hunter-92, 93, 100, 114, 145
Ide-206
Immel-152, 178
Ingram-77
Inskip-166
Iturbide-4,7
Itz-121, 156, 205, 206
Jackson-62
Jenschke-147, 178, 195
Jordan-95, 146, 156, 179, 188, 205
Joy-70
Juenke-79, 135
Jung-145, 174
Kalenberg-60
Kammlah-178, 205
Kapp-51
Keese-172, 173
Keidel-144, 176, 177
Keller-146, 178
Kelley-196
Kelly-151
Kensing-172
Kern-188
Ketemoczy (Indian)-43, 44
Kettner-145
Kiechler-123
Kiehndeutsch-122
Kiehne-88, 89, 146, 147, 178
Kimbrough-152
King-188
Kirchner-77
Kirchhoff-145, 156
Klaerner-35, 145, 180
Kleberg-11, 14, 20, 21, 55
Kleck-121
Klein-156, 167, 178, 211
Kleinknecht-191
Klett-145, 178, 192, 203, 206
Klingelhoefer-94, 144, 152, 153
Kluge-207, 213
Kneese-145, 146, 164, 181, 187, 188, 190, 191
Knolle-188
Knopp-152, 197
Knox-147
Koch-180, 191, 192, 205
Koennecke-146
Koenig-146, 190
Koerner-191, 192
Koester-30
Kohler-195
Kolmeier-152
Konzack-153, 155, 206, 213
Kook-110
Kopp-188
Kordzik-145, 147, 178
Kothe-146
Kothmann-113
Kott-137, 152, 167
Kramer-89
Kraus-150, 151, 195, 196
Krauskopf-98, 99, 100, 114, 115, 137, 165
Krienke-206
Kriewitz-172
Krueger-145
Kuemmel-206
Kuhlmann-89, 90
Kunz-195
Kupfernagel-209
Kusenberger-146, 147, 181, 182
Land-164
Lange-126, 127, 147
Langenheim-15
Langerhans-146, 156, 180
La Salle-3,5
Larson-134, 135, 146
Lassater-188
Laurence-147
Laxon-146
Lee-62, 100, 138, 147, 188
Leftwich-5
Lehmann-171
Lehne-147, 152
Leiningen-23, 36
Lemberg-188
Leonard-209
Leonhard-210
Leyendecker-120, 145, 146, 151, 193, 196
Lincoln-62
Lindenberg-209, 210, 213
Lindig-209
Link-214
Lochte-114, 146
Lott-108, 167
Loudon-144
Love-139
Lucas-89, 90
Luckenbach-61, 146, 147
Ludwig-145, 152, 156, 205
Lungkwitz-98
Maier-131, 132, 144, 145
Manius-209
Marschall-46, 110, 146, 167, 206
Marshall-156
Markwart-60
Martin-145, 180
Mathisen-138, 152
Maurer-102
Maverick-39
Max-145
Mayer-209
McAdams-121
McDonald-69, 93
McGinnis-182
McGrew-107, 108
McNeil-69
Meckel-137, 145, 170
Meerholz-36
Meier-156, 210
Meinhardt-156
Mentzel-194
Merchison-33
Merz-152, 202, 209
Metzger-146, 147, 171, 194, 195
Meurer-178
Meusebach-28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45,
46, 74, 78,168
Meyer-156, 207
Miller-7, 25, 26, 30, 36, 38, 39, 139
Mittel-195
Moellendorf-131
Moellering-152, 178
Moerner-188
Mogford-159
Molberg-197
Molsberger-156
Moneyhaur-138
Montgomery-143, 144
Moore-20, 123, 147, 148
Morgan-145, 147
Moritz-147, 197
Morris-166, 167
Mosel-95, 103, 104, 146, 147, 156, 167
Moss-164
Moursund-38, 137
Mueller-152, 156, 194
Muerdter-206
Mumme-150, 188
Naemky-205
Neal-69
Nebig-114
Neffendorf-152, 153, 214
Neighbors- 44
Neisens-196
Nielsen-209
Nikolai-211
Nimitz-71, 100, 137, 158, 159, 160, 161
Obarr-188
Ochs-105, 145, 150, 151
Oden-194
Oestreich-145
Ohlenberger-145
Ohlensberger-151
Olfers-203, 206
Osborn-188
Ostrow-158
Ott-152, 190
Ottmers-152, 203
Pahl-156
Pape-120, 129, 130, 145, 197
Paul-69, 70
Peese-209
Pehl-164, 166
Penninger-1,7, 33, 181, 182
Peril-167
Peterman-79
Peter-205, 209, 213
Peters-146
Petmecky-148, 152
Petsch-180, 183, 195, 206
Pfaeffle-191
Pfiester-147, 152, 156, 178
Pletz-70, 156
Pluennecke-188
Porten-7
Priess-166
Probst-102
Pyka-197
Quindel-178, 203
Rackwitz-10
Radeleff-144
Rahe-147
Rebeg-73
Rector-188
Reibe-191
Reider-200
Renick-152
Ressemann-73
Ressmann-206
Riley-137, 145, 164, 165, 167
Robertson-6
Roch-196
Rode-133, 134, 147, 167, 173, 200, 203, 208
Rodenbusch-156
Rodman-131
Roeder-147, 167
Roehrig-200
Roehm-201, 206
Rohrig-113
Roos-190
Ruebesamen-61, 156
Rumsey-152
Runge-169
Rusche-164, 204
Sagebiel-173, 204
Sager-152
Salarza-193
Sandusky-9
Santanna (Indian)-100
Santa Anna-11, 13, 15, 16
Sauer-147
Schaefer-60
Schandua-114, 146, 178, 194, 197
Schaper-105, 106, 145, 156, 188
Scheurich-188
Schierholz-60
Schiermitz-151
Schilling-177
Schlator-164
Schlaudt-178, 179
Schleifer-211, 213
Schliesser-206
Schlueter-156
Schmidt-117, 145, 152, 156, 164, 190, 205
Schmidtz-194
Schmidtzensky-94, 95, 146, 195
Schmitz-195
Schneider-137, 179
Schoenewolf-152, 206
Schreiber-191
Schreiner-60, 167
Schrimpf-188
Schroeder-206
Schubert-42, 78, 206
Schuch-147, 156, 205
Schuchard-144, 146
Schuessler-178
Schultz-151, 177, 181
Schulze-191
Schulz-108
Schumacher-182, 200, 202
Schumann-146
Schwarz-137
Schwethelm-167
Scott, Fort Martin-92, 93, 94, 100, 118, 136, 160
Seiter-123
Sembritzky-132
Shaper-200
Shelley-162, 165
Sherwood-38
Siemering-151
Smith-106, 143
Solms-Braunfels-25, 28, 29
Spaeth-173
Specht-114, 122, 156
Spence-147
Spiess-37
Splittgerber-145
Spohn-15
Stadler-210
Stahl-145, 171, 206
Starks-146
Staudt-147
St. Clair-152
Stehling-133, 195
Stein-150, 196
Stern-14
Steves-60
Stiehl-113
Stieler-61
Steinmann-206
Storke-181
Stovall-152
Straube-196
Stricker-214
Striegler-146
Strackbein-178, 200, 206
Strohberg-42
Sultemeier-166
Tanner-69, 70
Tarrillion-194, 196, 197
Tatsch-96, 97, 180
Tegener-58
Telgmann-60
Teschner-156
Thielepape-51
Thomason-188
Tiling-2, 6, 11, 12, 13, 17, 21, 22, 23, 38, 42, 48, 49, 53
Tobin-179
Treibs-190, 191
Tremlett-166
Turner-152
Ulrich-190
Urbantke-191
Usener-145, 170, 178
Vander Stucken-121, 131, 144, 146, 151, 166
Vater-60
Vaughn-69
Vehlein-5
Vetter-188
von Behr-51
von Biberstein-46
von Roeder-20
von Rosenberg-1, 6, 7
von Wrede-169
Vordenbaumen-188
Wahl-156, 191
Wahrmund-78, 79, 108, 116, 117, 137, 144, 145, 156, 166, 181, 205
Waldeck-25
Walch-195
Waldrip-66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 122, 174
Waltrip-188
Wallace-152
Waller-9
Walter-107, 145, 147, 156
Wartenbach-200
Weber-85, 150, 152, 178, 200
Wehmeyer-73, 110, 114, 145, 183
Weiershausen-145, 146
Weinheimer-146, 156
Welge-156, 167
Welgehausen-146, 164
Weinheimer-147
Weimers-152
Weirch-60
Weiss-61, 145, 202, 204
Wendel-147, 206
Weninger-194
Weyershausen-60, 120
Weyrich-151, 156
Whipple-188
Wiemers-188
Wight-94, 95, 144
Wilke-33, 82, 98, 131, 152
Williams-6, 61, 62, 65, 69, 70
Willmann-188
Winkel-188, 191
Winters-142
Wittneben-145
Woerner-190
Wolf-196
Wrede-145
Wright-145
Young-152, 168, 188
Zenner-101, 108, 135, 167, 171, 195
Zesch-46
Zettner-206
Ziehe-206, 208
Zimmer-156
Zimmermann-132, 195
Zincke-183
Zizelmann-200, 201, 202
Zoeller-195