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Tombstone Tuesday: Willie and Lillie Schuetz Adam
Lillie K.
Sept. 8, 1895
Mar. 16, 1975
Willie E.
Mar. 23, 1893
July 10, 1955
Willie Eugene is the son of Julius and Ida Haufler Adam
Lillie Katharine is the daughter of Henry and Emma Bauer Schuetz
(Boerne, Kendall County, Texas). Willie E. and Lillie K. Adam marker; personally read 2011.
Anton Bergmann and Patent #422703
Anton Bergmann
While looking at the newspapers on the Library of Congress web site, I discovered a short article entitled “Texas Patents.” It was front page news on March 5, 1890, in the Fort Worth Daily Gazette. A report from Washington DC stated that Anton Bergmann of Boerne in Kendall County, Texas, was issued a patent on March 4th for an ointment for curing skin disease.
In my search to find out more about this patent I discovered that Google has a patent website. The patent was filed on September 19,1889 and issued March 4, 1890 and was an improved treatment for ringworm or cutaneous troubles. The ointment ingredients were water, turpentine, soap, tobacco extract, and a tincture of arnica. James M. Sauer and Hilmar G. Froebel witnessed the document. For more details about the patent go tohttp://www.google.com/patents/US422703. I wonder if he ever marketed the ointment.
Anton was the son of Joseph and Theresia Ohnesorge Bergmann.
The Library of Congress website is free and an excellent place to find primary sources. Go to http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ . Take a look! You never know which relative will be in the news!
“Texas Patents.” Fort Worth Daily Gazette. March 5, 1890. Library of Congress. Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers. 13 August 2012. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86064205/1890-03-05>
“Ointment for Skin Disease.” Google Patents. 13 August 2012. <http://www.google.com/patents>
150th Anniversary of the Battle of the Nueces
This weekend Comfort, Texas, is remembering Union soldiers from the Texas Hill County who died in the Battle of the Nueces on 10 August 10 1862. These men were Union sympanthizers in a Confederate State. They were on their way to Mexico and were camped beside the Nueces River when Confederate forces attacked them.
On 10 August 1866 the Treue der Union Monument was erected as a memorial to these soldiers and a place for their remains to be laid to rest. It wasn’t until after the war that family members were able to make the journey to the Nueces to gather their bones and return them to the Hill Country.
These men died on 10 August 1862: Leopold Bauer, Edward Degener, C. Schafer, F. Behrens, Pablo Diaz, L. Schierholz, E. Beseler, F. Vater, H. Steves, Ludwig Borner, A. Schriener, W. Telgmann, A. Bruns, J. G. Kalenberg, M. Weirich, Heinrich Degener, H. Markwart, H. Weyerhausen
These men escaped but were later captured and killed: W. Borner, H. Flick, L Rubsamen, T. Bruckish, F. Tays, A. Rubsamen, C. Bock, A. Luckenbach, H. Stieler
These men were killed on 18 October 1862 along the Rio Grande River: J. Elstner, Peter Bonnet, M. Weisz, E. Felsing, V. Hohmann, F. Weisz, H. Herrmann, Fritz Lange
The Handbook of Texas states, “It is the only German-language monument to the Union in the South where the remains of those killed in battle are buried, and where an 1866 thirty-six star American flag flies at half-staff.”
“NUECES, BATTLE OF THE,” Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qfn01), accessed August 11, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
150th Anniversary of the Civil War Battle and Massacre at the Nueces River August 10th 1862. Commemoration Program for Events August 10th and 11th, 2012.
Tombstone Tuesday: Ralph Adam and Anna Jane Schnautz Schoenert
Ralph A. Anna J.
born Dec. 12, 1895 Mar. 12, 1898
died Oct. 14 1952 Sept. 3, 2000
Ralph is the son of William and Emilie Adam Schoenert and grandson of Conrad and Adalbertha Bergmann Adam.
Austin Memorial (Austin, Travis County, Texas). Ralph A. and Anne J. Schoenert marker, personally read 2012.
Kendall County TX Historic Court House
Click on the following link to see where Saturday’s activities will be held.
Kendall County TX Historic Court House.
Tombstone Tuesday: Paul and Bertha Schoenert Munson
Paul L. Bertha S.
Dec 24, 1880 May 23, 1883
Dec. 30, 1924 Oct.7,1963
Bertha Schoenert Munson daughter of William H. and Emilie Adam Schoenert
Emilie Adam Schoenert daughter of Conrad and Adalbertha Bergmann Adam
Buried in the Oakwood Cemetery Annex, Austin, Texas
Oakwood Cemetery Annex (Austin, Travis County, Texas). Paul L. and Bertha S. Munson marker, personally read 2012.
Kendall County Texas Sesquicentenial Celebration
Saturday, April 28th, is right around the corner! I can’t wait! The Kendall County 
150 Sesquicentennial celebration will officially begin at 10:00 at the Historic Court House!
Schedule:
10:00-10:45 –Pledges, music, speeches, overview of other sesquicentennial events
10:45-12:00 – Local Author Book signings
10:45-1:00 – Tour Historic Courthouse and Jail; view historic displays, visit booths, and beer tasting
11:00 -1:00 – Re-enactment of the CSA and Edward Degener Trial; Boerne Village Band plays
12:00-1:00 – Food served
Didn’t Kristy Watson of Polonyx Graphic Design do a fabulous of job of designing the emblem?
See you there!
