Lockhart Brothers & Family

Initially, I was planning to write about John W Lockhart only. Reading about the man, I came across some info regarding his brothers as well.

John W Lockhart was born in Alabama on 16 February 1834. He was the son of Samuel Webster Lockhart (born on 15 January 1806 in Tennessee) and Harriet Jane Riley (born on 16 January 1916 in North Carolina). 

Samuel and Harriet were married on 13 May 1833. It happened in Morgan, Alabama (0).

John W was the eldest child in his family. He had 8 siblings. By 1853, the parents and children had relocated to Polk County, Texas. 

♦ John's mother Harriet passed at the age of 37, on 23 August 1853. John was 8 years old then.

Three years later, John's father married again. His second wife was Josephina Christena Graham (born on 11 October 1833 in Mississippi). 

In about 1857, 23-year-old John W Lockhart married Miss Eveline Melissa Loper (born on 19 February 1840 in Alabama). They had a daughter, Harriet Elizabeth, born on 11 November 1857.

🏠 In 1860, John lived with his wife and daughter in Justice Precinct #9, post office Morganville, Polk, TX. He worked as a turner. His brother Charles W (age 21) lived with John's family. The brothers' father, Samuel W, a farmer (age 44), lived with their stepmother Josephine (age 26)
in the nearby household (1) with their other siblings Wesley W (age 14), Samuel W (age 16), Josiah I (age 9), Harriet (age 7), Marilda (age 5), Nancy L. (age 3), and baby Thomas (6 months).

On 8 March 1862, John was recruited into the CA Company K, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood's Brigade (2).

A few months later, Private John W Lockhart got sick and passed on ♦ 31 May 1862 in Virginia. He was buried in the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA.

More about:

• 5th Texas Infantry: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/fifth-texas-infantry 
• Hood's Texas Brigade:  https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hoods-texas-brigade

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George Webster Lockhart (born on 5 August 1835, Alabama) married Nancy L Loper on ⚭ 25 November 1857, in Polk, TX (3). Nancy was Eveline's sister, mentioned above. George and Nancy had one son (4) John W (born on 18 January 1859 in Polk, TX). 

According to the info given on findagrave.com, George W Lockhart died prematurely at the age of 24, on ♦ 31 January 1860, while rolling a log of wood.

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Charles H Lockhart (born on 27 December 1837, Alabama) married Melissa Liza (Elizabeth) Pace on ⚭ 6 May 1861 (5) in Tyler, TX. Melissa was born on 6 March 1842, she was the daughter of Milliner E Pace and Martha E. Herrin.

Like his elder brother John, Charles worked as a turner. And together with John, on 8 March 1862, the man was enlisted into the CA Company K, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood's Brigade. 

On ➕ 7 May, Charles was wounded at Eltham Landing, in Virginia. 

The soldier was given a 20-day furlough, which he spent at home. Later, in August 1862, Charles was treated at the Winder Hospital in Richmond, as he had some fingers cut off in an accident. 

The man came back home to Texas in December of the same year and he did not return to his unit on time. Later, he was recorded on Capt. B F Lilley's Cavalry Company list of pardoned deserters. 

 

Subsequently, on 1 January 1864, Private Charles W Lockhart was attached to Company K, Morgan's Cavalry, Texas Transportation Corps (6,7).

 

 

The soldier was back home on furlough in October 1864 (from Anderson, Magnolia, TX). The company was disbanded by the order of Gen. Magruder in May 1865 and surrendered in Galveston by E Kirby Smith, on 2 June 1865.

 

🏠 In August 1870, Charles, a farmer (age 29), his wife Melissa (age 26), and their children were registered during the census in Polk County, TX. The children mentioned in the record were: Charles W (born in March 1862), Nancy Elizabeth (born on 7 March 1864), Mary (born in 1866), and Josephine (born on 30 September 1868).

At that time, Charles' father Samuel W lived with his second wife, and children (Jackson, age 20; Nancy, age 12; Thomas, age 10; Jane, age 5; Martha, age 2) lived next to Charles's household. His brother Samuel Jr. (age 24) had his house on the other side. Samuel Jr. was also a farmer. He lived there with his wife Sarah (age 23), and their one-year-old daughter Matilda (8).

 

By the day of the 1870 census, in the same year, the brothers' younger half-sister ♦ Marilda had passed at the age of about 13. After the census, Charles and Mellisa's daughter ♦ Mary left this world as well.

In later years, Charles moved with his family to 🏠 Justice Precinct #3, Pennington, Tyler, TX (9). More children had been born to Charles and Mellisa: John Wesley (on 2 May 1871), Elmer - Emma Jane (on 3 January 1873), Sam W (14 November 1876), and Mattie (8 March 1882).

🏘 In 1900, Charles' son John Wesley (age 29) lived nearby with his wife Willie (age 20, born 20 November 1871 in TX) and their 3 children: Edgar (born 2 August 1896), Hattie (born 12 November 1898), and Abie (born 22 November 1899).

Charles H Lockhart died at the age of 63, on ♦ 23 May 1901.

More about:

• The Battle of Eltham's Landing: https://www.mycivilwar.com/battles/620507.html
• Winder Hospital: https://www.civilwarrichmond.com/hospitals/winder-hospital 
• Morgan's Texas Cavalry Battalion: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/morgans-texas-cavalry-battalion 
•  E Kirby Smith: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/smith-edmund-kirby 
  

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Wesley W Lockhart (born on 7 March 1844), was enlisted into the CA on 28 March 1862 in Polk County, TX. He was a Private at Company K, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood's Brigade (10). The young man got sick during the service and died as a result of it on ♦ 6 June 1862. He was buried in the Hollywood cemetery in Richmond, VA.

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Samuel Webster Lockhart Jr. (born 7 May 1846, Morgan, Alabama). On 25 April 1864, Sam joined Company K, Morgan's Texas Cavalry Regiment. The man contracted typhoid fever during the service and on 3 June of the same year was sent on sick furlough which lasted till the end of the war.

In about ⚭ 1868, Sam married Miss Sarah C Harrison (born in 1846, Mississippi). She was the daughter of Albert Jeremiah Harrison and Matilda Caroline Guines.

 

🏠 By 23 June 1880, he had relocated to Beat #4, Larissa, Cherokee, TX, where he farmed and settled with his family: wife Sarah, and their children Mary Matilda (age 10), John (age 8), Thomas (age 6), Sarah (age 4), and Martha (age 1). The family had a boarder by the name of Alexander Cole (age 28), who was a miller (11).

Sam W Jr. died on ♦ 23 September 1887 in Cleveland, Liberty, TX. According to the info on findagrave.com, the man was robbed and killed after the sale of his crops.

Sources:

"There never were such men before: the Civil War soldiers and veterans of Polk County, Texas, 1861-1865" by Ruth Peebles, Polk County Historical Commission, Livingstone, TX, 1987.

0. "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRVC-3G8 : Fri Oct 20 03:00:30 UTC 2023), Entry for Saml W Lockhart and Harriet J Raley, 13 May 1833.

1. ."United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFG-LLS : Thu Oct 05 18:56:43 UTC 2023), Entry for John W Lockhart and Evelina Lockhart, 1860.

2. https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=1AAEEDB3-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A

3. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6B4-3LX : Sat Dec 09 08:08:05 UTC 2023), Entry for George W. Lockhart and Nancy Loper, 25 Nov 1857.

4. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3W9-PHC : Tue Nov 28 02:03:52 UTC 2023), Entry for John W Lockhart and George Lockhart, 7 Mar 1913.

5. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MK-HSX : 22 January 2020), C. C. Lockhart, 1861.

6. https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=15AEEDB3-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A

7. https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=0AAEEDB3-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A

8. "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGC-D9J : Thu Oct 05 21:08:39 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles Lockhart and Melissa Lockhart, 1870.

9. "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M35L-ZDQ : Fri Oct 06 09:39:04 UTC 2023), Entry for Charley Lockhart and Malissa L Lockhart, 1900.

10. https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=1AAEEDB3-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A

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Photos taken during our walk 05/08 August 2020

    

Arthur Norman Howard

It has been a while since I discovered any new family tree branches and connections leading to our direct ancestors.
Not long ago, while looking at my notes related to the people who lived in the Hill Country, I realized there was such a connection I had overlooked earlier. First, it was the surname that caught my attention. Howard is one of our direct ancestry lines. The place where that man was born, North Carolina, matched too. Investigating deeper, meaning the predecessors of Arthur Norman Howard, led me (7 generations back) to John N Howard (born in 1718, in Virginia). He was the brother of our paternal 4 x great-grandfather Stephen.
Arthur Norman Howard was John N's great-great-great-grandson and our 5th cousin twice removed.
If it was not enough, there is also a family connection on our maternal side, via the Sigman family. According to the family tree software we have our family tree on, Arthur is the 3rd cousin of an uncle by marriage (Richard Lee Sigman).

Arthur was born on 24 August 1875 in Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina.

1880, the boy lived with his parents, Edward Edmond (27) and Fannie Elizabeth (Gabriel) Howard (26), and siblings, in Mountain Creek Township, Catawba, North Carolina (1). The siblings were Gertrude (age 4), Franklin (age 2), and Chattie (1-month-old).

By 1899, Arthur had been in Texas. On ♡ 8 November of this year, the 24-year-old man married 17-year-old Mary Emma Cook. It was in Caldwell, TX (2). 

 Mary was born on 9 August 1882 in Houston, TX.

After the marriage, the couple lived in Justice Precinct #4, Caldwell, TX (3). Arthur was a farmer.
Soon, children were born to them:
♦ Norman Franklin - born on 10 January 1902,
♦ Gertrude Francis, born in Martindale on 19 March 1904,
♦ Edward Troy, born in Lockhart on 11 October 1906,
and ♦ George Martindale, born on 26 August 1910.

Tragedy struck - Norman died on ♦ 24 August 1918.

Clipping source: San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 240, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 27, 1918, newspaper, August 27, 1918; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth430428/: accessed August 14, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.

About two weeks later, WW1 was still going on and on 12 September Arthur was registered by the Army (3).

 

Apparently, after Norman's death, Arthur and Mary drifted apart and their marriage did not survive. When exactly they got divorced, I do not know, but on 14 January 1920, Mary (age 37) had already lived with Gertrude (age 16) and George (age 9) in San Antonio, Justice Precinct #19. In the census record, Mary is listed as a "widow" (4).

At the same time, on 12 January, Arthur (age 44) and Troy (age 13) still lived in Lockhart, TX. However, they no longer had their own house. The father and son were boarders at Mr. and Mrs. John Clark's household. Arthur Howard was employed as a farmer there (5).

The records read that later, Mary with Gertrude and George moved to Los Angeles, California, and in February 1921, Mary remarried (6).

♡ 6 July 1921 - Arthur married again as well. His second wife was Miss Caroline Mathilde Willmann (age 29). The two got married in a Baptist Church in Lockhart, TX (7). 

 

Carrie was born on 11 July 1891 in Hilda, Mason, Mason, TX. She was the daughter of William Anton Willmann and Christine Wilhelmine Leifeste.

Caroline went to school in Mason and was confirmed at the Methodist Church. Later, young Carrie worked at the Deaf and Dumb Institute and then, enrolled in a nursing school. The lady graduated from the Physicians and Surgeons Hospital at the beginning of 1919.

 

 

Clipping source: San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 33, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 2, 1919, newspaper, February 2, 1919; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth430576/: accessed August 14, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.

 

Clipping source: The Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 343, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 23, 1919, newspaper, February 23, 1919; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1498366/: accessed August 14, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;.

 
♡ 15 September 1922, 18-year-old Gertrude got married as well (8). Her spouse was James Lacy McGee.

 

8 April 1930 census - Arthur and Caroline lived in Justice Precinct #1, Lubbock, Lubbock, TX (9).

♡ 12 December 1933 - Troy married Lillian Motheral in Caldwell, TX (10).

 

♡ 5 October 1934 - George married Virginia E Yates in LA, California (11).

♦ 12 January 1938 - Arthur's father Edward Edmond died in Mooresville, Iredell, North Carolina (12).

4 April 1940 - Arthur (age 64) owned a house and farmed in Justice Precinct #1, Caldwell, TX. Caroline (age 48) was a homemaker (13).

♦ 17 May 1941 - Arthur's mother, Fannie Elizabeth passed away (14).

♦ 2 February 1949 - Caroline died in Lockhart at the age of 57 years 8 months and 21 days, after a year-long illness (15).

It seems, after Carrie's passing, Arthur sold the house and farm. Census 10 April 1950 - the man (age 74) lived as a boarder at the house of John A Schaper, a meat cutter, in Caldwell, TX (16).

♦ 7 November 1959 - Arthur passed at the Lockhart Hospital, due to heart failure (17).

Source:
1. "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6F-2H7: Thu Aug 03 01:54:39 UTC 2023), Entry for Edward Howard and Fany Howard, 1880.
2. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL7V-J7M : 10 March 2021), A Howard and Mary Cook, 08 Nov 1899; citing Caldwell, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 980,084.
3. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZXS-T83 : 29 December 2021), Arthur Noruson Howard, 1917-1918.
4. "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH1Z-8QL : Sat Jul 22 22:42:54 UTC 2023), Entry for Mary Howard and Gertrude Howard, 1920.
5. "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCMM-4YX : Fri Jul 21 18:40:57 UTC 2023), Entry for Arthur N Howard and Troy Howard, 1920.
6. "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8FB-2TT : 17 August 2022), Ralph H Mc Coy and Mary E Howard, 1921.
7. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1H-Y41T : 23 February 2021), A N Howard and Caroline Willman, 06 Jul 1921; citing Marriage, citing Caldwell, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,703,894.
8. "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8N9-4JR : 9 March 2021), James Lacy Mc Gee and Francis Gertrude Howard, 15 Sep 1922; citing Los Angeles, 9. 9. California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,281.
"United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HX7H-8T2 : Fri Aug 04 20:39:11 UTC 2023), Entry for Arthur N Howard and Carolyn N Howard, 1930.
10. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61R-F5C : 23 February 2021), Troy Howard and Lillian Motheral, 12 Dec 1933; citing Marriage, citing Caldwell, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,704,024.
11. "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8JN-9VV : 17 August 2022), George Martindale Howard and Virginia E Yates, 1934.
12. "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPN7-151 : 29 September 2022), Edd Howard, 1938.
13. "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWJ9-Z34 : Tue Jul 25 18:19:43 UTC 2023), Entry for Arthur Howard and Caroline Howard, 1940.
14. "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HW16-1QT2 : 14 February 2020), Fannie Elizabeth Howard, 1941.
15. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K39B-Y1P : 27 March 2023), Arthur Howard, 1949.
16. "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XGR-MJDR : Sat Jul 29 12:03:48 UTC 2023), Entry for Albert Schneider and Myrtle Schneider, 10 April 1950.
17. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3SL-H18 : 5 April 2023), Arthur N Howard, 1959.
"Families of Kimble County" 1998, Kimble County Historical Commission, South Llano Printing Company, Junction, Texas

 

Karl Dietrich Kothmann

Karl Dietrich Kothmann was born in Wedelhine, Germany, on 14 February 1837. He was one of the children of Heinrich Konrad Kothmann and Ilse Katherine Pahlmann. The boy was only 9 when he came with his parents and siblings to Texas. During their stay in Indianola, due to miserable living conditions there, both Karl and his 3-year-younger sister Marie Karoline got seriously ill. The boy recovered after a long time of suffering, but the girl passed away.

In his young days, Karl Dietrich and his two-year-older brother Heinrich Friedrich spent most of their time together. After the older's brother marriage, Karl assisted his father in the day-to-day duties, helping him take care of the cattle and haul freight from San Antonio to Waco and Brenham. The latter supported the family budget.

18 September 1850, Dietrich and his family (father, laborer, age 53, mother, age 40, and four siblings) were recorded during the Census (1). They lived in Fredericksburg, TX.

♡ 11 October 1862 (2), Karl Dietrich married Miss Clara Luise Stahl (born on 1 March 1845 in Germany). She was the daughter of J. Friedrich Stahl and Henriette Nickel.

The 17-year-old bride was 5 feet tall and had dark hair and brown eyes. The groom (age 35) was 6'4", and had blue eyes and a goatee. He enjoyed smoking a pipe and playing the violin.

The couple settled on the Llano River, where Dietrich built a log house. There also was a piece of land for a garden that both spouses attended to. Since there was no well, they carried water from the river situated about 400 hundred yards from the house.

Dietrich continued hauling freight to Austin. During one of those trips, the man was robbed by two strangers who, at first, pretended to be friendly. The villains took away Dietrich's brand-new Navy Six-Shooter.

♦ 15 October 1863 - the first child,  daughter Clara Emilia Hulda was born in Mason (3).

February 1864 - Karl Dietrich Kothmann joined the Mason County Minute Men (4).

♦ 19 May 1865 - daughter Alvina was born.

♦ 8 January 1867 - another daughter, Clara, came. 

In the same year, Karl Dietrich arranged a government contract to cut wood (for McKavett and Chadbourne Forts) and to mow hay prairie grass for Fort Griffin. The contract participants were also Heinrich Friedrich Kothmann, Dietrich's brother, and Charles Lehmberg. Dietrich hired men and completed the commitment. After that, he looked after his cattle. Besides being a farmer, the man was also a cattle raiser.

♦ 29 January 1868 - Theodore Louise was born (5).

♦ 5 May 1869 - Dietrich Adolph joined the family (6).

1870 - with the help of his two brothers, Karl and Wilhelm, Dietrich drove Mr. Chipman's cattle to Kansas. When the brothers were coming back home, Karl contracted typhoid and sadly, he died.

1871 - Dietrich, his brother Wilhelm and Major Lewis drove two herds (1500 heads each) of Mr. Chipman's cattle to Kansas again. Initially, Dietrich was the boss of one of the herds only. When they all reach the Forth Wort area, due to the cowboys' strike in Major Lewis' team, Dietrich was assigned as the trail leader of both herds of cattle. They all had to cross the Red River, which was swollen at the time, its current was strong and ran wild. Despite the high water on the rampage, Dietrich and his men (32 riders altogether) managed to transport their provisions to the other side of the river and crossed all the chuck wagons, 3000 heads of cattle, and 150 horses. The party got to Kansas and successfully sold the cattle. Then, Dietrich came home by train and a stagecoach while Wilhelm and the 32 riders traveled on horseback.

Karl Dietrich Kothamnn drove cattle to Kansas two more times - in 1872, and a year later.

♦ 20 January 1870 - Little Clara passed. She was 3 years old.

1 June 1870 - census time. The family lived in Mason, Mason, TX (7).

♦ 22 October 1870 - a daughter was born. They named her Clara, after the late baby girl who passed a few months earlier.

♦ 31 December 1872 - son Frank was born.

1873 - having driven the cattle to the Kansas market, Dietrich bought a pair of fine horses and a brand-new hack, then started his journey back home. The man was accompanied by Mr. Adolph Reichenau, Sr.  The Llano River was up and still raising when they reached it. With major difficulties, the men managed to cross the wild river stream. While the horses when resting at the Llano bank, the water rose, and a big tree came brought by the river current hit the back of the hack, turned it down, and pulled the vehicle and the horses into the wild water. Dietrich tried to save the horses, but despite all his effort, the animals drowned.

About that time, all the horses and mules Dietrich had were stolen by the Indians.

1874 - Hoo Doo war started.

♦ 8 November 1874 - Emil came to this world

♦ 14 February 1876 - Alexander Friedrich arrived (8).

1878 - Dietrich sold the land on the Llano River for $1000. The purchaser was Mr. Bernhard Durst. Dietrich Kothmann also sold the hogs he owned and the range mark to Mr. August Meckel (for $600). Subsequently, Karl Dietrich obtained a large tract of land at Fly Gap where he built a two-story house made of stone and cleared the land.

♦ 22 June 1878 - daughter Anna joined the family.

♦ 6 August 1879 - Albert was born.

Dietrich and his family raised hogs again. The lard, ham, and bacon from butchered hogs were sold at the market in Austin or San Antonio. At that time, the products were more profitable than beef.

18 June 1880 - the family of Dietrich Ktohmann was registered by a census clerk in Justice Precinct #4, ED 104, Mason, TX. John Kothmann (age 18), Dietrich's nephew, lived in the family house. He was a farm laborer (9).

♦ 27 August 1881 - Dietrich's father (age 77) passed. 

♦ 9 September 1881 - daughter Lillie was born.

♦ 19 January 1883 - Nellie came to this world.

♦ 15 August 1884 - 16-year-old Louisa died.

♦ 15 March 1885 - the youngest son, Sam was born.

In the same year, ♡ Hulda married Mr. John Muennek (Muennink), born on 1 August 1859 in New Fountain, Medina, TX, to Frederich F Muennink and Antje Freden Schoen.

♡ 1887 - Alvina married 8-year-older Mr. John Schneider. Around that time, Dietrich began fencing his property.

♡ 1892 - Adolph married Lydia Sophie Hoerster, the daughter of Daniel Hoerster and Wilhelmina Jordan.
♡ 1897 - Clara married Fritz Charles Grote (born 3 February 1870), the son of Friedrich Adolph Grote and Conradina Bertha Lemberg.

♡ 1899 - Lillie married her brother-in-law Emil Louis Charles Hoerster (born 8 May 1874, Mason County, TX), the brother of Lydia Hoerster.
 

1900 - Census - Dietrich and the family had a boarder, 16-year-old Alonzo Keller, who had been attending school for three years. They all lived in justice Precinct #1, ED 50, Mason, TX (10).

♦ 9 January 1901 - 15-year old son, Sam died.

A few weeks later, on 23 January, a merry event in the family, ♡ 25-year-old Alexander married Alma Sophie Kothmann (born 3 August 1882, Castell, Llano, TX), who was the daughter of Heinrich Friederich Kothmann and Konradina Pluennneke (11).

♡ 9 October 1903 - Nellie married Ernest Frank Karl Leifeste (born 21 August 1880), the son of Karl Leifeste and Fredericka Jordan.

 

Clipping source: The Austin Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 10, 1903, newspaper, October 10, 1903; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1454722/: accessed January 4, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;. 

 

♡ 1905 - Albert married his sister-in-law, 6-year-younger Milda Kothmann (born 15 July 1885), the daughter of Heinrich Friederich Kothmann and Konradina Pluennneke.

 

♦ 15 February 1905 - Dietrich's mother died (age 94).

 

 

Clipping source: The Fort Worth Record and Register (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 127, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 19, 1905, newspaper, February 19, 1905; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1494374/: accessed January 4, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;. 

 
About a year later, mourning came on ♦ 20 May, when Albert's 20-year-old wife died.

♡ 25 June 1908 - Albert remarried in Hilda, Mason, TX. His second wife was Lena Hulda Wiedemann, the daughter of Theodore Karl Wiedemann and Sophia Emma Pluenneke (12).

♦ 10 Nov. 1908 - daughter Hulda died at the age of 45.

♦ 14 July 1914 - Karl Dietrich Kothmann left this world at the age of 77. He was a good-hearted and hard-working man who was not afraid of life's obstacles. He took risks and applied discipline when it was necessary. Besides his own children, eight girls and six boys, he also raised his nephew, John W. Kothmann.

Dietrich's wife, Louise lived 4 years longer until ♦ 4 November 1918. Mrs. Kothmann passed due to liver cancer (13). She was buried next to her husband at the Kothmann cemetery in Art, Mason, TX.

 

Sources:

 "The Kothmanns of Texas 1845-1931", Selma Metzenthin Raunick and Margaret Schade, Press of Boeckmann-Jones Company, Austin, Texas,

1. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLK-PQL : 23 December 2020), Deidrick Kothman in household of Henry Kothman, Fredericksburg, Gillespie, Texas, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MM-HSX : 22 January 2020), Dietrich Kothmann, 1862.
3. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L27-46W2 : 14 February 2020), Diedrich Kothmann in entry for Clara Em. Hulda Kothmann, 1863.
4. "Texas, Confederate Army and Commanding Officer Card Index, ca.1861-ca.1865", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z4NW-NH2M : 18 June 2020), Dederick Kathman, 1864.
5. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LG4-J43Z : 14 February 2020), Diedrich Kothmann in entry for Theodora Louyse Kothmann, 1868.
6. "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L2Q-T9ZM : 14 February 2020), Diedrich Kothmann in entry for Diedrich Adolph Kothmann, 1869.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K372-ZXG : 20 February 2021), Dietrich Kothmann in entry for Adolph Dietrich Kothmann, 06 Mar 1954; citing certificate number 12076, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,146.
7. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGQ-41H : 29 May 2021), Dietrich Kothman, 1870.
8. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3QG-Q6L : 20 February 2021), Dietrich Kothmann in entry for Alexander Fredrick Kothmann, 24 Nov 1954; citing certificate number 56529, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,284.
9. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJM-LGN : 15 January 2022), D. Kothmann, Justice Precinct 4, Mason, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
10. "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3PK-HYN : 14 January 2022), Dietrich Kothmann, 1900.
11. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8T-PXLW : 10 March 2021), A F Kothmann and Alma Kothmann, 23 Jan 1901; citing Llano, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 982,995.
12. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HCMV-VMN2 : 22 January 2020), Albert Kothmann, 1908.
13. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3SZ-13L : 20 February 2021), Louise Kothmann, 04 Nov 1918; citing certificate number 51535, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,073,413.

• Mason County Marriages 1 
• Mason County marriages 2
• Findagrave.com 

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Photos included in the text were taken during one of our walks, on 29 July 2020.