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Amthor, Heinrich "Henry" (1833-1899)
Amthor, Heinrich (-1899)
Obituary
1899
DEATH OF HENRY AMTHOR
Cat Spring, May 29 – Died, on Friday, May 26, 1899 at his home on Bernard Prairie, Henry Amthor, aged 66 years. The burial occurred the following day at the Bernard Prairie new cemetery, a large concourse of relatives and friends attending. Mr. E. Bretschneider paid the last tribute at the grave. The deceased was born in Hull by Hamburg, Germany, on April 6, 1833 (Possibly April 2, 1833). In 1835 his parents left the old country and arrived in New York City. The following year they came to New Orleans and in 1839 moved to Texas, staying one year in Biegel settlement, Fayette County. In 1840 they settled on the San Bernard, Austin County. In 1848 his father started an ox team, and, as a fifteen year old boy, Henry got the ox whip in his hands and commenced hauling cotton to Houston, and freight back to different parts of the state. He also hauled out to the interior a good many emigrants for at least 12 years. On July 6, 1859 he was married to Miss Emilie Schultz of San Felipe, and about this time he built a home on the Bernard Prairie, in Colorado County, where he died. They had nine children, but all died while young. After the confederate war he started in the stock business and prospered, leaving his wife in comfortable circumstances. Besides his wife, he leaves two brothers and two sisters, and other relatives. Henry Amthor was a good man, a generous neighbor and friend, and well known over different sections of the state. He experienced many hardships in those old times, when the state was but a little settled, and in latter life often entertained his young friends with recounts of some of his rough experiences. According to Texas Genweb project: http://library.columbustexas.net/cemeteries/AF.htm Amthor, Bertha; born: Nov 21, 1866; died: Mar 7, 1869; cem: Amthor Daughter of Heinrich and Emilie (Schultz) Amthor Amthor, Carl; born: Jun 5, 1865; died: Mar 11, 1867; cem: Amthor Son of Heinrich and Emilie (Schultz) Amthor Amthor, Emil; born: Jul 6, 1863; died: Mar 21, 1869; cem: Amthor Son of Heinrich and Emilie (Schultz) Amthor Amthor, Emilie; born: Apr 12, 1860; died: Jun 21, 1868; cem: Amthor Daughter of Heinrich and Emilie (Schultz) Amthor Amthor, Emilie; born: c. 1860; died: Jul 1869; cem: unknown Amthor, Emma; born: Apr 24, 1868; died: Mar 1, 1869; cem: Amthor Daughter of Heinrich and Emilie (Schultz) Amthor Amthor, Friederich; born: Dec 28, 1873; died: Jul 28, 1882; cem: Amthor Son of Heinrich and Emilie (Schultz) Amthor Amthor, Heinrich; born: Jan 17, 1871; died: Nov 11, 1871; cem: Amthor Son of Heinrich and Emilie (Schultz) Amthor Amthor, Henry; born: Apr 2, 1833; died: May 26, 1899; cem: unknown Amthor, Hugo; born: Feb 2, 1878; died: Nov 19, 1878; cem: Amthor Son of Heinrich and Emilie (Schultz) Amthor Amthor, Marie; born: Mar 11, 1862; died: Feb 21, 1869; cem: Amthor Daughter of Heinrich and Emilie (Schultz) Amthor |
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Amthor
Heinrich
1899
6462
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