Joseph Alford Weber was born on October 18, 1848 on Francisco Creek, southwest of the town of Castroville. His family was among the first settlers from Alsace to settle in or near Castroville.
As a boy of sixteen, Joe was conscripted into the Confederate Army, but by the time he reached the Mississippi River, the war had ended. A Brucks boy, a Boehle boy, and Joe, all from the Castroville-Quihi areas, made the long way home all by themselves.
Joe was a cowboy for a while after the war. He then went in company with Emil Bader, catching Mustang horses and selling them. They had their camp on Camel Back Mountain. One evening they were riding back to Quihi, when they came upon a camp of Indians. Joe always said that, in trying to get away from the Indians, they road their horses so fast they broke off heavy oak limbs. They did manage to outrun the Indians. In 1876 Joe married Carolina Weiss, who was born in Alsace on December 2, 1854. Carolina's father, Anton Weiss, and a brother were killed by Germans during the invasion of Alsace. Her mother, brother Joe, and Carolina fled the war in Germany and France and migrated to this country.
In 1877, Joe took his family and settled on land along the Hondo Creek. Joe and Carolina had eight children: Mrs. Emil (Lillie) Brown; Mrs. Charles (Laura) Graff; Emil; Mrs. Willie (Isabella) Koch; Mrs. Alfred (Bertha) Hutzler; Mary (who died of diptheria and had to be buried on the family farm); Wille; and Joseph (who died as an infant).
Joe later donated land for a school so his children and others could get an education. Later the school was moved to the Graff Ranch, but the old school house is still standing today (1983) on the Weber farm.
When the town of Elstone was formed, Joe became the post master and later the mail carrier of the community.
In September 1923 Carolina died and Joe lived with his son, Willie, until his death June 4, 1924. (By Roselyn Weber White for Medina County History. [From the James & Doris Menke Collection, Medina County, TX Family Files on file at the San Antonio Public Library -)
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
As a boy of sixteen, Joe was conscripted into the Confederate Army, but by the time he reached the Mississippi River, the war had ended. A Brucks boy, a Boehle boy, and Joe, all from the Castroville-Quihi areas, made the long way home all by themselves.
Joe was a cowboy for a while after the war. He then went in company with Emil Bader, catching Mustang horses and selling them. They had their camp on Camel Back Mountain. One evening they were riding back to Quihi, when they came upon a camp of Indians. Joe always said that, in trying to get away from the Indians, they road their horses so fast they broke off heavy oak limbs. They did manage to outrun the Indians. In 1876 Joe married Carolina Weiss, who was born in Alsace on December 2, 1854. Carolina's father, Anton Weiss, and a brother were killed by Germans during the invasion of Alsace. Her mother, brother Joe, and Carolina fled the war in Germany and France and migrated to this country.
In 1877, Joe took his family and settled on land along the Hondo Creek. Joe and Carolina had eight children: Mrs. Emil (Lillie) Brown; Mrs. Charles (Laura) Graff; Emil; Mrs. Willie (Isabella) Koch; Mrs. Alfred (Bertha) Hutzler; Mary (who died of diptheria and had to be buried on the family farm); Wille; and Joseph (who died as an infant).
Joe later donated land for a school so his children and others could get an education. Later the school was moved to the Graff Ranch, but the old school house is still standing today (1983) on the Weber farm.
When the town of Elstone was formed, Joe became the post master and later the mail carrier of the community.
In September 1923 Carolina died and Joe lived with his son, Willie, until his death June 4, 1924. (By Roselyn Weber White for Medina County History. [From the James & Doris Menke Collection, Medina County, TX Family Files on file at the San Antonio Public Library -)
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Joseph Alford Weber was born on October 18, 1848 on Francisco Creek, southwest of the town of Castroville. His family was among the first settlers from Alsace to settle in or near Castroville.
As a boy of sixteen, Joe was conscripted into the Confederate Army, but by the time he reached the Mississippi River, the war had ended. A Brucks boy, a Boehle boy, and Joe, all from the Castroville-Quihi areas, made the long way home all by themselves.
Joe was a cowboy for a while after the war. He then went in company with Emil Bader, catching Mustang horses and selling them. They had their camp on Camel Back Mountain. One evening they were riding back to Quihi, when they came upon a camp of Indians. Joe always said that, in trying to get away from the Indians, they road their horses so fast they broke off heavy oak limbs. They did manage to outrun the Indians. In 1876 Joe married Carolina Weiss, who was born in Alsace on December 2, 1854. Carolina's father, Anton Weiss, and a brother were killed by Germans during the invasion of Alsace. Her mother, brother Joe, and Carolina fled the war in Germany and France and migrated to this country.
In 1877, Joe took his family and settled on land along the Hondo Creek. Joe and Carolina had eight children: Mrs. Emil (Lillie) Brown; Mrs. Charles (Laura) Graff; Emil; Mrs. Willie (Isabella) Koch; Mrs. Alfred (Bertha) Hutzler; Mary (who died of diptheria and had to be buried on the family farm); Wille; and Joseph (who died as an infant).
Joe later donated land for a school so his children and others could get an education. Later the school was moved to the Graff Ranch, but the old school house is still standing today (1983) on the Weber farm.
When the town of Elstone was formed, Joe became the post master and later the mail carrier of the community.
In September 1923 Carolina died and Joe lived with his son, Willie, until his death June 4, 1924. (By Roselyn Weber White for Medina County History. [From the James & Doris Menke Collection, Medina County, TX Family Files on file at the San Antonio Public Library -)
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
As a boy of sixteen, Joe was conscripted into the Confederate Army, but by the time he reached the Mississippi River, the war had ended. A Brucks boy, a Boehle boy, and Joe, all from the Castroville-Quihi areas, made the long way home all by themselves.
Joe was a cowboy for a while after the war. He then went in company with Emil Bader, catching Mustang horses and selling them. They had their camp on Camel Back Mountain. One evening they were riding back to Quihi, when they came upon a camp of Indians. Joe always said that, in trying to get away from the Indians, they road their horses so fast they broke off heavy oak limbs. They did manage to outrun the Indians. In 1876 Joe married Carolina Weiss, who was born in Alsace on December 2, 1854. Carolina's father, Anton Weiss, and a brother were killed by Germans during the invasion of Alsace. Her mother, brother Joe, and Carolina fled the war in Germany and France and migrated to this country.
In 1877, Joe took his family and settled on land along the Hondo Creek. Joe and Carolina had eight children: Mrs. Emil (Lillie) Brown; Mrs. Charles (Laura) Graff; Emil; Mrs. Willie (Isabella) Koch; Mrs. Alfred (Bertha) Hutzler; Mary (who died of diptheria and had to be buried on the family farm); Wille; and Joseph (who died as an infant).
Joe later donated land for a school so his children and others could get an education. Later the school was moved to the Graff Ranch, but the old school house is still standing today (1983) on the Weber farm.
When the town of Elstone was formed, Joe became the post master and later the mail carrier of the community.
In September 1923 Carolina died and Joe lived with his son, Willie, until his death June 4, 1924. (By Roselyn Weber White for Medina County History. [From the James & Doris Menke Collection, Medina County, TX Family Files on file at the San Antonio Public Library -)
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
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