Heaviest Man in West Texas [Houston Post Special]
Hondo, Texas, August 21 - At his home eight miles north of Hondo, on Tuesday evening last, August Leinweber died of elephantiasis after an illness of only eight days. Mr. Leinweber was born and reared in Medina county, was perhaps the largest and heaviest man in West Texas, weighing 427 pounds. He was 51 years of age. He left a wife and ten children. The Knights of Honor interred his body at Hondo Wednesday. Charles Scheidemantel making a few remarks at the grave. (The Houston Post, Houston, Tex, Aug 22, 1908 - vm) http://genealogytrails.com/tex/hillcountry/medina/obits.html
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Heaviest Man in West Texas [Houston Post Special]
Hondo, Texas, August 21 - At his home eight miles north of Hondo, on Tuesday evening last, August Leinweber died of elephantiasis after an illness of only eight days. Mr. Leinweber was born and reared in Medina county, was perhaps the largest and heaviest man in West Texas, weighing 427 pounds. He was 51 years of age. He left a wife and ten children. The Knights of Honor interred his body at Hondo Wednesday. Charles Scheidemantel making a few remarks at the grave. (The Houston Post, Houston, Tex, Aug 22, 1908 - vm) http://genealogytrails.com/tex/hillcountry/medina/obits.html
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Family Members
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Emma L. Leinweber Nietenhoefer
1879–1971
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Emil John Leinweber
1881–1962
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Katherine Barbara Leinweber Hardt
1883–1959
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Henry August Leinweber
1885–1954
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Louis G. Leinweber
1886–1969
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August John Leinweber
1888–1977
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Barbara Emilie Leinweber Schlentz
1891–1979
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Minna Bertha Leinweber Nietenhoefer
1892–1988
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Ida Bertha Leinweber Moehring
1895–1985
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Helena Ida Leinweber Saathoff
1897–1942
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Hulda Caroline Leinweber Saathoff
1899–1992
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