HARZ, FERDINAND
A well to-do farmer living at Boerne, Kendall County, Texas, came to America in December, 1852, landing at Galveston, January 1st, 1853, accompanied by a friend, Otto Frederich; went from Galveston to New Braunfels via Indianola, spent two months at New Braunfels and one year in San Antonio, where he worked at gardening and then, in 1854-6, served as wagon-master from Port Lavaca to El Paso, making occasional trips into the mining districts of Arizona. In 1861-4 he served the Confederacy as a ranger on the Texas frontier under Col. Jones. He was married 1861, to Miss Mary Beyer, of Bexar County. They have three children: Clara, now Mrs. Henry Clemmens; Bertha, now Mrs. Adolph Weyrick, of Boerne, and Adolph, who married Miss Ida Phillip, of Boerne. Mr. Harz was born October 22, 1824, in Saxony. Mrs. Harz' father, Antone Beyer, a German by birth, came to America in 1844 from Bohemia, where he owned a woolen factory. He devoted his attention to farming after coming to America. Mrs. Harz was born in Bohemia, February 5, 1844, and was two and one-half years of age when her family reached this country. (Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, by John Henry Brown, Published by L. E. Daniell, Austin, Texas, 1890
A well to-do farmer living at Boerne, Kendall County, Texas, came to America in December, 1852, landing at Galveston, January 1st, 1853, accompanied by a friend, Otto Frederich; went from Galveston to New Braunfels via Indianola, spent two months at New Braunfels and one year in San Antonio, where he worked at gardening and then, in 1854-6, served as wagon-master from Port Lavaca to El Paso, making occasional trips into the mining districts of Arizona. In 1861-4 he served the Confederacy as a ranger on the Texas frontier under Col. Jones. He was married 1861, to Miss Mary Beyer, of Bexar County. They have three children: Clara, now Mrs. Henry Clemmens; Bertha, now Mrs. Adolph Weyrick, of Boerne, and Adolph, who married Miss Ida Phillip, of Boerne. Mr. Harz was born October 22, 1824, in Saxony. Mrs. Harz' father, Antone Beyer, a German by birth, came to America in 1844 from Bohemia, where he owned a woolen factory. He devoted his attention to farming after coming to America. Mrs. Harz was born in Bohemia, February 5, 1844, and was two and one-half years of age when her family reached this country. (Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, by John Henry Brown, Published by L. E. Daniell, Austin, Texas, 1890
HARZ, FERDINAND
A well to-do farmer living at Boerne, Kendall County, Texas, came to America in December, 1852, landing at Galveston, January 1st, 1853, accompanied by a friend, Otto Frederich; went from Galveston to New Braunfels via Indianola, spent two months at New Braunfels and one year in San Antonio, where he worked at gardening and then, in 1854-6, served as wagon-master from Port Lavaca to El Paso, making occasional trips into the mining districts of Arizona. In 1861-4 he served the Confederacy as a ranger on the Texas frontier under Col. Jones. He was married 1861, to Miss Mary Beyer, of Bexar County. They have three children: Clara, now Mrs. Henry Clemmens; Bertha, now Mrs. Adolph Weyrick, of Boerne, and Adolph, who married Miss Ida Phillip, of Boerne. Mr. Harz was born October 22, 1824, in Saxony. Mrs. Harz' father, Antone Beyer, a German by birth, came to America in 1844 from Bohemia, where he owned a woolen factory. He devoted his attention to farming after coming to America. Mrs. Harz was born in Bohemia, February 5, 1844, and was two and one-half years of age when her family reached this country. (Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, by John Henry Brown, Published by L. E. Daniell, Austin, Texas, 1890
A well to-do farmer living at Boerne, Kendall County, Texas, came to America in December, 1852, landing at Galveston, January 1st, 1853, accompanied by a friend, Otto Frederich; went from Galveston to New Braunfels via Indianola, spent two months at New Braunfels and one year in San Antonio, where he worked at gardening and then, in 1854-6, served as wagon-master from Port Lavaca to El Paso, making occasional trips into the mining districts of Arizona. In 1861-4 he served the Confederacy as a ranger on the Texas frontier under Col. Jones. He was married 1861, to Miss Mary Beyer, of Bexar County. They have three children: Clara, now Mrs. Henry Clemmens; Bertha, now Mrs. Adolph Weyrick, of Boerne, and Adolph, who married Miss Ida Phillip, of Boerne. Mr. Harz was born October 22, 1824, in Saxony. Mrs. Harz' father, Antone Beyer, a German by birth, came to America in 1844 from Bohemia, where he owned a woolen factory. He devoted his attention to farming after coming to America. Mrs. Harz was born in Bohemia, February 5, 1844, and was two and one-half years of age when her family reached this country. (Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, by John Henry Brown, Published by L. E. Daniell, Austin, Texas, 1890
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