Son of Henry and Sophia (Jauer) Wischkaemper. Longtime Samnorwood, Texas (near Shamrock) resident and farmer. Father to 3 sons and 2 daughters, including Ed N. Wishcamper, editor of the Abilene Reporter-News from 1968 to 1979.
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The Wellington Leader August 4, 1966
A. F. Wischkaemper, who for half a century influenced the agricultural, community and school life of the Dozier and Samnorwood area, died in Forth Worth Saturday night, July 30. He had been in ill health about a year and a half and on Wednesday night he suffered a stroke.
Mr. Wischkaemper would have been 80 on August 11.
He was the last of four brothers who chose Collingsworth county as their home. Other members of the family remained in South Texas.
Alvin Frank Wischkaemper was born August 11, 1886, at New Braunfels and wile he was still a boy, he moved with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wischkaemper, to Yorktown.
He left the family farm in 1907 and came to Shamrock. The first year he worked as a hired hand for Henry Schlegel. In 1908, he bought the family home farm at Dozier. His first living quarters was a dugout in a hillside. Within a few months he built the house to which he brought his bride, Annie Serilda Nuinez of Yorktown, whom he married March 17, 1909.
He and his family lived at Dozier until 1926, when they moved to Shamrock for the children to be in school. In 1932, they returned to the farm. Mrs. Wischkaemper died in 1954, and he remained a few years longer. In recent years he made his home with his daughters, Mrs. Wade Howland of Georgetown and Mrs. Willis Garrison of Dalhart.
In his active years he was interested in those affairs which would build his community and he served as a trustee of the Dozier School. Later he was one of the men instrumental in getting Samnorwood established.
Mr. Wischkaemper was a member of the Methodist Church and was one of several who built the church at Dozier in 1924.
Interested in better roads, he among others worked for the Farm to Market road program in that part of the county.
Mr. Wischkaemper's father, Henry Wischkaemper left Germany in the 1807's, landing at Indianola. He freighted between there and New Braunfels, where he later settled.
Survivors include five children, mrs. Wade Howland of Georgetown, Joe Henry Wischkaemper of Fort Worth, A. F. Wischkaemper, Jr. of Dozier, Ed N. Wischkaemper of Abilene and Mrs. Willis Garrison of Dalhart.
Three brothers survive, Paul Wischkaemper and Herbert Wischkaemper of Victoria and Joe Wischkaemper of Austin.
There are 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Three brothers living here who preceded him in death were Richard Wischkaemper, Henry Wischkaemper and Edgar Wischkaemper.
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The Wellington Leader August 4, 1966
A. F. Wischkaemper, who for half a century influenced the agricultural, community and school life of the Dozier and Samnorwood area, died in Forth Worth Saturday night, July 30. He had been in ill health about a year and a half and on Wednesday night he suffered a stroke.
Mr. Wischkaemper would have been 80 on August 11.
He was the last of four brothers who chose Collingsworth county as their home. Other members of the family remained in South Texas.
Alvin Frank Wischkaemper was born August 11, 1886, at New Braunfels and wile he was still a boy, he moved with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wischkaemper, to Yorktown.
He left the family farm in 1907 and came to Shamrock. The first year he worked as a hired hand for Henry Schlegel. In 1908, he bought the family home farm at Dozier. His first living quarters was a dugout in a hillside. Within a few months he built the house to which he brought his bride, Annie Serilda Nuinez of Yorktown, whom he married March 17, 1909.
He and his family lived at Dozier until 1926, when they moved to Shamrock for the children to be in school. In 1932, they returned to the farm. Mrs. Wischkaemper died in 1954, and he remained a few years longer. In recent years he made his home with his daughters, Mrs. Wade Howland of Georgetown and Mrs. Willis Garrison of Dalhart.
In his active years he was interested in those affairs which would build his community and he served as a trustee of the Dozier School. Later he was one of the men instrumental in getting Samnorwood established.
Mr. Wischkaemper was a member of the Methodist Church and was one of several who built the church at Dozier in 1924.
Interested in better roads, he among others worked for the Farm to Market road program in that part of the county.
Mr. Wischkaemper's father, Henry Wischkaemper left Germany in the 1807's, landing at Indianola. He freighted between there and New Braunfels, where he later settled.
Survivors include five children, mrs. Wade Howland of Georgetown, Joe Henry Wischkaemper of Fort Worth, A. F. Wischkaemper, Jr. of Dozier, Ed N. Wischkaemper of Abilene and Mrs. Willis Garrison of Dalhart.
Three brothers survive, Paul Wischkaemper and Herbert Wischkaemper of Victoria and Joe Wischkaemper of Austin.
There are 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Three brothers living here who preceded him in death were Richard Wischkaemper, Henry Wischkaemper and Edgar Wischkaemper.
Son of Henry and Sophia (Jauer) Wischkaemper. Longtime Samnorwood, Texas (near Shamrock) resident and farmer. Father to 3 sons and 2 daughters, including Ed N. Wishcamper, editor of the Abilene Reporter-News from 1968 to 1979.
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The Wellington Leader August 4, 1966
A. F. Wischkaemper, who for half a century influenced the agricultural, community and school life of the Dozier and Samnorwood area, died in Forth Worth Saturday night, July 30. He had been in ill health about a year and a half and on Wednesday night he suffered a stroke.
Mr. Wischkaemper would have been 80 on August 11.
He was the last of four brothers who chose Collingsworth county as their home. Other members of the family remained in South Texas.
Alvin Frank Wischkaemper was born August 11, 1886, at New Braunfels and wile he was still a boy, he moved with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wischkaemper, to Yorktown.
He left the family farm in 1907 and came to Shamrock. The first year he worked as a hired hand for Henry Schlegel. In 1908, he bought the family home farm at Dozier. His first living quarters was a dugout in a hillside. Within a few months he built the house to which he brought his bride, Annie Serilda Nuinez of Yorktown, whom he married March 17, 1909.
He and his family lived at Dozier until 1926, when they moved to Shamrock for the children to be in school. In 1932, they returned to the farm. Mrs. Wischkaemper died in 1954, and he remained a few years longer. In recent years he made his home with his daughters, Mrs. Wade Howland of Georgetown and Mrs. Willis Garrison of Dalhart.
In his active years he was interested in those affairs which would build his community and he served as a trustee of the Dozier School. Later he was one of the men instrumental in getting Samnorwood established.
Mr. Wischkaemper was a member of the Methodist Church and was one of several who built the church at Dozier in 1924.
Interested in better roads, he among others worked for the Farm to Market road program in that part of the county.
Mr. Wischkaemper's father, Henry Wischkaemper left Germany in the 1807's, landing at Indianola. He freighted between there and New Braunfels, where he later settled.
Survivors include five children, mrs. Wade Howland of Georgetown, Joe Henry Wischkaemper of Fort Worth, A. F. Wischkaemper, Jr. of Dozier, Ed N. Wischkaemper of Abilene and Mrs. Willis Garrison of Dalhart.
Three brothers survive, Paul Wischkaemper and Herbert Wischkaemper of Victoria and Joe Wischkaemper of Austin.
There are 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Three brothers living here who preceded him in death were Richard Wischkaemper, Henry Wischkaemper and Edgar Wischkaemper.
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The Wellington Leader August 4, 1966
A. F. Wischkaemper, who for half a century influenced the agricultural, community and school life of the Dozier and Samnorwood area, died in Forth Worth Saturday night, July 30. He had been in ill health about a year and a half and on Wednesday night he suffered a stroke.
Mr. Wischkaemper would have been 80 on August 11.
He was the last of four brothers who chose Collingsworth county as their home. Other members of the family remained in South Texas.
Alvin Frank Wischkaemper was born August 11, 1886, at New Braunfels and wile he was still a boy, he moved with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wischkaemper, to Yorktown.
He left the family farm in 1907 and came to Shamrock. The first year he worked as a hired hand for Henry Schlegel. In 1908, he bought the family home farm at Dozier. His first living quarters was a dugout in a hillside. Within a few months he built the house to which he brought his bride, Annie Serilda Nuinez of Yorktown, whom he married March 17, 1909.
He and his family lived at Dozier until 1926, when they moved to Shamrock for the children to be in school. In 1932, they returned to the farm. Mrs. Wischkaemper died in 1954, and he remained a few years longer. In recent years he made his home with his daughters, Mrs. Wade Howland of Georgetown and Mrs. Willis Garrison of Dalhart.
In his active years he was interested in those affairs which would build his community and he served as a trustee of the Dozier School. Later he was one of the men instrumental in getting Samnorwood established.
Mr. Wischkaemper was a member of the Methodist Church and was one of several who built the church at Dozier in 1924.
Interested in better roads, he among others worked for the Farm to Market road program in that part of the county.
Mr. Wischkaemper's father, Henry Wischkaemper left Germany in the 1807's, landing at Indianola. He freighted between there and New Braunfels, where he later settled.
Survivors include five children, mrs. Wade Howland of Georgetown, Joe Henry Wischkaemper of Fort Worth, A. F. Wischkaemper, Jr. of Dozier, Ed N. Wischkaemper of Abilene and Mrs. Willis Garrison of Dalhart.
Three brothers survive, Paul Wischkaemper and Herbert Wischkaemper of Victoria and Joe Wischkaemper of Austin.
There are 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Three brothers living here who preceded him in death were Richard Wischkaemper, Henry Wischkaemper and Edgar Wischkaemper.
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