OTTMERS, SOPHIE HENRIETTA (1850 ~ 1947). Confederate widow Sophie Henrietta Ottmers was born on August 30, 1850 in Germany. She was born to Johann Rache and Louise Jabus both of Germany.
She married Heinrich Stucke (1843- abt. 1905) in 1871.
She was married to German Confederate veteran August Arhelger and was then married to George H. Ottmers of Germany (married Nov. 7, 1911, Gillespie, Texas). Sophie Arhelger and her husband lived in Fredericksburg before the Civil War. After the outbreak of the War, August Arhelger joined the Confederacy in Company C of the Eighth Battalion, Texas Cavalry.
Arhelger served with his wife's future third husband when the company was consolidated with the First Texas Cavalry, Colonel August Buchel's regiment. Buchel's Regiment served in the Texas frontier and eventually during the Red River Campaign. Buchel was killed at the Battle of Pleasant Hill in Louisiana and is buried at the Texas State Cemetery.
Sophie had two children named William Henry Stucke and Mrs. Augusta Christelles by her first husband. She had three grandchildren named Mrs. Josephine Lowe, Joe Stucke, and R. E. Christelles.
Sophie entered the Confederate Women's Home on November 21, 1945 from Waco, Texas. She died at the Home on November 2, 1947 and was buried at the Texas State Cemetery.
Information taken from Texas State Cemetery file materials.
She married Heinrich Stucke (1843- abt. 1905) in 1871.
She was married to German Confederate veteran August Arhelger and was then married to George H. Ottmers of Germany (married Nov. 7, 1911, Gillespie, Texas). Sophie Arhelger and her husband lived in Fredericksburg before the Civil War. After the outbreak of the War, August Arhelger joined the Confederacy in Company C of the Eighth Battalion, Texas Cavalry.
Arhelger served with his wife's future third husband when the company was consolidated with the First Texas Cavalry, Colonel August Buchel's regiment. Buchel's Regiment served in the Texas frontier and eventually during the Red River Campaign. Buchel was killed at the Battle of Pleasant Hill in Louisiana and is buried at the Texas State Cemetery.
Sophie had two children named William Henry Stucke and Mrs. Augusta Christelles by her first husband. She had three grandchildren named Mrs. Josephine Lowe, Joe Stucke, and R. E. Christelles.
Sophie entered the Confederate Women's Home on November 21, 1945 from Waco, Texas. She died at the Home on November 2, 1947 and was buried at the Texas State Cemetery.
Information taken from Texas State Cemetery file materials.
OTTMERS, SOPHIE HENRIETTA (1850 ~ 1947). Confederate widow Sophie Henrietta Ottmers was born on August 30, 1850 in Germany. She was born to Johann Rache and Louise Jabus both of Germany.
She married Heinrich Stucke (1843- abt. 1905) in 1871.
She was married to German Confederate veteran August Arhelger and was then married to George H. Ottmers of Germany (married Nov. 7, 1911, Gillespie, Texas). Sophie Arhelger and her husband lived in Fredericksburg before the Civil War. After the outbreak of the War, August Arhelger joined the Confederacy in Company C of the Eighth Battalion, Texas Cavalry.
Arhelger served with his wife's future third husband when the company was consolidated with the First Texas Cavalry, Colonel August Buchel's regiment. Buchel's Regiment served in the Texas frontier and eventually during the Red River Campaign. Buchel was killed at the Battle of Pleasant Hill in Louisiana and is buried at the Texas State Cemetery.
Sophie had two children named William Henry Stucke and Mrs. Augusta Christelles by her first husband. She had three grandchildren named Mrs. Josephine Lowe, Joe Stucke, and R. E. Christelles.
Sophie entered the Confederate Women's Home on November 21, 1945 from Waco, Texas. She died at the Home on November 2, 1947 and was buried at the Texas State Cemetery.
Information taken from Texas State Cemetery file materials.
She married Heinrich Stucke (1843- abt. 1905) in 1871.
She was married to German Confederate veteran August Arhelger and was then married to George H. Ottmers of Germany (married Nov. 7, 1911, Gillespie, Texas). Sophie Arhelger and her husband lived in Fredericksburg before the Civil War. After the outbreak of the War, August Arhelger joined the Confederacy in Company C of the Eighth Battalion, Texas Cavalry.
Arhelger served with his wife's future third husband when the company was consolidated with the First Texas Cavalry, Colonel August Buchel's regiment. Buchel's Regiment served in the Texas frontier and eventually during the Red River Campaign. Buchel was killed at the Battle of Pleasant Hill in Louisiana and is buried at the Texas State Cemetery.
Sophie had two children named William Henry Stucke and Mrs. Augusta Christelles by her first husband. She had three grandchildren named Mrs. Josephine Lowe, Joe Stucke, and R. E. Christelles.
Sophie entered the Confederate Women's Home on November 21, 1945 from Waco, Texas. She died at the Home on November 2, 1947 and was buried at the Texas State Cemetery.
Information taken from Texas State Cemetery file materials.
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