A native of Germany, came to Texas in 1848, landing at Galveston, November 2lst of that year. It was his intention to settle in Fisher and Miller's Colony, but, on reaching Galveston, he learned that the colony was not yet organized and abandoned that intention. He proceeded to Houston on a Buffalo bayou steamer, accompanied by his four sons and four daughters, who then constituted his family, his wife having died in the old country. His next move was to make a two weeks' prospecting trip through Texas, rent a piece of land near Round Top, in Fayette County, and return for his family. He found his sons had not been idle during his absence but on the contrary had gone to work, having secured employment on the streets of Houston, where they were at work with pick and shovel at $1.00 per day, payable in city scrip. Mr. Groos made his first crop in Fayette County in 1849. He bought a tract of land of two hundred and ten acres lying in the corner of Fayette County the following year and there established a permanent abode, where he resided until 1865, when he removed to San Antonio and a little later to New Braunfels, at which latter place he died in 1882, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. At his death the four sons and four daughters, who accompanied him to Texas, were all living and had married. He had living at that time forty-five grandchildren. Others have since been added to the number and a score or more have attained their majority. Some of them are heads of families and all of them maintain a good standing as citizens in the communities in which they live. The eldest of the name now living is Mr. F. Groos, the banker of San Antonio, who was also the eldest of the four sons and four daughters who came over in 1848. (Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, by John Henry Brown, Published by L. E. Daniell, Austin, Texas, 1880 -
Contributor: Sherry (47010546) • [email protected]
Contributor: Sherry (47010546) • [email protected]
A native of Germany, came to Texas in 1848, landing at Galveston, November 2lst of that year. It was his intention to settle in Fisher and Miller's Colony, but, on reaching Galveston, he learned that the colony was not yet organized and abandoned that intention. He proceeded to Houston on a Buffalo bayou steamer, accompanied by his four sons and four daughters, who then constituted his family, his wife having died in the old country. His next move was to make a two weeks' prospecting trip through Texas, rent a piece of land near Round Top, in Fayette County, and return for his family. He found his sons had not been idle during his absence but on the contrary had gone to work, having secured employment on the streets of Houston, where they were at work with pick and shovel at $1.00 per day, payable in city scrip. Mr. Groos made his first crop in Fayette County in 1849. He bought a tract of land of two hundred and ten acres lying in the corner of Fayette County the following year and there established a permanent abode, where he resided until 1865, when he removed to San Antonio and a little later to New Braunfels, at which latter place he died in 1882, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. At his death the four sons and four daughters, who accompanied him to Texas, were all living and had married. He had living at that time forty-five grandchildren. Others have since been added to the number and a score or more have attained their majority. Some of them are heads of families and all of them maintain a good standing as citizens in the communities in which they live. The eldest of the name now living is Mr. F. Groos, the banker of San Antonio, who was also the eldest of the four sons and four daughters who came over in 1848. (Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, by John Henry Brown, Published by L. E. Daniell, Austin, Texas, 1880 -
Contributor: Sherry (47010546) • [email protected]
Contributor: Sherry (47010546) • [email protected]
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