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Jean Baptiste “John” Wuneburger

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Jean Baptiste “John” Wuneburger

Birth
Riedisheim, Departement du Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
Death
26 Apr 1909 (aged 83)
Bastrop County, Texas, USA
Burial
Paige, Bastrop County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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John came to Texas in 1843, enticed by the promise of the Castro Land Grant Colony. Traveling on the Bark Jean Key, he landed in Galveston with his Aunt Anna Maria Wuneburger Schertz and her family. They then went on to Port Lavaca and began making their way toward San Antonio. Anna and one of her sons died on that journey, and John went his way, evidently moving freight in the Victoria area, because it was there that he met and married Dora Hornburg in 1847 and they started a family. They moved to Lavaca County where he built the County Seat at Petersburg. He gained a land grant in Lavaca County, and deeded part of it to building of the Hope Baptist Church and eventually a school. In 1869 the family moved to Industry, Austin County, to farm. In 1872 they moved to Paige where he and Dora and their children's families settled and became integral to the development of the area. John was a founder and trustee of the Dixon Prairie Church and School in 1883. John and another carpenter built the Church structure and then in 1889, John's son, Theodore, donated land for a cemetery right next to the Church. In 1912, the Church structure torn down and rebuilt at Mesquite, a settlement a short way off, and what remained here was the Dixon Prairie Cemetery. John died at the home of his son Edward.

Children not Linked

Henry Theodore Wuneburger #37372967
Wilhelm August Wuneburger #37372973
Edward Lee Wunneburger #37372979
Dorothee Henrietta Wuneburger Lindner #35797245
Mary Augusta Wuneburger Rau #79119256


John came to Texas in 1843, enticed by the promise of the Castro Land Grant Colony. Traveling on the Bark Jean Key, he landed in Galveston with his Aunt Anna Maria Wuneburger Schertz and her family. They then went on to Port Lavaca and began making their way toward San Antonio. Anna and one of her sons died on that journey, and John went his way, evidently moving freight in the Victoria area, because it was there that he met and married Dora Hornburg in 1847 and they started a family. They moved to Lavaca County where he built the County Seat at Petersburg. He gained a land grant in Lavaca County, and deeded part of it to building of the Hope Baptist Church and eventually a school. In 1869 the family moved to Industry, Austin County, to farm. In 1872 they moved to Paige where he and Dora and their children's families settled and became integral to the development of the area. John was a founder and trustee of the Dixon Prairie Church and School in 1883. John and another carpenter built the Church structure and then in 1889, John's son, Theodore, donated land for a cemetery right next to the Church. In 1912, the Church structure torn down and rebuilt at Mesquite, a settlement a short way off, and what remained here was the Dixon Prairie Cemetery. John died at the home of his son Edward.

Children not Linked

Henry Theodore Wuneburger #37372967
Wilhelm August Wuneburger #37372973
Edward Lee Wunneburger #37372979
Dorothee Henrietta Wuneburger Lindner #35797245
Mary Augusta Wuneburger Rau #79119256


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At rest in the arms of Jesus

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