LANGHAMMER, CHARLES KINCH
Charles Kinch Langhammer is the cashier of the Austin County State Bank, one of the solid banking institutions of southeastern Texas, and he is one of the younger representatives of the business interests of Bellville. He was born in this city on the 23d of September, 1879, a son of Charles. Franz and Matilda (Yelke) Langhammer, born in Austria and in Germany, respectively. The father was but two years old when he was brought by his parents in 1848 to the United States and to Texas, and the family first located in Austin County, making the journey via Galveston with an ox team. Establishing their home at Millheim, Franz Langhammer, the grandfather, began farming among the early pioneers of this county. Charles Franz, his son, worked in the mercantile store of H. Miller, at Bellville, and during the war of 1861-65 he served as a Confederate soldier. Later embarking in mercantile pursuits at Cat Spring, he continued there for a number of years, serving in the meantime as a mounted police officer under Captain McNally. During seven years he also served Austin County as its sheriff, was during a similar period its tax collector, during the years 1894-95 he represented his district in the state legislature, and during the last four years of his life he served as cashier of the First National Bank of Bellville. He was one of the organizers of that bank in 1889, and during a number of years he was its vice president. He was one of Bellville's most public-spirited and influential businessmen and citizens, and he conducted all his affairs, whether of private interest or of public trust, so as to gain the esteem of his fellow citizens. He died on the 29th of March, 1908, and Bellville and Austin county then lost one of its truest and best citizens. The surviving members of his family are his widow, Mrs. Matilda Langhammer, his son and his two daughters, Mrs. Clara Schauerhammer and Ellen, the wife of Dr. O. A. Trenkman.
Charles K. Langhammer, after leaving the public schools of Bellville, entered St. Edward's College at Austin and pursued its business course. From 1897 until August of 1909 he was associated with the First National Bank of Bellville, serving it successively as draft clerk, bookkeeper and assistant cashier, and he left that institution to become one of the organizers of the Austin County State Bank, which he is now serving as its cashier. He married, on the 23d of March, 1902, Miss Minnie Schulze, a daughter of Adolph and Ida M. Schulze, of Hempstead, Waller county. A daughter, Wanda, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Langhammer. Mr. Langhammer is a member of the Woodmen of the World, of the Bellville Turn Verein and of the Democratic party. (Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910 -
Charles Kinch Langhammer is the cashier of the Austin County State Bank, one of the solid banking institutions of southeastern Texas, and he is one of the younger representatives of the business interests of Bellville. He was born in this city on the 23d of September, 1879, a son of Charles. Franz and Matilda (Yelke) Langhammer, born in Austria and in Germany, respectively. The father was but two years old when he was brought by his parents in 1848 to the United States and to Texas, and the family first located in Austin County, making the journey via Galveston with an ox team. Establishing their home at Millheim, Franz Langhammer, the grandfather, began farming among the early pioneers of this county. Charles Franz, his son, worked in the mercantile store of H. Miller, at Bellville, and during the war of 1861-65 he served as a Confederate soldier. Later embarking in mercantile pursuits at Cat Spring, he continued there for a number of years, serving in the meantime as a mounted police officer under Captain McNally. During seven years he also served Austin County as its sheriff, was during a similar period its tax collector, during the years 1894-95 he represented his district in the state legislature, and during the last four years of his life he served as cashier of the First National Bank of Bellville. He was one of the organizers of that bank in 1889, and during a number of years he was its vice president. He was one of Bellville's most public-spirited and influential businessmen and citizens, and he conducted all his affairs, whether of private interest or of public trust, so as to gain the esteem of his fellow citizens. He died on the 29th of March, 1908, and Bellville and Austin county then lost one of its truest and best citizens. The surviving members of his family are his widow, Mrs. Matilda Langhammer, his son and his two daughters, Mrs. Clara Schauerhammer and Ellen, the wife of Dr. O. A. Trenkman.
Charles K. Langhammer, after leaving the public schools of Bellville, entered St. Edward's College at Austin and pursued its business course. From 1897 until August of 1909 he was associated with the First National Bank of Bellville, serving it successively as draft clerk, bookkeeper and assistant cashier, and he left that institution to become one of the organizers of the Austin County State Bank, which he is now serving as its cashier. He married, on the 23d of March, 1902, Miss Minnie Schulze, a daughter of Adolph and Ida M. Schulze, of Hempstead, Waller county. A daughter, Wanda, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Langhammer. Mr. Langhammer is a member of the Woodmen of the World, of the Bellville Turn Verein and of the Democratic party. (Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910 -
LANGHAMMER, CHARLES KINCH
Charles Kinch Langhammer is the cashier of the Austin County State Bank, one of the solid banking institutions of southeastern Texas, and he is one of the younger representatives of the business interests of Bellville. He was born in this city on the 23d of September, 1879, a son of Charles. Franz and Matilda (Yelke) Langhammer, born in Austria and in Germany, respectively. The father was but two years old when he was brought by his parents in 1848 to the United States and to Texas, and the family first located in Austin County, making the journey via Galveston with an ox team. Establishing their home at Millheim, Franz Langhammer, the grandfather, began farming among the early pioneers of this county. Charles Franz, his son, worked in the mercantile store of H. Miller, at Bellville, and during the war of 1861-65 he served as a Confederate soldier. Later embarking in mercantile pursuits at Cat Spring, he continued there for a number of years, serving in the meantime as a mounted police officer under Captain McNally. During seven years he also served Austin County as its sheriff, was during a similar period its tax collector, during the years 1894-95 he represented his district in the state legislature, and during the last four years of his life he served as cashier of the First National Bank of Bellville. He was one of the organizers of that bank in 1889, and during a number of years he was its vice president. He was one of Bellville's most public-spirited and influential businessmen and citizens, and he conducted all his affairs, whether of private interest or of public trust, so as to gain the esteem of his fellow citizens. He died on the 29th of March, 1908, and Bellville and Austin county then lost one of its truest and best citizens. The surviving members of his family are his widow, Mrs. Matilda Langhammer, his son and his two daughters, Mrs. Clara Schauerhammer and Ellen, the wife of Dr. O. A. Trenkman.
Charles K. Langhammer, after leaving the public schools of Bellville, entered St. Edward's College at Austin and pursued its business course. From 1897 until August of 1909 he was associated with the First National Bank of Bellville, serving it successively as draft clerk, bookkeeper and assistant cashier, and he left that institution to become one of the organizers of the Austin County State Bank, which he is now serving as its cashier. He married, on the 23d of March, 1902, Miss Minnie Schulze, a daughter of Adolph and Ida M. Schulze, of Hempstead, Waller county. A daughter, Wanda, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Langhammer. Mr. Langhammer is a member of the Woodmen of the World, of the Bellville Turn Verein and of the Democratic party. (Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910 -
Charles Kinch Langhammer is the cashier of the Austin County State Bank, one of the solid banking institutions of southeastern Texas, and he is one of the younger representatives of the business interests of Bellville. He was born in this city on the 23d of September, 1879, a son of Charles. Franz and Matilda (Yelke) Langhammer, born in Austria and in Germany, respectively. The father was but two years old when he was brought by his parents in 1848 to the United States and to Texas, and the family first located in Austin County, making the journey via Galveston with an ox team. Establishing their home at Millheim, Franz Langhammer, the grandfather, began farming among the early pioneers of this county. Charles Franz, his son, worked in the mercantile store of H. Miller, at Bellville, and during the war of 1861-65 he served as a Confederate soldier. Later embarking in mercantile pursuits at Cat Spring, he continued there for a number of years, serving in the meantime as a mounted police officer under Captain McNally. During seven years he also served Austin County as its sheriff, was during a similar period its tax collector, during the years 1894-95 he represented his district in the state legislature, and during the last four years of his life he served as cashier of the First National Bank of Bellville. He was one of the organizers of that bank in 1889, and during a number of years he was its vice president. He was one of Bellville's most public-spirited and influential businessmen and citizens, and he conducted all his affairs, whether of private interest or of public trust, so as to gain the esteem of his fellow citizens. He died on the 29th of March, 1908, and Bellville and Austin county then lost one of its truest and best citizens. The surviving members of his family are his widow, Mrs. Matilda Langhammer, his son and his two daughters, Mrs. Clara Schauerhammer and Ellen, the wife of Dr. O. A. Trenkman.
Charles K. Langhammer, after leaving the public schools of Bellville, entered St. Edward's College at Austin and pursued its business course. From 1897 until August of 1909 he was associated with the First National Bank of Bellville, serving it successively as draft clerk, bookkeeper and assistant cashier, and he left that institution to become one of the organizers of the Austin County State Bank, which he is now serving as its cashier. He married, on the 23d of March, 1902, Miss Minnie Schulze, a daughter of Adolph and Ida M. Schulze, of Hempstead, Waller county. A daughter, Wanda, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Langhammer. Mr. Langhammer is a member of the Woodmen of the World, of the Bellville Turn Verein and of the Democratic party. (Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910 -
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