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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TEU_henniger-family-cemetery-historical_Fayetteville-TX.html
Nicholaus Henniger (1794-1853) came to Texas from Germany in 1847 with his wife Fredericke and children Christian, Hermann, August, Caroline and Pauline. On his farm he built a log house, kept peace with passing Indians, and prospered as a cattler…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TET_site-of-svrcek-building-historical_Fayetteville-TX.html
An 1890s commercial building on this site was used throughout the 20th century. The rectangular plan, frame construction building featured a false front, supported awning and double doors flanked by windows. Frank Svrcek owned several lots on the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TEQ_site-of-svrcek-garage-historical_Fayetteville-TX.html
Frank Svrcek owned a commercial building here in the 1890s. The rectangular frame building with stepped parapet had two pairs of doors, one tin and the other wooden. Walter Meinen's Chevrolet dealership in the 1920s, and later Harry Cordes' garage…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CVU_breeding-family-cemetery-first-school-in-fayette-county_Fayetteville-TX.html
Breeding Family Cemetery(300 yards northwest, across the highway) David and Sarah Davis Breeding came to Texas from Kentucky and settled here in 1833 with sons John, Richard L., Napoleon B., Fidelio S., and Benjamin W.; John, Napoleon, and Fide…
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German native Hugo Zapp established his mercantile business in Fayetteville in 1865. In 1900, after a fire had burned his wooden store at this site, Zapp had this 2-story brick building constructed. Intended to be the finest structure in the city,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF1J_james-j-ross_Fayetteville-TX.html
Born in South Carolina in about 1787, James Jeffres Ross was a member of the ""Old Three Hundred."" He arrived in Stephen F. Austin's colony in late 1822 or early 1823, moving onto the league granted him near Eagle Lake in Colorado County. In 1828…
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