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Death and daring of Capt. Henry Schwethelm pioneer
Out of Kerrville in the hill country comes notice of Capt. Henry Schwethelm's death. He survived the Nueces River Massacre and later helped shape Texas frontier history as a Ranger. The oblique biography recounts his birth in Düsseldorf in 1840, emigration to America, schooling in New Braunfels, Ranger service, Civil War years, marriage to Emilie Stieler, and a long life on a Kerrville area ranch, with mention of the 1860s German settlers and local conflicts.
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Kerrville
Henry Schwethelm
Schwethelm
Nueces River
Comfort
Albert Schutze
Alex Brinkmann
Capt. Schwethelm
Mr. Schutze
America
New Orleans
Indianola
Texas
New Braunfels
Schwethlem
Paul
Comal
San
Comfort Texas
H. Lb. Nelson
San Antonio
Rangers
Goliad
Helena
Ranger
John W. Sansom
Curry’s Creek
Listerdale
Ingram
Johnson’s Creek
William Tegener
Fritz Tegener
Sanson
Mexico
Turtle Creek
Kerrvilleon
Rio
Grande
Tegener