Augustin (August) J. Reitzer, son of Ambrose and Marguerite Reitzer, was born in France. His family came to America in 1845, settling in Medina County, Texas. Augustin married Anna Elizabeth Eckhart on 09 August 1870 in Medina County. This union produced nine children.
August was murdered in a gunfight between himself, his brothers-in law Fritz and Christian Eckhart, and John Bryant and John's son Albert. The fight began when Albert Bryant quarreled with Chris over some hogs, and fired several shots at Chris. Chris, Fritz and August then went to the Bryant property to arrest Albert when the gunfight ensued. Both Christian and August were shot dead by John Bryant as Albert Bryant lay wounded inside the house. Albert recovered from his wounds, dying in 1925. John Bryant died in 1919.
The eleven known children of Ambrose and Marguerite Manigold Reitzer were:
Ambrose Reitzer, Jr.; Francis Reitzer (Mrs. Bernhard) Beck; an infant son who died in France; Joseph Reitzer (1835-1883) burial location unknown; Barbe Reitzer, who died in France; John Reitzer; Anne Marie Reitzer Speyer; August J. Reitzer; Louis Reitzer, who died as an infant; Mary Josephine Reitzer (Mrs. John) Neumann and a daughter, Francis, born ca. 1852, about whom nothing more is known.
The photograph shown hangs in the Frontier Times Museum in Bandera.
August was murdered in a gunfight between himself, his brothers-in law Fritz and Christian Eckhart, and John Bryant and John's son Albert. The fight began when Albert Bryant quarreled with Chris over some hogs, and fired several shots at Chris. Chris, Fritz and August then went to the Bryant property to arrest Albert when the gunfight ensued. Both Christian and August were shot dead by John Bryant as Albert Bryant lay wounded inside the house. Albert recovered from his wounds, dying in 1925. John Bryant died in 1919.
The eleven known children of Ambrose and Marguerite Manigold Reitzer were:
Ambrose Reitzer, Jr.; Francis Reitzer (Mrs. Bernhard) Beck; an infant son who died in France; Joseph Reitzer (1835-1883) burial location unknown; Barbe Reitzer, who died in France; John Reitzer; Anne Marie Reitzer Speyer; August J. Reitzer; Louis Reitzer, who died as an infant; Mary Josephine Reitzer (Mrs. John) Neumann and a daughter, Francis, born ca. 1852, about whom nothing more is known.
The photograph shown hangs in the Frontier Times Museum in Bandera.
Augustin (August) J. Reitzer, son of Ambrose and Marguerite Reitzer, was born in France. His family came to America in 1845, settling in Medina County, Texas. Augustin married Anna Elizabeth Eckhart on 09 August 1870 in Medina County. This union produced nine children.
August was murdered in a gunfight between himself, his brothers-in law Fritz and Christian Eckhart, and John Bryant and John's son Albert. The fight began when Albert Bryant quarreled with Chris over some hogs, and fired several shots at Chris. Chris, Fritz and August then went to the Bryant property to arrest Albert when the gunfight ensued. Both Christian and August were shot dead by John Bryant as Albert Bryant lay wounded inside the house. Albert recovered from his wounds, dying in 1925. John Bryant died in 1919.
The eleven known children of Ambrose and Marguerite Manigold Reitzer were:
Ambrose Reitzer, Jr.; Francis Reitzer (Mrs. Bernhard) Beck; an infant son who died in France; Joseph Reitzer (1835-1883) burial location unknown; Barbe Reitzer, who died in France; John Reitzer; Anne Marie Reitzer Speyer; August J. Reitzer; Louis Reitzer, who died as an infant; Mary Josephine Reitzer (Mrs. John) Neumann and a daughter, Francis, born ca. 1852, about whom nothing more is known.
The photograph shown hangs in the Frontier Times Museum in Bandera.
August was murdered in a gunfight between himself, his brothers-in law Fritz and Christian Eckhart, and John Bryant and John's son Albert. The fight began when Albert Bryant quarreled with Chris over some hogs, and fired several shots at Chris. Chris, Fritz and August then went to the Bryant property to arrest Albert when the gunfight ensued. Both Christian and August were shot dead by John Bryant as Albert Bryant lay wounded inside the house. Albert recovered from his wounds, dying in 1925. John Bryant died in 1919.
The eleven known children of Ambrose and Marguerite Manigold Reitzer were:
Ambrose Reitzer, Jr.; Francis Reitzer (Mrs. Bernhard) Beck; an infant son who died in France; Joseph Reitzer (1835-1883) burial location unknown; Barbe Reitzer, who died in France; John Reitzer; Anne Marie Reitzer Speyer; August J. Reitzer; Louis Reitzer, who died as an infant; Mary Josephine Reitzer (Mrs. John) Neumann and a daughter, Francis, born ca. 1852, about whom nothing more is known.
The photograph shown hangs in the Frontier Times Museum in Bandera.
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