Charles Gustav Krempkau, also a native of Germany, became a resident of Texas in 1848, locating first at La Grange, Fayette County, and later in San Antonio. He was a man of fine talents and superior education, and he left the impress of his individuality upon the progress and development of the newly developed district. By profession he was an architect and builder, having made a study of some of the most noted structures of the old country, but on coming to the frontier of Texas, like all others he had to take his part in the pioneer life of the period and meet the conditions and exigencies of existence in a district which was just being opened up to civilization. He was one of the earliest of the old Texas rangers in fighting Indians and protecting the home of the settlers, and as such was a comrade and associate for some years of the late Max Aue of Leon Springs, Bexar County. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army and served with distinction throughout the Civil war, under General Albert Sydney Johnston during the earlier part of the struggle. He died in San Antonio in 1871.
Charles Gustav Krempkau, also a native of Germany, became a resident of Texas in 1848, locating first at La Grange, Fayette County, and later in San Antonio. He was a man of fine talents and superior education, and he left the impress of his individuality upon the progress and development of the newly developed district. By profession he was an architect and builder, having made a study of some of the most noted structures of the old country, but on coming to the frontier of Texas, like all others he had to take his part in the pioneer life of the period and meet the conditions and exigencies of existence in a district which was just being opened up to civilization. He was one of the earliest of the old Texas rangers in fighting Indians and protecting the home of the settlers, and as such was a comrade and associate for some years of the late Max Aue of Leon Springs, Bexar County. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army and served with distinction throughout the Civil war, under General Albert Sydney Johnston during the earlier part of the struggle. He died in San Antonio in 1871.
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