William Harvey ADAMS

William married Glen Dale WOLF on 9 Jun 1923 in Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas, USA. Glen (daughter of Joseph C. WOLF and Julia A. (WOLF)) was born on 14 Oct 1903 in Burnet County, Texas, USA; died on 20 Dec 2001; was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Lake Victor, Burnet, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Waite Hoyt ADAMS was born on 3 Oct 1925 in Lake Victor, Burnet, Texas, USA; died on 7 Oct 2017; was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Lake Victor, Burnet, Texas, USA.
2. Infant Son ADAMS was born on 19 Jun 1928; died on 22 Jun 1928; was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Lake Victor, Burnet, Texas, USA.
3. Connie Mack ADAMS was born on 7 Jun 1931 in Burnet County, Texas, USA; died on 15 Jan 2017 in Odessa, Ector, Texas, USA; was buried on 21 Jan 2017 in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Lake Victor, Burnet, Texas, USA.
4. Living

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Elisha lived in Round Top, where he was employed in a store, for the first six years of his marriage to Eugenia. They moved to his birthplace, his father’s plantation near Carmine, where he was a farmer for another six years. He moved his family to Lilac in Milam County where he farmed and ranched, as well as operated a cotton gin. In 1903 he moved the family to near Lake Victor in Burnet County. Here he bought a farm and ranch. He was engaged in this operation until the United States entered World War I. Since his four sons went off to the war, he was unable to continue in this line of work. He rented the land out, bought a hardware store in Lake Victor, and ran this business for several years. After the return of his son Walter, Walter and one of his brothers-in-law bought the business from Elisha. Elisha then returned to the farm near Lake Victor, where he and Eugenia lived for several more years, before being unable to continue farming. They sold their home to their son William and lived in an apartment with him.

Elisha married Eugenia Concordia VON ROSENBERG on 1 Dec 1881 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA. Eugenia (daughter of Carl Eugen VON ROSENBERG and Theodore Anna Arnoldine Henriette (Dorchen) SACK) was born on 29 Apr 1863 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 24 May 1949 in Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA; was buried on 25 May 1949 in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Lake Victor, Burnet, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Eugenia was taught singing and piano by her mother, and she was also talented at needlework and handwork. She was a busy homemaker, taking care of her large household, including her husband’s mother for a time, but also found time to teach piano.

She became ill while her sons were away during World War I. However, she became better after their return. In January, 1948, she bacame an invalid after falling and breaking her hip.

Harvey married Caroline P. ATKINSON. Caroline was born in Jan 1826 in Alabama, USA; died in 1914. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Eugen arrived in Texas with his parents in 1849, settling on the Nassau Plantation. Soon he owned his own livestock. In adulthood he farmed and ran a freight express to the nearest railroad station. After serving in the Civil War, he made trips to Mexico to sell cotton. He enjoyed smoking a pipe, keeping a small patch of tobacco in his garden.

Carl married Theodore Anna Arnoldine Henriette (Dorchen) SACK on 17 Dec 1853 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA. Theodore (daughter of Eduard Wilhelm Hieronimus Maximilian SACK and Dorothea Catharina Elisabeth FICKER) was born on 7 May 1829 in Düsseldorf, Rheinprovinz, Prussia, Germany; died on 21 Mar 1904 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried on 22 Mar 1904 in Florida Chapel Cemetery, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Theodora was educated in Dusseldorf, Germany, specializing in music. She arrived in Texas in 1849, settling near Round Top. She moved into town after marrying Wilhelm von Roeder. They had one child, a daughter named Marie, who married Tony van Hutton. After von Roeder’s death, she married Carl Eugen von Rosenberg.

Theodora taught piano and voice for more than forty years. She directed the Round Top Mixed Choir for many years, entertained at her home, painted, and engaged in filet. Many members of her family called her “Tante Dorchen.”

Died:
at 4 a.m.

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Peter Carl Johann von Rosenberg was the third son of Otto von Rosenberg and his second wife, Maria Wilhelmine von Stempel-von Rosenberg, of Raddeilen and Eckitten Estates. He was nine years old when his parents were divorced and we know nothing of his early life and education. He enlisted in the Prussian Army at an early ago and at twenty-one he became a lieutenant in the cavalry. He was a member of the Uhlans and on the old scroll he is called a Jager, which was a title given to certain German cavalry regiments.

He later told his grandson Arthur von Rosenberg that in the Battle of Leipzig his horse's mouth was shot away, but he quickly mounted another horse whose rider had been killed.

He fought with the Prussian guards under Bluecher with Wellington. When Napoleon faced the English on Belgian soil at Waterloo, with the remnant of the once-defeated Prussians and the fresh Prussian forces under Bluecher, the tide of the battle turned on June 18, 1815. The histories tell us this Prussian Guard knew how to die but not how to surrender.

The Uhlans fought with lances. They were chiefly employed for reconnoitering, skirmishing, and outpost duty. Originally they were light cavalry. Peter Carl was a Lieutenant in this company at Waterloo, we learn from the old scroll and from letters.

In 1819 he inherited Eckitten Estate after the death of his widowed stepmother, and the same year he married Johanna Dorothea Froelich. They had four children before she died at the age of twenty-nine, six weeks after the birth of Johannes.

Peter Carl was a "Frei Denker" and in the disturbing days of 1848 was severely criticized for his political views. The consequent humiliation of the family was the direct cause of the immigration to Texas.



The family of Carl von Rosenberg departed from Bremen, Germany on 1 Oct 1849 and arrived at Galveston, Texas on 2 Dec 1849. They travelled on the ship Franziska.

Peter married Amanda Henriette Louise FALLIER on 11 Feb 1830 in Memel, Memel, Preußen, Prussia. Amanda (daughter of Jean Pierre FALLIER and Anne Caroline MARQUARDT) was born on 6 Sep 1806 in Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Prussia; died on 22 Apr 1864 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried in Richters Cemetery, Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Amanda was baptized Amande Henriette Louise. Her godparents at the French Reformed Church in Königsberg were Mr. Jean Frédéric Marquart, Mr. Guillaume Schubert, Mrs. Marie Hagen, councillor and secretary, and Mrs. Marie Anne Matz.

Eduard married Dorothea Catharina Elisabeth FICKER. Dorothea (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 14 Dec 1799; died on 22 Oct 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]