Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA
Notizen:
Wikipedia 2015:
Henrietta is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,141 at the 2010 census, a decline of 123 from the 2000 tabulation of 3,264.
History:
Henrietta is one of the oldest settled towns in north central Texas. It sits at the crossroads of U.S. Highway 287, U.S. Highway 82, State Highway 148, and Farm to Market Road 1197 in north central Clay County.
Clay and Montague counties were separated in 1857 from Cooke County to the east, and Henrietta was named as the county seat. The naming of the town remains a mystery though several explanations have been offered. Regardless of the origin of its name, Henrietta became the center of gravity for the fledgling county. By 1860, it remained the only town in the county, having 109 residents, 10 houses, and a general store. It sat at the far western edge of Anglo expansion in north central Texas, but Native Americans remained a viable threat to current and future settlers. In 1862, Henrietta opened its post office. In the early 1860s, there were continuous attacks from local tribes. By late 1862, Henrietta was abandoned, and white settlers returned east to Cooke and Montague counties. Remaining structures were burned. Anglos continued to attempt resettlement, and in 1865 after the American Civil War, a group attempting resettlement was massacred. A number of Quakers attempted to reoccupy the former townsite, but its members were either killed or fled. In 1870, fifty soldiers and Kiowa Indians fought a battle in the ruins of Henrietta.
After the battle, white settlers returned to Henrietta, this time permanently. In 1874, the post office reopened, and Henrietta quickly became the economic hub of north central Texas. In 1882, the Fort Worth and Denver Railway reached Henrietta on its southern side, and in 1887, Henrietta became the western most terminus for the Gainesville, Henrietta, and Western Railway.
In 1895, the Wichita Falls Railway, one of the properties of Joseph A. Kemp and Frank Kell, linked Henrietta with Wichita Falls; sold in 1911, this 18-mile segment was operated thereafter by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, known as the Katy. This particular track was abandoned in 1970. MK&T then built in Wichita Falls a station, offices, a roundhouse, and three switching tracks.
After heavy lobbying by businessmen, Henrietta became a logistical supply point for various operations in north central Texas, including mining in Foard and Archer counties. The Southwestern Railway Company in 1910 completed a rail linking Henrietta with Archer City.
An antiques shop occupies part of the building which once housed the St. Elmo Hotel, long ago destroyed in a fire.
The U.S. Post Office is located in the southeast corner of Courthouse Square in Henrietta.
Though it had been settled earlier, Henrietta did not incorporate until 1881. The Clay County courthouse was built in 1884 and is still in use. By 1890, the population had reached 2100, and the town boasted a 400-seat opera house, five churches, a new jailhouse, and a school. From 1893 to 1895, it had a college - Henrietta Normal College - for the training of teachers. It remained the economic hub of the county at the turn of the 20th century.
The St. Elmo Hotel, established about 1895 in Henrietta, had among its guests Quanah Parker, who married two of his wives there, and U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, when he toured the North Texas area. When the top floors of the hotel burned, the facility closed and never reopened. A portion of the lower floor now houses an antiques store.
Treffer 1 bis 47 von 47
Nachname, Taufnamen | Geburt | Personen-Kennung | ||
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1 | Bachman, Albert | 7 Feb 1902 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I19132 |
2 | Bachman, Alexander | 17 Apr 1899 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I21878 |
3 | Bachman, Leon | geschätzt 1925 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I30820 |
4 | Bachmann, Edward | 1904 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I30819 |
5 | Bachmann, Ida Louise | 1 Jun 1910 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17807 |
6 | Bachmann, Willie | 22 Okt 1911 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17902 |
7 | Bragg, Robert Lee | 14 Mai 1917 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I266059 |
8 | Butler, Charles Aubrey | 5 Jan 1927 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17872 |
9 | Fuhrman, Albertine | 22 Sep 1908 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I19136 |
10 | Fuhrman, Alvina | 27 Mai 1917 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I19144 |
11 | Fuhrman, Sarah | 24 Sep 1913 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I19140 |
12 | Fuhrmann, John | 19 Nov 1909 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I19137 |
13 | Fuhrmann, Louise | 14 Mrz 1912 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I19139 |
14 | Fuhrmann, Rueben | 1 Feb 1915 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I19142 |
15 | Hoff, Elisabeth | 25 Aug 1903 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I125520 |
16 | Hoff, Eugen | 15 Sep 1901 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I125518 |
17 | Hoff, Michael | 17 Jun 1907 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I125521 |
18 | Hoff, Regina Rose | 9 Nov 1912 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I125523 |
19 | Horst, Emil Karl | 27 Sep 1899 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I1802 |
20 | Jesser, Mary Margaret | 20 Feb 1893 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I39363 |
21 | Marshall, James Cliftor | 24 Sep 1914 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17852 |
22 | Moser, Albert Alexander | 19 Jul 1895 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I18274 |
23 | Moser, Don William | 16 Jan 1930 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17804 |
24 | Moser, Ed Jr. | 13 Jun 1928 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17803 |
25 | Moser, Ida | 12 Jan 1904 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17874 |
26 | Moser, Maria Anna | 14 Mai 1917 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I266058 |
27 | Moser, Palmer Harold | 14 Feb 1922 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17802 |
28 | Moser, Uriah S. | 16 Jan 1906 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I18277 |
29 | Reichert, Lea | 18 Sep 1909 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17774 |
30 | Rodgers, Sherry Lea | 2 Nov 1955 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I216480 |
31 | Tucker, Dowell Henry | 7 Mai 1892 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I143308 |
32 | Wiest, Albert Ruben | 27 Feb 1920 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I91595 |
33 | Wiest, Edward Theodore | 25 Nov 1916 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I91592 |
34 | Wiist, Albert A. | 7 Feb 1904 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17875 |
35 | Wiist, Alma Melydia | 2 Aug 1915 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17851 |
36 | Wiist, Doris Nell | 17 Sep 1919 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17831 |
37 | Wiist, Elmer Lee | 23 Feb 1924 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17877 |
38 | Wiist, Eugene | 23 Okt 1912 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17791 |
39 | Wiist, Ferdinand D. | 4 Jul 1906 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17806 |
40 | Wiist, Herbert | 8 Feb 1917 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17856 |
41 | Wiist, Jacob | 9 Jan 1906 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17789 |
42 | Wiist, Mary Frances | 13 Okt 1929 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17810 |
43 | Wiist, Rosa | 11 Feb 1903 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17799 |
44 | Wiist, Theodore | 16 Mrz 1907 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17790 |
45 | Wiist, William Vernone | 29 Sep 1923 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17795 |
46 | Zimbelman, Henry | 23 Nov 1898 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I303 |
47 | Zimbelman, Lydia Amelia | 1 Sep 1899 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I1659 |
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Nachname, Taufnamen | Tod | Personen-Kennung | ||
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1 | Bachman, Alexander | 18 Apr 1984 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I21878 |
2 | Bachman, Samuel | 10 Jan 2014 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I135359 |
3 | Bachmann, Anna | 6 Aug 1956 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I21884 |
4 | Bachmann, Heinrich Jakob | 29 Dez 1918 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I21876 |
5 | Bachmann, Jakob | 22 Jul 1907 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I23461 |
6 | Bachmann, Johannes Heinrich | 22 Jul 1907 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I101962 |
7 | Bridge, Mary Elizabeth | 27 Mrz 1970 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I216507 |
8 | Diahl, Rosena | 14 Jun 1923 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I216491 |
9 | Fuhrman, Albertine | 20 Okt 1915 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I19136 |
10 | Fuhrmann, Friedrich Peter | 1 Jan 1979 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I19126 |
11 | Fuhrmann, Heinrich | 21 Jul 1941 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17757 |
12 | Fuhrmann, John | 24 Jul 2002 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I19137 |
13 | Fuhrmann, Louise | 13 Dez 1915 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I19139 |
14 | Fuhrmann, Wilhelmina | 23 Okt 1915 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I19135 |
15 | Gemar, Elisabeth | 5 Okt 1967 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I101989 |
16 | Gemar, Harvey Lee | 12 Aug 2018 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I101775 |
17 | Gemar, Katharina | 7 Jun 1919 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I21879 |
18 | Gemar, Theodore Roosevelt | 13 Mrz 1979 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17842 |
19 | Hoeffner, Pauline | 7 Jan 1968 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I266057 |
20 | Marshall, William Jasper | 10 Jun 1951 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I216506 |
21 | Moser, Don William | 11 Jul 1988 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17804 |
22 | Moser, Ed Sr. | 21 Mrz 1991 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17801 |
23 | Moser, Ed Jr. | 21 Mai 1991 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17803 |
24 | Moser, Edward | 10 Aug 1998 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I19116 |
25 | Moser, Jakob | 8 Nov 1938 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I18272 |
26 | Moser, Johann | 28 Aug 1954 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I18261 |
27 | Moser, Leon | Sep 1986 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17873 |
28 | Moser, Peter | 13 Nov 1979 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I19110 |
29 | Oster, Dan | 31 Mai 1989 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I104768 |
30 | Reichert, Lea | 31 Mrz 1923 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17774 |
31 | Rodgers, Sherry Lea | 16 Mai 2010 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I216480 |
32 | Schaffner, Daniel Sr. | 12 Sep 1916 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I216490 |
33 | Tammen, David George | 2 Dez 1968 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17786 |
34 | Wiest, Albert Ruben | 4 Jun 1998 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I91595 |
35 | Wiest, Annie Lena | 10 Feb 2000 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I91585 |
36 | Wiest, Edward Theodore | 24 Aug 1991 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I91592 |
37 | Wiest, Emma Maria | 2 Jan 1919 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I21877 |
38 | Wiest, Georg Jacob | 13 Sep 1918 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17625 |
39 | Wiest, Lydia Catherine | 27 Dez 1980 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I91588 |
40 | Wiest, Peter W. | 1 Jul 1956 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I21885 |
41 | Wiist, Jacob | 5 Mrz 1906 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17789 |
42 | Wiist, Louise Ann | 12 Apr 1995 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17841 |
43 | Wiist, Rosa | 3 Dez 1991 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17799 |
44 | Wiist, Theodore | 16 Apr 1907 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17790 |
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Nachname, Taufnamen | Beerdigung | Personen-Kennung | ||
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1 | Moser, Palmer Harold | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | I17802 |
Treffer 1 bis 7 von 7
Familie | Eheschließung | Familien-Kennung | ||
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1 | Bachman / Bishop | 20 Jan 1951 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | F44326 |
2 | Bachman / Fuhrmann | 10 Jan 1923 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | F6489 |
3 | Butler / Wiist | 1 Jun 1946 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | F6162 |
4 | Gemar / Rodgers | 21 Jun 1974 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | F72772 |
5 | Marshall / Wiist | 1935 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | F6156 |
6 | Wiest / Ryan | 9 Jan 1946 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | F28353 |
7 | Wiist / Hussey | 21 Dez 1935 | Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA | F6154 |