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INDIAN WARS AND PIONEERS OF TEXAS.
1835, and was over eighteen years of age when he
came to Texas with his father in 1854. After coming
to Texas he worked as a laborer on farms for a
time and later went to San Antonio, where he worked
for Herrmann Kampmann. He served as a soldier
in Capt. Kampmann's Company from the fall of
1861 to 1865 during the war between the States,
spending one year in La Grange in a hat factory
established by the Confederate States government.
After the war he located in New Braunfels and
manufactured hats for a year, and later formed a
partnership with three others, for the manufacture
of sash, doors and blinds, a connection which lasted
for three years.
Mr. Weidner located on his present farm in 1871.It now consists of 400 acres of good farming and
grazing lands. He had a fine home and an interesting
family. He has been for years trustee of
the public free schools and has served as County
Commissioner of Comal County.
Mr. Weidner has been twice married. His first
wife was Miss Cora Reuder, to whom he was married
in January, 1868. She died in November of
that year leaving him one child, Hermann Weidner,
as a pledge of her affection. He married his
second wife, Mrs. Marie Kram, widow of Henry
Kram, and a daughter of Andrees Langbeen, of
Sisterdale, in Kendal County, 1871. By this union
five children have been born: Clara, Natalie, Alvine,
Gustav, and Bertha. Three children are deceased.JEROME C. KEARBY,
DALLAS.Jerome C. Kearby, nominee of the People's party
for the office of Governor of Texas, was born in
Arkadelphia, Ark., on May 21st, 1848. His father,
Dr. E. P. Kearby,who now resides in Rains County,
moved to Texas in 1856, stopping first in Hunt
County and in 1857 located in Denton County,
where the subject of this brief sketch was reared.
His early boyhood was spent on a horse ranch.
At the age of thirteen years he entered the Confederate
army, as a private in Capt. Otis G.
Welch's company, Cooper's regiment, which was
composed of two white and eight Indian companies.
He remained in this service one year. In 1862 his
company attached itself to the Twenty-ninth Texas
Cavalry, commanded by Charles De Morse as
Colonel, with Welsh as Lieutenant-Colonel, and the
late Judge Joe Carrol as Major. With this regiment
he served until the close of the war, in Company
E., commanded by Capt. Matt Daughtery.After the war he began the study of law at McKinney,
under Judge R. L. Waddill, and continued
under him until his death, which occurred in 1867.
He then continued his studies under Col. Otis G.
Welsh at Denton.
In 1869 he obtained license to practice law and
began the study of his profession in Van Zandt
County in that year. In June, 1875, he located
in Dallas, where he has since resided and practiced
his profession.
As this book is being put to press, the campaign
of 1896 is at its hottest, and Mr. Kearby is engaged
in a canvass of the State, in which he is
bearing himself with his usual ability. Whatever
the outcome, he will have the satisfaction of knowing
that he has discharged his every duty to the
party that honored him with the nomination as its
chief standard-bearer in Texas.
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Brown, John Henry. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, book, 1880~; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6725/m1/618/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.