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DEATH OF G. H. PFEUFFER.
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Katherine and Geo. H. Pfeuffer,
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Mr. Pfeuffer was born in New
Braunfels in 1862, and was rear
and Mrs. Harvey Prowse and
two daughters arrived Saturday
to attend the funeral of their
father, Capt. W. E. Barry. Miss
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Mrs. Mhrtha Patrick Buffing-
ton was a woman whose attain-
ments to a higher life deserves
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would that my pen held the envi-
able power to do justice to her
splendid character. I loved her,
and my sympathy goes to her
entire family in the irreparable
Notice to Hunters.
. All hunters an' warned to keep
off any of my land in quest of
birds, iiecans or anything else.
Trespassers will be prosecuted.
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New Braunfels and ]
Pfeuffer of Cuba: also three sis-
ters, Mrs. H. L. Ripley and Miss
Lettie Pfeuffer of San Antonio
and Mrs. George Hnfvey of Pen-
sacola, Fla. He is also survived
by a number of other relatives in
San Antonio, including liis unde.
Chris. Pfeuffer. and a cousin, O.
D. H. Pfeuffer. The children sur-
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Our correspondent froin Carlos
writes that the well which had
I jeon ojm*rated near that place by
Buffington & Siddall, of Ander-
son, has been abandoned and the
rigging pulled dowta. • White this
will lw» received as bad news,
still we were prepared for it.
The gentlemen have made every
effort, apixirontly. but were un-
successful in bringing the well
in. There was much evidence
<d oil all along, but an artesian
flow made trouble for the driller.
We do not know whether the
gentlemen intend boring else
where in rhe field or not
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with the Texas Onion Growers’ |
Association, acting in the capao-
ity of tbeirBoston representati**.
At the close of the last season
Mr. Pfeuffer. accompanied by tlie
members of his family. visited
his daughter in Canada and from
there went to Portland. Ore.,
where he was negotiating tlie
purchase of land for the pui^tose
of planting large apple orchards
and jxermanently residing in that
city. He had also intended to on
gage in the lumber business in
.. Mr Pfeuffer received his first
education in the public schools of
New Braunfels and later attend
ed th»- Agricultural and Meehan
in the family lot in the Masonic
cemetery. Rev. J. N. Porter,
pastor of the First Baptist*
church, will condsct the services
at the home, while the rites of
the Masonic fraternity will be
held at the grave. The active
pallbearers wilVhe selected from
members of the Altno I xxlge, of
wKich he was a member, and the
honorary pallbearers wliowill of-
ficiate are as follows:
C<>1 George W. JfrMqpn
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George Sanders, Jay E. Adams,
W. T. Way, Nat M. Washer, Hon.
James L. Slayden. Roy Campbell
and D. J. Woodward.
this city, constitute the immedi-
ate family, and besides these be
leaves two brothers, Lewis How-
ard and R. E. Barry of this
irship county, and Mrs. Ada Smith of
Loa Angeles, Cal., a sister.
The funeral will oocur this
afternoon at 4:30, interment to
be made at the city cemetery.
Services will be held at the late
family residence by Rev. W. Dean
White of the Methodist church,
of which deceased had been a
member for half a century.
Thus end* tIm* chapter in the
life of one of th«* most celebrated
characters of the county’s his-
tory—one who help»*d to make
the history for not only this
county and Texas, but the nation.
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He loved his home and his coun-
try, and was ever ready to serve
in whatever capacity he might be
called, as was exemplified by his
life work- His place in the hearts
of these jieoplo will never be
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his. uncle, Capt. W. & iSafry.
Drv Jim Loggins and Capt. T.
C. Buffington of Anderson were
present at the funeral of their
old friend and comrade, Capt.
W. E. Barry.
Gov. Vardeman lectures at
Madisonville next Thursday.
Parties at Navasota desiring to
bear can procure seats by wiring .
to Mrs. E. H. Sifiith.
Mrs. Ralph Howell returned
to Brian yesterday, having
come down Saturday to attend
the funeral of her -ancle, Capt.
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Georgia Barry, attending Kid-
Key school at Sherman, also
time down Saturday morning.’. ' •
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Barry < Oo.,tbe business
dostreyed the store and the
business was never resuscitated.
The captain then went into busi-
ness for himself, late r a us taining
severe losses on account of the
exceedingly unfavorable busi-
ness conditions, finally being
forced to turn the business over
to his creditors. From this
period, and for several years, it
was an uphill fight to recoupe
his losses, but this he eventually
did, and at the hour of his death
no name in Texas was more hon-
f ored. Honorable always, he did
' not consider his obligations dis
charged because of the law’s
viewpoint in that respect, and he
did not rest until his former ob-
ligstidn* were discharged and
his good name entirely restored.
At the time of his death the,
Barry Grain Company the pride
of his heart, built up through the
untiring efforts of himself and
his youngest *on. Mr Bond
of same until he retired from bus-
iness a few years ago. For the
liv-
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defice, surrounded by warm and
3 friends, who admired and
fieciated her many -vy-tues.
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Laredo, and in 1888 went to Co-
tulla, where he was in the lumber
and general merchandise busi-
ness. While in Cotulla he was
associated with W. W. Sloan,
of this gentle influence that will now of this city. In 1888 be was
married to Miss Lottie Owen at
Navasota. He left Cotulla in 1896 __________
and came to San Antonio with hia 5^. £. Barry,
family and purchased a home on
Laurel Heights. . Here he organ-
ised the Pfeuffer-Conring Com-
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Mrs. Martha Patrick Buffington
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of time moves on and on in its
]>itrless round, while, one by one,
our loved ones are passing be-
yond oui-mortal ken. and enter-
ing into that great beyond, into
w hich none may look save
through the eye of’hoj>e and
faith.
On the 12th day of March, 1911,
Mrs. Martha Patrick Buffington,
our friend, our comrade and our
neighbor, passed into “that king-
dom not made by hands—eternal
in the heavens.” ]
and seemingly untimely depart- 1^85, and was
I Barry—wa^ known far ami widd,
anddiad begun to show material
evidences of pros^xu-ity.
his hobby, almost, and occupied
every moment of his thought.
Capt. Barry was one of the
most lovable characters it was
ever the writer’s good fortum* to
know, and he was universally
esteemed by (‘very -one. While
he could have ha^l any ‘'office
within the gift of the peoq>l<*. he
only served one term in the leg-
islature -the 24th. He lovml
politics .for its excitement and
was ever ready to help a friend.
His advice was sought in every
conceivable connection, so thor-
oughly did his friendsand neigh-
bors know* and appreciate his
worth.
His death was one of the great
est shocks of the year, only the
immediate family being aware of
hi^illness and they not realizing
the seriousness of his condition.
About a week ago he suffered a
slight billions attack w h i c h
proved stubborn to treatment, fin-
ally weakening his heart’s action
and the end came in a moment—
the dear old man falling asleep,
as it were, without warning land
without struggle. He will l>e
sorely missed by every citizen of
Navasota and Grimes county,
the greater majority of whom he
knew by name and had known
their family before them. He
was thoroughly in love with the
Confederacy and was never hap-
pier then when reciting the many
thousandsof incidents with which
be was i>ersonally familiar. He
always attended and took an ac-
tive part in the annual reunions
of Hood’s Brigade and other
meetings of the old Confederates
and it will be. at these meetings
that his presence will be most
sorely missed. Many messages
of condolence have* been received
today from those of his old com-
rades w ho have been apprised of
his death and the family home
has been visited by each of them
close at hand where it was i>ossi-
ble to get there.
Capt. W. E. Barry was married
in 1867 to Miss Nora Meachum,
a sister of Col. W. .W. Meachum
of Anderson. The union resulted
In eight children, four sons and
four daughters, and only the
youngest, little Marvin, was
taken. J. T., Miss Mamie, Mrs.
Nora Kirk of Fort Worth, W. E.,
Jr., of San Francisco, Cal., Mrs.
San Antonio Express, Nov. 15.
Advice was received here late
Monday night of the death of
George H. Pfeuffer, 40 years old,
a former business man ot this
city. His death occurred Mon-
day evening at 6:55 o’clock at
Portland, Ore., following a brief
illness. His daughter, Mrs.
Leonard Johnson, and his little * an^ interment will* be
10-year old son were at the bed-
side when the end came. Mrs.
Peuffer was in San Antonio at
the time of his death and was
closing up his affairs, after which
she intended returning to Port-
land. The body will be brought
to San Antonio and interment
will be made here.
Besides his, wife, Mr. Pfeuffer
is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Susan Pfeuffer, and three* broth-
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lire from earth was a great shock
to her many friends at home and
abroad, and her entire family
circle ivere.truly sorrow stricken
and heart desolate when she
passed from their midst
her quiet home on Buffington
Hill, near Andersbn, Texas—her
beautiful home : where she had
lived for more than forty years
of her married life—the place
where every shrub, every flower
and every tree now w’hispers
thoughts of her gefitle, quiet per-
sonality that manifested to every
one the dignified, noble spirit\pf
this loving and true - hearted
woman.
She was sick only one wreek.
All that medical skill and good
and tender nursing could do to
relieve her acute suffering and
restore her to health was faiths
fully done, but to no avail. As
she lay On her bed of pain she
watched and listened for the
home-coming of her only living
child and his family, and she
knew them when they reached
h^bedsii|e. She manifested a
loving solicitude for the comfort
and pleasure of her three little
grandchildren, who iniheir sweet
baby way loved their “mother
dear” so fondly. She was ever
unselfish ani thoughtful for the “.°5?J^a?_Apa’8’rR1Jn?^e.
joy and happiness of others so
long as she was in her conscious
mind.
Kind and loving friends sur-
rounded thq bedside of Mrs. Buf-
fington, and bestowed every ten-
der care and attention that was
possible to calm her mind and
soothe her suffering body. Her
husband was in constant attend-
ance, day and night, beside her.
Her dear and only living sister,
is now the only surviving mem-
ber of her father’s family, was
near, and, though filled with the
bitterness of grief, was yet ever
ready to render loving service
for ‘tdear Mat,” her long and
well loved sister, w^o stood next
to her in the family circle. Her
son, Thomas P. Buffington, his
wife and the three dear little
grandchildren, with their awe-
stricken faces, were near their
“mother dear,’’allof their hearts
going out with intense longing
for the power and means to
bring relief to the much loved
sufferer.; Irvin P. Bradley and
Lillian G. Bradley, her grand-
children and the only children of
her daughter, Mrs. Grace Buf-
fington Bradley, who passed to a
higher life in 1896, were also near
her. They are now passing info
matuHty and can in some degree
appreciate the true worth of their
grandmother and the great loss
they have sustained through her
departure from this earthly life.
Mrs. Martha Patrick Buffing
toi was born March 1st, 1846, at
the old Patrick home near An
derson, Texas, and grew into
womanhood in her father’s home.
She obtained her cslucation at the
institutions of learning »*stab .
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may her ifnl ami 1 rusting t:iry Institution at Austin. In
love nature descend upon all of 1.901 Governor ‘.Joseph D. Sayers
lim loved ends and animate and ap|M»inte<i Mr.Pfeuffer a member
fill <*a( li life with good deeds and-of the commission which later
each mind with loving thoughts selected the site of the Girls* In-
and kindly service in the cause; dustrial School at Denton,
of God’s suffering'* liumanitv.
us take ho(*d£t«) this
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Take up the sonp where she Jbroke
off the strain :
Sf>, journeying till we reach thejheav-
enly town,
Where are laid up
and onr crown.
And our lost loved ones will-be
found again." L. S. N.
Anderson, Texas, Nov. 1911
M r. Pfeuffer was the son of the
how|lgte S<*nator George H. Pfeuffer
of New Braunfels, one of the
most illustrious men of his day
in the State, and who for many
years was president of the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College,
one of the buildings being named
in his honor. The Pfeuffer fam-
ily is one of the best-known pion-
eer families in this section of the
country, liaving come to New
Braunfels in 1845 to join the
Prince Solms colony* of German
noblemen.
Mr. Pfeuffer was a member of
the First Baptist church and was /
a devout Christian. He possessed
a character of ‘the most tovabte
nature to his fellow^man and de*
voted to his church and his Mas*
ter’s service. His friends were
legion.
The body is expected to reach
the city next Sunday and will be .
taken to his late residence, 16*-
Main Avenue. The funeral will,
take place later under the bus*
pices of Also Lodge, A. F. & A.
Idas they have sustained in losing riving are Mrs. Leonard Johnson
one who filled all the places in a
woman’s life with the loyalty and
courage of a true and brave soul.-
She was stricken suddenly in tWe
midst of a useful and harmonious
life that was filled with the quiet ed in that place. He embarked
. joy of accomplishing good each ’                          _
Howrtl, Who; that, -n,rough this hartneas in Hew. Bmunfeta «nd
gladness born of her work she
held that beautiful poise of char
acter that gives out a feeling of
peace, strength and courage to
those who come within the radius
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Houston, eaffie up “
O^'sda'/Min^^ morning to attend
never fade entirely away from
the memory of those who knew
her well. She was intelligent,
broad-minded and cultured and
was quite a reader, all of which
tended to make her entertaining
and attractive, and one felt, after P»ny and was at the active head
being in her company, that it was
good to have beefi with her.
She wm a Christian Scientist t,ro he connected
ana had been for tnanylyears,
and she was happy in her knowl-
edge of spiritual truth as taught
by Mrs. Eddy,apd gathered from
it her strength to meet the trials
of Hfe and to hold that trust and
faith that kept her in harmony
with God’s laws. She has not
lived in vain. Her life has made,
the world better, and all who
knew her feel glad for having
known and loved her in this
world
1 would say to the loved ones
who mourn her departure that
she . has left with you and her
friends a sacked call—not one of
bitter Weeping, but a call for a
new servi< <‘ t<-» tho<e whom >he
Navasota, Texas, November 23. l&ll
w n/r ---               lishod in -Anderson, which wen'
. ^estimated at that-period as being
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among,the very besl schools in
jthp State. Sljemarrivd Judge
•\de Thbmas (’. 1 hi flington about 1866,
and lived all of her life in and
neir Anderson and had a large
cirotepf warm friends extending
ov<r the whole county and State. Let
Mrs. Buffington was the daugh- an(’          l<n
| of Dr. George M Patrick,.
who came to Texas during the
stdrmj* days of the republic. He
waj a man widely known and re
spficted throughout the State of
Texas and liighljr honored dur-
ing a long life of usefulness as a
citizen of Grimes county. He
Her unexpected * came from Kentucky to Texas in
i on intimate terms
of friendship with Gen. Sam
Houston and many of the notable
public men in Texas at that
period. He was Grand Master
during two successive .years of
the Masonic Grand Ijodgeof this
State.
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Martha Scaife Patrick, was an
English lady of marked culture
and mental attainments, who
came from England to New York
Clffir on a visit to her sister. She
mejt, while at her sister’s, Col.
Morgan and his grown daughter,
Mita Ophelia Morgan, at that
time unmarried, and came on a
visit with them to their home at
Morgan’s Point, near Galveston.
Her® she was introduced to Dr.
Patrick and afterward married
bite, coming to the old Patrick
hothe near Anderson as a young
and handsome bride in 1842. She
I the whole of her married
at the Patrick family resi-
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Died, at 4 o’clock p. m.. Friday,
November I’th, 1911. ( apt. William
E. Barry, ajjed 72 years. 41 months
and 1 day.
The subject of this sketch was
the eldest of six children born
to Col. and Mrs. Lewis D. Barry
and was born at Lebanon, Tenn.
When a child of one year the
family moved to Red River coun-
ty, Texas, settling near Clarks-
ville, where they continued to
live until 1849. Col. L. D. Barry
represented that county in the
two first legislatures. Removing
then to Grimes county he settled
with his family near Anderson
and erected a steam saw mill—
lierhaps the first ever operated
in this county. Col. Barry died
in 1855, leaving seven children —
one daughter and six sons.
Capt. W. E. Barry was edu-
cated at Afiderson, to which
place the family had removed
r two years prior to his father’s
death. In 1861 the captain and
two brothers—John and Howard,
answered the first call of the
Southern Confederacy, Thomas,
the fourth son, following a year
later. They were* members of
Co. G., 4th Texas, commanded
by Gen J. B. Hood, their captain
being J. W. Hutcheson, a brother
of Capt. J. C. Hutcheson of Hous-
ton, formerly of Anderson. Capt.
W. E. Barry took part in every
battle in northern Virginia and
was wounded many times. At
the “Battle of th^ Wilderness”
he was badly wounded in tlie left
arm. finally resulting to re-
tirement from active . service.
This wound almost incapacitated
his arm for active use, it being
necessary to remove all but the
smaller l>one, really leaving the
member nf very little service.
It was durfog his recovery
from this wound, and while he
was yet in Virginia, that he was
elected couhty clerk of Grimes
county. He returned lu»me and
served the greater portion of
two years, or until reconstruc-
tion acta made his longer service
impracticable. He then went to
Montgomery to take charge of
the large mercantile interests of
P. J. Willis < Bro., serving thatj Harvey Prowae of Austin, Mrs.
well rffijbstoliMM 6rm until tMr Charles Holman and Hood B. of
removal to Galveston, when he
came to Navasota to accept a
position with Wilson A Yar-
borough. A short while after-
word he formed a pa
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