LOESBERG FAMILY CEMETERY, Medina Co. Cemeteries of TX Gloria B. Mayfield

LOESBERG FAMILY CEMETERY

LOWER MEDINA – CASTROVILLE, MEDINA COUNTY TEXAS

FOURTEEN KNOWN BURIALS IN LOESSBERG

Submitted by Charles F. Halty

This list was prepared by Charles F. Halty, great-great grandson of Johann Loessberg and Anna Elizabeth Wagner in June 2003.

Notes: The surnames Loessberg and Reus are derivatives of Loesberg and Reuss.

Located approx. one mile west of current-day LaCoste, this cemetery has been lost to repeated flooding on the Medina River in the early 1900s.

Information in this record was obtained from the Johann Loessberg family and Zion Lutheran Church Burial Records from 1852 to 1900, as found in Medina County Cemeteries Volume II., by Carol Henley

1. BRAUN, Christina (nee Wagner) Born Feb. 1841, Dickerhausen, Hesse-Kassel GERMANY Died May 22, 1868, Lower Medina, Castroville Spouse : Johannes Braun I. Parents : George Wagner and Elisa Aschenbrand.

2. BRAUN, Johannes G. II. – infantum morbis (i.m.) Born Mar. 20, 1868, Lower Medina, Castroville Died Mar. 28, 1868, Lower Medina, Castroville Parents : Johannes G. Braun and Christina (nee Wagner) Braun.

3. HANEL, Johann Born 1832, GERMANY Died Sept. 14, 1882, Lower Medina, Castroville Fell into a well and died on Johann Reuss farm. Lutheran.

4. KOENIG, Wilhelm Johann (i.m.) Born Sept. 11, 1887, Lower Medina, Castroville Died Sept. 15, 1887, Lower Medina, Castroville Parents : Gustave Adolph Koenig and Anna Martha Loessberg Prayers offered at the home and graveside by Rev. Wm. Hummel, Zion Lutheran, Castroville. Brothers and Sisters :

Paul L. Koenig, married Mildred Mary Hilda Bippert

Olga Koenig, married Fritz Weiblen

John Koenig, married Anna Zeinert.

Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Koenig, married John Geiger.

5. LOESSBERG, Anna Elizabeth (nee Wagner) Born 1835, Dickerhausen Hesse Kassel, GERMANY Died Mar. 26, 1859, Lower Medina, Castroville Spouse : Johann Loessberg (Second wife.) Parents : George Wagner and Elisa Aschenbrand

Six Known Children :

Anna Katharina Loessberg (i.m.)

Katharina Maria Loessberg

Maria Elizabeth Loessberg, married Johann Daniel Reus (brother of Johann Ludwig Reuss)

Anna Martha Loessberg, married Gustave Adolph Koenig

Elizabeth Martha Loessberg (i.m.)

George Loessberg, married Anna Mina Etter.

6. LOESSBERG, Anna Katherina (i.m.) Born 1853, Lower Medina, Castroville Died 1853, Lower Medina Castroville Parents : Johann Loessberg and Anna Elizabeth Wagner

7. LOESSBERG, Johann Born Sept. 15, 1810, Kurhessen, Hesse Kassel GERMANY Died Apr. 2, 1892, Lower Medina, Castroville Spouses: Marianne (Maria) Kaeppler, First Wife and Anna Elizabeth Wagner, Second Wife. Parents : Paul Loessberg and Martha Elisabeth (Magda) Liedorf Brother : Sebastian Loessberg. Sister : Elizabeth Loessberg, wife of Jean (John) Reitzer.

One Child From First Wife :Maria Theresia Loessberg, married Johann Ludwig (Louis I.) Reuss

Six Children From Second Wife : Anna Katharina Loessberg (i.m.) 2.Katharina Maria Loessberg 3.Maria Elizabeth Loessberg, married Johann Daniel (John) Reus4. Ana Martha Loessberg, married Gustave Adolph Koenig 5. Elizabeth Martha Koenig (i.m.) 6.George Loessberg, married Anna Mina Etter.

8. LOESSBERG, Martha Elizabeth (i.m.) Born 1858, Lower Medina, Castroville Died 1859, Lower Medina, Castroville Parents : Johann Loessberg and Anna Elizabeth Wagner

9. LOESSBERG, Katharina Maria Born Jan. 22, 1854, Lower Medina, Castroville Died June 1869, San Antonio, Bexar County Texas Parents : Johann Loessberg and Anna Elizabeth Wagner

10. LOESSBERG, Marianne [Maria] (nee Kaeppler) Born about 1825, Rhineland GERMANY Died June 5, 1851, Lower Medina, Castroville Spouse : Johann Loessberg (First wife.) Parents : Johann and Maria Kaeppler Brothers: Michael Kaeppler , Joseph Kaeppler.

11. REUSS, Johann Ludwig (Louis I.)Born Mar. 28, 1846, Kyrth, Hannover GERMANY Died Sept. 25, 1896, Lower Medina, Castroville Spouse : Maria Theresia Loessberg, daughter of Johann Loessberg and Marianne Kaeppler. Parents : Johann Adam Reuss I. And Katharina Margaretha Gembler Seven Known Children :1. Bertha Christina Reus, married Aloys Valentine (A.V.) Tondre 2.. Ludwig Rudolph (Louis II.) Reus, married Kate Tondre 3. Dorothea Anna (Dora) Reus, married Heinrich Grossenbacher 4. Clara Paulina Reus, married Udo Herman Topperwein 5. Adelina Fredericka Reus, married Amos D. Jones 6. Emil Adolph Reus, married Maria Cecilia Wesp 7. Lillie Helena Reus, married George Loeloff. . Prayers at home and at the grave by Rev. Wm. Hummel.. Maria Theresia (Loessberg) Reus is buried in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery, San Antonio.

12. WAGNER, Conrad Born Feb. 1939, Dickerhausen, Hesse Kassel, GERMANY Died Sept. 4, 1881, Lower Medina, Castroville Spouse : Maria Elisa (Mina) Eisenhauer Parents : George Wagner and Elisa Aschenbrand Children : Four. ( two living and two dead ) One known Child : Wilhelmina (Mina) Wagner, married (Francis) William Ahr. Prayers at home and at the grave by Rev. Wm. Pfenning.

13. WAGNER, Conrad Gustave (i.m.) Born Jan. 9, 1880 , Lower Medina, Castroville Died Sept. 17, 1880, Lower Medina, Castroville Parents : Conrad Wagner and Maria Elisa (Mina) Eisenhauer.

14. WAGNER, Henry Born , Mar. 1844, Dickerhausen, Hesse Kassel GERMANY Died Aug. 23, 1884, Lower Medina, Castroville Spouse : Maria Elisa (Mina) Eisenhauer, who was first married to Henry’s brother, Conrad Wagner; then as a widow married Henry Wagner. Parents : George Wagner and Elisa Aschenbrand. Henry Wagner was thrown from a horse and died.