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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Kulhanek, Katie |
| Title, Analytic | German Immigrant Builds Up a Town. The Father of Halsted: John Henry Wessels |
| Journal Title | The Journal (German-Texan Heritage Society) |
| Translation/Title | Summer 2012 |
| Date of Publication | 1934 |
| Volume ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | 122-123, ill. |
| ISSN | 0730-3106 |
| Abstract | Johann Hinrich Wessels was born on April 8, 1863 in Oldenburg, Germany. When his father died, his mother decided to join relatives in Rutersville, Fayette County, Texas; she and her three boys arrived in 1871. As an adult, John Henry did much for the community of Halsted, building a house and opening a general merchandise store, cotton gin, saloon, lumber shed, dance hall, and several gravel pits. he married Mary Magdalen Heller, and later was elected County Commissioner for Precinct I. Two fires which occurred in the early 1900s destroyed most of the buildings John Henry Wessels had established. |
| Notes | Originally appeared in the Fayette County Record, Sept. 6, 2011. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | German Americans -- Texas/ Texas -- Fayette County/ Wessels, Johann Hinrich, 1863-1943 |