REINHARD ANDREW NEUMANN
Reinhard Andrew Neumann, b September 19, 1873 at Patterson, Texas - was a
son of John Neumann and his second wife, Louise Charlotte (Sander - Pinkert)
Neumann who settled in Falls County, Texas in 1883. Reinhard attended Blinn
College, and the family united with Perry Methodist Church.
On December 27, 1900, Reinhard Andrew Neumann married Louise Marie
Wehring-one of six children of Henry and Wilamina Marie (Homberg) Wehring who
married December 24, 1869. Wilamina Marie was a daughter of Henry and Wilamina
(Rosenbaum) Homberg who came from Hanover, Germany to Amer- ica in 1861, and
settled near Brenham, Texas. The children of Henry and Wilamina Marie (Homberg)
Wehring were: Melinda Wehring, Emma Wehring, Lydia Wehring, Louise Marie Wehring
who married Rein- hard Andrew Neumann, Otto Wehring, and Henry Wehring. Henry
and Wi lamina (Homberg) Wehring had come to Falls County in 1872, and they
bought a farm in the Perry Community, where they became members of the Perry
Methodist Church in 1872-the same year it was organized. Their crops were
destroyed by grasshoppers, and they returned to Washington County, until 1898,
when they again moved to Falls County and settled east of Perry.
Reinhard Andrew Neumann owned half of the family farm with his father,
John Neumann, and he and Louise Marie lived there after their marriage. By then,
Reinhard owned the farm located north of Perry - and a part of it is still owned
by his son, Erwin R. Neumann.
Reinhard Andrew Neumann contributed much to his community, the schools,
and the Perry Methodist Church; and it is said that he contributed much during
World Wars I and II. He was a farmer. He began serving as Trustee of the Perry
School in 1910, and held this position for twenty-five years; and also served on
the County School Board of Trustees for thirty-three years. At his death, the
State of Texas recorded a memorium, and a page was written in the journal of the
House of Representatives.
Reinhard Andrew and Louise Marie (Wehring) Neumann were the parents of
eight children:
Edna Neumann who married December 12, 1923 to William J. Walter and had
three children: Evelyn Walter Wade, William Roy Walter, and Doris Walter
Scruggs.
Erwin Reinhard Neumann who married November 12, 1932 to Esther Raeke and
had two children: Marilyn Neumann Smith and Curtiss Erwin Neumann.
Major Wesley John Neumann - deceased, who married in November 1933 to
Anna Mae Fagg, and had twin daughters who died in infancy.
Ida Neumann who married December 5, 1936 to Anthony J. Bivona and had one
son, John Wayne Bivona.
Pearl Neumann, who married October 8, 1944 to Victor A. Crenwelge.
Andrew Freddie Neumann who married March 9, 1938 to Laura Schreiber and
had one son, Donald Ray Neumann.
Allie Mae Neumann who married April 18, 1946 to Frank T. Jackson and had
two daughters: Linda Kay Jackson, and Janet Jackson.
Ruby Neumann who married November 18, 1944 to James Edward Kattner and
had three children: James E. Kattner, Kenneth Ray Kattner, and Karen Kattner
Yeomans.
In 1986, the Reinhard Andrew Neumanns had fourteen grandchildren and
twenty great grandchildren.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of
these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission, page 324 column 2 and page 325 column 1.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.
