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Typed by: Kay Ward
WITTNER, Anton
Surnames: WITTNER, GUMMELT, GUDERIAN, HIRSCH, HENKEL, NEUTZLER,
MILLER, KUEHN
Anton Wittner, b 1849 in Germany, d 1913 at Cottonwood in Falls County,
Texas-came to Washington County, Texas about 1870. In 1874, he married Pauline
Gummelt, b 1853 in Prussia, d 1929-a sister of Peter Gummelt who settled in
Falls County, Texas. Anton and Pauline moved to Falls County and settled in the
Cottonwood Community. The Cottonwood Baptist Church was organized in their in 1884.
Anton farmed all his married life in the Cottonwood Community, where he and
Pauline are both buried. They reared seven children:
Emma Wittner, b 1874, d 1959-married Gus Guderian in 1895.
Edwin Wittner, b 1877, d 1945-married Emma Hirsch in 1900.
Frank Wittner, b 1881, d 1959-married Malinda Henkel.
Herman Wittner, b 1885, date of death unknown-married Frieda Henkel.
Emil Wittner, b 1886, d 1943-married Rosa Neutzler.
Hulda Wittner, b 1888, d 1971-married O.D. Miller.
Lydia Wittner, b 1892, d 1964-married Albert Kuehn.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing these bio of these
Falls County Families to this Web page
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission,
page 495, column 1 and column 2
Member of Falls County Historical Commission
NOTE: Updated Corrections by Harold Wittner April 14, 2001
Falls Ccounty
Herman Wittner died in 1951
Hulda Wittner married O.G. Miller, not O.D. He went by Otto G. Miller
