FOURTEEN
KNOWN BURIALS IN LOESSBERG / LOESBERG FAMILY CEMETERY
LOWER
MEDINA – CASTROVILLE, MEDINA COUNTY TEXAS
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 (Copyright
1985, Mountain Press, Signal Mountain, TN). This
list was prepared by Charles F. Halty
b61electra225@comcast.net, great-great grandson of Johann Loessberg
and Anna Elizabeth Wagner in June 2003.
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.
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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.
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HANEL,
Johann
Born
1832, GERMANY
Died
Sep 14 1882, Lower Medina, Castroville
Fell
into a well and died on Johann Reuss farm.
Lutheran.
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KOENIG,
Wilhelm Johann (i.m.)
Born
Sep 11 1887, Lower Medina, Castroville
Died
Sep 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.
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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.
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LOESSBERG,
Anna Katherina (i.m.)
Born
1853, Lower Medina, Castroville
Died
1853, Lower Medina Castroville
Parents
: Johann Loessberg and Anna
Elizabeth Wagner
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LOESSBERG,
Johann
Born
Sep 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.)
Katharina
Maria Loessberg
Maria
Elizabeth Loessberg, married Johann Daniel (John) Reus
Ana
Martha Loessberg, married Gustave Adolph Koenig
Elizabeth
Martha Koenig (i.m.)
George
Loessberg, married Anna Mina Etter.
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LOESSBERG,
Martha Elizabeth (i.m.)
Born
1858, Lower Medina, Castroville
Died
1859, Lower Medina, Castroville
Parents
: Johann Loessberg and Anna
Elizabeth Wagner
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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
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LOESSBERG,
Marianne [Maria] (nee Kaeppler)
Born
about 1825, Rhineland GERMANY
Died
Jun 5 1851, Lower Medina, Castroville
Spouse
: Johann Loessberg (First wife.)
Parents
: Johann and Maria Kaeppler
Brothers:
Michael
Kaeppler
Joseph
Kaeppler
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REUSS,
Johann Ludwig (Louis I.)
Born
Mar 28 1846, Kyrth, Hannover GERMANY
Died
Sep 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 :
Bertha
Christina Reus, married Aloys Valentine (A.V.) Tondre
Ludwig
Rudolph (Louis II.) Reus, married Kate Tondre
Dorothea
Anna (Dora) Reus, married Heinrich Grossenbacher
Clara
Paulina Reus, married Udo Herman Topperwein
Adelina
Fredericka Reus, married Amos D. Jones
Emil
Adolph Reus, married Maria Cecilia Wesp
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.
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WAGNER, Conrad
Born
Feb 1939, Dickerhausen, Hesse Kassel, GERMANY
Died
Sep 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.
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WAGNER,
Conrad Gustave (i.m.)
Born
Jan 9 1880 , Lower Medina, Castroville
Died
Sep 17 1880, Lower Medina, Castroville
Parents
: Conrad Wagner and Maria Elisa
(Mina) Eisenhauer.
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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.
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Notes:
The surnames Loessberg and Reus are derivatives of Loesberg and Reuss.
TXGenWeb, Medina County - Loessberg Family
Cemetery updated on
11/10/2013
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