Willam F. Schlottmann | |
Birth Date: | 4 October 1824 |
Birth Place: | Oppendorf, Province of Westphalia, Prussia |
Death Place: | Washington County, Texas |
Burial Place: | Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Brenham, Texas |
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Spouse: | Elizabeth Richter |
Willam F. Schlottmann (1825 - 1903) was a Civil War Confederate soldier in the 5th Regiment Texas Infantry,[1] and also a member of the 12th Texas state legislature from 1870 to 1873.[2] [3] As a representative in the Texas legislature, he was a member of the Federal Relations, Roads/Bridges and Ferries, and Public Debt committees. Schlottmann migrated from Oppendorf, Westphalia, Prussia to Texas in the Fall of 1847 and arrived at Washington on the Brazos.[4] [5] He made his home in Brenham, Texas and married Elizabeth Richter on December 13, 1850. They had 5 daughters and 1 son.[6] Schlottmann died on April 11, 1903, in Washington County and was buried at Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery in Brenham.