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Schiege House

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Round Top, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 30° 3' 50.05137999996", -96° 41' 53.51463999996"
 
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    Prussian immigrants Carl Johann Rudolph (Charles Henry) (b. 1815) and Caroline (Schubert) Schiege acquired land here in 1861. Only one of their four children, Charles Henry, Jr., (1858-1935), survived to adulthood. Charles Henry, Jr., built a 2-story home at this site abut 1885, the year he married Emma Frenzel. Emma died in 1892. In 1893 Schiege married Marie Becker; together they reared ten children. Charles and Marie Schiege are buried in nearby Florida Chapel Cemetery. Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845-1995.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Schiege House Historical Marker Location Map, Round Top, Texas