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Ernestine Wilhelmina Heuchling Meuret

27 Aug 1839 – 20 Sep 1917

Birth	27 Aug 1839
Death	20 Sep 1917
Cemetery	Westside Cemetery Yorktown , DeWitt County , Texas , USA
Added by	Bob on 03 Apr 2010
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MUTTA MEURET DEAD Mrs. Josephine Meuret, widow of the late J. R. Meuret, died suddenly last Thursday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. W. A. Gohlke in Yorktown. Mrs. Meuret ate her usual hearty supper that evening, read til about 11 o'clock as was her custom, and before 1 o'clock was dead. Shortly after retiring she called to her daughter to give her a powder, such as she had been taking for some time for a weak heart. After taking the potion she again lay down, and within a very few minutes passed away without a struggle and apparently without any pain. The faithful old heart that had kept her going nearly 88 years had simply played out and life was gone. Mrs. Meuret, nee Heuchling, was born August 27, 1839, in Saxony, Germany, and came to this country about the year 1846 with Castro's colonists, settling at what is now Castroville. There she grew to womanhood amid the surroundings of the rugged pioneer. More than once she herself had exchanged shots with marauding indians, firing from the portholes of the log cabin which was the home of the early settlers. Her first husband, a Mr. Gephardt, was killed by a brigand band, one of the many which infested the wild region of West Texas half a century ago. He and a companion were on their return home with a considerable sum of money from Brackettville, and were waylaid, robbed, and murdered. The horse Mr. Gephardt was riding at the time showed up in Castroville several years later and was taken charge of by citizens who recognized him. Word was sent to the band, which was well-known to come and get him, but he was never called for. Some years later Mrs. Gephardt's first born son was stolen by the indians while he was riding with his step-father, Mr. Meuret, on this same horse. The little boy was about 11 years old and was never again heard of. Mr. Meuret and family never gave up the search for the lost boy, following many clues as to his whereabouts,but all proved misleading. Much money and years and years of time were spent in this search. The little stolen boy, if still living is an old man of 55 or 60 years, and probably had forgotten his own origin by the time he was grown. This great tragedy was one such as few mothers have lived through. Mrs. Meuret suffered in silence and hoped, doubtless til the last, that her lost son would some day be restored to her. Her rugged constitution and cheerful nature pulled her through this unusual tragedy and she lived a long and useful life, rearing a large family. Besides the lost boy three girls survive her from her first marriage, and two daughters and four sons were born to her marriage with Mr. Meuret, all of who survive her. All of course are of middle age and several of them have grandchildren. The Meurets moved from Castroville to Yorktown in 1894 lived there two years, made their home near Runge from 1896 til about 1912, when they moved to Orange Grove. There Mr. Meuret died and the family drifted back to this section. The Meuret children are Mrs. A. W. A. Gohlke, Mrs. Ernst Wolpmann of Nordheim, and the Messrs. Fritz, Philip, Frank, and Harry Meuret. From her first marriage the children are, Mrs. Minna Gibson of Idaho, Mrs. Ida Gahlsdorf of San Antonio and Mrs. Pauline Collins of Runge. She also leaves two sisters Mrs. Grossenbacher of San Antonio, aged 84 years, and Mrs. Geyer of Cuero, aged 76. Mrs. Meuret's remains were laid away at Westside Cemetery, Yorktown, Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock , Rev. J. K. Poch conducting the burial service in the presence of a large assemblage of the good old lady's relatives and good old friends. While her passing is a sorrow, the children and grandchildren may pride themselves in the knowledge that her life was a long and useful one, filled with events that make the history of early Texas, and that her death was painless, and that she went prepared and unafraid. Josephine Ernstin (Heuchling) Gephardt Meuret August 27, 1839 - September 20, 1917 J. F. Meuret July 8, 1841 - February 20, 1915 Recopied from a copy of an newspaper article held by Helga Buelter Meuret.

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