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Bernhard Wilde

4 Oct 1837 – 1 Jul 1918

Birth	4 Oct 1837
Death	1 Jul 1918
Cemetery	Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery Frelsburg , Colorado County , Texas , USA
Added by	James on 15 Nov 2014
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44749720

Bio

Private, 22nd Brigade, Texas, CSA Bernhard Wilde was born in Westphalia, Germany, and immigrated to Texas when he was 8 years old, landing with his parents, Katherine and Hermann Wilde, at Corpus Christi, and making their home at Castroville. A year later they moved to Colorado County. Bernard Wilde enlisted for 3 months as a private in unattached 22nd Brigade on January 13, 1863, in Colorado County, Texas. The captain was Z. M. P. Rabb. The muster roll index card for Pvt. Bernard Wilde notes "Arms mostly rifles & shotguns, but unarmed; Acctrs. such as citizens have...sta. at Columbus, Tex., Jan. 13–63; ordered to leave Columbus Jan. 17–63 to report to Maj. S. G. Dickinson, AAG, Houston; 1 MR did. Jan. 13 to F. 13–63. Detailed to haul for Capt. John E. Gary, Asst. Qr. Master at Columbus, Texas." He married Anna Halfmann, and the couple had 10 children. Survivors included his widow and 9 children: William H. Wilde, Frederick Wilde, and Mrs. G. H. Dierschke of Ballinger; Bernhard Wilde Jr. of Fayetteville; Louis R. Wilde, Mrs. Louis Warschak, and Herman M. Wilde of Rockhouse; and Mrs. Walter M. Henkhaus of Fayetteville. Biography compiled by Sheron Smith-Savage. Sources: Pvt. Bernard Wilde, Texas Muster Roll Index Card. 1867 Voter Registration List, Colorado County, Texas. Obituary, Colorado Citizen, July 12, 1918, Colorado County, Texas Obituaries, transcribed by Dennis Boatright. Bernhard Wilde, Texas Death Certificate # 27689.

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Anna Halfmann Wilde 1850–1933

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