Jack County, TX - Obituaries - Mrs. Catherine Seidler ******************************************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ******************************************************************************** Jacksboro Gazette February 14 1907 Obituary At Jacksboro, Texas, on 12 February 1907, occurred the funeral of Mrs. Catherine Seidler, who died at Bowie, Texas, 8 February 1907, at the age of 70 years. Mrs. Seidler was one of the oldest settlers of Jacksboro, having come here with her husband, Charles Seidler,[deceased in 1884] when Fort Richardson was first established. Charles Seidler was a native of Germany, and upon his arrival in America, at the age of 19 enlisted in the U.S. Army. He was in active service during the Mexican and Civil Wars. A wound received in the Mexican war was the ultimate cause of his death. He died in 1884 at the age of 57 years and was buried at Jacksboro, under the auspices of the Masonic Lodge, of which order he was a member in high standing. Charles and Catherine Seidler were the parents of William and Louise Seidler. William Seidler died at Bowie, Texas on 21 March 1906, and was buried there by the Woodmen of the World of which order he was a member. His remains were moved to Jacksboro and re-interred by the side of his mother at the time of her funeral. Charles and Catherine Seidler have five living descendants: their only daughter - Mrs. S. Louise Robertson and her three children - Francis Charles Radaz, Catherine Radaz and Mrs. Lake B. Grow and child, Grace Louise Grow, all of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana.