EDWARD KILLMER
Born: 4 July 1850 San Antonio, TX
Married: 20 July 1877
Died: 16 July 1929 Alice, TX
Buried: Bayview Cemetery, Corpus Christi, TX
Ed Killmer was born to Jonas and Caroline Chute Killmer in San Antonio, TX. He had one older sister, but she died in infancy so he was raised as an only child.
When Ed was quite small the family moved to Corpus Christi. His father died there when he was 7 years old. His mother married a man named Patchin in 1861 but apparently they didn't live together long.
When the Civil War broke out Caroline Patchin and Edward Jonas Killmer were granted safe passage through the Union lines and returned to her native state of Maine. After the war was over they returned to Corpus Christi. As a consequence of his return to Maine, Ed was called a "Bluebellied Yankee."
Ed was apprenticed as a cabinet maker and carpenter. He married Ellen Adams and they had 5 children. Ellen died in 1893. A housekeeper took care of the children except for the baby, Mary. She was kept by her mother's brother and his wife for awhile, then returned to live with the rest of the family.
Ed bought a ranch about 40 miles from Corpus and raised sheep. At one time his flock numbered about 5,000. Later he changed to cattle. The ranch is still owned by Mary Lee Killmer Norris and Nettie Hobbs, granddaughters of Ed Killmer.
Ed Killmer had big shoulders and was tall, a very big man. He had a sandy beard, sandy red hair and beautiful blue eyes. He had very sensitive skin and plowed on moonlit nights to protect it. He also wore a beard for this reason.
He was visiting his wife's family in Alice when he suffered a heart attack and died instantly. He was 79 years. old.
Source: Papers of Bobbie Ann Hamer Hubbard
Transcription by: Rosa G. Gonzales
Born: 4 July 1850 San Antonio, TX
Married: 20 July 1877
Died: 16 July 1929 Alice, TX
Buried: Bayview Cemetery, Corpus Christi, TX
Ed Killmer was born to Jonas and Caroline Chute Killmer in San Antonio, TX. He had one older sister, but she died in infancy so he was raised as an only child.
When Ed was quite small the family moved to Corpus Christi. His father died there when he was 7 years old. His mother married a man named Patchin in 1861 but apparently they didn't live together long.
When the Civil War broke out Caroline Patchin and Edward Jonas Killmer were granted safe passage through the Union lines and returned to her native state of Maine. After the war was over they returned to Corpus Christi. As a consequence of his return to Maine, Ed was called a "Bluebellied Yankee."
Ed was apprenticed as a cabinet maker and carpenter. He married Ellen Adams and they had 5 children. Ellen died in 1893. A housekeeper took care of the children except for the baby, Mary. She was kept by her mother's brother and his wife for awhile, then returned to live with the rest of the family.
Ed bought a ranch about 40 miles from Corpus and raised sheep. At one time his flock numbered about 5,000. Later he changed to cattle. The ranch is still owned by Mary Lee Killmer Norris and Nettie Hobbs, granddaughters of Ed Killmer.
Ed Killmer had big shoulders and was tall, a very big man. He had a sandy beard, sandy red hair and beautiful blue eyes. He had very sensitive skin and plowed on moonlit nights to protect it. He also wore a beard for this reason.
He was visiting his wife's family in Alice when he suffered a heart attack and died instantly. He was 79 years. old.
Source: Papers of Bobbie Ann Hamer Hubbard
Transcription by: Rosa G. Gonzales
EDWARD KILLMER
Born: 4 July 1850 San Antonio, TX
Married: 20 July 1877
Died: 16 July 1929 Alice, TX
Buried: Bayview Cemetery, Corpus Christi, TX
Ed Killmer was born to Jonas and Caroline Chute Killmer in San Antonio, TX. He had one older sister, but she died in infancy so he was raised as an only child.
When Ed was quite small the family moved to Corpus Christi. His father died there when he was 7 years old. His mother married a man named Patchin in 1861 but apparently they didn't live together long.
When the Civil War broke out Caroline Patchin and Edward Jonas Killmer were granted safe passage through the Union lines and returned to her native state of Maine. After the war was over they returned to Corpus Christi. As a consequence of his return to Maine, Ed was called a "Bluebellied Yankee."
Ed was apprenticed as a cabinet maker and carpenter. He married Ellen Adams and they had 5 children. Ellen died in 1893. A housekeeper took care of the children except for the baby, Mary. She was kept by her mother's brother and his wife for awhile, then returned to live with the rest of the family.
Ed bought a ranch about 40 miles from Corpus and raised sheep. At one time his flock numbered about 5,000. Later he changed to cattle. The ranch is still owned by Mary Lee Killmer Norris and Nettie Hobbs, granddaughters of Ed Killmer.
Ed Killmer had big shoulders and was tall, a very big man. He had a sandy beard, sandy red hair and beautiful blue eyes. He had very sensitive skin and plowed on moonlit nights to protect it. He also wore a beard for this reason.
He was visiting his wife's family in Alice when he suffered a heart attack and died instantly. He was 79 years. old.
Source: Papers of Bobbie Ann Hamer Hubbard
Transcription by: Rosa G. Gonzales
Born: 4 July 1850 San Antonio, TX
Married: 20 July 1877
Died: 16 July 1929 Alice, TX
Buried: Bayview Cemetery, Corpus Christi, TX
Ed Killmer was born to Jonas and Caroline Chute Killmer in San Antonio, TX. He had one older sister, but she died in infancy so he was raised as an only child.
When Ed was quite small the family moved to Corpus Christi. His father died there when he was 7 years old. His mother married a man named Patchin in 1861 but apparently they didn't live together long.
When the Civil War broke out Caroline Patchin and Edward Jonas Killmer were granted safe passage through the Union lines and returned to her native state of Maine. After the war was over they returned to Corpus Christi. As a consequence of his return to Maine, Ed was called a "Bluebellied Yankee."
Ed was apprenticed as a cabinet maker and carpenter. He married Ellen Adams and they had 5 children. Ellen died in 1893. A housekeeper took care of the children except for the baby, Mary. She was kept by her mother's brother and his wife for awhile, then returned to live with the rest of the family.
Ed bought a ranch about 40 miles from Corpus and raised sheep. At one time his flock numbered about 5,000. Later he changed to cattle. The ranch is still owned by Mary Lee Killmer Norris and Nettie Hobbs, granddaughters of Ed Killmer.
Ed Killmer had big shoulders and was tall, a very big man. He had a sandy beard, sandy red hair and beautiful blue eyes. He had very sensitive skin and plowed on moonlit nights to protect it. He also wore a beard for this reason.
He was visiting his wife's family in Alice when he suffered a heart attack and died instantly. He was 79 years. old.
Source: Papers of Bobbie Ann Hamer Hubbard
Transcription by: Rosa G. Gonzales
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Edw. Killmer
Born
Sept. 6, 1850
Died
July 16, 1929
Aged
78 yrs. 10 mos.
10 ds.
Not my will but Thy
Will be done
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