Became U.S. citizen 28 October 1856 at Bastrop County. After Maria Fulz Ebers died he married Julia Behrens in Lee Co, Tx. She was widow of Rudolph Behrens. Ebers is buried at Early Chapel Cemetery, Lee Co. His name was variously listed in census and legal documents as Abars, Abares, and Evers. During the Civil War, he was a wagon master freighting supplies to and from Mexico. He bought several tracts of land in Grassyville area and was apparently financial succesful. Volume W, Pg 281-282, Bastrop Deed records show that Wm and Maria Ebers conveyed land to A. Hamff, H. Hempel, Wm Ebers, F. Weise, F. Hamff and Chr. Dalchau, all trustees of the new Grassyville Methodist Church which was affiliated with Texas and Louisiana German Mission Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He gave each of his surviving children 1106 acres of land before his death. During his last years he lived in a small house next to the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Henry Grusendorf. He is buried at Early Chapel cemetery near Lexington. Bastrop County Deed record Vol P #128 records a $600.00 land sale by J.H. Gillespie to Wm. Ebers. The property was near headwaters of Pin Oak Creek along South line of Waddlington Survey. Dated 31 Dec 1869. The lien against the property was released 18 Mar 1871. Thereafter he made numerous land transactions.
Became U.S. citizen 28 October 1856 at Bastrop County. After Maria Fulz Ebers died he married Julia Behrens in Lee Co, Tx. She was widow of Rudolph Behrens. Ebers is buried at Early Chapel Cemetery, Lee Co. His name was variously listed in census and legal documents as Abars, Abares, and Evers. During the Civil War, he was a wagon master freighting supplies to and from Mexico. He bought several tracts of land in Grassyville area and was apparently financial succesful. Volume W, Pg 281-282, Bastrop Deed records show that Wm and Maria Ebers conveyed land to A. Hamff, H. Hempel, Wm Ebers, F. Weise, F. Hamff and Chr. Dalchau, all trustees of the new Grassyville Methodist Church which was affiliated with Texas and Louisiana German Mission Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He gave each of his surviving children 1106 acres of land before his death. During his last years he lived in a small house next to the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Henry Grusendorf. He is buried at Early Chapel cemetery near Lexington. Bastrop County Deed record Vol P #128 records a $600.00 land sale by J.H. Gillespie to Wm. Ebers. The property was near headwaters of Pin Oak Creek along South line of Waddlington Survey. Dated 31 Dec 1869. The lien against the property was released 18 Mar 1871. Thereafter he made numerous land transactions.
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