102 - Joseph John Friemel - Umbarger, TX
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The Snowdog
N 34° 56.546 W 102° 06.982
13S E 763358 N 3870456
Joseph John Friemel, son of the man who lead German Catholics to this town in 1902, lived to the ripe old age of 102; in Saint Mary's Cemetery, Umbarger, Texas.
Waymark Code: WM13BZM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/04/2020
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The history of
Umbarger goes back to the 1880s when rancher S. G. Umbarger purchased a large plot of land here from the railroad that owned it. The town grew as German and Swiss Catholics settled here, establishing two Catholic churches. One of these was Saint Mary's Catholic Church and the associated cemetery. Prius Friemel, who led German Catholics to this area in 1902, is interred here along with many of his family members; there are about forty Friemels listed here.
Pius Friemel (and his two concurrent wives) had eleven children;
Joseph John Friemel was the sixth.
Location of Headstone: Saint Mary's Cemetery, Umbarger, Texas
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