ALBERT RUDOLPH KASNER
Albert Rudolph Kasner, b May 13, 1865 in Kropowo Province, Prussen,
Germany, d April 19, 1936 at Rosebud, Falls County, Texas and buried in the
Pieper Family Plot in the Barclay Cemetery - was a son of Jacob and Juliana
(Schultz) Kasner. On January 8, 1887 in Bell County, Texas, Albert R. was
married to Lena M. Pieper, b
December 13, 1868 in Columbus, Texas, d July 1, 1945
at Rosebud, and buried by her husband - a daughter of Paul and Katherine
(Wendel) Pieper. They were the parents of seven children:
Paul J. Kasner, b October 24, 1889 at Barclay, d December 15,
1962 - married November 2, 1911 to
Augusta Kaulfus.
Lena M. Kasner, b June 11,1891 at Barclay, d April 19,
1931-
married
November 2, 1911 to Ernest P. Kaulfus.
Ida J. Kasner, b October 24, 1893 at Rosebud, Texas, d October 22, 1976 -
never married. She attended school at the Kasner and Rosebud schools, lived at
and cared for her parents after they became older. After both parents had
died, Ida moved to her own farm - remaining there until her health failed, and
then making her with her sister, Katherine (Kasner) Engelholm until she
moved into a rest in Rosebud. Ida was a very efficient babysitter for all
her nieces and nephews, to whom she was known as "Tanta Ide."
Albert A. Kasner, b January 24,1896 in Rosebud, Texas, d May 19, 1941-
married January 13, 1921 to Irma Lange.
Bruno A. Kasner, b July 28, 1900 at Rosebud, d February 28, 1975 -
married November 28, 1925 to Elsie Lange.
Bernhard G. Kasner, b October 8,1905 at Rosebud - married October 8, 1927
to Alma E. Kosel.
Katherine Kasner, b March 1, 1909 in Rosebud- married November 11,1931 to
ArthurJ. Engelholm.
Albert Rudolph Kasner came to Texas in 1880, settling first in Welcome,
Austin County - and relocating in Barclay, Falls County about 1885.
Lena M. (Pieper) Kasner came to Falls County in 1880 with her parents,
who also settled in Barclay. Albert and Lena farmed in Barclay on the Pieper
farm for three years, and in 1890 purchased 425 1/2 acres of land seven miles
northwest of Rosebud - paying $5,000.00 for the acreage. The land had to be
cleared, and they
built their and rent houses - buying an additional
325 1/2 acres for $11,000.00 in 1902, on which the homes had already been built
and the land cleared. Albert was a farmer by profession, but also he was a
carpenter and a blacksmith. In 1906 or 1907, Albert and Lena bought a on
North Military Street in Rosebud, and Albert and his brother, Bernhard Gus
Kasner, bought and operated a cotton gin in Rosebud on the corner of North Main
and Fifth Street (where the Texaco Gas Station is presently located in 1985).
After operating the gin several years, they sold it to a Mr. Wells of Rosebud,
and Albert and Lena Kasner returned to their farm. In 1908, Albert bought a
steam engine for thrashing, corn grinding, and sawing wood. It had to be moved
from place to place for four miles; and in 1912, he traded it for a new
self-propelling steam tractor which was used until 1918, and then replaced by a
gasoline tractor.
In the early 1890's, the people who lived in the Kasner Community built a
one-room school on the southwest corner of the Kasner farm, and it was called
the Kasner School. Another school was built in 1910 just across from the Kasner
on the Charlie Hinkle farm; but in 1917, the Kasner School consolidated
with the Sneed School and moved a mile west-being known as the "Sneed-Kasner
School." In 1921, a new three-room school was built and later expanded to a
four-room, or "four teacher" school, and the Sneed-Kasner School became the
Hilltop School. This school consolidated with the Rosebud Independent School
District, and the old school building was sold to the American Legion Post of
Rosebud, and moved to the Rosbud City Park.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa
Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web
page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission, page 262 column 1 and 2.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission
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