Odelia A. Wolters

  General Notes:

Obenhaus, Otelia A.(Wolters) DeQuasay
Mrs. Otelia Obenhaus (nee Wolter) the widow of Mr. Charles H. Obenhaus who preceded her to the grave a few years ago. She was born in Germany in 1838 and came to Texas with her parents about 1850. She was married to Mr. O. A. DeQuasay about 1855, he living but a short time, in August 1865 she was married to Mr. Charles Obenhaus at Rocky Hill, Colorado County, the Rev. J. J. Scherer officiating. Of this union four children survive. Last Friday her remains arrived from Palestine and she was laid to rest in Odd Fellows Cemetery, the Rev. A. D. Sparkman officiating.

Colorado County Citizen, After 1895 Transcribed from handwritten copy by Judy Talkington

Columbus Citizen
Her many friends in Columbus and vicinity will regret to hear of the death of Mrs. Odelia[sic] Obenhaus, (Nee Wolter,) the widow of Mrs. Chas. H. Obenhaus, who preceded her to the grave a few years ago. She was born in Germany in 1838, and came with her parents to Texas about 1850. She was married to Mr. O. A. Dequasay about 1855, he living but a short time, and in August 1865, she was married to Mr. Chas. H. Obenhaus, at Rocky Hill, Colorado county, the Rev. J. J. Scherer officiating. Of this union four children survive: Mrs. R. M. Lawson, Mrs. Thulia Johnson-Gunn and Mrs. Nellie Paul of Palestine, and Mr. Charles Obenhaus of Austin.

Weimar Mercury, May 18, 1907, page 1

Odelia married O. A. DeQuasie about 1855.

Odelia next married Charles H. Obenhaus, son of Heinrich Carl Obenhaus and Anne Wilhelmina Christine Klinksiek, on 9 Aug 1865 in Rocky Hill, Colorado County, Texas. (Charles H. Obenhaus was born on 4 May 1839 in Germany,¹ died on 11 Sep 1895 in Texas and was buried in Columbus Odd Fellows, Columbus, Colorado County, Texas.)