Henry Charles Christian Bunte ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

   Cause of his death was uremia due to renal failure and generalized arteriosclerosis.¹⁰

  General Notes:

At the time of the 1900 census, Henry was a farmer in Bastrop County, Texas. He owned his farm. His birth date was given as Jan 1879 (the month was written over) and his age as 21. He gave both his parents' birthplaces as Germany. (The birth date conflicts with what he later gave when registering for the draft and his mother was known to have been born in Texas.)

At the time of the 1910 census, Henry was a farmer in Bastrop County, Texas. He was paying a mortgage to own his farm. His age was shown as 32. This was his first marriage and he had been married 12 years. He gave his father's birthplace as Prussia and his mother's as Texas. On the 1920 census, Henry indicated that he was paying a mortgage to own his home in Bastrop County, Texas. He was a farmer, farm operator. His age was shown as 42. He gave his father's birthplace as Germany and his mother's as Texas that year and in 1930. By the time of the 1930 census, Henry owned his home on a farm in Bastrop County, Texas. He was farming a general farm. He was listed as 52 and had married at 20 years of age.

His wife was his first cousin.

Excerpt from an article in the Austin-American, Mar 1955:

SMITHVILLE, March 4
Henry Charles Bunte, 76, pioneer resident of Smithville, died Friday in a Bastrop hospital. He was a farmer and worked until about three months ago when he underwent surgery.

Excerpt from his obituary in The Smithville Times, Mar 1955:

He had been critically ill several times following major surgery in September, but a strong will to live always carried him through each crisis...Most of his life was spent near his father's holdings in Bastrop County. Much of this land was later known as Bunte Town.

Mr. Bunte was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Sons of Herman and Yeoman Lodges. He was interested in many public activities, being connected with the community school board of trustees, and also their census taker for over 40 years. He was outstanding in principles of right and justice, and friends and neighbors came to him for advice and help in time of need.

  Additional Information:

• Death Certificate Image: here.

Henry married Mattie Isabella Wall, daughter of Mike Wall and Wilhelmina D. Garlipp, on 12 Apr 1898 in Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas.¹ (Mattie Isabella Wall was born on 15 Feb 1878 in Nelsonville, Austin County, Texas ¹², christened on 5 Dec 1879 in , Bastrop County, Texas,¹³ died on 1 Mar 1942 in Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas ^{12 14} and was buried on 3 Mar 1942 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas ¹².). The cause of her death was peritonitis due to appendicitis.¹⁰

  Marriage Notes:

They were married by W.S. Moore, Justice of the Peace, Bastrop County, Texas, at the home of August Bunte.