

| Schoppe Family |
| Hillje Family |
| Chest of Drawers, Fayette County, Texas History of ownership in the family of Fredrich Marquart who was born in Mecklenberg (Walhalla-Nechanitz area). Chest was passed down to his last daughter - Smith born in 1900) of Plum/West Point, Texas Att: Gerhard Eilert Kroeger, High Hill, Fayette County Chest is very similar to an example in the book Early Texas Furniture and Decorative Arts by Steinfeldt and Stover The chest has a history of ownership in the Hillje family of La Grange, Fayette County An identical chest was recently sold at an auction of the Foutch Estate Collection of New Braunfels. The chest has a history of ownership in the Schoppe family of La Grange, Fayette County |