Schoppe Family
Hillje Family
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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
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