| Name |
Samuel Hermann (Silmer) Doebner |
| Birth |
May 1839 |
Ohrdruff, Sachsen, Germany  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Immigration |
31 Oct 1845 |
"Harriet," Antwerp |
- A New Land Beckoned German Immigration to Texas 1844-1847 by Chester W. and Ethel Geue
Pg 88
Doebner, Johann Christian- from Ohrdruff; 7 persons; Gillespie County;
Harriet, 1845
Doebner, John single. age 63; from Ohrdruff; Harriet, 1845
The reference to Harriet was the ship from Antwerp 31 October 1845 arrived Galveston 18 January 1846
from Ella Hendrix
Arrived from Orhdruff, Germany aboard the ship Harriet, this ship was built in 1839 and was 15 feet long weighing 285 tons. The Harriet sailed between Hamburg and the ports of Louisiana and Texas. Silmer (Samuel) Doebner was born in May of 1839 in Orhdruff, Germany, he arrived with his father Christian Doebner, Grandfather Johann (John) Christian Doebner and sisters. (Source:
Texas Seaport Museum database. (www.tsm-elissa.org/.
[1]
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| Census |
1850 |
Gillespie Co, Texas |
- 1850--The first US census which shows the Doebner family is the 1850 US Census from Gillespie co. TX
In the 1850 census in Pioneers in God's Hills. Vol 1 The people living in the Doebner home were
Christian Doebner 68 (first name anglicized from Johann to John)
Christian Doebner 40 (first name anglicized to Chas)
*Silmer H. Doebner 12 (first name anglicized to Samuel)
Mary Doebner 10
Mathilda Doebner 8
Bertha Doebner 7
(Source: 1850 census in Pioneers in God's Hills. Vol 1).
(from Ella Hendrix)
|
| Census |
1860 |
Galveston, Galveston Co, Texas |
| seaman |
- 1860--US Census from 1860 for Galveston, 1st Ward in Galveston lists "Chas" Doebner age 48 working as a Carpenter. Real Estate value 3000.00
*Silmer Doebner age 21 working as a Seaman. This is Samuel)
Bertha Doebner age 18.
(Source: Ancestry Census records).
(from Ella Hendrix)
|
| Military |
1863 |
"John F. Carr" gunboat, Civil War, Chambers Co, Texas |
- listed as a Confederate Soldier with DeBray's XAVIER BLANCHARD DEBRAY (1819-1895) DeBray?s 26th Cav. Texas Troops Co.F.
J.F. CARR, 1863, Confederate cottonclad on Sabine R., Tex.
Silmer (Samuel) Doebner served in the Civil War with the 26th Texas Cavalry Co. F, he was also transferred to the riverboat/gunboat J.F. Carr and worked as a "fireman" on the boat. This information was received from George Wright on the 'Texas in the Civil War' message board.
"He was engine room crew (fireman) aboard the transport/gunboat J.F. Carr. The date of June, 1863, suggests that he was part of the original crew when the Carr was converted to a gunboat. She had been comandeered from her owners to carry backup troops during the Battle of Galveston in January, 1863, but didn't get into the action at that time. Carr ended up working the Matagorda
Bay-Corpus Christi area in 63 and 64. She shows up as one of the surrendered vessels at Galveston in June of 65. He was detached, so consider him "loaned". In theory, his original unit still owned him. Many of the steamer crews were actually civilians and "exempt" from military service in
terms of being conscripted. The gun crews and sharpshooters were put aboard when action was anticipated and used regular Army personnel. This caused some heartburn with the Army regulars who believed the Marine Departments "exempt" types had it much better than the troopers. If I'm reading this correctly, he was technically still in the Army, but assigned as a skilled occupation aboard the steamer and under the Marine Department (Quartermaster Department). Do you have any idea whether he volunteered or was just ordered to the Marine Department? There is at least one other case like this, a trooper from one of the units at Sabine Pass was assigned aboard a former Union gunboat converted into a runner as an engineer."
Ancestors of Rebecca Barnes (Esther)
Generation 1
1. John F. Carr
(Str)
"John F. Carr, also referred to as J. F. Carr, or Carr, served the Confederates as a transport and cotton-clad gunboat off the coast of Texas. She was part of the Texas Marine Department [See Annex III]."
(Source: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, online source
http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/cfa5/john_f_carr.htm ).
"Ella:
At the Battle of Galveston, for which this list was made, the Carr was just a tender ship. In other words, it was one of two small vessels that came along behind the two main Confederate warships (Neptune and Bayou City) to carry supplies and fuel, etc. Since the crew of that ship were all
involved only as deck hands or coal shovelers it is not surprising that they were mainly black slaves borrowed for the occasion. After the battle, the Carr was gradually turned into a Confederate patrol vessel and its crew became men who had volunteered for the Confederate service.
Ed"
(Source: Ed Cotham, independent civil war researcher and author of "Battle of the Bay, The Civil
War Struggle for Galveston", email communication 9-07-2006).
"The ship returned to blockade duty off the Texas coast early in December. On the last day of 1863, she and Granite City made a reconnaissance from Pass Cavallo, Tex., and landed soldiers on the gulf shore of Matagorda Peninsula in action continuing through 1 January 1864. While Granite City covered the troops ashore from attacks by Confederate cavalry, Sciota reconnoitered the mouth of the Brazos River. Returning to the landing area, Sciota anchored close to the beach and shelled Confederate positions. Granite City steamed down to Pass Cavallo to call up Monogahela, Penobscot, and Estrella to assist. Confederate gunboat, John F. Carr, closed and fired on the Union troops, ?making some very good hits,? but was driven ashore by a severe gale
and destroyed by fire. The Union troops were withdrawn on board ship. Reporting on the operation, Lt. Col. Frank S. Hasseltine wrote: ?Captain Perkins, of the Sciota, excited my admiration by the daring manner in which he exposed his ship through the night in the surf till it broke all about him, that he might, close to us, lend the moral force of his . . . guns . . . and by his gallantry in bringing us off during the gale.?
(Source: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s7/sciota-i.html).
Civil War record--
Muster in Roll?Oct 13, 1861 Bolivar Point, TX with the 26th Cavalry, Co.F, with Capt. Medard Menard?s Co., Davis? Mtd. Batt?n Texas Vols.
Co. Muster Roll for Nov and Dec 1861 on Bolivar Point has the remark ?Horse not appraised.?
Continues service through Jan and Feb of 1863. Muster-roll
remark, ?No horse since Feb 15, 1863?.
In June of 1863 a Report lists Samuel Doebner of Co F, Debray?s Regt.
lists him in the Marine Dept of Tex. ?Capacity Fireman, Age 24, date of detail June 20, 1863, boat J.F. Carr.?
On Oct 26, 1863 S. Doebner of co. F, Debray?s is reported in Galveston, TX. ?Nature of Marine Service, By order of Maj.
Gen. Magruder. Remark: ?Special Order?.
Jan and Feb 1864 Sam?l Doebner pvt, co. F, Debray?s, Company Muster Roll lists him as ?Absent? with remarks ?Detached Marine service. Sp. Order No.-Hd.Qro. Dist. of Texas June 2, 1863.?
Feb 29 1864, S. Doebner of co. F, Debray?s is reported at ?Camp at Willow Bar Ford, Nature of Sailor, Place Tex Navy, Remarks?Det?d in Marine Service by order of Maj. Gen?l Comdg.?
March 1865, S. Doebner, Pvt. Co F, 26th Regiment Texas Cavalry.
Notation: ?Absent enlisted men accounted for: Detached since S.O.90{?}, June 26,64 Marine Dept. Dist. Hd. Qtrs.?
Description of Samuel Doebner?
?I certify that the within named Samuel Doebner, Private of Captain F.C. {?} Armstrong, co F of Debrays Regiment of Texas Cavalry, born in Saxony in the State of Germany, aged 24 years, five feet, eight inches high, light complexion, Grey eyes, Red hair and by Occupation a Sailor, was enrolled by Maj L.B. Davis at Bolivar Point, on the 13th day of October 1861, and mustered into service at Bolivar Point on the 13th day of October, 1861, to serve during the war, and is now entitled to dischage by reason of having been transferred to the Marine Service by Special Order no. 172. Head Quarter District Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, dated Houston, Texas, June 25th, 1863. The said Samuel Doebner was last paid by Capt. Thompson Harrison, to include the 28th day of February 1863 and has pay due from that time to the present date. There is due him, for use of horse from the First day of March, 1863, to date of discharge, 117 days at 40 cents per day, Forty Six {dollars and 80 cents} for use of horse...There is due him Twenty Six {dollars and 50 cents} on account of clothing not drawn in kind.?
From: Ella Hendrix
To: lumoto@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: Jacob Haven Sherman
|
| Census |
2 Jun 1870 |
Wallisville, Chambers Co (Subdivision 17), Texas |
- Subdivision 17 (Wallisville), Chambers County, Texas 2 Jun 1870
(page 3)
residence 24
Sherman, John 47 New York
Sherman, Rachel 39 Kentucky
Sherman, Hamilton 17 Missouri
Sherman, Augusta 15 Texas
Sherman, Charles 13 Texas
residence 28
Sherman, Haml 42 1828 New York
Sherman, Mary 32 1838 Texas
Sherman, Martha 12 1858 Texas
Sherman, Richard 6 1864 Texas
(page 4)
Sherman, Edgar 5 1865 Texas
Sherman, Oliver 1 1860 Texas
Sherman, Rebecca 84 1786 New Hampshire
residence 27
Barnes, Willie 50 1820 Connecticut
Barnes, Rebecca 566 1814 New Hampshire
Barnes, Jake 27 1843 Illinois
Barnes, John 18 1852 Missouri
Barnes, Linus 14 1856 Texas
Doebner, Sam 31 1839 Sachsen (Kgr./Land in Bundesrepublik)/Saxony (Kingdom/State)
Doebner, Rebecca (dau) 23 1847 Missouri
Doebner, William 1 1869 Texas
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1870 Texas, Chambers County, Subdivision 17, Wallisville Post Office census
page 1 of 2
Rebecca Stebbins Sherman, John Sherman family; Hamilton Sherman family; Willis Barnes family; Sam Doebner family; also Frank Silva family and Daniel Clark family |
 |
1870 Texas, Chambers County, Subdivision 17, Wallisville Post Office census
page 2 of 2
Rebecca Stebbins Sherman, John Sherman family; Hamilton Sherman family; Willis Barnes family; Sam Doebner family; also Frank Silva family and Daniel Clark family |
| Residence |
Aft 1870 |
Stephensville, Erath Co, Texas |
| Census |
1880 |
Stephenville, Erath Co, Texas |
- Debenor, S.M. 40, Farmer, TX, blank, blank. (Silmer)
Debenor, M.Q.D. 38, wife TX,TN,TN. (Marian?)
DebeDebenor, M.F. 7 daughter, TX,blank, TX. (Matilda Francis)
Debenor, R.S. 5 daughter, TX, blank, TX (R.S?)
Debenor, E.M. 3 daughter, TX, blank, TX (Emma)
Debenor, M.S 1 son, TX, blank, TX (Silmer)
Davenport, E.P. 25 Ga, Ga, Ga. (?boarder/relative)
|
| Census |
1900 |
Campbells Store, Anderson Co, Texas |
- Selmer H Doebner 61 Germany
Marian Q Doebner 67 Texas Tennessee Tennessee
Emma M Doebner 23 daughter
Selmer M Doebner 21 son
Matilda F Williams 26 daughter married
Lizzie B Williams 8 granddaughter
Ella M Williams 6 granddaughter
Selmer P Williams 6 grandson
father born Missouri
|
| Death |
10 May 1906 |
Rusk, Texas |
| Burial |
Old Sardis Cemetery at Sardis, Texas |
| Notes |
- A native of Prussia, his original German name was Selmar Herrmann Doebener. He was the son of Johann Georg Christian Doebner and wife Caroline Christiane Frick. The Doebner family came to Galveston, Galveston Co, Texas, on 30 Dec 1845 aboard the ship "Harriett." This family came with the Organization on German Immigrants, part of the group directed by the Baron Ottfried Hans von Mensebach. They landed at Galveston in 1845, and settled in Fredericksburg in 1846. After the death of his mother, Selmar moved to Chambers County and changed his name to Samuel Haven Doebner. He joined the Confederate Army, enlisting on October 13, 1861, in Company F of DeBray's (26th) Texas Cavalry Regiment. He lived in Chambers County after the war and was married on July 16, 1867 to Miss Rebecca Barnes.
In 1870 Rebecca, Samuel, and their new son William were living with her parents, Rebecca and William Barnes. Rebecca never physically got over the birth of her child, and she died in Wallisville, Chambers, Co, on 18 Jan 1871, two months after iving birth. Samuel and William continued to live with the Barnes. The latter part of 1871, Samuel moved to Stephenville, Comanche Co, TX, where he eventually remarried and raised a family but nothing is known of them. William (Willis) remained in Wallisville and was raised by the Barnes. Samuel died near Rusk, Texas, and is buried in the Old Sardis Cemetery.
(Source: Chambers County, Texas in the War Between the States, by Kevin Ladd, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1994)
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| Person ID |
I246 |
Roots |
| Last Modified |
26 Sep 2015 |
1839 - 1906 (~ 66 years)
