Paul Frank Feuerbacher was born June 26, 1871 in Dresden, Germany. In 1886 he, his mother, five brothers and one sister, came to Austin, Texas. They all followed their father who had come to America three years previously and finally settled in Austin. Paul trained as a carpenter and builder, and according to the Austin City Directories: 1889-1890, Paul is a carpenter working for his father; 1891-1892, Paul is a carpenter working for A. Gardner; 1893-1894, F. Paul is a carpenter boarding at Henks. He was just old enough to be on his own when the excitement began to rise over the opening of Indian Territory to settlers (in what is now Oklahoma). When the signal was given by the firing of guns by Federal agents, Paul was one of the thousands to race across the line to claim his portion of the new land of opportunity. His claim was a town site and soon he was doing a thriving business as a carpenter and builder. Settlers poured in from all parts of the country. One of the farm claims was taken by a Nebraska farmer who had a daughter named Mary Elizabeth Watts. Mary was born on Nov. 11, 1878 in Rose Creek, Nebraska. Paul and Mary met in that raw, new country and on December 25, 1894 they were married in Edmund, Oklahoma.
Shortly after their marriage Paul became ill and, both for this reason and because he wanted Mary to live in a less turbulent environment, he brought his young wife back to Austin, Texas in 1895, where they made their permanent home. Paul worked as a carpenter and builder until his retirement in 1943. Uncle Paul passed away July 11, 1956 and Aunt Mary passed away September 8, 1955 in Austin, Texas.