Willie Feuerbacher was born December 26, 1887 in Austin, Texas. On December 22, 1912 he married Clara Dittmar at her home in Bluff Springs, Texas. Clara was born February 17, 1890 at Oak Hill, Texas, southwest of Austin.
Willie and Clara had known of each other all their lives as the Dittmar family had moved to Oak Hill around 1895 and in 1896 both families moved from Oak Hill; the Feuerbachers moving to Dry Creek near Del Valle, southeast of Austin, approximately 6 miles apart. As they grew up, they still knew of each other and when they were old enough to go to the numerous dance halls around the community, they met again. Clara, at one time, winning first prize at a masquerade ball. The dances that they went to were "Dutch Hall", "Elm Grove" and the dances in the homes. I'm sure they also met again at the German Church.
When they were married, Grandpa Feuerbacher moved to Austin (into town) and Willie and Clara worked the home place for two years. In 1914 they bought an 89 acre farm at Colton about midway between the Dry Creek farm and the Bluff Springs place. This became the "home place" but in 1925 he sold this place to a Mr. Wolfe and bought a farm near D'Hanis, Texas. A year later he sold the D'Hanis place for a farm near Orange Grove, Texas. They were about to move to Orange Grove when his brother-in-law, Lynch Sanders, convinced Daddy that he should go into the store business with him, Daddy managing the store at Moores Crossing and Uncle Lynch managing the store at Colton. In the meantime, Uncle Lynch bought the "home place" from Mr. Wolfe. Daddy stayed in the store business for two years and decided he didn't like it. He sold the Orange Grove property and bought a 300 acre farm near the old "home place" at Colton. Two years later the "1929 crash" came and he lost the 300 acre farm. Soon thereafter he bought a 107 acre farm and paid for this farm in about 10 years. He was in the process of buying a small place when his sister Rosa Sanders indicated she wanted to move to town and asked Mama & Daddy if they would like to buy back the old "home place". Being sentimentalists, they did.
Daddy continued farming until 1965 when he retired, still living on the "home place". In 1970 Daddy had a stroke and was sick for three years before his death on April 13, 1973. Mama still lives on the "home place" and she says she doesn't want to live anywhere else unless she is disabled. To this family 1 son was born.