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Adam Becker ¹¹⁸²

  Noted events in his life were:

• Immigration, 1845, Texas. ¹¹⁸²

• Citizenship: Naturalized, 1860, Comal County, Texas. ¹¹⁸²

• Census: 1860 United States Federal, 20 Jul 1860, Guadalupe County, Texas. ¹¹⁸⁸

• Census: 1870 United States Federal, 28 Jul 1870, Precinct 3, Comal County, Texas. ¹²⁵⁵ Smithson's Valley

• Census: 1880 United States Federal, 18 Jun 1880, Precinct 3, Comal County, Texas. ¹²⁵⁶

• Census: 1900 United States Federal, 1 Jun 1900, Precinct 3, Bexar County, Texas. ¹¹⁸⁴ Son August is head of household, but I think it's still Adam's same homestead.

• Historic Marker: Adam Becker Homestead, 2002, Spring Branch, Comal County, Texas. ¹¹⁸² 1326 Phantom Rider Trail

German native Adam Becker (1815-1901) journeyed to Texas in 1845 to join Prince Carl Solms-Braunfels in establishing a colony on behalf of The Adelsverein, also known as the German Emigration Company. Becker contributed to the building of Fredericksburg and assisted with other aspects of the colony. He married Elizabeth Monken and by 1852 had established his homestead on this site, where he raised cattle. The house he built for his family was constructed of locally quarried stone and hand-hewn cypress from the banks of the nearby Guadalupe River. Adam Becker became a United States citizen in 1860 and upon his death in 1901 was buried in the cemetery on his homestead.

Adam married Elizabeth Monken, daughter of Friedrich Francis Monken and Christine Sauer, before 1852.¹¹⁸² (Elizabeth Monken was born about 1824 in Prussia ¹¹⁸³ and died before 1900 ¹¹⁸⁴.)