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DOT, TEXAS
DOT, TEXAS. Dot is on Farm Road 1950 four miles southwest of Chilton in western Falls County. William B. Murphy applied for a post office and suggested that it be called Dot, his daughter's nickname; the post office was granted to the settlement in 1894. Two years later the community had two churches, a hotel, a cotton gin, and fifteen residents. Its post office was discontinued in 1905, and mail for Dot was sent to Chilton. Children from Dot attended nearby Liberty School, which in 1904 had one teacher and eighty-two students; by the mid-1930s it had forty-one students. The community appeared as a school, a church, and several residences on county highway maps in the late 1940s, when its population was twenty-five. The school was consolidated with the Chilton Independent School District in 1949. From 1964 to 1990 the population of Dot was reported as twenty-one. In 2000 the population was seventeen.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Lillian S. St. Romain, Western Falls County, Texas (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1951).
Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl
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Map of Dot, Texas This map was drawn by Janet Marstaller-Andrews, daughter of Ernest & Viola Gummelt Marstaller. It is based on her recollections of Dot from 1941. |
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Ed Marstaller & Family Studio portrait of Edward & Louise Strohmeyer Marstaller and family. (L to R) Back Row: Otto Marstaller, William B. Marstaller, Charley Marstaller, Bertha Marstaller Front Row: Edward Marstaller, Ernest Marstaller, Louise Strohmeyer Marstaller |
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Louise Strohmeir(Strohmeyer) Marstaller Wife of Edward Marstaller. Daughter of Heinrich & Scharlotte Will Stromier. |
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Scharlotte Christine Stromier Wife of Heinrich Stromier. Mother of Louise Strohmeir Marstaller. |
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Ernest & Viola Gummelt Marstaller Wedding Photo Ernest Marstaller, son of Edward & Louise Marstaller, married Viola Gummelt, daughter of Edward Lee & Sophie Gerland Gummelt, on October 16, 1919, in Greenvine, Texas. |
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Charley & Hulda Koerth Marstaller Charley Marstaller Sr., son of Edward & Louise Marstaller, married Hulda Koerth, daughter of Ludwig & Emily Koerth. Note: It has been brought to my attention, by a Koerth family researcher, that the photo represented here as being that of Charlie & Hulda Koerth Marstaller is in fact not them. I am in the process of acquiring a verified copy of a photo of Charlie & Hulda Marstaller to replace the current photo-rlh. |
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Charley Marstaller Sr. and Family (L to R) Back Row: (Standing) Lillie Marstaller, Lydia Marstaller, Viola Marstaller, Florian Marstaller, Charley Marstaller, Jr. Front Row: (Seated) Charley Marstaller Sr. |
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Henkel Family of Dot, Texas |
Henkel Family Dot, Texas William Henkel married Frederika Stephen ca1855. They lived in Dot, Texas with their children, William H. Henkel, Malinda Henkel, Frieda Henkel, Ernest Fred Henkel, Hedrick Henkel, Ella Henkel and Sadie Henkel. William Henkel Frederika Henkel (L to R) Malinda Henkel, Sadie Henkel, Frieda Henkel Malinda Henkel married Frank Wittner. Sadie Henkel married Louis Gummelt. Frieda Henkel married Herman Wittner. |
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Louis & Sadie Henkel Gummelt Wedding Photo Louis Gummelt, son of Edward Lee & Sophie Gerland Gummelt, married Sadie Henkel, daughter of William & Frederika Henkel, on December 21, 1924. |
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Chris & Lydia Marstaller Hansen Chris Hansen, son of Christian & Hulda Gummelt Hansen, married Lydia Marstaller, daughter of Edward & Louise Marstaller. In this photo they are shown with their children. (L to R) Back Row: (Standing) Chris Hansen, Jr., Maxine Hansen, Jeff Hansen, Gregg Hansen, Luisa Hansen, Sharon Hansen-Lagravier Front Row: (Seated) Lydia Marstaller Hansen, Chris Hansen, Sr. |
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Louis & Lillie Marstaller Gummelt Louis Willard Gummelt, son of Peter & Minnie Eschstruth Gummelt, married Lillie Marstaller, daughter of Edward & Louise Marstaller. In this photo they are shown with their children. (L to R) Back Row: (Standing) Daughters Carol and Laverne Front Row: (Seated) Louis Willard Gummelt, Lillie Marstaller Gummelt. |
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Misc. Photos Dot, Texas |
Misc. Photos Dot, Texas The following photos were taken at Dot, Texas, unknown year. Louis Gummelt, sitting in automobile Caption: "Ready to Go Somewhere" Dot Garage Caption: "Garage at Dot, Texas" (Believed to be Charley Marstaller, Sr. garage) Two unidentified women, standing in front of car with building in background |
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Dot, Texas Public School This photo of the student body of Dot school was taken in front of the school building. (L to R) Back Row: Lydia Mae Henkel, Haygood boy, teacher, Leona Lane, Lester ? Fourth Row: Lorene Bandy, unknown boy, Janet Marstaller, Dorothy Lane, Esther Miller, Norman Neisen, Haygood boy Third Row: unknown girl, unknown girl, Glendine Marstaller, Haygood boy, unknown girl, unknown girl Second Row: unknown boy, unknown boy, unknown boy, unknown boy, unknown boy Front Row: Minnie Lane, unknown girl, Violet Mae Phelps |
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Fishermen posing with their catch This photo was taken in front of the Ernest Marstaller home at Dot, Texas. (L to R) Back Row: (Standing) Ernest Miller, Mr. Lane, Edward Lee Gummelt, Bob Lane, Ben Koerth Front Row: (Kneeling) Jack Gummelt, John Gummelt, Norman Neisen, Mr. Will Neisen. |
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Young Men Dot, Texas Photo of three unidentified young men, sitting on porch steps. |
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Young Child Dot, Texas Photo of a young child, carrying a bucket, near a barn. This photo was most likely taken at the Ernest Marstaller home. |
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Ernest Miller Homestead Dot, Texas This photo was taken at the former site of the Ernest Marstaller home at Dot, Texas in June, 1986 by daughter Janet Marstaller-Andrews. The old well and barn can be seen in the photo. |
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Baptist Church Dot, Texas This photo of the Dot Baptist church, taken in March of 1985, shows the church building after it was moved from its original location to the former site of the Dot school. When the church disbanded, the building was remodeled and served as a dwelling for several years. The building has since been demolished. |
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Band (L to R) Standing: Dee Birkes (guitar), unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, _? Marstaller (fiddle) Seated: Luther Kilgore, unknown |
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Jeff Adams & Friends (L to R) Back row: Jeff Adams, unknown Front row: Unknown
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Dee Birkes (L to R) Standing: Dee Birkes, unknown Seated: Unknown, unknown, unknown
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Horse & Buggy (L to R) Unknown, unknown, unknown, Jeff Adams
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Bill and Leslie Greer Sons of John Henry & Erin Whitt Greer |
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Mamie Adams ca1909 Daughter of P. W. and Lou Myers Adams. |
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Unknown Family Unidentified family. |
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Birkes, Adams, Greer (L to R) Standing Jeff Adams, unknown, John Henry Greer Seated D. Birkes, unknown |
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Kate Greer Birkes Daughter of John and Erin Whitt Greer. Wife of Dee Birkes. |
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Bill Greer Son of John and Erin Whitt Greer. |
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3 Boys and a Bicycle |
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Unknown Young Lady |
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Unknown baby and young girl |
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Unknown young girl holding umbrella |
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Maggie Blanche Greer, Joe Russell and Unknown Woman Photo taken atop tall building, possibly Empire State building, with city skyline in the background. Joe Russell was the husband of Maggie Greer. |
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Unknown Young Ladies |
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Young Blanche Greer & Friend (L to R) Maggie Blanche Greer, unknown girl |
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John Henry, Erin Whitt Greer & Family (L to R) Back Row: Erin Whitt Greer, John Henry Greer, holding Kate Greer Middle Row: Maggie Blanche Greer, Bill Greer Front row: Leslie Greer |
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Luther Kilgore, Dee Birkes (L to R) Luther Kilgore, Dee Birkes |
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John & Erin Whitt Greer (L to R) Erin Whitt Greer, John Henry Greer |
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