John William Wolf[1, 2, 3]  1845 - 1918

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• Birth	03 Nov 1845	Stuttgart, Wertemberg Germany
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Feb 1918	McDade, Texas
  Person ID	I066	Our Family
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2010 13:00:07
  Family	Sarah Ann Ramsey, b. 30 Aug 1853, Louisiana, Winn
  Married	12 Nov 1871	Bastrop Co. Texas
  Children	1. Henry Watson Wolf > 2. James William Wolf, b. 1874, McDade, Texas > 3. Emma Elizabeth Wolf, b. 30 Aug 1880, McDade, Texas
  Family ID	F0015	Group Sheet

• Photos		John William Wolf
  Documents		John William Wolf promissary note to Elgin National Bank, December 10, 1908
  		John William Wolf poll tax 1905
  		John William Wolf property tax, 1907
  		John William Wolf property tax, 1909.
  		John William and Sarah Ann Ramsey marriage in John Williaml Wolf family Bible
  		Birth of James William Wolf, Henry Watson Wolf, and Emma Elizabeth Wolf to John William and Sarah Ann Ramsey Wolf recorded in their family Bible.
  		"The Dying Californian" First page of a poem written by John William Wolf on April 1, 1888. 1. Lay up nearer brother, nearer, for my limbs are growing cold. And thy presence seemeth nearer, when thine arms around me fold. 2. I am dying, brother, dying, soon you’ll miss me in your berth, for my form will soon be lying neath the ocean’s briny surf. 3. I am going, surely going, but my hope in God is strong. I’m well, brother, knowing that He doth nothing wrong. 4. Tell my father when you greet him, that in death I prayed for him. Prayed that I might only meet him in a world that’s free from sin. 5. Tell my mother God assist her know that she is growing old. That her child would glad have kissed her when her lips grew pale and cold. 6. Listen brother, catch my whisper – tis my wife I’ll speak of now; Tell oh tell her how I missed her when the fever burned my brow
  		"The Dying Californian" Second page of a poem written by John William Wolf on April 1, 1888. 7. Tell her she must kiss my children, like the kiss I last impressed. Hold them as when last I held them folded closely to my breast. 8. Give them early to their maker, putting all her trust in God, and He never will forsake her for He said so in His Word. 9. O my children, heaven bless them, they were all my life to me. Would I could once more caress them before I sink beneath the sea. 10. Twas for them I crossed the ocean. What my hopes were I’d not tell. But they gained an orphan’s portion – yet He doeth all things well. 11. Listen brother closely listen, don’t forget a single word. That in death my eyes did glisten with the tears her memory stirred. 12. Tell them I never reached the heaven where I sought the precious dust. But have gained a port called heaven where the gold will never rust. 13. Tell my sisters I remember every kind and parting word, and my heart has been kept tender by the thoughts its memory stirred.
  		"The Dying Californian" Third page of a poem written by John William Wolf on April 1, 1888. 14. Urge them to secure an entrance for they’ll find a brother there. Faith in Jesus and repentance will secure for them a share. 15. Hark! I hear my Saviour speaking – I know His voice so well. When I am gone, o don’t be weeping. Brother hear my last farewell

• Sources

  [S5200] 1910 United States Federal Census Texas-Bastrop-Pct 6-Dist 11-Sup 10-Enum 11 14B [S2638] 1900 United States Federal Census Texas-Bastrop-Pct 6-Dist 11-Sup 10-Enum 11, 18B [S2673] 1880 United States Federal Census Texas-Bastrop-Pct 6-Sup 4-Enum 16, 19