FREDERICK BUSSE
Many Texans of today are the material heirs of pioneer emigrants, with whom they cannot claim blood relationship.
From Germany, came many Pathfinders, who were motivated to emigrate to Texas by fears in their native land, and hope in the direction of this new nation — this untamed wilderness.
Also they sought to breathe the fresh air of political and religious freedom with which God has blessed all American people, and to acquire “land†in a liberty-loving nation.
In memory of those great men and women, who came to Texas from their fatherland – who have none to claim their name and heritage – we feel proud to give a brief account of their residence in Corpus Christi and Duval County.
One can easily visualize what contributions these two German emigrants made to the cultural and industrial welfare of their adopted city and community.
The fact that they were friends and welcome guests in the cultural home of the distinguished German scientists, Felix A. von Blucher, and his accomplished wife, is all the credentials they need to be presented in the Pathfinders column.
Many Corpus Christians remember both Frederick Busse and Richard Schubert of Germany.
Frederick Busse was born in Berlin, Germany, December 26, 1814. He came over from Germany in the same ship as did Felix A. Blucher and wife, arriving in Corpus Christi in 1849.
He was from a cultured family, one of his sisters being, by royal appointment, special pianist for the Queen of Prussia. He himself was a highly educated gentleman, a graduate architect and builder, well versed in music, chemistry and other arts.
He was a neighbor of the family of Felix A. Blucher in Corpus Christi and contributed a great amount of pleasure and general entertainment to the family, both old and young.
During the Civil War he followed the occupation of converting old flintlock guns into cap-guns.
He died October 2, 1882, and is buried in the Blucher plot in the “Old Bay View Cemetery.â€
Source:
De Garmo, Mrs. Frank. Pathfinders of Texas, 1836-1846. Austin: Press of Von Boeckmann-Jones, Co., 1951.
Transcription by: Rosa G. Gonzales