Eight generations of the ancestors of the Carl Christian Zuehl-Hanna Marie Wreede Zuehl have contributed to the legacy of Texas history since 1846.  Leaving their hometown in Tribsees, Straisund Prussia with three of their five children, they boarded Mercur on August 24, 1846.  Three months later they arrived in Galveston and were transported by ship to Indianola, Texas.  From Indianola, they began their journey to Comel and Guadalupe Counties.  Their son, Wilhelm, married Katherine.  They had two children Katherina and daughter died of cholera.  Wilhelm and his second wife, Wilhlmine Gutz, had ten more children.

            Prior to his death, June 15, 1912, Wilhelm set aside a lot for the Zuehl Cemetery, near the Zuehl Community.  In Guadalupe County, Wilhelm purchased a wrought iron fence for the Zuehl Cemetery from the county.  The fence originally had been at the third 1888 courthouse and was sold when no longer needed.

            On Guadalupe County’s 150^th birthday the descendants of Wilhelm Zuehl lovingly returned a portion of this wrought iron fence to Guadalupe County.  This gesture is to honor all those who continue the legacy of the Zuehl Family in Texas and Guadalupe County.