Chris Fritz Wall was a farmer, rancher, County Road Commissioner for 14 years and raised a lot of bees. He was a Spicewood School trustee.

Newspaper clipping (no date): C.F. was born in Austin County in 1876. When he was 5, the family moved to Bastrop. At 6, they moved to the Turner Farm in Travis County until 08/1887 when they moved to Bastrop, living there until 1891. In 1891 they bought the farm in Spicewood. In 1908 he was a trustee of the Double Horn School. In 1920 C.F. was elected County Commissioner, Precinct 4 and was still in office in 1934.

At the time of the 1900 census, Fritz rented his farm in Burnet County, Texas. He had been married 1 year. By the time of the 1910 census, Fritz owned his farm in Burnet County, Texas, free of any mortgage. It was listed as a general farm. He registered for the WWI draft using and signing the name Cris Fritz Wall. He was a self employed stock farmer in Spicewood, Burnet County, Texas. His wife, Annie, was his nearest relative. His situation remained the same for the 1920 and 1930 census. Brother-in-law, Joe Neumann age 34, was listed with the family in 1920. He was a laborer on a general farm.

Fritz gave his father's birthplace as Germany in 1900 and 1910, but as Belgium in 1920 and 1930. He indicated that his father spoke Flemish on the 1920 census.

The Austin-American, 19 May 1937

SMITHVILLE, May 19.
C.F. Wall, 63, well-known farmer of Spicewood, in Smithville to attend the funeral of his uncle, August Bunte Sr, toppled from a chair and died here Wednesday at 6 a.m. of a heart attack.

Mr. Wall was sitting on the back porch of the Bunte home when he was stricken. (An article in the Smithville Times gave the time as 6:30 a.m. and the place as the home of his brother in law, Henry Bunte.)

He had come to Smithville after receiving notice of the death of Mr. Bunte, who succumbed early Tuesday to injuries received in an automobile accident near Austin as Bunte was returning home from a visit to the Wall family.

Funeral services were pending Wednesday for the Spicewood man.

Surviving him are his widow; one daughter, Mrs. Walter Fasel of Johnson City; and five sons, Robert, Max, Ed, Oscar and Adolphus Wall of Spicewood.

Obituary: Marble Falls Messenger 20 May 1937.

C.F. WALL DIES OF HEART ATTACK

This entire county was shocked yesterday morning when word was received that Mr. C.F. Wall had died at 6 a.m. from a heart attack. Mr. Wall was in Smithville at the time of his passing. He and his wife were called to that place to attend the funeral of Mr. August Bunte a relative who was killed by injuries received in a car wreck.

Mr. Wall's body was brought overland yesterday and interment is being held this afternoon in the Rockvale cemetery between Marble Falls and Spicewood.

Mr. Wall is known to practically all of Burnet County. He served this precinct for many years as commissioner and was always doing some act of worthiness for his neighbors and friends. Mr. Wall has numbers of friends and a host of relatives who are sorry to hear of his passing and the large concourse of friends journeying to the cemetery this afternoon attest to the high esteem in which this good man was held.

Mr. Wall was 60 years of age at the time of his passing having been born Sept 13, 1876.

Besides his wife, Mr. Wall leaves five sons and one daughter to mourn his passing. The sons are Ed, Oscar, Robert, Max and Adolph Wall, all of the Spicewood community. The daughter is Mrs. Walter Fasel. Three brothers August, Will and T.B. Wall, survive and also two sisters Mrs. Jack Thompson and Mrs. Henry Bunte. He is also survived by a large host of other relatives.

The Messenger joins the many friends in extending heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved.

C.F.'s birth date was given as 13 Sep 1877 and his mother's maiden name was misspelled as Galip on his death certificate by H.C. Bunte, who was the informant.

• Married: 27 Nov 1898 in Corwin (now Spicewood), Burnet County, Texas ¹²
• Note:

  
  
  
  The marriage between Annie and Chris Fritz Wall was performed by D. A. McInnish at her parents' home in what is now known as Spicewood. It was served by the Corwin post office at that time and was reported as Corwin in the newspaper.

• Change Date: 16 Feb 2011

1. Robert Wall b: 13 Aug 1899 in Spicewood, Burnet County, Texas
2. Max Wall b: 27 Sep 1900 in , Burnet County, Texas
3. Minnie Wall b: 4 Feb 1902 in Spicewood, Burnet County, Texas
4. Edward Wall b: 16 Feb 1904 in Spicewood, Burnet County, Texas
5. Oscar Wall b: 14 Dec 1909 in Spicewood, Burnet County, Texas
6. Adolph Edwin Wall b: 19 Jun 1917 in Spicewood, Burnet County, Texas

1. Abbrev: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
   Title: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
   Repository:
   Name: Ancestry.com
   
   Page: Registration Location: Burnet County, Texas; Roll 1952397; Draft Board: 0.
2. Abbrev: Tombstone
   Title: Tombstone
3. Abbrev: Death Certificate
   Title: Death Certificate
   Publication: Official Document
   Page: Certificate Number: 24219
4. Abbrev: Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
   Title: Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
   Repository:
   Name: Ancestry.com
   
   Page: Certificate Number: 24219
5. Abbrev: FindAGrave.com
   Title: FindAGrave.com
   Page: Memorial# 26595592
6. Abbrev: 1900 United States Federal Census
   Title: 1900 United States Federal Census
   Repository:
   Name: Ancestry.com
   
   Page: Justice Precinct 5, Burnet, Texas; Roll: T623_1616; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 51.
7. Abbrev: 1910 United States Federal Census
   Title: 1910 United States Federal Census
   Repository:
   Name: Ancestry.com
   
   Page: Justice Precinct 5, Burnet, Texas; Roll: T624_1536; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 115; Image: 45.
8. Abbrev: 1920 United States Federal Census
   Title: 1920 United States Federal Census
   Repository:
   Name: Ancestry.com
   
   Page: Justice Precinct 5, Burnet, Texas; Roll: T625_1782; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 26; Image: 1095.
9. Abbrev: 1930 United States Federal Census
   Title: 1930 United States Federal Census
   Repository:
   Name: Ancestry.com
   
   Page: Precinct 4, Burnet, Texas; Roll: 2303; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 225.0.
10. Abbrev: Cotten-Strickland-Wall-Gibson
    Title: Cotten-Strickland-Wall-Gibson
    Author: Debra Cotten
    Publication: cottentail2001@yahoo.com, RootsWeb.com Gedcom cottentail
11. Abbrev: The Wall Family, 1849-1996
    Title: The Wall Family, 1849-1996
    Author: Dolores Fasel Bozeman, compiler
    Repository:
    Name: Herman Brown Free Library
    100 E Washington Street
    Burnet, Texas 78611
12. Abbrev: The Wall Family, 1849-1996
    Title: The Wall Family, 1849-1996
    Author: Dolores Fasel Bozeman, compiler
    Repository:
    Name: Herman Brown Free Library
    100 E Washington Street
    Burnet, Texas 78611
    
    Page: The marriage license is photocopied in the book on page 95.