Frank J. Bosshardt, a prominent San Antonio, Texas attorney and property owner, was born in Austin, Texas in 1874. He came to San Antonio at the age of two. He was active in local San Antonio politics and served as Bexar County Commissioner. He also was a notary public and President of the Medina Highlands Toll Road Association. After receiving a law degree from Washington and Lee University, Bosshardt entered private practice, he kept promissory notes for people and conducted title research on various properties. Bosshardt also kept papers belonging to Horace Shelton, another San Antonio attorney and President of Industrial Bank and Trust.
Bosshardt married Hettie Koehler, niece of Emma and Otto Koehler, on April 29, 1914. The ceremony and reception were held in the Koehler family home at 310 W. Ashby Place. The Koehlers managed the City brewery for the San Antonio Brewing Association. The Brewery produced Pearl beer and was one of the largest breweries in Texas in the years before prohibition. In 1952, the name of the brewery was changed to Pearl Brewery. The Koehler house was deeded to the Alamo Community College District in 1968 and became the Koehler Cultural Center. Frank Bosshardt and his wife had one daughter, Margaret, in 1919. Mr. Bosshardt died in 1938 at the age of 64.
The papers of Frank J. Bosshardt consist of various legal documents from the early decades of the 20th century. These materials help to document the geographic and economic growth of San Antonio during this period.
The collection is divided into three series. The Financial and Law
Practice series contains documents belonging to Mr. Bosshardt or held in trust
by him for his clients. These documents include material such as promissory
notes and San Antonio business receipts that help to illustrate the economy of
San Antonio and South Texas in the early 20th century. Researchers should also
be aware of the 1993 video,
The Property Series contains abstracts of title and other legal
documents concerning land in Bexar and surrounding counties. Abstracts of title
are documents that trace the ownership of a specific piece of land. They
consist of copies of deeds, wills, judgements, and other public documents
relating to the property. Some of the abstracts contain information about the
estate of prominent San Antonio property owners such as Frank Diether. The will
of Thos. H. Stribling and his wife is the collection as is the will of Samuel
A.
The collection also includes information about the financial activities of San Antonio attorney Horace Shelton. The Horace Shelton series includes information about Industrial Bank and Trust of which Mr. Shelton was President. The material also provides information about the banking and money lending industry in San Antonio around World War I.
Collection is open to research.
Permission to publish material from the Frank J. Bosshardt Papers must be obtained from the UTSA Archives.
[Identification of item], Frank J. Bosshardt Papers, MS 48, UTSA Archives and Special Collections, Library, University of Texas at San Antonio.
Received in 1989 (Acc. 1989-01).
Processed by Eric Hartmann, February 1999
Documents such as promissory notes and insurance information held by Frank Bosshardt for his clients. The series also includes information about oil stocks owned by Mr. Bosshardt.
Arranged by topic and organized alphabetically.
Abstracts of title and other information about properties in south Texas, most in and around San Antonio. Mr. Bosshardt owned some of this property. The wills of Thos. H. Strippling (Los Angles Heights and Angles Terrace, Northaven addition), and Samuel A. Maverick (Highlawn subdivision) are in the series. There is also information about Frank Diether and his family. One folder of leases between Mr. Bosshardt and his tenants is included.
Arranged by topic and organized alphabetically.
Papers regarding Horace Shelton, San Antonio attorney and banker. The series includes mortgages of horses and other livestock, called chattel mortgages, as well as some promissory notes. There is also information about Industrial Bank and Trust, which operated from 1913 to 1917.
Arranged by topic and organized alphabetically.