Robert J. Kleberg

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Robert Justus Kleberg (September 10, 1803 – October 30, 1888), christened Johan Christian Justus Robert Kleberg, was a German Texan from Herstelle, Westphalia, then part of the Kingdom of Prussia. He was a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto^[1] and the brother of Louis Kleberg. He arrived in Texas in 1836 with his wife Philippine Sophie Rosalie "Rosa" von Roeder, who was a child of the at one-time aristocratic von Roeder family, which was allied with the wealthy and aristocratic Sack family of Nordrhein Westphalia. Robert and Rosa had eleven children, seven of whom lived to adulthood; Clara, Johanna, Caroline, Rudolph, Marcellus, and Robert II (commonly known simply as Robert).

He is the namesake of Kleberg County, Texas.^[2] His sons also achieved success. Rudolph Kleberg (1847-1924) became a United States congressman, Marcellus Kleberg (1849-1913) studied law and served as city attorney for Galveston, Texas, and the youngest Kleberg son, also named Robert Justus Kleberg (1853-1932), managed the King Ranch and later married Alice Gertrudis King, the youngest daughter of cattle baron Captain Richard King.

Sources

• John Henry Brown, Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, 1880
• Kleberg, Rosa (April 1898). "Some of My Earlier Experiences in Texas". The Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 1 (4): 297–303. Retrieved 2009-05-27.

External links

• Kleberg, Robert Justus at Handbook of Texas Online
• KLEBERG, LOUIS at Handbook of Texas Online
• The First German Settlement in Texas at Handbook of Texas Online
• Robert J. Kleberg at Find a Grave