Frederick William Lutz (1834 - 1914)

Born 29 Apr 1834 in Opelousas, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Lewis) Lutz — married 23 Feb 1857 in Bayou Chicot, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA

Husband of Elizabeth McDaniel (Glaze) Lutz — married 15 Oct 1873 in Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Sep 1914 at age 80 in Lecompte, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA

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Frederick Lutz has French origins.

Biography

Frederick William Lutz was born in Opelousas, Saint Landry Parish, LA on April 29th, 1834. He was the first born child of Frédéric Guillaume Lutz and Marie Caroline Masse and he was the first of their 5 children and one of the two sons born into the family.

Not much is known of his early life in and around Opelousas. His father Frédéric was a tanner by trade and more than likely when he became able to do so, he assisted his father in his trade.

After the birth of his youngest sister, Caroline Lutz in 1846, the family moved from the Opelousas area and settled in the Bayou Chicot area on a 83.09 acre plot of land between Bayou Chicot and Ville Platte. That plot of land to this is still locally referred to as Lutz Hill. (Although no Lutz's live on the land at this present time.)

After the family relocated to the new Lutz Homestead, it appears that his father expanded his business to farming and expanding into cooperage as well. Frederick was 12 at this time and would have definitely been helping with the family business as most young boys of that time period did so.

By the age of 23, Frederick had met and married his first wife, Mary Elizabeth Lewis on February 23rd, 1857. A little over a year later, his first child Annie Aurora Lutz was born in February of 1858. By 1859 his second child, Caroline Elizabeth Lutz was born in March of 1859.

Also, by 1858 it appears that Frederick, together with a friend had purchased two separate plots of land in the Bayou Chicot area. According to US General Land Office Records he and a Pierre Journe partnered together to purchase a 48.1 acre lot and a 91.36 acre lot on October 9th, 1858. According to family and US Census Records however he, his wife, and their children were living on the Lutz Homestead on Lutz Hill near Bayou Chicot.

According the US Federal Census of 1860, the entire family had briefly relocated back to Opelousas, Louisiana. This may be due to increasing tensions leading up to the American Civil War as many families began to prep for a move to East Texas as they perceived the impending Union Army invasion if war broke out.

At this time it appears that Frederick William traveled back and forth with his wife between Opelousas and Bayou Chicot. In March of 1861, a little over a month before war broke out, his 3rd child Catherine Sophia Lutz was born. In October of 1862, his first son and 4th child Charles Lee Lutz was born in Bayou Chicot. Shortly after the birth of Charles Lee, the family moved to Cold Springs, Texas.

A year prior Frédéric Guillaume Lutz and Marie Caroline Masse had moved to Cold Springs shortly after the war started. One of the reasons being to get away from the escalating violence and the invading Union Army and secondly as a tanners and coopers by trade, the family was one of many who could provide leather goods and formed wooden containers, utensils, etc. to Confederate Forces.

Frederick and the rest of the family remained in Texas until after the war. During this time, Frederick William and Mary Elizabeth Lewis had 3 more children; Frederick Longstreet Lutz in March of 1865, Aline Amelia Lutz in June of 1868 and Florence Ophelia Lutz in September of 1869.

Shortly after the birth of Florence Ophelia Lutz the entire family moved back to the Lutz Homestead just outside of Bayou Chicot. The 1870 US Federal Census lists the family living in Bayou Chicot and lists Frederick Williams’s occupation as a tanner.

An item of interest appears shortly after the Civil War; On October 3rd 1867 it appears that Frederick William purchased the entirety of the Lutz Family homestead from his father according to US General Land records. The record shows that he bought the same plot of 83.09 Acres that his father owned.

On September 8th, 1871, Mary Alice Lutz, his final child with Mary Elizabeth Lewis was born. Less than a year later Mary Elizabeth passed away on April 2nd, 1872.

Over a year after the death of Mary Elizabeth, on October 4th, 1873 Frederick married Elizabeth McDaniel Glaze, the widow of James Wooters who passed away in 1870. Another item of note in 1873 is that Frederick became a member of the Methodist-Episcopal Church of Lecompte, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

Tragedy struck the family on October 7, 1873 as Frederick's youngest daughter Mary Alice passed away. He would not father another child until March of 1876 when his first child with Elizabeth McDaniel Glaze, Lizzie Orenda Lutz was born. Shortly after her birth, tragedy would strike the family again as Samuel Wooters, he only child from Elizabeth McDaniel Glaze's first marriage passed away on September 26th, 1876.

In April of 1878 his next child with Elizabeth was born, Eva Corelia Lutz.

The US Federal Census of 1880 shows that he was still living with his family on the Lutz Family homestead. The census lists his occupation as a tanner and a farmer. His mother also happened to pass away in 1880 at the age of 68 while living with his sister, Caroline Lutz in Walker County, Texas.

On March 9th of 1883, he and Elizabeth welcomed another baby girl into the family, Lucy Sophronia Lutz. On October 10th of 1885, he and Elizabeth welcomed yet another baby girl into the family, Addeline Rebekah Lutz.

According to US Land records, on May 10th of 1898 he purchased another 91.36 acres of land in the Bayou Chicot area.

According to the 1900 US Federal Census he and the family were still living on the Lutz Family homestead near Bayou Chicot. Within the next 10 years it appears that he began to wind down his career as a farmer and tanner.

In 1903 he moved with his wife and some of his younger children to Lecompte, Louisiana in Rapides Parish. According to the 1910 Federal Census he was 76 years old and living with his wife Elizabeth and his youngest daughter Addeline and he owned the home they lived in.

On September 9th, 1914 Frederick William passed away at the age of 80. According to his obituary, he suffered greatly from some kind of ailment. The obituary also mentions that he spent the last 18 days of his life sick and confined to his bed.

After his death his body was buried in Old Baptist Cemetery in Chenneyville, Louisiana. His funeral service was presided over by Reverend Neal of the Methodist-Episcopal Church of Lecompte, LA.

Notes about his burial: Old Baptist Church no longer exists. Beulah Baptist Church was built next door and took its place. His daughter Lizzie Orenda and her husband are buried in its cemetery. Although Old Baptist Church no longer exists, the cemetery still does. It is located right next to the newer cemetery, however many of its graves are now unmarked or sunken.

Sources

• Lutz Family Tree Book
• 1850 United States Federal Census
• 1860 United States Federal Census
• 1870 United States Federal Census
• 1880 United States Federal Census
• 1900 United States Federal Census
• 1910 United States Federal Census
• Louisiana, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1791-1890
• Louisiana, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908
• Louisiana, Marriages, 1718-1925
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Dana Lutz for starting this profile.