August Wolf (10/4/1819 – 6/3/1903) and his brother Franz Wolf (6/12/1827 – 7/17/1900) immigrated from Germany to Texas in 1856.
August served in the Civil War of 1861-1865.
In 1882, August Wolf “in consideration of the love I have for the Lutheran Church,” made a gift of five acres of land for the purpose of constructing a building to serve as a church, parsonage and school. The gift of land also designated a site for a cemetery.
Franz Wolf (6/12/1827 – 7/17/1900) immigrated from Germany to Texas in 1856.
Franz served in the Civil War of 1861-1865.
The first burial was a young man, Louis Wolf. Louis, eighteen year old son of Ludwig and Maria Eschberger Wolf from Germany who resided near Giddings in Lee County. Louis had traveled by train from Giddings to the Siloah community to visit relatives. In route he became ill with abdominal pains. He died five days later, May 17, 1883, becoming the first burial in Siloah.
