Ernest Joseph "E. J." Hierholzer

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Austin, Travis Co., Texas; The University of Texas
• Graduation: Floresville High School, Floresville, Wilson Co., Texas
• FamilySearch ID: L5CK-FDY

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BIOGRAPHY: Ernest Joseph (E.J.) Hierholzer, son of Otto J. and Nettie (Blumberg) Hierholzer, was born on a farm in Bexar County in an area that is now a part of Alamo Heights, San Antonio, Texas. When he was about a year old his family acquired a farm in Wilson county between Floresville and Pleasanton, where he grew up and where he resides today. He graduated from Floresville High School and attended The University of Texas at Austin. After farming with his father for a number of years he began work at the Wilson County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (USDA) Office in Floresville. Later, he served as County Executive Director in the ASCS Offices in Crockett, Sutton, and Zavala counties. He then returned to Floresville and became the Wilson County Executive Director before retiring after 30 years of service. Hierholzer has always been deeply devoted to all the family and interested in their genealogy and history, and has researched them for years both in this country and abroad. He has the amazing talent of instantly quoting from memory, with great accuracy, the kinship and vital statistics of numberless families into extended generations. He learned German as a child, and his mother taught him to read and write the old script. One of his hobbies has always been the study of languages. His translations have been highly praised by professional translators! - Pearl Elley Beuthune