Military Monday - Capt. Charles L. Hudson

Capt. Charles L. Hudson is buried in the San Antonio National Cemetery which is part of the historic San Antonio cemeteries complex founded in 1853.

BRVE. CAPTAIN
CHARLES L. HUDSON

4th U.S. Cavalry

DIED
January 5th, 1874

At Fort Clark Texas

AGED
29 Yrs. & 11 Mos.

(Reverse)

ERECTED

by the Officers
of his Regiment

1874

Boerne City Cemetery

From the inscriptions on gravestones in the Boerne City Cemetery in Kendall County, Texas, it appears that the town was populated by a diverse mixture of immigrants in the latter part of the 19th century. There are gravestones that indicate the deceased was born in Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Cambridgeshire in England and numerous other locations. But for James Conley, there is no clue to his origins or even a date of birth and I wonder what the duty was that took his life.

JAMES CONLEY

DIED

In the discharge of his duty

Sept. 8, 1883

FATHER AUGUST VOGT GEB 29 Marz 1825 GEST 2 Marz 1869

MOTHER ANNA VOGT GEB 18 Marz 1827 GEST 9 Juli 1886

JOHN BUCHANAN

of Glasgow

DIED
Sept. 7, 1888

AGED
42 Years

Jefferson Davis Memorial

Several years ago in the course of traveling across southern Kentucky on US Hwy 68/Hwy 80 from the Jackson Purchase area to Russellville, I suddenly noticed an obelisk that would look more at home in Egypt than in Kentucky. This definitely required turning around and going back to investigate.

As it turns out, the monument and surrounding park are a memorial to Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy. Jefferson Davis was born not far from this site on June 3, 1808 in what is now Fairview, Kentucky, located on the Todd and Christian County line.



The monument was conceived in 1907 at a reunion of the First Kentucky Brigade of the CSA, known as the "Orphan Brigade". The First Kentucky was formed primarily from residents of the western area of Kentucky. In 1917 construction began, then was suspended during World War I and the obelisk was finally completed in 1924. It is 351 feet tall and the fifth tallest monument in the United States. The walls are seven feet thick at the base, two feet thick at the top and it features an elevator to an observation room.

Since I recently became aware that the Civil War Sesquicentennial is being held 2011 to 2015 with numerous events taking place memorializing that period of our history, I thought it was a good time to post these photos.

A historical marker at the site is inscribed: "Here the only President of the Confederate States of America was born June 3, 1808, the son of Samuel and Jane Cook Davis. The family moved to Mississippi during his infancy."

Gemütlichkeit

Comfort, Texas was founded by German pioneers in 1854. Their choice of a name for their new town was "Gemütlichkeit," which has no exact translation into English. Google Translate defines it as "coziness" but it generally means peace, serenity, comfort and happiness. In the end, they decided that it was much easier to pronounce "Comfort", and therefore a few miles north of Boerne in the hill county is Comfort, Texas. It is just south of Kerrville and much of the original townsite is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. A road trip to Comfort is a lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon especially on a spring day when wild flowers are in full bloom along IH-10 West of San Antonio. And stopping at Popo's for lunch on the way is a must.

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CARL F. KLEMSTEIN

GEB.
Feb. 7, 1834

GEST.
Jan. 17, 1891

Im Alter von
56 Jahren 11 Monaten
10 Tagen

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Hier Ruht
KATHARINA GERTRUDE
HEINEN

GEBNE NAUEN

GEB
Dec. 25, 1807

GEST
May 13, 1899

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