tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52203053975849629872023-11-16T10:21:20.337-06:00Tombstone Travels<br>What began as part of genealogical research has become an appreciation<br>for the art that is an aged tombstone and the quiet beauty of a cemetery.Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-861551628770130622013-12-07T09:54:00.000-06:002013-12-07T09:54:55.598-06:00Vicksburg National Cemetery<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The following photos were taken within the Vicksburg National Cemetery which is part of the Vicksburg Military Park. Union soldiers who died during the Vicksburg campaign were buried in this cemetery established by Congress in 1866. Countless other unknown Union soldiers buried in battlefields throughout the southern states have since been re-interred here.<br />
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The statue below is dedicated to Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman who was killed by a sniper at the Battle of Champion Hill as he covered the Confederate retreat back to Vicksburg from that battle.<br />
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<br />Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-24507897301845702322013-11-13T14:11:00.000-06:002013-11-13T14:29:42.946-06:00Cobb-Keeton Cemetery of Shelton Hollow<br />
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In 1818, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, explorer, geographer and geologist, along with his assistant Levi Pettibone traveled up from the junction of Beaver Creek and the White River with two hunters who were said to be the most western settlers from there to the Rocky Mountain. On the first day of January, 1819, they reached their destination at the lead deposits on Pearson Creek which drained into the James River just east of present Springfield, Missouri. As they returned, they accidentally entered upper Bull Creek valley believing it to be Swan Creek valley. Bull Creek is another tributary of the White River. Schoolcraft’s notes of January 6th, 1819 detail the fact that they were confused and would not have entered Bull Creek valley had they not believed it to be Swan Creek. He recorded that Bull Creek valley was avoided by hunters and known to be a hilly, sterile region and considered a dangerous place in which to become lost, particularly in foggy weather when the sun cannot be seen, due to the similarity in appearance of the natural features of the terrain.<br />
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Settlement of the valley began in the early 1830’s by settlers from Kentucky and Tennessee. In 1833 James Kimberling built a water powered grist mill on Bull Creek, one of the earliest in the region. That same year marked the start of the Ozark Mail Trace Road between Springfield and the White River at the junction of Swan Creek. The first steamboat arrived in Batesville, Arkansas in 1831 and within a few years they were bringing salt and sugar to be traded for bear and beaver hides, lead ore, beeswax, cotton and bacon. This contributed to making the Mail Trace an important source of commercial traffic for the area.<br />
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Capt. John McCoy</td>
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Elizabeth McCoy</td></tr>
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Rose Keeton Grave</td>
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Hattie Cobb Grave</td></tr>
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Further along the lane that follows the Ozark Mail Trace through the hollow.</div>
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<i>Source of above information on Bull Creek history - Robert Kipfer, Springfield, Missouri.</i>Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-57017996846991967302013-01-27T13:35:00.000-06:002013-05-19T17:18:18.830-05:00Anderson County's Ft. Houston Cemetery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The community of which the Ft. Houston Cemetery is part, began when 500 acres of land was donated in 1835 for the town of Houston in Anderson County, Texas. The original Fort Houston was a stockade and blockhouse of the Republic of Texas located at a site on current Farm Road 1990 two miles west of Palestine. The fort was built on the public square of Houston, Anderson County, by Texas Rangers and completed in 1836. The town later became known as Ft. Houston after the settlement declined when Palestine became the county seat. State historical markers have been placed at the townsite and the Ft. Houston Cemetery.
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LINDSEY B. <br />CLARK<br /><br />AUG. 4, 1889<br />NOV. 30, 1918<br /><br />MEMBER OF<br />THE U.S. NAVY<br /><br /><br />
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Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-69492105104716574712012-12-31T18:44:00.003-06:002019-11-20T11:36:51.953-06:00The VanPelts of Uvalde County<br />
Capt. T. M. G. (Malcolm) Van Pelt was one of the early settlers to the Frio Canyon, a long wide valley with the Frio River running through it's center. He was born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in July of 1831. His great-grandfather was a soldier in the war of the revolution.<br />
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He came to Texas in 1853 and settled first at Gonzales, then moved to Prairie Lea in Caldwell County in 1854. He bought cattle there and drove them to the Hondo River in 1855. In 1860 he moved and settled in Frio Canyon, Uvalde County. He had a fine ranch and farm fronting the river. At this time, the area of the Frio Canyon was regularly raided by Indian war parties. Capt. Van Pelt was an experienced Indian fighter but was also said to have been always running over with fun and practical jokes.<br />
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Joseph M. Van Pelt, the son of Malcolm Van Pelt and California Elizabeth Elam, was born at Prairie Lea, Caldwell County, Texas, on the last day of May, 1857. That was a noted year to old Texans, and called by some of them the "starving year." It was a year of great drought, when no crops were made, and many families went without bread for weeks at a time.<br />
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When Joe was about 3 years old the Van Pelts moved to Frio Canyon. One of the first things Joe became familiar with as he grew up was moccasin tracks and the almost constant alarm of Indians in the settlement. Indian tracks were often seen in the field where they had stolen potatoes and roasting ears. He went on many dangerous scouting trips after Indians when quite young. <br />
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This post is in memory of my childhood friend, Norman VanPelt, descendant of these Texas pioneers, who is now buried among them in the Concan Cemetery.<br />
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Source - Early Settlers and Indian fighters of Southwest Texas by Andrew Jackson Sowell, Pub. by Ben C. Jones & Company, 1900<br />
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There is a historical marker on Farm Road 542, three miles south of Oakwood in Leon County, Texas, commemorating the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery which is believed to be one of the oldest cemeteries in the county. The cemetery is on Ringgold Creek two miles beyond the marker and south of Hwy 542. According to the historical marker the earliest marked grave is that of two year old John W. Orenbaum who died in 1854. As early as 1860 a school was established in the vicinity, in a log building on the Heatly tract. <br />
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wife of<br />
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daughter of<br />
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18 years 5 months & 5 d's<br />
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Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-41971126983010760562012-12-01T09:14:00.000-06:002013-05-27T22:48:18.472-05:00Beaver Dam Cemetery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The above marker was erected at the Beaver Dam Cemetery in memory of the family of John W. Bell who came to Texas from Alabama in the 1850's and settled near Beaver Dam Creek and the small community of Russell in the Trinity River bottoms of Leon County, Texas.<br />
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<i>BORN</i><br />
Dec. 3, 1848<br />
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<i>DIED</i><br />
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Another link is broken<br />
In our household band<br />
But a chain is forming<br />
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THOMAS I. JONES<br />
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<i>BORN</i><br />
Dec. 13, 1872<br />
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Wife of<br />
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BORN<br />
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Infant<br />
Daughter of<br />
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Born<br />
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Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-14862084268753280392012-11-24T19:32:00.000-06:002013-06-21T11:42:05.654-05:00Pilgrim Cemetery - Elkhart, Texas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Daniel Parker and a group of settlers from Crawford County, Illinois came to Texas in 1833, establishing the newly organized Pilgrim Regular Predestinarian Baptist Church with its adjacent cemetery. The log church pictured above is a replica of the original built in 1848 a short distance from the present day community of Elkhart in Anderson County, Texas. Pilgrim Church is reportedly the first Baptist church in Texas.<br />
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REV. DANIEL PARKER<br />
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Pioneer Baptist Minister<br />
Born in Virginia<br />
April 6, 1761<br />
Died December 3, 1844<br />
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His Wife<br />
PATSY DIXON PARKER<br />
Born January 17, 1783<br />
Died December 1, 1846<br />
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<p align="left">Daniel Parker's brother James was granted a league of land north of present Groesbeck, Texas on April 1, 1835. There he and other members of the Parker family established a fort on the headwaters of the Navasota River in current Limestone County. On May 19, 1836, the Parker family became famous when the inhabitants of the fort were massacred by Comanche indians. Daniel's brothers Silas and Benjamin Parker along with their father John were killed and five family members were taken as hostages. One of those hostages, Cynthia Ann Parker, lived with the Comanches for approximately 25 years and married chief Peta Nocoma. Cynthia Ann Parker and Peta Nocoma were parents of the famous Comanche chief Quanah Parker.</p>
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ELIZA<br />
KENNEDY<br />
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Sep. 3, 1819<br />
Dec. 24, 1881<br />
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Our Mother<br />
REBECCA BIRD<br />
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Wife of<br />
J. W. WILSON<br />
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1857 - 1923<br />
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RACHEL<br />
Daughter of<br />
DANIAL PARKER<br />
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Wife of<br />
MILES BENNETT<br />
Sept. 27, 1821<br />
Dec. 23, 1843<br />
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First Person Buried<br />
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Read more about the Parkers at the <a href="http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fpa19">Handbook of Texas Online</a>.
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Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-40002910710362266382012-11-11T11:32:00.001-06:002013-05-27T22:59:14.095-05:00Vanderpoole Cemetery<br />
The small Texas community of Vanderpoole is situated in the valley created by the Sabinal River in Bandera County. It was originally settled in the 1850's and has survived even after being abandoned for a time during the 1860's because of Comanche raids. Vanderpoole is only a few miles from the Lost Maples State Natural Area in the Texas hill country.<br />
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DANNER<br />
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SEPT. 16, 1857<br />
JULY 20, 1919<br />
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We knew no sorrow<br />
knew no grief<br />
Till they bright<br />
face was missed.</td><td>
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DANNER<br />
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NOV. 11, 1853<br />
NOV. 27, 1916<br />
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Our darling one<br />
hath gone before,<br />
To greet us on<br />
The blissful shore.</td></tr>
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OF<br />
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E. C. HALL<br />
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B Nov 3<br />
1819<br />
D Feb 8<br />
1893<br />
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Erected to her<br />
sweet memory by<br />
those who loved<br />
her, her children.</td></tr>
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RATLIFF<br />
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<i>BORN</i><br />
JAN. 22, 1865<br />
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<i>DIED</i><br />
JULY 18, 1917<br />
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Read more about Vanderpoole, Texas at the <a href="http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hnv06">Handbook of Texas Online</a>.<br />
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Just inside the Crockett Street entrance to the Confederate Cemetery is the street sign for Robert E. Lee Walk. This cemetery is part of San Antonio's Historic City Cemeteries complex just east of the downtown area.<br />
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Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-78526110148739149322012-11-02T05:00:00.000-05:002012-11-02T05:00:14.173-05:00November 2 - Day of the Dead<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the final installment and last of the posts dedicated to the celebration of El Dia de los Muertos in San Antonio's Mission Park South Cemetery.<br /><br />
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Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-56770233317825059842012-11-01T05:00:00.000-05:002012-11-01T05:00:09.476-05:00November 1 - The Day of the Innocents<br />
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Celebrations of El Día de los Muertos generally consider November 1st as Día de los Inocentes (Day of the Innocents) or Día de los Angelitos (Day of the Little Angels).
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Toys are brought for dead children (los angelitos or the little angels), or other ofrendas (offerings) such as the deceased's favorite candies on the grave.<br /><br />
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Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-26903921769155467542012-10-30T05:00:00.000-05:002012-10-30T05:36:01.578-05:00Concan Cemetery - Uvalde County, Texas<br />The Concan Cemetery is located about a mile northeast of the Frio River outside of the small community of Concan in Uvalde County. It is a fairly small cemetery but one of my childhood friends and several generations of his ancestors are buried there so we recently made a stop there as we were returning from a visit to Lost Maples Natural Area and Garner State Park.
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Amanda Jones is recorded in the 1910 census of Uvalde County as the wife of Montgomery W. Jones. She was born in 1837 in Alabama and had married Montgomery Jones in 1866.<br /><br />
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From information on the markers at his gravesite, William H. Robinson was a Texas Ranger during the indian wars on the Texas frontier. Census records list William H. Robinson as born in Texas in 1856, the son of Henry M. and Eva Robinson of South Carolina. It appears that he and his wife, Alice E. Smith, did not have children. <br /><br />
Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-37632200001396910882012-10-29T15:22:00.000-05:002012-10-29T22:13:08.626-05:00El Dia de los Muertos <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In communities with a large hispanic or Mexican population, El Día de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) is celebrated as it has been in Mexico since the time of the Aztecs. During this period, families usually clean and decorate the graves with offerings or ofrendas. The celebration continues over two days. November 1st is to honor children and infants and is referred to as Día de los Inocentes (Day of the Innocents) or Día de los Angelitos (Day of the Little Angels). <br /><br />
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People go to cemeteries to be with the souls of the departed and build private altars containing the favorite foods and beverages as well as photos and memorabilia of the departed. The intent is to encourage visits by the souls, so the souls will hear the prayers and the comments of the living directed to them.
Over the past weekend, the cemetery of Mission Park South has been filled with families meeting to clean and decorate graves. <br /><br />
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See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead#United_States">Wikipedia</a> for more information on celebrations of El Día de los Muertos.<br /><br />Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-79543767656582707362012-09-16T20:52:00.011-05:002012-10-30T16:49:20.113-05:00The Guenthers<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHN-vQzyES00rff_UM0QHhA9GUDXA-YO4lBJcx5LOvct5MlSVCs1O_lOFcwgmxpVYIAZMTcJjJLNd2k92LMM84Pj7EglWEOI0OaZbcVjYz1ZhrdkX5_5hYz1clt5nqyz4ZqE7AiRf97os/s1600/Guenther+Plot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 338px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHN-vQzyES00rff_UM0QHhA9GUDXA-YO4lBJcx5LOvct5MlSVCs1O_lOFcwgmxpVYIAZMTcJjJLNd2k92LMM84Pj7EglWEOI0OaZbcVjYz1ZhrdkX5_5hYz1clt5nqyz4ZqE7AiRf97os/s400/Guenther+Plot.jpg" border="0" alt="The Guenther Plot"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5788957915861489010" /></a><br />In 1848, Carl Hilmar Guenther immigrated from Germany to the United States. After a short while spent in the midwest, he made his way to south Texas where he initially built a flour mill on Live Oak Creek in Fredericksburg, Texas. Within a few years, he moved his business to San Antonio and located it on the more powerful San Antonio River just south of the downtown area.<br /><br /><p align="center"><table><tr><td align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjtmbGCPcG5DPjPkEbdHPxtRhVsZBj_5jUkmWG_rREGHm8ZzByUfsEqdrNsrIWNydeCc8ZwATuF3ja2m48hKMO5_lkdum5Ho8pNhKJOX2GlfunZFdsXJS3Catw0agCGosmhYL39ABAqBc/s1600/Carl+H+Guenther.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjtmbGCPcG5DPjPkEbdHPxtRhVsZBj_5jUkmWG_rREGHm8ZzByUfsEqdrNsrIWNydeCc8ZwATuF3ja2m48hKMO5_lkdum5Ho8pNhKJOX2GlfunZFdsXJS3Catw0agCGosmhYL39ABAqBc/s320/Carl+H+Guenther.jpg" border="0" alt="Gravestone of Carl H. Guenther"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5788961507226256786" /></a><br />Carl Hilmar Guenther</td><td align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhmKH8FDwB5U6qZoPIEMGH3xN2sDor54FoFOAdpbin7paQg686o4s5Bowo-AC67CDNy7CWRm7MMKEVakE-UqTtpOhtjuRGb6v-kxVdo3R4O80QJlR32dux2WiCUbF2rRXZQTQA76sVSs/s1600/Dorothea+Guenther.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhmKH8FDwB5U6qZoPIEMGH3xN2sDor54FoFOAdpbin7paQg686o4s5Bowo-AC67CDNy7CWRm7MMKEVakE-UqTtpOhtjuRGb6v-kxVdo3R4O80QJlR32dux2WiCUbF2rRXZQTQA76sVSs/s320/Dorothea+Guenther.jpg" border="0" alt="Gravestone of Dorothea Guenther"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5788961416541245010" /></a><br /><br />Dorothea Pape Guenther</td></tr></table></p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjn16Vp3UuUp_JAAu9ebrSYGR7xt-sdgRwjZw-4nHcXBuvq1_8GJ9jx70hgeWg_0F0ccraipyHnVeGX1YzBFU5JIbEjs6EOlxPLZTyMOlDM70-betDtFnGRcVvLR_HZpokUy4c8K3nDbU/s1600/Pioneer+Flour+Mill.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjn16Vp3UuUp_JAAu9ebrSYGR7xt-sdgRwjZw-4nHcXBuvq1_8GJ9jx70hgeWg_0F0ccraipyHnVeGX1YzBFU5JIbEjs6EOlxPLZTyMOlDM70-betDtFnGRcVvLR_HZpokUy4c8K3nDbU/s320/Pioneer+Flour+Mill.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5788962564166698882" /></a><p align="center">Pioneer Flour Mill has been a San Antonio landmark for over 100 years.</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-85957908573705070752012-09-04T19:56:00.015-05:002013-06-25T14:29:44.499-05:00Davenport Cemetery<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUq3HbIVDrYTtSZ9s717pFt9LXI_3i5hKQD72q74ITB3ts0aMKNvlLBgr2U4xbvzmoSfErCkDcyRcdKpMnC_7h6vfAH2-1PfTpMLvzz3sPeWMGLPnELBCUV7s4CLhrJuLPRjyiCyGPnI/s1600/Davenport+Cemetery+4.JPG"><img alt="Davenport Cemetery" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5784490707029324994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUq3HbIVDrYTtSZ9s717pFt9LXI_3i5hKQD72q74ITB3ts0aMKNvlLBgr2U4xbvzmoSfErCkDcyRcdKpMnC_7h6vfAH2-1PfTpMLvzz3sPeWMGLPnELBCUV7s4CLhrJuLPRjyiCyGPnI/s400/Davenport+Cemetery+4.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 206px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
The first burial in Davenport Cemetery was Mary Ware Davenport in 1852. Mary was the wife of William Davenport, born in Virginia in 1820, who had come to Texas in 1843. The cemetery is on land that was part of a ranch they purchased on Cibolo Creek in 1851. In 1853, William married Nancy Young, daughter of John Young, who had served in the War of 1812. The cemetery is located just beyond the city limits of San Antonio. <br /><br />
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JOHN YOUNG<br /><br />BORN<br />In Knox Co.<br />Tenn.<br /><br />Feb. 18<br />1793<br /><br />DIED<br /><br />May 16, 1879</div>
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<br />MAGGIE<br /><br />Dau. of<br />Wm. & N. DAVENPORT<br /><br />BORN<br />Feb. 15, 1885<br /><br />DIED<br />Oct. 23, 1887</div><br /><br />
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ROBERT<br /><br />BORN<br />
Apr. 17, 1861<br />
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DIED<br />
Apr. 1867</td><td> </td><td align="center">
MINNIE<br />
BORN<br />
Mar. 12, 1863<br />
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DIED<br />
Apr. 26, 1870</td></tr>
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<i>Children of William E. & Nancy DAVENPORT</i><br /></div><br />
Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-30449914979986364522012-09-02T08:33:00.010-05:002012-09-02T09:59:57.406-05:00Zion Chapel of Ease Cemetery<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6m1-DVw9vjMd32t-6ZGCyqvZUdiRs3POYWb8_w7StadOT12Fyx1WmS1_w_iByidnywnnWHTJLDzuLFMdY3Ej4zh2KWozwOpX7kbD5SSzY-py-VNSldAJkGoJx5ZD9TOL9CUNxxHJinE/s1600/Marker-Zion+Chapel.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6m1-DVw9vjMd32t-6ZGCyqvZUdiRs3POYWb8_w7StadOT12Fyx1WmS1_w_iByidnywnnWHTJLDzuLFMdY3Ej4zh2KWozwOpX7kbD5SSzY-py-VNSldAJkGoJx5ZD9TOL9CUNxxHJinE/s200/Marker-Zion+Chapel.jpg" border="0" alt="Historical Marker, Zion Chapel of Ease & Cemetery"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5783576669004254626" /></a>Recently I realized that I have numerous photos taken several years ago at the Zion Chapel of Ease & Cemetery on Hilton Head Island which I have never included here. For those of us who love cemeteries, this is a wonderful gem. This ethereal plot of land beside a busy thoroughfare on Hilton Head Island contains a cemetery established 250 years ago.<br /><br />Originally a chapel of St. Luke’s Parish, it was established on May 23, 1767, and a chapel was built of wood shortly after 1786. "A well appointed chapel, 30x40 feet, of wood with brick foundations, boasting a sterling Communion Service imported from London, was erected in 1788 under the direction of Captain John Stoney and Isaac Fripp. It was consecrated in 1833. Members of the Barksdale, Baynard, Chaplin, Davant, Fripp, Kirk, Mathews, Pope, Scott, Stoney and Webb families worshipped there until 1868 when the church was abandoned and gradually destroyed." (Peeples, <em>An Index to Hilton Head Island Names (Before the Contemporary Development),</em> p. 43.) <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICrXCxuMddHscfFtZpQ-zavifEDwc18bxLzHz2ISlOEh-J6BKLPbzzsXa2WFl_5bIHr-s3wKrb4Wfgr3twQpg-W3oZKwlk6Ax20Y_oaIqCn8xKA_oSZ4cGIOc7ZKCgEWgNfrVi13UVrY/s1600/Samuel+WebbREV.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICrXCxuMddHscfFtZpQ-zavifEDwc18bxLzHz2ISlOEh-J6BKLPbzzsXa2WFl_5bIHr-s3wKrb4Wfgr3twQpg-W3oZKwlk6Ax20Y_oaIqCn8xKA_oSZ4cGIOc7ZKCgEWgNfrVi13UVrY/s400/Samuel+WebbREV.jpg" border="0" alt="Gravestone of Samuel B. Webb"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5783572376539263010" /></a><p align="center">SACRED<br />to the memory<br />of<br />SAMUEL B. WEBB<br />who<br />departed this life<br />2nd March 1836<br />aged 37 years<br /><br /><em>His amiable and pious character<br />was manifest in the warm<br />affection of husband, the tender<br />loved of parent, the sincerity and<br />kindness of friend and humanity<br />of master<br /><br />Death's terror is the mountain<br />faith removes<br />Tis faith disarms destruction<br />Believe and look with triumph<br />on the tomb</em></p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAPdh8bfU3kYrOmmxLbKd8JvUqeqIm-U3X0f3Yx6oqQSvlheE82P87SiQpS9sv5V4bm0SGQ53xN5UCcBtuit6L88UcqKspDzcOlPup-ekIs8VQL1TbwprC6ISAJ8IfUeFkwO9mge0sSPI/s1600/Martha+Davant.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 40px 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAPdh8bfU3kYrOmmxLbKd8JvUqeqIm-U3X0f3Yx6oqQSvlheE82P87SiQpS9sv5V4bm0SGQ53xN5UCcBtuit6L88UcqKspDzcOlPup-ekIs8VQL1TbwprC6ISAJ8IfUeFkwO9mge0sSPI/s320/Martha+Davant.jpg" border="0" alt="Gravestone of Martha Davant"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5783587930855655762" /></a><p align="center"><br />SACRED<br /><br />to the<br />Memory<br />of<br /><br />MARTHA DAVANT<br /><br />(unreadable) <em>born<br />June 4th 1781 and<br />died June 6th 1818<br />aged 37 years & 2 days</em></p><br /><br /><br />From <em>Hilton Head, A Sea Island Chronicle</em>, p. 113-114, by Virginia C. Holmgren:<br /> <br />In 1867...the lovely silver chalices of the Communion Service, brought from England in 1834 had already disappeared. No doubt they had been stolen after the fall of Fort Walker. When next heard of they would be in a pawn shop (in Philadelphia) covered in rust and tarnish, and the man who bought them mistook them for antique goblets. When the tarnish was removed he was amazed to see the sacred Christian symbols and the words ‘Zion Chapel of Ease’. They were returned to the parish and are in use at St. Luke’s on Hilton Head.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzObg6TPOLCUic1Rjp7PiNuNmn2s3riF7HKVwOAsVdxJqFGX1avAy_dxhei5TgeaoY3O9zH0DFv2KIbhsw-iC18psVX8L0E-hR27X_9JfXC_V8h-KXs_DPDv0KjgIhb7UFzc2uXJKdhKQ/s1600/ZionChapelEase3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzObg6TPOLCUic1Rjp7PiNuNmn2s3riF7HKVwOAsVdxJqFGX1avAy_dxhei5TgeaoY3O9zH0DFv2KIbhsw-iC18psVX8L0E-hR27X_9JfXC_V8h-KXs_DPDv0KjgIhb7UFzc2uXJKdhKQ/s320/ZionChapelEase3.jpg" border="0" alt="Zion Chapel of Ease Cemetery"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5783592967038734146" /></a><p align="center"><em>Zion Chapel of Ease Cemetery</em></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-88282373463827643462012-08-25T20:32:00.004-05:002012-10-30T16:54:27.134-05:00The General's Wife<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrJPJFWCHlNqN8hAbL_VT9sOu8tvFT-RwQzBQpnZydYrgIHeG0AnlAu_T9Xc1XiHS_W4hUBgzpJ-C5eZ0COkrQs13BARedqYBEP8BRuNs8w9DVCpXGKKcUrDuaJiTJg0t3A5aBo1ovek/s1600/Annie+MasonREV.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 397px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrJPJFWCHlNqN8hAbL_VT9sOu8tvFT-RwQzBQpnZydYrgIHeG0AnlAu_T9Xc1XiHS_W4hUBgzpJ-C5eZ0COkrQs13BARedqYBEP8BRuNs8w9DVCpXGKKcUrDuaJiTJg0t3A5aBo1ovek/s400/Annie+MasonREV.jpg" border="0" alt="Annie Mason Gravestone"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5780793263476664306" /></a><br /><p align="center">ANNIE<br /><br />Wife of<br />Genl. J. S. MASON<br /><br />U. S. A. <br /><br />DIED May 28,<br />1877<br /><br />Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-68075765910700424012012-08-20T05:27:00.010-05:002012-10-30T16:50:59.443-05:00The Burns of Scotland and San Antonio<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5MFaayQzQ5s3OubPlHDrOID9ooG2X7TJGf9GnA96js6LzRA1oarxBB3TR3MkS4orqa5dxtjwKU_SxF5bALOHm0nHnnwf7gHE5olM5ff0LXvYF73Ko4GS0sX81jdxAnQawhCQsS7BXDI0/s1600/Burns.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5MFaayQzQ5s3OubPlHDrOID9ooG2X7TJGf9GnA96js6LzRA1oarxBB3TR3MkS4orqa5dxtjwKU_SxF5bALOHm0nHnnwf7gHE5olM5ff0LXvYF73Ko4GS0sX81jdxAnQawhCQsS7BXDI0/s400/Burns.jpg" border="0" alt="Burns Gravestone"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5778700711059505394" /></a><br />On three sides of this stone, there are inscriptions for a different family member - James Burns, his wife Margaret Burns and their daughter Cassie Burns McDonald who are buried in the plot. Sadly, Cassie's inscription is now unreadable.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkVDn7Lur5aE2w-uiavvhkCQof4Lv2ehLMxUiYYaV7tZff_V9QODzcxa2wNxlbet6NlXlHBYm7DAh-miNSBNY06YebInSQWgPXBhdmoX9jri-Bxe0wQWgQ1CziuIhdnizkhSjiAw2y380/s1600/James+Burns.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 40px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 188px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkVDn7Lur5aE2w-uiavvhkCQof4Lv2ehLMxUiYYaV7tZff_V9QODzcxa2wNxlbet6NlXlHBYm7DAh-miNSBNY06YebInSQWgPXBhdmoX9jri-Bxe0wQWgQ1CziuIhdnizkhSjiAw2y380/s320/James+Burns.jpg" border="0" alt="James Burns' inscription"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5778705869538287826" /></a><p align="center"><br />JAMES BURNS<BR /><br /><em>BORN</em><br /><br /><em>IN STONE HOUSE</em><br /><em>LANARKSHIRE</em><br /><em>SCOTLAND</em><br />NOV. 15, 1822<br /><br />DIED<br /><br /><em>IN SAN ANTONIO</em><br />APRIL 5, 1888<br /><br /></p><br /><br /><br />An article from the San Antonio Light newspaper regarding James Burns' death gave his cause of death as snakebite. Mr. Burns had walked into his garden at night in his slippers and was bitten by a rattlesnake. Although he was attended by a doctor, he became progressively worse and died in the afternoon of April 5th.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgueiCPuZ-txUKW6KqUII-_LCqcsq3c53ANKKbgKe9TNwaceCw98s_7T79QZc8_Sp-VykHf2jnbP_v5rRunpR7aIB6h7q0wJlP7H-aHNi0JbX7mpvMeIRuRWGOnsgOnYIKFUkewc6nQU7k/s1600/Margaret+BurnsREV.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 311px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgueiCPuZ-txUKW6KqUII-_LCqcsq3c53ANKKbgKe9TNwaceCw98s_7T79QZc8_Sp-VykHf2jnbP_v5rRunpR7aIB6h7q0wJlP7H-aHNi0JbX7mpvMeIRuRWGOnsgOnYIKFUkewc6nQU7k/s320/Margaret+BurnsREV.jpg" border="0" alt="Margaret Burns inscription"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5778709238599808658" /></a><br /><p align="center"><br /><br />MARGARET BURNS<br><br><em>BORN</em><BR /><BR /><em>IN KILWINNING</em><br /><em>AYRSHIRE, SCOTLAND</em><br />JUNE 9, 1826<br /><br /><em>DIED</em><br />DEC. 6, 1910<br /><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYhKgWAG0VNBPcEf2p9M7HiWPuU-X-Lmkdtxovwe8kKrLhswxuFvXPPcmXvH-YdDpo3x1oL_b0aqvYQSKxo4EaH23O-g-5yollfqERLfDgN1iLpFB1n7b1Dffg15RWdJCeq9BJqPcdnlk/s1600/Burns+Plot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYhKgWAG0VNBPcEf2p9M7HiWPuU-X-Lmkdtxovwe8kKrLhswxuFvXPPcmXvH-YdDpo3x1oL_b0aqvYQSKxo4EaH23O-g-5yollfqERLfDgN1iLpFB1n7b1Dffg15RWdJCeq9BJqPcdnlk/s400/Burns+Plot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5778709876751233570" /></a><br />Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-11402429849627126362012-08-13T09:51:00.014-05:002012-10-30T16:51:57.142-05:00The Derr "Faux Bois" Plot<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAotN1ewlFmoA60IqaBKhIpgqApOGNDFr-HJrd8y4IS9xiYm4UiPKANkrYEcvNqSEqnkLJnMWFRA5Yva2Hs1-4nhuJ33S3rtKVKZNFVQFH7nUbhOsrY6mnbDLxOenbcAvdlGcNgoNFD4/s1600/faux+bois+fence+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAotN1ewlFmoA60IqaBKhIpgqApOGNDFr-HJrd8y4IS9xiYm4UiPKANkrYEcvNqSEqnkLJnMWFRA5Yva2Hs1-4nhuJ33S3rtKVKZNFVQFH7nUbhOsrY6mnbDLxOenbcAvdlGcNgoNFD4/s400/faux+bois+fence+2.jpg" border="0" alt="Fence along west side of Derr plot"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5776174538380989746" /></a><br />San Antonio has several examples of the work of Mexican artist Dionicio Rodríguez in the style of "faux bois" (from the French for false wood); however, this gravestone and plot in San Antonio's Cemetery #1 date to 1904, many years before Rodriguez came to the United States from Mexico in the 1920's.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyUx4pJYl9K0fd_D8nQLCbD90yhhZd6rxGV1-vPTX7dnXUTRAB72pJmDiKHfAi-1N9MY-QDnb_-2-Zt1fNs-hxm6VZ5S3OrHq8H8ehZr8ZULnv4GFmTEqx2nbyde63juumBGkslXnfeFc/s1600/faux+bois+Derr+grave2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyUx4pJYl9K0fd_D8nQLCbD90yhhZd6rxGV1-vPTX7dnXUTRAB72pJmDiKHfAi-1N9MY-QDnb_-2-Zt1fNs-hxm6VZ5S3OrHq8H8ehZr8ZULnv4GFmTEqx2nbyde63juumBGkslXnfeFc/s400/faux+bois+Derr+grave2.jpg" border="0" alt="Wilhemina Derr Gravestone"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5776174879334893938" /></a><br /><p align="center">WILHEMINA DERR<br /><br />BORN May 23, 1832<br />DIED March 23, 1904</p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68DiGuWJpMhZ77sHqBznhrFdzsRtQ7mKdm8IQwiXm8ym5md_CnNFRcizl5ZLDUruuZGACmBV1rWYDUHjsmhwMVqyHpOpKyWfsK2tgMVeFrzPEtHuJK6biVWOb5gb9NMlW5Y0gz1D7rdo/s1600/faux+bois+fence+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68DiGuWJpMhZ77sHqBznhrFdzsRtQ7mKdm8IQwiXm8ym5md_CnNFRcizl5ZLDUruuZGACmBV1rWYDUHjsmhwMVqyHpOpKyWfsK2tgMVeFrzPEtHuJK6biVWOb5gb9NMlW5Y0gz1D7rdo/s400/faux+bois+fence+1.jpg" border="0" alt="Southern fence wall of the Derr plot"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5776175357336019234" /></a><br /><p>Sadly, this unique plot is now overgrown and neglected with numerous volunteer shrubs and trees crowding the space.</p><br />Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-68686643855800172412012-07-30T18:53:00.013-05:002012-10-30T16:53:29.236-05:00Military Monday - Capt. Charles L. Hudson<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3ry5OjI_lzLFNZMEwO2gUSs8h5gcWpngWdasRYlekq-c99wGbNRH0J3Nb5KzI9QUDMVqo4G8o2ydqdWM8hQZQ-ybI3upLx5tQm9MNfdXhAD6yiulzOyABE8Z5OWhV8_sR5zvHeWBGtI/s1600/Entrance+Veterans+Cem.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 366px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3ry5OjI_lzLFNZMEwO2gUSs8h5gcWpngWdasRYlekq-c99wGbNRH0J3Nb5KzI9QUDMVqo4G8o2ydqdWM8hQZQ-ybI3upLx5tQm9MNfdXhAD6yiulzOyABE8Z5OWhV8_sR5zvHeWBGtI/s400/Entrance+Veterans+Cem.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5771123157261142738" /></a><br />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.<br /><br /><br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1x2zsPOcE8VjsH_m56QWImpEheHzLxuiarNdCWnP56RUpNqE2DXfXm51SQxBQC_skNt-ZaSJ95d4cxBu5M1LHjixOBzOZKcdjuWNFEGeR5n1otECUV5nbZcbxj-_fgNsK4RpewB_A7lM/s1600/Capt+C+HudsonREV.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1x2zsPOcE8VjsH_m56QWImpEheHzLxuiarNdCWnP56RUpNqE2DXfXm51SQxBQC_skNt-ZaSJ95d4cxBu5M1LHjixOBzOZKcdjuWNFEGeR5n1otECUV5nbZcbxj-_fgNsK4RpewB_A7lM/s400/Capt+C+HudsonREV.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5771124338309672802" /></a><br /><p align="center">BRVE. CAPTAIN<br>CHARLES L. HUDSON<br><br>4th U.S. Cavalry<br><br>DIED<br>January 5th, 1874<br><br>At Fort Clark Texas<br><br>AGED<br>29 Yrs. & 11 Mos.<br><br></p><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8jddlzfY5VRaxnWlxjc-M1iUEiYhdtjGRrofsmhTJ7Xcb-mjzpgSryOIXEcbZqxV9J6Y9pmvDdRPJnJIoqXqzn1-lNL0Hx1f6RIgHzpA_OxzHwOtpb6zdzV8UgHmPRjuKLSkX2c7NG8/s1600/Hudson.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 322px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju8jddlzfY5VRaxnWlxjc-M1iUEiYhdtjGRrofsmhTJ7Xcb-mjzpgSryOIXEcbZqxV9J6Y9pmvDdRPJnJIoqXqzn1-lNL0Hx1f6RIgHzpA_OxzHwOtpb6zdzV8UgHmPRjuKLSkX2c7NG8/s400/Hudson.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5771123639693476386" /></a><p align="center">(Reverse)<br><br>ERECTED<br><br>by the Officers<br>of his Regiment<br><br>1874</p><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmGpgJpE2_mKu8Ap9r_VEqdwp4GWe9y5MlzKnySQ0LC9AUVqNi8BTl0SC_SVpj8yFOJgSm9wrSPoHV_Ri_WdG68B41TfhjW8lP4KjPmlN7rHWm1Bf3Q-7pbil3FI0LT9KWmbFaFxRdNmg/s1600/Bandstand+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmGpgJpE2_mKu8Ap9r_VEqdwp4GWe9y5MlzKnySQ0LC9AUVqNi8BTl0SC_SVpj8yFOJgSm9wrSPoHV_Ri_WdG68B41TfhjW8lP4KjPmlN7rHWm1Bf3Q-7pbil3FI0LT9KWmbFaFxRdNmg/s400/Bandstand+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5771125589200501538" /></a>Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-963032290088122652012-07-27T19:04:00.021-05:002012-08-20T11:40:16.794-05:00Boerne City CemeteryFrom 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.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBHmXGCYvG9nbyqYWZhTZIKKMYCF_jdo4QbwTGc1Npxc7q4qQopiNEUfqrTw1cFHA4bP4Z_ajJJHheS8We97KJ3a93wXtOstQDMcY9CdXqcbmamuddmjyj69dDjV7X_frPQSh_CpUkLk/s1600/James+Conley.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBHmXGCYvG9nbyqYWZhTZIKKMYCF_jdo4QbwTGc1Npxc7q4qQopiNEUfqrTw1cFHA4bP4Z_ajJJHheS8We97KJ3a93wXtOstQDMcY9CdXqcbmamuddmjyj69dDjV7X_frPQSh_CpUkLk/s400/James+Conley.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5770079192342737522" /></a><br /><p align="center">JAMES CONLEY<br><br>DIED<br><br>In the discharge of his duty<br><br>Sept. 8, 1883</p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFCh2utpg-etjz38Iha92Y1olgXku3-qgv8sfvbkqker17wnP4VgWhiwGhoRnVfcAGkxp1rVotn_Q3qDJ_8y82JFeKgiXEj4fTDqI5N2XAWXUuZdsNxg1xyetezmMCgxIqFInEN2AOKQ/s1600/A+A+Vogt.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFCh2utpg-etjz38Iha92Y1olgXku3-qgv8sfvbkqker17wnP4VgWhiwGhoRnVfcAGkxp1rVotn_Q3qDJ_8y82JFeKgiXEj4fTDqI5N2XAWXUuZdsNxg1xyetezmMCgxIqFInEN2AOKQ/s400/A+A+Vogt.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5770083866249622114" /></a><br /><p align="center"><table><tr><td align="center">FATHER<br><br>AUGUST VOGT<BR><BR><em>GEB</em><BR>29 Marz 1825<BR><BR><em>GEST</em><BR>2 Marz 1869</TD><td>               </td><TD align="center">MOTHER<BR><BR>ANNA VOGT<BR><BR><em>GEB</em><BR>18 Marz 1827<BR><BR><em>GEST</em><BR>9 Juli 1886</TD></TR></TABLE></P><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNM87_CTXP5HUKkeMal50khdLQr0jW-m8GgdVUSOIybA8QgFPHllM3KnfiKMW8u2Gog_RbpuiPTIYNy8_51pXI3EiGp57h0vpUKV8eY-14AHvVXIaiGsOwKt7NKJQnlXv8IHyIUospoA8/s1600/John+Buchanan.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNM87_CTXP5HUKkeMal50khdLQr0jW-m8GgdVUSOIybA8QgFPHllM3KnfiKMW8u2Gog_RbpuiPTIYNy8_51pXI3EiGp57h0vpUKV8eY-14AHvVXIaiGsOwKt7NKJQnlXv8IHyIUospoA8/s400/John+Buchanan.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5770082188872561682" /></a><br /><p align="center">JOHN BUCHANAN<br><br>of Glasgow<br><br>DIED<br>Sept. 7, 1888<br><br>AGED<br>42 Years</p>Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-80818877083291313832012-07-18T20:12:00.004-05:002012-07-19T11:44:15.091-05:00Jefferson Davis Memorial<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Gb3NboQCkydQkWVDNejzlk5gwniwQaIDe_IUmAmXG63xctjjgmDiCM2dU8N0IgesGT5ZWYOlR1krfHGBEbROG3jYBAi_UhZIHJrbTlRoFfyz3RZtYk21lJl3ELEuo9ukb_Ec5Bzrjt86/s1600/JD+Monument+REV.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 330px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5766675378784562610" border="0" alt="Jefferson Davis Monument" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Gb3NboQCkydQkWVDNejzlk5gwniwQaIDe_IUmAmXG63xctjjgmDiCM2dU8N0IgesGT5ZWYOlR1krfHGBEbROG3jYBAi_UhZIHJrbTlRoFfyz3RZtYk21lJl3ELEuo9ukb_Ec5Bzrjt86/s400/JD+Monument+REV.jpg" /></a>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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfXg2I6L1dh53ya-FE3wrMpa6cpcWBpacNRrO4OvYjzLR6Yvk_XesqT9iI-Udlx3DQFPoOV9wVW8tccxBh0h_aSanLJcz8wF32-HlmMyx52Xjm3nBFiDmUTg63q6-vlOHsDPxREGSuqBvn/s1600/Entrance+JD+Monument.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 298px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5766675839546139970" border="0" alt="Entrance to the Monument" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfXg2I6L1dh53ya-FE3wrMpa6cpcWBpacNRrO4OvYjzLR6Yvk_XesqT9iI-Udlx3DQFPoOV9wVW8tccxBh0h_aSanLJcz8wF32-HlmMyx52Xjm3nBFiDmUTg63q6-vlOHsDPxREGSuqBvn/s400/Entrance+JD+Monument.jpg" /></a><br />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.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnAhUOeGXz0U5NyP6A3979NWe7DpuSBIYwAOVg1MGUn5Lhwoh0_y6Um1ceEqSGBSj31Kl_A4LqTNjxkmEUw2MAYugKZivwt_mmzI5kH-UhAFalHFyNDLxdr_HgPMfx0InwShn4YIbHkpJ/s1600/JD+MarkerREV.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnAhUOeGXz0U5NyP6A3979NWe7DpuSBIYwAOVg1MGUn5Lhwoh0_y6Um1ceEqSGBSj31Kl_A4LqTNjxkmEUw2MAYugKZivwt_mmzI5kH-UhAFalHFyNDLxdr_HgPMfx0InwShn4YIbHkpJ/s320/JD+MarkerREV.jpg" border="0" alt="Historical Marker at Jefferson Davis Birthplace"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5766676387217880546" /></a>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.<br /><br />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."Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-32960551248706010202012-07-14T08:32:00.008-05:002012-07-14T10:15:23.619-05:00Gemütlichkeit<br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvzBNHdW_ts7YzX2um4ILpjFwKLh7HHxehWRY77U5mQZX14nRer9ZjCoQHz3GcQS5BQYhrmS8OCWXZjjmF2bj-sVQBQQMw9s_TtGx2SQb8jlSdtFqxcgAwHmRLohvfuXMIPRv2BBO1pE/s1600/Comfort+CemeteryREV.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvzBNHdW_ts7YzX2um4ILpjFwKLh7HHxehWRY77U5mQZX14nRer9ZjCoQHz3GcQS5BQYhrmS8OCWXZjjmF2bj-sVQBQQMw9s_TtGx2SQb8jlSdtFqxcgAwHmRLohvfuXMIPRv2BBO1pE/s400/Comfort+CemeteryREV.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765020847672397298" /></a><br />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.<br /><br /><hr><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Y-JkN57r_zY3NYyQIQkbRKlJww_OUd8BV9-N5y1gwIRg-QMHb5iDJC-GuCXGj1uOGrMfytSFThZmf_rN3rWw78EHhe_9NoyZquEoaROkiWbXjwQMjFNEQrKWlZKcSD_oTF35uuednHg/s1600/Carl+Klemstein.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Y-JkN57r_zY3NYyQIQkbRKlJww_OUd8BV9-N5y1gwIRg-QMHb5iDJC-GuCXGj1uOGrMfytSFThZmf_rN3rWw78EHhe_9NoyZquEoaROkiWbXjwQMjFNEQrKWlZKcSD_oTF35uuednHg/s320/Carl+Klemstein.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765022049966556514" /></a><p align="center"><BR><BR>CARL F. KLEMSTEIN<BR><BR>GEB.<BR>Feb. 7, 1834<BR><BR>GEST.<br>Jan. 17, 1891<BR><BR>Im Alter von<br>56 Jahren 11 Monaten<br>10 Tagen<BR><BR><br></P><br><br><hr><br /><br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWCQ5nHIIuYEuJM3vvsk5mQuzVedyon5Td_lkHKGOz4FRRHKfYBwSlbqbHEK6mYgKgjtTnzW6tkknK2Zj5CG6kvSOd-uKTXkt5Wh_TG_kkHLk0HaqTPZ-LmR_zqOB1YkW5NNnpQMfWK4/s1600/Heinen+3+REV.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 237px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWCQ5nHIIuYEuJM3vvsk5mQuzVedyon5Td_lkHKGOz4FRRHKfYBwSlbqbHEK6mYgKgjtTnzW6tkknK2Zj5CG6kvSOd-uKTXkt5Wh_TG_kkHLk0HaqTPZ-LmR_zqOB1YkW5NNnpQMfWK4/s320/Heinen+3+REV.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5765036924330807266" /></a> <p align="center"><br>Hier Ruht<br>KATHARINA GERTRUDE<BR>HEINEN<BR><BR>GEBNE NAUEN<BR><BR>GEB<BR>Dec. 25, 1807<br><br>GEST<br>May 13, 1899<br><br>Auf Wiedersehn</p>Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-75165074980853965762012-06-04T16:44:00.019-05:002012-06-05T08:35:13.329-05:00San Antonio's Historic City CemeteriesYesterday I made my first visit to the wonderful San Antonio Historic Cemeteries complex. There are a total of 31 cemeteries covering the 103 acres of the complex. The area is about one mile east of the Alamo and Hemisfair Plaza in an area of San Antonio that has seen better days. The complex began with Cemetery #1, which was started in 1853 as San Antonio's first cemetery, the current Milam Park, became too full for further burials. Subsequently most of those buried in Milam Park were reinterred in Cemetery #1. Now only Ben Milam, a hero of the Texas War of Independence, remains buried in Milam Park.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOajukE2SqYf18sHhZ5nxESw_1TduoeLzSjlzneN2EebWLw3Dv70WXQDcVQnI9Nmjs5O3qyFYJ-F6tBC2iHNC-ibnKT_YxEmjrUCo01f8WklH2nKCJcG6GrVOdXf7snZO3adtLAnGvfY0/s1600/Hugo+Plot+2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 349px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOajukE2SqYf18sHhZ5nxESw_1TduoeLzSjlzneN2EebWLw3Dv70WXQDcVQnI9Nmjs5O3qyFYJ-F6tBC2iHNC-ibnKT_YxEmjrUCo01f8WklH2nKCJcG6GrVOdXf7snZO3adtLAnGvfY0/s400/Hugo+Plot+2.JPG" border="0" alt="Hugo Family Plot in Cemetery #1"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5750302455053823346" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-NeZSBfhqMfSZAXAkkua8skLyO1YvC-83eEfRxPPP3GgcM7mX1owfSvXFZ5GltWm5QkL7QtCnxGqf-MFwz7Cbosi5qdInJkkTZnKgrqeyjVTt2WYLdFn3oxVG2sJ-pmMFyrszTf8dmo/s1600/Ernah+Hugo.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 50px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 223px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-NeZSBfhqMfSZAXAkkua8skLyO1YvC-83eEfRxPPP3GgcM7mX1owfSvXFZ5GltWm5QkL7QtCnxGqf-MFwz7Cbosi5qdInJkkTZnKgrqeyjVTt2WYLdFn3oxVG2sJ-pmMFyrszTf8dmo/s320/Ernah+Hugo.JPG" border="0" alt="Erna Hugo Grave"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5750303638499048018" /></a><br /> <br /><p align="center"><strong>Erna H. Hugo</strong><br><br><br>BORN<br>April 7, 1880<br><br>DIED<br>February 13, 1897<br><br><br><br></p><br /><br><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8n5R_Ev5l2ZQQ-hLXrJiYINEVrN4nCj2G1rcnPppf6xsfH06zmAwcJrSdQFZw0kOJaKJ3CyLNMWTRS37Cq5hE06LFE4cNcGBw7Rr1hgyY3jUoPKlgGRpyj-aZSQh7ug9BNKyfVTGmSY/s1600/Haseloff+Stone.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 30px 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8n5R_Ev5l2ZQQ-hLXrJiYINEVrN4nCj2G1rcnPppf6xsfH06zmAwcJrSdQFZw0kOJaKJ3CyLNMWTRS37Cq5hE06LFE4cNcGBw7Rr1hgyY3jUoPKlgGRpyj-aZSQh7ug9BNKyfVTGmSY/s320/Haseloff+Stone.JPG" border="0" alt="Grave of Lina Haseloff"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5750304047672140546" /></a><br /><p align="center"><br><br><br><br><br /><strong>Lina Haseloff</strong><br />1852 - 1879<br><br><br><br><br><br> </p><br /><br /><br />Living in San Antonio for much of my life, it's hard to believe that I wasn't aware this complex existed. This little blog has suffered from a lack of interesting stones and neglect since I haven't ventured off on a genealogical road trip for the last year or so. After my visit to Cemetery #1 on Sunday, I think those days are now over. There are 103 wonderful acres of tombstones and monuments to explore right here at home.Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5220305397584962987.post-88780033075487630112012-04-01T15:17:00.010-05:002012-04-01T16:05:00.609-05:00Shell Graves of the Texas Hill CountryThere seems to be no factual explanation for the shell graves found in various cemeteries primarily in the south Texas communities which were settled by German immigrants in the 19th century. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBl6GF6JKN68f_z2Ps_WSaMignHcQPinKZj7WX7vM8POcNgFdtKCb4EHu0OYx_k37Af7mSUIoap7OlJ9EvurTPmsMzuJd3iCs3s6d3VKf0ToIiqUpgGTqbuRCMSsMLFT1aP57CbUYiYs/s1600/Biermann.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBl6GF6JKN68f_z2Ps_WSaMignHcQPinKZj7WX7vM8POcNgFdtKCb4EHu0OYx_k37Af7mSUIoap7OlJ9EvurTPmsMzuJd3iCs3s6d3VKf0ToIiqUpgGTqbuRCMSsMLFT1aP57CbUYiYs/s400/Biermann.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726530061123032130" /></a><br /><p align="center"> FRANZ & EMMA<br /><BR />Kindor von<br /><BR />GUSTAV & LOUISE<BR />BIERMANN<BR /><BR /> Buried in the Comfort Cemetery,<br />Comfort, Texas</p><br /><br /><table><tr><td a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVg3yBItcke27fwPHpcQyl4XJJjTVjqI-CXR1QOzR8ZWnNQIh5yUXH3BWgo4ptNv-VRkcONM53v7ZkuBqpR683srZl6_4LA4LV2md_vUK8obKldMWxr3HtK7lBgbqbJIlaGlpnPl0xE4g/s1600/Ida+Kutzer.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVg3yBItcke27fwPHpcQyl4XJJjTVjqI-CXR1QOzR8ZWnNQIh5yUXH3BWgo4ptNv-VRkcONM53v7ZkuBqpR683srZl6_4LA4LV2md_vUK8obKldMWxr3HtK7lBgbqbJIlaGlpnPl0xE4g/s400/Ida+Kutzer.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726532325637473234" /></td><td align="center">Hier<br />Ruht in Gott<br />Unsere Liebe Tochter<br /><em>(Here Rests in God</em><br /><em>Our Dear Daughter)</em><br /><br />IDA KUTZER<BR /><br />GEB<br />28 Nov 1864<br /><br />Gest<br />5 Sept 1885<br /><br />Buried in the Boerne City Cemetery<br />Boerne, Texas</td></tr></table><br /><br /><table><tr><td width=50px></td><td align="center" width="200px">Charlotte Henriette<br />LEEDER<br /><br />GEB<br />Mai 29, 1821<br /><br />GEST<br />Jan 12, 1898<br /><br />RUHE SANFT<br /><em>(Rest Gently)</em><br /><br />Buried in the Comfort Cemetery<br />Comfort, Texas</td><td align="right"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnF39TsR1x1fj-jI9amtM3k9RPzZc1dfjjWBQB_kIoIGZKJIHng4lcNNJRYduHUQXJiGBL2DN20Th0KVIxS1bCEgFLlPegDI2optU1NIrV5fqPQcjMLcx3I2XTebE5THQ8z_Skn5uf-5A/s1600/C+Leeder.JPG"><img style="align:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnF39TsR1x1fj-jI9amtM3k9RPzZc1dfjjWBQB_kIoIGZKJIHng4lcNNJRYduHUQXJiGBL2DN20Th0KVIxS1bCEgFLlPegDI2optU1NIrV5fqPQcjMLcx3I2XTebE5THQ8z_Skn5uf-5A/s400/C+Leeder.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726535482305338434" /></a></td></tr></table>Beverly Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05651072473717710158noreply@blogger.com0