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

Shell Graves of the Texas Hill Country

There 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.

FRANZ & EMMA

Kindor von

GUSTAV & LOUISE
BIERMANN

Buried in the Comfort Cemetery,
Comfort, Texas

Hier Ruht in Gott Unsere Liebe Tochter (Here Rests in God Our Dear Daughter) IDA KUTZER GEB 28 Nov 1864 Gest 5 Sept 1885 Buried in the Boerne City Cemetery Boerne, Texas

Charlotte Henriette LEEDER GEB Mai 29, 1821 GEST Jan 12, 1898 RUHE SANFT (Rest Gently) Buried in the Comfort Cemetery Comfort, Texas