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

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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