The General's Wife

ANNIE

Wife of
Genl. J. S. MASON

U. S. A.

DIED May 28,
1877

The Burns of Scotland and San Antonio

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.

JAMES BURNS

BORN

IN STONE HOUSE
LANARKSHIRE
SCOTLAND
NOV. 15, 1822

DIED

IN SAN ANTONIO
APRIL 5, 1888

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.

MARGARET BURNS

BORN

IN KILWINNING
AYRSHIRE, SCOTLAND
JUNE 9, 1826

DIED
DEC. 6, 1910

The Derr "Faux Bois" Plot

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.

WILHEMINA DERR

BORN May 23, 1832
DIED March 23, 1904

Sadly, this unique plot is now overgrown and neglected with numerous volunteer shrubs and trees crowding the space.

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