Andrew B. Olsen -- Indian Creek Cem., Brown Co. TX - Woodmen of the World Grave Markers/Monuments on Waymarking.com

The tall-tree-trunk-style WoW tombstone of Andrew B. Olsen at lonely yet serene Indian Creek cemetery off of Brown County Road 237 south of Brownwood. This is the only tombstone of its kind in the cemetery, so it really stands out.

The tombstone reads as follows:

"ANDREW B. OLSON

Born
Jan. 7, 1862

Died
Oct. 19, 1911

Farewell my wife
And children all
From you a father
Christ doth call"

He is buried in a small family plot next to his wife, Orphia Ann Olson, and their son Ernest and his wife Bera.

On Ancestry.com, we found his Texas Death certificate. It that lists Andrew's full name as Andrew Bernhart Olson. He was working as a stock farmer, and had been born in Sweden. he died of a stab wound in the leg that caused him to die of "shock [illegible] hemhorrage caused by wound severing femoral artery."

We also found Andrew in the 1900 US Census living in Denton County as a boarder in the home of Fannie Mayo and her daughter Maggie Henry. he is 37 years old, married, born in Sweden, and although he immigrated to the US in 1886, he is NOT a naturalized US citizen. He can read and write.

We were not able to find him in the 1910 census, nor were we able to find a marriage record for him. We were not able to find any newspaper clippings about his death, so we don't know how he suffered his stab wound.

Was the inscription legible?: Yes Location of Marker/Monument: Cemetery

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