FIRST - Burial in St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery - Lipscomb, TX
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N 36° 12.961 W 100° 16.007
14S E 386137 N 4008652
Late 19th century and early 20th century, it was usually a baby being buried first.
Waymark Code: WMTG8R
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/20/2016
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County of marker: Lipscomb County
Location of marker: CR-17, 1 mile South of Lipscomb
Marker Erected by: Texas Historical Commission - Historic Texas Cemetery
Date Marker Erected: 2005
Marker Text:
ST JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH
CEMETERY
Early homesteaders in Lipscomb County were Russians of German descent. These included Jacob M. and Amalia Koch, who were members of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1914. By 1916, the Koch family allowed church members to use this land as a burial ground; they deeded the land to the church in 1950.
The first burial was that of baby Hildegard Schilling in January 1916. The cemetery today is a link to early Lipscomb County settlers and to their German Russian heritage, as chronicled on the gravestones.
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