St. Francis Catholic Church Cemetery - Matagorda County, TX
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N 28° 48.426 W 095° 57.232
15R E 211691 N 3190197
The St. Francis Church and Cemetery is situated southwest of Wadsworth, TX, in an area originally known as the "Polish Village." Many of the early settlers in this section of Matagorda County came from Lagiewvnik, Prussia.
Waymark Code: WMVPV4
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/15/2017
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Rootsweb
Mrs. Frank Seerden, a native of Linz, Prussia, gave 1.55 acres of land for a church and cemetery. The deed dated December 21, 1895, was recorded in the Matagorda County Deed Records.
The first burials in St. Francis Cemetery were in 1899. Barbara Herreth Petrucha, originally from Vienna, Austria, died August 25, 1899. Maria Petrucha Butter, sister of Mary Petrucha Seerden, died October 6, 1899, and was the second person buried in the cemetery.
In 1930, Zefflick Butter, a nephew of Mary Jadwiga Seerden, donated an acre to the church and cemetery to bring it to its current size. The 2.55 acres are enclosed with a chain link fence.
The cemetery grounds are maintained by family members living in the community.